Arkansas women’s basketball will aim to extend its unbeaten run as it faces Texas Tech on Sunday at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Both teams enter the game with a 4-0 record for the 2025-26 season. The matchup is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.
This meeting marks the 30th contest between Arkansas and Texas Tech, with Arkansas leading the series 19-10. Since leaving the Southwest Conference in 1991, Arkansas has won three of five matchups against Texas Tech. The teams last played in Fayetteville, where Texas Tech secured a narrow victory, 75-72. This will be Arkansas’s first visit to Lubbock since 2009; their last win there was in 1991.
In their previous game, Arkansas defeated Southeastern Louisiana, improving to a 4-0 start. Senior Taleyah Jones led with 21 points after a challenging performance earlier in the week against Central Arkansas. Junior Emily Robinson reached double figures for her fourth consecutive game as a Razorback.
The team continues under head coach Kelsi Musick, who is entering her fifth game at Arkansas and her 101st as an NCAA Division I head coach. Freshman Bonnie Deas has made an early impact, averaging 14.3 points per game—ranking among the top freshmen nationally—and is currently the only freshman averaging more than 14 points and eight rebounds per game according to StatHead.
Texas Tech comes into Sunday’s contest averaging nearly 83 points per game while shooting close to 48 percent from the field and just under 40 percent from three-point range. The Lady Raiders rank among national leaders in several defensive categories as well, including holding opponents to less than 29 percent shooting from the field and allowing just over 50 points per game.
Arkansas’s freshman class has contributed significantly this season. Deas averaged over 18 points and nine rebounds during her first week of college basketball, earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors. Harmonie Ware also started strong off the bench with nearly fourteen points per game through week one.
Coach Musick is notable as Arkansas women’s basketball’s first female head coach since Susie Gardner (2003–2007). Several players have marked program firsts: Danika Galea is Arkansas’s first player from Malta; Aisha Hassan is its first Egyptian player; Ashlynn Chlarson is its first Arizonan player.
This season marks fifty years since the founding of Arkansas women’s basketball in 1976—a period that includes more than eight hundred wins for the program.
The Razorbacks added eight newcomers this year—five transfers and three freshmen—including Maria Anais Rodriguez from Oklahoma State and several others with significant collegiate or international experience such as Taleyah Jones (Summit League Newcomer of the Year in 2024) and Emily Robinson (2024 Summit League Freshman of the Year).
Internationally, four current Razorbacks represented their countries at FIBA events this summer: Bonnie Deas (Australia), Cristina Sanchez Cerqueira (Spain), Maria Anais Rodriguez (Spain), and Danika Galea (Malta) all earned medals or honors competing overseas.
Musick’s new staff includes assistant coaches Brad Johnson—who joins after success at Farmington High School—and Alex Furr from SMU, along with other new personnel supporting player development and operations.
Arkansas will return home following Sunday’s matchup to host Little Rock on November 20 at Bud Walton Arena.
