After ending January’s games on a sour note with an overtime loss at Kansas on Jan. 30, Iowa State will have an opportunity to return home Feb. 2 and get a fresh start in a new month.

Iowa State will host Texas Tech in a “White Out” game at Hilton Coliseum on Feb. 2. This is the second meeting between the two teams this season with the No. 23 Cyclones (14-5, 5-4 Big 12) earning the victory against the Lady Red Raiders (16-5, 6-3 Big 12) 58-54 on Jan. 5 in Lubbock, Texas.

“You try to add a couple wrinkles here and there but you can’t change a whole lot,” said ISU coach Bill Fennelly of his game plan for a rematch with Texas Tech. “You kind of pay attention to the other guys’ personnel changes. At this time of year it’s hard to get too crazy with only two days of practice.”

Guard Brynn Williamson, who finished with a career-high 19 points in the overtime loss to Kansas, feels that the Lady Red Raiders will come to Hilton Coliseum motivated for a win.

“We beat them at their house, so they’re trying to do the same,” Williamson said. 

“For us, I think it’s more of we’re trying to get the bounce-back win from the loss [at Kansas] in overtime and we need a sweep.”

Since losing to Iowa State on Jan. 5, Texas Tech has earned a record of 5-2 in the Big 12 with losses at No. 16 Oklahoma and at home against No. 1 Baylor. During that stretch, the Lady Red Raiders won two of those five games on the road at Texas and West Virginia.

Fennelly credits those wins to Texas Tech’s experienced lineup of four seniors and one junior.

“They’ve been through this and they’ve already got three road wins so probably they and Oklahoma, besides Baylor of course, have played the best and have been the most consistent,” Fennelly said.

Against Kansas, the Cyclones shot 38.9 percent from 3-point range, which is something that could aid the team when matched up against the zone defense of the Lady Red Raiders. Williamson rang in 5-of-8 from deep while forward Hallie Christofferson shot 1-of-2 from behind the arc.

Williamson and Christofferson both have the green light to shoot from 3-point land and will try to do so in transition, something that worked against the Jayhawks when the Cyclones were able to push the ball up the court.

“If [Brynn] or I have an open shot on the wing then we’ll shoot it,” Christofferson said. “Other than that, the posts will run the floor which helps to take some defense and looks to them so we might be open on the wing.”

Tipoff between Iowa State and Texas Tech will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 2 at Hilton Coliseum.