For many of the freshmen on the Texas Tech women's basketball team, their first game action against other competition will come north of the border.
The Lady Raiders begin their two-exhibition trip to Canada on Thursday. Tech will face a pair of college teams from British Columbia over the weekend, and a cautious approach to the roster's health could push the newcomers into the spotlight.
Purdue transfer Kiki Smith has already been ruled out for the season because of injury, while Jalynn Bristow and Jalayah "Bunny" Ingram were dealing with their own summertime ailments in mid-July. Tech coach Krista Gerlich told the Avalanche-Journal on July 15 the team could be limited to eight players in the exhibitions.
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"Bunny got injured (July 14) in practice, so I'm not sure she'll be ready," Gerlich said. "I'm not sure we'll chance it because it's not worth it to me. That's why we're shutting Jalynn down because it's not worth it to me for her to get injured just to play in those two games. We may be rolling out our freshmen and saying, 'Here we go. Welcome to international basketball.'"

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