BATON ROUGE. -- On Friday night in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, the No. 10 Villanova Wildcats fell to the No. 7 Texas Tech Lady Raiders by a score of 57-52. With the loss, the Wildcats finish the season with a 25-8 overall record, while Texas Tech improves to 26-7 on the year.
The first quarter went back and forth with neither team able to open-up more than a four-point lead. Wildcat junior guard Kelsey Joens led the way for her team in the opening frame scoring 12 of Villanova's 14 points on 4-of-4 shooting from three-point range.