KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With second-seeded Baylor next up for Texas today at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball tournament, UT coach Gail Goestenkors said her team is dangerous.

“Dangerous good and dangerous bad,” Goestenkors laughed, after a 75-63 first-round victory over 10th seed Texas Tech.

The bottom line is a once-erratic Texas (20-11) notched its fourth straight win with a knockout of the Red Raiders (16-15).

“I think we were in [the NCAA Tournament] before today, but this helps,” said Goestenkors, who has made all the right moves lately.

Texas ripped off a 15-0 run in the first half and then turned 23 Texas Tech turnovers into 29 points and led by as many as 18 before Tech hit 10 of 21 3-pointers to narrow the final margin.

Tech, which has put in a bid to host a WNIT game, was led by Dominic Seals of Lincoln (15 points, seven rebounds) and Jordan Murphree (14 points, five rebounds).

The Longhorns were led by Brittainey Raven of North Crowley with 16 points, Ashley Lindsey (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Erneisha Bailey (13 points, ninerebounds).

After a loss at home to Texas A&M on Feb. 24, Goestenkors had her staff put together a two-minute film clip of nothing but highlights. It was meant to show what her team was capable of with the season slipping away, having lost six of seven at that point.

“We went from wanting to get the conference season over with to leaving that meeting totally pumped,” Raven said.

Goestenkors has worked extensively on Raven’s shot. Raven, a sophomore who never watched film before this season, now watches it all the time with her coach.

Goestenkors has also helped turn Lindsey from a gangly afterthought into a double-double in waiting, and she called out Bailey during a make-or-break game at Kansas on Feb. 27.

“At halftime of the Kansas game, I told E-Bay, ‘It’s now or never,’.” Goestenkors said. “We felt like if we lost that game, our chances of getting in the NCAA Tournament were close to none.

“There comes a point in everybody’s season where you have to decide if you’re going to put it all on the line, and that was her moment. She’s been on in fire ever since.”

That Kansas game was the first victory in UT’s current win streak. Now Texas, which split with Baylor (24-5) during the regular season, is a dangerous team.

TEXAS TECH (16-15)—Murphree 5-12 1-2 14, Walker 1-7 1-2 4, Henderson 2-3 0-0 6, Myrick 3-5 0-2 6, Seals 3-10 9-11 15, Graham 0-2 0-0 0, Moore 1-3 0-1 3, Roberson 2-9 4-4 9, Brown 2-3 0-0 6. Totals 19-54 15-22 63.

TEXAS (20-11)— Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Raven 7-17 1-2 16, Bailey 5-11 3-4 13, Cortijo 2-8 5-8 9, Lindsey 6-9 2-2 14, Hughes 0-0 0-0 0, Nash, Kristen 0-0 0-0 0, Boyd 0-0 0-0 0, Cook 1-1 0-0 2, Rentschier 2-3 0-0 5, Nash, Kathleen 5-8 2-2 14. Totals 29-60 13-18 75.

Halftime — Texas 40, Texas Tech 29. 3-point goals—Texas Tech 10-21 (Murphree 3-7, Brown 2-3, Henderson 2-3, Moore 1-1, Walker 1-3, Roberson 1-4), Texas 4-15 (Nash, Kathleen 2-4, Rentschier 1-1, Raven 1-5, Williams 0-1, Cortijo 0-2, Bailey 0-2). Fouled out—Lindsey. Rebounds—Texas Tech 37 (Seals, Roberson 7), Texas 35 (Lindsey 10). Assists—Texas Tech 12 (Moore 4), Texas 15 (Cortijo 8). Total fouls—Texas Tech 17, Texas 20. A— NA.