Lady Raiders defeat North Dakota 90-80

Tweets by @AJ_KristaPirtleRecee’ Caldwell is en route to fulfilling a dream she’s had since she was 9 years old.

After attending a Los Angeles Sparks game for her birthday, she told her father she wanted to be a professional basketball player.

So the next morning, Ray Caldwell woke his daughter up at 6 a.m.

That work ethic hasn’t wavered.

Instead, it’s only gotten stronger as shown by her 28-point performance in Texas Tech’s 90-80 win over North Dakota Sunday afternoon inside United Supermarkets Arena.

“I’ve known ever since then that I’ve had to be a work horse,” Caldwell said earlier this week.

Her career performance paced a Lady Raider offense that shot 48.6 percent from the floor as Arella…