Overview
- Freshman Darryn Peterson scored 19 points and buried 3-pointers at 1:20 and 0:44 remaining to flip the game after Kansas trailed by nine with 6:05 left.
- Kansas closed on a 14-2 run to secure its sixth straight victory, improving to 17-5 overall and 7-2 in Big 12 play.
- Texas Tech dropped to 16-6 and 6-3 in the Big 12, playing without starting guard Christian Anderson due to illness.
- LeJuan Watts led the Red Raiders with 19 points and 12 rebounds, Donovan Atwell added 12 on four 3s, while Melvin Council Jr. had 16 and Flory Bidunga 14 for Kansas as Bryson Tiller grabbed 10 rebounds.
- The matchup came two days after UCF’s 88-80 upset of Texas Tech in Orlando, which snapped the Red Raiders’ five-game winning streak.