Overview
- J.T. Toppin posted 27 points and 12 rebounds, Christian Anderson added 22 points with seven assists, and LeJuan Watts contributed 20 points and eight boards, while BYU’s Robert Wright III scored a game-high 28.
- BYU led 61-52 with 9:26 remaining before Texas Tech closed by scoring 32 of the final 42 points, boosted by an 11-of-29 night from three compared with BYU’s 5-of-22.
- The loss snapped BYU’s 13-game overall streak, a 12-game Big 12 regular-season run, and a six-game road streak.
- Texas Tech moved to 14-4 overall and 4-1 in the Big 12 with a third straight win and a 10-0 home mark, while BYU fell to 16-2 and 4-1 for its first conference defeat.
- Grant McCasland praised the Red Raiders’ late-game defense as their best stretch of the year, Kevin Young cited cold shooting for BYU, big man Khadim Mboup exited with a second-half injury of unknown severity, and BYU slipped to No. 15 in KenPom and No. 11 in the NET.