Overview
- The No. 15 Red Raiders erased a nine-point deficit with a 22-4 burst over the final minutes in Lubbock to move to 14-4 overall and 4-1 in the Big 12, improving to 10-0 at home.
- Texas Tech outshot BYU from deep, hitting 11 of 29 threes to the Cougars’ 5 of 22, as Christian Anderson added 22 points and seven assists and LeJuan Watts posted 20 points and eight boards.
- JT Toppin finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season, drawing praise from coach Grant McCasland for the team’s best late-game defense of the year.
- BYU’s Robert Wright III had a career-high 28 points, but freshman AJ Dybantsa was held to 13, ending his streak of 10 straight 20-point games as the Cougars went cold down the stretch.
- The loss snapped BYU’s 13-game overall streak, a 12-game Big 12 regular-season run, and a six-game road streak; the Cougars slipped in KenPom and NET, await clarity on Khadim Mboup’s injury, and now prep for Utah, while Texas Tech visits Baylor on Tuesday.