Overview
- Texas Tech beat Northern Colorado 101-90 in Lubbock as LeJuan Watts shot 12-for-13 and finished with 36 points, with JT Toppin adding 23.
- Northern Colorado erased a 14-point deficit to tie it 70-70 before the Red Raiders answered with a 13-4 surge keyed by Watts and a Toppin dunk.
- Christian Anderson posted 14 points and six assists, Jaylen Petty added 14, and Donovan Atwell scored 10 as Texas Tech shot 59.3% from the field.
- The Bears, now 9-2, played without top scorer Quinn Denker; Brock Wisne scored a career-high 29, Zach Bloch had 17 and eight assists, and Vincent Delano added 16.
- Texas Tech’s nonconference home streak, which began after a 2020 loss to Kentucky, reached 45 as Grant McCasland improved to 22-0 in such games at home after recently vowing better late-game management following the 93-86 loss to Arkansas.