National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas Tech 72, Texas Christian 63
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 2, 2013
Where: United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, Texas
Officials: # Jeb Hartness, # Greg Rennegarbe, # Larry Spaulding
Attendance: 9372

Texas Tech 72, Texas Christian 63:
Jordan Tolbert had a season-high 22 points as the host Red Raiders snapped a nine-game losing streak.

Dejan Kravic had 16 points and a team-high 11 rebounds, the first double-double of the junior forward’s career, and Josh Gray chipped in 11 points to help Texas Tech (10-17, 3-13 Big 12). The Red Raiders, who beat Texas Christian 62-53 on Jan. 5 in Fort Worth, swept the Horned Frogs for the first time since 2010 and improved to 9-10 at home.

Kyan Anderson scored 18 points and Devonta Abron added 16 off the bench to lead Texas Christian (10-19, 1-15), which lost its seventh straight. Adrick McKinney grabbed a team-high seven rebounds for the Horned Frogs, who fell to 1-9 on the road.

Texas Tech shot 68.2 percent from the field in the first half to Texas Christian’s 41.7 percent, and the Red Raiders scored 18 points in the paint to Texas Christian’s eight for a 34-28 halftime lead. The Horned Frogs, who trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half, cut it to 57-54 on Charles Hill’s free throw with 4:46 remaining but the Red Raiders held on.

Texas Tech shot 62.2 percent from the field overall to Texas Christian’s 39.2 percent shooting. The Red Raiders improved to 74-47 in the series, including 41-14 in Lubbock.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Texas Tech, which entered with the fourth-longest losing streak (nine games) in school history, avoided tying the 1966-67 team (10 games) for the third-longest losing streak. … Gray had six assists. … Texas Christian senior F Garlon Green played in his school-record 126th game, breaking the previous record of 125 appearances by Femi Ibikunle (2003-07).
Top Game Performances
 
Texas Christian   Texas Tech
Kyan Anderson 18 Scoring Jordan Tolbert 22
Kyan Anderson 3 Assists Josh Gray 6
Adrick McKinney 7 Rebounds Dejan Kravic 11
Devonta Abron 8 Free Throws Made Jordan Tolbert 4
Garlon Green 3 Steals Josh Gray 3
N/A Blocks Dejan Kravic 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Texas Christian 63 39.2 5-13 18-28 5 26 0 6 9
Texas Tech 72 62.2 4-9 12-20 15 28 2 5 11