PREVIEW: at Texas
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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech brings a four-game winning streak over Texas into a 3 p.m. matchup on Saturday against the Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center.
The Red Raiders (14-8, 5-4 Big 12) are coming off a 69-61 win over Oklahoma on Tuesday, while the Longhorns (14-8, 4-5 Big 12) took a 69-58 loss at No. 3 Kansas on Monday. Tech and Texas will be meeting for the first time this season after the Red Raiders swept the series last season with a 68-62 win in Austin on Jan. 12, 2019 before a 70-51 win in their home finale on March 4, 2019 in Lubbock. In Tech's win over OU, TJ Holyfield matched a season-high with 21 points while Kyler Edwards scored 17, Davide Moretti had 13 and Kevin McCullar led the team with seven rebounds.
With a 72.9 winning percentage (186-69) as a NCAA coach, Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard has the ninth best percentage among active coaches and is 90-39 leading the Red Raiders. Beard, who graduated from Texas in 1995 and was a student manager for Tom Penders with the Longhorns, has led Tech to an 11-2 record at home this season and to a 61-7 record at home over the past four years. He is 5-3 against Texas. The Red Raiders are led in scoring by freshman Jahmi'us Ramsey (15.7 ppg.) who is fourth in the Big 12 and graduate transfer Chris Clarke who is at 7.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game along with a 2.30 assist-to-turnover ratio which all rank in the top-10 within the Big 12. Davide Moretti is the NCAA active career leader in free-throw percentage at 91.0 percent (193 of 212) and is eighth nationally this season at 91.1 percent. Beard was named the 2019 AP National Coach of the Year and the 2018 and 2019 Big 12 Coach of the Year.
Texas Tech leads the Big 12 with 16.0 assists per game, 16.55 turnovers forced per game and with 351 total assists. The Red Raiders rank 23rd nationally in assists per game and are second in the conference with a 76.1 shooting percentage at the free-throw line, 344 free throws made, a 34.7 percentage on 3-pointers and are third with a 1.14 assist-to-turnover ratio and 73.4 points per game. Tech has recorded eight games where it has shot over 40 percent from beyond the arc after going 10 of 18 on Tuesday against Oklahoma and has limited 10 opponents to 30 percent or lower. The Red Raiders are currently shooting 44.7 percent from the field and are limiting opponents to 40.9 percent. The Longhorns rank second in the Big 12 8.4 3-pointers made per game and are fourth with 96 total blocks. UT, which is 9-3 overall at home and 2-2 on its home court in conference play, is scoring 65.9 points per game and is allowing 63.9.
BIG 12: Texas Tech is currently in fourth place in the Big 12 standings through nine games. The Red Raiders, who were 6-3 through nine conference games last season, are one game behind West Virginia in the conference standings. Baylor (9-0) is the top-ranked team in the nation and unblemished through the first half of conference play, while Kansas (8-1) is second in the standings with its lone loss coming to the Bears. Texas, Oklahoma and TCU are tied for fifth at 4-5 followed by Iowa State (2-7), Kansas State (2-7) and Oklahoma State (1-8). This weekend's matchups include: Kansas at TCU, WVU at Oklahoma, Oklahoma State at Baylor and Kansas State at Iowa State.
GAME COVERAGE: The game between Texas Tech and Texas will be broadcasted on ESPN2 with Chuckie Kempf and Tim Welsh and on the Texas Tech Sports Network's flagship station Double T 97.3 in Lubbock with Geoff Haxton and Chris Level. Fans can also find the game on any streaming device by using the ESPN app and can follow the game at @TexasTechMBB.
SERIES HISTORY: Texas Tech has won four in row over Texas and is now 60-86 in the all-time series. The Red Raiders earned a 68-62 win over the Longhorns last season in Austin to snapped a 22-game losing streak to Texas at the Frank Erwin Center. Tech is 22-49 all-time in Austin coming into Saturday's game. Tech has four winning streaks of four games or more against the Longhorns in program history with the most consecutive wins against Texas being 10 games.
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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech brings a four-game winning streak over Texas into a 3 p.m. matchup on Saturday against the Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center.
The Red Raiders (14-8, 5-4 Big 12) are coming off a 69-61 win over Oklahoma on Tuesday, while the Longhorns (14-8, 4-5 Big 12) took a 69-58 loss at No. 3 Kansas on Monday. Tech and Texas will be meeting for the first time this season after the Red Raiders swept the series last season with a 68-62 win in Austin on Jan. 12, 2019 before a 70-51 win in their home finale on March 4, 2019 in Lubbock. In Tech's win over OU, TJ Holyfield matched a season-high with 21 points while Kyler Edwards scored 17, Davide Moretti had 13 and Kevin McCullar led the team with seven rebounds.
With a 72.9 winning percentage (186-69) as a NCAA coach, Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard has the ninth best percentage among active coaches and is 90-39 leading the Red Raiders. Beard, who graduated from Texas in 1995 and was a student manager for Tom Penders with the Longhorns, has led Tech to an 11-2 record at home this season and to a 61-7 record at home over the past four years. He is 5-3 against Texas. The Red Raiders are led in scoring by freshman Jahmi'us Ramsey (15.7 ppg.) who is fourth in the Big 12 and graduate transfer Chris Clarke who is at 7.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game along with a 2.30 assist-to-turnover ratio which all rank in the top-10 within the Big 12. Davide Moretti is the NCAA active career leader in free-throw percentage at 91.0 percent (193 of 212) and is eighth nationally this season at 91.1 percent. Beard was named the 2019 AP National Coach of the Year and the 2018 and 2019 Big 12 Coach of the Year.
Texas Tech leads the Big 12 with 16.0 assists per game, 16.55 turnovers forced per game and with 351 total assists. The Red Raiders rank 23rd nationally in assists per game and are second in the conference with a 76.1 shooting percentage at the free-throw line, 344 free throws made, a 34.7 percentage on 3-pointers and are third with a 1.14 assist-to-turnover ratio and 73.4 points per game. Tech has recorded eight games where it has shot over 40 percent from beyond the arc after going 10 of 18 on Tuesday against Oklahoma and has limited 10 opponents to 30 percent or lower. The Red Raiders are currently shooting 44.7 percent from the field and are limiting opponents to 40.9 percent. The Longhorns rank second in the Big 12 8.4 3-pointers made per game and are fourth with 96 total blocks. UT, which is 9-3 overall at home and 2-2 on its home court in conference play, is scoring 65.9 points per game and is allowing 63.9.
BIG 12: Texas Tech is currently in fourth place in the Big 12 standings through nine games. The Red Raiders, who were 6-3 through nine conference games last season, are one game behind West Virginia in the conference standings. Baylor (9-0) is the top-ranked team in the nation and unblemished through the first half of conference play, while Kansas (8-1) is second in the standings with its lone loss coming to the Bears. Texas, Oklahoma and TCU are tied for fifth at 4-5 followed by Iowa State (2-7), Kansas State (2-7) and Oklahoma State (1-8). This weekend's matchups include: Kansas at TCU, WVU at Oklahoma, Oklahoma State at Baylor and Kansas State at Iowa State.
GAME COVERAGE: The game between Texas Tech and Texas will be broadcasted on ESPN2 with Chuckie Kempf and Tim Welsh and on the Texas Tech Sports Network's flagship station Double T 97.3 in Lubbock with Geoff Haxton and Chris Level. Fans can also find the game on any streaming device by using the ESPN app and can follow the game at @TexasTechMBB.
SERIES HISTORY: Texas Tech has won four in row over Texas and is now 60-86 in the all-time series. The Red Raiders earned a 68-62 win over the Longhorns last season in Austin to snapped a 22-game losing streak to Texas at the Frank Erwin Center. Tech is 22-49 all-time in Austin coming into Saturday's game. Tech has four winning streaks of four games or more against the Longhorns in program history with the most consecutive wins against Texas being 10 games.
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