
Assists_Texas 10 (Carr, Askew 3), Texas Tech 13 (Arms 4). Rebounds_Texas 25 (Bishop 8), Texas Tech 36 (Arms 9). Central kickoff on ABC at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, the Big 12 announced. Saturday in a game set to be broadcast on the Longhorn Network. The Texas Longhorns will start conference play against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Sept. 23 Texas is slated to host Iowa State at 1 p.m. Saturday in a contest set to be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2. 14 Texas Tech is scheduled to take on West Virginia at 1 p.m. Watch Video: Texas Tech coach Mark Adams on stress he and his players took on going into UT game What's next?

"So we had some individual performances, too, but they had some guys who really played well." Saturday was the sixth time the Red Raiders opened big 12 play against the Longhorns, but the first time Texas Tech won. "Games like this, you've got to have some great individual performances, and I thought Texas Tech's three or four best players, in my opinion, all played great tonight," Beard said. Texas Tech beat the Longhorns in a Big 12 opener for the first time in six tries and ended a six-game home losing streak.
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He ended with a game-best 19 points, including making 12 of 15 free throws.īryson Williams added 16 points and Davion Warren chipped in 10 to provide a balanced scoring attack for the Red Raiders, who improved to 14-0 at home. In the first half alone, McCullar drew six fouls and scored 10 points.

"But it speaks volumes to the people that we have and the team to play winning basketball - share the ball."Īlong with Obanor, add Kevin McCullar back into the offense. "Playing with a crowd like this, it's easy for a lot of players to become selfish and get thirsty - want the ball to go in," Obanor said of the sold-out crowd. The sold-out crowd certainly let Beard, who elected to join the Longhorns last April, know how they felt about his departure to an in-state rival. "He explained to me that this is Texas - we're the most hated school in the Big 12 and probably in the country," Carr said. Yet, at times, the raucous crowd of 15,300 appeared to stifle the veteran Longhorns squad. Marcus Carr, who finished with a team-best 18 points, said Beard did a good job preparing the team to face a hostile crowd in Lubbock.

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