Texas Tech University Athletics
Men's Basketball Plays Texas A&M On Saturday
February 09, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 9, 2001
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THE COACHES
Texas Tech head coach James Dickey enters the game with a 165-116 record over 10 seasons in Lubbock. Dickey has led the Red Raiders to two NCAA and one NIT appearance during his tenure.
Melvin Watkins is in his third season at Texas A&M and has a 27-50 record entering this weekend's game. Watkins is 69-70 in five years as a collegiate head coach. He previously served as head coach at UNC Charlotte.
THE RECORDS
Texas Tech is 8-11 on the season and 2-6 in Big 12 play following Wednesday's 80-72 loss at 21st-ranked Oklahoma.
Texas A&M is 7-15 overall and 1-9 in the Big 12. The Aggies are coming off of their first league win of the season, a 73-69 victory over Baylor in College Station.
TECH LOOKING FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT WIN IN SERIES
The Red Raiders lead the all-time series with the Aggies 53-47. The two teams split last year's series with each team winning on the other's floor. A&M escaped Lubbock with a controversial win, while Tech won 76-64 in College Station.
Texas Tech leads 31-15 in Lubbock and has won five of the last six at home.
TECH GETS REVENGE IN LAST MEETING
The Red Raiders went to College Station last season with one thing on their mind - revenge. Texas A&M took a 88-86 win over Tech in Lubbock on a controversial basket at the buzzer by A&M's Andy Leatherman.
Ronald Hobbs led the Tech charge in College Station with a career-high 22 points on 8-of-12 field goal shooting, while Rayford Young and James Ware added 15 and 13 points, respectively. Bernard King led A&M with 21 points.
LEADING THE AGGIES
Bernard King leads Texas A&M with 17.9 points per game and ranks third in the Big 12. Carlton Brown follows with 11.0 points per game, while Keith Bean leads the team with 5.9 rebounds per game. Nick Anderson and Jamaal Gilchrist log 8.7 and 7.0 points per game. King also leads the team with 4.5 assists per game.
RED RAIDERS AGAINST THE AGGIES
Ronald Hobbs leads Texas Tech with 14.5 points per game in two games against Texas A&M on 8-of-13 field goal shooting. Andy Ellis is averaging 14.3 points per game in three games and 8.3 rebounds. Cliff Owens and Johnny Phillips have each played in six games against the Aggies. Owens is averaging 4.8 points, while Phillips is averaging 4.7.
AGGIES SNAP NINE-GAME SKID, SECURE FIRST LEAGUE WIN
Nick Anderson led five Aggies in double figures as Texas A&M won its first Big 12 game of the season 73-69 at Baylor.
Jesse King came off of the bench and scored 13 points, while Bernard King knocked down 11. Nolan Butterfras and Andy Leatherman each added 10.
Baylor's Terry Black led all scorers with 21 points.
TEXAS TECH HOSTS AGGIES IN SEASON'S FIRST MEETING
Texas Tech enters the first of two games with Texas A&M having already completed season series with Baylor and Oklahoma. The Red Raiders are currently on a four-game losing streak, their longest of the season, and look to win their third league game.
The Aggies are coming off of their first Big 12 win of the season, a 73-69 win over Baylor in College Station. Freshman Nick Anderson led five Aggies in double figures with 14 points. Texas A&M is 7-15 overall and 1-9 in league play.
The Red Raiders dropped to 8-11 and 2-6 in the Big 12 with Wednesday night's 80-72 loss at No. 21 Oklahoma. Jayson Mitchell led Texas Tech with 16 points, while four other Red Raiders also scored in double figures. Andre Emmett came off of the bench to register 15 points in the loss.
A WIN AGAINST THE AGGIES WOULD ...
- Improve Tech's record to 9-11 overall and 3-6 in league play.
- Snap Tech's four-game losing skid.
- Give Texas Tech two-straight wins over the Aggies and three of the last four.
- Give the Red Raiders a plus-.500 record at home (6-5).
- Move Tech's league win total to three games, tying last season's win total.
- Move the Red Raiders up to ninth place in the league standings (should Baylor lose at home to Nebraska)
- Up James Dickey's career coaching record to 166-116.
- Improve Tech's all-time record to 1,100-?833.
A LOSS AGAINST THE AGGIES WOULD...
- Extend Tech's losing streak to five games, including its second-straight at home.
- Give the Aggies their second-straight win over the Red Raiders in Lubbock.
- Mark the first five-game losing streak since the eight-game drought midway through last season.
NOTING THE LOSS AT OKLAHOMA
- The loss was Tech's third-straight in Norman.
- Jayson Mitchell led the Red Raiders for the second-straight game with 16 points in his first starting role since the Oral Roberts game (Dec. 21).
- Tech dropped to 1-9 on the season when giving up 80 or more points.
- Five Red Raiders scored in double figures (Mitchell, Emmett, Owens, Brown and Marshall).
- Andre Emmett ended a poor shooting streak with 15 points off of the bench on 5-of-8 shooting from the field, including 2-of-2 from three and 3-of-3 from the foul line.
- Mikey Marshall scored a career-high 10 points and posted a career-high 31 minutes of playing time.
- Oklahoma grabbed 26 offensive rebounds and finished the game with 47 rebounds to Tech's 36.
- The Red Raiders turned in one of their better shooting nights from the field after hitting 48.1 percent of their shots.
- Tech made 25 shots and attempted 52, while the Sooners made 28 shots of 75 attempted.
- Andy Ellis didn't score in double figures for only the second time this season and the first time since scoring eight points against Stephen F. Austin.
LEADING THE RED RAIDERS
Despite struggling from the field with four points at Oklahoma, Andy Ellis continues to lead the team with 15.4 points per game. Cliff Owens and Jamal Brown follow with 12.3 and 12.1 points, respectively. Owens leads the team on the boards with 7.4 rebounds per game and Ellis follows with 6.7. Brown ranks sixth in the nation and second in the Big 12 with 7.1 assists per game. Owens is shooting 56.8 percent from the field and is the only Red Raider over the .500 mark.
BROWN PLAYING ABOVE THE RIM
Jamal Brown is third on the team this season with 12.1 points per game, but has elevated his game during the Big 12 season. In league games only, Brown leads the team with 14.4 points per game. Over the last five games, the junior college transfer is averaging 15 points per outing. He currently ranks second in the Big 12 and sixth nationally with 7.1 assists per game. Brown has posted four double-digit assist games this season. He dished out 11 in each game against UL Lafayette and UTEP. Brown handed out 10 balls against Texas A&M-CC and 10 more at TCU. In addition to his assists total, he has recorded three double-doubles this season.
SCORING, WINNING TRENDS
Texas Tech has won only one game when allowing 80 or more points, while losing nine of those contests. The only win was a 100-98 overtime victory at Oral Roberts. The Red Raiders are 7-2 when holding the opposition under 80 points. The lone loss came on the road at Oklahoma State.
DRE ENDS DRY SPELL
Andre Emmett came off of the bench at Oklahoma to score a career-high 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field. He also nailed both three-point attempts and was 3-of-3 from the foul line. Emmett had struggled in the two previous games against Missouri and Baylor with nine points on 30 percent shooting from the field.
HEY MIKEY, HE LIKES IT!
Freshman guard Mikey Marshall posted the first double-digit scoring game of his career with 10 points at Oklahoma. Marshall also played a career-record 31 minutes. His previous scoring high was nine points at Oral Roberts, while he twice played 26 minutes.
START ME UP
Senior guard/forward Jayson Mitchell has scored 28 points combined in the last two games, after managing only 24 points in the previous six games. In the last two games, Mitchell scored 12 points off the bench at Baylor and logged a team-high 16 points in a starting role at Oklahoma.
DICKEY THIRD IN TENURE
Red Raider head coach James Dickey ranks third in tenure among coaches who have coached in the Big 12. Roy Williams is in his 13th season at Kansas, while Eddie Sutton is in his 11th at Oklahoma State. Dickey is in his 10th season at Tech.
TECH TIED FOR SECOND IN DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Tech is tied for second with Kansas in the Big 12 with four different players having posted double-doubles this season. Iowa State leads the way with five players with double-doubles.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Texas Tech is 0-7 on the season when out-rebounded by its opponent ... the Oklahoma loss was the first for the Red Raiders when they post a higher field goal percentage than their opponent ... Tech shot 48.1 percent in the game, while OU managed only 37.3 percent ... the Red Raiders are now 7-1 in games when posting a higher percentage ... Tech is 2-9 when allowing 70 or more points to the opposition and 1-10 when trailing at the half.
DICKEY USES FIFTH DIFFERENT LINEUP
Texas Tech head coach James Dickey unveiled the team's fifth starting lineup of the season at Oklahoma. Jamal Brown, Andy Ellis, Cliff Owens, Mikey Marshall and Jayson Mitchell made up the fifth different starting five this season.
PHILLIPS REACHES CENTURY MARK
Senior center Johnny Phillips played in his 100th-career game at Texas Tech at Oklahoma. Senior forward Cliff Owens follows with 96. Tony Benford is the all-time games played leader at Tech with 121 from 1982-86.
ELLIS TURNING IN STRONG SEASON
Center Andy Ellis leads the team with 15.4 points per game and is second on the boards with 6.7 rebounds and ranks 12th in the Big 12 in scoring. He posted back-to-back double-doubles earlier this season against UTEP and Ball State. Ellis has scored in double-figures in all but one game this season and has led the team in scoring in eight games and has four game-high honors. He also leads the team with five 20+-point games.
OWENS ON THE GLASS
Throughout his career senior forward Cliff Owens has had a knack for crashing the boards and leading Texas Tech in rebounding. Owens led the Red Raiders with 7.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 1997-98 and paced the team again the following season with 7.0 boards per game. After sitting out last season with an ankle injury, Owens once again leads the team on the glass. He is currently averaging 7.4 rebounds and has led the team in 11 games. Four times he has garnered game-high honors.
BENCH PRODUCTION
Texas Tech is receiving an added boost this season from the bench. Tech's nonstarters are averaging 19.8 points per game - 25.7 percent of the team total. Last season, bench scoring averaged 11.2 points per game. The Red Raiders are 5-3 on the season when the Tech bench out-scores the opposition's bench.
TECH SUCCESSFUL WHEN LEADING LATE
Texas Tech is 6-2 when leading with five minutes remaining in the game. The first loss came to UTEP after Tech held a seven-point lead with five minutes to play. The Red Raiders led Missouri by two with five minutes to play, but dropped a two-point decision. The Red Raiders did not lead the Sooners at the five minute mark in the second half Wednesday night, but did manage a two-point advantage with 3:42 to play.
BIG 12 SATURDAYS NOT KIND TO TECH
Texas Tech has lost five-straight Saturday games, all Big 12 contests. The Red Raiders won their first three Saturday games of the season over UL Lafayette, Stephen F. Austin and Western Michigan. The last four, however, haven't come so easy -- (7) Kansas, at Oklahoma State, Colorado, at Missouri and at Baylor.
TECH GETS FIRST WIN OVER RANKED OPPONENT IN TWO YEARS
Texas Tech's 60-59 win over No. 21 Oklahoma was the first for the Red Raiders over a ranked team since knocking off 24th-ranked Kansas 90-84 on Feb. 13, 1999. Both games were in Lubbock. The last time Tech defeated an opponent ranked higher than 21st was a 77-68 win over 11th-ranked New Mexico on Dec. 4, 1996. During that same season, the Red Raiders also defeated No. 21 Fresno State.
TECH'S STRUGGLES IN FINAL FIVE
The Red Raiders have had a problem in the final five minutes of games this season. The opposition is out-scoring Texas Tech 197-159 this season in the closing minutes. The Red Raiders led UTEP 71-64 with five minutes remaining, but lost 81-80 after yielding a 17-9 run. Tech led Oklahoma 57-50 in Lubbock with five minutes to play and narrowly escaped with a 60-59 win, while Missouri erased a minute two-point Red Raider lead in the closing minutes.
LEADING AT THE BREAK
Texas Tech is 6-1 on the season when leading at halftime. The lone loss came to UTEP after the Red Raiders entered the intermission period with a 46-39 advantage.
ELLIS NAMED TO PRESEASON TEAMS
Texas Tech junior center Andy Ellis has been tabbed by three college basketball publications as a preseason All-Big 12 selection.
Ellis is listed as a second-team All-Big 12 selection by The Sporting News and Athlon Sports. Street and Smith's has Ellis listed as an All-Big 12 selection along with Jamaal Tinsley (Iowa State), Kimani Ffriend (Nebraska), Drew Gooden (Kansas) and Bernard King (Texas A&M).
Ellis, who injured his hand last month, averaged 16.9 points per game and 8.9 rebounds during the 1999-00 season before dislocating his left shoulder against Nebraska in the 14th game of the season that forced him to sit out the remainder of the year.
