The Red Raiders To Host Texas On Saturday
March 02, 2001 | Men's Basketball
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March 2, 2001
THE COACHES
Texas Tech head coach James Dickey enters the game with a 166-122 record over 10 seasons in Lubbock. Dickey has led the Red Raiders to two NCAA and one NIT appearance during his tenure.
Rick Barnes is in his third season at Texas and carries a 65-29 mark at the school into the game. Overall, Barnes has a 267-163 record in 14 seasons.
LONGHORNS HAVE WON LAST EIGHT, LEAD SERIES 54-50
Not only does Texas Tech have a current three-game losing streak to worry about, the Red Raiders also haven't beaten Texas in the last eight meetings. The last time a Texas Tech team knocked off the Longhorns was during the 1996-97 season. And the last time Tech won in Austin came a year earlier.
Texas leads the series 33-21 in Austin, while the Red Raiders are 28-15 on their home floor. Tech's longest win streak was 10 games from 1969-74.
Since the inception of the Big 12 Conference at the start of the 1996-97 season, Texas leads 9-1.
SCOUTING THE LONGHORNS
Darren Kelly leads Texas with 16.2 points per game, while Maurice Evans and Chris Owens follow with 16.0 and 14.0 points, respectively. Owens leads the team on the boards with 8.1 rebounds per game and Kelly leads with 3.1 assists per game.
Texas is shooting 41.4 percent from the field on the season. The Longhorns are holding the opposition to 38.8 percent from the field and 29.2 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Texas is hitting 34.4 percent from three and 64.8 percent from the foul line.
The Longhorns are averaging 71.6 points per game and hold a 5.8 point-per-game advantage over their opponents.
LATE TEXAS RUN PUSHES HORNS PAST RED RAIDERS IN AUSTIN
AUSTIN, Texas - Chris Owens scored 15 points and freshman James Thomas had nine points in a late second-half run to lead Texas to a 73-56 win over Texas Tech Tuesday night. Thomas, who picked up his fourth foul with about 10 minutes left, keyed an 11-4 run that allowed Texas to open up a 66-49 lead late in the game.
Texas (18-7, 7-4 Big 12) also got 14 points from Maurice Evans, 11 from Darren Kelly and 10 from Brian Boddicker. It was just the second time this season the Longhorns had five players score 10 or more.
The Longhorns also out-rebounded Texas Tech (8-13, 2-8) 42-24. Owens had a game-high nine boards.
Jayson Mitchell led Tech with 15 points. The Red Raiders have lost six in a row.
Owens, who had just seven points and one rebound in Saturday's loss to Oklahoma, topped both those marks early in the first half.
Owens scored seven of Texas' first 15 points before Boddicker's putback and 3-pointer on consecutive possessions gave the Longhorns a 20-15 lead.
Evans hit another 3-pointer and Kelly's two-handed dunk on a back-door feed from Chris Ogden put Texas up 31-21. Mitchell then hit consecutive 3's to pull the Red Raiders to within 34-28 at the half.
Tech stayed within six points for the first 10 minutes of the second half until Kelly hit a free throw and fed an alley-oop jam to Evans to make it 55-45.
Thomas then went on his scoring spree with a putback and two foul shots followed by a 3-point play that gave Texas a 17-point lead with 4:22 left.
RAIDERS, LONGHORNS CLOSE 2000-01 REGULAR SEASON IN LUBBOCK
Texas Tech faces Texas Saturday in a noon-hour showdown at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock. Tip-off is set for 12:47 p.m. and the game will be carried by ESPN Plus.
The Red Raiders enter the game with a 9-17 mark and 3-12 record in Big 12 play. Tech is coming off of an 80-63 loss at Iowa State Wednesday night. Cliff Owens led the Red Raiders in scoring and on the boards with 16 points and nine rebounds. Jamal Brown added 13 points, while Andy Ellis chipped in with 11.
Despite shooting 46.3 percent, Texas Tech couldn't overcome Iowa State's 55.2 percent shooting and the inside game of Martin Rancik. The Cyclone forward had 22 points, including 16 in the first half. Tyray Pearson added 12 and Jake Sullivan dropped in 11.
The Longhorns are on a hot streak of late after knocking off Iowa State 94-78 and Missouri 76-61 in the their last two games. Texas is currently on a five-game winning streak, which began with a win over the Red Raiders on Feb. 13.
A WIN AGAINST TEXAS WOULD ...
- Improve Tech's record to 10-17 overall and 4-12 in league play.
- Snap Tech's three-game losing skid.
- Snap Tech's eight-game losing streak in the series.
- Move Tech's league win total to four games, marking the most league wins in two seasons.
- Up James Dickey's career coaching record to 167-122.
- Improve Tech's all-time record to 1,101-?839.
A LOSS AGAINST TEXAS WOULD...
- Extend Tech's losing streak to four games.
- Mark the first four-game losing streak to close a season since the 1990-91 season.
- Drop Tech' to 1-5 against Big 12 school's from the state of Texas this season. Tech would be 3-8 against all schools from Texas.
NOTING THE LOSS TO OKLAHOMA STATE
- The loss gave Oklahoma State a season sweep of the Red Raiders.
- Tech and Oklahoma State finished the game tied with 37 rebounds each, marking the first time Tech has tied with an opponent this season.
- Tech struggled for the second-straight game from the field, shooting just 33.3 percent from the field. Against Texas A&M on Saturday, the Red Raiders hit 31.1 percent.
- The game was the fourth of the last five in which the Red Raiders scored below 60 points.
- Andy Ellis scored 18 points to lead Tech. The point total was the highest for Ellis since scoring 19 against Kansas in early January.
- Rodney Bass turned in his most solid performance of the season with six points and five rebounds. He also had two steals.
BROWN NAMED TO ALL-JUCO TEAM
Texas Tech point guard Jamal Brown has been named to CollegeInsider.com's All-Juco Team. Brown joins 15 junior college transfers on the team, including three others from the Big 12. In addition to Brown, OSU's Maurice Baker, Oklahoma's Aaron McGhee and Kansas State's Larry Reid made the team.
LEADING THE RED RAIDERS
Andy Ellis continues to lead the team with 14.8 points per game. Cliff Owens and Jamal Brown follow with 12.1 and 10.8 points, respectively. Owens leads the team on the boards with 7.3 rebounds per game and Ellis follows with 6.2. Brown ranks 12th in the nation and third in the Big 12 with 6.4 assists per game. Owens is shooting 56.4 percent from the field and is the only Red Raider over the .500 mark.
CARRY THE LEAD TO THE LOCKERROOM
Texas Tech is 7-1 on the season when its holds the point advantage at the half. Of the three conference wins this season, the Red Raiders led at the half of each games. The lone loss came against UTEP in Lubbock.
LEADING LATE ALSO GOOD
The Red Raiders also are 7-1 when leading a game with five minutes to play. UTEP also holds the lone win for the opposition when Tech leads late.
MARSHALL STRONG ON THE BOARDS
Freshman guard Mikey Marshall has been a mainstay on the boards lately, averaging 5.2 rebounds per game over the last five games. He is logging 3.5 boards per game on the season.
MITCHELL DRAWS SOLID LINE AT ISU
Senior forward/guard Jayson Mitchell turned in a solid performance at Iowa State. He scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out three assists, had two blocks and two steals.
D-E-F-E-N-S-E
This has plagued the Red Raiders much of the season. Tech is 2-13 when allowing opponents to score more than 70 points. Tech's fortunes reverse, however, when the D is tight and the Red Raiders hold the bad guys under 70. Tech is 7-4 when opponents score 69 or below.
OWENS NEAR PERFECT AT IOWA STATE
Senior forward Cliff Owens connected on 7-of-9 shots at Iowa State and led Texas Tech with 16 points and nine rebounds. Owens also blocked a shot in the game. His 16 points was the most since scoring 17 against Texas A&M in Lubbock on Feb. 10.
STARTING GROUP GETS FIRST VICTORY
Tech's current starting five erased its 0-4 record with the win over the Huskers. The group is now 1-7.
HIT THE TOSSES
The Red Raiders are 7-8 in games decided by 10 points or less. Two of those losses were decided by two points while another was decided by one. Tech missed eight or more free throws in each of those three games.
THE GO-TO MAN OFF THE BENCH
Andre Emmett has emerged as Tech's top man off the bench this season. In the last eight games, Emmett has posted double-digit scoring numbers in four. He knocked down 15 at Oklahoma and 10 the following game against Texas A&M. After struggling with five points at Texas, Emmett hit 10 in each of the next two. He pumped in nine at Texas A&M and six against Oklahoma State. In the last game, Emmett dropped in seven. He is averaging 9.0 points over the last six games and is logging 8.0 points per game on the season.
MITCHELL, ELLIS LEAD FROM THE LINE
Jayson Mitchell and Andy Ellis have been mainstays at the foul line for the Red Raiders this season. As a team, Texas Tech is shooting 67.0 percent from the foul line. Mitchell leads the team with a 76.8 percent rate from the charity stripe and has made 12 of his last 16 attempts. On the season, Mitchell is 43-of-56. Ellis has knocked down 103-of-140 for a 73.5 percentage. Over the last six games, Ellis has connected on 30-of-42 shots.
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.
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.
OWENS, PHILLIPS PASS CENTURY MARK
Senior forward Cliff Owens and senior center Johnny Phillips each played in their 100th games this season. Phillips has played in 106, while Owens has seen action in 102. Tony Benford is the all-time leader at Tech with 121 games played.
ELLIS CONTINUES TO LEAD TECH
Center Andy Ellis leads the team with 14.9 points per game, is second on the boards with 6.3 rebounds. 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 11 games, including the last three, and has six 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 7.3 rebounds and has led the team in 13 games. Five times he has garnered game-high honors.
MARSHALL GRABS CAREER HIGH
Freshman guard Mikey Marshall grabbed a career-high eight rebounds in Tech's win over Nebraska. His previous high was seven against both UTEP and Oklahoma in Lubbock.
SCORING, WINNING TRENDS
Texas Tech has won only one game when allowing 80 or more points, while losing 10 of those contests. The only win was a 100-98 overtime victory at Oral Roberts. The Red Raiders are 8-7 when holding the opposition under 80 points.
BIG 12 WEEKENDS NOT KIND TO TECH
Texas Tech has lost seven-straight Saturday games and one Sunday game, 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 eight games, however, haven't come so easy -- (7) Kansas, at Oklahoma State, Colorado, at Missouri, at Baylor, at home and on the road against Texas A&M were all on Saturdays. The Kansas State loss was on a Sunday.
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.
TEXAS TECH VS. THE BIG 12
Texas Tech is 203-228 all-time against members of the Big 12 Conference.
COMING UP NEXT
The Red Raiders will compete in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Postseason Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Thu., March 8. Game time and opponent will be determined on Sunday.