Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Hosts Oklahoma State on Saturday
February 23, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 23, 2007
The Texas Tech Red Raiders (17-11, 6-7) will tip-off against the Cowboys of Oklahoma State University (19-8, 5-7) on Saturday morning at 11:00 AM in the United Spirit Arena.
The Red Raider game is televised on CBS with Dick Enberg calling the play-by-play and Bill Raftery providing the game analysis.
The first 12,000 fans in attendance on Saturday will receive a t-shirt compliments of O'Reilly Auto Parts.
Texas Tech and Oklahoma State are meeting for the thirty-ninth time since the series began on January 1, 1937. OSU holds a 27-11 lead in the series. The Cowboys lead the series in Lubbock (6-5), in Stillwater (16-4), and on neutral courts (5-2). Last season, Texas Tech won in overtime (92-90) in Lubbock while the Cowboys won in Stillwater (74-63). This season, OSU won in double-overtime in Stillwater, 93-91.
Since their last meeting with OSU, the Red Raiders defeated sixth-ranked Texas A&M (77-75) in College Station on February 13, defeated Colorado (95-74) at home on February 17, and lost at Texas (80-51) on Tuesday.
For his efforts against Texas A&M and Colorado, Jarrius Jackson was selected as the Big 12 Player of the Week. Jay has now scored 2,111 career points and is second to Andre Emmett's (Texas Tech) all games played total of 2,256 points established between the 2001-2004 seasons.
The Red Raiders feature two players averaging double-figures for the 2006-2007 season. Jarrius Jackson's 20.3 points per game is second (tie) in the Big 12 Conference. Martin Zeno's 16.6 points per game ranks eighth in the conference.
Steve Dale will call the courtside action along with Ted Chidester as analyst on the Texas Tech Sports Network (KKAM 1340 AM and KQBR 99.5 FM).
The Red Raiders play their last conference home game of the season against Baylor on February 28. The game will get underway at 7 PM and will be televised on the Texas Tech Television Network.
The Raiders travel to Ames, Iowa for their final conference game of the season on March 3. ESPN Plus will provide game coverage beginning at 7 PM.
Be part of the exciting two conference home games (OSU and Baylor) the Red Raiders will play this season at the United Spirit Arena. To purchase tickets for Men's Basketball games, please call (888) GO-BIG-12 or (806) 742-TECH or stop by the Texas Tech Athletic Ticket Office in the north end of Jones AT&T Stadium. In addition, tickets can be purchased through the Texas Tech athletic website at www.texastech.com and at area United Supermarkets and Select-a-Seat locations.
