Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders play Aggies on Wednesday
March 10, 2009 | Men's Basketball
March 10, 2009
Lubbock, TX - - The game will tip at 8:30 PM (Central) on the Big 12 Network. In Lubbock, the game can be seen on KMYL-TV. My Lubbock TV is available over-the-air on Channel 14 and full power HD on 14.1. It is also available on SuddenLink Channel 6, Dish Network Channel 14 and NTS Channel 6.
ESPN Full Court and ESPN360 will also provide coverage of the game.
Dave Armstrong will call the play-by-play. Reid Gettys will provide the game analysis.
Mark Finkner will call Wednesday night's action against the Aggies along with analyst Corky Oglesby on the Texas Tech Sports Network local station Sports Radio 1340 and on KQBR-FM, 99.5.
The Red Raiders and the Aggies are meeting for 120th time since the series began on December 17, 1941. Texas Tech leads the series, 63-56. The Raiders have won 36-of-54 games in Lubbock while the Aggies have won 34-of-56 games in College Station. Texas Tech has a one game margin on neutral courts, 5-4.
Texas A&M topped the Red Raiders in both meetings during the 2008-2009 conference season. On January 28, the Aggies won in College Station, 79-70. Texas A&M won in Lubbock on February 21, 79-73.
Sixth seed Texas A&M is 23-8 for the season and they are 9-7 in Big 12 play. The Aggies have four players averaging double figures for the season. Josh Carter leads his team with 14.0 points per game. Donald Sloan follows with 11.4 points per game. Bryan Davis drops in 10.4 points per game. Chinemelu Elonu adds 10.1 points per game.
Sophomore John Roberson leads the No. 11 seed Red Raiders with 14.4 points and 6.5 assists per game. Alan Voskuil is averaging in 14.1 points per game. Nick Okorie is adding 11.5 points per game and has scored 145 points in his last eight games. Mike Singletary is averaging 11.1 points off the bench.
The Red Raiders dropped their last conference road game of the season on Saturday to the Iowa State Cyclones, 78-76. John Roberson led both teams in scoring with 23 points. Mike Singletary had his third double-double performance of the season with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Nick Okorie added 15 points.
At the beginning of the week, Alan Voskuil and John Roberson were among the nation's leaders in several categories. Alan is eighth nationally in three-point field goal percentage and his 2.9 three-pointers per game is 34th among D-1 players. His .895 free throw percentage is fifth nationally. John's 6.5 assists per game for the season ranks eighth nationally and his .829 free throw mark is 81st.
On the national level, Texas Tech's offense of 78.0 points per game is 28th while their 15.7 assists per game holds down the 37th spot.
With a win over the Aggies on Wednesday evening, the Red Raiders would play the No. 3 seed Missouri Tigers at 8:30 PM on Thursday. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
Four Red Raiders have earned post-season conference honors. John Roberson and Alan Voskuil were each named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention squad. Esmir Rizvic was selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. Mike Singletary was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
