Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders Battle Cowboys on Saturday
February 04, 2010 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 4, 2010
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech Red Raiders (14-7/2-5) battle the Oklahoma State Cowboys (16-6/4-4) at the United Spirit Arena on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 PM.
Saturday's game is featured on the Big 12 Network. In Lubbock, the game will air on KMYL-TV. ESPN Full Court and ESPN360.com will also provide complete game coverage.
Brad Sham will call the play-by-play and Rich Zvosec will provide the game analysis.
On the radio, Mark Finkner will call the courtside action along with analyst Corky Oglesby on the Texas Tech Sports Network flagship station Double T 104.3. The game is also carried on Sirius Radio channel 126.
The Red Raiders and the Cowboys are meeting for the 46th time since the series began on January 1, 1937. Oklahoma State won the first meeting of the 2009-2010 season in Stillwater on January 9, 81-52.
In that contest, OSU's James Anderson led all players with 28 points. Teammates Ray Penn and Obi Muonelo each added 12 points, and Matt Pilgrim scored 11 points.
Mike Singletary led the Red Raiders with 13 points. David Tairu dropped in 10 points.
The Cowboys lead the series 32-13 and have won the last four meetings against the Red Raiders. OSU leads the series in Stillwater 20-4 and 6-2 on neutral courts. Texas Tech has the edge in Lubbock, 7-6.
Overall, OSU is 16-6 for the season and 4-4 in Big 12 play. Their wins have been at home over Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and Colorado. The Cowboys gained a road win at Kansas State, 73-69.
Their losses have been on the road against Oklahoma, Baylor, and Missouri. OSU lost their most recent home game to Texas on February 1, 72-60.
OSU's James Anderson leads the conference in scoring with 22.8 points per game. Obi Muonelo drops in 12.7 points per outing. Marshall Moses adds 10.4 points each game and leads his squad with 9.8 rebounds per contest.
For the season, the Cowboys are averaging 74.2 points while holding their opponents to 66.2 points.
Texas Tech is 14-7 on the season and 2-5 in conference games. The Red Raiders lost at OSU, in overtime to Missouri at home, and at Kansas. After wins at home over Iowa State and Oklahoma, the Raiders dropped road games at Texas and at Texas A&M.
Three Red Raiders registered double figures in the loss at A&M. David Tairu led the squad with 13 points. Mike Singletary dropped in 11 points. Nick Okorie added 14 points.
Junior John Roberson handed out 12 assists against A&M. John needs three assists to pass Stan Bonewitz's mark of 435 career assists to become Texas Tech's all-time assist leader.
The Red Raiders are averaging 77.9 points per outing while opponents are posting 74.7 points per game.
Mike Singletary leads the team with 15.4 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. John Roberson is scoring 14.2 points per game. David Tairu adds 10.8 points per contest.
The Red Raiders are at Oklahoma on February 9 for their 7:00 PM match-up on the Big 12 Network.
Texas Tech hosts Texas A&M at the United Spirit Arena on February 13 in a 4:00 PM contest with coverage on ESPN2.
To become a 2009-2010 season ticket holder or to purchase tickets for basketball games at the United Spirit Arena, 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.
