Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech vs. North Texas
November 17, 2011 | Men's Basketball
Recap | Final Stats | Quotes
- Today's announced attendance was 8,614. Through two games, the Red Raiders are averaging 9,349 fans a game. Last season, Texas Tech averaged 8,513 fans a game.
- After missing the first two exhibition games and the season opener, Texas Tech sophomore Jaye Crockett came off the bench to hit his first three shots of the game in the first half.
- For the second consecutive game, the starting lineup was Ty Nurse, Javarez Willis, Toddrick Gotcher, Jordan Tolbert and Robert Lewandowski. This was not the starting lineup in either exhibition game.
- Jaye Crockett was the first player off the bench for the Red Raiders to start the first and the second half. Crockett finished the game with nine points and nine rebounds for Texas Tech.
- For the second consecutive game, Ty Nurse came up big offensively, this time it came from two free throws with less than 30 second remaining to give the Red Raiders a three-point lead, 67-64. Javarez Willis then added a pair of free throws to extend the lead to 69-65.
- One game removed from shooting better than 50 percent from the 3-point line, the Red Raiders hit just 18.2 percent against North Texas and went 0-for-7 in the second half.
- This time around 10 players saw action in the game, including local product Kevin Wagner, who saw nine minutes of action. It was Wagner's first game action of the season after missing both exhibition games and the season opener.
- Freshman Toddrick Gotcher played the entire game for the Red Raiders, collecting 12 points, eight rebounds, two assists, one block, one steal and committing just one turnover. His high school teammate Chris Jones finished the night with 31 points in 34 minutes for North Texas.
- Ty Nurse is the only Red Raider to score in double figures in consecutive games. He had 29 in the opener against Troy and added 15 against North Texas.
- Texas Tech shot 92 percent from the free throw line (23 of 25). It is the highest output since connecting on 23 of 24 last season against TCU (95.8 percent)
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