Big 12 Championship Postgame Notes - Texas

GETTING STARTED

- No. 7 seed Texas Tech (18-14, 6-12) fell to No. 10 seed Texas (11-21, 4-14) in the opening round of the Big 12 Championship on Wednesday night in Kansas City.
- Texas Tech falls to 13-21 at the Big 12 Championship all time and 8-11 in first round games.
- Texas Tech is without a win at the Big 12 Championship since 2013.
- Texas Tech has not registered a win as the higher seed at the Big 12 Championship since 2007.
- Texas Tech missed out on defeating Texas in back-to-back games for the first time since 1996.
- Texas Tech started the game on a 7-0 run, punctuated by a thunderous one-handed Zach Smith dunk.
- Texas Tech held Texas to 20 first-half points, the Longhorns' lowest first-half total this season.
- Three Tech players finished in double figures, led by Keenan Evans, who recorded 11 points.

LIVINGSTON'S 10-SPOT

- Anthony Livingston, after being held scoreless in the first half, scored 10 consecutive points to open the second half for the Red Raiders, turning a slight 30-28 edge into a 40-31 advantage at the time.
- All four buckets (two two-pointers and two three-pointers) occurred on the right baseline.

TEMPLE'S TREYS

- Matthew Temple played one of the best games of his Red Raider career, going 4-4 from the field, including 2-2 from long range to score 10 points.
- It was Temple's third-career game reaching double figures in scoring.

EVANS GETS DOUBLE FIGURES AGAIN

- Keenan Evans' 11 points marked his 20th-consecutive game scoring in double figures.

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