PREVIEW: Tech, EWU set for Tuesday matchup

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech will look to extend a 26-game home winning streak this week when it hosts Eastern Washington at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in a non-conference matchup at the United Supermarkets Arena before playing Jackson State at the Coaches vs. Racism HBCU Roundball Classic on Saturday in Houston. Along with the games, Red Raider Basketball with Mark Adams will have its second edition at 6 p.m. on Monday at Rudy's BBQ to preview the week.

The Red Raiders (6-2) are coming off a 78-71 win over Nicholls last Wednesday with Pop Isaacs hitting five 3-pointers and finishing with a career-high 24 points while leading scorer Kevin Obanor had a season-high 20 points. EWU (4-6) took a 77-76 loss against South Dakota State on Saturday night in Brookings, South Dakota following a 50-48 win over Cal last week in Berkley. Ethan Price led the Eagles with 16 points in the defeat in South Dakota in a game where all five of their starters scored in double figures.

Tech will return to competition this weekend by traveling to Houston to play against Jackson State in the HBCU Roundball Classic. The game is set for 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Delmar Fieldhouse and will be available through a stream on HBCUGO.tv.

Obanor leads Tech with 14.0 points per game this season after scoring a season-high 20 against Nicholls, while Daniel Batcho is averaging 13.0 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Batcho leads the team in rebounding and blocks and is coming off a game where he had 14 points and nine rebounds. De'Vion Harmon leads the Red Raiders with 3.8 assists this season after matching a career-best with six against the Buckeyes and is also averaging 10.1 points per game. Tyson missed the Nicholls game with an ankle injury and is listed as day-to-day. He is averaging 10.4 points per game after his career-high 18 against Georgetown, while Isaacs is at 10.3 points per game after his 24 last Wednesday.

Tech went 18-0 at home last season (including 9-0 in Big 12 play) and is also on a 20-0 winning streak in non-conference home games with five home wins this season. Overall, Tech has won 26 home games in a row with its last loss coming on February 9, 2021, against No. 14 West Virginia. The 20 straight non-conference home wins without a loss dates back to an overtime defeat to Kentucky on Jan. 25, 2020 in the Big 12-SEC Challenge in Lubbock. The loss ended a 54 non-conference home winning streak from Tech.

RED RAIDER NOTABLES
• Mark Adams is in his second season leading the Texas Tech program where he is now 33-12 overall and 23-0 at home… A 1979 Tech graduate, Adams led the Red Raiders to a 27-10 overall record, 12-6 conference mark, to the Big 12 Championship final and the NCAA Sweet 16 in his first season as the head coach… He was named the Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year… His 27 wins last season were the most by a first-year Tech head coach.
• Tech's last home loss came on February 9, 2021, against No. 14 West Virginia in an 82-71 defeat… The Red Raiders were ranked No. 7 in the nation in that game
• Tech is coming off a season where it did not lose back-to-back games under Adams
• Tech returned only one starter (Kevin Obanor) and three lettermen (Daniel Batcho, KJ Allen and Obanor) from last year's team while welcoming in five transfers (D'Maurian Williams, Fardaws Aimaq, Jaylon Tyson, De'Vion Harmon, Kerwin Walton) and five true freshmen (Lamar Washington, Pop Isaacs, Robert Jennings, CJ Williams, Elijah Fisher)
• The Red Raider starters for the first seven games this season was Obanor, Batcho, Isaacs, Tyson and Harmon… They are 5-2 as a starting unit… D'Maurian Williams started in place of Tyson in the Nicholls game due to injury
• Tech is hitting 48.1 percent of its shots this season; opponents are being limited to 39.3 percent… The Red Raiders limited Louisville to only 22.4 percent shooting and also held Northwestern State to only 28.4 in their best defensive efforts of the season
• Tech has won three games by 20 or more points this season, including a season-high 34-point win over Louisville… The Red Raiders have held four opponents under 60 points, two under 50 and one under 40 with Louisville scoring only 38 points
• Tech is currently scoring 72.5 points per game and is limiting opponents to 61.0 ppg.
• Tech overcame an 11-point deficit against Nicholls for its largest comeback this season
• Creighton won by 11 for Tech's only double-digit loss this season
• Tech is currently 50-for-141 (35.5 percent) on 3-pointers… Isaacs leads the team with 17 3-pointers (17-for-35 / 48.6%) while Tyson is shooting 55.0 percent (11-for-20)
• Batcho is 39-for-60 from the field (65.0%) and Obanor is 41-for-78 (52.6%)
• Tech is 126-for-176 (71.6 percent) at the free-throw line after going 13-for-16 in the win over Georgetown and then 29-for-46 against Nicholls
• Tech made a season-best eight 3-pointers against Georgetown; The Red Raiders made seven 3s in wins over Nicholls, Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State
• Tech is coming off a season where it reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the sixth time in program history and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight time – a new Tech record… The Red Raiders advanced to the 2018 Elite 8, 2019 Championship Final, 2021 Second Round and 2022 Sweet 16… Tech has an 11-4 record over the past four tournaments… The program has made the Sweet 16 in three of the past four tournaments
• The Red Raiders finished No. 1 in defensive efficiency for the second time in four seasons last year… After eight games, the Red Raiders are 26th in the category on Kenpom… Tech also topped the Kenpom.com category in 2019 and were No. 9 in 2020
• Tech started last season with a 6-0 record before a loss at Providence College in the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle… It was the eighth time in program history to begin a year with six straight wins… The Red Raiders began the 1929-30 season with a 12-0 record for the best start in program history and were 10-0 to begin the 2018-19 season before a loss to Duke at Madison Square Garden
• Corey Williams returned as an assistant coach for his second season at Tech while Steve Green and Al Pinkins joined the staff as assistant coaches during the offseason… Pinkins returned to Tech after four seasons at Florida following working at Tech from 2016-18… He was the interim head coach at Florida in the 2022 NIT… Green was at South Plains College for the past 23 seasons where he was a national champion… Adams has built a staff that also includes: Rick Cooper (chief of staff), Taylor Sinclair (director of operations), Sean Sutton (advisor), Darryl Dora (player personnel), Matt Scherbenske (director of recruiting), George Neilson (director of scouting), Darby Rich (strength & conditioning), John Bloom (assistant strength & conditioning), Luke Adams (player development), Cooper Anderson (coordinator of operations), Jamaal Scott (academics) and Briana Whitaker (executive associate)
• Tech went 18-0 at home last season, including 9-0 in Big 12 play… The team is scheduled to play 17 home games this season and is currently 5-0
• Tech's program record is 35 straight home victories… That streak started with four wins at the end of the 1993-94 season before a pair of 13-0 runs (1994-95 and 1995-96) and then five home wins to start the 1996-97 season
• Tech finished with an 18-0 record at home in 2021-22 season which was only matched by Kentucky going 18-0 at Rupp Arena… Tech outscored opponents 79.7 to 58.8 per game with opponents shooting 39.1 percent… 16 of the 18 home wins were by double-digits with the only ones not by 10 or more being victories over Kansas (75-67, +8) and Kansas State (73-68, +5)
• The matchup against Creighton was the third of five regular-season games on a Monday for the Red Raiders with the final two coming in the Big 12 schedule... Tech is currently 2-1 on Mondays… The final game of the NCAA basketball season is on Monday, April 3 in Houston, Texas
• The Red Raiders had a sell-out (15,098) for their 2022-23 season-opener against Northwestern State after they finished 11th nationally in average attendance last season with 13,973 fans per game and 251,515 total... Tech had five sell-outs last season and established a new program record by exceeding capacity at 15,300 fans in attendance against Texas… There were 12 games of 14,000+ in attendance and all 18 exceeded 12,000… Tech had 14,649 fans at its game against Georgetown and 12,682 against Nicholls

ROSTER REPORT
• Kevin Obanor has started all 45 games since he joined the Red Raiders last season and is leading the team with 14.0 points per game after going for a season-high 20 against Nicholls where he was 7-for-13 from the field with two 3-pointers. He now has 482 points as a Red Raider and 1,788 through 131 in his career. He had a previous season-high 19 points against Ohio State and 15 against Louisville in Maui… Obanor has scored in double figures in seven straight games after having nine in the season-opener against Northwestern State… Before Maui, he was coming off a season-high 15 points and eight rebounds against LA Tech and 13 points and seven rebounds in the win over Texas Southern… A fifth-year senior, he now has 935 career rebounds and has had 96 games where he has scored in double figures… He finished last season with double-doubles in each of the three NCAA Tournament games against Montana State (10 points/11 rebounds), Notre Dame (15/15) and Duke (10/10)… Obanor, who is a Houston native, started his college career with three seasons at Oral Roberts before transferring to Tech last season… He has 1,788 points, 935 rebounds, 177 3-pointers and 35 double-doubles in his career… Obanor earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection last season and is on the All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention list along with the Julius Erving Award Watch List to start this year… Last season, he scored a season-high 23 points and also had 13 rebounds in the home win over Baylor before going for 15 points and 15 rebounds in the win over Notre Dame to reach the Sweet 16… Obanor is currently 23-for-26 at the free-throw line (88.5 percent) this season and 391-for-473 (82.7%) in his career.
• Daniel Batcho recorded a career-high 13 rebounds and his second career double-double with 15 points against Georgetown before having 14 points and nine rebounds against Nicholls… Batcho, who has led Tech in scoring in three games and in rebounding in six, has scored in double figures in three straight games for the first time in his career… He had a career-high 21 points against Ohio State where he was 7 of 10 from the field and 6 of 7 at the free-throw line in Maui… He also added six rebounds in the game after he had established a previous career-high with12 rebounds in the win against Louisville along with having nine points, three blocks and three steals… He is averaging 13.0 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game through eight games (all from starting lineup)… He had scored a career-high 17 points against Creighton in Maui where he was 7-for-12 from the field in 24 minutes on the court before his 21-point performance against the Buckeyes… Batcho recorded a career-high six blocks in the win over LA Tech where he also added nine points and seven rebounds in the team's last home game… His six blocks in a game are tied for the third most in program history with Tariq Owens owning the single-game record with eight in a win over Memphis in 2018 and Will Flemons second with seven against Texas A&M in 1990… A 6-foot-11 forward from Paris, France, he recorded the first double-double of his career with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the season-opening win over Northwestern State… He has started all eight games of the season after playing 33 as a reserve last season… Batcho's 12 points in the opener was his previous career-high after he had scored eight in games last season against Incarnate Word and Alabama State… He came into this season with a career-high 11 rebounds in the overtime win over Tennessee last season at Madison Square Garden in the 2021 Jimmy V Classic… He would go off for four blocked shots, six points and three rebounds against West Virginia for his best Big 12 game… Batcho currently has three games with 10 or more rebounds this season and has scored in double figures in five games.
• De'Vion Harmon has scored 1,009 points in his career after a season-high 18 in the win over Georgetown where he also had four steals and two assists… Harmon had five assists and three points against Nicholls… He leads Tech with 3.8 assists per game after matching his career-best with six assists against Ohio State in Maui and has had three or more assists in six of eight games… Through eight games, he's averaging 10.1 points, a team-high 3.8 assists and is at 1.9 steals… He had matched a career-high with six assists and four steals in the win over LA Tech to go along with a season-high 15 points by going 6-for-8 from the field before traveling to Maui… Against Louisville, Harmon had three steals and now has 15 this season and 123 in his career… Harmon transferred from Oregon where he played last season after two years at Oklahoma and has now scored in double figures in five of eight games this season… Harmon, a Denton, Texas native who was a Class 6A All-State performer at Guyer HS, has played in 99 games in his college career where he also now has 216 assists after his five last week against Nicholls… Harmon averaged 10.8 points per game and had 71 assists last season for the Ducks after averaging 12.9 points per game for the Sooners as a sophomore… Harmon started 34 of 35 games last year and a season-high 21 points coming against Stanford… His career-high 23 points came in his first game as a freshman at Oklahoma against UTSA on November 5, 2019, and then again as a sophomore for the Sooners against Oklahoma State on February 27, 2021… Of his 1,009 career points, 81 have come this season at Tech.
• Jaylon Tyson had started all seven games before missing the contest against Nicholls with an ankle injury… He is listed as day-to-day… Tyson is averaging 10.4 points, 1.6 steals and 4.9 rebounds per game after going for a career-high 18 against Georgetown where he was 4-for-5 on 3-pointers after he had scored 10 points and recorded season-best six rebounds against Ohio State… He had nine points and five rebounds against Creighton before eight points and three rebounds against Louisville in Maui… Tyson scored a previous career-high 13 points in the win over Texas Southern in the second game of the season… He transferred to Tech at midterm last season but did not play in a game for the Red Raiders… Tyson is currently 11-for-20 (55.0 percent) on 3-pointers and has made at least one 3-pointer in six of seven games played… Against Northwestern State, Tyson made his first collegiate start and was 3-for-4 from the field, including going 2-for-3 on 3-pointers to finish with eight points… His 3-pointer on Tech's second possession of the season-opener was the first basket this season for the Red Raiders… He began his career at the University of Texas where he played in eight games with freshman season-high 11 points coming against Houston Christian… A Plano, Texas native, Tyson was an all-state performer and state champion at John Paul II… His younger brother is a freshman on the University of Colorado football team.
• Pop Isaacs has started all eight games as a true freshman and leads the Red Raiders with 17 3-pointers… He is coming off a career-high 24 points and five 3-pointers in the win over Nicholls and is now averaging 10.3 points, 3.0 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game to begin his college career… His 24 points are the most by a Red Raider in a game this season… Isaacs recorded his third of four double-figure scoring performance with 10 points against Georgetown where he also had four assists and two steals… He has 12 assists in the past three games after having three against Nicholls, four on Georgetown and five against Ohio State in the Maui finale…Isaacs had a previous career-high four 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 13 points against Creighton… A guard from Las Vegas, he had made at least one 3-pointer in seven of seven games … He also scored in double figures with 10 points in the home win over Louisiana Tech where he was 2-for-4 on 3-pointers… Isaacs comes into this week shooting 17-for-35 (48.6 percent) on 3-pointers this season.
• D'Maurian Williams made his first start at Tech against Nicholls in place of Tyson… He had three rebounds and two points in 17 minutes… Williams scored a season-high 10 points against Louisville after hitting two 3-pointers and going 4-for-5 at the free-throw line… He is currently averaging 4.1 points this season after scoring six against Georgetown… A junior from Phoenix, he scored six points in 13 minutes of play in his Texas Tech debut against Northwestern State and followed it with five points against Texas Southern… Williams now has 760 points, 136 assists, 60 steals and 227 rebounds through 64 games in his career… He is in his first season at Tech after transferring from Gardner-Webb where he played the past two seasons…Williams won a national championship after high school at Putnam Science Academy (Connecticut)… He averaged in double-figures both seasons at Gardner-Webb, going for 10.8 points per game as a freshman before averaging 14.5 points per game last season as a sophomore.
• Kerwin Walton is averaging 2.4 points through eight games as a Red Raider reserve… Walton led the Tech bench with nine points and four rebounds against Northwestern State in the season-opener and had five points against TSU and LA Tech… He has not scored in the past five games… Walton played the last two seasons at North Carolina before transferring to Tech during the summer… He has made 83 3-pointers through 68 games in his career with a career-high five 3-pointers made in a game against Louisville in his freshman season… Walton is 83-for-216 (38.4 percent) from beyond the arc for his career, including making a UNC freshman 3-point percentage record with 58 3-pointers where he started 20 games during his first season in Chapel Hill… Walton, a Hopkins, Minnesota native, averaged 8.2 points per game as a freshman for the Tar Heels with a career-high 19 points coming in that game against Louisville… He experienced the Final Four last season as a member of UNC which finished as the national runner-up.
• KJ Allen is in his second season at Tech and is currently averaging 1.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game this season… He had a season-high five rebounds against Creighton in the first game in Maui… Allen contributed four points and four rebounds in the win over Texas Southern after he had two points in 11 minutes against Northwestern State in the opener… He played in 19 games as a reserve last season for the Red Raiders with a season-high six points coming in games against Kansas State and Omaha… A Los Angeles, California native, Allen added a season-best eight rebounds in the conference game against Kansas State… He finished his first season in Lubbock by going 16-for-30 from the field… Allen was featured on the Netflix documentary Last Chance U while playing at East Los Angeles College where he averaged 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game… He was Adams' first signee.
• Fardaws Aimaq is an All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention selection and is also on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Watch List for the top center in college basketball. … Aimaq is a key part to the Tech roster this season but will be sidelined with a foot injury to begin the season with no official timetable for his return… A transfer from Utah Valley, Aimaq has recorded 1,056 points, 918 rebounds, 99 blocked shots and 41 double-doubles in his career… His 41 double-doubles are the fifth most for an active player in the nation… He earned the 2020-21 WAC Player of the Year honors as a sophomore after leading the nation with 15.0 rebounds to go along with 13.9 points per game and is coming off a junior season where he went for 18.9 points and 13.6 rebounds per game… He was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year the previous two seasons… During his career, he's averaged 11.1 rebounds per game which is the third best career mark nationally.
• Elijah Fisher is averaging 2.6 points per game with a career-high seven points coming against Texas Southern in the second game of the season… He scored three points and had two rebounds in the loss to Ohio State… A Toronto, Ontario, Canada native, Fisher averaged 28 points and 13 rebounds during his junior season… Fisher was a consensus five-star recruit and ranked No. 15 by ESPN for the 2023 class… He reclassified to play this season and enrolled at Tech a year early.
• Robert Jennings recorded career-high eight points against Louisville after he went 3-for-5 from the field and also hit two free throws in 15 minutes of work… He's currently averaging 2.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game after having three points and two rebounds in the win over Nicholls… A freshman from Desoto, Texas, he had six points in 10 minutes against Northwestern State in the opener before having three rebounds and two points against Texas Southern… Jennings averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds last season while playing for the Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes (home school)… He also played at Desoto HS before finishing at home.
• Lamar Washington established a career-high with 12 points and five assists in the win over Nicholls after going 12-for-17 from the free-throw line… It was the first time he scored in double figures and came with him going 0-for-1 from the field shooting… He also matched a career-best with seven rebounds in the win after he also had seven rebounds in the win over Louisville in Maui… Washington is averaging 2.4 assists per game with four or more assists in three games… A Portland, Oregon native, he is averaging 2.3 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 1.8 points to begin his freshman season… He has a career-high four assists against Louisville and Northwestern State… He also scored four points against Texas Southern after he had four assists (matched team-high) and three points in the opener against Northwestern State... Washington was the 2021 Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year while playing at Jefferson High School as a junior before playing at Compass Prep in Arizona last season as a senior... He produced 2,135 points, 705 rebounds and 823 assists during his high school career.
• CJ Williams scored his first career points against Louisville with a pair of free throws… A freshman guard, he has played in two games this season after making his debut in the opener against Northwestern State… He is the son of Tech assistant coach Corey Williams

TECH vs. EASTERN WASHINGTON
• Tech is 1-0 all-time against EWU with a 78-46 win last season on December 12, 2021
• Obanor had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the win; Batcho had 5 points and 4 rebounds in 8 minutes of play
• Tech owned a 40-4 scoring advantage in the paint in the game
• Tech also topped Montana State (Big Sky) last season in the NCAA Tournament
• EWU is the only Big Sky opponent for Tech on this year's schedule… Tech is 46-7 all-time against current Big Sky opponents

EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES
• EWU is a Big Sky program from Cheney, Washington
• David Riley is in his second season as the EWU head coach after being an assistant under Shantay Legans who is now the head coach at Portland
• Steele Venters leads the Eagles with 13.6 points per game and 24 assists… Venters was an All-Big Sky Second-Team selection last season… He had 13 points on Saturday in South Dakota
• EWU is currently 1-4 on the road this season
• EWU went 18-16 last season
• EWU won the 2021 Big Sky Championship Tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament where it dropped a game to Kansas in Indianapolis

RANKINGS
• Tech fell out of the AP Top 25 in the 11/28 rankings after its losses in Maui and remained unranked this week (12/5)
• Tech had moved up two spots in the AP Poll last week (11/21) for the second straight week and was at No. 21
• Ohio State was just outside the rankings at the time it beat Tech and is now at No. 25 in the 11/28 rankings
• The Red Raiders were No. 23 in the first release of the season (11/14) after a No. 25 preseason ranking
• Tech entered the season at No. 24 in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll
• Tech has now earned a preseason ranking three times in program history
• Tech is currently 0-1 against ranked opponents this season with its loss to No. 10 Creighton… The Bluejays moved up to No. 7 in the 11/28 poll
• Tech was 3-2 against Top-10 teams last year in the regular season… The Red Raiders dropped a 69-55 game to No. 5 Gonzaga last December in Phoenix before earning wins over Baylor which was at No. 1 (65-62 in Waco) and No. 7 (83-73 in Lubbock) at the time of the victories and also a 75-67 home win over Kansas when it was No. 6
• Tech has beat a top-10 opponent in eight straight seasons, a top-5 opponent in seven straight and has 27 wins over top-10 teams in program history
• Tech went 7-5 last season against Top 25 opponents, including a 57-52 overtime win over No. 13 Tennessee on December 7 in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden… The Red Raiders were 1-1 against Top 25 teams in their non-conference schedule with the loss to Gonzaga following the win over the Vols
• The Red Raiders opened the 2019-20 season at No. 13 after reaching the Final Four for their highest preseason ranking and were No. 14 to begin the 2020-21 season
• Tech was unranked to begin last season before entering the polls at No. 25 following an overtime win over Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic
• It took Tech five weeks before it earned the ranking last season but remained ranked for the rest of the season
• Tech was as high as No. 9 during February and finished the season at No. 14
• Tech's highest AP ranking in program history came at No. 6 in February of 2018 (16th Week Poll)… The 2018-19 team was No. 8 in the final week of the regular season and No. 7 throughout the postseason that led to the 2019 National Championship Final

DOMINATING THE PAINT
Texas Tech has started this season by outscoring 7 of 8 opponents in the paint and by a 264-178 combined margin… Nicholls is the only team to outscore Tech inside the paint this season. (NIC 30 – TTU 26; TTU 38 – GU 16; TTU 34-OSU 28; TTU 70-LOU 38; TTU 38-CU 30; TTU 26-LT 24; TTU 42 – TSU 30; TTU 28 – NWST 8)… The Red Raiders outscored 35 of 37 opponents inside the paint last season by a combined 1,230-654 scoring advantage.

GAME REPORTS
• GAME EIGHT (6-2): Isaacs scored a career-high 24 points with five 3-pointers and Obanor had a season-best 20 points as Tech overcame an upset bid by Nicholls. Tech trailed by as many as 11 points in the game but would secure its 26th straight home win. Washington had a career-high 12 points with all 12 coming from the free-throw line. The Red Raiders were 29-for-46 at the free-throw line.
• GAME SEVEN (5-2): Tyson had a career night against Georgetown with 18 points (four 3-pointers) and nine rebounds, while Batcho recorded his second career double-double with 15 points and a career-best 13 rebounds. Harmon joined Tyson for the team lead with 18 points in a game where Obanor scored 11 points and Isaacs had 10 as all five starters scored in double figures in the same game for the first time this season. Tech shot 50.9 percent from the field while limiting the Hoyas to 44.6 percent. The Red Raiders hit a season-best eight 3-pointers with Tyson going 4-for-5 from beyond the arc.
• GAME SIX (4-2): Batcho posted a career-high 21 points and added six rebounds in an 80-73 loss to Ohio State in the final game in Maui. Obanor would add 19 points, while Harmon and Tyson both scored 10. The Buckeyes shot 51.9 percent from the field, made eight 3-pointers and owned a 10-2 scoring advantage on fastbreak points. Tech trailed at halftime for the first time this season (41-37) and never led in the second half.
• GAME FIVE (4-1): Obanor led Tech with 15 points while Batcho went off for a career-high 12 rebounds, nine points, three blocks and three steals in the dominating 70-38 victory over Louisville. Tech limited the Cardinals to 17.4 percent shooting in the first half and to 22.4 percent for the game. The Red Raiders owned a 32-12 scoring advantage in the paint and went on an 11-0 run after Louisville had started the game with a 3-pointer. The 38 points allowed were the fewest for a Tech team since the 2018-19 team held Incarnate Word to 37 and also fell one point short of the all-time Maui Invitational record. It was also the fewest points by a Louisville team since the 1981 season.
• GAME FOUR (3-1): Batcho went off for a career-high 17 points in the loss against Creighton where he was 7-for-12 from the field and added five rebounds. The game was tied 31-all at halftime before the No. 10 Bluejays pulled away in the second half. Isaacs also had a career-high with 13 points after going 4-for-5 on 3-pointers, while Harmon scored 12 and Obanor added 10 to give the Red Raiders four double-figure scorers for the first time this season.
• GAME THREE (3-0): Harmon and Obanor each finished with 15 points as Tech earned a 64-55 win over Louisiana Tech last Monday… Harmon matched career-highs with six assists and four steals in the game while Batcho had a career-high six blocked shots… Tech led by as many as 15 and never trailed in the game.
• GAME TWO (2-0): Obanor led Tech with 13 points and seven rebounds in the 78-54 win over Texas Southern on Thursday, Nov. 10… It was the 90th game Obanor scored in double figures and he also reached 900 career rebounds in the game… He was joined in double figures by Tyson who had a career-high 13 points and Harmon who had 12 points and a team-high three assists… Tech won the game by 24 points and only trailed for 42 seconds
• GAME ONE (1-0): Batcho led Tech with 12 points, 10 rebounds and four assists in the season-opening win over Northwestern State on Nov. 7… It was his first career start, first double-double, career-high in scoring and third career game in double-figure rebounds… Obanor and Walton had nine points each in the win, while Tyson had eight points and five rebounds

OFF AND RUNNING
• Tech has now won 23 straight season openers and is 71-27 in the first game of a season all-time after its win over Northwestern State on November 7 in Lubbock
• This year was the 25th straight season Tech opened its season at home
• Tech's last loss to begin a season came against Indiana on November 19, 1999… That game was the first-ever in the USA which was then known as United Spirit Arena

RED RAIDER 20-WIN SEASONS (16 in 97 seasons)
1939-40: 21-7 - Berl Huffman
1948-49: 21-9 - Polk Robison
1953-54: 21-5 - Polk Robison
1975-76: 25-6 - Gerald Meyers
1976-77: 20-9 - Gerald Meyers
1984-85: 23-8 - Gerald Meyers
1994-95: 20-10 - James Dickey
1995-96: 30-2 - James Dickey
2001-02: 23-9 - Bob Knight
2002-03: 22-13 - Bob Knight
2003-04: 23-11 - Bob Knight
2004-05: 22-11 - Bob Knight
2006-07: 21-13 - Bob Knight
2017-18: 27-10 - Chris Beard
2018-19: 31-7 - Chris Beard (most wins in a season)
2021-22: 27-10 - Mark Adams

2022-23 AWARDS/WATCH LIST
Kevin Obanor: Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention; Julius Erving Award Watch List
Fardaws Aimaq: Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Watch List
Daniel Batcho: Maui Jim Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team

LOOKING BACK | 2021-22 AWARDS / WATCH LISTS
Mark Adams: Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year; Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List
Bryson Williams: All-Big 12 1st Team; Big 12 All-Newcomer Team; Associated Press All-Big 12 1st Team; Big 12 Newcomer of Week (1/31, 2/21)
Kevin McCullar: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist; Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)
Kevin Obanor: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/24)
Adonis Arms: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Terrence Shannon: Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)
Marcus Santos-Silva: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)
Clarence Nadolny: Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)

LEGACY
Texas Tech spent the first and second day of October in Stanton, Texas at its annual team retreat working to continue building strong bonds for the season. The Red Raiders were at the Circle 6 Camp for two days with a theme of legacy that was designed to connect the past with the current team. Adams, shown holding up boxing gloves, talked with the current team about past players who helped build the program and also about how each of the current players owes it to themselves and the program to work hard every day to continue building the legacy that many have worked to build. The team opened up to each other through discussion and also had fun with multiple team-building activities.

RED RAIDERS IN THE NBA / G-LEAGUE
Adonis Arms: Grand Rapids Gold
Jarrett Culver: 2-Way (Atlanta Hawks/College Park Skyhawks)
Mac McClung: Delaware Blue Coats
Norense Odiase: Greensboro Swarm
Jahmi'us Ramsey: Oklahoma City Blue
Davion Warren: College Park Skyhawks
Bryson Williams: Ontario Clippers

TEXAS TECH FEATURE LINKS
Define Yourself – Video Series
Harmon - Feature
Aimaq - Feature
Pop Isaacs - Feature
Tyson - Feature
Obanor - Feature
Big 12 Media Day – Four Journeys
Formative Conversation – Players
Formative Conversation - Coaches
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Players Mentioned

Fardaws Aimaq

KJ Allen

Adonis Arms

Daniel Batcho

Elijah Fisher

De'Vion Harmon

Pop Isaacs

Robert Jennings

Kevin McCullar

Clarence Nadolny

Kevin Obanor

Marcus Santos-Silva

Jaylon Tyson

Kerwin Walton

Davion Warren

Lamar Washington

Bryson Williams

CJ Williams

D'Maurian Williams