PREVIEW: Red Raiders set to host Cowboys in regular-season finale

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech is set to host Oklahoma State in the regular-season finale at 5 p.m. on Saturday at the United Supermarkets Arena. Fans are encouraged to wear RED in a show of support.

The Red Raiders (16-14, 5-12 Big 12) are coming off a 67-63 loss at No. 3 Kansas on Tuesday, while the Cowboys (16-14, 7-10 Big 12) had their losing streak extended to five with a 74-68 loss to No. 7 Baylor on Monday. OSU had won five in a row before dropping five straight. The fourth game of that winning streak was a 71-68 win over Tech on February 8 in Stillwater. Tech was on a four-game winning streak until losses to No. 24 TCU last Saturday and to the Jayhawks who have secured the Big 12 regular-season championship.

"We know we're good enough to beat anybody," Texas Tech coach Mark Adams said. "We just have to close that margin. That thin line between winning and losing. That involves getting loose balls, shot selection, guarding. This last game is a big one for everyone. For seeding in the Big 12 and March Madness. It's a do-or-die situation. Our guys know that. We expect them to play well. Our coaching staff is excited about their attitudes and preparation for this game."

Tech is currently at No. 50 in the NCAA NET Rankings with a 5-12 record within Quad 1 games.

Kevin Obanor will be honored prior to the game as the team's only senior who will have exhausted his eligibility after this season along with student manager Wyatt Young. He leads the Red Raiders with 14.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game and comes into the night with 2,118 points, 1,081 rebounds, 37 double-doubles and 209 3-pointers through 153 career games. Obanor is in his second season at Tech after playing three at Oral Roberts. He had 15 points and seven rebounds in the first matchup against Oklahoma State this season. In last year's regular-season finale in Stillwater, Obanor recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in a 52-51 loss before running off three more double-doubles in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Young is a senior from Bertram, Texas who has served as a student manager for the program the past two seasons after two seasons in a similar role at South Plains College. A Burnet High School graduate, Young will graduate with a degree in sports management and has the goal of becoming a head basketball coach.

Fardaws Aimaq did not play in the first matchup against OSU due to injury but is surging down the stretch having played in the past six. He is coming off a game at Kansas where he had 18 rebounds and 13 points for the 44th double-double of his career. The 18 rebounds matched a Tech program record within Big 12 games and takes his season average to 12.1 points and 8.3 rebounds through nine games played this year. De'Vion Harmon led Tech with 15 points at Kansas on Tuesday night and is now averaging 13.7 points for the season. Harmon and Obanor have started all 30 games for the Red Raiders this season. He also leads Tech with 3.5 assists and 1.7 steals this season. Pop Isaacs added 11 points at KU and is now averaging 11.4 for the season. He leads Tech with 56 3-pointers this year and has played in the past four games after missing six games due to an ankle injury. Jaylon Tyson comes into the final game of the regular season averaging 10.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game after providing 13 rebounds and six points at KU. He led Tech with 20 points in the first matchup against Oklahoma State.

Kalib Boone leads Oklahoma State with 11.8 points per game and is also adding 5.1 rebounds per game. He also has 35 blocks, 35 assists and 19 steals. Bryce Thompson, who scored 21 in the first matchup against Tech, is at 11.7 points per game while John-Michael Wright is scoring 10.2 per game and leads the team with 60 3-pointers. Tyreek Smith began his career at Texas Tech and has provided the Cowboys with 4.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 29 total blocks in a reserve role this season. The Cowboys are scoring 69.5 points per game this season and are second in the Big 12 by limiting opponents to just 66.8 points. Moussa Cisse leads the conference with 2.0 blocks per game with 51 total for the year. He is also adding 7.9 rebounds per game which is second in the conference. Within conference play, OSU earned road wins at Oklahoma and at Iowa State.

Tech is currently 11-5 at home this season. OSU is 2-6 on the road.

UP NEXT
The Red Raiders will compete in the Big 12 Championship next week with the four-day tournament being played from March 8-11 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Seeding will be determined after the completion of games on Saturday to set up the bracket. Tech advanced to the finals last season before losing to Kansas.

TECH VS. OSU – ROUND 1
A last-second putback by John-Michael Wright gave Oklahoma State the win in Stillwater back on February 8 in the first matchup of the season. Tyson led the Red Raiders with 20 points in the game, while Harmon had 19 points and Obanor scored 15 to go along with a team-high seven rebounds. Aimaq and Isaacs did not play in the game. Tech finished the night shooting 26-for-56 (46.4 percent) from the field with six 3-poitners. OSU finished with a 36-31 rebounding advantage. Thompson led the Cowboys with 21 points while Wright finished with eight, including the putback and free throw with less than a second. Boone had nine points and nine rebounds.

SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma State leads the all-time series by a 49-24 margin after its win in Stillwater… Tech is 16-11 at home against the Cowboys after taking a 78-57 win last season on January 13, 2022 in the first matchup of the season… OSU won 52-51 at home in the regular-season finale last year in Stillwater… OSU swept the regular-season series in 2021 and will be looking for its 11th season sweep of Tech in program history… The first-ever matchup between the programs was on January 1, 1937, with the Cowboys earning a 38-19 win in Oklahoma City… The programs did not play in Lubbock until December 13, 1975 with the Red Raiders taking a 69-60 win.

RED RAIDER STORYLINES
• Mark Adams is in his second season leading the Texas Tech program where he is now 43-24 overall, 17-18 in Big 12 games and 29-5 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 2022 Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the 2022 Naismith National Coach of the Year… His 27 wins last season were the most by a first-year Tech head coach… Adams is 1-2 against Oklahoma State as a head coach
• Tech has now beat a Top-10 opponent in nine straight seasons after its win over No. 6 Texas at home… The Red Raiders won three straight home games over ranked opponents before falling by one to No. 24 TCU last Saturday
• Tech earned its first Big 12 road win at West Virginia after starting 0-6 away from home in conference play before taking another one at Oklahoma… Tech went 2-6 on the road during the Big 12 regular season
• Tech is currently 3-10 against ranked opponents this season after its home wins over No. 6 Texas, No. 12 K-State and No. 13 Iowa State… The team has losses to No. 10 Creighton in Maui before falling at No. 18 TCU, vs. No. 3 Kansas, at No. 14 Iowa State, at No. 10 Texas, No. 21 Baylor, at No. 13 Kansas State, at No. 11 Baylor, vs. No. 24 TCU and at No. 3 Kansas (*rankings when played)
• Tech trailed No. 13 Iowa State 39-22 at halftime and by as many as 23 points in the second half before storming back for an 80-77 overtime win… It was tied for the largest comeback nationally this season before Florida State overcame a 25-point deficit to beat Miami on Feb. 25… The Tech comeback is the largest in program history surpassing a 21-point comeback against Texas A&M in the 2009 Big 12 Championship tournament… The Aggies led that game 48-29 at halftime and were up 50-29 after a pair of early free throws in the second half… This season, Tech had overcame an 11-point deficit against Nicholls for its previous largest comeback this season before the win over the Cyclones
• Tech is 11-5 at home, 3-7 on the road and 2-2 in neutral-court games this season
• Tech is 1-1 in overtime games this season with its 80-77 win over Iowa State after taking a 68-63 overtime loss against Oklahoma… Both overtime games have been at home
• Tech is making 46.5 percent of its shots this season; opponents are being limited to 41.9 percent after Kansas shot 39.2 percent from the field and just 21.7 on 3-pointers on Tuesday night in Lawrence… 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… In Big 12 games, Tech is shooting 43.3 percent and opponents are at 43.7 percent… Oklahoma shot just 35.6 percent against Tech in Norman – the best defensive result for Tech in conference play
• The Red Raiders finished No. 1 in defensive efficiency for the second time in four seasons last year… Tech also topped the Kenpom.com category in 2019 and were No. 9 in 2020… Tech is currently 50 overall in Kenpom - 51 defensively and 62 offensively… The Red Raiders moved up from No. 57 to 50 after the win at Oklahoma last week
• Tech had lost eight straight games to open Big 12 play for the first time since 2012 before topping No. 13 Iowa State… Tech was coming off a season where it did not lose back-to-back games under Adams… 5 of the 12 Big 12 losses have come by seven points or less… The longest losing streak for Tech to begin a Big 12 season is going 0-11 to start the 2012 conference schedule… That team went 1-17 in Big 12 play with its win coming against Iowa State which was ranked No. 9 at the time
• Tech is now 3-3 when leading at halftime in Big 12 games after its last two home wins and leading OU by a 33-31 halftime margin… Tech led UT 44-35 at the break after leading K-State by a 33-26 halftime margin… The team had lost a 33-28 advantage at KSU in its first game against the Wildcats… The Red Raiders were up 11 at halftime at TCU and led by nine at halftime at Texas… All three halftime leads that were lost were on the road
• Tech trailed at Iowa State by a 39-20 margin at halftime and lost 84-50… Both were the largest margins this season… Creighton had won by 11 for Tech's only double-digit loss this season
• 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, Elijah Fisher, Robert Jennings, CJ Williams)… The Red Raiders lost nine contributing players from last year's Sweet 16 team with four exhausting eligibility, four transferring and Clarence Nadolny turning pro overseas
• Tech had its season-best six-game winning streak end with the loss at TCU in its Big 12 opener on New Year's Eve in Fort Worth… It started the season with three straight wins before falling against Creighton in Maui… The current four-game streak is the second longest this season
• Tech had a 29-game home winning streak end with its first Big 12 home game this season after going 8-0 at home in non-conference play… The last home loss before falling to No. 3 Kansas on January 3 and then Oklahoma came back on February 9, 2021, against No. 14 West Virginia in an 82-71 defeat… Tech's program record remains at 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 came into Big 12 play having scored over 100 points in three straight games… The program had not scored 100+ points in three straight games since the 1965-66 season… Tech had not scored over 100 points in two straight games since 1996 in a 111-101 win over Fresno State and a 122-105 loss to New Mexico State… The Red Raiders are now 70-4 all-time when scoring over 100 points… The 111 points against HCU were just outside the top-10 scoring performances in program history… The most points scored in a game is 128 against Texas in 2004
• In non-conference play, Tech made 14 3-pointers against South Carolina which was the most since they hit a program-best 16 against Kansas in 2019… Tech made 13 3s against Jackson State for a previous season-high… Tech had its worst 3-point shooting performance of the season against Oklahoma by going just 2-for-18 from beyond the arc in the overtime loss
• In non-conference play, Tech forced a season-high 30 turnovers from Jackson State and scored 47 points off those turnovers… Tech had 19 steals in the game led by Obanor who had four while Isaacs, Washington and Williams had three steals each… The program record for steals in a game is 24 against Nicholls in 2002… The 19 matched the second-most ever for a Red Raider team
• In non-conference play, the 50-point win over Jackson State was the 14th time in program history a Tech team has won by 50 or more
• Tech has won six games by 20 or more points this season, including the 50-point win over JSU, topping HSU by 44, winning by 39 over SC State and a 34-point win over Louisville in Maui… The Red Raiders have held five opponents under 60 points, two under 50 and one under 40 with Louisville scoring only 38 points
• Last season, Tech was 12-6 in Big 12 play, including going 9-0 in home games… The Red Raiders advanced to the Big 12 Championship Finals where they lost to Kansas
• Last 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)
• As a program, Tech advanced to 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
• 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)
• 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 is averaging 13,181 fans through its 16 homes this season after having 14,410 fans at the game against TCU on February 25… Tech is currently 21st nationally in average attendance and third within the Big 12 behind Kansas and Iowa State

ROSTER REPORT
• Kevin Obanor leads Texas Tech coming into the matchup against Oklahoma State with 2,118 points and 1,081 rebounds through 153 games in his career… Obanor scored his season-high 26 point in the first game against Kansas this season and is coming off a game in Lawrence where he had 14 points… He is a Top 10 finalist for the Julius Erving Award who is leading the Red Raiders with 14.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game this season – ranking ninth in the Big 12 in scoring and seventh in rebounding… A fifth-year senior, he recorded the 37th double-double of his career with 24 points and 13 rebounds in the overtime win over Iowa State… Obanor reached the 2K points, 1K rebounds milestone in the win over the Cyclones to join Virginia's Jayden Gardner and LSU's KJ Williams as the only other active players currently with over 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds… He has now started all 67 games since he joined the Red Raiders last season and is now averaging 13.0 points and 6.6 rebounds through 17 conference games… He scored that season-high 26 points against Kansas where he was 8-for-14 from the field and 4-of-8 on 3-pointers against the Jayhawks in 37 minutes of play… A Houston native, he has scored in double figures in 23 of 30 games this season, 112 in his career and is shooting 147-for-294 (50 percent) from the field this season… He now has 812 points as a Red Raider... 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 started his college career with three seasons at Oral Roberts before transferring to Tech last season… He earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection last season and was 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… While at ORU, Obanor scored 39 points against Omaha in a game where he hit six 3-pointers for his career-high… Six of his 37 career double-doubles have come in the NCAA Tournament with three during ORU's Sweet 16 run before last season… Obanor has scored 20 or more points eight times this season and in 33 games in his career… He comes into the game against Oklahoma State with 209 3-pointers in his career.
• De'Vion Harmon was named the Big 12 Player of the Week last Monday after his performances the prior week against Texas and West Virginia… He is coming off games against TCU where he had 18 points and five assists in the one-point loss last Saturday before scoring 15 at Kansas… A senior, in his first season at Tech with another year of eligibility, he has played in 121 career games, scoring 1,340 points to go along with 291 assists and 158 steals… He established a new career-high with 25 points against No. 6 Texas in a game where he scored 21 in the first half, including a buzzer-beater 3-pointer going into halftime… He added 13 points and three assists in the win at WVU and is now averaging 13.7 points and 3.5 assists per game… He had scored in double-figures in nine straight games (stopped at OU) after also leading Tech with 20 points in the win over K-State following 20 points at Baylor and 19 points at Oklahoma State – including tying the game at 68 with 18 seconds remaining with a layup… Harmon has scored in double figures in 24 games this season and in 74 during his career… Harmon averaged 10.8 points per game and had 71 assists last season at Oregon last season after averaging 12.9 points per game at Oklahoma as a sophomore… Harmon started 34 of 35 games last year and a season-high 21 points coming against Stanford… He is averaging a team-high 14.8 points in Big 12 games along with providing 47 assists and 26 steals.
• Jaylon Tyson established a new career-high with 27 points at West Virginia where he was 11-for-15 from the field and 3-of-4 on 3-pointers and is coming off a game at Kansas where he had 13 rebounds and six points… His 13 rebounds were the fourth time this season he's had double-figure rebounds and his second most with 14 rebounds at Texas being his career-high… He is now averaging 12.1 points and 7.4 rebounds in Big 12 games this season… A sophomore from Plano, he had a previous career-high of 20 points at Oklahoma State in a game where he scored 12 of those points in the second half, including a 3-pointer with a minute to play to cut OSU's lead to one… Tyson recorded the third double-double of his career with 19 points and 10 rebounds at Baylor and is tied with Aimaq and Batcho for the team lead this season in double-doubles…Tyson was 8-for-14 from the field and hit three 3-pointers against the Bears to match his previous career-high in scoring which came in the home game against Baylor… Tyson had his first two double-doubles this season by going for a career-high 19 points and 12 rebounds against Baylor at home following 12 points and 14 rebounds at Texas… His 14 rebounds against the Longhorns in Austin were a career-best and the first time he had double-digit rebounds after having nine rebounds in games this season against Georgetown and Kansas… Tyson, who transferred from Texas last season, led Tech with nine rebounds against Kansas and added 10 points, three steals and three assists in the game… He was just one rebound shy of his first career double-double in games against Georgetown and Kansas before getting it against the Longhorns… Tyson has scored in double figures in 16 games this season and has had five or more rebounds in 21 of 29 games played… A starter in 29 games, Tyson transferred to Tech at midterm last season but did not play in a game for the Red Raiders… Tyson is currently 40-for-102 (40.8 percent) on 3-pointers and has made at least one 3-pointer in 22 of 29 games played… The home game against Texas and the one at LSU are the only ones where he did not take a 3-point attempt… Against Northwestern State, in his first game at Tech, 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 last season.
• Pop Isaacs has played the past four games after an injury that had him out six games… He is coming off a game at Kansas where he had 11 points with one 3-pointer and two assists… He had returned to the lineup at WVU where he scored 15 points with three 3-pointers after he had missed the past six games with injury… He had 11 points with three more 3-pointers at OU and scored six points with two 3-pointers last Saturday against TCU… A freshman from Las Vegans, Isaacs leads Tech with 56 3-pointers this season… A starter in 22 games as a freshman, he is now 56-for-149 (37.6 percent) on 3s… He now has 16 games with two or more 3s in a game… Isaacs led Tech with 23 points at Texas after going 5-for-9 on 3-pointers before providing 14 points and five assists against Baylor… His five 3s at UT was his third game with five 3-pointers in a game while his three 3s against BU and KSU last week takes him to nine games with three or more… He's scored double figures in 8 of 10 conference games he's played in… He missed the home game against OU due to being in concussion protocol but returned to contribute 10 points, three assists and three steals at Iowa State in 32 minutes of play… Isaacs led Tech with 17 points at TCU after matching a career-high with five 3-pointers before going off for 18 points with four 3-pointers against Kansas… For the season, Isaacs is averaging 11.4 points, 2.7 assists and 1.1 steals… He scored a career-high 24 points and five 3-pointers in the win over Nicholls… He has made three or more 3-pointers in 11 of 23 games played.
• Fardaws Aimaq matched a Tech program record with 18 rebounds at Kansas and recorded his 44th career doubled-double by adding 13 points against the Jayhawks… He had a season-best seven offensive rebounds against KU in his third double-double of the season… He had led Tech in scoring the previous two games with 19 points against OU and TCU… Through nine games played this season, Aimaq is averaging 12.1 points and 8.3 rebounds… He produced 19 points and 10 rebounds at Oklahoma after going for 14 points and 12 rebounds in the win at West Virginia… Aimaq had six rebounds to go along with his 19 points last Saturday against TCU where he was 5-for-11 from the field and 9-of-10 at the free-throw line… He was 10-for-10 at the free-throw line at WVU and had five offensive rebounds in the road victory… Through nine games played this season, Aimaq is 22-for-30 at the line… Aimaq was coming off 12 points, eight rebounds and three assists in the win over No. 6 Texas in his fifth game played this season… He had made his return to the lineup against K-State where he played 23 minutes, finishing with two points, two assists and one rebound… Aimaq had missed the previous five games after playing in three… He now has 1,165 points, 993 rebounds and 102 blocked shots in his career… Aimaq made his Texas Tech debut at Texas on January 14 where he went for 12 points and five rebounds in 28:58 of time on the court before going for 12 points and nine rebounds in his home debut against Baylor on January 17… A 6-foot-11 senior, he came into this season as an All-Big 12 Preseason Honorable Mention selection and was also on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Watch List for the top center in college basketball. … Listed as a forward from Vancouver, Aimaq had been sidelined for the first 16 games of the year with a foot injury he suffered before in September… He would go 5-for-12 from the field and was 1-of-3 from beyond the arc in Austin and was 5-for-8 with one 3-pointer against Baylor… His 44 double-doubles are the seventh most nationally among active players… 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 was 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 12.7 points and 10.8 rebounds through 92 games.
• Lamar Washington recorded a career-high 13 points and five steals in the win over K-State in 18:52 of playing time as a reserve… He had started the previous two games at Oklahoma State and Baylor, finishing with a team-high five assists at Baylor to go along with seven points and three rebounds… Against K-State, Washington was 4-for-7 from the field and 2-for-4 on 3-pointers… He is now 5-for-26 on 3-pointers for the season… His five assists at BU matched a career-high that he also had against Nicholls – he now has 52 assists this season… Washington led the Tech bench with eight points against Iowa State after going 3-for-5 from the field and making two free throws… A steal and dunk with six minutes remaining cut the Cyclone lead to six in the 23-point comeback win… Washington made his first career start against Oklahoma in a game where he contributed six points and six rebounds in 36 minutes of play… Washington had established a previous career-high with 12 points and five assists in the non-conference win over Nicholls after going 12-for-17 from the free-throw line… A key reserve throughout his freshman season, he is currently averaging 3.3 points, 1.7 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.7 rebounds per game… Washington was averaging 7.8 points and 3.0 assists in the five games leading into conference play… He had a previous season-best with three steals against Houston Christian and Jackson State in non-conference play… A freshman from Portland, Oregon, his 12 points against Nicholls was the first time he scored in double figures and came with him going 0-for-1 from the field shooting… 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.
• Elijah Fisher matched his career-high with eight points against TCU last Saturday where he was 3-for-4 from the field with one 3-pointer in 15 minutes as a reserve… He had made the first start of his career against K-State, finishing with three rebounds, two points and a steal in 12:48 of playing time… He returned to a reserve role in the past five games and also had four points and four rebounds in the win at Oklahoma… A freshman from Toronto, he had a career-high nine rebounds at LSU with three coming on the offensive end before contributing three rebounds and three points against Iowa State… At LSU, he would add five points and two steals in 22 minutes of play in the win in Baton Rouge… For the season, he scored a best of eight points for the first time after going 3-for-4 from the field against Jackson State before scoring five points in each of the wins over SC State and HCU… He is now averaging 3.3 points per game with a previous season-best seven points coming against Texas Southern in the second game of the season… Through 26 games played, he is 32-for-70 (45.7 percent) from the field this season… Before his nine rebounds at LSU, his previous career-high in rebounding was three in games against Jackson State, South Carolina State and Oklahoma… 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.
• Kerwin Walton had started the past seven games before returning to a reserve role at Oklahoma… Walton has not scored in the past four games… He went off for a season-high 17 points with five 3-pointers at LSU in Baton Rouge and had six points at Baylor… Walton is now 23-for-56 (41.1 percent) on 3-pointers this season… At LSU, Walton was 5-for-6 on 3-pointers to match his career-high… He had scored a season-high with 12 points against Baylor at home after going 4-for-6 on 3-pointers… He is averaging 3.8 points through 26 games played as a Red Raider… Walton led the Tech bench with nine points and four rebounds against Northwestern State in the season-opener… Walton played the last two seasons at North Carolina before transferring to Tech during the summer… He has made 104 3-pointers through 84 games in his career with the first game he had with five 3-pointers made coming against Louisville in his freshman season… Walton is 104-for-259 (40.2 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 (starter in 20 of 29 games) 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 scored nine points and had five rebounds against TCU in 20 minutes of play for his top Big 12 performance… He was 4-for-5 from the field and also came away with one steal against the Horned Frogs… Allen went off for a career-high 15 points in the win over Jackson State by shooting 7-for-10 from the field before scoring six against Houston Christian… A junior from Los Angeles, Allen had a season-high seven rebounds and scored five points in the win over EWU in 18 minutes off the bench… In his second season at Tech, Allen is currently averaging 2.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game this season after contributing three points and three rebounds in the win over K-State but not scoring in the past five games… He had a previous season-high five rebounds against Creighton in the first game in Maui… Allen 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… 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 and was Adams' first signee.
• Robert Jennings matched a career-high with six rebounds in the road win at WVU with three coming on the offensive end… He also had three points in eight minutes of playing time… A freshman forward, he provided four points and a rebound in the win over No. 6 Texas after he had four rebounds, three points and a career-high two blocks in the win over K-State in 13 minutes as a reserve… Against the Longhorns, Jennings made a 3-pointer and is now 3-for-8 from beyond the arc this season… He also had six points and a rebound in the win over Iowa State in 12:46 on the court… A freshman from DeSoto, Texas, he made his fourth start of his career against OU in a game where he contributed eight points (matched career-high) and three rebounds in a career-best 23 minutes of play before contributing three rebounds… Jennings produced a career-high six rebounds as a reserve in the final non-conference game against South Carolina State…He was coming off matching his career-highs with eight points and five rebounds against Houston Christian… A freshman from Desoto, he established his career-high with eight points against Louisville in Maui after he went 3-for-5 from the field and also hit two free throws in 15 minutes of work… He's currently averaging 2.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.
• D'Maurian Williams contributed five points in both home wins over Texas and K-State before going scoreless at WVU… Against UT, he was 2-for-3 from the field with one 3-pointer in 22:34 of playing time… He also scored five points at LSU with one 3-pointer before contributing four points and a steal against Iowa State… Williams made a tough inside shot against Iowa State with 1:12 remaining to cut it to a 69-66 game… He hit five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 17 points in the non-conference win over Jackson State with all 17 coming in the second half… A junior from Arizona, Williams made his first start at Tech against Nicholls in place of Tyson who was injured… He played against Jackson State as a reserve, going 5-for-7 on 3-pointers after coming into the game with only three made 3-pointers through eight games played… Williams scored a previous 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 3.4 points this season… Williams now has 806 points, 146 assists, 69 steals and 250 rebounds through 79 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.
• Daniel Batcho has missed the past six games against Kansas, TCU, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas and K-State with a lower body injury… He is listed as day-to-day going into the game against Oklahoma State… For the season, he leads Tech with 1.7 blocks per game to go along with scoring 8.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game this season… A 6-foot-11 sophomore from Paris, France, Batcho was on a streak of 12 straight games with at least one blocked shot after having two more at LSU but has not recorded one in the past three games he played in… Batcho scored eight points and had seven rebounds for the Red Raiders in the win over LSU… He has 17 blocked shots through 10 Big 12 games played after having conference-best five at TCU and then three more against KU… He currently has 35 blocks for the season and 52 in his career… Prior to conference play, he had a 12/10 performance against Jackson State which was his third double-double of the season and the fourth game with 10 or more rebounds this season… 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 eight, had scored in double figures in five straight games for the first time in his career coming into Big 12 action but has not scored in double figures in a Big 12 game… He scored 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… His six blocks against Louisiana Tech 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 reserve in 33 games last season at Tech, 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.
• CJ Williams scored his first career points against Louisville with a pair of free throws and his first bucket with a layup against South Carolina State… A freshman guard, he has played in six games this season after making his debut in the opener against Northwestern State… He is the son of Tech assistant coach Corey Williams

RANKINGS
• Tech was at No. 21 in the nation this season before it fell out of the AP Top 25 in the 11/28/2022 rankings after losses in Maui… The Red Raiders have remained unranked since
• After the win over No. 6 Texas, the Red Raiders have now beat a top-10 opponent in nine straight seasons
• Tech is now 3-10 this season against ranked opponents after its home wins over No. 6 Texas, No. 12 K-State and No. 13 Iowa State… The losses came against vs. No. 10 Creighton, at No. 18 TCU, No. 3 Kansas, at No. 14 Iowa State, at No. 10 Texas, No. 21 Baylor, at No. 13 Kansas State, at No. 11 Baylor, No. 24 TCU, at No. 3 Kansas (rankings as of game played)
• Tech had moved up two spots in the AP Poll (11/21/2022) for the second straight week and was at No. 21 entering the Maui Invitational
• 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 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 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 last 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 outscored 21 of 30 opponents in the paint and by a 1,024-772 combined margin… (TTU 40 – KU 32; TCU 52 – TTU 44; TTU 40 – OU 24; TTU 42 – WVU 18; TTU 36 – UT 18; TTU 28 – KSU 26; OSU 36 – TTU 30; BU 36 – TTU 30; TTU 34 - ISU 34; TTU 26 – LSU 24; TTU 34 – WVU 10; TTU 30 – KSU 20; BU 28 – TTU 18; TTU 28 – UT 16; ISU 36 - TTU 24; TTU 38 – OU 32; TTU 30 – KU 30; TCU 44 – TTU 22; TTU 48 – SCST 36; TTU 56 – HCU 24; TTU 42 – JSU 18; TTU 40 – EWU 18; 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.

TECH IN THE BIG 12-SEC CHALLENGE
Texas Tech improved to 7-3 all-time in the Big 12-SEC Challenge with its win over LSU.
01/28/2023: Texas Tech 76, LSU 68; Baton Rouge, Louisiana
01/29/2022: Texas Tech 75, Mississippi State 50; Lubbock, Texas
01/30/2021: Texas Tech 76, LSU 71; Baton Rouge, Louisiana
01/25/2020: Kentucky 76, Texas Tech 74 (OT); Lubbock, Texas
01/26/2019: Texas Tech 67, Arkansas 64; Lubbock, Texas
01/27/2018: Texas Tech 70, South Carolina 63; Columbia, South Carolina
01/28/2017: Texas Tech 77, LSU 64; Lubbock, Texas
01/30/2016: Arkansas 75, Texas Tech 68 (OT); Fayetteville, Arkansas
12/03/2014: Texas Tech 46, Auburn 44; Lubbock, Texas
11/14/2013: Alabama 76, Texas Tech 64; Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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: Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Mac McClung: Philadelphia 76ers/Delaware Blue Coats (2-way)
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
Obanor – Feature (December 2022)
Harmon - Feature
Aimaq - Feature
Pop Isaacs - Feature
Tyson - Feature
Obanor – Feature (March 2022)
Big 12 Media Day – Four Journeys
Formative Conversation – Players
Formative Conversation - Coaches

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