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No. 11 Kansas tops No. 13 Texas Tech
February 02, 2026 | Men's Basketball
LUBBOCK – No. 13 Texas Tech took its first home loss of the season after leading 59-50 with six minutes to play but seeing No. 11 Kansas go on a 14-2 run to end the game and win 64-61 over the Red Raiders on Monday at United Supermarkets Arena. Tech (16-6, 6-3 Big 12) fell to 11-1 on its home court in a game with 10 lead changes and six ties while the Jayhawks (17-5, 7-2 Big 12) extended a six-game winning streak.
"What a competitive Big 12 game," Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland said. "I loved our competitiveness and fight. I told them that. This game is about finding ways to win and we didn't do that. Kansas did down the stretch. We didn't execute well enough and I thought Kansas was tremendous late with great actions and had guys step up offensively and defensively. We don't get time to think about anything other than we have to go beat West Virginia on Sunday. The Big 12 is about being resilient and getting better. We'll get better because of this. Our guys are tough and care a lot about this team."
Tech, which has dropped back-to-back games for the first time this season, returns to action against West Virginia at 12 p.m. (CST) on Sunday at Hope Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia before hosting Colorado on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at United Supermarkets Arena.
LeJuan Watts led the Red Raiders with 19 points and 12 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season while JT Toppin finished with 10 points and six rebounds. Tech had four players score in double figures with Donovan Atwell going for 12 points after making four 3-pointers and Jaylen Petty adding 11 points with three 3s. Christian Anderson, who had started all 21 games and leads the Big 12 in minutes per game, was unable to play in the game. Watts also added five assists and two steals while Atwell matched a season-high with seven rebounds. Tyeree Bryan added six points and three rebounds while Jazz Henderson made his first appearance since playing one minute in the win over Oklahoma State on January 3 and made the first 3-pointer of his career. Henderson finished with three points in nearly eight minutes of playing time.
The Red Raiders finished the game with a 41-37 rebounding advantage, shot 12-for-40 (30.%) and was just 3-of-5 from the free-throw line in the game. Tech was outscored 26-14 in the paint and saw Kansas make 10-of-13 free throws and finish the game on an 8-0 run.
Tech trailed 32-29 at halftime but would use an 11-0 run to take a 42-36 lead after Atwell's third 3-pointer of the game. The Red Raiders had seven offensive rebounds in the first six minutes of the second half and would finish with a 15-5 advantage on offensive rebounds in the game. Tech was up 55-45 after an 8-0 run that was capped by a Watts runner and led 59-50 on another basket from Watts with 6:05 on the clock. KU's Flory Bidunga cut it to seven with a layup and it was a five-point game when Melvin Council had a layup of his own. A Bidunga dunk made it 61-58 with 2:12 remaining before Darryn Peterson tied the game at 61 with a 3-pointer. Peterson gave KU the lead with another 3-pointer 36 seconds later and the Red Raiders would miss three 3-pointers in the final 30 seconds to try to tie it up and force overtime.
Peterson led the Jayhawks with 19 points after going 3-for-7 on 3-pointers while Council finished with 16 points and Bindunga added 14 point and nine rebounds. The Jayhawks shot 45.3% from the field and were 6-of-20 on 3-pointers.
Kansas took a 32-29 lead into halftime in a first half where there were eight lead changes and five ties. Watts led Tech with 10 points and had four rebounds while Petty went into the break with eight points and six assists. Toppin was limited to two points in the first half and had four rebounds. The Red Raiders were 6-for-21 (28.6%) on 3-pointers while KU was only 2-of-11 from beyond the arc. Peterson was leading KU with 11 points in the first half while Bidunga had eight points and eight rebounds. Petty made two first-half 3s, his first to give Tech a 3-2 lead and his second for a 13-10 lead. The Jayhawks were up 29-25 with a 7-0 run before an Atwell 3-pointer made it 31-29. The Jayhawks had a 23-18 rebounding advantage and had outscored Tech by a 14-4 margin in the paint at the break. Â
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