National Basketball Association
Texas Tech 78, Iowa St. 73
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 24, 2015
Where: United Supermarkets Arena, Lubbock, Texas
Officials:
# Lee Cassell, # Steve Olson, # Bert Smith
Attendance:
9310
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Texas Tech 78, No. 12 Iowa State 73: Devaugntah Williams scored 20 of his career-high 22 points in the second half as the Red Raiders stunned the visiting Cyclones for their first Big 12 victory.
Toddrick Gotcher hit five first-half 3-pointers en route to 17 points for Texas Tech (11-9, 1-6 Big 12), which had lost 12 of its previous 13 conference games dating to last season. Robert Turner tallied 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Red Raiders ended a three-game losing streak in the series.
Monte Morris scored 20 points and Matt Thomas added 12 off the bench for Iowa State (14-4, 4-2), which went 6-of-31 from 3-point range. Leading scorer Georges Niang was limited to 10 points while Jameel McKay added nine points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Gotcher made three straight 3-pointers to set off a 15-0 run that put the Red Raiders on top 23-8 with a little over 11 minutes remaining in the first half. The lead grew as large as 19 before the Cyclones were able to close the period with a 9-2 run to get within 36-25.
Iowa State moved within six early in the second half only to see Texas Tech push the margin back to 60-45 on Williams' 3-pointer with just over eight minutes to play. Morris and Dustin Hogue converted consecutive three-point plays to get the Cyclones within 72-68 with 1:39 remaining and McKay drew an offensive foul on Aaron Ross with 19.4 seconds to play in a three-point game, but Morris missed a 3-pointer for the tie and Williams closed it out at the line.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Texas Tech had nearly as many bench points (23) as Iowa State had total points (25) in the first half. … The Red Raiders went 11-for-24 from 3-point range after shooting 24.8 percent from behind the arc in their previous nine games. … McKay failed to record a blocked shot after tallying at least two blocks in seven consecutive games.
Top Game Performances
Iowa St. |
|
Texas Tech |
Monte Morris 20 |
Scoring |
Devaugntah Williams 22 |
Monte Morris 3 |
Assists |
Robert Turner 3 |
Jameel McKay 10 |
Rebounds |
Robert Turner 10 |
Monte Morris 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Devaugntah Williams 9 |
Monte Morris 3 |
Steals |
Keenan Evans 2 |
Dustin Hogue 2 |
Blocks |
Zach Smith 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Iowa St.
|
73 |
42.9 |
6-31 |
13-17 |
10 |
35 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
Texas Tech
|
78 |
41.5 |
11-24 |
23-28 |
11 |
31 |
3 |
6 |
13 |