National Basketball Association
Kansas 91, Texas Tech 63
When: 3:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 14, 2013
Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Officials:
# Rod Dixon, # Paul Janssen, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
17996
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 6 Kansas 91, Texas Tech 63: Ben McLemore scored a game-high 24 points to lead the top-seeded Jayhawks past the ninth-seeded Red Raiders in a Big 12 tournament quarterfinal in Kansas City, Mo.
McLemore was 8-for-12 shooting with four 3-pointers and Rio Adams scored 11 points off the bench for Kansas (27-5), which will play fifth-seeded Iowa State in Friday’s semifinals. Jeff Withey and Kevin Young chipped in nine points apiece for the Big 12 regular-season co-champions, who were 14-4 in Big 12 play.
Dejan Kravic scored 20 points to lead Texas Tech (11-20), which beat eighth-seeded West Virginia 71-69 in Wednesday’s opening round. Dusty Hannahs chipped in 15 points and Jordan Tolbert added 13 points and six rebounds for the Red Raiders, who were ninth in conference play at 3-15.
Kansas, which never trailed in the game, jumped out to a 15-2 lead before Texas Tech cut it to 27-25 on Tolbert’s layup with 3:11 left. The Jayhawks countered with a 7-0 run in which Withey scored five points and took a 34-25 advantage into halftime.
Texas Tech pulled as close as 34-27 in the second half before Kansas turned the game into blowout. The Jayhawks improved to 25-4 in the series and have won the last eight meetings, including 79-42 on March 4 in Lawrence and 60-46 on Jan. 12 in Lubbock.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Kansas outrebounded Texas Tech 27-21. … The Jayhawks finished 31-for-47 shooting while the Red Raiders were 19-for-48. … Texas Tech fell to 13-17 all-time in the Big 12 tournament.
Top Game Performances
Texas Tech |
|
Kansas |
Dejan Kravic 20 |
Scoring |
Ben McLemore 24 |
Daylen Robinson 5 |
Assists |
Travis Releford 5 |
Jordan Tolbert 6 |
Rebounds |
Perry Ellis 7 |
Dusty Hannahs 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Ben McLemore 4 |
Dusty Hannahs 3 |
Steals |
Elijah Johnson 3 |
Jaye Crockett 1 |
Blocks |
Jeff Withey 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Texas Tech
|
63 |
39.6 |
4-12 |
21-24 |
11 |
16 |
1 |
12 |
19 |
Kansas
|
91 |
66.0 |
9-18 |
20-23 |
22 |
26 |
5 |
12 |
17 |