National Basketball Association
Texas Tech 78, Texas Southern 54
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 10, 2022
Where: United Supermarkets Arena, Lubbock, Texas
Officials:
# Owen Shortt, # Gerry Polland, # Marques Pettigrew
Attendance:
13835
By Field Level Media
Kevin Obanor and Jaylon Tyson scored 13 points apiece to help No. 25 Texas Tech to an easy 78-54 victory over Texas Southern on Thursday night at Lubbock, Texas.
De'Vion Harmon added 12 points as the Red Raiders (2-0) recorded their 23rd consecutive home win. Obanor was 6-of-8 shooting and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
Zytarious Morlte had 12 points and three steals and Davon Barnes added 10 points for Texas Southern (0-2). John Walker III collected 12 rebounds for the Tigers.
Texas Southern played without PJ Henry (undisclosed injury), who scored 21 points in Monday's season-opening loss at San Francisco.
Texas Tech shot 45.9 percent from the field but made just 29.4 percent (5 of 17) from 3-point range. The Red Raiders improved to 21-0 all-time against members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
The Tigers made only 35 percent of their attempts, including 4 of 18 (22.2 percent) from behind the arc. Texas Southern committed 19 turnovers to the Red Raiders' 12.
A basket by Obanor pushed Texas Tech's lead above 20 points for the first time at 56-35 with 11:27 remaining.
A short time later, Tyson converted back-to-back layups to make it 65-38 with 8:16 left.
Harmon made two free throws with 5:51 left to push lead over at 71-40 and the lead topped out at 32 as Texas Tech closed out the triumph.
Texas Southern trailed 15-13 after Kolby Granger's basket with 11:20 remaining in the first half before the Red Raiders went on a 10-1 run to open up an 11-point lead.
Texas Tech later increased its advantage to 34-20 on Elijah Fisher's short bank shot in the lane.
Harmon scored four straight points in the final minute of the half to give the Red Raiders a 19-point lead. But Isaiah Marin closed the half with a 3-pointer as the Tigers trailed 44-28 at the break.
Texas Tech shot 58.6 percent from the field in the first half, while Texas Southern shot 42.3 percent.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Texas Southern |
|
Texas Tech |
Zytarious Mortle 12 |
Scoring |
Kevin Obanor 13 |
Kehlin Farooq 2 |
Assists |
De'Vion Harmon 3 |
John Walker III 12 |
Rebounds |
Kevin Obanor 7 |
John Walker III 3 |
Free Throws Made |
De'Vion Harmon 6 |
Zytarious Mortle 3 |
Steals |
De'Vion Harmon 2 |
Kehlin Farooq 1 |
Blocks |
KJ Allen 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Texas Southern
|
54 |
35.0 |
4-18 |
8-15 |
7 |
37 |
4 |
5 |
19 |
Texas Tech
|
78 |
45.9 |
5-17 |
17-22 |
12 |
32 |
2 |
8 |
12 |