Update #10: FINAL, KU loses, 69-64
Jarrius Jackson uncharacteristically missed two free throws down the stretch for Texas Tech. Collins utilized his blazing speed to get to the baseline, then found Russell Robinson in the middle of the lane for the easy layup.
Texas Tech has missed three of its last four free throws. Robinson made the Red Raiders pay on the next possession by hitting a three-pointer with 2:42 left. Texas Tech led, 62-57.
Brandon Rush scared the Red Raider faithful by nailing another KU three-pointer to cut the lead to 62-60. After a KU steal, Collins had a masterful no-look pass to Arthur, who tied the game at 62 with 1:40 left.
Tech’s Jackson then hit a layup and drew the KU foul, and hit his free throw. Collins blazed down the floor for an immediate layup. On Texas Tech’s ensuing possession, Jackson missed a layup, but no one boxed out Voskuil, who followed with the layup. KU trailed, 67-64 with 25.8 seconds left.
Sherron Collins hit a three-pointer with 3:25 left in the game. He rolled off a pick to his right, and drained the three. Texas Tech still led, 61-52.
Jarrius Jackson uncharacteristically missed two free throws in a row for Texas Tech. Collins utilized his blazing speed to get to the baseline, then found Russell Robinson in the middle of the lane for the easy layup.
Texas Tech has missed three of its last four free throws. Robinson made the Red Raiders pay on the next possession by hitting a three-pointer with 2:42 left. Texas Tech led, 62-57.
The play was designed to go to Collins, but the Chicago native missed the three-point shot from the right wing. Martin Zeno was all the way on the other side of the court. The Red Raiders found him wide open for a dunk that sealed the 69-64 victory.
Update #9: 4:34, second half, TTU leads 59-49
Texas Tech’s Alan Voskuil made a brilliant pass to Jarrius Jackson underneath the basket. Jackson immediately scored the layup, and also drew the KU foul. It put Texas Tech ahead, 56-45, with 6:25 left in the game.
Kansas started out the game with an 8-0 lead. Since then, Texas Tech has went on a 56-37 run.
Sherron Collins drove to the bucket and dished to Russell Robinson, who used his body for the layup along the baseline. Robinson has four fouls, but remains in the game with 5:30 left.
Darryl Dora now has 19 points for the Red Raiders. His all-time high is 22.
Collins cradled in a layup to cut lead to 59-49 with 4:30 left. Texas Tech ran its offense with the intent of taking as much time off the clock as possible. Martin Zeno missed a layup, but the scrappy Voskuil reclaimed the basketball for Texas Tech.
The shot didn’t appear to hit the rim, and the play was reviewed. The officials gave the ball back to Texas Tech and ruled the ball caught a piece of the rim.
Update #8: 6:54, second half, TTU leads 54-45
Sherron Collins picked up the defensive intensity, poking the ball away from Charlie Burgress. He dove on the floor and knocked it out of bounds off Burgess. The Chicago freshman couldn’t convert a shot on the following possession, though.
Darryl Dora continued his masterful passing from the top of the key. Looking over the KU defense, the 6-9 Dora fired a pass underneath the basket to a cutting Martin Zeno. Zeno got fouled, and coverted both free throws to put Texas Tech up 11.
Kansas then received a momentum boost. On the following possession, Julian Wright threw down an emphatic one-handed dunk on the right side of the lane. Brandon Rush then swished a three-pointer to cut the Tech lead to six at 49-43.
Jarrius Jackson immediately stopped the KU momentum with a three-pointer of his own from the right baseline.
On KU’s next possession, Rush drove down the lane. It appeared as if the Kansas City, Mo., native was going to explode for a dunk, but he came up short and missed the layup. Luckilly for KU, Wright was around for a put-back layup.
Update #7: 11:03, second half, TTU leads 46-38
Sasha Kaun converted a right-handed shot off the glass to cut the Texas Tech lead to five. It was Kaun’s sixth point of the afternoon. Charlie Burgess then hit an open three-pointer generated from Texas Tech guard Alan Voskuil penetrating to the basket. The KU defense converged on the sophomore guard, leaving Burgess open for the three-pointer. Kansas coach Bill Self called a 30-second timeout as a result.
Update #6: 14:45, second half, TTU leads, 41-34
After the timeout, Sasha Kaun responded with a layup. Kansas dropped into a 2-3 zone on defense, but Darryl Dora took advantage. He pumped faked a three-point shot, had a KU player jump past him, then hit a mid-range jumper from the top of the key
Kaun made a nice pass to a cutting Julian Wright, who threw down an open dunk. Martin Zeno posted up on the next possession and found Dora open for his third three-pointer of the game. Rush settled Kansas down with an unselfish lob pass to Wright for an alley-oop layup.
In an awkward opening to the second half, Texas Tech’s Jarrius Jackson missed an open 15-foot jump shot from the left wing. Sasha Kaun attempted to tip the rebound to himself, but instead tipped it into the basket for two Texas Tech points. When Brandon Rush missed a jumper on the other end, Jackson was open about two feet beyond the arc. His first field goal of the game was a costly one for KU. Jackson’s three-pointer put the Red Raiders ahead, 36-28, with 17:44 left in the game. Kansas coach Bill Self called a timeout.
Update #5: Halftime, TTU leads 31-28
Sasha Kaun scored his first points of the game at the 2:55 mark. Kaun faked to his left, then hit a turnaround hook shot with his right hand in the middle of the lane. Brandon Rush missed a layup, causing a cluster of players to scramble for the loose ball. Darrell Arthur came out of the pile with the ball and converted an off-balance layup, stepping over players in the process. The Dallas native tied the game at 28.
Kansas did an admirable job of guarding Jarrius Jackson, who averages more than 20 points per game. The Texas Tech senior guard hit two free throws with a minute left in the first half. Jackson only had three points at the half.
Darryl Dora leads Texas Tech with 10 first-half points. Martin Zeno has eight.
For the Jayhawks, Arthur leads the way in scoring with eight points off 4-of-5 shooting. Kansas shot 42 percent from the field in the first half, compared to Texas Tech’s 50 percent shooting.
Update #4: 3:53, first half, TTU leads 28-24
With the game tied at 22, Rush came up with a steal near midcourt. He missed three-pointer on the next possession, and the referee called Darnell Jackson on a foul for climbing over-the-back. Zeno then got KU players up in the air on a pumpfake, and converted the layup for a 26-22 TTU lead.
Arthur missed a turnaround jumpshot, but a streaking Rush caught the ball in mid-air and slammed it back home with authority.
Arthur missed two free throws, TTU leads 28-24 with a little more than four minutes left. Dora attempted a three-pointer from above the top of the key, but the KU defense altered his shot in mid-air. Dora attempted to pass, but touched the ball again and was called for traveling.
Update #3: 7:45, first half, KU leads 22-20
Darrell Arthur drained his third consecutive field goal from the baseline. Darryl Dora responded for the Red Raiders with a three-pointer. After a Mario Chalmers turnover on the baseline, Charlie Burgess hit a jumper from baseline. Tech continued to buid momentum when Darryl Dora drilled a three-pointer roughly two feet beyond the arc to give the Red Raiders their first lead of the game at 18-16. Kansas coach Bill Self called timeout.
Immediately following the timeout, Sherron Collins nailed a straightaway three-point shot to reclaim the KU lead at 19-18. Chalmers hit KU’s second consecutive three-point field goal on the next possession.
Update #2: 11:30, first half, KU leads 14-10
The score still read 8-4 at the 14:00 mark. Arthur missed an open layup, which rolled around the rim, but didn’t fall. Russell Robinson finally got Kansas on the board again, establishing position down low. He got fouled on a layup, and made both free throws to give Kansas a 10-4 lead.
On the following Texas Tech possession, Martin Zeno converted a long-range two, then Dora made a layup. Arthur responded by hitting a jumper from the top of the key. With a hand in his face, Arthur still knocked the shot down barely inside the three-point line. Kansas went to the Dallas native again on its following possession. Arthur nailed a turn-around, baseline jumper from the left side for his fourth consecutive point.
Update #1: 15:55, first half, KU leads 8-4
The Jayhawks jumped out to an early 8-0 lead two-and-a-half minutes into the game. Julian Wright scored four early points. Burgess finally broke the Texas Tech scoreless drought at the 16:30 mark with a layup. Martin Zeno then drained a jumper to make it an 8-4 game with 15:55 left in the first half.
Pregame
Kansas (16-2) enters its fourth game of Big 12 play with an undefeated 3-0 conference mark. The Jayhawks most recently won the Border Showdown, with a 80-77 victory against the Missouri Tigers on Jan. 15.
Freshman guard Sherron Collins had a breakout performance against Missouri, scoring a team-high 23 points. Collins and fellow freshman Darrell Arthur accounted for 17 of KU’s final 19 points.
Although Kansas will face Texas Tech in Lubbock, the Jayhawks have proven they can win on the road. Kansas defeated South Carolina and, more importantly, Iowa State in the feared Hilton Coliseum. Kansas is in the midst of a 10-game winning streak.
Texas Tech (13-5) most recently lost, 73-70, at Baylor on Jan. 13. Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma and Kansas State and sits at 2-1 in the conference. Senior guard Jarrius Jackson, an All-Big 12 first team selection last season, leads the Red Raiders in scoring with 20.8 points per game. Jackson has attempted 91 three-pointers this season and has converted 46 of them (50.5 percent). Senior guard Martin Zeno averages 16.4 per game.
Texas Tech coach Bob Knight most notably earned his 880th victory on Jan. 1, making him the winningest coach in NCAA history. Knight currently has 882 coaching victories.
