4 days Ago By Field Level Media
Darrion Williams scored 19 points to lead Texas Tech past Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 98-64, on Monday night in Lubbock, Texas. Kevin Overton had 17 points thanks in part to 3-of-6 shooting from 3-point range for the Red Raiders (4-0). JT Toppin had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Elijah Hawkins also had a double-double with 10 points and 11 assists.
Christian Moore scored a game-high 20 points for Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-5), and Dante Sawyer added 13 points. Texas Tech outshot the visitors 59.7 percent to 52.
1 percent from the field. It looked like the Red Raiders would pull away early, as they put together a game-opening 11-2 run that Williams punctuated with a layup. But the Golden Lions had an answer, as a Moore layup sparked a 7-0 run that cut the Texas Tech lead to 11-9 with 13:39 left in the first half.
Patience paid off when the Red Raiders swung the ball around the perimeter and Hawkins zipped a pass to Williams, who made good on a layup for a 31-18 lead as Texas Tech began to pull away. Another Arkansas-Pine Bluff rally cut the Red Raiders' advantage to 34-26, with Moore stealing the ball from Hawkins and going coast to coast for a layup at 3:26 of the first half. But Texas Tech closed the half on a 13-2 run, which featured treys by Overton and Chance McMillian.
Both teams had similar field-goal percentages before intermission -- 52.9 percent for Texas Tech, 52.2 percent for Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
However, the Golden Lions were 1-for-7 from 3-point land, and the Red Raiders connected on 6 of 19 shots from deep to hold a 47-28 halftime lead. Early in the second half, Williams drilled a 3 to give Texas Tech its first 20-point lead at 55-33. The Red Raiders cruised from there, never letting the lead dip below 20 while going up by as many as 42.
--Field Level Media.
