The Jayhawks were playing their first Big 12 road game of the season.
Mason drilled three 3-pointers during the second half – and junior guard Wayne Selden would add another big one with 2 minutes left – as the Jayhawks won their 13th straight and improved to 14-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big 12.
You can bet that Minnesota is regretting the decision to let go of Tubby Smith – at least right now.
Texas Tech doesn’t have many sexy wins on its schedule, but the Red Raiders have beaten a lot of quality teams on its way to an 11-2 start to the season.
Ellis said his team didn’t have a great shooting night.
But Texas Tech kept close off back-to-back field goals – a 3 and a 2-point basket – by Toddrick Gotcher.
When we watch the Kansas game live streaming or on TV tonight, an overworked squad takes on an up-and-coming program that has already given a ranked team fits.
Red Raiders announcer Brian Hanni, who worked in Lawrence for several years and broadcasted KU women’s games, among other assignments, presented Davis with a pair of boots. “We didn’t rebound the ball”. Despite surrendering 46 points to the nation’s second-leading scorer in Buddy Hield, Kansas edged the Sooners 109-106 in the first triple-overtime regular-season contest between the top two teams in the country in college basketball history. “And you put that together with free throw shooting, that’s a remedy for a loss”. The Jayhawks hit seven of their first 23 shots from the field and piled up seven turnovers in the opening 15 minutes.
The Jayhawks’ 69 points were a season low and about 20 points shy of their season average.
Kansas is 29-4 all-time against Texas Tech including 12 consecutive wins. The Jayhawks made seven of their eight attempts. Two of those meetings came in the NCAA Tournament: the second round in both 1999 and 2007.
Texas Tech: The Red Raiders won 10 games in a row, including winning all eight games of a recent homestand.
The Jayhawks will meet West Virginia at 6 p.m., Central time, in Morgantown, West Virginia. Texas Tech forward Zach Smith followed with a rebound dunk on the next trip down the floor to slice the deficit to one.