Texas Tech men’s basketball head coach Mark Adams knows how to fight a bear. He and his 19th-ranked team, still without their best player in Terrance Shannon, Jr., showed everybody how to take down a bear when nobody expects it, taking down the top-ranked Bears from Baylor 65-62 Tuesday night at the Ferrell Center in […]
MBB Recap – Adams 2, Bears 0: No. 19 Texas Tech Upsets No. 1 Baylor in a Tuesday Thriller
Women’s Basketball Recap – Lexy v. Lexy: Keys, Oklahoma State Defeat Hightower, Texas Tech
Texas Tech super senior guard Lexy Hightower scored 16 points on on 6-for-7 shooting, one short of a season high. Problem is, Oklahoma State sophomore guard Lexy Keys went 5-for-16 and 17 points, and the rest of the Oklahoma State Cowgirls played better as they got the win over the Texas Tech Lady Raiders 57-55 […]
Men’s Basketball Recap: No McCullar, No Shannon, No Problem: No. 25 Texas Tech Defeats No. 6 Kansas
No Kevin McCullar. No Terrence Shannon, Jr. No problem. The No. 25 Texas Tech Red Raiders apparently didn’t need their two best players as they defeated the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks 75-67 Saturday at the United Supermarkets Arena. It is Tech head coach Mark Adams’ first top-10 win as a head coach and already his […]
Men’s Basketball Recap: Shorthanded Texas Tech Plays Admirably But Falls to No. 11 Iowa State
The Texas Tech Red Raiders only took seven healthy players to Ames, Iowa, to play Wednesday, and that did not include their leaders in points per game (Terrance Shannon, Jr.), rebounds per game (Kevin McCullar), assists per game (McCullar), or blocks per game (Daniel Batcho). But in a performance that was both invigorating and frustrating, […]
Women’s Basketball Recap – Euphoria at the Erwin Center: Texas Tech Defeats No. 9 Texas in Austin
The Texas Tech Lady Raiders had lost eight in a row to the Texas Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, coming into Wednesday night. As this is the last year for the Longhorns at the Erwin Center, the Lady Raiders got the last laugh as they came out with guns blazing and […]
Women’s Basketball Recap: Lady Raiders Fall to Oklahoma in Big 12 Opener Despite Thomas’ Career-High
In the Big 12 women’s basketball opener for both teams, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders lost to the Oklahoma Sooners 97-91 on Jan. 2 at the United Supermarkets Arena. The Lady Raiders hung in with Sooners in the first half, who came in averaging 89.1 points per game, good for second in the nation. Tech […]
Women’s Basketball Recap: Texas Tech Starts Strong, but Can’t Hold On Against No. 20 Georgia on Education Day
There were 6,500 students at the Lady Raider basketball “Education Day” game Dec. 2 between Texas Tech and the No. 20 Georgia Lady Bulldogs, and they made their presence known even before tipoff. Tech head coach Krista Gerlich said the crowd helped energize the team, and that combined with the Lady Raiders’ focus helped them […]
Basketball Preview: Texas Tech Will Start the Mark Adams Era Tuesday With Many Other New Pieces
Mark Adams was introduced as the new Texas Tech men’s basketball head coach on April 6. On Nov. 9, his first basketball game in that position will take place against North Florida at 7 p.m. at the United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock. Adams will lead a 14-man roster with nine transfers. “This is an unusual […]
Texas Tech Men’s Basketball Transfers Talk About 2021-22 Season
by Will Lanigan Two Texas Tech men’s basketball transfers, part of the nine newcomers to the team, talked to the media Thursday in Lubbock about the upcoming 2021-22 season. Transfers Look to the Veterans Senior guard Davion Warren, a transfer from Hampton, spoke of junior guard Terrence Shannon Jr. as a great leader. “I look […]