Toppin's near-perfect shooting night sends Texas Tech past Northwestern 86-65
Northwestern State Demons vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders: Game Highlights
Northwestern State Demons vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders: Game Highlights
LUBBOCK. Texas -- — JT Toppin scored 25 points, reserve Kevin Overton scored 19 points and Texas Tech beat Northwestern State 86-65 on Friday night.
Toppin finished 10-of-11 shooting, Chance McMillan scored 13 points and Kerwin Walton 11 for the Red Raiders (2-0). Darrion Williams just missed a double-double scoring eight points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
Reserve Jon Sanders II led the Demons (1-1) with 18 points.
After tying a program record with 16-made 3-pointers in its season opener against Bethune-Cookman in Tuesday's home opener, Texas Tech cooled considerably shooting 6 of 19 from beyond the arc.
Walton's 3-pointer with 13:26 remaining in the first half gave the Red Raiders a 21-9 lead. Toppin converted a three-point play with 7:29 before halftime to make it 29-17 and Texas Tech led by double digits for the rest of the game.
Texas Tech led 42-28 at halftime and the lead reached 20 points (83-63) with 1:33 remaining on Overton's jumper.
The Red Raiders now own an 8-0 all-time advantage over Northwestern State with all eight wins coming at home.
------ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP collegebasketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
Game Information
- Referees:
- Tony Padilla
- Mark Fulton
- Layne Barney
2024-25 Southland Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Incarnate Word | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
UT Rio Grande Valley | 0-0 | - | 3-2 |
Houston Christian | 0-0 | - | 2-2 |
Stephen F. Austin | 0-0 | - | 2-2 |
Lamar | 0-0 | - | 1-1 |
Nicholls | 0-0 | - | 2-3 |
McNeese | 0-0 | - | 1-2 |
SE Louisiana | 0-0 | - | 1-2 |
East Texas A&M | 0-0 | - | 1-3 |
Northwestern State | 0-0 | - | 1-3 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 0-0 | - | 1-3 |
New Orleans | 0-0 | - | 1-4 |
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
BYU | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
Colorado | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
Kansas | 0-0 | - | 4-0 |
Cincinnati | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Oklahoma State | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Texas Tech | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
UCF | 0-0 | - | 3-0 |
Iowa State | 0-0 | - | 2-0 |
Arizona State | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
TCU | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
Utah | 0-0 | - | 3-1 |
Arizona | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Baylor | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Houston | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
Kansas State | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |
West Virginia | 0-0 | - | 2-1 |