LUBBOCK \u2013 With a 2-2 record against Top 10 opponents this season, No. 16 Texas Tech travels to play No. 1 Arizona at 5:30 p.m. (CST) on Saturday at the McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Arizona. The Red Raiders (18-6, 8-3 Big 12) are coming off a 78-44 win over Colorado on Wednesday at home while the top-ranked Wildcats (23-1, 10-1 Big 12) took their only loss of the season with an 82-78 defeat at No. 9 Kansas on Monday night in Lawrence.<\/p>\n
“Arizona is one of the most physical teams on both sides of the ball,” Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland<\/a> said. “Maybe the most physical team. First and foremost, you have to match their fight at the rim. They run in transition so you have to get back and try to make it as difficult as possible. You need to get them in a half-court game where you can play possession basketball and find a way to win those possessions. Offensive and defensive rebounding and limiting them to one shot is going to be huge.”<\/p>\n Tech is 3-2 on the road in conference play this season and comes into the nationally-ranked matchup leading the Big 12 with 11.5 made 3-pointers per game and is second by shooting 39.1% from deep. In a contrast of styles, Arizona is last in the Big 12 with only 5.9 made 3-pointers per game but still leads the Big 12 with 88.8 points per game and limits opponents to only 31.4% shooting from deep. The Red Raiders are second in the Big 12 and 10th nationally by shooting 39.1% on 3s. Tech has made 276 3-pointers this season while Arizona has made 141. The Red Raiders were 12-of-30 (40.0%) on 3s against Colorado after going 13-of-24 (54.2%) on 3-pointers in the win over WVU and have now made 10 or more in 19-of-24 games this season, including setting a new program record with 17 in games against Baylor, Oklahoma State and Lindenwood. The Red Raiders established new program records on 3-pointers the past two seasons under McCasland by making 371 last season (37 games) and 289 the year before (34 games). As a team, Tech is 276-for-705 (39.1%) on 3-pointers through 24 games this season which is already the fourth most made in a season in program history.<\/p>\n JT Toppin<\/a> and Christian Anderson<\/a> are the only teammates both on the John R. Wooden Top 20 list this season after helping Tech to the Elite Eight last year in their first seasons in the program. Toppin is coming off his conference-leading 15th double-double of the season and also leads the Big 12 with 10.9 rebounds per game and is third in the conference in scoring with 21.5 points per game. Anderson, who has six double-doubles and seven double-figure assists games this season, leads the Big 12 and is third nationally with 7.7 assists per game and is sixth in the conference with 19.1 points per game. Donovan Atwell<\/a> led Tech with 20 points in the win over Colorado after going 6-for-10 on 3-pointers and currently ranks fourth in the nation with 3.63 made 3-pointers per game and is fifth in the country by shooting 45.1% from beyond the arc. Atwell comes into the matchup at Arizona shooting 87-for-178 on 3-pointers and Anderson is 78-for-178 (43.8%). LeJuan Watts<\/a> is adding 12.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while freshman Jaylen Petty<\/a> has started all conference games this season and is averaging 9.4 points per game and has made 46 3-pointers.<\/p>\n “I love our team and where we’re at,” McCasland said. “I think we are starting to play our best basketball. We have a healthy team that has allowed us to practice and be competitive in our practices. Anytime you’re practicing in February with a full group with an ability to improve, I think we’re in the right spot.”<\/p>\n Overall, Tech is currently 3-5 against ranked opponents this season going into Saturday’s matchup at No. 1 Arizona and is 2-8 all-time against No. 1-ranked opponents and 1-4 against top-ranked Big 12 teams. Tech fell to then-No. 1 Purdue this season on November 21, 2025 in the Bahamas. The Red Raiders went on the road and beat then-No. 1 Baylor by a 65-62 margin on January 11, 2022 for their last win over a No. 1-ranked opponent. This year’s resume already has two top 10 wins on it for the Red Raiders with an 82-81 win over then-No. 3 Duke on Saturday, December 20 at Madison Square Garden before a 90-86 win over then-No. 6 Houston on January 24 in Lubbock.<\/p>\n The Wildcats currently lead the Big 12 by scoring 88.8 points per game, with 43.9 rebounds per game, a 51.2 field goal percentage, 17.8 fastbreak points per game, 19.2 free-throws made per, a 20.6 scoring margin and their 95.8-win percentage. Arizona is 13-0 at home this season, including going 5-0 against conference opponents on its home court. Four players average in double figures and two are over nine per game, led by Brayden Burries at 15.7 points per game followed by Koa Peat (14.3), Jaden Bradley (13.5) and Motiejus Krivas (11.1). In Big 12 play, Burries leads Arizona with 17.7 points per game while Peat is scoring 14.4 against conference opponents. Tobe Awaka is third in the Big 12 with 9.6 rebounds per game while also scoring 9.7 points per game. Burries led Arizona with 25 points and three steals at Kansas while Krivas recorded a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds while Ivan Kharchenkov had 13 points and six rebounds. \u00a0<\/p>\n “Arizona has one of the best home court advantage in college basketball for a reason,” McCasland said. “They’ve got momentum, they push the ball in the transition and score along with elite defense and rim protection. They have physical guards and really don’t have any holes. When you play on the road against a great team and one of the toughest environments in college basketball you better be dialed in and be playing your best to even stay in the game.” <\/p>\n SERIES RANKING UPDATE Texas Tech – “Toughest Team Wins”\u00a0 RED RAIDER ROSTER REPORT (*”players defining themselves”)\u00a0<\/p>\n JT Toppin<\/a>: “Dawg. Fearless. Resilient.”\u00a0 Christian Anderson<\/a>: “Tough. Team player. Human\u00a0highlight.”\u00a0 Donovan Atwell<\/a>: “Hit shots.\u00a0Consistent. Play hard.”\u00a0 LeJuan Watts<\/a>: “Tough.\u00a0Leader. Consistent.”\u00a0 Jaylen Petty<\/a>: “Leader. Creative. Bucket-getter.”\u00a0 Tyeree Bryan<\/a>: “Team player.\u00a0Competitor. Hard worker.”\u00a0 Luke Bamgboye<\/a>: “Resilient.\u00a0Humble. Athletic.”\u00a0 Leon Horner<\/a>: “Vocal. High intensity. Coachable.”\u00a0 Nolan Groves<\/a>: “Hardworking.\u00a0Coachable. Team player.”\u00a0 Josiah Moseley<\/a>: “Versatile.\u00a0Energetic. All over the court.”\u00a0 Jazz Henderson<\/a>: “Vocal. Confident. Energetic.”\u00a0 Marial Akuentok<\/a>: “Energetic. Encouraging. Fearless.”\u00a0 Jack Francis<\/a>: “Humble.\u00a0Resilient. Coachable.”\u00a0 LaTrell Hoover<\/a>: “Energetic.\u00a0Coachable. Hardworking.”\u00a0 McCasland\u00a0is now 280-115 in his NCAA career, including his Texas Tech records of 69-26 overall (95 games \u2013 72.6\u00a0win%), 34-15 in Big 12 games, 42-6 at home, 23-0 in non-conference home games and 15-11 in true road\u2026 McCasland, who has led the Red Raiders to the NCAA Tournament in his first two seasons (2025 Elite Eight, 2024 First Round), was also the head coach at Midwestern State (56-12 record \/ 2 seasons), Arkansas State (20-12 \/ 1 season) and North Texas (135-65 \/ 6 seasons). Along with coaching Texas Tech, McCasland is also an assistant coach for the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team which won the 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup over the summer in Switzerland after winning the 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup in Buenos Aires\u2026 McCasland was a 2025 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year Semifinalist presented by AXIA Time\u2026 His record through two complete seasons at Tech is the best start for a head coach in program history\u2026 McCasland joined Bob Knight as the only two coaches in program history with 20-plus wins in their first two seasons after Knight’s teams\u00a0accomplished\u00a0it in 2001-02 and 2002-03\u2026 In 11 seasons as an NCAA coach, McCasland has won 20 or more games 10 times with the only exception coming in an 18-win year in 2020-21 at UNT with reduced games because of Covid restrictions\u2026 He is in his 10th season as an NCAA Division I coach.\u00a0<\/p>\n PROGRAM:\u00a0The Red Raiders finished last season with a 28-9 overall record, including being second in the Big 12 standings with a 15-5 conference record. Tech matched the program record with a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the program’s third Elite 8.\u00a0As a program in recent seasons, Tech has advanced to the Elite Eight (2018), NCAA Final (2019), Sweet 16 (2022), and Elite Eight (2025).\u00a0<\/p>\n VIDEO RESOURCES:\u00a0Define Yourself<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TTW EP1<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TTW EP2<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TTW EP3<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TTW EP4<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n FEATURES:\u00a0Watts<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Toppin (The Athletic)<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Anderson \u2013 FIBA U19<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Follow the Red Raiders:\u00a0Keep up with Texas Tech men’s basketball news at\u00a0TexasTech.com<\/a>\u00a0and at the team’s social media on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThis will be the 56th meeting in the all-time series and comes with the Red Raiders owning a 29-26 advantage in the all-time series. The Wildcats won two of three meetings last season with Tech earning a 70-54 win on Jan. 18, 2025 in Lubbock before Arizona won 82-73 on Feb. 8 in Tucson and then again in the Big 12 Tournament with an 86-80 semifinal victory in Kansas City. Tech is 12-18 against Arizona in Tucson, including a 33-29 loss in the first ever matchup between the programs on January 15, 1934.<\/p>\n
\nTech is at No. 16 in this week’s Associated Press Men’s Basketball Top 25 to extend their program record to 23 straight appearances. Along with the AP Top 25, Texas Tech comes in at No. 16 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, No. 19 in the NCAA NET and No. 21 in the Kenpom ratings.<\/p>\n
\nMcCasland: “Our saying ‘Toughest Team Wins’ means a lot to us.\u00a0We’re\u00a0going to win because we are competitive in everything we do. We believe in each other and are going to give our hearts to each other. In the toughest of times, I always believe we are going to win.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nA Wooden Award Top 20 selection, Toppin\u00a0leads the nation with 213 made field goals and is in the top 10 nationally in scoring (21.5), rebounding (10.9) and double-doubles (15)\u2026 He is coming off a game against Colorado where he matched his career high with 18 rebounds while also adding 16 points and three blocked shots to secure his 15th double-double of the season and 46th of his career\u2026 Going into the matchup at Arizona, Toppin leads the Big 12 with his 10.9 rebounds per game, 15 double-doubles, and 4.13 offensive rebounds per game\u2026 Toppin is currently on pace to be the second player ever in the Big 12 to average 20-plus points, 10-plus rebounds with Blake Griffin (Oklahoma) being the only other one to post the stats in 2008-09\u2026 Toppin had 22 points and nine rebounds at West Virginia last Saturday \u2013 recording his 13th game this season scoring over 20 points and the 33rd in his career\u2026 A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week selection, Toppin currently ranks sixth in the nation in rebounds and is ninth in scoring\u2026 Toppin recorded his 14th double-double of the season and 45th of his career after going for 27 points and 10 rebounds at UCF\u2026 Toppin has recorded a double-double 8-of-11 conference games and is currently averaging 22.1 points and 11.2 rebounds against Big 12 opponents\u2026 Toppin was named the Big 12 Player of the Week for the third time this season and fifth in his career after leading the Red Raiders with 31 points and 12 rebounds in the home win over Houston… A returning All-America, Toppin\u00a0was named the Naismith Trophy Player of the Week and Big 12 Player of the Week\u00a0after leading Tech with 27 points and 13 rebounds in the win over BYU\u00a0and then went off for\u00a022 points at Baylor\u2026 Toppin, who had career-high seven straight double-doubles going entering the game at Baylor, had only four rebounds against the Bears to see the streak end\u2026 He now has 73\u00a0double-figure scoring performances and 33\u00a0games with 20-plus points in his career (13\u00a0this\u00a0season)\u2026\u00a0\u00a0Along with his scoring and rebounding against Utah, Toppin recorded a career-high seven assists, made three 3-pointers for a career high and matched a career-best with five blocked for the third time this season and the seventh in his career\u2026 Against Utah, Toppin became the first DI player to put up at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and five blocks in a game since Georgetown’s Mike Sweetney on March 1, 2003\u2026 Toppin then put up 27 points and 12 rebounds against BYU, making him the second player to start Big 12 play with five straight double-doubles by Kevin Durant\u2026 Against BYU, Toppin was 3-for-4 on 3-pointers for the second straight game\u2026 His double-double with 30-plus points against\u00a0Houston\u00a0was the\u00a0eighth\u00a0time in his career and\u00a0fifth\u00a0this season\u2026 In the Bahamas, Toppin earned Baha Mar Championship All-Tournament honors after he had 15 points and 8 rebounds in the loss to No. 1 Purdue along with producing 21 points and 9 rebounds in the win over Wake Forest where he was 10-for-19 from the field against the Demon Deacons\u2026 Toppin was named to the Big 12 Starting Five for the first time this season after he produced a season-high 35 points and 11 rebounds at No. 14 Illinois\u2026 Toppin missed the season opener with a lower body injury but showed no signs of alarm in his debut, going off for 31 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and three steals in his junior season debut against Sam Houston\u2026 He returned for his junior season from a Consensus Second Team All-America season as a sophomore and has a slew of preseason honors leading into this season\u2026 He was named the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year, Associated Press Preseason All-American and is on the Karl Malone Award Preseason Watch List\u2026 A Dallas, Texas native, he was coming off a season where he recorded 19 double-doubles and averaged 18.2 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game \u2013 each the team’s leader\u2026 He set a career-high with 41 points in an overtime win over Arizona State and had a career-best 18 rebounds against Saint Joseph’s\u2026 Toppin recorded three games with 30-plus points including going for 32 points and 12 rebounds at Oklahoma State and producing 30 points and 14 rebounds in the home finale against Colorado\u2026 He also had seven double-doubles with 25-plus point performances\u2026\u00a0Toppin ranked third in the Big 12 in scoring and rebounding while having the seventh most double-doubles in the nation\u2026 A sophomore from Dallas, Toppin scored 20 or more points in 17 games last season, passing Jarrett Culver (2018-19) who had 13 games of 20 or more as a sophomore during the run to the 2019 Final Four\u2026 His 18.2 points per game were also the most for the program since Culver averaged 18.5 in the 2018-19 season with the program record being 24.5 from Greg Lowery in the 1971-72 season where he posted 19 games of 20-plus scoring\u2026 His 19 double-doubles were only behind Tony Battie’s 20 during the 1996-97 season in the Tech record book and was the 7th most nationally during the season\u2026 Toppin comes into the matchup against Arizona\u00a0having already produced 1,542\u00a0points, 886\u00a0rebounds and 154 blocked shots through 92\u00a0career games\u2026 Toppin played his freshman season at New Mexico and has now played 56\u00a0games as a Red Raider where he has scored\u00a01,097\u00a0points and has 560\u00a0rebounds \u2013 averaging 19.6\u00a0points and 10.0 rebounds in a Texas Tech uniform\u2026 Toppin ranks second among all active players with 46 career double-doubles and is third by averaging 9.5 rebounds throughout his career\u2026 His 46 double-doubles are only behind Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan) who has 51 and is three ahead of Graham Ike (Gonzaga) going into this weekend\u2026 Lendeborg also leads all active players with 10.1 rebounds per game in his career while Toppin and Jamichael Stillwell (UCF) are tied for second in that category with 9.6 rebounds per game in their careers\u2026 Toppin is the 43rd player at Tech to reach the 1,000-point milestone in games played as a Red Raider.<\/p>\n
\nA Wooden Award Top 20 selection and two-time Big 12 Player of the Week this season, Anderson leads the Big 12 and is third nationally with 7.7 assists per game while also ranking sixth in the conference in scoring with 19.1 points per game\u2026 Anderson is also fourth in the nation by shooting 43.8% on 3-pointers and with 3.39 made 3-pointers per game\u2026 He is 78-for-178 (43.8%) from beyond the arc for the season and is coming off a game against Colorado where he had 14 points (3-of-6 on 3s) and eight assists to extend a streak of eight straight games scoring in double figures and seven straight with six or more assists\u2026 Anderson\u00a0missed his only game of the season in the loss against Kansas after starting the previous 21 but returned to post his sixth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 assists in the win over West Virginia\u2026 The 11 assists represented his seventh game this season with double-figure assists, including a career-high of 13 in a win over Oklahoma State\u2026 A sophomore guard on the Bob Cousy Award Midseason Top 10, Anderson\u00a0made a career-high eight 3-pointers (8-for-10) and led the Red Raiders with 26 points and six assists in the win at Baylor\u00a0before providing 12 points and nine assists in the win over Houston\u2026 He\u00a0now has nine games this season scoring over 20 points (13 in his career) and has made five or more 3-pointers in six games this season\u2026 He recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 26 points and 12\u00a0assists against Utah and followed with 22 points and seven assists against BYU\u2026 Anderson matched a previous career-high with six made 3-pointers against the Utes, going 6-for-11 (54.5%)\u2026 Anderson, who scored a career-high 34 points in the season opener in a game he also produced 11 assists\u2026 His 13 assists\u00a0against Oklahoma State\u00a0matched a program record in Big 12 games and was only one behind the all-time single-game record of 14 by Stan Bonewitz in 1996 against Fresno State\u2026 Anderson was named to the Big 12 Starting Five for the fourth time this season after a 29-point performance against Winthrop in the non-conference finale\u2026 He was the Big 12 Player of the Week for the second time this season after leading the Red Raiders with 27 points and five assists in the win over Duke\u2026 Against the Blue Devils, he scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half and finished the game shooting 5-for-9 on 3-pointers and then scored 25 points in the first half against Winthrop\u2026 In non-conference play, he also produced 26 points and 11 assists against Arkansas along with 27 points and 10 assists in the win over LSU\u2026 Anderson, who has made the Big 12 Starting Five four times this season, also leads the Big 12 and is second nationally by playing 38:32\u00a0minutes per game and has recorded five or more assists in 21-of-23\u00a0games played this season\u2026 He has played all 40 minutes in\u00a0seven\u00a0games this season, including against Wyoming, Duke, Arkansas,\u00a0Colorado,\u00a0BYU, at home game against Houston and most recently at WVU\u2026 An Atlanta, Georgia native, he was named the Big 12 Player of the Week and to the Big 12 Starting Five on November 11 after\u00a0averaging 26.0 points, 9.0 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 steals in the first week of the season \u2013 along with only having three turnovers\u2026 He recorded his first career double-double and\u00a0established\u00a0new career highs with 34 points and 11 assists in the win over Lindenwood in the season opener and followed it with 18 points and seven assists in the win over Sam Houston\u2026 He is the first player in program history to have a double-double with 30-plus points and 10-plus assists\u2026 Entering the season, Anderson was named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team and is on the Bob Cousy Award Preseason Watch List\u2026 He is coming off a\u00a0freshman\u00a0season where he averaged 10.6 points and 2.2 assists per game \u2013 earning All-Big 12\u00a0Freshman\u00a0Team honors before helping Germany to the silver medal in the FIBA U19 World Cup during the summer in Switzerland\u2026 A 6-foot-3 point guard, Anderson scored\u00a0a previous\u00a0career-high 22 points in the Sweet 16 win over Arkansas last season and matched the team lead by making 71 3-pointers\u2026 He led the Red Raiders with 46 made 3-pointers in Big 12 play and finished the season shooting 38.0 percent from distance\u2026 During the summer with Germany, Anderson averaged 17.3 points, 6.6 assists and 4.9 rebounds, including scoring 18 points and having nine assists against the USA in the championship game\u2026 He finished his freshman season with four games of scoring 20 or more points and had a career-high six assists in the win at Kansas\u2026 Anderson comes into the matchup at Arizona\u00a0with 811\u00a0points, 254\u00a0assists, 181\u00a0rebounds, 75 steals and is 149-for-365\u00a0(40.8%) on 3-pointers through 58\u00a0career games\u2026 In Big 12 games, Anderson is averaging 17.1\u00a0points, 8.5\u00a0assists and is shooting 34-for-77 (44.2%) on 3-pointers against conference opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nAtwell leads Tech, is second in the Big 12 and sixth nationally with 87 made 3-pointers this season after going 6-for-10 and leading the Red Raiders with 20 points against Colorado on Wednesday in Lubbock\u2026 He ranks second in the Big 12 and fifth nationally by shooting 45.1% on 3-pointers for the season and is third in the conference and fourth nationally with 3.63 made 3-pointers per game\u2026 Over the past three games, Atwell has made14 3-pointers after also making four against Kansas and West Virginia\u2026 He hit a season-high seven 3-pointers (7-for-10) and finished with 21 points in the win\u00a0at\u00a0Baylor\u00a0before providing 18 points against Houston where he was 5-for-8 on 3-pointers in the win… His production against Colorado this week was his third game scoring over 20 points this season\u00a0while his six 3s was his 22nd\u00a0career game making five or more in a game…\u00a0In the NCAA, Atwell is third in career free-throw percentage among all active players at 90.7% and is 12th with 298 made 3-pointers\u2026 He was 2-for-2 on free throws against Colorado after going 3-of-3 at the free-throw line at WVU and is now 117-of-129 in his career\u2026 He is now averaging 12.6\u00a0points per game as Tech’s only starter in all\u00a024\u00a0games\u2026 Through\u00a011\u00a0Big 12 games, he is averaging 14.5\u00a0points per conference game and is\u00a047-for-98\u00a0(48.0%) on 3-pointers against conference opponents\u2026 Atwell has made 298-of-730 (40.8%) 3-pointers in 118\u00a0career games\u2026 He reached the 1,000-point career milestone in the game against Arkansas where he finished with six points on 2-for-5 shooting on 3-pointers\u2026 Atwell, who played in his 100th career game against Purdue, started the season with two straight games with six 3-pointers before a game against Milwaukee where he was 5-for-9 from deep and finished with 17 points\u2026 Atwell made six\u00a03-pointers against Sam Houston and Lindenwood \u2013 just two back of his career-high\u2026 Atwell went 6-for-13 on 3-pointers and also added four rebounds and two steals in the opener against Lindenwood and was 6-for-11 on 3-pointers in the second game of the season against Sam Houston\u2026 He joined the Red Raiders for his senior season after playing the past three at UNC Greensboro and was coming off a junior season where he averaged 13.3 points per game and was 96-for-241 (39.8 percent) on 3-pointers\u2026 His 96 3-pointers were the 43rd most in the nation\u2026 He scored a career-high 28 points last season at Chattanooga by going 6-for-7 on 3-pointers and has two games in his career with eight made 3-pointers\u2026 Atwell averaged scoring in double figures the past two seasons, including going for 11.4 points per game as a sophomore in the 2023-24 season where he was 93-for-220 (42.3 percent) on 3-point attempts\u2026 His career-high for 3-pointers made is eight, knocking down eight 3s against Kansas City and Eastern Kentucky during the 2023-24 season while at UNC Greensboro\u2026 A Huntersville, North Carolina native, he comes into the\u00a0game at Arizona with 1,191\u00a0career points in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nWatts recorded his third double-double of the season and led Tech with 19 points and 12 rebounds against Kansas and is coming off a game against Colorado where he had five points and five rebounds\u2026 Watts is currently averaging 12.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game\u2026 A redshirt junior in his first season at Tech, Watts reached the 1,000-point career milestone at Baylor after providing 13 points and seven rebounds in the\u00a0road\u00a0win\u2026 Against Baylor, he entered the game with 996 career points and is now at 1,052\u00a0career points\u2026 Watts put up 20 points and eight rebounds in the win over BYU for his fourth game this season and 10th in his career with 20-plus points\u2026 In the first matchup at Colorado, he recorded his second double-double of the season after going for 11 points and 11 rebounds along with adding six assists\u2026 A double-figure scorer in 13 games this season and 53 in his career, he scored 19 points in the win against Oklahoma State while also producing nine rebounds\u2026 Named the Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year, he earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week and Lute Olson National Player of the Week honors after providing 20 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals against Duke following a career-high 36 points after going 12-for-13 from the field with three 3-pointers in the win over Northern Colorado\u2026 According to ESPN Insights, the shooting performance against Northern Colorado makes Watts the first player in Big 12 history to score over 35 points while shooting over 90% (he was 12-for-12 from the field before missing a 3-pointer with 1:22 remaining in the game)\u2026 Along with his field goal percentage, Watts went 9-of-11 at the free-throw line to smash his previous career-high of 24 points last season against San Francisco while he was playing for Washington State as a sophomore\u2026 He recorded his first double-double as a Red Raider and the 11th of his career with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the win over LSU\u2026 He knocked on the door of his first double-double of the season with 10 points and nine rebounds in the win over Milwaukee\u00a0and just missed his second with nine rebounds against OSU\u2026 Watts, who now has 13\u00a0double-figure scoring performances this season, scored a previous season-high 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the field (2-2 on 3s) at No. 14 Illinois\u2026 He made his Tech debut in the second game of the season against Sam Houston and finished with 11 points and six rebounds in 25 minutes of play after missing the opener with a lower body injury\u2026 Watts entered the season as the Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year along with being selected for the Julius Erving Award Preseason Watch List\u2026 A Fresno, California native, he is in his fourth year in college after playing last season at Washington State and spending two seasons at Eastern Washington where he redshirted as a true freshman\u2026 At Washington State last season, he averaged 13.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game\u2026 He had 10 double-doubles\u00a0and also\u00a0recorded a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Santa Clara\u2026 He scored a previous career-high 24 points in a game against San Francisco and grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds against Idaho last season\u2026 Watts comes into the matchup against Arizona with 1,052\u00a0points, 530\u00a0rebounds, 265\u00a0assists, 10 games scoring 20-or-more points and 13 double-doubles through 89\u00a0games played in his career\u2026 Through 11\u00a0Big 12 games, Watts is averaging 10.9\u00a0points and\u00a07.1\u00a0rebounds in conference play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nPetty has scored in double figures in 12 games this season after going for 12 points in the win over Colorado after scoring 11 points in the games against West Virginia and Kansas over the past three contests\u2026 A starter in all 11 conference games and 12 overall this season, he\u00a0is averaging 9.4 points per game and has made 46 3-pointers as a true freshman after making two against the Buffaloes\u2026 Against Kansas, he also had a career-high seven assists and is now averaging 2.3 assists per game\u2026 He also scored 18 points after going 4-for-6 on 3-pointers in the home win over Houston and had a career-best nine rebounds at Colorado\u2026 A starter in 12 straight games, he is shooting 46-for-125 (36.8%) on 3-pointers… \u00a0Along with his 3-point sharpshooting, Petty is now 29-of-33 (87.9%) from the free-throw line this season, including going 4-of-4 at the line against Houston and 2-of-3 against Kansas…\u00a0Petty had\u00a0matched a career-high with five assists\u00a0and also\u00a0added 10 points in the win over BYU\u2026 He matched a career high and led Texas Tech with 20 points at Houston\u00a0in the first meeting against the Cougars\u00a0after going 5-for-9 on 3-pointers\u2026\u00a0A Seattle native, he now has two games with 20 points and is averaging 10.7 points per game against Big 12 opponents and is 25-for-66\u00a0(37.9%) in Big 12 games on 3-pointers\u2026 Petty made his first career start and scored a career-high 20 points for the first time in the win over Winthrop after making two 3-pointers and going 6-of-7 at the free-throw line\u2026 A reserve in his first 11 appearances of the season, he started for the first time against Winthrop in the non-conference finale and then against versus Oklahoma State in the Big 12 opener where he finished with four 3-pointers in a game where he scored 12 points to mark his sixth double-figure scoring performance of his freshman season\u2026 Petty recorded\u00a0a previous\u00a0career-high with 14 points in the win over Northern Colorado after going 3-for-5 on 3-pointers and 5-of-5 at the free-throw line before contributing five points in the win over Duke\u2026 He had matched his\u00a0previous\u00a0career-high for the third time this season with 11 points in the win over LSU after going 3-for-4 on 3-pointers and was coming off a game against Arkansas where he had eight points and six rebounds\u2026 His 11 points in the win over LSU was his third game with 11 points this season after also posting 11 against Milwaukee and Wake Forest\u2026 Against No. 1 Purdue, he led Tech with four assists\u00a0and also\u00a0had five points and three rebounds in 34 minutes of play as a reserve\u2026 He made a strong collegiate debut by going for nine points, eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and having only one turnover against Lindenwood in the opener after playing 34 minutes off the bench\u2026 Petty earned Washington Gatorade Player of the Year honors last season after averaging 24.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.2 steals per game at Rainier Beach High School\u2026 A four-star recruit, he led his team to a state championship and had a triple-double in a game where he produced 61 points, 15 assists and 15 steals\u2026 Petty was a McDonald’s All-American nominee, adidas All-America, NBPA Top 100 selection, a two-time Donovan Mitchell camp participant, an Allen Iverson Showcase selection and the Iverson Class 24K Showcase MVP.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nBryan comes into\u00a0the game against Arizona with 998\u00a0career points and 163 made 3-pointers after providing six points against Kansas with two made 3-pointers and had two points in the win over Colorado on Wednesday in Lubbock to get closer to the 1,000-point milestone\u2026 He scored seven points and had two rebounds in the win at Baylor\u00a0and finished with two points against Houston and three at UCF\u2026 A starter in 12 games this season and a reserve in nine of 10\u00a0Big 12 games, Bryan is averaging 4.3\u00a0points and 2.9 rebounds per game with nine points against Oklahoma State for his conference high this season\u2026 The game against Oklahoma State was his first to play as a reserve this season and was his second game where he made three 3-pointers\u2026 He was 2-for-5 on 3-pointers in the game against Arkansas and has now made 15-of-52 on 3-point\u00a0attempts\u00a0this season\u2026 In the Bahamas, he recorded his 52nd career game scoring in double figures after going for 13 points against Wake Forest with a season-best three 3-pointers\u2026 Along with scoring 13 against Wake Forest, he also had seven rebounds, two steals and made a season-high three 3-pointers\u2026 Bryan hit his season-high 13 points for the first time on 5-for-10 shooting in the win over Milwaukee in Tech’s last home game after having a previous high of 12 against Sam Houston\u2026 An Orlando, Florida native, Bryan is in his first season at Texas Tech after playing the past two at Santa Clara and beginning his career with one season at Charleston Southern and one at River State College\u2026 He was coming off a season at Santa Clara where he averaged 10.4 points per game and shot 66-for-154 (42.9 percent) on 3-pointers\u2026 Bryan scored a career-high 35 points against Gonzaga last season after going 7-for-12 from deep\u2026 He made four or more 3-pointers in seven games last season and is now 160-for-399 (40.1 percent) on 3-pointers in his career\u2026 Bryan has 998\u00a0points, 488\u00a0rebounds, 136 assists and 72 steals through 116\u00a0career games played.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nBamgboye recorded seven points, four blocks and three rebounds in the win over Colorado after he had three blocks, five rebounds and two points against WVU\u2026 He now has four games with three or more blocks through 11 games played this season and is averaging 4.5 points, 1.9 blocks and 2.9 rebounds per game\u2026 A sophomore in his first season at Texas Tech, Bamgboye played in his first Big 12 game at UCF and provided two points and two blocks before playing 8:39 minutes against Kansas\u2026 He had missed the previous nine games with a lower body injury after he left the game against Northern Colorado where he scored four points and had two rebounds in seven minutes of action\u2026 He also had missed the game against Arkansas due to being in concussion protocol after he had started the past four games\u2026 Against LSU, Bamgboye provided 6 points and 3 rebounds in the win\u2026 He recorded his second four-block game of the season and scored a season-high 13 points in the win over New Orleans before having two blocks and five rebounds against Wyoming in the past two home games\u2026 Bamgboye made his first start as a Red Raider in the loss against No. 1 Purdue and finished with five points, two rebounds and one blocked shot after he had contributed six points, six rebounds and one blocked shot in the win over Wake Forest\u2026 A 6-foot-11 sophomore, he made his Texas Tech debut with four blocked shots and four points in the win over Milwaukee\u2026 He had missed the first three games this season with a lower body injury\u2026 He transferred to Texas Tech after playing his\u00a0freshman\u00a0season at VCU where he ranked second among all\u00a0freshmen\u00a0in the nation with 75 blocks and was tied for 17th overall with 2.14 blocks per game… A London native, he averaged 3.8 points and 3.3 rebounds in a season where he earned Atlantic 10 Conference All-Defensive Team and All-Rookie honors\u2026 He appeared in 35 games with 24 starts, including scoring a career-high 17 points and having a career-best seven blocks against UMass\u2026 Bamgboye has played in 46 career games and currently has 96 blocked shots, 184 points and 148 rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nHorner contributed five points and four rebounds in the win over Oklahoma State after scoring six points in the\u00a0previous\u00a0two games against Winthrop and Duke\u2026 A sophomore in his second season at Tech, he is currently averaging 2.6 points and 2.3 rebounds in 16 games played as a reserve\u2026 Against Winthrop, Horner matched a career-high with five rebounds after also having five rebounds against Purdue earlier this season\u2026 A Dallas native, he also had three rebounds in the win over LSU after playing against Wyoming where he had four points and four rebounds in 18 minutes of action\u2026 Horner provided a career-high three assists and scored two points in the win over New Orleans after he had five points and five rebounds in the loss against No. 1 Purdue\u2026 Horner scored a career-high 10 points after making 2-of-3 shots from beyond the arc in the season opener against Lindenwood along with grabbing 6 rebounds but missed the games against Sam Houston and No. 14 Illinois with a lower body injury\u2026 Horner has played in 21 career games after he returned for his second season at Texas Tech following playing nine games last season as a true freshman\u2026 A Dallas, Texas native, he scored his first career points in a win over Oral Roberts and had one rebound in five games\u2026 Horner played at Dynamic Prep and was a McDonald’s All-American nominee as a senior where he averaged 14.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nGroves\u00a0established\u00a0a new Texas Tech\u00a0freshman\u00a0record in his college debut by grabbing 16 rebounds in the win over Lindenwood and scored 7 points in the first two games of the season\u2026 Through 19\u00a0games played, he is averaging 0.9\u00a0points and 1.3\u00a0rebounds per game\u2026 He did not score against Duke, but played 13 minutes and had a team-best plus-13 while on the court playing strong defense\u2026 Against Winthrop, Groves had three rebounds and\u00a0a steal\u00a0in 16 minutes of playing time\u2026 In the Bahamas, Groves came off the bench and scored four points against No. 1 Purdue with one 3-pointer and a free throw\u2026 Against Lindenwood, he had 6 offensive rebounds and 10 on the defensive side of the court to go along with scoring 7 points, dishing out 3 assists and coming away with 2 steals in 27 minutes of action from the starting lineup\u2026 Groves entered his freshman season after earning Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year while playing for Orono High School\u2026 He finished his senior season averaging 34.1 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game\u2026 A Long Lake, Minnesota native, Groves scored 40 or more points in nine games and had a 57-point performance during his senior year of high school.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nMoseley made his Texas Tech debut in the home win over Houston after missing the first 19 games of the season with a lower body injury he suffered in the summer\u2026 Moseley scored six points and had six rebounds against the Cougars, going 2-for-2 on 3-pointers and pulling down three offensive rebounds in 9:37 of playing time… At UCF, Moseley once again scored six points and added three rebounds and an assist in 17 minutes of playing time\u2026 Through four games played this season, Moseley is averaging 3.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game\u2026 He returned to his home state of Texas after playing his\u00a0freshman\u00a0season at Villanova where he played in 30 games as a reserve\u2026 A Round Rock, Texas native, he was the 2023-24 Texas Gatorade Player of the Year after averaging 22.8 points and 8.9 rebounds for Stony Point High School\u2026 At Villanova, Moseley scored a career-high 10 points against Lafayette and had a career-best seven rebounds against Temple\u2026 He finished his\u00a0freshman\u00a0season averaging 1.9 points and 2.3 rebounds per game\u2026 Moseley has played in 34 games in his collegiate career and currently has 70 points and 81 rebounds.<\/p>\n
\nHenderson made his sixth appearance of his career and made his first 3-pointer against Kansas, hitting a 3 to give Tech a 53-45 lead with 10:38 on the clock\u2026 A red-shirt freshman, Henderson finished the game with three points and one assists in a career-high 7:47 minutes of playing time\u2026 He made his college debut and scored two points in seven minutes of playing time against Lindenwood and contributed two rebounds in the win over Sam Houston\u2026 He appeared in his fifth career game against Oklahoma State but has missed the past five games due to a lower body injury before playing against Kansas\u2026 Henderson is in his second season with the Texas Tech basketball program after redshirting due to injury last season\u2026 A Dallas, Texas native, he was a three-time state champion at Oak Cliff Faith Family High School where he averaged 14 points and 7 assists as a senior.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nAkuentok returned to the court at Colorado on January 10 after missing seven games due to a lower body injury\u00a0and also\u00a0played\u00a0limited minutes against Utah and Baylor\u2026\u00a0Akuentok has been available but has not played due to coach’s decision since the game at Baylor…\u00a0His return\u00a0to the court\u00a0at Colorado was his fifth appearance this season and first since playing limited minutes against Purdue in the Bahamas on November 21\u2026 Akuentok played five minutes at Baylor as a reserve\u2026 He started and made his college debut in the win over Lindenwood \u2013 going for 8 rebounds, 7 points and having one blocked shot \u2013 before playing in a reserve role against Sam Houston,\u00a0Illinois\u00a0and Purdue\u2026 Through seven games played, Akuentok is averaging 1.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game\u2026 He was 3-for-5 from the field in 17 minutes of action against Lindenwood and scored the first points of the season for the Red Raiders with a 3-pointer\u2026 Akuentok returned for his second season at Texas Tech after redshirting last year\u2026 He joined the program in January and experienced the journey to the Elite Eight\u2026 Akuentok is from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and was a top 100 recruit who reclassified\u2026 He played at Fort Erie International Academy and was named the co-player of the year and defensive player of the year\u2026 He also competed for the U18 Canada National Team and helped lead them to the bronze medal at the 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nFrancis is the longest tenured Red Raider, having joined the program as a practice player in the 2022-23 season\u2026 He has appeared in 26 games in his career, including playing in eight games this year after making 11 appearances last season\u2026 An Austin, Texas native, Francis played at Anderson High School where he scored over 1,000 points in his career\u2026 At Tech, he scored his first career points with a pair of free throws against Sam Houston\u00a0and also\u00a0scored last season against Oral Roberts\u2026 Texas Tech is now 26-1 in games he has appeared in after he played in the final two minutes against Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe final addition to this year’s roster, Hoover signed with the Red Raiders on September 8 and\u00a0immediately\u00a0joined the program to begin practicing\u2026 McCasland said he plans to redshirt Hoover this season\u2026 Hoover is listed at 7-foot tall, making him the tallest player on the roster\u2026 A San Antonio, Texas native, Hoover played at Samuel Clements High School where he averaged 11.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game as a senior \u2013 earning all-district second team honors.\u00a0<\/p>\n