National Basketball Association
Texas Tech 85, No.Carolina A&T 74
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 28, 2012
Where: United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, Texas
Officials:
# Jeb Hartness, # Terry Oglesby, # Gerry Pollard
Attendance:
5893
By SportsDirect Inc.
Texas Tech 85, North Carolina A&T 74: Dejan Kravic scored a season-high 22 points and Dusty Hannahs added a career-best 21 as the host Red Raiders rallied to knock off the Aggies.
Jaye Crockett had 20 points and 13 rebounds for Texas Tech (6-4), which had a 44-16 rebounding advantage and had to overcome a 12-point first-half deficit.
Jean Louisme scored 18 points, Adrian Powell chipped in 16 and Lamont Middleton tallied 15 for North Carolina A&T (5-8), which committed eight of its 10 turnovers in the second half.
Texas Tech trailed 38-26 with 2:38 left in the first half after North Carolina A&T put together a 23-4 run over six-plus minutes. The Red Raiders trailed 43-37 at halftime and outscored the Aggies 26-6 over the first 11-plus minutes of the second half to take a 63-49 lead on Crockett’s basket with 8:42 remaining.
The Aggies got back into the contest with a 15-2 run as a 3-pointer by Middleton pulled North Carolina A&T within 65-64 with 5:41 left. Kravic connected on back-to-back jumpers and Crockett’s basket a short time later gave Texas Tech a 77-66 lead with 2:46 remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Red Raiders had 20 offensive rebounds, eight by Crockett. … North Carolina A&T had nine 3-pointers in the first half and finished 13-of-30 from behind the arc. … Crockett had led Texas Tech in scoring and rebounding in eight straight games before falling a few points short of stretching the streak to nine.
Top Game Performances
| No.Carolina A&T |
|
Texas Tech |
|
Jean Louisme 18 |
Scoring |
Dejan Kravic 22 |
|
Lamont Middleton 6 |
Assists |
Josh Gray 5 |
|
Austin Witter 8 |
Rebounds |
Jaye Crockett 14 |
|
Lamont Middleton 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Jaye Crockett 6 |
|
Jeremy Underwood 2 |
Steals |
Dejan Kravic 2 |
|
Austin Witter 3 |
Blocks |
Dejan Kravic 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| No.Carolina A&T
|
74 |
44.8 |
13-30 |
9-15 |
17 |
19 |
3 |
5 |
11 |
| Texas Tech
|
85 |
48.5 |
4-16 |
17-26 |
18 |
46 |
2 |
7 |
15 |
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