National Basketball Association
Texas Tech 74, Mississippi St. 72
When: 5:00 PM ET, Friday, November 20, 2015
Where: Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan
Officials:
# Chris Beaver, # Lee Cassell, # Jeb Hartness
Attendance:
2001
By The Sports Xchange
Devaugntah Williams scored 15 points and Keenan Evans had 13 to lead Texas Tech to a 74-72 victory over Mississippi State on Friday in the consolation bracket of the Puerto Rico Tipoff in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mississippi State (1-3) missed an opportunity to send the game to overtime in the final seconds. Freshman Malik Newman couldn't get a shot to fall on a drive to the basket and teammate Gavin Ware missed a rebound attempt in traffic under the basket before Texas Tech's Zach Smith claimed the final rebound.
Newman led Mississippi State with 17 points but was just 2-of-9 from behind the 3-point arc.
Texas Tech (2-1) led 41-32 at halftime.
Top Game Performances
| Mississippi St. |
|
Texas Tech |
|
Malik Newman 17 |
Scoring |
Devaugntah Williams 15 |
|
Malik Newman 4 |
Assists |
Toddrick Gotcher 3 |
|
Gavin Ware 9 |
Rebounds |
Norense Odiase 10 |
|
Malik Newman 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Aaron Ross 5 |
|
I.J. Ready 2 |
Steals |
Devaugntah Williams 3 |
|
Craig Sword 3 |
Blocks |
Zach Smith 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Mississippi St.
|
72 |
44.3 |
8-27 |
10-14 |
11 |
35 |
7 |
3 |
14 |
| Texas Tech
|
74 |
43.3 |
4-18 |
18-23 |
10 |
31 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
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