
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Houston Cougars
· NCAA Men's BasketballMcMillian's 2 free throws in OT send No. 22 Texas Tech past No. 6 Houston 82-81

Elijah Hawkins scored 17 points and Kerwin Walton added 14 points for Texas Tech (17-4, 8-2 Big 12).
L.J. Cryer scored 22 points, Roberts added 18 points and Milos Uzan had 10 points for Houston (17-4, 9-1), which had won 13 in a row and suffered its first loss at home since Jan. 22, 2023, against Temple, a 33-game streak.
Darrion Williams hit a 3-pointer to tie it at 72 with 30 seconds left in regulation. Houston’s J’Wan Roberts took a shot at the buzzer but it was blocked by Federiko Federiko.
Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland was ejected with 16:10 remaining in the first half with two straight technical fouls after arguing a flagrant 2 call on JT Toppin. Toppin appeared to kick Houston’s Joseph Tugler in the midsection on a jump pass.
After review, Toppin was issued a flagrant 2, and McCasland began arguing the call and had to be held back from the officials several times while he was being escorted off the court.
Houston: The Cougars dropped to 3-4 in Quad 1 games. Houston had its 18-game Big 12 winning streak snapped.
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Recent Plays
3rd 0:00 | End of Game | 82 - 81 |
3rd 0:00 | End of 1st OT | 82 - 81 |
3rd 0:01 | Texas Tech Timeout | 82 - 81 |
3rd 0:01 | J'Wan Roberts Turnover. | 82 - 81 |
3rd 0:14 | Chance McMillian made Free Throw. | 82 - 81 |
Statistics
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23-54 | FG | 29-64 |
42.6 | Field Goal % | 45.3 |
12-30 | 3PT | 5-14 |
40.0 | Three Point % | 35.7 |
24-34 | FT | 18-27 |
70.6 | Free Throw % | 66.7 |
37 | Rebounds | 38 |
14 | Offensive Rebounds | 16 |
23 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
10 | Assists | 11 |
6 | Steals | 9 |
4 | Blocks | 2 |
13 | Turnovers | 12 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
13 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
4 | Technical Fouls | 2 |
4 | Total Technical Fouls | 2 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
12 | Points Off Turnovers | 14 |
5 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
18 | Points in Paint | 42 |
22 | Fouls | 24 |
7 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 7,324 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Houston | 19-1 | - | 34-4 |
Texas Tech | 15-5 | 4 | 28-9 |
BYU | 14-6 | 5 | 26-10 |
Arizona | 14-6 | 5 | 24-13 |
Iowa State | 13-7 | 6 | 25-10 |
Kansas | 11-9 | 8 | 21-13 |
West Virginia | 10-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
Baylor | 10-10 | 9 | 20-15 |
TCU | 9-11 | 10 | 16-16 |
Kansas State | 9-11 | 10 | 16-17 |
Utah | 8-12 | 11 | 16-17 |
Cincinnati | 7-13 | 12 | 19-15 |
UCF | 7-13 | 12 | 18-16 |
Oklahoma State | 7-13 | 12 | 17-18 |
Arizona State | 4-16 | 15 | 13-20 |
Colorado | 3-17 | 16 | 14-21 |