Texas Tech 78, Missouri 62
1/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 19, 2005
Big 12 Men's Basketball
Texas Tech at Missouri
Game Notes
Texas Tech went on an 11-2 run from 17:55 to 15:55 in the first half.
Missouri went on a 7-0 run from 2:41 to 1:00 in the first half to cut the Texas Tech lead to 2.
Halftime score: TX Tech 40, Missouri 34.
Halftime stat leaders:
Points: Jackson (TT) 15, Giles (TT) 10, Brown (MU) 8, Kleiza (MU) 6
Rebounds: Kleiza (MU) 7, Giles (TT) 4
Assists: Horton (MU) 5, Three tied (TT) 2
Missouri now leads the series 7-6. The Tigers have a 4-2 lead in games played in Columbia.
Missouri Team Notes
Missouri had its five-game home winning streak snapped with the loss to Texas Tech on Wednesday. The Tigers are now 9-3 at Mizzou Arena.
The Tigers are now 4-3 against the Red Raiders under Head Coach Quin Snyder and 2-1 in Columbia against TTU.
Missouri Player Notes
Junior Jimmy McKinney has now started 73-straight regular season games, dating back to Dec. 30th, 2002 against Valpraiso.
Junior Jimmy McKinney and junior Kevin Young are the only Tigers to start all 17 games this season for the Tigers.
Freshman Jason Horton had a career-high 7 assists on Wednesday against TTU.
Sophomore Linas Kleiza had a double-double for the third time this season. He finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds. It was the 14th time he had double-digits in points this season and the third game in which he recorded double digits in rebounds.
Texas Tech Team Notes
Wednesday's game was the 1,169th coached by Texas Tech Head Coach Bob Knight.
Texas Tech has won three straight games and six of their last seven.
Texas Tech Player Notes
Texas Tech had four players (Martin Zeno 16, Devonne Giles 17, Jarrius Jackson 17 and Ronald Ross 22) in double digits in points.
Ronald Ross led the Red Raiders with 22 points.
