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Balanced Attack Leads Red Raiders Past San Diego State
December 13, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Dec 13, 2003
By BETSY BLANEY
Associated Press Writer
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Andre Emmett scored 19 points as Texas Tech beat San Diego State 78-68 on Saturday.
Bobby Knight had praise for freshman Darryl Dora, who gave Tech a boost by scoring nine of his 14 points during a five-minute span late in the game.
"He made big baskets and big plays for us," Knight said. "He's capable of hitting the 3, better almost than anyone else we've got."
Tech (8-2) led by eight points early in the second half, but San Diego State used a 6-0 run to make it 52-51 on a drive by Brandon Heath. The Aztecs (5-3) never really threatened after that.
"They always play hard and they play physical," San Diego State coach Steve Fisher said. "They will win a lot of games this year. We won't be the last team they beat in here."
Ronald Ross scored 16 points for the Red Raiders, while Robert Tomaszek had 13 and Jarrius Jackson 10.
Heath scored 30 points and Wesley Stokes, Chris Walton and Aerick Sanders each added eight for San Diego State.
Knight got his first technical at United Spirit Arena, after arguing with an official about a noncall on a foul. It was Knight's second technical since coming to Tech; his first came during a loss at Kansas State last year.
On the play in question, Jackson got hit while attempting to shoot, but no foul was called. On the rebound, Dora was called for basket interference, but Tech got two points on the scoreboard as if a basket were made.
Fisher called a timeout to inquire about the points given Tech, and the officials reviewed the play and took them away. After the postgame news conference, Knight came into the media room and read from NCAA rules that the play is not reviewable.
"(The officials) did the right thing," Knight said at the news conference. "We did goaltend. I had no argument with that at all.
"But Jackson got clubbed on the play that started the whole sequence. My question was what about the foul beforehand. He (the official) irritated me and I irritated him, and there never, ever should have been a technical foul. That was the least deserved technical foul I've gotten as long as I have been coaching."
