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Red Raiders Drill Miners, 70-56
December 03, 2003 | Men's Basketball
Dec 3, 2003
By BETSY BLANEY
Associated Press Writer
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Andre Emmett scored 27 points as Texas Tech beat UTEP 70-57 on Wednesday night.
Tech (5-2) trailed only briefly near the end of the first half and steadily pulled ahead in the second. The Red Raiders' largest lead was 17 at 70-53 with a minute remaining in the game.
UTEP (3-1) gave Tech fits with its zone defense, something that caused the Red Raiders difficulties in their 62-59 loss to SMU on Monday night.
It was Emmett's fifth straight game with at least 23 points. He got his season high (28) in the loss to the Mustang.
Ronald Ross scored nine points and Jarrius Jackson and Darryl Dora added eight apiece.
Omar Thomas scored 15 for the Miners and John Tofi and Filiberto Rivera added 11 each.
Tech led 25-21 at halftime but had opportunities to build a larger margin. The Red Raiders held the Miners scoreless for more than six minutes while scoring eight points of their own.
UTEP got back in it using a 10-2 run to take a 19-18 lead on a layup by Filiberto Rivera with 4:44 remaining in the first half. The Miners then failed to score again until the :05 mark when Omar Thomas drove and dropped in a layup.
The loss extended the Miners' road losing streak to 28.
Both teams had 16 turnovers.
