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Texas Tech Downs UTEP, 94-77
November 25, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 25, 2006
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Bob Knight's 874th career win wasn't pretty but was decisive as Texas Tech beat UTEP 94-77 on Saturday.
The win put Knight within six games of Dean Smith's Division I record of 879 career victories. Knight, who has the most wins of any active coach, is third behind Smith and two wins from tying Kentucky legend Adolf Rupp.
Texas Tech endured loud and unrelenting taunting from a bevy of orange-clad Miners fans, but Martin Zeno and Jarrius Jackson played through the noise to combine for 59 points.
Zeno put up a career-high 28 points, scoring the last 11 points for the Red Raiders in the first half. Jackson scored a season-high 31 points, including 19 in the first half.
