RECAP: Red Raiders roll to 50-point win over JSU

Saturday, December 17

Houston, Texas

2:45 p.m.

Texas Tech Athletics

8-2,0-0Big 12

102

Jackson State

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Jackson St.

Texas Tech

102

RECAP: Red Raiders roll to 50-point win over JSU

December 17, 2022 | Men's Basketball

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By: Wes Bloomquist

HOUSTON – Texas Tech rolled to a 102-52 win over Jackson State with Kevin Obanor scoring 16 points and KJ Allen adding a career-high 15 points to go along with seven rebounds in the second annual HBCU Roundball Classic on Saturday at the Delmar Fieldhouse. Tech finished the game with 19 steals, forced 30 turnovers and had 10 players score.

The Red Raiders (8-2) won by 50 after hitting a season-high 13 3-pointers, including 10 in the second half to extend a four-game winning streak. D'Maurian Williams led Tech in scoring with a season-high 17 points after hitting five 3-pointers in the second half. Jaylon Tyson added 11 points and five rebounds while De'Vion Harmon had 10 points to give Tech five double-figure scorers. JSU fell to 1-10 on the season with the loss and to 0-2 all-time against Tech.

Tech owned a 47-0 scoring advantage on turnovers, 42-18 in the in the paint and finished the first half leading 52-17 after a 23-1 run to end the half. Tech went over 100 points for the first time since the 2020-21 season opening 101-58 win over Northwestern State and for the 73rd time in program history. The previous high in points this season was 79 in the win over Georgetown in the Big 12-Big East Battle and it was the first time in double-digit 3s this season. The 50-point margin is the largest this season and the most since a 56-point win over Omaha last season.

The program record for margin of victory is 72 and the steals record is 24 - both coming against Nicholls back in 2002. It was the 14th win by 50 or more points in program history.

The Red Raiders will return to action at 1 p.m. on Wednesday against Houston Christian at the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech is currently on a 27-game home winning streak going into the game.

Obanor, who is a Houston native, had 16 points after shooting 6-for-11 from the field and 3-for-6 on 3-pointers. He matched his career-high with four steals, along with adding two assists and two rebounds in the win. Pop Isaacs added six points and Robert Jennings scored three from the starting lineup. Allen had his career-high 15 points and added the seven rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench. He was 7-for-10 from the field and had two offensive rebounds after coming into the game having scored 18 points through the previous nine games. A junior from Los Angeles, Allen has now had back-to-back games with seven rebounds after also pulling down seven against Eastern Washington on Tuesday night.

Tech finished the game shooting 36-for-65 (55.4 percent) and was 13-for-28 (46.4 percent) on 3-pointers. Jackson State shot 36.7 percent from the field.

Kerwin Walton finished with eight points after two second-half 3-pointers and Elijah Fisher also had eight points after going 3-for-4 from the field and two free throws. Jennings would hit the 13th and final 3-pointer for the Red Raiders to push the total to 13 - falling just three short as a team of the Tech record which has happened three times but most recently in 2019 against Kansas.

The five 3-pointers by Williams matched the most by a Red Raider this season with Isaacs also making five in his 24-point performance against Nicholls. A junior from Arizona, Williams is in his first season at Tech after transferring from Gardner-Webb. He hit six 3-pointers in two games while at Gardner-Webb and scored a career-high 27 last season. He came into Saturday's game against Jackson State having scored 29 total points and going 3-for-12 on 3-pointers before his 17 points and five 3-pointers.

Texas Tech took a commanding 52-17 lead into halftime led by 13 points from Allen and Harmon who had10 points. Tech, which finished the first half on a 23-1 run, had forced 18 turnovers and owned a 26-0 scoring advantage on points off turnovers. Allen was 6-for-6 from the field to lead the Red Raiders who went into the break shooting 20-for-32 (62.5 percent) and were limiting JSU to only 6-for-23 (26.1 percent). Obanor had nine points with two 3-pointers through 20 minutes while Tyson also had nine points after going 3-for-5 from the field with one 3-pointer. Tech owned a 17-9 rebounding advantage and were dominating the paint with a 30-6 scoring advantage. Jennings, Isaacs, Tyson and Washington had two steals each for Tech which had 11 steals in the first half.

KEY MOMENTS

Obanor scored Tech's first points with a 3-pointer off an assist from Harmon on the second possession of the game… JSU made a layup on the other end
Tyson hit his first 3-pointer of the game off another assist from Harmon to give Tech an 8-2 lead (16:50)… Another 3-pointer by Obanor followed to push the Tech lead to 11-4 and make the Red Raiders 3-for-4 from beyond the arc to start the game
Tech took a 14-4 lead on a Fisher layup off an assist from Tyson… It was the first double-digit lead for Tech in the game with the Red Raiders shooting 5-for-9 from the field through five minutes
Tyson hit a jumper to push a Tech run to 9-0 and the lead to 17-4 (13:23) before a Washington steal and dunk pushed the lead to 19-4 and the run to 11-0… JSU stopped the run with a pair of free throws before an Allen jumper made it 21-6 (12:31)
Allen made his second basket of the game with a layup to give Tech a 25-6 lead (11:10)
Tech had doubled up JSU at 32-16 with Harmon hitting a pair of free throws before a Harmon layup on the next possession pushed the lead to 34-16 (6:15)… Harmon had eight points which led the team at the time… A Fisher layup gave Tech a 36-16 lead
An Obanor dunk off an assist from Harmon gave Tech a 38-16 lead and Obanor nine points… Tech was on a 9-0 run that grew to its second 11-0 run with Tyson hitting a pair of free throws to get to 40 points
The run swelled to 17-0 when Allen threw down a fastbreak dunk, had a layup and free throw to give Tech a 45-16 lead and then another layup… Allen had a career-high 13 points at that point where he was 6-for-6 from the field
Harmon joined Allen in double figures with a layup that gave him 10 points and the Red Raiders a 50-16 lead with 1:05 to play… Tech was 19-for-29 from the field after his fastbreak layup
A Fisher dunk gave Tech a 23-0 run and 52-16 lead before a JSU free throw stopped the run and made it 52-17 with 16 seconds until the break
Obanor hit his third 3-pointer to push Tech's lead to 61-26 and to give him 14 points… Tech was 4-for-12 on 3-pointers after the shot with Obanor hitting three of them
Williams hit back-to-back 3-pointers for Tech to push the lead to 72-33 with 12:14 to play in the game… The 3s were the first two shots of the game for Williams
Obanor threw down a 360 dunk and was followed by Williams hitting his third 3… Tech led 79-40 with 8:21 on the clock
Williams hit his fifth 3-pointer of the game and had 17 points to push Tech's lead to 92-43 with 4:20 remaining