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No. 23 Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. No. 13 New Mexico Lobos The No. 23 Texas Tech Red Raiders are set to clash with rival the No.

Mike Singletary scored 24 of his season-high 28 points in the second half to lift No.

Texas Tech's D'walyn Roberts, right, defends Stanford's Jarrett Mann during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Dec.

Stanford: The Cardinal are struggling both offensively and defensively and aren't particularly effective on offense or defense.

WSU's Garrett Stutz gets fouled as he goes up for a shot against Texas Tech's D'Waylyn Roberts in the second half Saturday, Dec.

The 16th-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders own their highest position in the national poll since joining the Big 12 Conference, and they will attempt to stay undefeated tonight as they take on the Wichita State Shockers of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Texas Tech's basketball team learned a lesson in sustainability. The Red Raiders were coming off an inspiring 99-92 overtime defeat of 10th-ranked Washington and found themselves ranked .

Texas Tech coach Pat Knight tried playing a true post in Tuesday's 80-70 win against TCU.

Texas Tech was down by 14 at one point down by 5 at the start of the second half.

"They're going to be pumped up just like we were pumped up to play Washington," Tech point guard John Roberson said.

Brad Reese arched his body across the 3-point line, his form so perfect his still-extended arms slid toward the court as he fell backward with the momentum from his shot.

It wasn't exactly the scale of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, but three Big 12 teams faced off against three Pac-10 foes on Wednesday night.

Last year, Texas Tech was awful on the road, and in Texas Tech's lone road game, a very close win against SFA, indicates that almost no matter the opponent, playing on the road is tough.

TEXAS TECH Coach: Pat Knight , 25-26 in his second full season at Tech. Last season: 14-19 overall, 3-13 in Big 12 Last NCAA tournament appearance: 2007 2009-10 record: 7-0 Prediction: Picked ninth in the Big 12 by conference coaches.

A pair of undefeated teams will square off in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series, as the Texas Tech Red Raiders play host to the 12th-ranked Washington Huskies.

Washington hits the road for the first time in 2009-10 to take on Texas Tech on Thursday, Dec.

Tech will play in bowl, but where? Texas Tech's 41-13 victory Saturday against Oklahoma clarified that the Red Raiders will make a bowl game this season.

Talk about a dirty dozen. The Texas Tech men's basketball team heads to Stephen F. Austin today for its first road game of the season.

David Tairu drops to the floor and pumps five push-ups with the precise rhythm of a metronome, even though only the 15,000 empty seatbacks surrounding the United Spirit Arena court saw him miss a free throw.

Each shot Darko Cohadarevic took during pregame warmups missed its mark. Yet with every brick, he became more relaxed.