Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Texas Tech Red Raiders Box Score on Jan 13, 2022

Texas Tech's hot shooting touch cooled off considerably Thursday night against Oklahoma State, but it didn't matter a whole lot.

The 19th-ranked Red Raiders jumped to an early lead and rolled to a 78-57 win over the Cowboys in Lubbock, Texas.

Fueled early by Bryson Williams and collective hot shooting, Texas Tech raced to a 10-0 lead. The Red Raiders staved off an Oklahoma State rally that forged a 21-21 tie by producing another first-half surge, and they maintained a comfortable lead the entire second half to win for the fifth time in six games.

Kevin Obanor led the Red Raiders (13-3, 3-1 Big 12) with 17 points. Adonis Arms had 13, Davion Warren scored 12, Williams finished with 11 and Marcus Santos-Silva recorded 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Bryce Thompson's 14 points paced Oklahoma State (8-7, 1-3), which shot an abysmal 32.1 percent (18 of 56).

The Red Raiders missed 8 of 9 3-point attempts after halftime but didn't stumble because the Cowboys never found a comfort zone in halfcourt offense. Oklahoma State hit just 2 of 8 from long distance in the second half, 6 of 21 (28.6 percent) on the night.

Texas Tech roared to a 42-27 halftime lead by shooting 48.4 percent (15 of 31) and proving especially effective from outside the 3-point arc, connecting on 8 of 14. Arms (13 first-half points) and Obanor (11) led the charge, teaming to knock down 6 of 7 3-point attempts.

Despite the early deficit, Oklahoma State pulled even when Bryce Williams buried a 3-pointer with 7:07 to go in the half. But Obanor scored inside to put the Red Raiders back in front, and the Red Raiders built a 15-point cushion by halftime.

It never got much better for the Cowboys. They scuffled any time the pace slowed down against Texas Tech's no-middle defense and, at the other of the court, couldn't handle the Red Raiders in the paint, where the hosts produced 30 points.

--Field Level Media