LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Darrion Williams had a perfect night for Texas Tech, and the Red Raiders never trailed in a lopsided win over No. 6 Kansas.
Williams scored a career-high 30 points on 12-of-12 shooting, including four 3-pointers. He also made two free throws and grabbed 11 rebounds in Texas Tech's 79-50 win on Monday night.
“Credit his work habits and his belief in this team. … I believe this game rewards those who play to win,” Red Raiders coach Grant McCasland said. said. “He had a great combination of scoring, facilitating, rebounding and winning tonight.”
His 12 flawless field goals were the most ever by a Texas Tech player. Williams, a second-year transfer from Nevada, is also the first NCAA player in the last 25 seasons to record 30 points, 10 rebounds and a perfect shooting percentage against a ranked opponent, according to ESPN stats. there were.
Williams hit a 3 on the first shot of the game for the Red Raiders (18-6, 7-4 Big 12). They made 8 of 12 long-range shots in the first 13 minutes and took a 27-14 lead.
Kansas (19-6, 7-5) will be without Big 12 leading scorer Kevin McCuller Jr. for the second straight game, and guard Dajuan Harris will be at full strength after twisting his left ankle late in the game. It was a frustrating night. Two days earlier, they defeated No. 12 Baylor 64-61 at home.
“We're beat up and tired right now,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said.
Self was ejected for the first time in 21 seasons at Kansas after receiving two technical fouls with 5 minutes, 49 seconds left after an offensive foul call on Hunter Dickinson, but that was all that bothered the coach. It wasn't.
“I didn't curse him, I didn't scream. But I think I said the magic words so many times that it gave me some technical knowledge. I didn't really get kicked out. I didn’t mean to,” Self said. “But, you know, given the circumstances of this game (at the time), I honestly feel that this game was not called the way it should have been called, whether it was in our favor or in their favor. It makes no difference to me.”
After Self left the court, Pop Isaacs made all four free throws for a 63-43 lead.
Tech's Warren Washington scored 11 points in just 20 minutes. He was limping when he left the game with just over 16 minutes remaining, but returned about eight minutes later and had a dunk before leaving for good.
Nicholas Timberlake and Johnny Furphy each scored 13 points for Kansas. Harris finished with seven points on 2-of-8 shooting, while Dickinson missed 10 of 12 shots and finished with five points.
McCullough is in his second year with the Jayhawks, averaging 19.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. He played in 79 games in three seasons at Texas Tech from 2019-2022 and was a member of two NCAA Tournament teams.
Texas Tech made its first three threes and took a 12-4 lead on Joe Toussaint's shot four minutes into the game. Kansas scored eight straight points after the timeout to tie the score, but it was the only tie of the game. The Red Raiders took the lead with back-to-back threes by Kerwin Walton and Isaacs.
big win
The 29-point difference matched Texas Tech's largest point difference over the Jayhawks. The other one was 91-62 five years ago, also at home. This is also consistent with Kansas' most lopsided losses when playing ranked and unranked teams, the other being against Kentucky in 1950. …Unranked Big 12 teams are 9-3 at home against top-10 teams this season.
big picture
Kansas: With McCuller out and Harris not fully healthy, the Jayhawks shot a season-low 32.7 percent from the field (17-of-52) and scored their lowest 50 points of the season. Their big men Dickinson and KJ Adams were 3-of-23 from the field.
Texas Tech: The Red Raiders went 13-1 at home. None of the current players were on the roster two years ago when Tech won at home against Kansas. … Texas Tech had lost three straight before Saturday's home win over UCF and was dropped from the latest Associated Press poll early Monday.
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Kansas already has six wins against top-25 opponents and will play No. 25 Oklahoma on Saturday. Ranked wins include 78 wins and 66 losses against the No. 1 player in the world at the time. 9 at his home on January 13th.
Texas Tech will play No. 10 Iowa State on Saturday.
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