No. 23 Texas Tech downs Stanford 100-87 to remain unbeaten at home

No. 23 Texas Tech beats Stanford 100-87

LUBBOCK, Texas — Mike Singletary scored 24 of his season-high 28 points in the second half to lift No. 23 Texas Tech past Stanford 100-87 on Tuesday night, keeping the Red Raiders unbeaten at home.

Singletary, who got into foul trouble early and played just 7 minutes in the first half, didn’t attempt a free throw before halftime, then hit 7 of 11. He was 9 of 12 from the field.

The Red Raiders (10-1) took their biggest lead at 85-67 when D’walyn Roberts hit a layup with 4:30 remaining.

The Cardinal (5-6) cut the led to 95-87 when Elliott Bullock stole the ball from Darko Cohadarevic and Gabriel Harris hit a 3-pointer with 1:01 left. That was as close as Stanford got.

Landry Fields scored 27 points and Jeremy Green added 24 for the Cardinal.

Tech had five players score in double figures.

David Tairu scored 17 and John Roberson added 14 — including going 3 of 4 from beyond the arc. Brad Reese had 13 and Chohadarevic added 10.

Texas Tech was coming an 85-83 loss at Wichita State, the second of a two games on the road, which dropped them from No. 16 to 23rd nationally this week.

The Red Raiders promoted the game to fans by offering $3 tickets. About 13,000 took the offer and coach Pat Knight made a point to thank them after the game.

“It’s the best Christmas present you could give this team,” he told the crowd.

Tech went up 57-43 after Roberson hit a 3-pointer to cap a 15-5 run to open the second half. The Red Raiders got four baskets, including Roberson’s 3, within a 1:19 span.

The Cardinal used a 9-2 run, including two layups by Fields and a 3-pointer by Drew Shiller, to pull within 61-52 with 11:33 remaining.

Singletary, the team’s second-leading scorer, picked up two fouls about 3 minutes into the game. He left for the rest of the half when he fouled Stanford’s Andrew Zimmermann for his third with 5:31 remaining.

Tech started the game 1 of 7 from the field but finished the half hitting 15 of 27. The Red Raiders hit 9 of their last 10 shots over the final 8 minutes of the half.