No. 21 Baylor hands Texas Tech 6th straight loss, 86-68
By Betsy Blaney, APTuesday, March 2, 2010
No. 21 Baylor beats Texas Tech 86-68
LUBBOCK, Texas — Tweety Carter scored 18 points to lead No. 21 Baylor past Texas Tech 86-68 on Tuesday night, the Bears’ sixth win in seven games.
The Bears (23-6, 10-5 Big 12) got off to a slow start and trailed by 11 points in the first half but came to life right after the break.
Baylor used a 14-5 run to go up 51-43, then built its largest lead, 76-58, on a dunk by Ekpe Udoh with 5:29 remaining.
Texas Tech whittled its deficit to 81-68 on a jumper in the lane by Mike Singletary with 2:32 remaining but the Red Raiders could get no closer.
Singletary scored 20 points to lead Texas Tech (16-13, 4-11).
Baylor had five players score in double figures.
The loss was the Red Raiders’ sixth straight overall and their fourth consecutive at home. The last time Tech lost four straight conference games at home was in 2000.
Carter had nine assists and two steals, and the Bears owned the boards, outrebounding the Red Raiders 39-23.
Carter hit 7 of 12 field goals attempts, including 3 of 6 from behind the arc.
Udoh scored 17 points, Josh Lomers added 13, Quincy had 12 and Anthony Jones got 10.
Udoh, who averaged 4.4 blocks per game coming in, had one against Texas Tech.
The 14-5 run that broke the game open in the second half included four points from Udoh, a 3-pointer by Carter and field goals from Lomers, Jones and LaceDarius Dunn.
The Bears were nearly flawless from the free throw line, missing only three of 24 attempts.
Baylor started slowly and fell behind as Tech made six of its first seven shots.
The Red Raiders used a 14-2 run, including five points from Singletary and four from D’waylon Roberts, to lead 22-11 with just over 10 minutes left.
The Bears gradually came to life, chipping into their deficit with a 14-4 run that included seven points from Carter to trail 26-25 with just over 6 minutes remaining in the half.
Tech cooled off as the half progressed, finishing 14 of 28 from the field, including 4 of 10 from beyond the arc. The Red Raiders led 38-37 at halftime.
