01-28-2018, 05:38 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. â The No. 14 Texas Tech men's basketball team concludes a stretch of three of four games on the road when the Red Raiders step out of Big 12 action one final time during the regular season and take on South Carolina as part of the fifth-annual Big 12/SEC Challenge on Saturday.
Tip time is slated for 11 a.m. CT, and the game will be televised by ESNP2 along with the ESPN app. Beth Mowins and Jimmy Dykes will serve as the announcing team.
The Texas Tech Sports Network will carry the game live on its flagship stations Double T 97.3 FM, 100.7 FM The Score and 950 AM in Lubbock. Geoff Haxton and Chris Level will have the radio call. The radio broadcast also will be available on the Texas Tech Sports Network radio affiliates, online at http://www.TexasTech.com and the Tune-In Radio app. Fans can interact live with Saturday's broadcast by following @GunsUpRadio on Twitter.
The Big 12 has won three of the first four events with the two conferences splitting the 10 matchups last season. Overall, the Big 12 has posted a 25-15 record over the four-year span.
The Red Raiders (16-4, 5-3 Big 12) have garnered a 2-2 record in their previous Big 12/SEC Challenge games. Texas Tech has collected home wins over Auburn (46-44, 2014-15) and LSU (77-64, 2016-17) coupled with road losses to Alabama (76-64, 2013-14) and Arkansas (75-68, 2015-16).
The Red Raiders are in a four-way log jam for second place with Kansas State, Oklahoma and West Virginia in the Big 12 standings. All four teams sit one game behind 13-time defending champion and frontrunner Kansas.
The 16-4 start for Texas Tech is tied for the second-best mark in program history through 20 games. The Red Raiders have been 16-4 or better six times most recently during the 2001-02 and 2003-04 seasons under Bob Knight when Chris Beard was an assistant coach. Texas Tech's best start through 20 games was a 19-1 mark in 1995-96 under James Dickey. That season, the Red Raiders racked up a program-best 23-game winning streak.
The Gamecocks (13-7, 4-4 SEC) are trending in the right direction courtesy of wins in three of their last four outings. South Carolina has picked up victories over then No. 18 Kentucky (76-68) on Jan. 16 and at No. 20 Florida (77-72) on Wednesday.
The Gamecocks hold a 2-1 edge with all three meetings coming during the 1970's. Texas Tech came away with an 83-75 win behind a 31-point performance by former All-American Mike Russell on Dec. 4, 1976 in Lubbock.
"We're excited for the next opportunity on the schedule which is a road game at South Carolina," Beard said. "Frank Martin is one of the best coaches in college basketball. He's got really good players. They made the Final Four last year and returned several key players including both of their bigs from that team. We are proud to represent the Big 12 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. We are just looking forward to the opportunity. We know we will have to play really well â probably our best 40 minutes of basketball this season - to have a chance in this game."
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Tip time is slated for 11 a.m. CT, and the game will be televised by ESNP2 along with the ESPN app. Beth Mowins and Jimmy Dykes will serve as the announcing team.
The Texas Tech Sports Network will carry the game live on its flagship stations Double T 97.3 FM, 100.7 FM The Score and 950 AM in Lubbock. Geoff Haxton and Chris Level will have the radio call. The radio broadcast also will be available on the Texas Tech Sports Network radio affiliates, online at http://www.TexasTech.com and the Tune-In Radio app. Fans can interact live with Saturday's broadcast by following @GunsUpRadio on Twitter.
The Big 12 has won three of the first four events with the two conferences splitting the 10 matchups last season. Overall, the Big 12 has posted a 25-15 record over the four-year span.
The Red Raiders (16-4, 5-3 Big 12) have garnered a 2-2 record in their previous Big 12/SEC Challenge games. Texas Tech has collected home wins over Auburn (46-44, 2014-15) and LSU (77-64, 2016-17) coupled with road losses to Alabama (76-64, 2013-14) and Arkansas (75-68, 2015-16).
The Red Raiders are in a four-way log jam for second place with Kansas State, Oklahoma and West Virginia in the Big 12 standings. All four teams sit one game behind 13-time defending champion and frontrunner Kansas.
The 16-4 start for Texas Tech is tied for the second-best mark in program history through 20 games. The Red Raiders have been 16-4 or better six times most recently during the 2001-02 and 2003-04 seasons under Bob Knight when Chris Beard was an assistant coach. Texas Tech's best start through 20 games was a 19-1 mark in 1995-96 under James Dickey. That season, the Red Raiders racked up a program-best 23-game winning streak.
The Gamecocks (13-7, 4-4 SEC) are trending in the right direction courtesy of wins in three of their last four outings. South Carolina has picked up victories over then No. 18 Kentucky (76-68) on Jan. 16 and at No. 20 Florida (77-72) on Wednesday.
The Gamecocks hold a 2-1 edge with all three meetings coming during the 1970's. Texas Tech came away with an 83-75 win behind a 31-point performance by former All-American Mike Russell on Dec. 4, 1976 in Lubbock.
"We're excited for the next opportunity on the schedule which is a road game at South Carolina," Beard said. "Frank Martin is one of the best coaches in college basketball. He's got really good players. They made the Final Four last year and returned several key players including both of their bigs from that team. We are proud to represent the Big 12 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. We are just looking forward to the opportunity. We know we will have to play really well â probably our best 40 minutes of basketball this season - to have a chance in this game."
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