Game Info
Good Guys: Texas Tech Red Raiders (9-2, 0-0)
Bad Guys: South Carolina Bulldogs (2-12, 0-0)
When to Watch: Tuesday, December 27th @ 7:00 pm
Where to Watch: United Supermarkets Arena | Lubbock, TX
How to Watch: ESPN+
How to Listen: 97.3 FM | Affiliates | TuneIn App
The Line: Texas Tech -29.5
Advanced Stats
| TEXAS TECH | STAT | S. CAROLINA ST. |
|---|---|---|
Lineups
| THE STARTERS | Pts / Reb | |
|---|---|---|
| POINT GUARD | De’Vion Harmon (6-2/205) | 12.0 / 3.9* |
| SHOOTING GUARD | Richard Isaacs (6-2/170) | 9.9 / 3.0* |
| SMALL FORWARD | Jaylon Tyson (6-6/210) | 9.9 / 4.5 |
| POWER FORWARD | Kevin Obanor (6-8/235) | 15.9 / 6.1 |
| CENTER | Daniel Batcho (6-11/235) | 12.9 / 8.4 |
| THE BENCH | Pts / Reb | |
| SIXTH MAN | Kerwin Walton (6-5/200) | 3.5 / 1.4 |
| SEVENTH MAN | Elijah Fisher (6-6/190) | 3.3 / 1.1 |
| EIGHTH MAN | Lamar Washington (6-4/205) | 3.8 / 2.4* |
| NINTH MAN | KJ Allen (6-6/255) | 3.5 / 3.0 |
| TENTH MAN | D’Maurian Willaims (6-3/200) | 4.8 / 1.2 |
| ELEVENTH MAN | Robert Jennings (6-7/225) | 3.2 / 2.1 |
| TWELFTH MAN | CJ Williams (6-1/155) | 1.0 / 0.5 |
| THIRTEENTH MAN | Fardaws Aimaq (6-11/245) | – / – |
| THE STARTERS | Pts / Reb | |
| POINT GUARD | Rakeim Gary (5-10/165) | 11.0 / 2.4* |
| SHOOTING GUARD | Raquan Brown (6-3/200) | 7.4 / 4.6 |
| SMALL FORWARD | Shaman Alston (6-4/185) | 4.1 / 1.9 |
| POWER FORWARD | Davion Everett (6-6/205) | 7.5 / 6.5 |
| CENTER | Dallas James (7-0/200) | 1.8 / 2.4 |
| THE BENCH | Pts / Reb | |
| SIXTH MAN | Rashaan Edwards (5-11/200) | 8.9 / 1.8 |
| SEVENTH MAN | Cameron Jones (6-6/190) | 9.3 / 3.3 |
| EIGHTH MAN | Jordan Simpson (6-5/185) | 5.6 / 1.8 |
| NINTH MAN | Latavian Lawrence (6-6/212) | 4.0 / 4.0 |
| TENTH MAN | – (-/-) | – / – |
* Assists.
Starting 5
1. Stats. Another (and last) not so good or downright terrible team. SCST is 333rd in the nation in 3-point shooting and 301st in 2-point shots. The whole point of basketball is to shoot well and they do not do that. They are decent at turnover percentage, 87th, and offensive rebounding percentage, 94th, but they do not shoot well by any metric. Defensively, the Bulldogs are 296th in 2-point shooting defense and 358th in 3-point shooting defense, which means they neither shoot well or guard teams that shoot the ball.
2. Scouting. The Bulldogs won 2 games, East Carolina, which they did so by rebounding the heck out of the ball and getting to the free throw line, and also shooting decently from outside, 9 of 19, and then beat Samford by not turning the ball over and rebounding the hell out of the ball. That’s where you start. Brown and Hallums (who did not play the last game, but is a 6’2″ guard) are the teams only decent shooters from outside, Gary takes a bunch of shots, but only makes 31%. James does a good job of blocking shots as does Wilson and as a whole, the entire team does a really good job of not running the ball over. No one is particularly a high-assist player, so not a ton of sharing the ball.
3. How They Match Up. Last tune-up before hitting the road against TCU and T-Rank is predicting a 25-point win. Looking at Texas Tech’s T-Rank, you get a sense that Harmon should not shoot from outside, he’s 6 of 24 from deep, but really good in so many other ways. It feels as if the team took a turn offensively the last two games, which is difficult to state because the competition wasn’t great at all, thus it is difficult to judge. Regardless, the turnover percentage the last 3 games has been good to very good, the eFG% was over 65% for the last 2 games, and had clean shots.
4. lagniappe | something given as a bonus or extra gift.
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— Al Pinkins 🌵 (@apinkins) December 26, 2022
100+ points scored in back-to-back games for the first time since ’96 💯#WreckEm | @asbtx1 pic.twitter.com/TPLjNIJhbm
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) December 22, 2022
5. Official Site. The official site has their preview right here:
With the start of Big 12 play looming, the Texas Tech men’s basketball team will host South Carolina State on Tuesday at the United Supermarkets Arena to begin a week that will culminate by playing at No. 20 TCU on Saturday in Fort Worth. The Red Raiders are currently on an overall 28-game home winning streak with a 7-0 home record this season.
Tech (9-2) is coming off an 111-67 win over Houston Christian last Wednesday while the Bulldogs (2-12) dropped a 104-77 game to Longwood in their last game. The Red Raiders led the all-time series 1-0 with the only other matchup resulting in a 101-39 win by Tech on December 17, 2014.