Texas Tech's 29-game home winning streak comes to and end

Texas Tech had its 29-game home winning streak come to an end with a 75-72 loss to No. 3 Kansas on Tuesday at the United Supermarkets Arena.

The Red Raiders (10-4, 0-2 Big 12) were down only one, and with the ball on the final possession before Pop Isaacs drove into the lane looking to get to the basket. There was contact, but no call as the ball was stolen by Kevin Mcullar. The turnover sent KU the other way where KJ Adams finished it off with a dunk to secure the win for the reigning national champions.

“There’s a lot of mistakes that we made but the most important thing is that we fought, and we attacked,” Texas Tech coach Mark Adams. “We didn’t give up. We had a lot of our guys be very resilient and believe in each other down the stretch.”

Kevin Obanorled the Red Raiders with a season-high 26 points after going 8-for-14 from the field, 4-for-8 on 3-pointers, and 6-of-7 at the free-throw line. Isaacs added 18 points with four 3-pointers, while Jaylon Tyson added 10 points, a team-high three assists, and matched a career-high with nine rebounds. Daniel Batcho finished with six points and six rebounds while De”Vion and Lamar Washington both had four points.

“This is a great learning experience for sure,” Isaacs said. “Just to see us, you know, stay resilient like that. Get ourselves back into the game and just keep fighting for our fans, keep fighting for our coach. I think this game taught us a lot of things. It taught us you can’t just play 20 good minutes in basketball, you have to play 40.”

The Red Raiders finished the game shooting 10-of-12 from the free-throw line while KU was 2-for-4. The Jayhawks (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) went 11-for-24 on 3-pointers. Tech was 10-for-21 on 3s. Obanor and Isaacs combined for 8 of the 10 3-pointers for Tech with Tyson going 2-for-2 from beyond the arc. It was the third game this season where Tech hit double-digit 3s and the fifth time Isaacs had four or more 3s. He was coming off hitting five at TCU and now has 35 through 14 games. Obanor now has 22 3-pointers, bouncing back from going 0-for-3 at TCU after hitting five in the previous game against South Carolina State.

Team Statistics

Game Stats	KU	TTU
FG%	.492	.473
3FG%	.458	.476
FT%	.500	.833
RB	32	28
TO	12	15
STL	8	6

Dajuan Harris led KU with 18 points after going 5-for-5 on 3-pointers, while Adams added 16 points and Jalen Wilson scored 14. KU freshman Gradey Dick had 11 despite going just 1-for-5 on 3-pointers. McCullar, who played three seasons at Texas Tech, returned to Lubbock and finished with seven points, three assists, and two rebounds. KU finished the game shooting 31-for-63 (49.2 percent) from the field. Tech as 26-for-55 (47.3 percent).

Kansas had a 43-36 halftime lead in a first half where Tech led by as many as eight points. Isaacs led the Red Raiders with 11 points after going 3-of-5 on 3-pointers in the first half and Obanor had 10 points. Tyson had seven rebounds and seven points at the break, while Harmon had four. The was shooting 43.8 percent from the field and 5-for-11 on 3-pointers, while KU was 7-for-14 from beyond the arc. Wilson was leading KU with 13 points and Adams had 10. Both teams scored 16 points in the paint.

Tech, which was 9-0 in Big 12 play last season at home, had not lost at home since February 9, 2021, against No. 14 West Virginia. Adams is now 26-1 at home as the Tech head coach. Kansas has now won seven in a row and improved to 42-7 in the all-time series against the Red Raiders. KU lost in Lubbock last season but is now 17-6 all-time on the road against Tech which fell to 0-3 this season against ranked opponents after a tough 67-61 loss at No. 18 TCU last Saturday to open conference play.

“There’s a reason that Kansas won a national championship last year and they’re third in the country now,” Adams said. “A lot of the time when you play those teams you have to go out and beat them. That’s when they often get the close calls and we will continue to learn. One thing we’ve learned is we played great at TCU in the first half and played really well against Kansas in the second. We’ve got to put those two 20 minutes together and come up with a full game. We are going to get there.”