Texas Tech Red Raiders at BYU Cougars
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Hawkins hits 6 3s, scores 22, Williams adds 18 points as Texas Tech beats BYU 72-67
Elijah Hawkins hit a career-high six 3s and scored 22 points, Darrion Williams added 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Texas Tech beat BYU 72-67 on Tuesday night to end the Cougars' 14-game home win streak.
Chance McMillian made three 3s and finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for Texas Tech (11-3, 2-1 Big 12).
Fousseyni Traore led the Cougars with 14 points and Mawot Mag scored 11.
Trey Stewart hit a 3-pointer — his second made basket this season — to close the first half and give BYU a 34-32 lead.
Traore scored six points and Baker hit a 3-pointer before Egor Demin's dunk with 8:20 left in the game capped an 11-3 spurt and gave BYU a five-point lead — the biggest by either team to that point. Hawkins answered with a 3-pointer and McMillian followed with another to spark a 17-5 run that gave the Red Raiders a 65-58 lead with 3:01 to play.
Richie Saunders made a driving layup and then hit two free throws to pull the Cougars within three points with 1:56 remaining but Williams hit a cutting McMillian for a layup. Mag's putback of a miss by Traore made it 67-64 with 1:03 to go but Williams scored, missed the and-1 free throw and Hawkins made two fouls shots with 35 seconds left to make it 71-64.
BYU (10-4, 1-2) suffered its first Big 12 loss of the season last time out, an 86-55 setback to No. 15 Houston on Saturday — the Cougars’ first 30-point loss since the 2018-19 season.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 72 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 72 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:08 | Egor Demin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Richie Saunders. | 72 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Richie Saunders Steal. | 72 - 64 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Darrion Williams Turnover. | 72 - 64 |
Statistics
 TTU |
 BYU |
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|---|---|---|
| 26-58 | FG | 25-57 |
| 44.8 | Field Goal % | 43.9 |
| 10-28 | 3PT | 5-23 |
| 35.7 | Three Point % | 21.7 |
| 10-16 | FT | 12-21 |
| 62.5 | Free Throw % | 57.1 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 14 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 12 | Assists | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Off Turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 40 |
| 19 | Fouls | 13 |
| 8 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Provo, UT
Attendance: 17,307 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 19-1 | - | 35-5 |
| Texas Tech | 15-5 | 4 | 28-9 |
| BYU | 14-6 | 5 | 26-10 |
| Arizona | 14-6 | 5 | 24-13 |
| Iowa State | 13-7 | 6 | 25-10 |
| Kansas | 11-9 | 8 | 21-13 |
| West Virginia | 10-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| Baylor | 10-10 | 9 | 20-15 |
| TCU | 9-11 | 10 | 16-16 |
| Kansas State | 9-11 | 10 | 16-17 |
| Utah | 8-12 | 11 | 16-17 |
| Cincinnati | 7-13 | 12 | 19-16 |
| UCF | 7-13 | 12 | 20-17 |
| Oklahoma State | 7-13 | 12 | 17-18 |
| Arizona State | 4-16 | 15 | 13-20 |
| Colorado | 3-17 | 16 | 14-21 |