Texas Tech Red Raiders at BYU Cougars
· NCAA Men's BasketballHawkins 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 |
| 45 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 10-28 | 3PT | 5-23 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 22 |
| 10-16 | FT | 12-21 |
| 63 | Free Throw % | 57 |
| 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:
2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 0-0 | - | 12-0 |
| Iowa State | 0-0 | - | 12-0 |
| BYU | 0-0 | - | 12-1 |
| Houston | 0-0 | - | 11-1 |
| Oklahoma State | 0-0 | - | 11-1 |
| UCF | 0-0 | - | 11-1 |
| Colorado | 0-0 | - | 10-2 |
| Baylor | 0-0 | - | 9-2 |
| Kansas | 0-0 | - | 10-3 |
| TCU | 0-0 | - | 9-3 |
| Texas Tech | 0-0 | - | 9-3 |
| Arizona State | 0-0 | - | 9-4 |
| West Virginia | 0-0 | - | 9-4 |
| Kansas State | 0-0 | - | 8-4 |
| Utah | 0-0 | - | 8-4 |
| Cincinnati | 0-0 | - | 7-5 |


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