Number 13 Texas Tech and Number 20 Arizona are found in the performance of the Big 12 conference conferences in Tuxon, Aries on Saturday night.
Redders (18-4, 9-2) are enjoying their best big 12 starts in the history of the program and wildcats (16–6, 10–1) are tied to the top of the conference with Houston in their first season. League.
Texas Tech, which is 5–0 on the road, will try to sweep the regular season series by defeating Arizona 70-54 on 18 January in Lubock, Texas.
“I just love the patience of this team,” Texas Tech Coach Grant McCasland said the Redders defeated the boiler 73-59 at home on Tuesday. “We keep looking for a way to separate when separated. We got the great team defensive property. We can still improve a lot, but I like to see our team playing together and each other.”
Reders are limiting enemies up to 65.1 points per game, which finished fourth in Big 12 on Thursday.
The 54 -digit Texas Tech allowed Arizona to reduce a season for Wildcats at the first meeting, leading Big 12 with a game with 82.9 points.
In the earlier meeting, Arizona overtook 57–54 with 5:16 remaining, but Texas Tech failed to score in the rest of the way with finishing on 13–0 runs. Wildcats recalled their last 10 shots, nine of 3-pointers.
“Hey, we were there,” said Arizona’s coach Tommy Lloyd. “I mean this is a five-point game to go for five minutes. Playing at a tough conference, you play on the road, you’re going to have a few days.”
Arizona has compiled a five-game winning line since that defeat.
After going beyond the arch in that game, Wildcats Star Kaleb Love has made 19 out of 45 shots (42.2 percent) from long distance in the last five matches.
The performance of love as the reign of the week’s Big 12 player has helped to promote Arizona’s boom.
Lloyd said, “I really proud how they responded (after the loss of Texas Tech),” Lloyd said. “But … we got a big game on Saturday, so there is no late-up.”
Texas is the longest active winning line of Big 12 in seven matches in Tech.
Chance Macmillion leads Big 12 in the 3-point shooting percentage (45.5) and Eliza Hawkins leads the conference with 6.1 aid per game.
Jetty Topin led Texas Tech with 20 points and 16 rebounds in the earlier game with Arizona. He is second in the shooting of 55.3 percent from the ground at the conference and is fourth with 8.4 rebounds per game.
“We can’t be decent,” Darian Williams said, who had 17 points in a win on boiler on Tuesday. “We have won some games, but can easily lose three in a row and return to one square. We have to continue construction.”
Arizona’s Jayden Bradley, who scored all his 17 points in the second half of Tuesday, for the 85-74 win in BYU, an average 11.7 points, 3.8 assistance and 2.0 stolen per game. Love Average takes a team-high 16.3 points and Tobe Awaka Wildcats with 7.9 rebounds per game.
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