New Orleans Privateers @ Texas Tech Red Raiders
JT Toppin has double-double, No. 20 Texas Tech beats UNO for 43rd non-conference home win in a row
LUBBOCK, Texas -- — JT Toppin scored 19 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as No. 20 Texas Tech rebounded from a lopsided loss to beat New Orleans 82-50 on Wednesday.
Christian Anderson added 23 points with six 3-pointers and five assists for the Red Raiders (5-2), who were coming off a 30-point loss to No. 1 Purdue five days earlier in the Bahamas. Donovan Atwell had 13 points in 23 minutes before fouling out with 8:43 left in the game, and Luke Bamgboye also scored 13 points and LeJuan Watts had 12.
The Red Raiders extended their non-conference home winning streak to 43 games in a row, the last 20 with third-year coach Grant McCasland. They haven’t lost a nonconference home game since an overtime loss to No. 15 Kentucky in January 2020.
Jakevion Buckley led New Orleans (2-5) with 16 points. The Privateers, who haven't yet played a regular-season game at home, were coming off an overtime loss Monday night at Mississippi State.
Toppin, the preseason AP All-America junior forward, scored the Red Raiders’ first six points in a 12-2 run to start the second half that put them up by double-digits the rest of the game. Toppin finished with his third double-double this season, and 22nd in his 39 games with Texas Tech.
A 10-0 run midway through the first half put Tech ahead to stay. That spurt started with Anderson's 3-pointer that made it 20-18, and ended with his free throw 2 1/2 minutes later.
New Orleans plays Wednesday at Memphis. Texas Tech is home again Sunday against Wyoming.
------
Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP mobile app). AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
Game Information
- Referees:
- Darron George
- Chance Moore
- Randal Anders
2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNeese | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
| Houston Christian | 0-0 | - | 3-2 |
| Lamar | 0-0 | - | 3-2 |
| East Texas A&M | 0-0 | - | 4-3 |
| Incarnate Word | 0-0 | - | 4-3 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 0-0 | - | 2-4 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 0-0 | - | 2-4 |
| New Orleans | 0-0 | - | 2-5 |
| SE Louisiana | 0-0 | - | 1-4 |
| Northwestern State | 0-0 | - | 1-5 |
| Nicholls | 0-0 | - | 0-5 |
2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State | 0-0 | - | 7-0 |
| Arizona | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
| Oklahoma State | 0-0 | - | 6-0 |
| Colorado | 0-0 | - | 5-0 |
| Houston | 0-0 | - | 7-1 |
| UCF | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
| Cincinnati | 0-0 | - | 5-1 |
| BYU | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Baylor | 0-0 | - | 4-1 |
| Arizona State | 0-0 | - | 6-2 |
| Kansas | 0-0 | - | 5-2 |
| Kansas State | 0-0 | - | 5-2 |
| Texas Tech | 0-0 | - | 5-2 |
| Utah | 0-0 | - | 5-2 |
| West Virginia | 0-0 | - | 5-2 |
| TCU | 0-0 | - | 3-2 |

