Texas Tech tops Cincinnati, keeps perfect Big 12 road record intact

JT Toppin scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds while Christian Anderson added 18 points to lead the visiting Texas Tech Red Raiders to an 81-71 Big 12 win over the host Cincinnati Bearcats Tuesday night.Chance McMillian chipped in 17 points and Kevin Overton added 14 for Texas Tech, which scored seven straight points to take a 75-63 lead with 3:42 left. The Red Raiders (14-4, 5-2) have won three straight games and five of their last six. They are also 4-0 on the road in league play.Jizzle James had 17 points to lead Cincinnati (12-6, 2-5), which had won two straight Big 12 games for the first time since joining the conference last season. Dillon Mitchell had 12 points and Simas Lukosius added 10 for the Bearcats, who converted just 3 of 14 3-point attempts (21.4 percent).Texas Tech drained 12 of 31 shots (38.7 percent) from 3-point range to fend off several second-half charges from Cincinnati. Anderson, McMillian and Overton combined to go 10-for-18 from deep for the Red Raiders.The Bearcats closed within five points with 6:16 left in the second half before Texas Tech pulled away, with Toppin scoring five points during the 7-0 flurry. Cincinnati never got closer than seven the rest of the way.Toppin scored 14 points in the second half, while McMillian added 12.With temperatures in the single digits outside, both teams heated up from the floor in the first half.

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