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Texas Tech Whips Oklahoma State, 83-62
January 12, 2004 | Cowboy Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Andre Emmett scored 19 of his season-high 32 points in the second half as Texas Tech beat Oklahoma State 83-62 Saturday in each team's Big 12 opener.
Tech (13-2) broke the game open with an 11-0 run midway through the second half, during which Emmett scored six points and had two steals in a 25-second span.
He was fouled after a layup, then missed the free throw but stole the ball and scored. On the next possession for OSU (10-2), Emmett stole the ball again and scored on a layup for a 53-41 lead.
Emmett, whose career high is 35 points, was 12-of-21 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free throw line.
Tech pulled to its largest lead at 81-57 on Ronald Ross' layup with 1:46 remaining.
The Cowboys led the country in field goal percentage at 55 percent heading into the game. But Tech held them to 23-of-65 for 35 percent. Tech hit on 28-of-53 for 53 percent.
The Cowboys also had been averaging 83 points before the loss, which snapped a six-game win streak for them.
Tech has won nine straight.
Ross scored 18 points and Tomaszek added nine for Tech.
Ivan McFarlin scored 13 points, and Tony Allen and Daniel Bobik added 11 points each for the Cowboys.
Tech led 39-35 at halftime. The Red Raiders used a 9-0 run to take a 17-13 lead.
The Cowboys went cold and got only one field goal in about six minutes but Bobik broke the drought with back-to-back 3-pointers to give OSU the lead back at 23-21 with 8:18 remaining in the half.
Tech closed the half with a 15-4 run, with nine points coming from the free throw line.
