Texas Tech beats Illinois 84-78
#16 Texas Tech Red Raiders beat #3 Illinois Fighting Illini 84-78 on Tuesday at United Supermarkets Arena.
The first half made the difference: Texas Tech outscored Illinois 49-29.
Texas Tech shot 40% to 50% and won the boards 43-32.
For Texas Tech, Cruz Davis (G): 20. For Illinois, Quentin Coleman (G): 19.
Texas Tech improves to 3-0. Illinois falls to 2-1.
Attendance: 15,098.
Full recap at ESPN: Cruz Davis helps No. 16 Texas Tech top No. 3 Illinois for 49th straight nonconference home winWritten automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.





