It is hard to believe, but the Texas Tech basketball team's regular season will come to an end tonight when the Red Raiders head to Tempe, Arizona to face the Arizona State Sun Devils. Hopefully, this matchup will be less stressful for the Red Raiders than the first meeting between these two teams was this season.
Back on February 12, Tech hosted ASU and had to fight tooth and nail to pick up a 111-106 double-overtime win in Lubbock. That was the game when forward JT Toppin had a career performance with 41 points and 15 rebounds to help his team avoid the upset. Also in that game, Darrion Williams was huge with 27 points and 5 rebounds.
Those performances were necessary because Arizona State had a pair of 20-point scorers, Adam Miller (22 points) and BJ Freeman (21 points). They were two of the five Sun Devils that reached double figures that night.
Since that game, ASU has gone just 1-5 with the single victory coming against Kansas State four games ago. They are currently riding a three-game losing streak and are in 15th place out of 16 teams in the Big 12 conference with a 4-15 conference record.
This ASU team looks different than the one that came to Lubbock, though. That's because Freeman has been dismissed from the team for "detrimental conduct".
Another Sun Devil who might not play tonight is star freshman Jayden Quaintance. The 6-foot-9 true freshman shot-blocking machine, who is a projected NBA lottery pick this summer, has not played since February 23 due to a knee injury. Of course, he missed the game between these teams in Lubbock due to an ankle injury. Quaintance averages 9.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game.
Though Arizona State is a poor team (just 13-17 overall), this is an important game for the Red Raiders in their pursuit of a potential No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Suffering a loss to a team with such a poor record would possibly end any hopes of earning a No. 2 seed and would send Tech into next week's Big 12 Tournament with the wrong type of momentum.
Because Texas Tech basketball is red-hot right now, folks all over Raiderland will be by the television to check out tonight's action, the final game before the madness of March begins to ramp up. So here's a look at everything fans need to know ahead of this contest.
Texas Tech vs. Arizona State broadcast information
Tip: 7 p.m., Saturday, March 8, 2025
TV: ESPNU
TV CALL: Rich Hollenberg (play-by-play), King McClure (analyst)
RADIO: TEXAS TECH SPORTS NETWORK
RADIO CALL: Geoff Haxton (play-by-play), Chris Level (analyst)
Texas Tech vs. Arizona State series history
The Red Raiders own a 23-19 advantage in the all-time series, with the two programs first meeting on January 9, 1934, with Tech coming up with a 30-22 win in Tempe. ASU took a 76-62 win back on December 21, 2013 in the last Red Raider trip there.
Texas Tech vs. Arizona State odds
Odds courtesy of FanDuel.com.
Favorite | Moneyline | Over/Under |
|---|---|---|
Texas Tech -11.5 | Texas Tech -670 | 152.5 |
Texas Tech vs. Arizona State game notes
Notes courtesy of TexasTech.com.
- The Red Raiders (23-7, 14-5 Big 12) have already recorded the most Big 12 road wins in program history and now have an opportunity to set the most Big 12 total wins in a season.
- The Red Raiders are 7-2 on the road this season, surpassing 2018-19 (6-3 total) and 2006-07 (6-5 total) for the most road wins in the past 20 seasons and in Big 12 play. The 1995-96 team was 11-0 on the road for the program record. Tech has seven road wins for the first time since going 7-4 during the 1996-97 season
- Tech matched the program record for the third time this season by making 16 3-pointers in its 91-75 win over Colorado on Wednesday after making 15 3-pointers in the win at Kansas last Saturday. The Red Raiders went 16-for33 (48.5 percent) from deep against the Buffaloes and are currently second in the Big 12 by making 10.1 per game and shooting 37.9 percent from 3-point range.
- Texas Tech has already made the most total 3-pointers in program history overall and in Big 12 play… Tech’s average of 10.1 3-pointers per game is above the previous record of 8.5, which was set last season. Tech has currently made 302 3-pointers, passing the previous record of 289 from last season in 34 games… In Big 12 play, Tech has made 191 (8.6 per) shots from beyond the arc this season, smashing the previous record of 150 from last season.
- Tech is on a streak of four straight games with 10 or fewer turnovers and had a season-low three turnovers in a win over Syracuse, where it also had 17 assists. In Big 12 play, Tech had a low of five turnovers in a game with 24 assists at Utah.