Cyclone men remain winless on road in Big 12
February 22, 2008
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – Martin Zeno and Alan Voskuill combined for 44 points and Texas Tech survived a roller coaster second half Saturday to take a 76-64 win over Iowa State.
Tech’s Pat Knight evened his coaching record at 3-3 since his father, Bob Knight, resigned this month.
The Red Raiders (15-11, 6-6 Big 12) used a 10-4 run to start the second half, helped by a Voskuill 3-pointer. But Iowa State’s Sean Haluska answered with a basket from beyond the arc and the Cyclones (14-13, 4-8) countered with their own 9-4 run to whittle the Tech lead to 63-62 with less than five minutes remaining.
Charlie Burgess hit his first bucket of the game, and Tech answered with a 7-2 burst that rebuilt the lead to 70-64.
On the Cyclones next possession, Tech’s Esmir Rizvic blocked Diante Garrett’s layup attempt. The Cyclones got the ball back but made an errant pass to turn the ball over.
Two free throws by Zeno with 1:12 remaining gave Tech its largest lead to that point. Rizvic got the outlet pass off another Cyclones turnover and dunked to push the margin to double digits, 74-64.
Zeno finished with 23 points, and Voskuill added 21.
Iowa State got only two baskets in the final five minutes of the game. Jiri Hubalek, who finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds, got one, and Sean Haluska, who added 15 points, got the other. Bryan Petersen added 14 points for the Cyclones.
The win made it three straight for Tech over the Cyclones. It was Tech’s second straight victory this week, as the Red Raiders won their first Big 12 road game Wednesday night, beating Colorado 87-69.
The Cyclones were up by 7 points three times in the first half, but Tech battled back. The Red Raiders used a 12-5 run including 9 points from Trevor Cook to pull within 21-20 with less than seven minutes left. Tech went up 24-23 on a 3 by John Roberson.
Hubalek, who had his third double-double of the season by halftime, got his second 3-pointer of the half with less than 20 seconds remaining. But Voskuill hit from well beyond the 3-point line at the buzzer to whittle Tech’s halftime deficit to 33-31.