{"id":93021,"date":"2026-02-18T03:50:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/893308697"},"modified":"2026-02-18T03:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:50:50","slug":"arizona-state-upsets-no-13-texas-tech-72-67-as-red-raiders-lose-star-forward-jt-toppin-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/arizona-state-upsets-no-13-texas-tech-72-67-as-red-raiders-lose-star-forward-jt-toppin-to-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona State upsets No. 13 Texas Tech 72-67 as Red Raiders lose star forward JT Toppin to injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Maurice Odum scored 23 points, Massamba Diop added 14 and Arizona State held on for a 72-67 upset over No. 13 Texas Tech, which lost star forward JT Toppin to an injury<\/a><\/span> in the second half Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Red Raiders \u2014 who were coming off a 78-75 overtime win at then-No. 1 Arizona<\/a><\/span> \u2014 had a three-game winning streak snapped. <\/p>\n

It was Arizona State\u2019s first victory against a nationally ranked opponent since beating No. 23 West Virginia 65-57 on Jan. 21, 2025. It was also a big win for embattled coach Bobby Hurley, who has struggled to produce a consistent winner during his 11 years in the desert.<\/p>\n

Toppin appeared to hurt his right leg while driving to the basket with 6:03 remaining. The preseason All-America selection \u2014 who came in averaging 21.9 points per game \u2014 needed assistance to limp off the court and didn\u2019t return. He finished with 20 points and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n

Arizona State (14-12, 5-8 Big 12) built a 57-47 lead midway through the second half, frustrating Texas Tech with a full-court press that forced multiple turnovers. The Red Raiders cut the margin to 59-56, but the Sun Devils scored the next eight points.<\/p>\n

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Texas Tech (19-7, 9-4) had one more run left, trimming it to 70-67 in the final seconds, but then Christian Anderson lost control of the ball for a turnover. Anderson scored 18 points but committed seven turnovers.<\/p>\n

The 7-foot-1 Diop hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the first half to give Arizona State a 37-36 halftime advantage. Odum led the Sun Devils with 10 points before the break.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/h2>\n

Texas Tech hosts Kansas State on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Arizona State visits Baylor on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here<\/a><\/span> and here<\/a><\/span> (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll<\/a><\/span> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-basketball<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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… upset over No. 13 Texas Tech<\/span>, which lost star forward JT … the second half, frustrating Texas Tech<\/span> with a full-court press … the next eight points. Texas Tech<\/span> (19-7, 9-4) had … points before the break. Texas Tech<\/span> hosts Kansas State on Saturday …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}