Texas Tech forward JT Toppin (15) rebounds the ball during the first half in an NCAA college basketball game against New Orleans, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)
November 26, 2025 - 6:29 AM
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — JT Toppin scored 19 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as No. 20 Texas Tech rebounded from a lopsided loss to beat New Orleans 82-50 on Wednesday.
Christian Anderson added 23 points with six 3-pointers and five assists for the Red Raiders (5-2), who were coming off a 30-point loss to No. 1 Purdue five days earlier in the Bahamas. Donovan Atwell had 13 points in 23 minutes before fouling out with 8:43 left in the game, and Luke Bamgboye also scored 13 points and LeJuan Watts had 12.
The Red Raiders extended their non-conference home winning streak to 43 games in a row, the last 20 with third-year coach Grant McCasland. They haven’t lost a nonconference home game since an overtime loss to No. 15 Kentucky in January 2020.
Jakevion Buckley led New Orleans (2-5) with 16 points. The Privateers, who haven't yet played a regular-season game at home, were coming off an overtime loss Monday night at Mississippi State.
Toppin, the preseason AP All-America junior forward, scored the Red Raiders’ first six points in a 12-2 run to start the second half that put them up by double-digits the rest of the game. Toppin finished with his third double-double this season, and 22nd in his 39 games with Texas Tech.
A 10-0 run midway through the first half put Tech ahead to stay. That spurt started with Anderson's 3-pointer that made it 20-18, and ended with his free throw 2 1/2 minutes later.
Up next
New Orleans plays Wednesday at Memphis. Texas Tech is home again Sunday against Wyoming.
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