National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas Tech 87, Grambling State 59
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 18, 2011
Where: United Spirit Arena, Lubbock, Texas
Officials: # John Higgings, # Toby Martinez, # Roland Simmons
Attendance: 8171

Freshman Jordan Tolbert scored 22 points, and Texas Tech blew past Grambling State 87-59 on Sunday night at United Spirit Arena.

Tolbert, who was coming off a career-high 27-point performance against TCU, scored 18 of his points in the second half as the Red Raiders (5-4) cruised.

Luke Adams added 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting from 3-point range for the Red Raiders, who moved to 4-0 at home this season.

Xavier Rogers had 19 points to lead Grambling State (0-7), which entered the game as the nation’s lowest-scoring team at 40.2 points per game. This was the first time Grambling State scored more than 45 points.

Texas Tech opened the game on a 17-0 run and took a 27-2 lead on Javarez Willis’ steal and layup nine minutes in.

Grambling State closed the first half on a 26-20 run to cut the deficit to 47-28 at the break.

In the second half, Willis stripped the ball from Grambling State’s Roman Higgins and took it the length of the court for a layup that stretched Texas Tech’s lead to 73-42.
Top Game Performances
 
Grambling State   Texas Tech
Xavier Rogers 19 Scoring Jordan Tolbert 22
Rondale Livas 3 Assists Javarez Willis 5
Peter Roberson 15 Rebounds Jordan Tolbert 7
Peter Roberson 6 Free Throws Made Jordan Tolbert 8
Xavier Rogers 3 Steals Luke Adams 4
Peter Roberson 3 Blocks Jaye Crockett 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Grambling State 59 30.4 6-22 19-25 7 39 3 5 24
Texas Tech 87 48.5 8-19 15-23 17 34 2 13 15