Box Score LUBBOCK, Texas – John Roberson scored a game-high 20 points and Alan Voskuil added 18 as unbeaten Texas Tech overcame a first-half deficit and rallied past Southeastern Louisiana, 74-63, Tuesday night at United Spirit Arena.
D'walyn Roberts added 13 points for Texas Tech (5-0), which entered the game averaging 108.2 points per game with its lowest output coming in its season opener in an 81-47 win over St. Francis (Pa.).
Southeastern (1-3) trailed by nine in the first half before a strong run gave the Lions a 36-31 lead. Southeastern led, 38-37, at the break before the Red Raiders came out and outscored the Lions, 37-25, in the second half to pull away with the win.
Freshman
Brandon Fortenberry led Southeastern with 13 points, going 5-for-10 from the floor and 3-of-4 from 3-point range.
Warrell Span added a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds while
Chris Cyprian added 10 points.
The Lions finished 26-for-69 from the floor (37.7 percent), but went 11-for-33 in the second half. Texas Tech was 12-for-22 from the floor in the second half (54.5 percent) and finished 26-for-55 for the game.
Southeastern will return to action on Saturday when it plays host to Dillard in a 3 p.m. contest at the University Center.
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (1-3)
Span 5-15 1-2 11, Green 4-12 0-0 9, Sullivan 3-7 2-3 8, Cyprian 4-13 1-1 10, Fortenberry 5-10 0-0 13, Tibbs 2-7 1-2 5, Patterson 0-2 0-0 0, Ndoumba 1-1 1-2 3, Dunbar 0-0 0-0 0, Pope 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 26-69 6-10 63.
TEXAS TECH (5-0)
Roberts 6-9 1-2 13, Cook 1-4 0-0 2, Voskuil 5-11 4-5 18, Roberson 5-12 9-9 20, Okorie 3-5 0-2 6, Graham 0-1 0-0 0, Prince 2-2 1-3 5, Cohadarevic 2-5 1-2 6, Singletary 2-6 0-1 4. Totals 26-55 16-24 74.
Halftime – SLU 38, TTU 37. 3-point goals – SLU 5-15 (Fortenberry 3-4, Green 1-5, Cyprian 1-3, Tibbs 0-2, Patterson 0-1); TTU 6-14 (Voskuil 4-5, Roberson 1-4, Cohadarevic 1-1, Cook 0-1, Okorie 0-1, Graham 0-1, Singletary 0-1). Rebounds – SLU 35 (Span 12); TTU 44 (Roberts 9). Fouled out – Sullivan. Assists – SLU 11 (Fortenberry, Patterson 3); TTU 15 (Roberson 5). Technical fouls – None. Total fouls – SLU 20, TTU 17. A – 9,493.
