The Texas Tech basketball team took one on the chin Tuesday night in Tempe with a 72-67 loss to Arizona State in a game that saw JT Toppin leave early with an apparent leg injury.
The Red Raiders (19-7, 9-4) committed a season-high 17 turnovers, seven of them from Christian Anderson, and could not overcome the loss of Toppin, who left the game with about 6 minutes left after totaling 20 points and eight rebounds.
Maurice Odom had a game-high 23 points for Arizona State.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal brought you live coverage of the game. Here’s what happened.
Texas Tech basketball vs Arizona State live score updates
12:22 a.m.: Arizona State upsets No. 13 Texas Tech 72-67.
12:18 a.m.: Arizona State hits a free throw to make it 70-67. Texas Tech ball with 8.5 seconds left.
12:11 a.m.: Christian Anderson is trying to will Texas Tech to the comeback win. It’s a 69-67 game with 27 seconds left, Arizona State ball.
12:03 a.m.: JT Toppin has headed to the locker room with an apparent right leg injury. Arizona State is up 67-56 with 3:26 left.
11:45 p.m.: Texas Tech has weathered a bit of a storm but trails Arizona State 59-54 with 7:23 left.
11:33 p.m.: Texas Tech down 49-47 with 11:42 left. Donovan Atwell is one 3-pointer away from setting the new program record for 3s in a season.
11:28 p.m.: Appears Texas Tech is burnt out right now and not locked in on either end of the floor. Arizona State up 47-44.
11:20 p.m.: Texas Tech and Arizona State tied 42-all with 15:40 left. JT Toppin starting to take over for the Red Raiders.
10:56 p.m.: Arizona State closes the half on another 8-0 run and takes a 37-36 lead into halftime. Texas Tech has given up 14 points on its 8 turnovers.
10:47 p.m.: JT Toppin up to 9 points and 5 rebounds and working well with Josiah Moseley on the floor with him. Texas Tech up 33-27.
10:37 p.m.: Texas Tech wakes up a bit to tie the game 20-20 at the 7:55 mark. JT Toppin will try to complete the three-point play out of the break.
10:33 p.m.: Arizona State on an 8-0 run to take a 16-12 lead thanks to 5 early turnovers from Texas Tech.
10:25 p.m.: Texas Tech up 12-8 with 11:57 left in the half. Leon Horner earning some early playing time in this one after being huge against Arizona.
10:16 p.m.: Texas Tech has an early 7-4 lead. JT Toppin already with three rebounds.
10:11 p.m.: LeJuan Watts gets the bucket to start for Texas Tech and we’re underway.
9:57 p.m.: Bottom line on ESPN2 says the game’s tip time has moved to 10:10 p.m. So even later than it’s already late start. Woot woot.
9:54 p.m.: Usual starters for Texas Tech with Christian Anderson, Jaylen Petty, LeJuan Watts, Donovan Atwell and JT Toppin first to the floor. Arizona State will start Maurice Odum, Noah Meeusen, Santiago Trouet, Andija Grbovic and Massamba Dip.
8:33 p.m.: No significant changes to the injury/availability report for Texas Tech or Arizona State. Game starts in about 90 minutes after Kansas State-Baylor.
Injury/availability report for Texas Tech basketball, Arizona State
As of 8:30 p.m. Tuesday
OUT FOR TEXAS TECH: LaTrell Hoover (redshirting)
OUT FOR ARIZONA STATE: Adante’ Hollman, Vijay Wallace, Marcus Adams, Kash Polk, Quentin McCoy, Dame Salane, Bryce Ford
GAME TIME DECISION FOR ARIZONA STATE: Andrija Grbovic
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Texas Tech vs. Arizona State will air on ESPN2 today to continue the 2025-26 college basketball season. You can stream the game on Fubo, which requires a subscription.
Texas Tech basketball vs Arizona State time today
The Texas Tech vs Arizona State basketball game starts at 10 p.m. at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona.
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This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech basketball upset by Arizona State, loses JT Toppin late
Reporting by Nathan Giese, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal / Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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