Overview
- Tip is set for 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT) on FS1, with streaming available via DirecTV Stream (free trial), Fubo and Sling.
- The game will be played at Houston’s Fertitta Center, where the Cougars’ lone home loss over the past three seasons came in last year’s overtime meeting with Texas Tech.
- Houston enters at 13-1 on a seven-game winning streak following a 67-60 victory over Cincinnati.
- Texas Tech arrives 11-3 with four straight wins after a 102-80 defeat of Oklahoma State.
- Key scorers to watch include Houston guard Emanuel Sharp at nearly 16 points per game and Texas Tech forward JT Toppin at more than 21.