JT Toppin had 21 points to lead No. 10 Texas Tech to a 78-73 win over Kansas. It was the second win at Allen Fieldhouse in the school’s history.
Kansas basketball had some momentum again, after a pair of Big 12 wins. But there was a bigger test awaiting the Jayhawks on Saturday vs Texas Tech.
The Kansas Jayhawks had a short run at the Big 12 Championship women’s basketball tournament. No. 14 seed Texas Tech beat 11th-seeded KU 57-53 on Wednesday evening at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. With the win, the Red Raiders will play sixth-seeded Utah in Round 2 Thursday evening.
A North Texas police officer saved a suspected drunk driver from a burning car after the driver hit the officer's vehicle Thursday morning, police said.