Darrion Williams scored 16 points, Elijah Hawkins added 14 with nine assists for Texas Tech and the Red Raiders held Kansas State scoreless for the final 5-plus minutes in their 61-57 win.

The Texas Tech basketball team improved to 3-0 on the road this season by surviving a slugfest with Kansas State on Tuesday night.

Kansas State basketball held Texas Tech more than 10 points befow its average but still dropped its fourth straight.

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For that reason, K-State (7-9, 1-4 Big 12) fell even further below .500 in this disappointing season. Texas Tech (12-4, 3-2 Big 12) left town with an important road win thanks in part to 16 points from Darrion Williams. The Wildcats will next be in action on Saturday against rival Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang talks often about a "five to grind" philosophy to finish games. This year's Wildcats keep falling short.

The Kansas State Wildcats have lost three in a row after dropping to Houston Saturday night. They were dominated in seemingly every statistical category aside f

The Wildcats are in a tailspin. They have lost six of their past seven games and are coming off a 87-57 loss against Houston. That 30-point margin was the biggest loss of the Jerome Tang era. K-State has slumped hard on offense during that stretch. The Wildcats haven’t topped 71 points in a game since early December.

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Kansas State's basketball team will try to snap a three-game losing streak Tuesday when it wraps up a two-game home stand with an 8 p.m. game against Texas Tech at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats (7-8,