Terrence Shannon, Jr. went for 18 points and a career-high 12 rebounds to help lead Texas Tech to a 57-52 overtime win over No. 13 Tennessee at the Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.
The Red Raiders (7-1) started overtime on a 6-0 run after regulation ended at 44-44 and closed out the win over the Volunteers (6-2) to secure their second straight victory at the Jimmy Classic after also knocking off No. 1 Louisville at the event in 2019 at MSG. Tech led 29-25 at halftime and limited Tennessee to just 26.8 percent shooting in the game, including seeing the Vols go 6-for-40 on 3-pointers.
"I thought we did a good job of keeping them where we wanted to and contesting their shots and rotating," said Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams who earned his first win over a ranked opponent as the program's leader. "I thought we did a great job with our pressure and guarding them. We wanted to put pressure on them and I thought we did that."
The overtime win takes the program to 52-55 all-time in overtime games and snaps a seven-game losing streak in extra-session games. In overtime, Tech scored 13 points on 3-for-5 shooting after a second half where it scored just 15 points on 5 of 27 shooting.
A trio of Red Raiders finished with double-digit rebounds with Kevin McCullar finishing the game with 10 rebounds, five assists and eight points, while Daniel Batcho had a career-high 11 rebounds and added two blocks. A redshirt freshman from Paris, France, Batcho had a previous career-high of 10 rebounds in the 56-point win over Omaha and is now averaging 5.0 rebounds per game. He played a season-high 26 minutes and scored four points to go along with securing his 11 rebounds. Tech had a 57-52 rebounding advantage to overcome offensive struggles that saw it go 19-for-61 from the field (31.1 percent) and just 4-for-24 on 3-pointers. Kevin Obanor neared a double-double of his own with 10 points and seven rebounds while Bryson Williams had seven points.
"We knew it was going to be a heavyweight battle coming in," McCullar said. "We know they play aggressive defense. That's what Texas Tech is about too. We knew it was going to be a low-scoring game and we'd have to do the little things to scrap out the win. We played hard."
Shannon had 12 points and 12 rebounds in regulation before leading the Red Raiders with six points in overtime. It was his second career double-double after going for 23 points and 10 rebounds last season at LSU. Shannon, who has scored in double figures in all five games and matched his season-high with his 18 points, was 6 of 14 from the field and went 6 of 7 from the free-throw line. His 12 rebounds were one more than his previous career-high of 11 last season at Kansas.
"I feel like we did a good job of rebounding and eliminated their second-chance points," Shannon said. "That helped us pull out the win. I feel like this puts us back on the right direction that we were going. We have to build on it though. We can't get too high or too low with these games."
John Fulkerson led Tennessee with 10 points and 10 rebounds, while Kennedy Chandler, Santiago Vescovi and Zakai Zeigler had nine points each. The Vols, who committed only nine turnovers but went 4 of 34 on 3-pointers in regulation, had a four-game winning streak end with the loss.
The win was the first overtime victory for Texas Tech since an 84-80 OT victory over Oklahoma State on Feb. 27, 2019 at the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders last overtime win over a ranked opponent saw them knock off No. 22 Nevada 82-76 on Dec. 5, 2017. Tech was 0-2 in overtime games last season with a pair of losses against Oklahoma State.
