March 2, 2002

Box Score

By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer

WACO, Texas - Andy Ellis scored 28 points, slamming home the game-winning shot with less than a second left as Texas Tech came back to beat Baylor 91-89 on Saturday.

After John Lucas missed a 3-pointer for Baylor with about 5 seconds left, Kasib Powell grabbed the rebound and passed to Ronald Ross, who missed a contested layup. But Ellis caught the ball in midair, his 10th rebound, and stuffed it in with nine-tenths of a second left.

The Red Raiders (21-7, 10-6 Big 12), completing their first regular season under coach Bob Knight, overcame a 10-point deficit in the final 13 minutes. They remained in contention for a first-round bye in next week's Big 12 tournament.

Tech ran off the court thinking the game was over. The Red Raiders were called back after officials reviewed television replays and determined that Baylor (14-15, 4-12), which has lost six straight games, had time for one more play.

The inbound pass by R.T. Guinn, who had contested Ross' shot and appeared to foul the shooter, was knocked down by Andre Emmett.

Emmett had 27 points and 10 rebounds for the Red Raiders and Powell had 25 points. Three other players combined for Tech's final 11 points.

Guinn had 22 points, including four 3-pointers, and 13 rebounds and Lawrence Roberts also scored 22 points to break the Big 12 freshman scoring record. Lucas had 19 points with five 3-pointers.

Roberts has 475 points this season, one more than Texas A&M's Bernard King scored as a freshman two years ago.

Ellis' inside basket over Guinn with 2:52 left made it 86-85. That ended a 7-0 run that gave Texas Tech its first lead since midway through the first half.

After Roberts' putback off the glass, Ellis hit a 3-pointer with 1:43 left. Guinn's putback of Lucas' missed 3-pointer tied the game at 89 with 1:04 left.

Lucas had a shot blocked by Nick Valdez, but Tech then had a turnover before the final sequence.

Baylor has led 69-59 when Lucas made a layup with 12:42 left. It was seven minutes more before Ellis made a 3-pointer, the first of the game by Tech, to cut the lead in half, 78-73.

Baylor led 46-42 at halftime, and 3-pointers were the difference. The Bears made 8-of-16 treys and Texas Tech missed all nine of its long-range shots in the first half.

The Bears finished 14-of-31 from three-point range, falling one short of the school record 265 in a season.

Tech made all three of its 3-pointers after halftime.