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 on Tuesday night.

Coached by Mark Pope, the Wildcats are also 13-3 overall and 3-1 in the SEC. Kentucky beat visiting Florida 106-100, lost its visit to Georgia (82-69), then won its visit to Mississippi State (95-90). UK is 21st on KenPom’s numbers chart for overall efficiency. It ranks third in adjusted offensive efficiency, 87th in adjusted defensive efficiency.

Sputtering Kansas State will try to end a three-game losing skid on Tuesday when it welcomes to Manhattan, Kan., a Texas Tech team coming off a heartbreaking loss of its own. The Red Raiders (11-4, 2-2 Big 12) led in the second half by as many as nine points on Saturday against Iowa State,

The Wildcats (7-8, 1-3) are coming off their worst defeat in three years under coach Jerome Tang after being blown out by then No. 11-ranked Houston, 87-57, Saturday. Texas Tech (11-4, 2-2) suffered a much closer loss Saturday,

T he Kansas State Wildcats have lost three in a row after dropping to Houston Saturday night. They were dominated in seemingly every statistical category aside from 3-point shooti