No. 5 Houston plays the No. 9 Texas Tech Red Raiders after LJ Cryer scored 28 points in the Cougars' 68-59 win against the Iowa State Cyclones

Monday’s Big 12 slate includes the Texas Tech Red Raiders (20-6, 11-4 Big 12) meeting the Houston Cougars (22-4, 14-1 Big 12) at 9:00 PM ET on ESPN.Buy tickets for Texas Tech vs.

The 19th-ranked Texas Tech basketball team picked up a monumental upset win over No. 6 Houston 82-81 in overtime on Saturday. The Red Raiders (17-4, 8-2) ran their winning streak to six and ended Houston's 33-game home winning streak and 18-game Big 12 Conference winning streak while playing without leading scorer JT Toppin and head coach Grant McCasland since the 16:10 mark of the first half.

Kelvin Sampson's team appears headed for a second consecutive Big 12 men's basketball championship. Houston's 62-58 road victory over Arizona on Saturday gave the Cougars a two-game lead over the Wildcats and Texas Tech with six conference games to play.

L.J. Cryer's 28-point afternoon helped No. 5 Houston hold off No. 8 Iowa State, which was without its two leading scorers in the upset bid.

L.J. Cryer scored 28 points and Milos Uzan matched his season best of 19 points to lead No. 5 Houston to a 68-59 home win over No. 8 Iowa State in Big 12 play on Saturday.

Injuries forced TJ Otzelberger to get creative with his minutes ... and the Cyclones nearly pulled off the impossible.