Akron Zips vs Texas Tech Red Raiders, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 1st Round

College Basketball

29-6

71-91

Final

23-10

Benchmark International Arena

TV: truTV

Team	1H	2H	T
AKR	35	36	71
TTU	40	51	91

Who won: Texas Tech 91-71

The Texas Tech Red Raiders beat the Akron Zips 91-71 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 1st Round on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Texas Tech outscored the Akron 51-36 in the 2nd half. Jaylen Petty led the Texas Tech in points (24). Amani Lyles led the Akron in points (26).

Leaders

AKRTTU

Points

Amani Lyles

26

Jaylen Petty

24

Assists

Tavari Johnson

6

Christian Anderson

5

Rebounds

Evan Mahaffey

6

LeJuan Watts

6

Scoring

2nd Half

16:04

LayUpShot

LeJuan Watts makes layup (Josiah Moseley assists)

43-52

14:52

JumpShot

Shammah Scott makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tavari Johnson assists)

46-52

14:22

MadeFreeThrow

Donovan Atwell makes free throw 2 of 2

46-53

13:38

LayUpShot

Josiah Moseley makes layup (Jaylen Petty assists)

46-55

13:13

DunkShot

Christian Anderson makes 3-foot dunk

46-57

13:04

JumpShot

Evan Mahaffey makes 9-foot jumper (Tavari Johnson assists)

48-57

12:44

LayUpShot

Josiah Moseley makes layup (Christian Anderson assists)

48-59

12:33

LayUpShot

Eric Mahaffey makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists)

50-59

12:33

MadeFreeThrow

Eric Mahaffey makes free throw 1 of 1

51-59

11:55

MadeFreeThrow

Amani Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2

52-59

11:55

MadeFreeThrow

Amani Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2

53-59

11:38

JumpShot

Christian Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Donovan Atwell assists)

53-62

11:14

MadeFreeThrow

Amani Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2

54-62

11:14

MadeFreeThrow

Amani Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2

55-62

10:55

LayUpShot

LeJuan Watts makes layup

55-64

10:35

LayUpShot

Amani Lyles makes layup (Sharron Young assists)

57-64

9:42

TipShot

Eric Mahaffey makes 0-foot tip in layup

59-64

9:42

MadeFreeThrow

Eric Mahaffey makes free throw 1 of 1

60-64

9:13

LayUpShot

Donovan Atwell makes layup (Tyeree Bryan assists)

60-66

7:57

MadeFreeThrow

Eric Mahaffey makes free throw 1 of 2

61-66

7:57

MadeFreeThrow

Eric Mahaffey makes free throw 2 of 2

62-66

7:48

MadeFreeThrow

Jaylen Petty makes free throw 2 of 2

62-67

7:13

DunkShot

Josiah Moseley makes 2-foot dunk (Jaylen Petty assists)

62-69

6:53

LayUpShot

Amani Lyles makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists)

64-69

6:24

JumpShot

Christian Anderson makes 12-foot pullup jump shot

64-71

6:07

MadeFreeThrow

Christian Anderson makes free throw 1 of 2

64-72

6:07

MadeFreeThrow

Christian Anderson makes free throw 2 of 2

64-73

5:11

JumpShot

Josiah Moseley makes 6-foot hook shot

64-75

4:52

DunkShot

Jaylen Petty makes 3-foot dunk (Christian Anderson assists)

64-77

4:12

JumpShot

Jaylen Petty makes 25-foot three point jumper

64-80

3:54

LayUpShot

Sharron Young makes layup (Amani Lyles assists)

66-80

3:41

JumpShot

Jaylen Petty makes 18-foot step back jumpshot

66-82

2:53

DunkShot

Josiah Moseley makes 3-foot dunk (Jaylen Petty assists)

66-84

2:33

LayUpShot

Amani Lyles makes layup (Tavari Johnson assists)

68-84

2:09

JumpShot

Jaylen Petty makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tyeree Bryan assists)

68-87

1:48

LayUpShot

Amani Lyles makes layup

70-87

0:57

JumpShot

Christian Anderson makes 14-foot pullup jump shot

70-89

0:25

MadeFreeThrow

Leon Horner makes free throw 1 of 2

70-90

0:25

MadeFreeThrow

Leon Horner makes free throw 2 of 2

70-91

0:06

MadeFreeThrow

Zach Halligan makes free throw 2 of 2

71-91

Scores shown as AKR-TTU.

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