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CINCINNATI — JT Toppin scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half, Christian Anderson added 18 points, including a career-high tying four 3-pointers, and Texas Tech beat Cincinnati 81-71. Chance McMillian finished with 17 points Texas Tech (14-4, 5-2 Big 12) and Kevin Overton scored 14. Jizzle James led Cincinnati (12-6, 2-5) with 15 points — his most in a conference game this season — and Dillon Mitchell scored 12. James, Mitchell and Day Day Thomas scored four points apiece in a 14-5 run that gave the Bearcats a seven-point lead eight minutes into the game. Texas Tech, which made just two of its first 11 shots, made 13 of 18, and Anderson scored 13 points, from there to take a 42-38 lead into halftime and never again trailed.
