A quad-1 win was not in the cards Tuesday night for the Cincinnati Bearcats. On one of their better shooting nights of the season, the Bearcats ran into a team that was counting by threes instead of twos.

JT Toppin scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds while Christian Anderson added 18 points to lead the visiting Texas Tech Red Raiders to an 81-71 Big 12 win over the host Cincinnati Bearcats Tuesday night.

Texas Tech earned a fourth Big 12 road victory with a 71-61 win over Cincinnati at Fifth-Third Arena. The Red Raiders (14-4, 5-2 in Big 12) had control of the ballgame from the jump, always finding an answer for runs from the Bearcats en route to the win.

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball hosts Texas Tech Tuesday giving them a chance at a Quad 1 win. Here are three keys from reporter Scott Springer.

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