By Jeff Walker | A-J SPORTS EDITOR

Texas Tech’s first game of the Legends Classic may not have been legendary, but it was historic.

The Red Raiders, playing a little more than a scrimmage against Division II East Central (Okla.), nearly reached their season average in points scored – by halftime. They undoubtedly set numerous first-half records (Tech doesn’t list records by half), then shattered them in the second half.

Trevor Cook (24) scored 20 points in Texas Tech's 167-115 win over East Central (Okla.) on Thursday at United Spirit Arena.

Tech jumped out to a 77-57 halftime lead – nine points shy of its season average – and cruised Thursday to a 167-115 win in front of an announced crowd of 5,505 at United Spirit Arena.

Tech head coach Pat Knight said his team can get use from a game like this, even one that was out of control long before halftime.

“The first thing that was good is we’re trying to push the ball up and this was good practice for that,” Knight said. “We were able to push it up, in front of a crowd, and that’s a lot of points to score against anybody. From that standpoint … I thought was good practice for us.”

No doubt, the Red Raiders set numerous marks in the opening 20 minutes.

Check the numbers:

• 28 field goals

• 51 field goal attempts

• 17 assists

• 10 steals

• 11 offensive rebounds

They then broke most of them in the second half

• 39 field goals

• 62 field goal attempts

• 18 assists

• 8 steals

• 15 offensive rebounds

A record that didn’t fall, however, was largest margin of victory. That honor remains a 72-point blowout (107-35) against Nicholls State in 2002.

“Wow, that was fun, wasn’t it?” East Central head coach Terry Shannon said. “… We want to play an up-tempo game and force teams to play our tempo. We didn’t have to force them. They went with us and, boy, shot the ball well.”

Texas Tech 167, E. Central (Okla.) 115

East Central 115

FG FT REB

Min. M-A M-A O T PF A TP

Adams 18 5-8 5-6 5 10 4 2 15

Nicholson 23 2-9 3-6 4 8 4 0 8

Thetford 30 4-10 4-4 2 5 1 4 13

Brewer 23 4-10 3-8 2 4 4 1 12

Bateman 19 3-16 4-4 1 3 4 1 11

Figgs 20 7-13 4-4 2 4 3 0 19

Clark 19 2-5 4-4 0 1 1 1 8

May 11 1-4 0-0 1 1 1 1 2

Badley 13 4-5 2-2 3 6 2 1 10

Wilkerson 24 5-14 3-7 2 6 2 1 17

3 5 Totals 200 37-94 32-45 25 51 26 12 115

TEXAS TECH 167

FG FT REB

Min. M-A M-A O T PF A TP

Roberts 13 3-7 7-10 1 3 2 4 13

Cook 11 9-13 2-2 3 6 3 1 11

Voskuil 25 6-9 1-1 1 6 1 2 17

Roberson 24 6-7 2-4 0 1 1 7 17

Okorie 16 7-11 0-1 2 3 4 2 15

Craig 14 5-13 0-1 1 3 2 1 11

Graham 18 0-5 0-0 0 6 3 6 0

Ray 8 2-4 0-0 3 5 1 0 4

Dunn 12 6-8 0-0 1 2 3 1 16

Lewandowski 8 4-6 0-1 3 7 3 4 8

Prince 12 5-5 2-2 2 4 4 1 12

Cohadarevic 14 6-11 0-0 2 6 1 2 12

Singletary 15 6-11 4-5 5 9 2 4 16

Suljagic 10 2-3 2-2 0 1 4 0 6

2 3 Totals 200 67-113 20-29 26 65 34 35 167

Texas Tech 57 58 – 115

Texas Tech 77 90 – 167

Records: East Central 0-1; Texas Tech 3-0. Shooting percentages: East Central 39.4% FG, 27.8% 3-pt. FG, 71.1% FT; Texas Tech 59.3% FG, 52% 3-pt. FG, 69% FT. 3-point goals: East Central 9-35 (Wilkerson 4-10, Bateman 1-10, Brewer 1-5, Thetford 1-4, Nicholson 1-2, Figgs 1-2); Texas Tech 13-25 (Voskuil 4-7, Dunn 4-5, Roberson 3-3, Okorie 1-2, Craig 1-4). Steals: East Central 9 (Nicholson 2, thetford 2, Brewer, Bateman, Figgs, May, Wilkerson); Texas Tech 18 (Okorie 5, Voskuil 3, Roberson 2, Cohadarevic 2, Graham 2, Cook, Ray, Dunn, Singletary). Blocked shots: East Central 4 (Adams 3, Bateman); Texas Tech 3 (Cook 3). Turnovers: East Central 29, Texas Tech 18. Total fouls: East Central 26, Texas Tech 34. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None. Officials: Allan Spainhour, Tim Ebersole, Brent Hampton. Attendance: 5,505.