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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas Tech may have kept alive its hope for an invitation to the NCAA Tournament, but the Red Raiders’ showing against Oral Roberts didn’t exactly prove that they are among the country’s best 64 teams. Tech turned around an eight point halftime deficit and got big second halves from Lance Hughes and Jason Lasser to roll to an 84-71 victory Wednesday night. The Red Raiders (18-7) already have at least a share of the South west Conference regular-season title and the rest of the league is rounding out its season while tun ing up for next weekend's postsea son tournament. There were no surprises in the other two SWC games Wednesday night as Rice beat Baylor 80-68 and Texas AM handled South ern Methodist 67-64. If Tech doesn’t win the postsea son tournament, the Red Raiders may be hard pressed to be invited to the NCAA event. They need quality victories the rest of the way to make a good enough impression to earn an invitation. That’s why it was so important they look good against the lowly Golden Eagles (10-17). Instead, they fell behind 40-32 at halftime but were bailed out as Tech turned around an eight-point halftime deficit and got big second halves from Lance Hughes and Jason Sasser to roll to an 84-71 victory Wednesday night. Hughes scored 16 of his 23 points in the second half and Sasser had 18 of his 20 after halftime. The Golden Eagles were led by Rocky Walls with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Tim Gill scored 17. Texas AM also had a close call. The Aggies’ victory wasn’t sure until a 3-pointer by SMU’s Jameil Rich clanked away as time expired. “This was not a pretty game, but it was a win,” AM coach Tony Barone said. “We set out to win our last three, and now we've won (the first) two.” Joe Wilbert led the Aggies (13-15, 6-7) with 26 points. Damon Johnson and Tony McGin nis had 12 points apiece and fresh man Kyle Kessell, who missed a last-second free throw that would've sealed the vietory, had eight assists, nine rebo and seven points. AM trailed 32-31 at halftime, then took a 47-45 lead with 9:30 to play. The Aggies never led by more than six and were ahead by as little as one at 52-51. Their lead was up to 64-58 with 21 seconds left, then it was cut to 66-64 on a 3-pointers by Jameil Rich and Troy Matthews. Rich missed a 3-pointer as time expired that would've forced overtime. The Mustangs (6-19, 2-11) got 14 points from Matt Timme and Rich liad 11. Rice also struggled to pull away from Baylor, but the Owls eventu ally gave themselves a cushion down the stretch. Jesse Cravens paved the way by scoring 19 of his 23 points in the second half. He had six points during a 10-4 run that gave the Owls (14-11, 8-5) a 51-50 lead they never felin ere and he had six more after the Bears (9-18, 3-10) got within 63-62 with 5:59 left. Other top scorers for Rice included Adam Peakes with 20 [pe Shaun Igo with 19 and J.J. ‘olk with 11, Roddrick Miller led Baylor with 16 points, followed by Doug Brandt and Aundre Branch with each. David Hamilton scored
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