Akron vs. Texas Tech box score: Full stats from 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game

The 12th-seeded Akron Zips will battle the fifth-seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament on Friday. The Red Raiders jumped out to a 40-35 halftime advantage in Tampa.

The MAC-Big 12 matchup has upset potential with the Zips winning 10 consecutive games. The Red Raiders have also won three straight, but are without star forward JT Toppin (ACL).

Here is a look at the box score from Friday's first round Midwest Region game in Tampa.

Akron vs. Texas Tech March Madness box score

Texas Tech stats 

STARTERSMINPTSFG3PTREBASTPFFTSTLBLK

4C. AndersonG	20	7	2-5	1-3	3	3	0	2-2	1	0
12D. AtwellF	17	12	4-6	4-5	1	2	2	0-0	1	0
9L. BamgboyeF	11	2	1-2	0-0	6	0	1	0-0	0	1
11J. PettyG	19	13	5-8	3-4	3	1	1	0-0	0	0
3L. WattsF	16	6	3-4	0-1	5	2	1	0-3	0	0

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BENCHMINPTSFG3PTREBASTPFFTSTLBLK

13M. AkuentokF	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
1T. BryanG	10	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	1	0
10J. FrancisG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
8N. GrovesG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
2J. HendersonG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
21L. HooverF	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
6L. HornerF	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
5J. MoseleyF	9	6	2-3	0-0	2	0	2	2-4	0	3
15J. ToppinF	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0

Akron stats 

STARTERSMINPTSFG3PTREBASTPFFTSTLBLK

21Z. HalliganG	3	0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0-0	0	0
15B. HardmanG	10	0	0-2	0-2	1	0	0	0-0	0	0
5T. JohnsonG	16	2	1-7	0-0	1	1	0	0-0	0	0
0A. LylesF	17	12	4-8	2-5	3	1	2	2-4	1	1
12E. MahaffeyG	19	6	3-7	0-1	4	2	2	0-0	1	1

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BENCHMINPTSFG3PTREBASTPFFTSTLBLK

8H. BarreF	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
2R. BriscoF	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
11C. GroceG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
4E. MahaffeyG	8	0	0-1	0-1	2	0	2	0-0	1	1
23M. Musiime-KamaliF	3	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
1S. ScottG	16	13	5-7	2-2	0	1	0	1-2	0	0
16O. StankovicG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
3S. YoungG	9	2	0-2	0-1	0	0	1	2-2	0	0

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