Arizona upends No. 9 Texas Tech to make Big 12 final

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Caleb Love scored 27 points as Arizona knocked off No. 9 Texas Tech 86-80 in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament on Friday.The Wildcats, the No. 3 seed, advanced to the championship game on Saturday and will face No. 1 seed Houston, ranked No. 2 in the country.Houston won the only meeting between the teams, 62-58 on Feb. 15 in Tempe, Ariz.Arizona (22-11) controlled play on the inside, outscoring Tech 40-28 in the paint.Love was one of five Wildcats to score in double figures. KJ Lewis scored 15, Trey Townsend added 12 and Jaden Bradley and Henri Veesaar each had 10.Texas Tech (25-8) had four players in double figures, led by Kevin Overton with 20 off the bench. Christian Anderson had 19 and Kerwin Walton had 13. But Arizona limited Big 12 Player of the Year JT Toppin to just 11 on 4-of-13 shooting from the field.Arizona took control early in the second half, outscoring the Red Raiders 10-4 in the first 3:06 to grab a 57-43 lead. The Red Raiders got within single digits a few times, but kept stalling. It took a 7-0 run to put a scare in the Wildcats at 64-59.

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