Playing from a disadvantage all game, the Texas Tech basketball team got its biggest win of the Grant McCasland era, beating Houston on the road in overtime.

BOTTOM LINE: No. 22 Texas Tech will try to keep its five-game win streak alive when the Red Raiders take on No. 6 Houston. The Cougars have gone 11-0 at home. Houston is ninth in the Big 12 scoring 76.0 points while shooting 46.0% from the field.

JT Toppin and Grant McCasland were both ejected from the Texas Tech basketball team's game against Houston less than 4 minutes into the game.

Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland watched the No. 22 Red Raiders' 82-81 overtime victory over No. 6 Houston on Saturday from the locker room after he was ejected less than four minutes into the game. McCasland was assessed two technical fouls for arguing a flagrant 2 call on JT Toppin after Toppin appeared to kick Houston’s Joseph Tugler in the midsection on a jump pass.