Taking the court without three projected starters, one who is a preseason All-American, might create a problem for most teams.

For No. 10 Texas Tech, that challenge didn't cause much of a ripple in the 2025-26 season opener.

After a 98-60 romp past Lindenwood on Monday in Lubbock, Texas, the Red Raiders play host to Sam Houston on Friday with a jolt of confidence added to their top-shelf expectations coming into the season.

With J.T. Toppin, LeJuan Watts and Luke Bamgboye all in street clothes and nursing injuries, Texas Tech worked through some early defensive glitches to roll to the lopsided win. Christian Anderson picked up a huge chunk of the slack with career highs in points (34) and assists (11) and transfer Donovan Atwell generated 22 points in his Red Raider debut.

That duo acc

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