GAME NOTES: Action in the first round of the 2015 Big 12 Conference Tournament concludes on Wednesday night with a matchup between the 10th-seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders and the seventh-seeded Texas Longhorns.

All games are being played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, and the winner of this bout will face No. 2 Iowa State in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Texas Tech has had a terrible season, at least with respect to its effort against Big 12 rivals. The Red Raiders have lost seven of their last eight games, and have tallied just three victories since the start of the new year. Texas Tech is 13-18 all-time in the Big 12 Tournament, and has made just one appearance in the championship game, that resulting in a narrow loss to Oklahoma State back in 2005.

Despite nearly reaching 20 wins during the regular season, Texas fell below the break-even point in Big 12 play (8-10). The Longhorns enter this event having won their last two games, the modest run coming on the heels of a four- game slide. Texas is 23-18 all-time in the Big 12 Tournament, and it too has never hoisted the championship trophy despite reaching the title tilt six times, including three straight from 2006-08.

Texas leads the all-time series with Texas Tech, 82-53, and that includes a pair of wins already this season. The Longhorns are 2-1 against the Red Raiders in the Big 12 Tournament.

Texas Tech's struggles occurred primarily at the offensive end of the court this season, as the team generates just 61.2 ppg in hitting 40.3 percent of its field goal attempts, and only 31.7 percent of its 3-point tries. Defensively, the Red Raiders yield 64.3 ppg, as foes are connecting on 42.6 percent of their total shots while committing an average of almost 13 turnovers per contest. Tech is guilty of nearly 14 miscues per game, but it is on the plus-side of the ledger with regard to rebounding margin (+1.4). Devaugntah Williams is the only player netting double digits for the Red Raiders, but his 10.6 ppg are a fry cry from the top performers in the Big 12.

Texas boasts three double-digit scorers in Isaiah Taylor (13.1 ppg, 4.5 apg), Myles Turner (10.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.8 bpg) and Jonathan Holmes (10.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg), the middle one in that group recently being named the Big 12's Freshman of the Year. Collectively, the Longhorns are putting up 68.1 ppg to rank seventh in the conference, but their average yield of 60.4 ppg ranks them second. Texas is the Big 12's top rebounding team (39.8 rpg), and with the rookie Turner leading the way, it is also No. 1 in blocked shots (7.94 per game).

Unless something miraculous happens and Williams gets considerable help from his teammates, there is little chance the Red Raiders are going to extend their season. This Lone Star State showdown will go to the Longhorns.