Oklahoma Oklahoma/Texas Tech Texas Tech Men's College Basketball recap on ESPN

"I just shot it up there," he said of his game-winner with 1.5 seconds left that gave the Red Raiders a 60-59 victory over Oklahoma (No. 21 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP) on Tuesday night. "By the grace of God, it went in. ... I just heard the crowd and looked to see how much time was left on the clock."

Brown's leaning, twisting 5-footer from between two Oklahoma defenders banked into the basket.

"Brown did a good job of controlling the game," Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said. "I give my guys credit for fighting hard to stay in the game. I felt that we had a chance until the end of the game."

Oklahoma (12-4, 1-3 Big 12) had taken a 59-58 lead with 29 seconds left on a driving 8-footer by guard Nolan Johnson.

The victory was the first for Texas Tech over Oklahoma in Lubbock since 1971. It also ended the Red Raiders' 12-game losing streak to ranked teams and was their first win over a Top 25 opponent since they beat Kansas on Feb. 13, 1999.

"We can enjoy the victory and be thankful, but we need to pay attention to what we didn't do well and work on that so we can be ready for Colorado," said coach James Dickey, whose team faces the Buffaloes in Lubbock on Saturday. "I know that it is important to win games on the road, but we must protect serve at home."

Brown led the Red Raiders (8-7, 2-2) with 18 points, while Andy Ellis had 16 and Cliff Owens 12.

Johnson had 19 points for the Sooners, while Aaron McGhee finished with 16.

The Red Raiders led 57-50 with 5:04 remaining after Mikey Marshall made one of two free throws, but the Sooners came back behind Johnson and McGhee.

McGhee connected on a 3-pointer with 4:45 left that cut Tech's lead to 57-53. After Owens made one free throw with 3:29 left for a 58-53 lead, Johnson hit four straight free throws, cutting the lead to 58-57 with 1:56 left.

The Raiders failed to score on their next two possessions as Ellis and Brown missed 3-pointers in the game's final 79 seconds.

The Red Raiders took advantage of Oklahoma's cold shooting in the first half to take a 27-20 halftime lead.

The Sooners roared out in the second half, outscoring the Raiders 13-4 over the first three minutes to take a 33-31 lead at the 17:22 mark.

Tech recovered, putting together a 14-5 run that was keyed by six points by Ellis to take 45-38 lead with 13:11 left.

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