Keenan Evans Leads Texas Tech Past Stephen F. Austin

Keenan Evans scored 23 points to lead Texas Tech on a second-half charge to rally past Stephen F. Austin in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday night.

In any single-elimination tournament, it is always nice to have the best player on the court playing for your team. That was the ace in the hole Texas Tech was able to play in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday night.

Keenan Evans put the Red Raiders on his back, as he has done so often during his senior season to push Tech to its first NCAA Tournament win since 2005. Evans put up 19 of his 23 points in the second half to help Texas Tech rally from eight points down to take a 70-60 win in front of a pro-Texas Tech…