DePaul 76, Texas Tech 70

Cleveland Melvin had 25 points and Brandon Young added 24 as

DePaul beat Texas Tech 76-70 in the consolation round of the Old

Spice Classic on Friday.

After Young had a basket, Melvin scored on a fast-break layup

and followed that with a 3-point play to put DePaul (3-1) up 57-50

with nine minutes remaining.

Young scored 23 and Melvin had 20 in DePaul’s 86-85 loss to

Minnesota on Thursday.

Ty Nurse scored 19 for Texas Tech (3-2). Jordan Tolbert had 16

points and nine rebounds.

DePaul, up 71-68, had a chance to secure the game, but Young,

with 1 minute to go, and Krys Faber, at the 31-second mark, both

missed free throws.

Texas Tech turned the ball over after Faber’s miss, forcing a

foul that resulted in Melvin connecting on two free-throw tries to

make it 73-68.

After Nurse had a 3-point play to get Texas Tech within one,

DePaul responded with a 7-2 run for a 68-62 advantage. Jeremiah

Kelly made three free throws and Melvin had a base-line slam during

the stretch.

Melvin put DePaul up 48-41 with a layup 6 1/2 minutes into the

second half. Texas Tech got the next seven points, including five

by Terran Petteway, to tie it at 48.

Nurse scored 11 points, helping Texas Tech go up 37-36 at

halftime. He had just one point in the Red Raiders’ 60-49 loss to

Indiana State on Friday.

Young had 15 first-half points, a tight session that had 14 lead

changes and five ties. The biggest lead for either team was five

points.

The win gave DePaul 1,375 in its history.

This was the first time the two teams have played each other

since the 1983 Suntory Ball Classic, which took place in Japan.