INDIANAPOLIS — Jahmyl Telfort scored 26 points, DJ Davis added 25 points, and Posh Alexander had a triple-double to help Butler beat Texas Tech 103-95 in overtime on Thursday in the Big East-Big 12 Battle.
Alexander had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for Butler's first triple-double since Roosevelt Jones in 2016.
At the end of regulation, Telfort made a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 28.6 seconds left to give Butler an 83-81 lead. The Bulldogs defense surrounded Joe Toussaint in the lane at the other end and he passed it out to Pop Isaacs, who drove the left side of the paint for a tying layup with 3.8 to go. Telfort's heave from midcourt just before the horn did not hit the rim.
Telfort also made a 3-pointer in overtime and Pierre Brooks was awarded a basket following a goaltending to give Butler a 92-86 lead. Brooks added a key 3-pointer from the corner with 43.2 left.
Brooks finished with 18 points and Andre Screen added 14 points for Butler (5-3).
Chance McMillian, who was scoreless against Michigan on Friday, tied his career-high with 24 points, on eight 3-pointers, for Texas Tech (5-2). Toussaint added 20 points, and Isaacs and Devan Cambridge each scored 16. Warren Washington had 10 points.
McMillian made his seventh 3-pointer with 6:47 remaining in the second half to give Texas Tech its first lead, 68-67, since the opening five minutes of the game.
Butler plays Buffalo on Tuesday. Texas Tech returns home to face Omaha on Wednesday.
Box score
TEXAS TECH (5-2)
Cambridge 6-11 4-8 16, W.Washington 5-6 0-0 10, Isaacs 7-16 3-4 18, Toussaint 7-13 3-3 18, Da.Williams 2-4 0-0 6, McMillian 8-15 0-0 24, Walton 1-2 0-0 3, L.Washington 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-68 10-15 95.
BUTLER (6-2)
Telfort 10-16 3-3 26, Thomas 1-4 0-0 2, Alexander 2-10 5-6 10, Davis 6-12 10-10 25, Brooks 7-11 1-4 18, Screen 7-8 0-2 14, Moore 2-4 0-0 5, Turnbull 1-1 0-0 3, Bizjack 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-66 19-25 103.
Halftime: Butler 45-38.
3-Point Goals: Texas Tech 13-26 (McMillian 8-10, Da.Williams 2-2, Walton 1-2, Isaacs 1-5, Toussaint 1-5, Cambridge 0-2), Butler 12-27 (Brooks 3-6, Telfort 3-6, Davis 3-8, Turnbull 1-1, Alexander 1-2, Moore 1-3, Thomas 0-1).
Fouled Out: Cambridge, Da.Williams, Thomas.
Rebounds: Texas Tech 22 (McMillian 7), Butler 36 (Alexander 10).
Assists: Texas Tech 23 (Toussaint 12), Butler 23 (Alexander 11).
Total Fouls: Texas Tech 20, Butler 13.