Texas Tech’s JT Toppin has torn ACL, out for season

Texas Tech star ahead JT Toppin has a torn ACL in his proper knee and can miss the rest of the season, the college mentioned Wednesday.

Toppin, a 6-foot-9 junior, suffered the harm whereas driving to the basket with 6:03 remaining in Tuesday’s 72-67 loss to Arizona State. He went down in a heap, holding his proper leg. An MRI confirmed the harm.

The preseason All-America choice, who’s averaging 21.8 factors, wanted help to limp off the courtroom and did not return. I completed with 20 factors, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.

He leads the No. 13 Red Raiders in scoring, rebounding (10.8 per recreation) and blocked photographs (1.7 per recreation).

Only as soon as earlier than has a Big 12 participant completed a season averaging greater than 20 factors and 10 rebounds a recreation. That was Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin in 2008-09.

Toppin’s 47 profession double-doubles are the second-most amongst lively gamers, trailing the 51 by Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg. Toppin has 16 double-doubles this season and 35 in his 58 video games for the Red Raiders over two seasons.

After transferring from New Mexico, the place Toppin performed as a freshman in 2023-24, the Texas native averaged 18.2 factors and 9.4 rebounds final season to assist Texas Tech get to the NCAA match Elite Eight. He was chosen because the AP Big 12 newcomer of the yr and was a second-team All-America choose.

Toppin is averaging 17.1 factors and 9.7 rebounds in his 94 video games general.

Texas Tech (19-7) subsequent performs Kansas State on Saturday and Cincinnati on Tuesday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.