MONDAY, NOV. 30, 2015 VOLUME 90 ■ ISSUE 54
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akeem Grant, a senior wide receiver on the Texas Tech football team, has proven he can produce in an air raid offense, despite not looking like a traditional receiver. The 5-foot 7-inch inside receiver hauled in two catches for 105 receiving yards on Thursday night to become the school’s all-time leading receiver. The senior did it against Tech’s biggest rival and team he had never beaten, Texas. Sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes II said the team’s motivation to win the game was for the seniors, like Grant. “It’s a great feeling and I have to give a lot of respect to my teammates,” he said according to the UT Athletics website. “The seniors have been through a lot.” Grant entered the final regular season game of the 2015 season third place on the all-time receiving list. With his 105 yards, he passed Wes Welker and Biletnikoff Award winner Michael Crabtree to claim the top spot. While Crabtree, the former all-time leader, totaled 3,127 receiving yards in just two seasons, Grant used four seasons to reach 3,164 yards. Grant will have the bowl game to further distance himself from Crabtree. Grant has been reliable all season as he has set career-highs with 80 catches for 1,143 receiving yards. His receiving yards
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1. Texas Tech wide receiver Jakeem Grant changes direction during the second half of Tech’s 59-44 victory over the Kansas State Wildcats on Nov. 14 at Jones AT&T Stadium. 2. Texas Tech wide receiver Jakeem Grant runs the ball downfield during Tech’s game against Kansas State at Jones AT&T Stadium on Nov. 14. Tech won the game 59-44 making, them bowl eligible.
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rank 10th in the nation, according to the NCAA football website. The electric receiver, Grant, ended the 2015 regular season how he has played his entire career — with highlight plays. With the Longhorns leading 3-0 in the second quarter, it appeared Mahomes had thrown his second interception of the game, until junior wide receiver Devin Lauderdale met the defender with a large hit and knocked the ball loose. Grant reacted to the deflected ball and took it 65 yards for a touchdown. “It was a full vertical route and Pat tried to throw the ball up to Devin. He made the defensive back cough the ball up and I just made a great play,” Grant said. “It was just the hand of God and it was an unbelievable moment.” Up by three points with less than three minutes left in the game, Tech ran a fake kneel where Grant was discreetly handed the ball behind the right side of the offensive line and scrambled 40 yards for the score and iced the game. Coach Kliff Kingsbury said Eric Morris, the offensive coordinator, saw Auburn run a similar play against Texas A&M this season and Tech practiced it during the bye week. Mahomes said Grant was the perfect player to pull off the play because of his size and quickness. “I was surprised that coach called it in that situation, but I just knew that if I put it in Jakeem’s hands and if we ran it like Auburn ran it, we would score,” he said. “It worked out almost exactly the same, except they didn’t have Jakeem make three or four guys miss and go score a touchdown.” @JeremyK_DT
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Law professor Lubbock Symphony to perform holiday concert Tech Professor inducted into becomes fellow hall of fame of society
Gerry W. Beyer, the Preston E. Smith regents professor in the Texas Tech School of Law was inducted into the Estate Planning Hall of Fame. BEYER According to a Tech news release Beyer received the Accredited Estate Planner Distinguished Designation for 2015 at the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils conference. This award gave him automatic induction into the hall of fame. “It is a genuine honor to join the ranks of the distinguished members of the NAEPC Estate Planning Hall of Fame,” Beyer said in the release. “I am looking forward to working with my colleagues to enhance estate planning services for everyone.” This year five estate planners won this award, according to the release. The award recognizes lifetime achievement and contributions to the estate planning profession. Beyer has been on staff at Tech since 2005, according to the release. @KristenBartonDT
The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra is performing its annual Holiday Messiah Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Broadway Church of Christ. John Hollins, associate director of choral studies and associate professor of music at Texas Tech, will conduct the orchestra during “Messiah” by George Frideric Handel, according to the news release, and the Lubbock Chorale will accompany the symphony for the piece.
Tickets for the concert are $35 for general admission, according to the release. The Holiday Messiah Concert is a holiday concert the orchestra performs every year, according to the release, and the event is family friendly. The LSO will also perform the Holiday Chamber Concert as a continuance of the Chamber Series, according to the release, and it will be on Dec. 15 at St. John’s Methodist Church.
Tickets for the Holiday Chamber Concert are $20 for adults and $10 for students. The LSO has more than 60 musicians who are selected through auditions every year, according to the LSO website, and it has performed concerts throughout the year since 1946. Tickets can be purchased by calling the LSO, visiting the orchestra’s website or by visiting its office at 601 Ave. K. @JenRomeroDT
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Tech basketball extends win streak to three By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer
The Texas Tech men’s basketball team added another win to its season by defeating the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 82-74 Saturday afternoon in the United Supermarkets Arena, according to a Tech Athletics release. Alongside career performances from sophomore center Norense Odiase and sophomore forward Zach Smith, senior guard Devaugntah Williams and sophomore guard Justin Gray finished the game with double-digit point tallies. Williams scored the largest chunk of Tech’s points with 19, Smith added 16,
Odiase 15 and Gray 11. At the start of the game, Hawaii led the Red Raiders 33-22 with less than eight minutes remaining in the first half. Tech outscored Hawaii 18-8 and trimmed its deficit to just one point at 41-40 at the end of the first half. Tech coach Tubby Smith said a switch from man-to-man to zone defense allowed the Red Raiders to slow down Hawaii in the first half after falling behind by 11. “They were going by everybody,” he said. “It has evolved to where everybody is shot faking, trying to drive by you and trying to draw a foul. The players have become very proficient
in being able to do that and to get an angle in. That’s why we went to the zone, and it was very effective.” Odiase began staging Tech’s comeback with a layup. Williams followed Odiase with a layup of his own before Smith added a pair of free throws to place the Red Raiders within five with the score at 33-28 with five minutes left in the first half. Tech scored the final six points of the first half with a pair of dunks from Smith, a pair of free throws from Gray and a last-second dunk by Odiase.
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Jingyu Lin, a Horn professor and the Linda F. Whitacre Chair in the Texas Tech Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was recently selected as a Fellow of the Optical Society. According to a Tech news release the society is the leading association in optics and photonics for science professionals across the world. The OSA promotes achievement in the science of light. She and her husband are codirectors at the Tech Center for Nanophotonics. According to the release, the center conducts research with the photons and electrons in nano-scale materials. “My election to the fellowship of OSA means the work conducted in the Nanophotonics Center at Texas Tech University is being recognized by outside professional peers,” Lin said in the release. “I believe things like this will promote a positive culture of striving for recognition through active engagement in scholarly activities.” Lin has been a member of the Tech faculty since 2008, according to the release. @KristenBartonDT