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LUBBOCK, Texas -- After shooting 61 percent from the floor in its season opener, Texas Techs offense was tepid early against North Texas. Don Mattingly Jersey .On the strength of Zach Smiths double-double (11 points and 11 rebounds) and an advantage in points off turnovers, the Red Raiders defeated the Mean Green 70-43 on Tuesday night.I think (Texas Tech coach Chris Beard) has been pushing me all week and all offseason to crash every time, Smith said. And it worked out for me tonight.Aaron Ross had 13 points and graduate transfer Anthony Livingston added nine points and seven rebounds for Texas Tech (2-0). The Red Raiders outscored North Texas 24-2 in points off turnovers -- North Texas committed 16 turnovers while Texas Tech had seven.Ross has such a diverse game, Beard said. He can do so many different things. In our zone offense, Im comfortable with him on the perimeter or inside. Defensively, he can guard four positions. My thing with Ross is, `How good do you want to be?Deckie Johnson led the Mean Green (1-1) with 13 points. A.J. Lawson finished with 10 points and Jeremy Combs added nine points.I think theyre an NCAA Tournament team, North Texas head coach Tony Benford said of Texas Tech. I think theyre really deep. Well-coached. Balanced. With their depth, they can wear you down. They turned us over a lot early.The Red Raiders outrebounded North Texas 46-37.We couldnt score, Benford said. You got to score. You got to get stops. At the end of the day, you got to score some points. We didnt score enough of them early on.BIG PICTURENorth Texas: The Mean Green did not lead Tuesday and fell to 1-7 all-time against Texas Tech. They have one more Power Five conference opponent this season when they visit Rutgers on Nov. 23.Texas Tech: Under first year head coach Chris Beard, the Red Raiders count versatility and depth among their strengths. Five Texas Tech players are first-year transfers, three of which are graduate students. Against North Texas, 10 players scored.Doing repetitions on certain plays or certain transition plays, Texas Techs Justin Gray said. I think every game and every single practice that weve had, our chemistry has gotten a lot stronger.BACK TO LUBBOCKBenford was a four-year letter winner for the Red Raiders from 1983-86. Benford was a part of Texas Techs 1986 Southwest Conference title team and earned tournament MVP honors.As a young coach, (Benford) went out of his way to be nice to me in my career, Beard said. I think he might have been an assistant at New Mexico when I was a young junior college coach. Hes just a first class guy. Red Raiders support Red Raiders.STAT OF THE NIGHTTexas Tech outscored North Texas in the paint 36-16.UP NEXTNorth Texas returns home to host Drexel on Saturday. The Mean Green face teams from five states this month: Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.Texas Tech has one more game -- Saturday at home against Eastern Kentucky -- before traveling to Mexico for the Cancun Challenge. At the tournament, it will face Auburn and then Purdue or Utah State. Bernie Williams Yankees Jersey . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Yogi Berra Yankees Jersey . The 18-year-old American had five birdies in her bogey-free round for a 17-under total of 196. Lee held the overnight lead but mixed three birdies with two bogeys for a 70. http://www.yankeesrookiestore.com/Yankee...io-Kids-Jersey/ . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Theres been plenty of change at club level for the Socceroos but coach Ange Postecoglou will be keen to maintain their winning ways as they resume their World Cup qualifying effort.With the A-League in hiatus, Postecoglou is likely to turn to his overseas-based stars, and therefore many of his most experienced heads, when he announces his squad on Wednesday for two matches next month.Australia face Iraq in Perth on September 1 and United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi five days later in the next phase of the road to Russia 2018.But many will be jumping on planes to Western Australia from unfamiliar settings as they adjust to new homes.Tim Cahill leads the changes, having left Chinese football for A-League club Melbourne City.While much has been made of the 36-year-olds fitness on his arrival in Melbourne, hes actually played club football more recently than other A-League players, having turned out for previous club Hangzhou Greentown last month.It could be slim pickings for other A-League stars, given the lack of competitive football since the end of the league last May.Locally-based Socceroos Alex Wilkinson - now of Sydney FC - and James Troisi - at Melbourne Victory after ending a Chinese sstint - havent started a match in months and could miss out as a result. 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Jamie Maclaren, Matt McKay, Jason Geria and Josh Ridson will also be disavantaged by a lack of local football.But other Socceroos with new club homes will return.Aaron Mooy, having left Melbourne City for English club Huddersfield, via a loan from Manchester City, and left-back Brad Smith, now of Bournemouth after leaving English Premier League rival Liverpool, will come in.Even captain Mile Jedinak could make an unfamiliar commute, heavily linked with a move away from Crystal Palace after being stripped of the clubs captaincy.Second-tier Aston Villa is a mooted destination for the 32-year-old midfielder.The Iraq and UAE matches begin the third stage of Asias qualifying route to the 2018 World Cup.While all of Australias preivous qualifying opponents have sat outside the FIFAs top 100-ranked sides, the next series of home and away matches will be tougher.Iraq and UAE were semi-finalists at last years Asian Cup, while Japan, Saudi Arabia and Thailand complete the Socceroos group. 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