Texas Tech basketball gets commitment from Arizona State transfer Devan Cambridge
The final roster spot for the Texas Tech men's basketball team appears to have been claimed.
Devan Cambridge, a 6-foot-6 guard who spent last season with Arizona State, announced Saturday on Instagram that he will transfer to Texas Tech.
With the announcement of 6-foot-10 post Dishon Jackson from Washington State committing on Monday, this should fill out the Red Raider roster for the 2023-24 season.
Cambridge's pending arrival pairs him back up with 7-footer Warren Washington. The duo were teammates at Arizona State last season, helping the Sun Devils to a 23-13 record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
In his lone season with the Sun Devils, Cambridge started 35 games and averaged 9.8 points and 5.4 rebounds, blocked 28 shots and shot 50.4% overall from the field. Prior to his time at Tempe, Cambridge played spent three years at Auburn.
This brings the expected Tech roster to 13 players. Cambridge is the latest transfer, joining Darrion Williams (Nevada), Chance McMillian (Grand Canyon), last year's mid-season addition Kye'Ron Lindsay (Georgia) and Washington.
The newcomers join returning guards Pop Isaacs, Kerwin Walton, Lamar Washington, D'Maurian Williams and forward Robert Jennings. Incoming freshmen include 6-5 Drew Steffe of Frisco and 6-8 Eemeli Yalaho, a Finland native who spent last year playing for Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio.
Texas Tech baseball
Former Texas Tech baseball pitcher Brendan Girton announced Friday he plans to transfer to Oklahoma, ending a three-year career with the Red Raiders that began with much promise.
At different times, Girton was a high-leverage reliever and the Red Raiders' No. 1 starter. However, during the 2022 season, he was shut down for injury and didn't pitch after March 20. In 2023, Girton threw six innings of one-hit relief in the season opener and was the Red Raiders' No. 1 starter for the next seven weekend series.
His role increasingly diminished because of ineffectiveness, to the point he was among the players left off the 27-man roster for the NCAA tournament. The big righthander from Shattuck, Oklahoma, finished the season 2-2 with a 5.82 earned-run average, the highest of his career.
Texas Tech golf
CROMWELL, Conn. — Former Texas Tech star Ludvig Aberg made an eagle putt on the way to shooting 5-under-par 65 for the second day in a row in Saturday's third round of the Travelers Championship, putting him in a tie for 12th place.
Aberg is 13-under through 54 holes, eight shots behind leader Keegan Bradley, who's shot 62-63-64.
Aberg holed a chip for birdie on the par-5 No. 6. He was 10-under before he hit his approach in to 13 feet at the par-5 13th and drained the eagle putt. He added another birdie at the par-4 15th.
The 23-year-old Swede will tee it up in the final round at 11:50 a.m. CDT Sunday alongside Lucas Herbert. The group in front of them will be four-time major champion Rory McIlroy and 2021 Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama, who are 12-under.
Apparel manufacturer adidas on Thursday announced it had signed Aberg to a multi-year contract "that will see him wearing adidas headwear, apparel, footwear, and accessories on the course as a professional."
Aberg recently swept the Ben Hogan Award, the Fred Haskins Award and the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top player in college golf for the 2022-23 school year. He finished No. 1 on the PGA Tour University points list, which earned him full status on the PGA Tour for the rest of this season and the 2024 season.
“This past year has been an incredible journey," Aberg said in a statement, "and I couldn’t be more excited to wear the 3-Stripes [adidas' logo] as I start this next chapter of my career. The team at adidas is always committed to making the best for golfers and I’m proud to officially join the team."
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech basketball gets commitment from Arizona State transfer Devan Cambridge
