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Lubbock, TX (Sports Network) - Baron Batch ran for 123 yards and four touchdowns, as the Texas Tech Red Raiders defeated the Kansas Jayhawks, 42-21, in Big 12 play at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Seth Doege and Taylor Potts both saw time at quarterback for TTU (6-3, 3-2 Big 12) and they combined for 253 yards and a touchdown on 25-of-47 pass attempts. Detron Lewis was the main target, as he finished with five catches for 87 yards and a score.

Todd Reesing threw for 181 yards and a score for Kansas (5-3, 1-3), but he was sacked six times and lost a pair of fumbles. Dezmon Briscoe pulled in nine passes for 110 yards and a touchdown, as the Jayhawks dropped their third game in a row.

The Jayhawks grabbed a lead midway through the opening quarter, when Maxwell Onyegbule picked up a fumble and returned it three yards to the end zone.

The Raiders tied things up less than a minute into the second quarter, as Doege threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Lewis. Batch pushed TTU ahead, 14-7, with a two-yard touchdown run later in the period.

With 47 seconds left, Kansas knotted the score with a two-yard touchdown run by Toben Opurum.

Both teams were quiet for most of the third quarter before Briscoe pulled in a six-yard touchdown pass from Reesing with five seconds remaining.

The Raiders seized control of the game in the final quarter, scoring 28- unanswered points. Batch scored on runs of one and 17 yards, respectively, before LaRon Moore returned a fumble 31 yards for a touchdown. Batch capped his terrific performance with an 11-yard touchdown run late in the frame.

TTU's defense came up big in this one, forcing four turnovers and holding Kansas to just 258 total yards.