Monday’s trip to Lubbock showed just how difficult it will be to win the Big 12.
D’Maurian Williams, left, and Texas Tech have won some impressive games after a poor start in Big 12 play, the latest being Monday’s victory over Marcus Carr and Texas in Lubbock.AUSTIN — In any other Division I conference, the first-place team falling to the last-place team in the middle of February would warrant shock. In the Big 12, that’s just another Monday.
Still, Texas Tech took the court Monday night tied with Oklahoma for last in the Big 12. Texas sat all alone in first, 40 minutes away from its first regular-season series sweep against the Red Raiders since 2014-15. Texas Tech approached the game with a more concerted sense of urgency Monday night. The Longhorns eventually channeled the appropriate energy in the second half, knotting the score at 64-64 with 4:16 remaining. But the Red Raiders controlled the game’s final minutes, outmuscling and outshooting the Longhorns to cap a 74-67 win.
Texas Tech lost its first eight Big 12 games. Since then, it’s picked up three wins over ranked opponents in the Cyclones, Wildcats and now, the Longhorns. The Red Raiders lost to No. 11 Baylor and Oklahoma State on the road, but downed LSU in Baton Rouge in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.The Red Raiders have the size needed to thwart Texas inside and the speed necessary to compete with its zippy guards and disrupt transition chances.
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