With 10:51 left to play in Tuesday night’s game, the Texas Tech basketball team found itself in an unexpected battle against last-place Kansas State. After leading by as many as 15 points in the first half, the Red Raiders had seen Kansas State claw all the way back to trail just 49-48 after taking a brief 46-45 lead.
That’s when freshman guard Kevin McCullar Jr. made his first signature play as a Red Raider. In a true coming of age moment, the lanky 6-foot-4 San Antonio native grabbed an offensive board off of a Davide Moretti 3-point miss, muscled the ball back up through traffic, hit the bucket and drew the foul.