It isn’t supposed to be Chris Beard’s team that is the one being outworked, outhustled, and outplayed when it comes to effort and intensity. But that’s exactly what happened Tuesday night in Fort Worth as TCU handed the Texas Tech basketball team a 65-54 loss that wasn’t really as close as the 11-point final margin might suggest.
Dropping to 3-3 in Big 12 play and 12-6 overall, Tech was actually ahead 31-27 at halftime. However, the lead could have been more as the Red Raiders held an 8-point edge at 23-15 in the middle of that half. Unfortunately, sloppy basketball let the home team stem the tide and then the second-leading scorer in the Big 12 absolutely took over.