The difference with this Texas Tech basketball team compared with last season is its willingness to fight.
A year ago, when the Red Raiders faced a sizeable deficit, they folded.
That’s not the case this season.
Down by 14 points toward the end of the first half, Texas Tech fought to tie the game just over five minutes into the second half and held on to defeat TCU 83-79 in Lubbock.
“I’m really proud of how our kids competed,” Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith said. “We didn’t have our best game. A lot of it had to do with the fact that TCU came in ready to play.