What looked like what would be another tightly-contested Big 12 game for TCU turned ugly at Schollmaier Arena Saturday with Texas Tech claiming an 83-71 Red Raider victory. “Texas Tech is a good team,” TCU head coach Jamie Dixon said. “They played good, and then combine that with our worst performance of the year. There wasn’t anything we did well today.” The driving factor behind the Horned Frog drought were turnovers, as TCU gave away the basketball eight times to Texas Tech’s two turnovers. The Red Raiders were able capitalize off those Horned Frog giveaways for 11 points during the run. Texas Tech was also prolific from behind the arc, hitting four three-pointers during the stretch. “Our energy was low from the jump and they were able to jump out to an early lead,” TCU guard Desmond Bane said. “It’s something we have to find within ourselves, it’s a toughness thing. Coach Dixon does a good job of preparing us, but we just have to come together and be ready to play from the jump.” After the Horned Frogs trimmed their deficit back down to 14, 32-18, the Red Raiders scored 12 more points in a row to extend their lead to 26, 44-18, with 2:56 to play before halftime. To top off TCU’s tough first 20 minutes, Tech’s Keenan Evans hit a buzzer-beating jumper, pushing the Red Raiders lead to 24, 48-24. “Our 17 turnovers lent to that,” Dixon said. “Our offense caused some of the problems too among the many that we had.” TCU committed one less turnover, 11, than their rebound total, 12, in the first half. The Red Raiders held a slight edge on the boards with 15, but Texas Tech scored 18 points off TCU’s turnovers while the Horned Frogs couldn’t capitalize on any the three Red Raider giveaways. Texas Tech shot an efficient 55 percent from the field and a blistering 62 percent from three, 8-13, and TCU made 43 percent of its looks in the first 20 minutes in addition to 38 percent from behind the arc, 3-8. “We left the other guys open to shoot it, that wasn’t the game plan,” Dixon said.
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Men’s basketball has ‘worst performance of the year’ against No. 10 Texas Tech
Published Feb 3, 2018
Texas Tech guard Jarrett Culver (23) tries to drive past TCU forward JD Miller (15) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
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