In front of an Erwin Center crowd with enough fans in scarlet and black to convince players of the No. 11 Texas Tech Red Raiders it sounded like a 50/50 split, the No. 20 Texas Longhorns couldn’t pull off a late comeback in a 60-55 loss on Saturday, the second straight for head coach Chris Beard against the program he coached for five seasons.
Buoyed by the unusually vocal fan support on the road, Texas Tech used 16 straight missed shots by Texas from the end of the first half to the start of the second half to take the lead in a formerly close game, then used a 6-0 spurt across the under-four timeout to open up a 10-point margin with 3:38 remaining.