Chris Beard mentioned before his team took off for Cancun that the Red Raiders were either going to win or run out of time.
Against Auburn, the Red Raiders ran out of time.
A slow, sloppy start plagued with too many turnovers proved too much for Texas Tech to overcome as the Tigers held off a surging Red Raider squad 67-65 in the first game in Cancun.
The question then for Texas Tech basketball was how would they respond.
Mired in another scoring drought trailing by double digits, that response wasn’t what Red Raider fans had in mind.