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Texas Tech basketball: Free-throw line leads Red Raiders past KSU

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - DECEMBER 29: Guard Terrence Shannon Jr. #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders greets coaches before the college basketball game against the Incarnate Word Cardinals at United Supermarkets Arena on December 29, 2020 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)

Tuesday in Lubbock, the Texas Tech basketball team took down Kansas State thanks in large part to what happened at the free-throw line.

At times this year, the free-throw line has been the Texas Tech basketball team’s Achilles heel. But in Tuesday night’s 82-71 victory over Kansas State, scoring one point at a time was what propelled the Red Raiders to their second Big 12 win of the season.