LUBBOCK, TEXAS - JANUARY 16: Guard Mac McClung #0 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders looks on during the first half of the college basketball game against the Baylor Bears at United Supermarkets Arena on January 16, 2021 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
Saturday in Manhattan, Kansas, the Texas Tech basketball team picked up a 73-62 win over the Kansas State Wildcats.
Facing a team that was desperate to avoid a 10-game losing streak and one that was also coming off of a humiliating loss to their hated in-state rival, the Texas Tech basketball team put forth a workmanlike effort on Saturday and held off a scrappy Kansas State team 73-62.