Texas Tech basketball using big first-half runs to fuel winning streak

One of the hallmarks of the Texas Tech basketball team during its current 8-game winning streak has been its propensity to jump out to double-digit first-half leads.

An old sports adage says that you can’t win a game in the first half but you can certainly lose it. But after watching the Texas Tech basketball during its current eight-game winning streak, one might argue with the notion that games can’t be put away before halftime.

In every game during the program’s longest ever Big 12 winning streak, Chris Beard has seen his team jump out to a double-digit first-half lead. It has been a nightly occurrence for the Red Raiders to put together a stretch of fantastic basketball in the game’s…