Life as the hunted means that you are going to get every team’s best shot. That’s a lesson the Texas Tech basketball team learned once again on Monday night against a Southern Miss team that nearly ended the nation’s second-longest home non-conference winning streak.
Despite being without a number of key regulars, the Golden Eagles took a 32-25 halftime lead to mark the first time this season that they held an advantage at the break when facing a Division I opponent. In fact, the underdogs were in the game all the way until Davide Moretti nailed a corner 3 with just 59 seconds to play to give his team a 67-60 lead.