Texas Tech basketball: Jahmi’us Ramsey goes off in the Bahamas

Texas Tech has only two reliable outside shooters right now

For the second-straight game, the Red Raiders were not effective from the 3-point line.  Going 8/25 on Thursday, Tech has made just 12/50 shots from deep.  24% from 3-point range is not going to cut it.

We already believe that we have two reliable long-distance shooters in Davide Moretti (who hit 46% from deep last year) and Kyler Edwards (who shot 45%).  But after that, we have not seen any players display a reliable touch from downtown.

Ramsey has been the next-best outside threat thus far hitting 5-14 attempts so far in the Bahamas.  Not known as a deadly long-range shooter, if he can continue to hit at a 35% rate, he will be an absolute nightmare for opposing teams to defend because he is already almost unstoppable when driving to the basket.

But after Ramsey and Edwards, no other Red Raider hit a 3-pointer Wednesday.  That is rather hard to believe considering that Tech put up 94 points without going to overtime.

Interestingly, the rest of the roster seemed fairly reluctant to shoot from behind the arc.  Other than Ramsey and Edwards, only three other players, Shannon, Nadolny, and senior T.J. Holyfield attempted a 3-pointer with Nadolny missing two and both Shannon and Holyfield missing their only attempts.

This comes on the heels of Wednesday’s game in which only three Red Raiders hit a shot from deep.  And in that game, Tech was even worse from 3-point range going 4/25.

We’ve seen recent players, most noticeably Zhaire Smith, improve their outside shot dramatically under Chris Beard’s watch.  Based on what we have seen thus far in the Bahamas, that needs to be an area of focus for this year’s team, especially the newcomers.