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Texas Tech basketball: Critical moments in win over Cowboys

By Matthew Conner

LUBBOCK, TX - JANUARY 08: Head coach Chris Beard of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts to his teams play on the court during the second half of the game against the Oklahoma Sooners on January 8, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 66-59. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - JANUARY 08: Head coach Chris Beard of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts to his teams play on the court during the second half of the game against the Oklahoma Sooners on January 8, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 66-59. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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Tech takes the game by the throat early in the second half

After Waters pulled his team to within four points with the first basket of the second half, the Red Raiders essentially put this game away with a 15-point run.  This time, it was the Jahmi’us Ramsey show.

Ewards got Tech going with a driving lefty layup.  Then, Ramsey drilled a 3 with Waters’ hand in his face.

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On the next possession, Holyfield got a bucket on a nice dish from Moretti to push the lead to eleven points, the largest of the day to that point.  That pair swapped roles the next time down when Holyfield fed the ball to a trailing Moretti who stepped into a 3 at the top of the key putting Tech up 46-32.

Ramsey struck again on the next possession as he drained another 3 with a hand in his face again, this one being that of the 6-foot-9 McGriff.  After an OSU timeout, Ramsey hit a pair of three throws to cap the run and put Tech up 51-32.

Over the course of the three-and-a-half-minute outburst, Ramsey scored eight of Tech’s 15 points and had a rebound that started the run-out that led to Moretti’s 3.  In the first half, it was the senior Holyfield that overwhelmed the Cowboys but in the second half, it was his freshman teammate.

But while Tech was heating up, OSU fell into an 0-7 rut.  That included air ball 3-point attempts from both Dziagwa and Waters, perhaps the best outside shooting teammates in the Big 12.

Over a 5:52 stretch, OSU went without a single point.  It was the type of defensive lockdown that we’ve come to expect from the Red Raiders during the Chris Beard era.  Meanwhile, the Cowboys experienced the type of scoring drought that the Red Raiders experienced rather frequently in the start of last year.

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But as 2019 neared March, those dry spells became less common and this year, Tech might have more offensive firepower than even last year.  That’s why these types of runs are going to be rather commonplace for the Red Raiders so long as they commit to their defensive principles.

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