Texas Tech basketball: The top 25 Red Raiders in the Big 12 era

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No. 6: Cory Carr

Arkansas native Cory Carr spent only two of his four seasons as a Red Raider in the Big 12. But they were two of the best seasons any Red Raider has ever had.

As a junior in 1996-97, the shooting guard averaged 23.1 points per game and a year later, he put up 23.3. Along the way, he earned first-team All-Big 12 honors in 1998 and second-team recognition in 1997.

With 1,904 points, Carr still sits sixth in Tech history in scoring. That’s due in large part to the fact that he was a volume shooter. In fact, he holds the top two spots for most shot attempts in a season in Big 12 games by a Red Raider. As a senior, he hoisted an absurd 308 shots in just 16 conference games while as a junior, he attempted 290.

Prior to the advent of the Big 12, Carr was a huge contributor on the 1995-96 Sweet Sixteen team that ran through the last year of the Southwest Conference undefeated. Coming off the bench, he averaged 16.1 points per game, second on the team to senior Jason Sasser.

Carr had ten 30-point games and nine more 20-point outbursts during his time in Lubbock. What’s more, he was able to string together 48-straight games in double digits.

In 1998, he was selected in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks but he would spend only one year in the association before beginning a successful career overseas. But despite his professional success, he will always be best remembered as one of the most lethal scorers in Texas Tech basketball history.

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