Texas Tech Basketball: 3 takeaways from first loss of season to Houston

Texas Tech Basketball suffered its first defeat of the 2020-21 season, falling to the Houston Cougars.

Texas Tech Basketball over the past few years have had some fantastic performances in big-time games, and Sunday was another opportunity to do so on a national stage. After blowing out Northwestern State and Sam Houston, the showdown was set up to face back to back AAC Champion, Houston.

It was all Houston out of the gates, with four early three-pointers, including two from Marcus Sasser, to make it 14-5. Texas Tech throughout the game, had no sense of an offensive rhythm going. It would take until under eight minutes left in the half to break double figures with free throws from Georgetown Transfer Guard Mac McClung.

The Red Raiders would continue to struggle from the field as they were heading into the break down 19 points. They were more than underwhelming, with shooting just 33% from the field and 12 turnovers in the process.

After going down 20, Tech would start making a comeback, lead by excellent defense. With a plethora of free throws and a Micah Peavy dunk later, this game is all of a sudden a single-digit difference.

With the Red Raiders wanting to continue the momentum, it was Terrance Shannon Jr. that created it. After a Red Raider turnover, Shannon would strip the ball right back and finish with a dunk that would get the Tech crowd involved. Even during COVID, the crowd could not be contained as the Red Raider faithful traveled extremely well and were heard, especially during the Tech comeback attempt.

However, Texas Tech could not do enough as they fall to Houston in Fort Worth, 64-53. The leading scorer for the Red Raiders was McClung, as he finished with 16 points and three rebounds. Edwards led the team on the glass with six, as well as, assists with three.