Texas Tech at LSU: 2020-21 storylines for Big 12/SEC Challenge matchup

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 25: Guard Nimari Burnett #25 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders handles the ball during the first half of the college basketball game against the Northwestern State Demons at United Supermarkets Arena on November 25, 2020 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /

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Start making or stop taking threes

Coach Wade’s squad has lost two in a row and he may now be at a crossroads, and it is has nothing to do with Bones Thugs-n-Harmony. The Fighting Tigers’ leading scorer is freshman Cameron Thomas ( 21.7 ppg) and similar to how Coach Beard is letting his best players play the most, Coach Wade is letting his best scorer shoot the most. The downside for Coach Wade is, his best scorer has not been his best shooter.

During the current two-game losing skid, Thomas has connected on two of fourteen three-pointers as part of his overall shooting of twelve for thirty-seven which equates to making a basket thirty-two percent of the time. As proven by the past two games, if the Fighting Tigers are going to have a fighting chance, Cameron needs to covet quality over quantity.

Cameron is a fifty-one percent shooter from inside the arc and has attempted ten or more free-throws in four games while combining to make 44 of 47. Cameron’s 28 percent from three is not proof he should cease in shooting from beyond the arc as he has made four in a game multiple times and even five versus Texas A&M. The storyline will be if Thomas is able to recognize to stop taking threes if he is not making threes.

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