***Lamar vs. Texas Tech/TT WINS 79-77/Comments***

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6PM Start. Post updates here.

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Game underway!!

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5-2 TT Early.

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14-6 TT still first half.

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30-27 TT late 1st Half.

[Guest abovetherim]

TT 41, LU 36 at halftime.

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43-38 TT 2nd Half.

[westendfirst]

30-27 TT late 1st Half.

Lamar is playing fairly well thus far.  They started out playing very solid defensively and not very good the last 10 minutes or so.  They are getting beat of the dribble quite often and having to foul as the Tech players drive by them.  However, their effort has been great..they are really playing hard.

Offensively they've played much better than I anticipated.  There is ball movement and player movement.  Not much screening going on and not too many complex plays but they are moving around some.  I would like to see more screening and less dumb shots but overall I think they've played pretty well offensively.  They could easily be leading this game if not for several boneheaded shots and a couple of poor passes.

Barrow is shooting the ball very well.  McThay is playing well in transition (but he's taken two horrible shots).  And Nwevo has had a great first half.  Our interior guys are dominating them in the first half.  Tech's interior defense has been poor but our interior guys aggressiveness has played a big role in that.

Should be interesting to see how we hold up in the 2nd half.  We could either shore up some of the dumb mistakes and make a run at beating them..or, we could totally fold.  I expect the Red Raiders to come out VERY aggressively to open the 2nd half...hopefully we will weather the storm and make a game of it.

[westendfirst]

43-38 TT 2nd Half.

Tech comes out playing a zone in the 2nd half???  I thought Knight was man to man only????  I guess times change....

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59-50 TT 12 min left.

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69-64 TT 5 min left.

[LUFAN]

We have played very well thus far. I think that our inside game is starting to come around. I think that with the improvements that we have made this season I think we will be just fine in the upcoming weeks.

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77-77 with 45 seconds left LU with the ball.

[AggiesAreWe]

77-77 45 seconds left Lamar ball!!!!!!!!

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Turnover Lamar, Tech with ball 30 seconds left 77-77  timeout Tech

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Dawkins fouls out 22 seconds left. Tech at the line to shoot 2

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Tech makes both freethrows, lead 79-77 22.5 seconds left, timeout tech

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Lamar takes final timeout at halfcourt, 17 seconds left, 79-77 Tech

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Come on Cards!

[AggiesAreWe]

Tech wins 79-77, Lamar missed 2 shots, Tech gets rebound, runs clock out.

[LUFAN]

Poor play call. Cards lose 77-79. We played a great game though.

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Great showing by LU!

[Guest abovetherim]

Dang, TT played good perimeter defense and made McThay take the shot. I hate losing but at least Lamar put themselves in position to win. Hopefully, Lamar will come away from this a better team!

[Guest coachacola]

Hardly anyone was expecting this close of a game so it's hard to complain about this loss.  It was good to see Barrow, Hopkins and Todd play better.  Nabors and Brown are making slow but steady improvement each game.  Nabors still makes too many silly fouls early.  This team is slowly coming together and should only keep getting stronger.