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Huge win at USA for Red Raiders. Next game is in Waco.(KCBD Photo)<\/p>\nLUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – The No. 15 Texas Tech Red Raiders (14-4, 4-1) earned their third-straight win with an 84-71 victory over No. 11 BYU in front of 15,098 fans Saturday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cMan, the energy in the United Supermarkets Arena is just, it\u2019s hard to describe to people until you experience it and just the will to win in the building,\u201d said head basketball coach Grant McCasland. <\/p>\n
Huge win at USA for Red Raiders. Next game is in Waco.(KCBD Photo)<\/p>\n
With 9:26 remaining in the game, BYU held a 61-52 lead before the Red Raiders exploded for a 32-10 run to end the contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur guys believed that we were going to win the game, but we had to do it in a very defensive way and in the last 10 minutes of that game, we probably played the best defense we played this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Days after a 31-point performance against Utah, JT Toppin scored 27 points-along with 12 rebounds and played all 40 minutes. While Christian Anderson had 22 points, LeJuan Watts scored 20. When asked about Toppin\u2019s performance, Coach McCasland said he\u2019s just as impressed with how he\u2019s progressed on the defensive side of the ball- to go with his recent high-scoring performances.<\/p>\n
\u201cJT\u2019s a worker, man. And the thing that\u2019s added to this is JT\u2019s not only just working, now he\u2019s fighting for us to be great defensively. And that to me is where our team\u2019s making the biggest jump.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 1996 Texas Tech men\u2019s team that went 30-2 on their way to the Sweet Sixteen 30 years ago was honored late in the first half, and former coach James Dickey received a standing ovation. Very few appreciate Dickey\u2019s legacy as much as his protege, Coach McCasland.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love Coach Dickey. I mean, I genuinely love Coach Dickey, man. He\u2019s a mentor to me. He\u2019s a guy I talk to regularly. He\u2019s got such great wisdom in this game. He genuinely cares about people, and he loved being a Red Raider, you know?\u201d McCasland said. \u201cAnd I wouldn\u2019t be here if it wasn\u2019t for him. And that team, when they\u2019re around us, they see the love that they have for this place and it\u2019s really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
That team also won both the regular-season and tournament title during the Southwest Conference\u2019s final year of existence.<\/p>\n
The Red Raiders return to the hardwood Tuesday night in Waco, where they face the Baylor Bears. Tip-off set for 8 p.m. at the Foster Pavilion.<\/p>\n
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