By james art 
Playing without the Star Guard Chance McMillian, the Texas Tech basketball team started on a slow start on Saturday in Lubbock. However, the red attackers put their feet on the gas towards the end of the first half and never looked back to compete along the Western Virginia mountaineers 73-51.
The victory moved the technology to 21-6 as a whole and 12-4 to the Big 12 Play. What’s more, Red Raiders returned to the winning track after a disappointing loss at TCU on Tuesday night in Fort Worth.
Here are some quick thoughts about how Red Raiders have secured their last victory.
Christian Anderson Powers Texas Tech in the second half
With McMilian out, because of a leg or ankle problem that made him walk the shoe, the red attackers needed another guard to activate. The player who answered this call was a real freshman Christian Anderson, who made his first career start.
By scoring the highest 21 points, the guard 6 feet from Atlanta, Georgia, was deadly in the second half when he scored 16 points. This was largely four of its five three points that come after the break.
It was great to see how the young man came back in shape after playing badly against TCU. Tuesday night, Anderson scored only five points as he turned the ball over four times and broke into what was his oldest game of the season. On Saturday, however, he was in his absolute best in the day when McMilian had to appear, aside. The kid will be a star.
Texas Tech gets an elevator from Kevin Overton
Another Red Raider guard who helped to raise the team to the victory was Kevin Overton. Although his 10-point, six-ventricular performance did not open her eyes, as Anderson’s big day did, he was a key piece to help the technology overcome his slow start.
With 4:09 to play, Tech struggled to hold his head over the water for 27-20. Then Overton took.
First, he headed for the rim to arrange in traffic after handing over what would have been contested 3-indicated. Then, after arranging JT Toppin, Overton struck a pair of free throws to download the technology within a moment A 27-26. In the next possession, Overton contacted another laying to give the advantage of his team 28-27, the first time the Red Raiders led the afternoon.
This personal six -point blow seemed to wake the red attackers. Previously, the technology was content to put up with a ton of 3 points of photos, most of which did not fall. As a result, the team did not play aggressive basketball from both ends of the floor.
However, when Overton took control and put his nose to reach the rim, his other teammates followed his lead. Red Raiders then dominated the game in a huge way.
Texas Tech makes it difficult to live the leading goalkeeper of WVU
With McMillian inaccessible, Tech was without security that chief trainer Grant McCalled likes to wear the best player on the perimeter of the other team. This was scary, given that the Junior WVU guard, Javon Small, entered the game an average of 18.3 points per game, making him the second leading goal scorer in the big 12.
Fortunately, the little one fights for the whole game, scoring only 10 points when shooting 3-14. He was only 1-6 of the 3-point scope and had one of his least effective games for the season.
Much of the loan should go to Elijah Hawkins and Anderson, and they both spent considerable time checking the little ones. In this game, WVU had to take advantage of McCmilian’s absence from both ends of the floor, but that didn’t happen because Anderson became hot for an insult to Texas Tech and because Small failed to take the game in insult.
Texas Tech is now focusing on a huge home game on Monday night against Houston. This will be the biggest game of the season in Lubbock and the ability for Red Raiders to make another national statement. Let’s hope that Red Raiders will return McMilian and are ready to leave because McCalsland will need all the arms on the deck for this bin.