Foul difficulties sinks Texas Tech in brutal 72-68 highway decline to Providence

No subject the end result, Mark Adams would have a good gauge of his staff right after Wednesday evening.

The very first-yr Texas Tech coach was cautiously optimistic as his undefeated squad headed into a nonconference contest against Providence as portion of the Major 12-Big East Battle.

In what was the next activity with a whole complement of players available, the Red Raiders wanted each and every person in uniform as foul hassle proved to be a crucial factor in a back again-and-forth contest against the Friars.

Terrence Shannon, Jr. completed with 17 points, like a clutch three-pointer with beneath a minute left to lower the deficit to just one position, but it wasn’t plenty of as Texas Tech fell to Providence 72-68 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Heart in Providence, Rhode Island.

“If we could just make that a 10-minute activity we would have been in excellent shape,” Adams claimed next the decline. “We had the momentum our men had been responding early. I imagined we had been the most aggressive group.

“I assume a person of the keys, a couple of them, was we acquired in foul difficulty. So we missing some of our depth there. And then mentor (Ed) Cooley did a superior career of switching protection, went to that zone and took all the momentum absent from us.”

Kevin Obanor finished his night with 12 factors, even though Kevin McCullar, who fouled out, finished with 10 details to round out double-digit scorers for Tech.

Aljami Durham netted 23 factors, A.J. Reeves tallied 13 and Ed Croswell scored 11 details to lead the Friars who experienced to climb out of a double-digit gap in the first half to even make things exciting late.

In spite of keeping a a single-possession direct at 15-13, the Crimson Raiders turned the sport in their favor many thanks to a pair of 3-ideas manufactured by Adonis Arms and Davion Warren. The transfer guards were being the catalyst to a 12- run that furnished a 27-13 gain — the biggest at the time for Texas Tech.

With the recreation in hand, the Pink Raiders went cold on the offensive stop — not able to discover the open male in the corner, or fight zone and complete-press protection — even though Shannon (a few fouls), Bryson Williams (three fouls) McCullar (two fouls), Warren (two fouls) and Marcus Santos-Silva (two fouls) could not enjoy wise and had been on the…