Texas Tech got healthy enough to end a losing streak on Saturday. Now it will try to build momentum with a quick turnaround against a Kansas team that can relate to being short-handed.
The No. 23 Red Raiders entertain the No. 4 Jayhawks on Big Monday in the latest collision of ranked Big 12 Conference powers in Lubbock, Texas.
This time it’s Kansas that brings more question marks despite a physical win at home against Baylor on Saturday.
The status of two of the Jayhawks’ starters is up in the air, including former Red Raider Kevin McCullar, the leading scorer in the Big 12 (19.5 points per game). McCullar sat out the win against Baylor with a sore knee, and freshman Jamari McDowell was also in street clothes after battling illness during the week.
That left the Jayhawks (19-5, 7-4 Big 12) with seven available scholarship players and starting point guard Dajuan Harris had to be helped off the court late in the game with an ankle ailment, although he returned and delivered a huge shot in the closing minutes.