LUBBOCK, Texas — With nine minutes and 23 seconds remaining in Saturday night’s Big 12 showdown between BYU and Texas Tech, a quiet hush fell over the crowd, aside from the couple hundred or so Cougar fans in attendance at 15,000-seat United Supermarkets Arena.
The visiting Cougars were threatening to make the Red Raiders’ recent mastery in the series disappear, as Richie Saunders’ 3-pointer with nine and a half minutes remaining pushed BYU’s lead to 61-52. Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland got a quick timeout.
What happened after that could reverberate throughout the remainder of the season for the Cougars, as the Red Raiders scored 32 of the game’s next, and final, 42 points and rolled to an impressive 84-71 victory…