Two games after putting up 101 points over South Carolina State, Texas Tech couldn’t score half of that, falling to Loyola Chicago after scoring only 44 points.
From late December through the rest of last season, the Red Raiders scored more than 70 points only three times — 78 in an upset over Iowa State, 75 in an overtime loss to Oklahoma and 74 in a three-point loss on the road at Baylor.
“We just didn’t bring it every day in practice, in games,” senior Toddrick Gotcher said. “We just didn’t focus in and bring it every day like we needed to.