Texas Tech basketball brings a 14-1 home record and a nation-leading 3-point attack into Senior Night vs. TCU after a statement win at Iowa State.
Texas Tech basketball has turned United Supermarkets Arena into a launch pad - and Senior Night sets the stage for one more show.
The Red Raiders (22-7, 12-4 Big 12) return home Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT to face TCU, riding a three-game winning streak, a 14-1 home record, and the momentum of an 82-73 road takedown of No. 4 Iowa State.
That win in Ames wasn’t just another notch. It was Tech’s fourth top-10 victory and third top-five triumph of the season, a program record that underscores how explosive this team has become.
Grant McCasland’s squad leads the Big 12 and ranks fifth nationally with 11.5 made 3-pointers per game, shooting a blistering 39.5 percent from deep. Against Iowa State, Tech buried 14-of-29 from long range (48.3 percent). They’ve now hit double-digit threes in 23 of 29 games.
Donovan Atwell is second nationally with 110 made 3s and is drilling 46.2 percent of his attempts, third-best in the country.
Christian Anderson isn’t far behind, sitting at 96 made triples and shooting 43.2 percent. Both shattered the previous single-season school record of 94 set in 1996-97.
Anderson is more than a shooter. The Wooden Award and Naismith watch-list guard is averaging 19.5 points and a Big 12-best 7.7 assists per game, ranking third nationally in dimes.
He has 215 assists this season, chasing the program record of 226. Add eight double-doubles - including a 31-point, 11-rebound performance last week - and you’re looking at one of the most complete guards in college basketball.
All of this has unfolded without All-American JT Toppin, who suffered a season-ending injury in mid-February.
Instead of folding, Tech rallied. Wins over Kansas State, Cincinnati, and Iowa State proved this team doesn’t blink.
Now comes TCU (19-10, 9-7 Big 12) on a night honoring seniors Donovan Atwell, Tyeree Bryan, and Jack Francis.
McCasland, who notched his 100th game at Tech last week, owns a 44-6 home record and has built a program that expects to win in March.
The stakes? A share of second place in the Big 12 and momentum heading into the conference tournament.
In Lubbock, the lights will shine. The threes will fly. And Texas Tech basketball will try to close its home chapter with another statement.