That was a strong second half from Texas Tech, and it amounts to a nice win over a better DePaul team than most expected. Was a bit distracted through it for other reasons, but some takeaways that are certainly wrong from someone who was completely locked into this one.
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D5 & Chance Takeover: Darrion Williams and Chance McMillian had a really strong night. Both strongly in double-digits from an offensive perspective and really effective with the ball in their hands. D5 was strong when he took it to the rack, as was Chance. Really good night for that pair who were really the motor.
-Tech rotations a mess early, improve in 2H: Defensively, I thought this was the best test of the year so far. This DePaul team really swung the ball with a purpose, playing extremely fast and finding ways to get Tech out of rotations. I thought that Tech was a mess after an excellent first four minutes, then really locked in out of the break. Curious on Grant’s perspective here.
-Strong in the paint sans Toppin: Really interesting that Tech was able to get pain touches, and it likely was that Tech was able to play with more spacing to drive it. Really strong night in the paint without Tech’s best paint player, which is really interesting. Will probably go back and watch some offensive possessions from this one to get a better idea. Chance and D5 were key here, thought Hawkins had a better second than he did first, as well.
-Tech strong on boards, avoids foul trouble: Besides D5 getting into some early foul trouble, this was a pretty clean game from Tech. I thought Tech did a nice job on the defensive glass for the most part. Just going to have to be more consistent with another big test on the way.
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