The loss to UCF may have been the wakeup call the Texas Tech basketball team needed, and wins over Utah and BYU were the result of getting tougher.

Kevin Young and the BYU basketball program hosted Texas Tech in a critical game on the conference slate. The Cougars and the Red Raiders bat

Hawkins had eight 3s through his first 10 games at Tech, but has started a breakout from beyond the arc, which started against UCF on New Year’s Eve. He also knocked down four against Utah and it continued against the Cougars. Hawkins drilled six shots from deep, accounting for most of Tech’s shots from three, en route to his 22-point performance.

Neither NBA prospect in Tuesday's game had much of an impact. Instead, Darrion Williams and Elijah Hawkins carried Texas Tech basketball to a win over BYU.

Texas Tech out-executed BYU down the stretch, ran off with a five-point win at the Marriott Center on Tuesday night

The Cougars faded late in a 72-67 defeat to Texas Tech Tuesday night at the Marriott Center, dropping to 1-2 in Big 12 play after consecutive losses. BYU’s defense fell apart down the stretch. After taking a 1-point lead with 6:50 left to play,