(EXCERPT) “They're an opportunistic defense,” Texas Tech coach Chris Beard said. “You think you're doing OK, Lattin will block a shot; you think you're doing OK, Trae will get a steal; you think you're doing OK, one of those players will take a charge.
“Kind of like in football, you've got a defense maybe giving up yards but you're getting turnovers and stuff. Kind of felt that way about Oklahoma tonight.”
Then there was Odomes, pestering Evans and others on the perimeter regularly.
Evans, the reigning Big 12 player of the week, was just 7 of 17 from the floor and 1 for 5 from behind the 3-point line.
Leading up to the game, Beard found himself showing film of Odomes to his players, not for scouting purposes but to teach them how to play on the defensive end.
This from a coach whose team entered the game No. 3 nationally in defensive efficiency.
“He's one of the best players in the Big 12 that doesn't get talked about,” Beard said. “Gave us all we could handle last year, plays multiple positions, plays hard too.
“I actually took a couple of the clips from his personnel tape this week and showed some of our younger guys, ‘This is how you play the game.'”
