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.

Hawkins has shown a lot of growth shooting the ball from beyond the arc, something that helped Tech get out to an early lead and changed the way Tech was defended by Utah. Hawkins entered the night with just eight made threes on the year and knocked down four en route to the win.