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West Virginia Mountaineers at Texas Tech Red Raiders

· NCAA Men's Basketball
West Virginia Mountaineers
16-11, 3-6 Away
Final
51 - 73
Texas Tech Red Raiders
21-6, 14-2 Home

JT Toppin and No. 9 Texas Tech overcome a slow start and beat West Virginia 73-51

Elijah Hawkins shows off vision with nice dish vs. West Virginia Mountaineers

Toppin and the Red Raiders (21-6, 12-4 Big 12) overcame a slow start, with the 6-foot-9 reigning AP national player of the week making nine of his last 10 shots after missing his first six. Tech fell behind 24-15 when missing 18 of its first 23 shots before ending the first half with a 15-3 run to go ahead to stay.

Amani Hansberry had 14 points and 11 rebounds for West Virginia (16-11, 7-9), his second double-double in a row. Javon Small had 10 points.

Anderson started in place of Chance McMillian, the Big 12's top 3-point shooter, who was out after rolling his right ankle late in the Red Raiders' 69-66 loss at TCU on Tuesday night.

Kevin Overton and Elijah Hawkins both had 10 points for Tech.

Takeaways West Virginia won its first three games this season against Top 25 opponents, but has lost three of its last four to ranked teams.

Texas Tech has 12 wins in its first 16 Big 12 games for the first time in the league's 29-season history, surpassing its 11-5 conference records in 2019 and 2022. The Red Raiders haven't lost consecutive games this season.

Key moment Overton had six points and Toppin two layups in a 10-0 run over the final 3 1/2 minutes of the first half to put Tech up 30-27.

Key stat West Virginia missed 25 of its last 33 shots after Hansberry’s 3 for a 27-20 lead with 4:09 left in the first half.

Up next Texas Tech hosts fifth-ranked Houston on Monday night. West Virginia is home against TCU on Tuesday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Texas Tech: 82.9%
West Virginia: 17.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 51 - 73
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 51 - 73
2nd 0:04 Eduardo Andre made Jumper. 51 - 73
2nd 0:19 JT Toppin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elijah Hawkins. 49 - 73
2nd 0:45 Elijah Hawkins Steal. 49 - 70

Statistics

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19-58 FG 26-56
32.8 Field Goal % 46.4
6-27 3PT 9-22
22.2 Three Point % 40.9
7-11 FT 12-15
63.6 Free Throw % 80.0
31 Rebounds 41
8 Offensive Rebounds 9
23 Defensive Rebounds 32
9 Assists 12
4 Steals 5
4 Blocks 3
9 Turnovers 9
2 Team Turnovers 1
9 Total Turnovers 9
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
5 Points Off Turnovers 11
2 Fast Break Points 8
22 Points in Paint 32
16 Fouls 9
9 Largest Lead 24

Game Information

United Supermarkets Arena

Location: Lubbock, TX
Attendance: 14,466 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Houston 16-1 - 24-4
Arizona 13-4 3 19-9
Texas Tech 12-5 4 21-7
Iowa State 11-6 5 21-7
BYU 11-6 5 20-8
Kansas 10-7 6 19-9
West Virginia 8-9 8 17-11
Baylor 8-9 8 16-12
TCU 8-9 8 15-13
Cincinnati 7-10 9 17-11
Utah 7-10 9 15-13
Kansas State 7-10 9 13-15
UCF 6-11 10 15-13
Oklahoma State 6-11 10 14-14
Arizona State 4-13 12 13-15
Colorado 2-15 14 11-17
Full Standings