WVU comes up short at No. 9 Texas Tech
Associated Press
Associated Press
JT Toppin scored 22 points, freshman Christian Anderson had a season-high 21 points with five 3-pointers in his first career start and ninth-ranked Texas Tech beat West Virginia 73-51 on Saturday.
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.