#8 Texas Tech Rallies To Take Down #2 West Virginia At Home

Texas Tech needed to have a greater courtside security presence to ensure the West Virginia players time to exit the floor safely.

Don’t count Bill Self among that group. We’ve got to communicate better. “But you would think a formula would be multiple ball handlers – you would think that”. Brady Manek added 22 points for the Sooners (14-2, 4-1 Big 12), who made a school-record 19 3-pointers. The torn carotid artery and stroke Kay suffered that day left him paralyzed on one side and robbed him of numerous gifts that enabled him to become the valedictorian of his class, win awards for his saxophone skills and earn a volleyball scholarship to Stanford. We all enjoyed last season’s unbelievable come-from-behind victory over Huggins and company.

West Virginia was 23-of-59 from the field and buried 11-of-28 from beyond the three-point line.

Harris is a sophomore forward on the Mountaineers and played 16 minutes in Saturday’s loss, scoring eight points and picking up four fouls in his time on the court.

West Virginia is now riding a 15-game win streak and the program is sitting at its highest ranking since 1959. Ellis missed a layup off the back of the rim at the buzzer.

With Kansas winning by one over K-State and Oklahoma edging TCU in overtime, four teams are deadlocked atop the Big 12 after five games.

The Mountaineers (15-2, 4-1) couldnt hold an 11-point lead in the final 13 minutes and had their nation-leading 15-game winning streak stopped. Esa Ahmad, playing his first game of the season after becoming academically eligible, chipped in 18 points in a reserve role.

Jevon Carter scored 28 — one off his career high — for West Virginia, which was denied its first 5-0 start in its sixth season in the Big 12. He is also one of the best offensive rebounders in the country, always having flawless timing crashing the glass when a shot attempt goes up. Twelve players scored for the Highlanders (5-13, 0-4).

“I felt good”, Ahmad said.

The Jayhawks have actually done a decent job on that last point in recent years.

West Virginia’s Director of Athletics Shane Lyons put out a statement.

On the defensive end, Ahmad is able to use his length to block and contest shots, along with the ability to keep up with quick guards because of how athletic he is.

“I thought he could’ve scored more”, Huggins said. He’s just a really good player. “We’ve just got to finish”.

Getting a player of Ahmad’s caliber couldn’t come at a better time for the second-ranked Mountaineers, facing a fired-up, 14-2 Red Raiders team in Lubbock. KU practiced inbounding against a press for 30 minutes last week and had another 30-minute practice Sunday to focus on the same subject.

Who: No. 8 Texas Tech vs.

Again, don’t consider Self part of that crowd. “The thing I’ve always liked about Esa is that he knows how to play”. Allen should have seen more action in this game, especially with the Mountaineers performing so poorly on offense. “Our guys like those”. A 2 p.m. tipoff is set for the game, to be televised nationally on ESPN.

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