LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) Texas Tech kept making plays and scoring points while West Virginia went more than 15 minutes without a field goal in the first half.
The No. 18 Red Raiders were well on their way to another big Monday win, this time 81-50 to match their most lopsided Big 12 victory in school history, and only two days after a 16-point loss at No. 13 Kansas.
We were a little bit disappointed, Tech senior guard Brandone Francis said. We had a team meeting, a players-only meeting, and came out and put everything out there.
Francis scored a season-high 16 points for the Red Raiders (18-5, 6-4 Big 12), who lost four of their previous five Big 12 games. They took control with a 13-0 run midway through the first half. That was part of that longer stretch during which the Mountaineers missed 11 consecutive shots, though made 11 free throws.
West Virginia (10-13, 2-8) finished with only nine made field goals, the fewest ever for a Big 12 team and matching North Carolina States total in a 47-24 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday for the fewest by any team in a game this season. The Mountaineers were 9-of-39 (23 percent) shooting overall, and made 29 free throws.
They made shots and we didnt make shots and then we threw the ball to them, WVU coach Bob Huggins said. We are a very generous bunch of guys. Well throw the ball to anybody. Theyre just very, very charitable.
Freshman Derek Culver had 15 free throws among his 23 points, and had five of WVUs 26 turnovers.
Texas Tech had a double-digit lead for good after Francis had a backcourt steal, drove and cut between two leaping defenders while switching the ball to his right hand and making a layup while falling away from the basket. Jarrett Culver got the next points when he swished a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to make it 32-18.
Culver finished with 12 points, while Davide Moretti had 11 and Deshawn Corprew 10. Odiase had nine points and 10 rebounds.
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West Virginia returns home to play Texas on Saturday. The Mountaineers then have a week off before going to Kansas, which lost in Morgantown on Jan. 19.
Texas Tech plays at Oklahoma on Saturday.
