By james art 
Lubbock, tx -We western Virginia (16-11, 7-9) fired an abnormal 32.8% of the terrain, while No. 9 Texas Tech came out of hot half time, firing 62.5% in the second half, including 7-11 of the three as The red attackers (21-6, 12-4) were rolling 73-51.
West Virgina scored the first three points of the game before Texas Tech continued 5-0 for the advantage of 5-3.
The climbers responded with a 7-0 run, closed by three of the freshman Jonathan Powell, to give WVU a 10-5 lead at the brand 14:47 of the first half.
The defense of West Virginia held Texas Tech to 2-18 firing from the pitch near the middle of the first half to maintain an advantage with five points, 12-7.
Western Virginia Sophomor Cecir Harris buried three on the right to push the mountaineers to lead to eight, 19-11.
Amani Hansbury reached out to nine with three. Then Elijah Hawkins replied with the right three to start 5-0 to reduce it to four, but Hansbury nailed his third three of the half-time for 12 points for the first half for 27-10 with a little more than four minutes in The half.
The climbers were kept without result in the last four minutes, when the red attackers continued by 10-0 to lead 30-27 leads to the half.
Amani Hansbury opened the second half with a jumper twist with one hand, but the West Virginia shooting continued well in the second half, along with three rpm, while Texas Tech went 8-10 from the pitch, including a pair of threes with 10: 46 remain in the game.
Western Virginia was 4-18 from the floor for over 13 minutes of action, and Texas Viyey extended its lead to 18, 57-39, leaving 6:11 to play when the red attackers came home to 73-51.