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No. 17 WVU 77, Texas Tech 58

Turnovers, steals, points off turnovers, offensive rebounds, second-chance points, technical and flagrant fouls and even missed free throws! It was peak West Virginia on display Saturday and the Mountaineers drove the other team crazy before driving Texas Tech off the road in a rather easy home win.

“If you look at it, we would kind of say our whole game is one run. We play 40 minutes of a run,” point guard Juwan Staten said. “This game is all about runs. We know they’re going to have their runs. As long as we can stop them or slow them down or continue to score during their run, we won’t get too bothered by it. We know we’re going to keep applying pressure and at some point they’re going to break.”

WVU (18-3, 6-2 Big 12) shot 51.7 percent in the second half, matching the most-accurate half in Big 12 play, and made 5 of 10 3-point attempts to outscore the Red Raiders by 13. Devin Williams scored 12 of his 18 points after halftime and Miles scored 10 of his 12 in the second half to lead the way. Staten had 11 points and five assists and Gary Browne added 10 points and relentless defense on Texas Tech’s top scorer in the second half.

“It’s a very uncomfortable thing to play against – not that you can’t,” coach Bob Huggins said. “But it does make you uncomfortable.”

Miles, Browne, Staten and Jaysean Paige each made a pair of 3s for WVU, which was 9 of 22 (40.9 percent) in the game, the best mark in Big 12 play and the fourth-highest percentage of the season.

Robert Turner led the Red Raiders (11-11, 1-8) with 18 points, but he didn’t score and only attempted two shots in the second half.

“He got tired,” said Browne, who also didn’t score after halftime. “He got tired of chasing the ball. He got tired of going to catch the ball. He wasn’t effective in the second half. The easiest way to guard somebody is not to let him catch it. I go where he goes. That’s it.”