It hard to find a ton of positives from the Texas Tech basketball team’s loss at West Virginia on Monday. The Mountaineers jumped out to a 16-0 lead and coasted to an easy victory to pull even with the Red Raiders in the Big 12 standings.
However, the play of senior forward Niem Stevenson could be an encouraging sign as the team heads into March. Against the team most consider to be the Big 12’s second-best defensive unit, Stevenson recorded a career-best 24 points on 9-20 shooting.
His offense was desperately needed on a night when Tech was without Keenan Evans, Zach Smith and Justin Gray each of whom sat out with injuries.