Texas Tech Red Raiders vs West Virginia Mountaineers: Don Best Odds & Insights for 2/9/2021

The No. 7 Texas Tech Red Raiders (14-5) will attempt to extend a three-game winning streak when they host the No. 14 West Virginia Mountaineers (13-5) on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at United Supermarkets Arena as 6-point favorites. The contest airs at 9:00 PM ET on ESPN. The matchup has an over/under of 141.5.

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ATS Records for Texas Tech and West Virginia

Texas Tech Leaders

• The Red Raiders scoring leader is Mac McClung, who puts up 17.2 points per game.
• Kyler Edwards leads the team with 2.4 assists a game and Kevin McCullar paces the squad with 7.1 rebounds per matchup.
• Edwards paces the Red Raiders with a team-high 1.8 three-pointers per game.
• Nimari Burnett leads the team with 1.4 steals per game. Marcus Santos-Silva collects 1.1 blocks an outing to pace Texas Tech.

West Virginia Leaders

• The Mountaineers go-to guy, Miles McBride, leads the team in both scoring (15.8 points per game) and assists (4.6 assists per game).
• The Mountaineers leading rebounder is Derek Culver with 10.3 per game. He also scores 14.3 points per game.
• Sean McNeil averages 1.9 made threes per game to lead the Mountaineers.
• McBride leads the Red Raiders with 1.4 steals per game and Culver is their top shot blocker with 1.0 blocks per game.

Texas Tech vs West Virginia: Last 5 Meetings

Texas Tech leads the past five matchups 3-2 over West Virginia. The Red Raiders and the Mountaineers have a tied 1-1 record ATS in those head-to-head matchups.

Points Insights

• The Red Raiders score 74.4 points per contest, only 3.5 more points than the 70.9 the Mountaineers give up to opponents.
• Texas Tech has an 11-2 record overall and a 10-0-1 record against the spread when scoring more than 70.9 points.
• West Virginia has recorded a 3-4 record against the spread and a 3-4 record overall when giving up more than 74.4 points.
• The Mountaineers score 14.9 more points per game (76.6) than the Red Raiders give up to opponents (61.7).
• West Virginia has put together a 13-5 overall record and a 10-0-1 ATS record in games it scores more than 61.7 points.
• Texas Tech has an ATS record of 0-2-1 and a 1-2 record overall when its opponents score more than 76.6 points.
• The Red Raiders have scored a total of 242 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 12.7 per game), and the Mountaineers have out-scored opponents by 102 points on the season (5.7 more per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Red Raiders and the Mountaineers rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 35.6 and 37.7 boards per game, respectively.
• West Virginia is 7-3-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. Texas Tech is 3-4 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Red Raiders average 11.9 offensive boards per game, -1.1 rebounds fewer than the Mountaineers.
• The Mountaineers are 6-5-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Red Raiders are 3-2-1 when they trail in offensive rebounds.
• Both teams tend to win the rebounding battle. The Red Raiders record an average rebounding margin of +4.1 rebounds per game, and the Mountaineers average a margin of +2.8 rebounds.