Texas Tech basketball: Numbers to know ahead of West Virginia rematch

Outside of Davide Moretti, Tech made only two 3-point attempts in Morgantown

In case you missed it, yesterday we discussed how the 3-point shot has been the one consistent area of struggle in every one of the Red Raiders’ seven losses this year.  That was certainly the case in the defeat in Morgantown as well.

That day, Davide Moretti broke out of a brief slump by hitting 4-9 shots from deep.  But the rest of the team was just a combined 2-19 as the Red Raiders shot 6-28 overall.

Kyler Edwards was 0-5 as that game came in the middle of his prolonged shooting slump.  Of course, in the two games after that, he hit eight of his ten shots from deep.  But now he’s gone just 3-11 from behind the arc in the last two games.

Also in Morgantown, Kevin McCullar decided that it was a good idea to hoist four 3-pointers.  He didn’t make any.

While the freshman has come on in recent weeks and become a dogged defender and rebounder, he remains the worst outside shooter on this team and probably the worst shooting guard we’ve seen in the Chris Beard era.  That’s not to be cruel as much of it could be due to his year-long battle with various injuries that prevented him from fully focusing on his game.

Still, we don’t want to see the 18.8% shooter from outside trying to do his best Steph Curry impression tonight.  In fact, if he were to decide to simply retire his 3-point shot for the remainder of the season, that would not upset anyone.

Red Raider fans are wondering if Jahmi’us Ramsey has done the same and retired his 3-point shot.  After a blazing-hot start this year, Ramsey has gone just three of his last 21 outside shots since making 5-10 against Baylor.  But if he and his teammates can shoot better from long distance than they did in Morgantown, they will have a shot at coming out on top.