MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia set a school record for forcing turnovers, putting the loss to Temple behind them.

Esa Ahmad scored 19 points to lead No. 25 West Virginia to a 108-61 victory Monday night in the final game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

The Mountaineers (5-1) surpassing the school record of 34 by VMI in 2014-15.

“I thought we did a pretty good job but I think a lot of it was they didn’t have a long time to prepare,” West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins said. “They came down from beating Detroit in double-overtime. I know that they had a workout yesterday and a shootaround today. I think that’s why we should be better the second night although we weren’t against Temple.”

The game was a much needed psychological boost after a failed comeback against Temple at Barclays Center on Friday.

“(We) don’t take anyone for granted,” Ahmad said. “We wanted to come out and go 100 percent right out of the gate and that’s what we did.”

West Virginia started the game on an 8-0 run over the first 3 minutes, then both teams essentially traded baskets through the next 12 minutes. In the final 5 minutes of the half, James Long and Nathan Adrian led a 22-5 scoring run, giving the Mountaineers a 60-27 halftime lead.

Adrian had 15 points for West Virginia, while Daxter Miles Jr. added 11 and Long had a career-high 10.

Zavier Peart led the Jaspers (2-4) with 11 points. Manhattan outrebounded the Mountaineers, 41-40.