West Virginia’s Sydney Woodley (2) goes up for a basket against UCF on Wednesday night.

MORGANTOWN — No. 19 West Virginia women’s basketball is peaking at the right time, with its biggest game left of the season against TCU on the horizon.

The Mountaineers made quick work of UCF, 106-56, on Wednesday night, which was the third biggest win WVU has had this season. WVU has now won four in a row and is 21-5 and 11-3 in the conference, staying towards the top of the Big 12 standings. UCF, who has now lost its last six games, is 10-14 on the year and 2-11 in the Big 12.

“Excited to let them see the ball go through the hoop and score 106 points,” head coach Mark Kellogg said. “We’ll move on. We’ll take it. We went 1-0 today, and that’s always the goal. I know we got a big one coming up, but as far as tonight was concerned, it was a good one for us.”

WVU had a lot of players involved in the offensive domination, spreading the ball around. The Mountaineers had six players score double-digits and 11 players registered a point.

“I thought we shared it the best that we have had all year,” Kellogg said.

Forward Riley Makalusky found her stride after a couple of quiet games since starting Big 12 play, leading the offensive onslaught. She had a season high of 20 points. Makalusky hit three 3-pointers and contributed to the Mountaineers’ hot start.

“In practice, I’ve been shooting pretty good from three,” Makalusky said. “I feel like just carrying that over to the game was something that I was trying to work on. I feel like just letting myself shoot, knowing I’m a good shooter. Not second-guessing myself.”

Kierra Wheeler was right behind Makalusky and scored 18. Wheeler had a big third quarter, helping WVU build on to a monstrous lead. She was one rebound short of a double-double.

Jordan Harrison continued her pursuit of Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Harrison added four steals to her total, pulling away in the conference in the stat. She also had 12 points and almost had a double-double with eight assists.

UCF didn’t stand a chance, especially with its top two scorers, guard Leah Harmon and center Khyala Ngodu, out.

After the first 10 minutes, the Knights were already down 24-8. WVU’s lead widened to 23 at the break. The Mountaineers came out of the locker room and went on a 7-2 run, forcing UCF to call a timeout just over a minute into the half. Center Mahogany Chandler-Roberts led with 12.

WVU’s offense shot 55% from the floor, the third-most accurate it’s been all season.

Guard Sydney Shaw knocked down a 3-pointer to force the timeout. WVU had one of the better 3-point shooting nights against one of the better perimeter defenses in the conference. The Knights were allowing a sub-30% from deep, and WVU had seven threes at a 41%.

The Mountaineers poured on even more in the third quarter. WVU’s defense caught the tired UCF lacking, picked its pockets and quickly scored. The Mountaineers had their biggest lead of the game. WVU’s defense held UCF to just 56 points, shot 41% from the field, and turned the Knights over 23 times. The Mountaineers scored 41 points off turnovers compared to UCF’s zero.

“The points off turnovers were ginormous,” Kellogg said.

Without its top two scorers, UCF wasn’t going to be the biggest obstacle. The bigger obstacle was making sure the team didn’t look past and slip up before the matchup with TCU. However, the Horned Frogs weren’t on the mind before Wednesday’s matchup, according to Kellogg

“We didn’t say TCU,” Kellogg said. “We didn’t talk about that. This was the next one… You hope you have a mature group that’s been through this at some capacity to not look past it. But we knew the task at hand, and we were prepared. Our kids did a good job.”

Now, WVU can fully turn its attention to TCU. The Horned Frogs are No. 17 in the AP Poll and are playing No. 12 Baylor on Feb. 12. WVU’s rematch with TCU is on Feb. 15 in Fort Worth on FS1 at 8 p.m. The Mountaineers lost to the Horned Frogs by one point in their first meeting in Morgantown.

“It’s a big game,” Kellogg said. “It’ll be on national TV. It’s on the road against a top 15 team in the country. We understand the task at hand, but we’ll be excited for that challenge. We need the test. We need to go see where we’re at. It will be an NCAA Tournament-type feel.”