WVU Sports

No. 7 Baylor Downs West Virginia Women

By MATT THORNSBURY Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — DiJonai Carrington hit her back hard on the floor coming down with a third-quarter rebound, then got up and almost immediately hit a 3-pointer from the corner. Carrington scored 14 of her 19 points in the decisive period and No. 7 Baylor pulled away for a 65-45 victory over West Virginia in their Big 12 opener Thursday night. The Lady Bears (3-1) bounced back from an 83-78 loss at No. 13 Arkansas on Sunday. Carrington has emerged as Baylor’s leading scorer after being limited to five games a year ago due to a knee ...

Big 12 Is Having RB Resurgence

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray and former Texas Tech signal caller Patrick Mahomes have been the Big 12’s most visible standard bearers in recent years, helping the league gain a reputation for high-flying ...

WVU-Oklahoma football game canceled due to COVID issues

West Virginia University’s 2020 football season started with hope. It will end with a canceled game. WVU announced Thursday afternoon that its scheduled Saturday game versus Oklahoma at Milan Puskar Stadium had been canceled. The game was called off after WVU was forced to suspend all team ...

West Virginia Home Opener Off

The West Virginia University men’s basketball team’s home opener is no more, less than 24 hours before it was scheduled to tip off. WVU announced late Tuesday night that its 7 p.m. Wednesday game versus Robert Morris at the WVU Coliseum had been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols inside the RMU program. The No. 11 Mountaineers’ next game — and new home opener — is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday against No. 19 Richmond. Wednesday’s cancellation is just the latest COVID-affected game for WVU (4-1). The Mountaineers’ original home opener was scheduled for Dec. 2 against ...

WVU Men Finish Strong, Down Georgetown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Miles McBride scored 17 points, Derek Culver had 14 and No. 11 West Virginia finished fast to beat Georgetown 80-71 Sunday in the first meeting between the former Big East rivals since 2014. Culver, the leading scorer and rebounder for the Mountaineers (4-1), was limited to just 18 minutes because of foul trouble. Emmitt Matthews had 13 points and Taz Sherman added 12 as West Virginia bounced back from a loss to top-ranked Gonzaga. “Derek came in and it changed everything,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. “He kept bugging the heck out of me trying to ...

Iowa State Routs West Virginia; Next Stop Big 12 Title Game

AMES, Iowa — Moments after No. 12 Iowa State finished a 42-6 rout of West Virginia on Saturday, Cyclones coach Matt Campbell said he walked into a subdued locker room. “Obviously, this team is very proud of what they were able to do,” Campbell said, “but there’s also a sense of understanding there’s more football to be played.” The Cyclones (8-2, 8-1, No. 9 in the CFP) will make their first appearance in the Big 12 championship game Dec. 19 after finishing the regular season alone in first place. They’ll play No. 13 Oklahoma, which secured its spot with a 27-14 win ...