McBride Nets Season High 22, WVU Bests Texas Tech

MORGANTOWN — Miles McBride took over when the shots weren’t falling for West Virginia. McBride scored a season-high 22 points, fellow freshman Oscar Tshiebwe added 17 rebounds and No. 17 West Virginia beat 22nd-ranked Texas Tech 66-54 on Saturday night. It marked the second time in two ...

Huggins Fined for Referring To Refs as ‘Three Blind Mice’

MORGANTOWN (AP) — The Big 12 Conference has fined West Virginia coach Bob Huggins $10,000 for referring to an officiating crew as “three blind mice” after a recent loss at No. 3 Kansas. The league announced the fine in a statement that also issued a public reprimand. “Coach ...

WVU Improves to 12-2

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oscar Tshiebwe scored 12 points and Derek Culver had nine points and 12 rebounds to help lead No. 17 West Virginia to a 55-41 victory over Oklahoma State on Monday night. Miles McBride also had 10 points for West Virginia (12-2, 1-1 Big 12), which is now 5-1 in its last ...

Gondrezick, No. 19 WVU Women Win Big 12 Opener

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kysre Gondrezick matched career highs with 24 points and eight assists in helping No. 19 West Virginia beat Kansas State 74-63 in a Big 12 opener on Sunday. Gondrezick was 9-of-14 shooting, making half of her eight 3-point attempts. Tynice Martin added 18 points and Madisen Smith, with three makes from the arc, scoring 15. Both teams had nearly identical overall shooting percentages but the Mountaineers were 10 of 28 from the arc, despite Martin’s 2-of-10 showing, to the Wildcats’ 1-of-15 effort. Peyton Williams, who has been averaging a double-double, had ...

Kansas Pulls Away From West Virginia In Second Half

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self knew he would need his toughest bunch on the floor to muscle up against West Virginia. All three of them showed up. Udoka Azubuike had 17 points and 11 rebounds while outplaying Mountaineers big man Oscar Tshiebwe in the second half, Devon Dotson ...

KU Solves West Virginia Big Men

LAWRENCE, Kan. — With his team lucky to be down just six points at halftime of Saturday’s Big 12 Conference opener against West Virginia, Kansas coach Bill Self fell back on the one word that means more to him than any other — toughness. The result was a grind-it-out, 60-53 victory in ...