KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lamonte’ Turner made the most of a rare start for Tennessee. Turner scored 23 points and the top-ranked Volunteers held West Virginia scoreless for a 9 1/2-minute stretch Saturday on its way to an 83-66 victory. The 21-year-old Turner also had five assists in his ...
MORGANTOWN — When asked if his top-ranked Volunteers might look past a sub-.500 West Virginia (9-10, 1-6 Big 12) squad, Tennessee coach Rich Barnes was quick to cut short that kind of talk. “They beat Kansas, didn’t they? And, they have beaten a few No. 1 teams over the years, so if our ...
MORGANTOWN — It’s been nearly a month since West Virginia dropped its third straight bowl game — this time to former Big East rival Syracuse — and questions still loom over the program and the decision of Heisman trophy candidate Will Grier to forego the Mountaineers’ postseason game. Some of those queries were addressed following Monday’s opening practice at the Reese’s Senior Bowl. “I actually tore my ankle up in the Texas game,” Grier said. “Didn’t really put that out to the media. But it was pretty rough the last few games. “And Dana (Holgorsen) and I ...
MORGANTOWN — Makai Mason scored 29 points and Baylor cruised to an 85-73 win over West Virginia on Monday night. The Bears (12-6, 4-2 Big 12) survived a second-half comeback attempt to grab their fourth win in five games. Baylor got out to as much as a 17-point lead in the first half ...
MORGANTOWN — A year ago Makai Mason was playing in the Ivy League for Yale University. The graduate transfer made his WVU Coliseum debut for Baylor a memorable one Monday night, scoring a game-high 29 points to lead the visitors to an 85-73 victory. “We played them (Yale) in the NCAA Tournament when he was there and they knocked us out of the tourney,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said. “So, we only thought it was fair that he come and play for us after he graduated from Yale.” And, Mason proved to be the ‘real deal’ as the Bears improved to 12-6 overall and 4-2 in Big 12 ...
MORGANTOWN — Coming off its biggest win of the season, West Virginia (9-9, 1-5 Big 12) gets one day of rest before taking on a Baylor team fresh off a huge victory over No. 8 Texas Tech. “That’s the way it is in this conference,” WVU’s Chase Harler explained following the Mountaineers’ 65-64 come-from-behind win over No. 7 Kansas Saturday night in the Coliseum. “There are not easy games. There are no nights off. We deserved that one. “There were games this year where we didn’t deserve to win. But, there were also games where we played hard and the ball just didn’t ...
