MORGANTOWN (AP) — Sixth-ranked West Virginia held onto a big lead for a change. Jevon Carter scored 22 points and led a second-half burst that propelled the Mountaineers to an 86-51 victory over Texas on Saturday. After surrendering double-digit leads in losses to No. 8 Texas Tech and ...
By JUSTIN JACKSON The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN — Jevon Carter was once asked if there was ever a player he guarded that he couldn’t steal the ball from. After thinking about it, a quick smile came across his face. “If there was, I probably wouldn’t tell you.” he said. The list ...
MORGANTOWN — Basketball really is a simple game. Just ask veteran West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. “We made shots,” he said. “When you make some shots, you play better defense.” And, that was the case Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum as the host Mountaineers shot a torrid 65.5 percent (19 of 29) in the second half en route to an 86-51 victory over Texas (12-7, 3-4 Big 12). “You just have to stay with it,” junior Esa Ahmad said. “If we not hitting our shots, we just have to stay with it.” And, stay the course the Mountaineers did against a Longhorns team ...
MORGANTOWN — Coming off back-to-back losses to Top-10 ranked Texas Tech (72-71) and Kansas (71-66), No. 6 West Virginia (15-3 overall, 4-2 Big 12) gets a break when unranked Texas comes to the Coliseum for a 2 p.m. tipoff today. Or some would think. One of those who doesn’t believe the Mountaineers will see a drop-off in talent is veteran WVU coach Bob Huggins. The Longhorns (12-6, 3-3 Big 12) come into Morgantown as the No. 2 defensive team in the league, averaging giving up 65.4 points per game. and they have one of the more dynamic players in freshman big man Mohamed ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s first two-game losing streak of the season thanks to a 71-66 defeat at the hands of No. 10 Kansas on Monday night, left veteran coach Bob Huggins and his staff scratching their heads. “We were turning the ball over and they were capitalizing hitting 3s,” ...
MORGANTOWN — Svi Mykhailiuk scored 17 points, including 12 over the final seven minutes, and No. 10 Kansas roared back from a big deficit to beat No. 6 West Virginia 71-66 on Monday night. Devonte Graham added 16 points and Udoka Azubuike scored 10 for the Jayhawks (15-3, 5-1 Big ...
