WVU Sports

Konate Stars In A Losing Effort

MORGANTOWN — Babe Ruth was known as the Sultan of Swat for the massive home runs he would hit during his playing days for the New York Yankees. Sophomore Sagaba Konate is quickly earning that same moniker for his massive blocked shots on the basketball court for No. 6 West Virginia. The Bamako, Mali, native was at his best Monday night at the Coliseum as the Mountaineers (15-3 overall, 4-2 Big 12) played host to No. 10 Kansas (15-3, 5-1 Big 12) Looking to bounce back from a subpar performance in the Mountaineers’ 72-71 loss at No. 6 Texas Tech, the sophomore swatted five shots ...

WVU Looks to Rebound Against Kansas

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia has no time to dwell on its loss to Texas Tech as the season does not get any easier. Kansas will make the trip to Morgantown coming off a 73-72 victory over instate rival Kansas State. Devonte’ Graham scored a game-high 23 points, but it was Malik ...

Texas Tech Edges WVU, 72-71

LUBBOCK, Texas — Freshman Zhaire Smith cradled the inbounds pass as the final eight-tenths of a second ticked off the clock and the frenzied Texas Tech fans rushed the court. The Red Raiders will savor this moment, even if the rough-and-tumble Big 12 is just getting started. Keenan Evans ...

WVU Hits Road For Texas Tech

MORGANTOWN — The taste is still there. A year ago (well, Jan. 2) then-No. 7 West Virginia made the trip to United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas, and was the victim of a 77-76 overtime loss at the hands of an unranked Texas Tech squad. Anthony Livingston’s 3-point field goal with six seconds remaining was the game-winner, but it was the foul line where the real outcome occurred as the Red Raiders made good on 20 of their 30 opportunities while the Mountaineers shot 13 of 24. It was the first regular-season win for the Red Raiders against the Mountaineers since they joined ...

Carter Lifts No. 2 WVU Past Baylor

MORGANTOWN — Handed its highest ranking in 58 years, West Virginia was lethargic against Baylor for nearly the entire game. It took Jevon Carter getting free for the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute to keep the nation’s longest winning streak going. Carter, a senior, got around a ...

Harler, Mountaineers Grind Out Big Victory

MORGANTOWN — Classes don’t begin until today, but school was in session last night at the Coliseum when No. 2 West Virginia (15-1, 4-0 Big 12) played host to unranked Baylor (11-5, 1-3 Big 12). Lesson No. 1? How do you win close games? Answer: You grind them out and there has been no team in the Big 12 that has perfected the art of grinding games out than the Mountaineers as was proven in WVU’s 57-54 win. “Maybe we didn’t shoot the ball as well as we liked, but we can always be in control of our effort,” former Wheeling Central all-stater Chase Harler said. “(Grinding ...