Mountaineers Win Behind Carter, Konate
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MORGANTOWN -- Jevon Carter and Sagaba Konate had double-doubles to lead No. 10 West Virginia to its picked up his second double-double 11th straight victory, 86-69 over Fordham on Saturday.
The Mountaineers (11-1) started out a little sluggish but managed a 16-point lead with 4 minutes left in the first half.
Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins wasn't impressed with the win.
"We played bad and scored 86," Huggins said. "That's not a bad deal when you play really bad and score 86, and we played bad. Played bad, shot it bad, passed it bad."
Carter had 10 points and a career-high 12 assists and Konate finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds, both getting their second double-double of the season.
Daxter Miles Jr. led the Mountaineers with 21 points and Lamont West added 15.
"(We've) got to turn it up (for Big 12 play)," Miles said. "(It's) different level competition and guys need to be ready to play."
Will Tavares led Fordham with 18 points and seven rebounds, while Joseph Chartouny added 16 points.
"We did do some good things offensively," Rams coach Jeff Neubauer said. "We just didn't do 40 minutes of good things."
BIG PICTURE
West Virginia will ride their 11-game winning streak into Big 12 play with road games at Oklahoma State and Kansas State.
RETURN TO MORGANTOWN
Before taking the Fordham job in 2015, Neubauer was an assistant coach at West Virginia under John Beilein between 2002 and 2005, helping the Mountaineers to their first Elite Eight appearance since 1959 in his final season with WVU.
"As the bus rolled into Morgantown last night, a lot of memories and stories just came to mind," Neubauer said. "We had three great years here and three years that I'm really proud of."
ELITE COMPANY
With WVU's win over Fordham, Huggins ties long-time Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan as the seventh all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I history.
On Thursday, Huggins was among six head coaches eligible to enter the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2018.
No. 5 NORTH CAROLINA 86
OHIO STATE 72
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Joel Berry II and Theo Pinson each scored 19 points, and No. 5 North Carolina bounced back from a loss to Wofford with a convincing victory over Ohio State.
Pinson scored six points on flawless free throw shooting inside the final 1:06 of the game as the Tar Heels (11-2) kept the Buckeyes (10-4) at bay in the CBS Sports Classic.
Cameron Johnson scored 13 points in just his second game for North Carolina, which had 13 3-pointers.
Keita Bates-Diop had 26 points -- one point shy of his career high -- for Ohio State. He shot 10 of 17 for the game and scored 19 points in the second half, including eight straight for Ohio State during a late 13-4 run that briefly pulled the Buckeyes within 78-69 with 1:10 to play.
UCLA 83, No. 7 KENTUCKY 75
Aaron Holiday capped a 20-point performance with a pivotal driving scoop and two free throws in the final 33 seconds for UCLA.
Kris Wilkes also scored 20 points, and Thomas Welsh added 13 points and 11 rebounds for UCLA (9-3), which won for the seventh time in 15 meetings between these historical college basketball powerhouses.
Hamidou Diallo scored 18 points and Wenyen Gabriel added a season-high 16 points for Kentucky (9-2), which lost for the first time in eight games.
No. 21 TENNESSEE 79, WAKE FOREST 60
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Jordan Bowden scored 17 points and Tennessee shot 59 percent after halftime.
The Volunteers (9-2) led by one at the half but took control by scoring on seven of 10 possessions coming out of the break. That pushed Tennessee to a 52-43 lead, a margin that never slipped to fewer than five as the Demon Deacons struggled for a sustained push.
Keyshawn Woods scored 18 points for the Demon Deacons (7-5), who had won six straight.
No. 23 SETON HALL 74, MANHATTAN 62
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Angel Delgado scored 15 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, Khadeen Carrington scored 15 and Desi Rodriguez added 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Seton Hall.
The victory was the seventh in eight games for the Pirates (11-2).
Myles Powell had 13 points for Seton Hall before he was ejected in an altercation right before halftime. Michael Nzei had 10 points to give the Pirates five players in double figures.
The Jaspers (5-7) were led by Zane Waterman who had 18 points.