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Christian Anderson shines as No. 9 Texas Tech routs West Virginia
Freshman Christian Anderson established season highs of 21 points and five 3-pointers in his first career start to help No. 9 Texas Tech notch a 73-51 victory over West Virginia on Saturday afternoon in Big 12 play at Lubbock, Texas.,JT Toppin recorded 22 points and eight rebounds to pace the Red Ra...
Cincinnati, West Virginia have work to do to for postseason berths
Two teams on opposite sides of the bubble meet in a Big 12 clash Wednesday night when West Virginia hosts Cincinnati in Morgantown, W. Va.,The Mountaineers (15-10, 6-8 Big 12) have lost two straight and three of four, with the most recent defeat on Saturday, a 74-71 overtime loss at Baylor. Free thr...
Langston Love (17 points), Baylor outlast West Virginia in OT
Langston Love made all four of his free-throw attempts in overtime to cap his 12-of-12 effort from the line as Baylor edged West Virginia 74-71 on Saturday in Waco, Texas.,Love finished with 17 points to share the team lead with Norchad Omier, who also grabbed 10 rebounds before fouling out in the f...
Egor Demin, BYU eke out victory at West Virginia
Egor Demin scored 10 of his 16 points in the final 6:11 as BYU made a late run to outlast West Virginia 73-69 on Tuesday in Morgantown, W.Va.,In addition to Demin's late heroics, Mihailo Boskovic made a game-clinching three-point play with nine seconds left as BYU (16-8, 7-6 Big 12) snapped a two-ga...
Spotlight is on guard matchup as BYU visits West Virginia
With matching records, BYU and West Virginia sit squarely in the middle of the Big 12 standings, as their hopes of gaining an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament hinge on how they finish the regular season.,When the teams face off Tuesday in Morgantown, W.Va., for the first of two meetings in a sp...
West Virginia controls play, knocks off Utah
Amani Hansberry scored 17 points and West Virginia closed out strong to take a 72-61 home victory over Utah in Morgantown on Saturday.,Javon Small totaled 14 points and eight assists, Joseph Yesufu added 14 points and Jonathan Powell scored his 11 points in the second half to lift the Mountaineers (...
Utah, West Virginia continue to battle their way through Big 12 play
Two teams that are trying to steady their seasons will meet up Saturday when West Virginia hosts Utah in Morgantown, W. Va.,The Mountaineers (14-8, 5-6 Big 12) enter this contest after having lost 65-60 at TCU on Wednesday. It was the sixth loss in nine games for West Virginia.,The Utes (13-9, 5-6) ...
Vasean Allette's double-double helps TCU outlast West Virginia
Vasean Allette notched his second career double-double and TCU withstood a late rally to beat visiting West Virginia 65-60 on Wednesday in Fort Worth, Texas. ,Allette contributed 22 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as the Horned Frogs (12-10, 5-6 Big 12) won their second straight and beat the Mo...
TCU, West Virginia mirror each other's seasons heading into matchup
Since the start of January, TCU and West Virginia have been on the same roller coaster ride in the Big 12 Conference.,After the teams opened the month win-loss-win-loss-win, both suffered three-game losing streaks before rebounding with victories on Sunday.,It's an unusual confluence of nine matchin...
No. 6 Houston holds off West Virginia to win again
L.J. Cryer scored a game-high 17 points and helped the sixth-ranked Houston Cougars stave off a second-half rally by the host West Virginia Mountaineers for a 63-49 victory in Morgantown, W. Va., on Wednesday.,The Cougars (17-3, 9-0 Big 12) extended their winning streak to 13 games despite blowing m...
No. 23 West Virginia hopes to mix up offensive effort vs. Kansas St.
No. 23 West Virginia will aim for a more diverse offensive attack against Kansas State in a Big 12 tilt on Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.,The Mountaineers (13-5, 4-3 Big 12) cracked the AP Top 25 for the second time this year and promptly dropped a 65-57 home game to Arizona State on Tuesday.,Meanwhile...
Arizona State, Jayden Quaintance clash with No. 23 West Virginia
As a 17-year-old who won't turn 18 until July, Arizona State's Jayden Quaintance is one of the few college players who is not old enough to enter the 2025 NBA Draft.,His recent performances suggest, however, that he's quickly coming of age.,The 6-foot-9 Quaintance will be a center of attention when ...
Javon Small (27 points) helps West Virginia topple No. 2 Iowa State
Javon Small scored 27 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished five assists, and West Virginia finished strong for a 64-57 win against No. 2 Iowa State in a Big 12 Conference showdown Saturday evening in Morgantown, W.Va., ,Amani Hansberry added 12 points on four 3-pointers for West Virginia (13-4,...
No. 10 Houston takes on high-scoring Javon Small, West Virginia
No. 10 Houston's top-ranked defense faces a stiff test when it hosts the Big 12's leading scorer, West Virginia's Javon Small, on Wednesday.,Small, a senior transfer from Oklahoma State, paces the Mountaineers' attack at 19.8 points per game. The Cougars limit opponents to 54.2 points per game. They...
Javon Small, No. 21 West Virginia hold off Colorado
Javon Small scored 26 points, Joseph Yesufu added 18 points and No. 21 West Virginia beat Colorado 78-70 on Sunday in Boulder, Colo.,Eduardo Andre had 12 points before fouling out and Jonathan Powell contributed 10 points for West Virginia. The Mountaineers (12-3, 3-1 Big 12 Conference) have won eig...
KJ Lewis leads Arizona in rout of No. 21 West Virginia
Sophomore KJ Lewis came off the bench to score a career-high 21 points as visiting Arizona toppled No. 21 West Virginia 75-56 Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.Va.,Jaden Bradley provided 15 points and five assists while Anthony Dell'Orso added 10 points for Arizona (9-5, 3-0 Big 12), which won its fift...
Change aplenty since No. 21 West Virginia, Arizona first played
As No. 21 West Virginia and Arizona prepare for their second meeting this year, Tuesday in Morgantown, W.Va., much has changed since Thanksgiving weekend when the Mountaineers toppled the then-No. 24 Wildcats in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.,For one, West Virginia (11-2, 2-0 Big 12) is now ranke...
West Virginia loses big lead but recovers to knock off No. 7 Kansas
Javon Small hit a free throw with 1.8 seconds left as West Virginia defeated No. 7 Kansas 62-61 on Tuesday in Lawrence, Kan.,It was West Virginia's first win at Phog Allen Fieldhouse in 12 visits.,Kansas, which had not lost a conference opener since January 1991 against Oklahoma, overcame an 18-poin...
West Virginia knocks off No. 7 Kansas
Javon Small hit a free throw with 1.8 seconds left as West Virginia defeated No. 7 Kansas 62-61 on Tuesday in Lawrence, Kan.,It was West Virginia's first win at Phog Allen Fieldhouse in 12 visits.,Kansas, which had not lost a conference opener since January 1991 against Oklahoma, overcame an 18-poin...
Rich Rodriguez's homecoming to West Virginia official
Seventeen years after his successful tenure as West Virginia's coach ended, native son Rich Rodriguez is returning to the helm of the Mountaineers, the school announced Thursday,After firing Neal Brown following a 6-6 regular season, West Virginia is bringing back Rodriguez, who spent the past three...