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DJ Thomas, Honor Huff power West Virginia past Lafayette
DJ Thomas scored a game-high 25 points off the bench to lead West Virginia to an 81-59 win over Lafayette on Monday in Morgantown W. Va.,Honor Huff scored 24 points and connected on 8 of 9 3-point attempts for the Mountaineers (5-0).,Andrew Phillips led Lafayette with 19 points and Caleb Williams ad...
Big man Harlan Obioha leads West Virginia against Lafayette
Harlan Obioha improved his fitness in the offseason and has become an inside force for West Virginia.,There will be dueling big men working the paint when the Mountaineers host Lafayette on Monday in Morgantown, W. Va.,In a 71-49 win against Pitt on Thursday, the 7-foot Obioha led West Virginia (4-0...
Late Jesus Gomez FG lifts Arizona State over West Virginia
Jeff Sims threw three first-half touchdown passes and Jesus Gomez kicked a 49-yard field goal with 2:44 left to give Arizona State a 25-23 win over West Virginia in a Big 12 Conference game on Saturday afternoon in Tempe, Ariz.,The Sun Devils (7-3, 5-2 Big 12) stayed in the hunt for a spot in the co...
West Virginia downs Pitt 71-49 in Backyard Brawl
Harlan Obioha scored a game-high 19 points to lead West Virginia to a 71-49 win over Pitt on Thursday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Honor Huff added 15 points, Jasper Floyd tallied 13 points and dished out seven assists and DJ Thomas chipped in 10 points off the bench for the Mountaineers (4-0).,Cameron Cor...
West Virginia downs Pitt 71-49 in rivalry tilt
Harlan Obioha scored a game-high 19 points to lead West Virginia to a 71-49 win over Pitt on Thursday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Honor Huff added 15 points, Jasper Floyd tallied 13 points and dished out seven assists and DJ Thomas chipped in 10 points off the bench for the Mountaineers (4-0).,Cameron Cor...
Run-heavy Arizona State, West Virginia tangle in Tempe
Arizona State and West Virginia want to play smashmouth football when they square off Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.,The Sun Devils (6-3, 4-2 Big 12) are 4-1 at home and come off a bye week having picked up a 24-19 win at Iowa State to open November. Quarterback Jeff Sims piled up 235 rushing yards and tw...
West Virginia coach gets first look at Backyard Brawl vs. Pitt
Pitt and West Virginia will put their undefeated records on the line in the annual basketball Backyard Brawl on Thursday in Morgantown W.Va.,First-year Mountaineers coach Ross Hodge learned the first day on the job about the importance of the game. It's the 192nd meeting between Pitt (3-0) and West ...
Brenen Lorient's big day leads West Virginia past Lehigh
Brenen Lorient scored a game-high 26 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead West Virginia to a 69-47 win over Lehigh on Sunday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Lorient made 11 of 15 field goal attempts and connected on 3 of 4 3-point attempts. ,Harlan Obioha added 12 points and eight rebounds, and Honor...
West Virginia hosts Lehigh looking for 3-0 start
West Virginia first-year coach Ross Hodge says a specific type of player is the most challenging to defend: smaller, creative guards who can shoot.,There will be players like that on both sides on Sunday afternoon when his Mountaineers (2-0) host Lehigh (1-1) in Morgantown, W.Va.,In a 91-52 win over...
Campbell gives West Virginia a fight, but Mountaineers hang on
Honor Huff scored a game-high 23 points to lead West Virginia to a hard-fought 73-65 win over Campbell on Thursday in Morgantown, W. Va.,Treysen Eaglestaff and Harlan Obioha each tallied 12 points, Brenen Lorient added 12 points and nine rebounds, and DJ Thomas added 10 points off the bench for the ...
Freshman QBs face off as West Virginia hosts Colorado
West Virginia is riding high as it enters a Big 12 tilt against a reeling Colorado squad on Saturday in Morgantown, W. Va.,While the Mountaineers and Buffaloes share identical records at 3-6 overall and 1-5 in conference, it's West Virginia, in the first year of Rich Rodriguez's second stint atop th...
New-look West Virginia in learning curve as it hosts Campbell
A pair of first-year coaches square off when West Virginia hosts Campbell on Thursday in Morgantown, W.Va. ,Ross Hodge is the fourth West Virginia coach in the last three years and leads the Mountaineers after two seasons at North Texas. Meanwhile, John Andrzejek takes the helm of the Campbell progr...
West Virginia kicks off Ross Hodge era with win over Mount St. Mary's
Jasper Floyd tied a career high with 25 points as West Virginia withstood some shaky moments in coach Ross Hodge's debut, doing enough to earn a 70-54 victory over pesky Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.Va., ,Floyd, who averaged nine points last season while playing for Hodge at No...
Russ Hodge kicks off West Virginia era with Mount St. Mary's win
Jasper Floyd tied a career high with 25 points as West Virginia withstood some shaky moments in coach Russ Hodge's debut, doing enough to earn a 70-54 victory over pesky Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday night in Morgantown, W. Va., ,Floyd, who averaged nine points last season while playing for Hodge at N...
Scotty Fox Jr. leads West Virginia to stunning upset of No. 22 Houston
True freshman quarterback Scotty Fox Jr. accounted for three touchdowns, and the visiting West Virginia Mountaineers scored 17 points off turnovers while completing a 45-35 upset of the 22nd-ranked Houston Cougars on Saturday.,Fox passed for 157 yards and a touchdown and added two scoring runs for W...
West Virginia's Ross Hodge era begins with Mount St. Mary's
For the third straight season, West Virginia unveils a new coach unburdened by high expectations.,The Ross Hodge era begins with the Mountaineers picked 11th in the Big 12's preseason poll. The faithful get their first chance to decide whether that looks accurate when West Virginia hosts Mount St. M...
Buoyed by red-zone offense, No. 22 Houston faces West Virginia
By virtue of a fourth road victory in as many games and a remarkable turnaround under second-year coach Willie Fritz, No. 22 Houston entered the national polls for the first time since 2022 following its 24-16 win over then-No. 24 Arizona State last weekend.,The Cougars (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) will host W...
UCF cruises past West Virginia, behind dominant offense
Tayven Jackson threw a pair of touchdowns to Chris Domercant in the opening quarter on fourth down, as UCF rolled to a 45-13 victory over visiting West Virginia Saturday afternoon in Orlando, Fla.,Jackson returned after sitting out last week's loss with a shoulder injury sustained two weeks ago agai...
West Virginia, UCF jousting for first Big 12 victory
The start of Big 12 play has not gone well for West Virginia and UCF.,The Mountaineers and Knights join hapless Oklahoma State as the only schools off to an 0-3 start in conference action. On the plus side, somebody will earn their first Big 12 win Saturday afternoon when West Virginia visits UCF in...
Bear Bachmeier, No. 23 BYU overwhelm West Virginia
Freshman Bear Bachmeier threw for a career-high 351 yards, LJ Martin ran for two touchdowns and No. 23 BYU overcame a spate of mistakes to stop West Virginia 38-24 in Provo, Utah, on Friday night.,Bachmeier completed 18 of 25 passes with a touchdown and an interception for the Cougars (5-0, 2-0 Big ...