CHARLESTON — The challenges keep coming for Trinity Christian senior Daniel Woods. Greenbrier West’s 6-foot-9 forwards Collin and Riley O’Dell towered over Woods in the quarterfinals, but he made up […]
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Emmitt Matthews scores 28 to lead West Virginia past Texas Tech 79-74
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — West Virginia went from the cellar to Cinderella on Thursday. Freshman forward Emmitt Matthews made sure of that. He threw his body around like a pro […]
Bill Self sees a ‘hungry’ West Virginia team now
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prior to Kansas’ 65-57 Big 12 quarterfinal victory against Texas on Thursday, Jayhawks’ coach Bill Self saw plenty of West Virginia’s 79-74 upset of Texas Tech. […]
Morgantown receives lesson in close loss to Capital
CHARLESTON — The most challenging thing about basketball sometimes is accepting the tough losses. You can’t change the result, of course, but you can’t ignore what led to the struggles […]
Morgantown falls to Capital in state quarterfinals
By Greg Carey CHARLESTON — Kerion Martin’s layup with 25 seconds remaining gave Capital a one-point lead over Morgantown, and the Cougars made it stand in a 50-47 victory Thursday […]
West Virginia ‘owes’ Texas Tech in Big 12 quarterfinals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Welcome to Day 2 of the Big 12 tournament at the Sprint Center, where West Virginia held on for a thrilling 72-71 victory against Oklahoma and […]
University awaiting winner of George Washington vs. Cabell Midland
MORGANTOWN — University coach Joe Schmidle wasn’t thrilled with his team’s performance in a 65-51 win over Musselman on Wednesday, but in the state tournament, moving on is all that […]
Sagaba Konate a game-time decision against Texas Tech
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sidelined for more than three months by a knee injury, Sagaba Konate will be a game-time decision Thursday when West Virginia meets Texas Tech in the Big […]
Lamont West describes final-play defense; Sooners nervous over NCAA bid
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Postgame reaction from West Virginia upsetting Oklahoma 72-71 on the opening night of the Big 12 tournament: Lamont West on WVU’s do-or-die mindset: “I just think that […]
Déjà review: West Virginia survives another buzzer shot against Sooners
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was Buddy’s Basket, Part II. Well sort of. This time Oklahoma’s shot at the buzzer counted, unlike Buddy Hield’s halfcourt heave that came too late the […]
