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Mountaineers put up a fight, fall to Ohio State in 78-75 overtime loss

CLEVELAND — You never would have known Roddy Gayle Jr. just had the game of his life Saturday.Cool, calm and collected, Gayle took a hectic moment Saturday and turned it into a highlight reel, leading Ohio State to a 78-75 overtime victory against West Virginia inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.“It’s tough to rattle him,” Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann said. “He’s always been that way. He’s got a disposition about him to where sometimes you go, ‘Roddy, hey, let’s go.’ But, it’s just how he is as a player.” Gayle, a sophomore, had 23 of his 32 points in ...

WVU will rely on newly charged offense to compete with Ohio State

MORGANTOWN -- It would seem West Virginia is headed for disaster Saturday, when the Mountaineers take on Ohio State in the Legends of Basketball Showcase in Cleveland. That’s what the stats and the metrics say, anyway. Josh Eilert may have a different story in mind, one that has a ...

WVU’s Akok no longer taking anything for granted following medical scare

MORGANTOWN — There was cheering coming out of WVU’s locker room following its 91-81 victory against Toledo on Saturday. It had nothing to do with the win, rather … “After the game, I met with the guys and the first thing I said, as everyone gave a standing ovation, ‘we finally ...

COLUMN: WVU’s numbers tell a much different story than its record

MORGANTOWN -- If you knew nothing of the back story that goes along with the WVU men’s basketball team and simply looked at the Mountaineers’ stat sheet today, you would be as befuddled as anyone. It’s almost as if 2+2 were to equal cat, that’s sort of the world these Mountaineers ...

RaeQuan Battle scores 29 again, WVU holds off Toledo with high-octane offense

MORGANTOWN -- If it seemed like RaeQuan Battle was in a hurry Saturday, well, that’s because he was. The WVU senior forward literally ran right out of the Coliseum following the Mountaineers 91-81 victory against Toledo inside the Coliseum, in an attempt to catch a 5:40 p.m. flight out ...