MORGANTOWN -- The problems were detected early and then piled one on top of the other until they could no longer be supported. In a nutshell, that explains West Virginia’s loss last week against Monmouth, a defeat WVU hopes to overcome when it hosts Jacksonville State at 7 p.m. ...
West Virginia’s feel-good story took a wrong turn Friday night. Xander Rice and Monmouth made sure of it. Rice scored a career-high 30 points — 20 coming in the second half — as the Hawks, a team who won seven games last season, knocked off WVU 73-65 in front of 10,473 fans inside ...
West Virginia dropped a game it should have never lost Friday night, a 73-65 stinker against Monmouth that was a result of a lack of shooters, lack of hustle and, quite honestly, probably a lack of heart. It is within this context we could go any number of ways, many of which you are ...
MORGANTOWN — It is the one truly amazing thing about sports, in that the names and faces can change, but the keys to scoring more points than the other team rarely do. Take this WVU men’s basketball team, which certainly has seen its share of new faces. Josh Eilert is in as head ...
MORGANTOWN — As far as can be told from a Google search, the actress Drew Barrymore never played basketball. She did, however, come up with this gem of a quote: “I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times,” Barrymore said. “More and more, I want the ...
The festivities actually began Sunday night for Josh Eilert and his family. “We had a table for 20 at Oliverio’s and every single one of them was an Eilert,” the first-year WVU men’s basketball coach said. You know what they say, big table equals one big bill. “Yeah, it was ...
