MORGANTOWN -- The situation at hand was rough at best, hinting at full-blown panic at worst. And there stood West Virginia’s 7-footer Harlan Obioha. He had a smile on his face, energy in his bones and a plan to make it all better. “This one was really more about just trying to get ...
MORGANTOWN -- First the good news: WVU guard Treysen Eaglestaff tied his season high with 23 points and Harlan Obioha recorded his first double-double of the season to lead the Mountaineers to an 86-51 blowout win on Monday against Mississippi State Valley State inside the Hope ...
MORGANTOWN -- By the time his night was over, Harlan Obioha’s message was likely making its way out of the Hope Coliseum and up I-79 toward Pennsylvania. WVU’s 7-footer had just played 30 dominating minutes in front of 12,453 screaming fans, many of whom were hugging him and patting ...
MORGANTOWN -- Brenen Lorient pulled off the ultimate double-take Sunday. Or maybe it was simply the 6-foot-9 forward adding more to his game to force West Virginia’s future opponents to spend more time on scouting reports. In any case, Lorient was already the Mountaineers’ leading ...
MORGANTOWN -- Ross Hodge was presented with the other side of the coin Sunday. It’s a side the first-year WVU men’s basketball coach hopes he doesn’t have to deal with too much. “I know we’re not going to hit 20 threes every game,” he said following the Mountaineers’ 80-54 ...
MORGANTOWN -- Harlan Obioha’s entire athletic career has been a contradiction of sorts. Maybe it begins with his nickname, “Big Harlan,” which, as the only 7-footer on the WVU men’s basketball roster makes sense, but the big guy isn’t as quite as big as he used to be. “I ...