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GALLERY: West Virginia's Women's Basketball vs Fairmont State Game

J.J. Quinerly on a roll heading into Big 12 tourney

MORGANTOWN -- There just may be a better chance of someone stealing a basketball away from J.J. Quinerly than wiping away her gigantic smile. That’s just how good life is right now for WVU’s star guard, as the No. 16 Mountaineers are preparing for the Big 12 tournament. “The ...

Sydney Shaw scores 20 to lead WVU past Boise State

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Not even a previously unbeaten team can slow down the West Virginia women’s basketball team.The 12th-ranked Mountaineers stole Boise State’s mojo and ran away with it in an 82-47 victory in the Gulf Coast Showcase women’s basketball tournament at Hertz Arena on ...

Quinerly scores 26 as Mountaineers coast to 41-point win over UCF

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia officially hit the third chapter of their feel-good journey Tuesday, marked with a dominant 84-43 victory against UCF inside the Coliseum. It’s the chapter where the anticipation begins to build to a peak level and the end is now closer in the story than the ...

WVU women's basketball forces 28 turnovers in aggressive 72-61 win over Pitt

PITTSBURGH — As the turnovers began to pile up Saturday like cars in a freeway wreck, this is maybe what Mark Kellogg had envisioned for his WVU women’s basketball team.“It’s kind of that punch-first mentality,” Kellogg said after WVU walked into the Petersen Events Center and came ...

Mountaineers need defense to help snap losing streak

MORGANTOWN — To bounce back from three-straight double-digit losses, WVU women’s basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit thinks her team needs to hone in on what it does best. “We’ve got to do a really good job of making other teams uncomfortable,” Plitzuweit said Thursday. “For us, ...