MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University men’s basketball student-athletes Emmitt Matthews Jr., and Tre Mitchell have been declared eligible by the NCAA for competition for the 2022-23 season.

Matthews, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound forward from Tacoma, Washington, returns to West Virginia after spending last season at Washington. He spent the first three years of his collegiate career at WVU.

Mitchell is a 6-foot-9, 225-pound forward who attended Texas in 2021-22. The native of Pittsburgh spent his first two seasons at UMass. He will have two seasons of eligibility remaining at WVU.

Football

Dixon enters portal

WVU running back Lyn-J Dixon has announced he will enter the transfer portal.

Dixon previously played at Clemson before transferring to WVU in December.

He participated in this year’s Gold-Blue Spring game but never played a regular-season tilt for the Mountaineers.