MORGANTOWN — The play of WVU forward Brenen Lorient on Saturday was maybe the best example of why the plus-minus statistic in basketball is the most worthless figure in sports. In what ended up being a moment to celebrate, and Lorient and his teammates did just that with a victory lap ...
ELKINS — Elkins dropped a 56-50 verdict to Herbert Hoover Saturday at Richard P. Simmons Memorial Gymnasium. The Tigers (4-16) close out the regular season this evening against East Fairmont. They will begin Class AAA, Region II action at 7 p.m. Thursday at home against Lewis County. The winner of that contest travels to top-seed Bridgeport on March 10. Landon Shreve, one of the seniors honored on the night, and Isaiah Nutter had 20 points each for Elkins, which trailed 23-19 at halftime and 35-33 after three quarters of action. The Huskies held a 21-17 scoring edge in the ...
ELKINS — The Davis & Elkins College men’s basketball team celebrated its seniors in style Saturday afternoon, pulling away in the second half for a 105-90 victory over West Virginia Wesleyan inside the McDonnell Center. Prior to tipoff, Davis & Elkins honored seniors Tristan Starks, Nnadozie Okoroji and Vegas Evans for their contributions to the program. The trio combined for 60 points in their final home game as the Senators improved to 9-19 overall and 6-13 in Mountain East Conference play. After a back-and-forth first half that featured three ties and eight lead changes, the ...
MORGANTOWN — It was almost a perfect weekend for the West Virginia baseball, but like against Liberty, it couldn’t get the sweep. The Mountaineers lost the last game of the series against Kennesaw State, 7-6, handing them their second loss of the season, 8-2. The Owls moved back to .500 at 5-5. It wasn’t easy for Kennesaw State, who had to overcome a six-run deficit to knock off the top-25-ranked Mountaineers. The only real way the Owls scored runs on the weekend was from home runs, and they needed two in the last couple of innings to win the game. Cooper Williams homered to ...
ELKINS — Elin Morris scored 20 points as fourth-seed Elkins claimed a 53-37 victory over No. 5 Bridgeport Thursday evening in Class AAA, Region II action. The Lady Tigers (9-9) will travel to top-seed Keyser at 7 p.m. Tuesday in seeking a state tourney berth. No. 3 Hampshire visits ...
MORGANTOWN — It is not the ideal situation for the WVU men’s basketball team. It’s certainly not the way WVU head coach Ross Hodge would want to picture it. Yet here it is. Coming off the heels of one of the Mountaineers worst defensive performances of the season, WVU (16-12, 7-8 Big 12) now has to figure out a way to slow down quite possibly the best college basketball player on the planet. That challenge comes to pass at 5:30 p.m. today inside Hope Coliseum. He is BYU freshman A.J. Dybantsa, a scoring machine who averages 25.1 points per game and shoots 53% from the field, ...
