Baylor topples No. 10 WVU

February 28, 2017

WACO, Texas (AP) — Ishmail Wainright is the lone senior for 11th-ranked Baylor, and was recognized with a video tribute after his final home game. This also likely was the Ferrell Center finale for Johnathan Motley, a standout junior and potential NBA lottery pick who delivered quite a farewell to Bears fans if this was indeed his last game there. Motley scored 19 of his 23 points after halftime in a 71-62 victory over 10th-ranked West Virginia on Monday night. The Bears avenged a 21-point loss in Morgantown on Jan. 10, when they were playing their first-ever game as No. 1 in the ...

WVU hosts Texas Tech

February 18, 2017

MORGANTOWN — Do you remember when you were first learning how to ride a bicycle and you fell off and then you got back on? Well, West Virginia fell off its bicycle Monday night in Kansas and now it must hop back on and get ready for an outstanding Texas Tech team in the WVU Coliseum this afternoon. The ball goes into the air at 2 p.m. ESPN2 will carry the game nationally. The Red Raiders are coming off an 84-78 home victory over No. 4 Baylor, and nearly knocked off third-ranked Kansas last Saturday in Lubbock. Tech already owns a 77-76 in overtime win over No. 9 West Virginia ...

WVU Mountaineers to take on Sooners in Oklahoma tonight

February 8, 2017

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia travels to Norman, Oklahoma, for tonight’s game against the Sooners seeking a first-ever victory at the Lloyd Noble Center. The Mountaineers are 0-4 there since joining the Big 12 in 2012, losing by two last year, by 19 in 2015, by 10 in 2014 and by 13 in 2013. Last year’s game came down to a Khadeem Lattin follow-up basket with one second left after West Virginia tied the game with 26 seconds left on two Jonathan Holton free throws. The Mountaineers led 48-41 with 13:46 remaining in the second half before Oklahoma rallied. It was a similar deal ...

No. 7 Mountaineers overwhelm Iowa State, 85-72, on the road

February 1, 2017

AMES, Iowa (AP) — West Virginia and Iowa State entered Tuesday night’s game tied for third place in the Big 12. But the Mountaineers are trending upward — and the Cyclones looked like they might be in trouble. Nathan Adrian scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as ...

No. 18 Mountaineers taking on Texas A&M at home today

January 28, 2017

MORGANTOWN — The shadows on the WVU Coliseum floor could be a little more pronounced today when West Virginia takes on Texas A&M at noon, televised by ESPN. That’s because the Aggies are big — or as President Trump is fond of saying, “yuge!’ A&M’s starting five goes 6-foot-10, 6-foot-10, 6-foot-9, 6-foot-9 and 6-foot-4 across the board, and then it has a couple more bigs it can bring off the bench. Not only are they long, but they’re wide, too. Sophomore center Tyler Davis goes 270, freshman forward Robert Williams, who some believe could be a lottery pick ...

WVU filling holes on team

January 26, 2017

ORLANDO, Fla. —  With National Letter of Intent Signing Day slated for Feb. 1, West Virginia University head football coach Dana Holgorsen and his staff has been busy since the Mountaineers’ 31-14 loss in the Russell Athletic Bowl in December looking to fill the holes left by a senior class which included two-year starting quarterback Skyler Howard. The staff has already addressed some of the depletions with the mid-year signings of junior college transfers Hakeem Bailey, a 6-foot-1 cornerback from Iowa Western Community College, Jalen Harvey (6-2, DL, Northwest Mississippi CC), ...