Kedrian Johnson, Emmitt Matthews lead West Virginia over No. 11 Iowa State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kedrian Johnson tied a career high with 22 points, and West Virginia held off No. 11 Iowa State, 76-71, on Wednesday night. Emmitt Mathews added a season-high 20 points for the Mountaineers (15-9, 4-7 Big 12), who have won five of seven to get their season moving...
Calijah Kancey, Joey Porter Jr. among 15 Pitt, PSU, WVU players invited to NFL Combine
The spoils of the 2022 college football season showed up for 15 Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia players in the form of invitations to the NFL Combine. The one-stop scouting mission, one of the biggest events on the NFL calendar, will be held Feb. 28 through March 6 at...
Erik Stevenson scores 34, West Virginia routs Oklahoma
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Erik Stevenson topped his week-old career high by putting up 34 points as West Virginia routed Oklahoma, 93-61, on Saturday night. The Mountaineers snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Sooners, taking control early and pulling away late. West Virginia held a 26-point lead at halftime. Oklahoma...
West Virginia adds 3-star defensive lineman on signing day
West Virginia football added one recruit to its 2023 class Wednesday. Treasure Coast (Florida) defensive lineman Corey McIntyre signed with the Mountaineers. The 6-foot-3, 290 pounder had 37 tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack as a senior. The three-star prospect ranked No. 65 among defensive lineman nationally and...
Without Mike Miles Jr., No. 15 TCU takes down West Virginia
FORT WORTH, Texas — Damion Baugh had 16 points and 10 assists, big man Eddie Lampkin Jr. made an unexpected return from injury and 15th-ranked TCU overcame the absence of top scorer Mike Miles Jr. to beat West Virginia 76-72 on Tuesday night. “We’re fighters, no matter what,” Baugh said....
WVU opens football season with 3-game stretch of games vs. Penn State, Duquesne, Pitt
West Virginia’s 2023 football schedule opens with a distinctly Pennsylvania flavor, featuring back-to-back-to-back nonconference games against Penn State, Duquesne and Pitt. The Mountaineers open Sept. 2 at Penn State in the third-longest series in school history. The series has been dormant since the most recent meeting in 1992, but it...
Stevenson’s 31 leads West Virginia over No. 15 AuburnVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Erik Stevenson kept putting pressure on himself to shoot better as West Virginia struggled against one ranked team after another. His time finally came Saturday. Stevenson scored a career-high 31 points, and the Mountaineers withstood a late rally from No. 15 Auburn to beat the Tigers, 80-77,...
Joe Toussaint scores 22 as West Virginia beats Texas TechVideo
LUBBOCK, Texas — Joe Toussaint scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half, Seth Wilson hit a career-high five 3-pointers and finished with 15 points and West Virginia beat Texas Tech, 76-61, on Wednesday night, the Red Raiders’ eighth consecutive loss. Erik Stevenson scored 16 points and grabbed...
Marcus Carr’s strong 2nd half lifts No. 7 Texas over West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Marcus Carr waited for his chance to score. Those opportunities came rushing to the Texas guard in the second half. Carr scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half to lead No. 7 Texas to a 69-61 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. The...
Kedrian Johnson, Jimmy Bell lead West Virginia over No. 14 TCU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s physical brand of basketball under coach Bob Huggins was too much for TCU to handle. The Mountaineers took advantage of a bruising inside performance behind 285-pound forward Jimmy Bell Jr. to build a big early lead and outlast No. 14 TCU, 74-65, on Wednesday night....
Sherfield scores 22, Oklahoma closes out West Virginia, 77-76Video
NORMAN, Okla. — Grant Sherfield scored 22 points, Jalen Hill made four clutch free throws in the final minute and Oklahoma defeated West Virginia, 77-76, on Saturday. Hill added 14 points for Oklahoma (11-6, 2-3 Big 12), and Milos Uzan had 11 points, nine rebounds and five assists. At 1...
West Virginia men remain winless in Big 12 after loss to BaylorVideo
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Freshman Keyonte George scored a season-high 32 points to lead Baylor to an 83-78 victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night. Baylor led by six at halftime, and the lead changed eight times in the second half. George, who made 10 of 18 field goals with...
No. 3 Kansas takes care of West Virginia men
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman Gradey Dick scored 16 points, Jalen Wilson had 14 points and 14 rebounds and No. 3 Kansas rode a hot start to a 76-62 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. Kansas (14-1, 3-0 Big 12) has won eight straight and avoided the nail-biting finishes of...
Oklahoma State holds on late, beats West Virginia
STILLWATER, Okla. — Bryce Thompson scored 15 points and Oklahoma State held off West Virginia late to win its Big 12 Conference home opener, 67-60, on Monday night. The Mountaineers ended last week ranked No. 24, but they dropped out of the Associated Press poll after falling at Kansas State...
Kansas State rallies, beats No. 24 West Virginia in OT
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Markquis Nowell had a game-high 23 points and 10 assists, Keyontae Johnson scored 18, and Abayomi Iyiola added a career-best 14 points as Kansas State rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat No. 24 West Virginia, 82-76, in overtime in the Big 12 opener for both teams...
No. 1 Purdue headlines AP Top 25; Miami leaps, UNC returns
Purdue remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for a third straight week, while preseason No. 1 North Carolina returned to the rankings and New Mexico cracked the poll for the first time in eight years. The Boilermakers earned 40 of 60 first-place votes in Monday’s...
Kedrian Johnson, West Virginia hold off Stony Brook
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kedrian Johnson scored 18 points, and West Virginia turned back persistent Stony Brook, 75-64, on Thursday night. The Mountaineers (10-2) only led 28-24 at the half. After building a 19-point lead in the second half, WVU allowed the Seawolves (4-9) within nine with more than 2 1/2...
Laurel Highlands’ Rodney Gallagher headlines West Virginia 2023 recruiting class
Neal Brown calls Rodney Gallagher a “local” player. The West Virginia football coach said when he drives home each day, he takes an exit that says Uniontown on the sign. He was happy to welcome the four-star recruit into his program as part of the 2023 recruiting class, emphasizing his...
Kedrian Johnson scores 17 to help West Virginia beat UAB
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kedrian Johnson scored 17 points, Emmitt Matthews Jr. added 16 — with four 3-pointers — and nine rebounds and West Virginia beat UAB, 81-70, on Saturday night to snap the Blazers’ six-game win streak. Joe Toussaint had 14 points and three steals, and Tre Mitchell had 13...
Tre Mitchell scores 19, West Virginia beats Navy 85-64Video
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tre Mitchell scored 19 points to lead West Virginia to an 85-64 win over Navy on Wednesday night. Erik Stevenson added 13 points, Joe Toussaint 12 and Kedrian Johnson 11 for the Mountaineers (7-2). Freshman Austin Benigni scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, and Sean Yoder added...
Tim Benz: 12-team college football playoff will solve some complaints, create others
Now that we know what to complain about regarding this year’s College Football Playoff, let’s compare that to what we’ll be griping about in 2024 — when the format expands from four to 12 teams. Oh, because, trust me, we’ll still be complaining. The only question is, will the complaints...
Boum, Nunge lead Xavier’s rally past West Virginia 84-74Video
CINCINNATI — Souley Boum scored 23 points, Jack Nunge added 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Xavier defeated West Virginia, 84-74, in the Big East-Big 12 Battle on Saturday night. Boum, coming off an all-tournament performance at the Phil Knight Legacy, added seven assists and four rebounds. He attempted only...
Football coach Neal Brown’s job is safe, WVU announces
West Virginia football coach Neal Brown will keep his job for the time being, a decision made Wednesday soon after new athletic director Wren Baker’s hiring was announced. Brown has a 22-25 record, the worst four-year stretch at West Virginia since the football team went 17-27 under Frank Cignetti from...
West Virginia hires North Texas AD Wren Baker under 6-year deal
West Virginia on Wednesday named North Texas athletic director Wren Baker to the same position with the Mountaineers, giving him the task of deciding whether to retain football coach Neal Brown. Baker replaces Shane Lyons, who was fired earlier this month. He was given a six-year contract that will pay...
Tre Mitchell, West Virginia beat Florida for 5th place at PK Legacy tournament
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tre Mitchell scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Erik Stevenson added 15 points and West Virginia beat Florida, 84-55, on Sunday night in the Phil Knight Legacy tournament’s fifth-place game. Stevenson made 6 of 8 from the field, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and...
