No. 17 West Virginia overcomes slow start, beats Iowa State
AMES, Iowa — Taz Sherman hit two free throws with 6.4 seconds remaining and finished with 18 points as No. 17 West Virginia held on to beat Iowa State, 76-72, on Tuesday night. Sherman was 5 of 7 from the floor and made 7 of 8 shots from the line...
Gonzaga, Baylor top AP Top 25, Sooners climb, Drake in
Baylor has overshadowed nearly everything in the Big 12 this season as it tries to complete an undefeated season. Oklahoma has been making a statement of its own. With a win over then-No. 9 Alabama on Saturday, the Sooners became just the second team in 25 years to beat three...
Miles McBride, No. 11 West Virginia stage wild rally to beat No. 10 Texas Tech
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Miles McBride made a go-ahead jumper with 6 seconds left and finished with a season-high 24 points, helping No. 11 West Virginia rally for a wild 88-87 victory over No. 10 Texas Tech on Monday night. Jalen Bridges and reserve Sean McNeil each scored 13 points for...
Gonzaga, Baylor remain atop AP Top 25; Alabama cracks top 10
Gonzaga and Baylor have remained firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll all season while everyone else keeps rotating in and out of the top 10 beneath them as potential challengers. This week, that includes Alabama for the first time in 14 years. While the Bulldogs and Bears...
Miles McBride, Jalen Bridges help No. 14 West Virginia beat Kansas StateVideo
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Miles McBride scored 18 points to help No. 14 West Virginia beat Kansas State, 69-47, on Saturday in the Mountaineers’ first game in two weeks because of covid-19 protocols.. Jalen Bridges added 12 points, and Taz Sherman had 10 for West Virginia (10-4, 3-3 Big 12). Mike...
WVU men’s basketball game at Baylor rescheduled for Feb. 18
The West Virginia men’s basketball team received some good news from the Big 12 Conference on Monday as a game postponed because of covid issues has been rescheduled. The Mountaineers’ matchup with Baylor, originally scheduled for Jan. 12, now will be at 5 p.m. Feb. 18, in Waco, Texas. The...
Kentucky adds former West Virginia forward Oscar TshiebweVideo
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky announced former West Virginia forward Oscar Tshiebwe has transferred to the program and will be eligible after sitting out next season, per NCAA transfer rules. The 6-foot-9 sophomore from Congo with a 7-5 wingspan left the Mountaineers’ program Jan. 1 for personal reasons. A preseason All-Big...
WVU men’s basketball games with TCU, Oklahoma State postponed
The Big 12 Conference on Tuesday announced the West Virginia men’s basketball team will not play home games with TCU (Saturday) and Oklahoma State (Jan. 19) because the Mountaineers were not able to meet necessary covid-19 requirements set forth by the conference. The same issue had already postponed Tuesday’s matchup...
West Virginia-Baylor men’s basketball game postponed
The West Virginia men’s basketball team will not play its scheduled game at No. 2 Baylor on Tuesday. The Big 12 Conference on Monday announced the Mountaineers were not able to meet necessary covid-19 requirements set forth by the conference. No. 13-ranked WVU and Baylor are working with the conference...
Last second 3-pointer lifts No. 4 Texas over No. 14 West VirginiaVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Three years to the day since Texas coach Shaka Smart told his players Andrew Jones was diagnosed with leukemia, the junior guard put his latest stamp on what is turning into a special season for the Longhorns. Jones hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift...
West Virginia QB Austin Kendall enters transfer portal
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia quarterback Austin Kendall plans to play elsewhere next season. West Virginia football spokesman Mike Montoro confirmed Tuesday that Kendall has put his name into the NCAA’s transfer database. Kendall came on in relief of Jarret Doege in the second half of the Liberty Bowl and...
Derek Culver leads No. 14 West Virginia from 19 down past Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. — After a disappointing performance in his previous game, Derek Culver bounced back in a big way. Culver had 22 points and 19 rebounds to help No. 14 West Virginia rally from 19 down in the second half to beat Oklahoma State, 87-84, on Monday night. Miles McBride...
Gonzaga-Baylor remain 1-2 in AP Top 25; Texas rises to No. 4
While Gonzaga and Baylor remain firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, Shaka Smart and fourth-ranked Texas are making a push into the rankings’ top tier, too. The top-ranked Zags and second-ranked Bears remained 1-2 in Monday’s latest Top 25 as they have all season. But the Longhorns...
No. 9 West Virginia loses road game vs. OklahomaVideo
NORMAN, Okla. — Umoja Gibson made eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 29 points, and Oklahoma recovered after blowing an 18-point halftime lead to beat No. 9 West Virginia, 75-71, on Saturday. The Sooners (6-1, 2-1 Big 12) have won three straight and four of five against the Mountaineers (8-3,...
WVU’s Oscar Tshiebwe steps away from program
West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins announced Friday sophomore forward Oscar Tshiebwe, a Kennedy Catholic graduate, is stepping away from the program for personal reasons. “Oscar has our full support, and we certainly wish him the best during this time,” Huggins said in a statement. Later in a video...
West Virginia rallies to beat Army in Liberty BowlVideo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Reserve quarterback Austin Kendall threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Simmons with 5 minutes, 10 seconds left, and West Virginia held off Army, 24-21, on Thursday in the Liberty Bowl. Army (9-3) had a chance to tie it with 1:50 left, but Quinn Maretzki’s 39-yard field...
West Virginia gets challenge of playing Army in Liberty Bowl
Count West Virginia coach Neal Brown among those wanting to see Army play a bowl game. He will get the chance when his Mountaineers take on Army in the Liberty Bowl after the Black Knights were tapped as a covid-19 replacement for Tennessee. Brown sees this as a big opportunity...
WVU’s Isaiah Cottrell to miss rest of season with Achilles injury
The end of 2020 has brought tough news to the West Virginia men’s basketball team. Isaiah Cottrell, the highly touted 6-foot-10 freshman from Las Vegas, will miss the rest of the 2020-21 season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in his left leg in the first half of Tuesday’s game...
Jeff Monken’s run at Army still going strong
WEST POINT, N.Y. — When Army came calling at Jeff Monken’s door, departing for the north was not on his mind. He was content as head coach at Georgia Southern, fresh from pulling off one of the biggest college football upsets in recent memory — 26-20 over the Florida Gators...
West Virginia pulls away from Northeastern in 2nd half for victoryVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Derek Culver scored 18 points, Oscar Tshiebwe had 12 points and 15 rebounds and No. 9 West Virginia used its size advantage to beat Northeastern, 73-51, on Tuesday. Emmitt Matthews added 13 points for the Mountaineers (8-2). Tyson Walker scored 10 points for Northeastern (1-5) but was...
Pitt’s Jones, WVU’s Stills named Sporting News first-team All-Americans
Pitt senior defensive end Patrick Jones II and West Virginia senior defensive tackle Darius Stills have been named first-team All-Americans by the Sporting News, the publication announced Tuesday. Jones is the 94th first-team All-American in Pitt football history. He finished the season with 44 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss,...
Gonzaga, Big Ten continue to dominate latest AP Top 25
It’s hard to decide who has been more dominant in men’s college basketball this season: Gonzaga or the Big Ten Conference. The Bulldogs remained the clear-cut No. 1 on Monday, earning 62 of 64 first-place votes in The Associated Press poll after their latest win over a Top 25 foe,...
Pitt defensive end Rashad Weaver named first-team AP All-American; Patrick Jones picked second team
Defensive end Rashad Weaver was named Monday the 93rd first-team All-American in Pitt history and the school’s first since defensive tackle Aaron Donald in 2013. Patrick Jones II, who lined up as Pitt’s defensive end on the opposite side of Weaver, was named to the second team. The pair combined...
West Virginia LB Tony Fields II shares Big 12 top newcomer awardVideo
Iowa State running back Breece Hall and linebacker Mike Rose are the Associated Press Big 12 Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year after the Cyclones’ best conference season ever also earned Matt Campbell coach of the year honors. The Big 12 runner-up Cyclones will play in a New Year’s...
No. 3 Kansas heats up in second half, puts down No. 7 West VirginiaVideo
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Christian Braun hit six 3-pointers and had 22 points, Jalen Wilson hit four 3s and scored 17, and No. 3 Kansas shrugged off a mid-game malaise before cruising past seventh-ranked West Virginia 79-65 on Tuesday night. Marcus Garrett finished with 15 points, Ochai Agbaji had 11 points...
