2015-16 Schedule/Results Game 21 - Florida Date Opponent Television Time/Results N13 Northern Kentucky West Virginia Media W/107-61 N16 vs. James Madison # ROOT SPORTS W/86-73 N20 Stetson + ROOT SPORTS W/103-62 N23 Bethune-Cookman + ROOT SPORTS W/97-44 N26 vs. Richmond ^ FS1 W/67-59 N27 vs. San Diego State ^ FS1 W/72-50 D5 Kennesaw State ROOT SPORTS W/87-54 D8 vs. Virginia! ESPN L/54-70 D13 UL Monroe West Virginia Media W/100-58 D17 vs. Marshall # ESPNU W/86-68 D21 Eastern Kentucky ESPNU W/84-59 D30 at Virginia Tech ESPNU W/88-63 J2 at Kansas State * ESPNU W/87-83 2OT J4 at TCU * ESPN2 W/95-87 J9 Oklahoma State * ESPNU W/77-60 J12 Kansas * ESPN2 W/74-63 J16 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 L/68-70 J20 Texas * ESPNU L/49-56 J23 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS W/80-76 J26 Kansas State * ESPNEWS W/70-55 J30 at Florida $ ESPN Noon F2 at Iowa State * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. F6 Baylor * ESPN2 8:00 p.m. F9 at Kansas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. F13 TCU * ESPNU Noon F16 at Texas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. F20 Oklahoma * ESPN/ESPN2 4:00 p.m. F22 Iowa State * ESPN 9:00 p.m. F27 at Oklahoma State * ESPNU 6:00 p.m. M2 Texas Tech * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M5 at Baylor * ESPN/ESPN2 TBA M9-12 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA + Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Morgantown, W.Va. ^ Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, Nevada! Jimmy V Classic, New York, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. $ Big 12/SEC Challenge * Big 12 Conference game Note: All Times Eastern Athletic Communications Asst. Athletic Director/Communications...Bryan Messerly Phone...304-293-2821 e-mail...bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu Twitter...@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops Web...WVUsports.com Follow the Mountaineers on... youtube/wvusports big12sports.com Florida Gators (13-7, 5-3) DATE: Saturday, January 30, 2016 LOCATION: Stephen C. O Connell Center (11,548) in Gainesville, Fla. TIPOFF: Noon ET SERIES: Florida leads 4-3 TV: ESPN (Mark Jones and Kara Lawson) RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi, Jay Jacobs & Dan Wolfgang) OFFICIALS: Announced on game day No. 9/9 West Virginia Mountaineers (17-3, 6-2) No. 9 West Virginia-Florida Meet in Big 12/SEC Challenge WVU is looking for its first win in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. WVU lost to LSU last year and at Missouri two years ago. WVU was 1-1 in the Big East/SEC Challenge. WVU defeated Auburn in Birmingham (2007) and lost at Miss. St. (2011). Florida assistant Darris Nichols played in 141 games at WVU from 2005-08, playing for Bob Huggins in 2008. He scored 993 points and still holds the NCAA record for most games played without fouling out (141). With a win over Texas Tech, Bob Huggins moved into sole possession of 10th place on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. Huggins record now stands at 782-315 in his 34th season as a head coach. He needs four wins to tie Lefty Driesell for ninth place. Huggins has moved past Lute Olson and Lou Henson on the all-time list this season. Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. Senior Jaysean Paige earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors on Jan. 4. He had a career-high 26 points vs. Kansas. Paige is averaging 17.0 points per game in Big 12 Conference contests. Ninety-three of Bob Huggins 192 West Virginia victories have been away from the WVU Coliseum. West Virginia is 90-24 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 48-4 mark at home. West Virginia is 121-30 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 12 seasons. WVU has won 132 of its last 161 games against unranked teams, including 67 of its last 76 at the WVU Coliseum. Last year, WVU won 11 Big 12 Conference games, its most since joining the conference in 2012. WVU leads the country in steals and forced turnovers. WVU ranks second in offensive rebounds per game, 3-point field goal percentage defense and free throw attempts. WVU is forcing its opponents to turn it over on 26.6 percent of their possessions. WVU averages 23.6 points off turnovers and 18.2 points per game from second chance points. WVU has forced 30 or more turnovers in three games this season. WVU has had at least seven steals in all but one game and has forced 14 or more turnovers in all but one game. WVU is holding its opponents to 0.87 points per possession, the lowest rate in the country. WVU is averaging 32.5 points from its bench this season. WVU s bench has scored 30 or more in 10 of last 12 games. WVU has shot 40 percent or better in 17 games this season, including six games of 50 percent or higher. The Mountaineers have been ranked 53 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 20 weeks in the AP Top 10. Only Fred Schaus (1954-60) had WVU ranked more weeks in the AP Top 25 (60 weeks). Bob Huggins was named the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year in 2014-15. Huggins has won conference coach of the year honors 11 times in his 34 years as a head coach and won the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award in 2015. He has won national coach of the year honors six times. West Virginia was 21-0 last season when holding its opponents to 69 points or less and is 13-1 this season. The Mountaineers have won 34 of their last 35 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU led the nation in steals (376), steals per game (10.2), forced turnovers (678) and offensive rebounds (16.3) last season. WVU never led in any category in the final NCAA statistics in school history until the 2014-15 season. WVU outrebounded its opponents on the offensive glass 575 to 312 last season and is 334 to 168 this season. The Mountaineers took 512 more shots (14.6 per game) than their opponents last season (2,138 to 1,626). This year, the Mountaineers have taken 268 more shots (13.4 per game) than their opponents. This year, the Mountaineers have forced more turnovers (396) than opponents made field goals (390). West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 543 consecutive games. Devin Williams shows 25 double-doubles for his career. He has 28 career double-figure rebounding performances. Williams was named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Watch List and the mid-season Lute Olson Award Watch List. West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 49 times under Bob Huggins (296 games). WVU is 155-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 44 of its last 46 and 100 of its last 111 games when holding opponents under 69 points. West Virginia is 53-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. West Virginia is 147-26 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. West Virginia is 155-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. West Virginia is 132-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. The Mountaineers are 139-23 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. West Virginia is 143-31 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. WVU is 20-8 all-time on Jan. 30 and 498-318 all-time in the month of January.
Bob Huggins Huggins is WVU s 21st head basketball coach. Huggins is a Morgantown native and a 1977 graduate of West Virginia University. Huggins has won 782 games in 34 seasons as a head coach. Huggins ranks third in total victories among active Division I head coaches. Huggins ranks 10th among the NCAA s all-time winningest coaches. Huggins ranks 20th in winning percentage (.710) among active Division I head coaches. Huggins teams have participated in postseason play in 29 of his 33 seasons, including 21 NCAA Tournaments. His squads have won 20 or more games in all but seven of his 33 campaigns, including 30 or more twice. Huggins averages 23.3 victories a season. Huggins has made two NCAA Final Fours and four NCAA Elite Eight appearances. Huggins has been named national coach of the year six times. Huggins teams have finished in the Top 10 final rankings eight times. Huggins has coached 12 All-Americans and 62 allconference selections. Huggins has coached 18 NBA draft picks, including six first round selections and four lottery picks. Huggins has won 13 conference regular season titles. Huggins has won 10 conference tournament titles. Year-By-Year Year School Position Record 1977-78 West Virginia Grad. Assistant 12-16 1978-79 Ohio State (NIT) Assistant Coach 19-12 1979-80 Ohio State (NCAA) Assistant Coach 21-8 1980-81 Walsh College Head Coach 14-16 1981-82 Walsh College (NAIA) Head Coach 23-9 1982-83 Walsh College (NAIA) Head Coach 34-1 1983-84 UCF Assistant Coach 15-13 1984-85 Akron Head Coach 12-14 1985-86 Akron (NCAA) Head Coach 22-8 1986-87 Akron (NIT) Head Coach 21-9 1987-88 Akron Head Coach 21-7 1988-89 Akron (NIT) Head Coach 21-8 1989-90 Cincinnati (NIT) Head Coach 20-14 1990-91 Cincinnati (NIT) Head Coach 18-12 1991-92 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 29-5 1992-93 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 27-5 1993-94 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 22-10 1994-95 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 23-11 1995-96 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 28-5 1996-97 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 26-8 1997-98 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 27-6 1998-99 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 27-6 1999-00 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 29-4 2000-01 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 25-10 2001-02 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 31-4 2002-03 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 17-12 2003-04 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 25-7 2004-05 Cincinnati (NCAA) Head Coach 25-8 2006-07 Kansas State (NIT) Head Coach 23-12 2007-08 West Virginia (NCAA) Head Coach 26-11 2008-09 West Virginia (NCAA) Head Coach 23-12 2009-10 West Virginia (NCAA) Head Coach 31-7 2010-11 West Virginia (NCAA) Head Coach 21-12 2011-12 West Virginia (NCAA) Head Coach 19-14 2012-13 West Virginia Head Coach 13-19 2013-14 West Virginia (NIT) Head Coach 17-16 2014-15 West Virginia (NCAA) Head Coach 25-10 2015-16 West Virginia Head Coach 17-3 Overall 34th Season 782-315 By The Numbers 2 Appearances in the NCAA Final Four (1992, 2010) 3 Times earning the Ray Meyer Award as the Conference USA Coach of the Year (1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00); also named the Conference USA Coach of the Decade 4 Appearances in the NCAA Elite Eight (1992, 1993, 1996, 2010) 5 Conference Players of the Year (Danny Fortson 1996 and 1997; Kenyon Martin 2000; Steve Logan 2001 and 2002) 6 Times named National Coach of the Year (1991-92 Hoop Scoop, 1992-93 Playboy, 1997-98 Basketball Times, 1999-2000 The Sporting News, 2001-02 ESPN.com, 2014-15 Jim Phelan Award) 6 Number of NCAA appearances at West Virginia (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) 8 Top-10 final poll rankings 10 Conference tournament titles 12 Number of All-Americans in coaching tenure (Bobby Brannan - 1998, Da Sean Butler 2010, Danny Fortson 1995-1997, DerMarr Johnson - 2000, Kevin Jones 2012, Steve Logan 2001-2002, Kenyon Martin 1999-2000, Pete Mickeal 2000, Ruben Patterson - 1998, Juwan Staten - 2015, Nick Van Exel - 1993, Dontonio Wingfield - 1994) 13 Conference regular season titles 14 Consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances at Cincinnati (1992-2005) 18 NBA Draft picks, including six first round selections and four lottery picks (Marcel Boyce 1987; Corie Blount and Nick Van Exel 1993; Dontonio Wingfield 1994; Danny Fortson 1997; Ruben Patterson 1998; Melvin Levett 1999; Kenyon Martin, DerMarr Johnson and Pete Mickeal 2000; Kenny Satterfield 2001; Steve Logan 2002; Jason Maxiell 2005; James White 2006; Joe Alexander 2008; Bill Walker 2008; Da Sean Butler and Devin Ebanks 2010) 21 NCAA Tournament appearances 26 Number of 20-win seasons in his 33 years as a head coach, including 15 seasons of 25 wins or more 29 Postseason appearances; 21 NCAA appearances, six NIT appearances (two at Akron; two at Cincinnati; one at Kansas State; one at West Virginia) and two NAIA 62 All-Conference selections in Division I (43 at Cincinnati; three at Akron; two at Kansas State; 14 at West Virginia) WINNINGEST ALL-TIME DIVISION I MEN S BASKETBALL COACHES Coach Wins 1. Mike Krzyzewski 1,033 2. Bob Knight 902 3. Dean Smith 879 4. Adolph Rupp 876 5. Jim Calhoun 873 6. Jim Boeheim 861 7. Jim Phelan 830 8. Eddie Sutton 806 9. Lefty Driesell 786 10. Bob Huggins 782 11. Cliff Ellis 781 12. Lute Olson 780 13. Lou Henson 779 14. Roy Williams 768 15. Ed Diddle 759 16. Henry Iba 755 17. Bo Ryan 747 18. Phog Allen 746 19. Rollie Massimino 745 20. John Chaney 741 Milestone Wins 1 - at Oberlin (11/22/80) 91-59 50 - vs. Mercyhurst (1/6/83) 65-56 100 vs. Tennessee Tech (2/10/86) 79-69 150 vs. Stephen F. Austin (12/3/88) 102-77 200 vs. Xavier (1/30/91) 69-56 250 vs. DePaul (1/30/93) 80-54 300 at Dayton (1/26/95) 81-60 350 vs. DePaul (2/1/97) 90-53 400 vs. UNC Wilmington (12/30/98) 81-52 450 vs. Youngstown State (12/20/00) 74-65 500 vs. Boston University (3/15/02) 90-52 550 vs. Jackson State (12/20/04) 95-43 600 at Canisius (12/22/07) 77-54 650 vs. Marquette (12/29/09) 63-62 700 vs. Missouri State (12/22/11) 70-68 750 vs. NC State (12/20/14) 83-69 By School School Tenure Won Lost Pct. Walsh 3 years 71 26.732 Akron 5 years 97 46.678 Cincinnati 16 years 399 127.759 Kansas State 1 year 23 12.657 West Virginia 9 years 192 104.652 Coaching Honors 2014-15 Season Big 12 Coach of the Year National Coach of the Year (Jim Phelan Award) West Virginia State Sportswriters Coach of the Year NABC District 8 Coach of the Year 2009-10 Season West Virginia State Sportswriters Coach of the Year Big East Tournament Champions 2008-09 Season West Virginia State Sportswriters Coach of the Year 2007-08 Season West Virginia State Sportswriters Coach of the Year 2006-07 Season USBWA District VI Coach of the Year Big 12 Coach of the Year by the Kansas City Star 2004-05 Season Conference USA Coach of the Decade 2003-04 Season Conference USA Regular Season Champions Conference USA Tournament Champions 2001-02 Season Conference USA Regular Season Champions Conference USA Tournament Champions National Coach of the Year (ESPN.com) 2000-01 Season Conference USA Regular Season Champions 1999-00 Season Conference USA Regular Season Champions Conference USA Coach of the Year Ohio College Coach of the Year National Coach of the Year (The Sporting News) 1998-99 Season Conference USA Regular Season Champions Conference USA Coach of the Year 1997-98 Season Conference USA Regular Season Champions Conference USA Tournament Champions Conference USA Coach of the Year National Coach of the Year (Basketball Times) 1996-97 Season Conference USA Regular Season Champions 1995-96 Season Conference USA Regular Season Champions Conference USA Tournament Champions Mideast Coach of the Year (Basketball Times) Ohio College Coach of the Year 1994-95 Season Great Midwest Tournament Champions 1993-94 Season Great Midwest Tournament Champions 1992-93 Season Great Midwest Conference Season Champions Great Midwest Tournament Champions Great Midwest Conference Coach of the Year National Coach of the Year (Playboy) 1991-92 Season Great Midwest Conference Season Champions Great Midwest Tournament Champions Great Midwest Conference Coach of the Year District 4 Coach of the Year (USBWA) Ohio College Coach of the Year Midwest Coach of the Year (Basketball Times) National Co-Coach of the Year (Hoop Scoop) 1989-90 Season Metro Conference Coach of the Year 1985-86 Season Ohio Valley Conference Champions Ohio Valley Coach of the Year 1984-85 Season Ohio Valley Coach of the Year 1982-83 Season Mid-Ohio Conference Champions NAIA District Champions Mid-Ohio Conference Coach of the Year NAIA District 22, NAIA Area 6 Coach of the Year 1981-82 Season Mid-Ohio Conference Champions Mid-Ohio Conference Coach of the Year NAIA District 22 Coach of the Year
Probable Mountaineer Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Statistics Notes 41 Devin Williams F 6-9 255 Jr. 13.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg Leads the Big 12 with eight double-doubles 23 Esa Ahmad F 6-8 225 Fr. 4.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg Two-time AP Ohio Player of the Year 11 Nathan Adrian F 6-9 240 Jr. 3.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg Leads WVU in career games played (88) 2 Jevon Carter G 6-2 195 So. 11.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg Set WVU freshman record for steals with 67 4 Daxter Miles Jr. G 6-3 195 So. 10.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg Has started every game of his career Mountaineers Off The Bench No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Statistics Notes 5 Jaysean Paige G 6-2 210 Sr. 13.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg Named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Jan. 4 1 Jonathan Holton F 6-7 220 Sr. 9.7 ppg, 7.5 rpg Suspended indefinitely (team rules violation) 12 Tarik Phillip G 6-3 200 Jr. 8.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg Scored eight points in final 58 seconds at Tech 45 Elijah Macon F 6-9 235 So. 6.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg Shooting 60.0 percent from the field (45-of-75) 0 Teyvon Myers G 6-2 170 Jr. 2.3 ppg, 1.0 rpg Leading scorer in junior college last year (25.0) 20 Brandon Watkins F 6-9 245 Jr. 0.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg Missed the first six games of the season 30 Richard Romeo III G 6-0 185 Sr. 0.3 ppg, 0.3 rpg Fourth year with the WVU program 3 James Bolden G 6-0 160 Fr. 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg Expected to miss this season with a torn ACL 13 James Long G 5-11 190 Jr. 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg Played in 10 games last season 15 Lamont West F 6-8 215 Fr. 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg Averaged 17.8 points in high school last year 21 Logan Routt F 6-11 250 Fr. 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg Averaged 20 points as a senior in high school Probable Florida Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Statistics 10 Dorian Finney-Smith F 6-8 220 Sr. 14.4 ppg, 8.3 rpg 24 Justin Leon F 6-8 196 Jr. 4.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg 15 John Egbunu C 6-11 255 So. 10.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg 4 KeVaughn Allen G 6-2 183 Fr. 11.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg 11 Chris Chiozza G 6-0 175 So. 6.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg Scouting Florida Florida is 13-7 overall and 5-3 in the SEC following a 60-59 loss at Vanderbilt on Tuesday. The Gators are 8-4 in non-conference play, including a 5-1 non-conference mark at home. Florida is 9-1 at home this season. The Gators only home loss was to Florida State, 73-71. Mike White, a 1999 graduate of Ole Miss, is in his first season at Florida. He is 114-47 in his fifth season overall. Series Record Against Florida West Virginia and Florida will meet for the eighth time in series play. The last meeting took place on Dec. 20, 2003, with Florida defeating WVU, 70-57, in the Orange Bowl Classic. A year earlier, the Mountaineers defeated No. 8 Florida, 68-66, in Charleston, W.Va. The series begain on Jan. 30, 1963, a 114-67 West Virginia win in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia is 0-1 against Florida in Jacksonville, 0-1 in Gainesville and 0-1 in Miami. West Virginia is 27-33 against current members of the Southeastern Conference. West Virginia is 16-15 all-time in games played in the state of Florida. Bob Huggins has never faced Florida as a collegiate head coach. WVU Basketball Tradition This is the 107th season and 113th year overall for West Virginia basketball, which began in 1903. The Mountaineers own a 1,693-1,053 all-time record in intercollegiate basketball competition, ranking the Mountaineers 23rd in wins among all Division I schools. WVU has earned 26 NCAA berths and 16 NIT trips since 1941, and has finished in the Top 25 18 times, including an amazing nine straight years from 1955-63. In the past 11 years, WVU has reached the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2015, NIT First Round in 2014, NCAA Second Round in 2012, NCAA Third Round in 2011, the NCAA Final Four in 2010, made the NCAA Tournament in 2009, reached the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2008, won the NIT in 2007, reached the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2006 and made it to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2005. In 1958, the Mountaineers finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in both polls and in 1959, West Virginia, led by All-America guard Jerry West, lost in the NCAA finals to California. West Virginia has had 11 first team All-Americans, headlined by West, who went on to become one of basketball s all-time greats with the NBA s Los Angeles Lakers. Most recently, Juwan Staten was named to the Lute Olson All-America team in 2015, Da Sean Butler earned All-America first team honors in 2010 by John Wooden and Basketball Times and Kevin Jones earned All-America first team honors in 2012 by John Wooden. Besides West, some of basketball s biggest names have been affiliated with the Old Gold & Blue, including former Lakers coach and general manager Fred Schaus, former NBA President of Basketball Operations Rod Thorn and former Utah Jazz broadcaster and NBA Hall of Famer Hot Rod Hundley. West Virginia has played in four different home venues: the ROTC Armory (1903-15), The Ark (1916-27), Stansbury Hall (1928-69) and the WVU Coliseum (1970-present). When the WVU Coliseum was closed due to asbestos removal during the 1999-2000 season, WVU played home games in Charleston, Wheeling and Fairmont. When West Virginia... Plays a home game: 9-1 Plays a road game: 4-1 Plays a game at a neutral site: 4-1 Plays a Big 12 game: 6-2 Plays a non-conference game: 11-1 Plays on Sunday: 1-0 Plays on Monday: 4-0 Plays on Tuesday: 2-1 Plays on Wednesday: 1-1 Plays on Thursday: 2-0 Plays on Friday: 3-0 Plays on Saturday: 4-1 Wears white uniforms: 9-1 Wears blue uniforms: 4-2 Wears gold uniforms: 4-0 Wears black uniforms: 0-0 Wins the tipoff: 14-1 Is ahead at halftime: 14-1 Is behind at halftime: 3-1 Is tied at halftime: 0-1 Plays an overtime game: 1-0 Leads by 10 or more points: 16-1 Trails by 10 or more points: 0-1 Leads entering the final minute: 16-0 Is behind entering the final minute: 1-3 Is tied entering the final minute: 0-0 Shoots 50% or better from the field: 6-0 Shoots less than 50% from the field: 11-3 Allows the opponent to shoot 50% or better: 1-1 Holds the opponent to less than 50%: 16-2 Outshoots the opponent: 14-1 Outrebounds the opponent: 16-1 Is outrebounded by the opponent: 1-2 Has the same number of rebounds as the opponent: 0-0 Outscores the opponent in bench scoring: 15-2 Is outscored by the opponent s bench: 1-1 Scores the same as the opponent s bench: 1-0 Shoots more free throws than the opponent: 9-1 Shoots fewer free throws than the opponent: 8-2 Shoots the same number of free throws as the opponent: 0-0 Commits more fouls than the opponent: 7-2 Commits fewer fouls than the opponent: 9-0 Commits the same number of fouls as the opponent: 1-1 Has more turnovers than the opponent: 1-1 Has fewer turnovers than the opponent: 15-2 Has the same number of turnovers as the opponent: 1-0 Scores less than 60 points: 0-2 Scores 60-69 points: 1-1 Scores 70-79 points: 4-0 Scores 80 or more points: 12-0 Allows the opponent less than 60 points: 7-1 Allows the opponent 60-69 points: 6-0 Allows the opponent 70-79 points: 2-2 Allows the opponent more than 80 points: 2-0 West Virginia In Its 17 Wins/3 Losses WVU s field goal percentage: 47.3/38.1 WVU s free throw percentage: 66.9/50.0 WVU s 3-point field goal percentage: 32.4/19.6 WVU s free throw attempts/game: 31.5/22.0 WVU s offensive rebounds/game: 16.8/16.0 WVU s rebounds/game: 41.4/36.7 WVU s rebound margin/game: +11.4/+3.0 WVU s assists/game: 16.4/10.0 WVU s turnovers/game: 14.4/15.0 WVU s points/game: 85.9/57.0 Opponent s field goal percentage: 40.4/44.2 Opponent s points/game: 63.2/65.3 Opponent s turnovers/game: 20.6/15.0 Opponent s free throw attempts/game: 28.2/27.3 Wins are first, followed by losses
Double-Figure Scoring Games/2015-16 Devin Williams...14 Jaysean Paige...13 Jevon Carter...12 Daxter Miles Jr....12 Jonathan Holton...11 Tarik Phillip...6 Elijah Macon...3 Teyvon Myers...1 Nathan Adrian...1 Career Double-Figure Scoring Games Devin Williams...44 Daxter Miles Jr....27 Jevon Carter...23 Jonathan Holton...23 Jaysean Paige...20 Tarik Phillip...10 Nathan Adrian...8 Brandon Watkins...4 Elijah Macon...4 Teyvon Myers...1 20-Point Games/2015-16 Jaysean Paige...4 Devin Williams...3 Jevon Carter...2 Tarik Phillip...1 Career 20-Point Games Devin Williams...7 Jevon Carter...4 Jaysean Paige...4 Jonathan Holton...1 Daxter Miles Jr....1 Tarik Phillip...1 Double-Figure Rebounding Games/2015-16 Devin Williams...8 Jonathan Holton...6 Elijah Macon...1 Career Double-Figure Rebounding Games Devin Williams...28 Jonathan Holton...12 Juwan Staten...5 Brandon Watkins...1 Elijah Macon...1 Double-Doubles/2015-16 Devin Williams...8 Jonathan Holton...6 Elijah Macon...1 Career Double-Doubles Devin Williams... 25 Jonathan Holton...9 Brandon Watkins...1 Record Book Career Double-Doubles Player Years D-D Jerry West 1958-60 70 Warren Baker 1973-76 54 Rod Thorn 1961-63 50 Lloyd Sharrar 1956-58 44 Maurice Robinson 1975-78 42 Kevin Jones 2009-12 33 Carey Bailey 1968-69 33 Rod Hundley 1955-57 32 Tom Lowry 1962-64 31 Devin Williams 2014-25 Mack Isner 1952-54 25 Damian Owens 1995-98 25 Career Offensive Player Years OR Kevin Jones 2009-12 450 Chris Brooks 1988-91 320 Pervires Greene 1991-94 304 Ricky Robinson 1991-94 304 Chris Moss 1999-02 292 Marcus Goree 1997-00 284 Da Sean Butler 2007-10 270 Damian Owens 1995-98 266 Devin Williams 2014-238 Darryl Prue 1986-89 230 Wellington Smith 2007-10 222 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Champions WVU defeated Richmond (67-59) and San Diego State (72-50) to win the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. Devin Williams was named tournament MVP, while Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles Jr. were named to the all-tournament team. WVU s championship was its first in Las Vegas. Last year, the Mountaineers won the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. Winning Non-Conference Mark West Virginia is assured of a winning non-conference mark for the 24th consecutive season. West Virginia is 121-30 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 12 seasons. The last time WVU did not post a winning non-league record was 1990-91, when WVU went 4-4 outside of conference play. WVU is 90-24 in non-conference games under Bob Huggins. WVU has finished with one loss during non-conference play in seven different seasons. They were: 1981-82 when West Virginia went 11-1 out of the Atlantic 10, 1957-58 when WVU lost only to Duke in going 11-1, 1996-97 when the Mountaineers were 7-1, losing the season opener at Minnesota, 2004-05 when WVU went 10-1 outside the Big East, 2006-07 when the Mountaineers went 12-1 with their only loss to Arkansas, 2009-10 when WVU was 11-1 with its only loss at Purdue and 2014-15 when the Mountaineers had a one point home loss to LSU, finishing 12-1. WVU has had one perfect non-conference regular season, 10-0, in 1997-98. Non-Conference Records Since 1990 (Regular season games only) Year Conference Record 1990-91...Atlantic 10...4-4 1991-92...Atlantic 10...7-4 1992-93...Atlantic 10...8-3 1993-94...Atlantic 10...8-2 1995-96...Big East...5-3 1996-97...Big East...7-1 1997-98...Big East...10-0 1998-99...Big East...6-4 1999-00...Big East...8-3 2000-01...Big East...9-2 2001-02...Big East...7-5 2002-03...Big East...9-3 2003-04...Big East...8-3 2004-05...Big East...10-1 2005-06...Big East...9-4 2006-07...Big East...12-1 2007-08...Big East...11-2 2008-09...Big East...11-2 2009-10...Big East...11-1 2010-11...Big East...9-3 2011-12...Big East...10-3 2012-13...Big 12...7-6 2013-14...Big 12...8-5 2014-15...Big 12...12-1 2015-16...Big 12...11-1 In The Rankings West Virginia is ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press poll and No. 9 in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll. The Mountaineers were ranked as high as No. 6 in the AP poll and No. 7 in the USA Today poll on Jan. 18. The Mountaineers have been ranked 53 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 20 weeks in the AP Top 10. West Virginia has been ranked 73 weeks since Jan. 3, 2005 in the AP poll, and 186 weeks total in school history. WVU has been ranked in every USA Today poll this season and cracked the AP rankings on Nov. 30 at No. 20. Last year, WVU was as high as No. 14 in the AP poll on Jan. 5, 2015 and No. 12 in the USA Today poll on Feb. 2. Last year, WVU was ranked for 17 consecutive weeks. WVU finished No. 20 in the final AP poll and No. 21 in the final USA Today Coaches Poll. WVU was No. 6 in the final AP poll in 2010, its highest final ranking since a No. 5 ranking in 1959-60, and finished No. 22 in 2011. In 2010, WVU was ranked in the Top 10 for nine straight weeks - the most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 since 1960. Against Ranked Teams The Oklahoma game marked the 278th time in school history WVU played a team ranked in the AP Top 25. Bob Huggins has 29 wins over ranked teams at WVU: No. 1 Kansas (2015-16), No. 8 Kansas, No. 12 Maryland, No. 17 UConn, No. 18 Oklahoma and No. 22 Oklahoma State (2014-15), No. 8 Kansas, No. 21 Oklahoma and No. 11 Iowa State (2013-14), No. 9 Georgetown (2011-12), No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 8 Purdue, No. 11 Louisville, No. 13 Georgetown and No. 16 UConn (2010-11), No. 2 Kentucky, No. 9 Villanova, No. 15 Ole Miss, No. 19 Georgetown, No. 21 Ohio St., No. 22 Georgetown and No. 22 Pitt (2009-10), No. 2 Pitt, No. 12 Georgetown, No. 13 Villanova and No. 15 Ohio St. (2008-09) and No. 9 Duke, No. 10 Marquette and No. 15 UConn (2007-08). WVU owns 85 wins over AP-ranked teams. Since 1995, the Mountaineers have played 169 nationally ranked teams. The school has played 278 total games against nationally-ranked competition. That means more than 61 percent of the games against the best teams in the country have come during the last 22 seasons. WVU has played 119 ranked teams since the start of the 2004-05 season, winning 44 of those games. Bob Huggins has faced 75 ranked teams during the regular season in nine years, the most in school history. Gale Catlett faced 66 ranked teams during the regular season in 24 years, while John Beilein faced 34 ranked teams during regular season play in five years.
Preseason Bits West Virginia was predicted to finish sixth in the Big 12 Conference preseason coaches poll. In 10 of the last 13 seasons, the Mountaineers have finished higher than or equal to their preseason prediction. Junior forward Devin Williams was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team. Academic Success Thirty of the last 31 seniors on the WVU men s basketball team have graduated on time or early since 2004. This year, Devin Williams is a nominee for the Allstate NABC Good Works Team. In 2015, Kevin Noreen was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men s Basketball first team for the third year in a row. Gary Browne and Juwan Staten were named to the second team for the second time. Nathan Adrian was named to the first team, while teammates Elijah Macon and Brandon Watkins were second-team honorees. Three members of the 2010-11 team earned their bachelor and master s degrees while playing at WVU under Huggins: Joe Mazzulla, Cam Thoroughman and Jonnie West. Last year, WVU had 13 players on the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll with a 3.0 GPA or better. In 2010 and 2011, WVU men s basketball was also recognized nationally for ranking in the top 10 percent nationally among men s basketball programs for the Academic Progress Rate (APR). More Team Assists West Virginia is 99-29 in the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 51-25 mark in league games. WVU is 508-149 (.775) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 140-35 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 12 seasons. WVU s average margin of victory at home this year is +27.6. WVU is averaging 81.6 points per game at home this year. West Virginia is 86-66 under Bob Huggins in conference regular season games. Bob Huggins is 42-36 in Big 12 Conference games. He is 32-30 at WVU, and was 10-6 at Kansas State in 2006-07. The Mountaineers have won 65 of their last 93 conference games at the WVU Coliseum. Under Bob Huggins in the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 77.6 ppg while holding its opponents to 62.0 ppg. Bob Huggins has posted 35 conference road victories in nine seasons at WVU, including four Big 12 road wins last year and three Big 12 road wins this season. West Virginia is 82-6 at home against non-conference teams in the last 13 years, including 63 of its last 67. West Virginia has won 57 of its last 61 games at home in the month of December. Bob Huggins has wins over 29 ranked teams at WVU, including 11 wins over Top 10 teams. Bob Huggins has made 21 Division I NCAA Tourney appearances. Only four active coaches have made more appearances. Last year was WVU s sixth NCAA appearance in the last eight years and eighth appearance in the last 11 seasons. West Virginia made its 26th appearance in the NCAA Championship in 2014-15, reaching the NCAA Sweet 16. WVU has reached the Sweet 16 in six of its last nine NCAA appearances: (2015, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005 and 1998). West Virginia s basketball staff has 64 years of Division I head coaching experience. Player Assists Nathan Adrian: Has appeared in 88 career games with 23 starts... had 39 3-point field goals in 2013-14, tied for the sixth most by a WVU freshman in school history. Esa Ahmad: Named Player of the Year for the Northeast Lakes District and by the Associated Press for Division I in Ohio for two consecutive years... season-high 11 points against Stetson... has started every game he has played in... missed the Kansas State home game with a knee sprain. James Bolden: Three-time selection to the Kentucky All-State Basketball Team... suffered a torn ACL in September 2015. Jevon Carter: Second in the Big 12 in steals per game (1.97) as a freshman... scored 28 points vs. VMI as a freshman, three points shy of the WVU freshman record.... MOP of the 2014 and 2015 Chesapeake Energy Capital Classics... school record for freshman steals (67)... Big 12 All-Defensive Team... named to the Las Vegas All-Tournament Team. Jonathan Holton: Second in the Big 12 in offensive rebounds (4.1) and fifth in the league in rebounds (7.3)... has started every game of his WVU career... has posted six double-doubles this season. James Long: Transfer from Wofford... West Virginia native... season-high three points vs. Virginia Tech last year. Elijah Macon: Career-high 18 points against Stetson...... first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Bethune-Cookman... shooting 60.0 percent from the field. Daxter Miles Jr.: 27 games in double figures, including a career-high 23 points at Kansas last year... has started every game he dressed for... named to the Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament Team... six steals against San Diego State. Teyvon Myers: Leading scorer in junior college at 25.0 points per game on 45.4 percent shooting in 2014-15... reached double figures in every game and had a season-high 55 points against North Dakota State College of Science. Jaysean Paige: Has started 11 games... 25 points in double overtime win at Kansas State... named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week on Jan. 4... team-high 16 points against Virginia... career-high 26 points with five steals in the win over No. 1 Kansas... 22 points at Texas Tech... averaging 17.7 points per game in Big 12 play this season. Tarik Phillip: Had 38 steals last season... had a career-high 10 assists against Stetson... has 56 assists and 36 steals off the bench... had a career-high 22 points at Texas Tech, including scoring eight points in the final 58 seconds. Richard Romeo III: Walk-on from West Virginia in his fourth season... has played in 24 career games. Logan Routt: Tallied 1,089 career points at Camer High... All-State Class A First Team... was a three-year starter at QB. Brandon Watkins: Has appeared in 68 career games, making one start... played in 23 games before a knee injury sidelined him for the remainder of last season... career-high 14 points vs. K-State (2015)... missed first six games this year. Lamont West: Averaged 17.8 pts and 7.7 rbs as a HS senior... Class AAAAA Georgia All-State Honorable Mention honors. Devin Williams: Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team... 25 double-doubles...career-high 15 rebounds vs. Monmouth, Baylor, Iowa State and Northern Kentucky... 28 career double figure rebounding games... nine double-doubles last season and has posted eight double-doubles this season... All-Big 12 Honorable Mention... started the 2015-16 season off with five consecutive double-doubles, the first time a WVU player did so since 1960... had 23 points against Stetson and against Richmond... Las Vegas Invitational MVP... career-high 26 points against Kennesaw State. WVU s 1,000 Point Scorers Player Years Points Jerry West 1958-60 2,309 Rod Hundley 1955-57 2,180 Da Sean Butler 2007-10 2,095 Wil Robinson 1970-72 1,850 Kevin Jones 2009-12 1,822 Greg Jones 1980-83 1,797 Rod Thorn 1961-63 1,785 Kevin Pittsnogle 2003-06 1,708 Lowes Moore 1976-80 1,696 Ron Williams 1966-68 1,687 Chris Brooks 1988-91 1,661 Pervires Greene 1991-94 1,655 Damian Owens 1995-98 1,616 Darryl Bryant 2009-12 1,590 Warren Baker 1973-76 1,556 Mark Workman 1950-52 1,553 Lester Rowe 1982-85 1,524 Dale Blaney 1982-86 1,520 Darryl Prue 1986-89 1,426 Alex Ruoff 2006-09 1,420 Ricky Robinson 1991-94 1,373 Russel Todd 1980-83 1,350 Tracy Shelton 1989-93 1,316 Maurice Robinson 1975-78 1,307 Steve Berger 1987-90 1,262 Juwan Staten 2013-15 1,260 Chris Leonard 1989-92 1,235 Marcus Goree 1997-00 1,183 Marsalis Basey 1991-94 1,168 Seldon Jefferson 1995-97 1,168 Chris Moss 1999-02 1,167 Jim McCormick 1961-63 1,156 Mike Boyd 1991-94 1,136 Eddie Becker 1952-54 1,127 Bob Smith 1957-59 1,127 Bob Hummell 1968-70 1,117 Herbie Brooks 1986-89 1,105 Tom Lowry 1962-64 1,104 Lloyd Sharrar 1956-58 1,101 Tyrone Sally 2002-05 1,092 Lionel Armstead 1999-02 1,083 Dave Reaser 1966-68 1,071 Johannes Herber 2003-06 1,069 Drew Schifino 2002-04 1,048 Lee Patrone 1959-61 1,028 Tony Robertson 1976-77 1,026 Fred Schaus 1947-49 1,009 Patrick Beilein 2003-06 1,001 Leland Byrd 1944-48 1,000 Latest NCAA Statistics Scoring Offense (28th)...81.6 Scoring Defense (22nd)...63.6 Assists (71st)...15.5 Field Goal Percentage (80th)...46.0 Field Goal Percentage Defense (81st)...40.9 3-Point Field Goals Per Game (276th)...5.8 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (307th)...30.7 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense (2nd)...26.8 Blocked Shots (281st)...2.6 Steals (1st)...10.8 Turnovers Per Game (298th)...14.5 Turnover Margin (6th)...5.3 Assist Turnover Ratio (165th)...1.07 Free Throw Attempts (2nd)...601 Free Thows Made (10th)...391 Free Throw Percentage (305th)...65.1 Total Steals (2nd)...215 Offensive (2nd)...16.7 Turnovers Forced (1st)...19.84 Steals Jevon Carter (53rd)...1.85 Tarik Phillip (63rd)...1.84 Daxter Miles Jr. (93rd)...1.68 Per Game Devin Williams (95th)...8.2 Offensive Per Game Jonathan Holton (10th)...4.05 Devin Williams (61st)...3.1 Free Throws Made Devin Williams (91st)...88.0
Associated Press Poll Rank Team Points Previous 1 Oklahoma 1,592 1 2 North Carolina 1,586 2 3 Iowa 1,473 3 4 Kansas 1,369 3 5 Texas A&M 1,332 10 6 Villanova 1,261 4 7 Xavier 1,186 5 8 Maryland 1,111 7 9 West Virginia 1,105 6 10 Providence 1,005 16 11 Virginia 903 13 12 Michigan State 869 11 13 SMU 838 8 14 Iowa State 792 19 15 Miami 753 15 16 Louisville 719 17 17 Baylor 594 13 18 Arizona 502 12 19 Indiana 466 25 20 Kentucky 403 23 21 Purdue 328 22 22 Wichita State 151 NR 23 Oregon 149 NR 24 Duke 145 20 25 Notre Dame 136 NR USA Today Coaches Poll Rank Team Points Previous 1 North Carolina 791 2 2 Oklahoma 766 1 3 Kansas 680 3 4 Iowa 677 9 5 Texas A&M 650 8 6 Villanova 591 4 7 Maryland 581 5 8 Xavier 580 6 9 West Virginia 503 7 10 Providence 452 17 11 Michigan State 445 10 12 Virginia 430 13 13 Miami 412 14 14 Louisville 384 16 15 Arizona 341 11 16 Iowa State 312 21 17 Indiana 290 23 18 Baylor 281 15 19 Kentucky 242 19 20 Duke 183 12 21 Purdue 150 22 22 South Carolina 137 18 23 Pitt 118 20 24 Oregon 90 NR 25 Wichita State 60 NR Tracking The Mountaineers Date Associated Press USA Today Coaches Preseason RV 23 November 16 RV 22 November 23 RV 22 November 30 20 15 December 7 14 14 December 14 20 16 December 21 19 18 December 28 19 17 January 4 17 15 January 11 11 10 January 18 6 7 January 25 9 9 Speciality Stats (per game) WVU Opponent Points off Turnovers 23.6 12.4 Second Chance Points 18.2 8.5 Points in the Paint 39.1 25.8 Fast Break Points 6.7 4.8 Bench Points 32.5 21.4 Williams Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Junior Devin Williams was named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention team last season. He was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team this season. Williams was named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Preseason Watch List in November and Lute Olson Award Mid-Season Watch List. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native is a nominee for the NABC Good Works Team. Last year in the opener vs. Monmouth, Williams had 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds (12 on the offensive glass). He followed the Monmouth game with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Lafayette. He had 11 boards vs. Virginia Tech. Williams became the first WVU player in 41 years to open the season with three consecutive double-doubles when he had 16 points and 10 rebounds against George Mason. Warren Baker was the last to do so in 1973. This season in the opener against Northern Kentucky, Williams had 18 points and matched his career best with 15 rebounds. He followed that up with 19 points and 10 rebounds against James Madison and 23 points to go with 10 rebounds against Stetson. Williams posted his fourth double-double in a row against Bethune-Cookman, becoming the first Mountaineer to open the season with five double-doubles since Rod Thorn in 1960. For his performance in Las Vegas, he was named MVP of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. Against Kennesaw State on Dec. 5, he posted a career-high 26 points. He had 17 points and 12 rebounds in the win over No. 1 Kansas. Williams has 25 double-doubles and 28 double-figure rebounding performances during his career. Williams eight double-doubles in 2013-14 were the third most all-time by a WVU freshman. Williams nine double-doubles were the second most by a Big 12 player last season. Williams has posted eight double-doubles this season. Press Virginia West Virginia s 40-minute full court pressure had the Mountaineers leading the final 2014-15 NCAA statistics in four categories: steals, steals per game, forced turnovers and offensive rebounds. The Mountaineers had never led any category in the final NCAA statistics in school history until last season. WVU had nine players with 25 or more steals and had three players ranked in the Top 15 in the Big 12 in steals. WVU outrebounded its opponents on the offensive glass 575 to 312 last season. The Mountaineers took 512 more shots (14.6 per game) than their opponents last season (2,138 to 1,626). WVU has 376 steals last season and has forced its opponents to turn the ball over 678 times. The Mountaineers averaged 20.5 points per game off turnovers last season. WVU tied a school record with 26 steals vs. VMI. The Keydets set a school record by an opponent with 36 turnovers. WVU held Wofford to 11 field goals made on Dec. 22, the fewest made by an opponent since 1949. WVU had seven or more steals in every game in all but three games, and WVU opponents have had 20 or more turnovers 16 times. Jevon Carter was named to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team. He led WVU in steals and set the WVU freshman record with 67 steals. WVU averaged 26.1 points per game from its bench last season. The Mountaineers outscored Oklahoma s bench, 55-8. WVU had 52 bench points against VMI and 47 against K-State. In 2013-14, WVU forced 421 turnovers in 33 games. WVU forced 678 turnovers in 35 games last season, breaking the previous school record of 648 opponent turnovers during the 1997-98 season. WVU s 376 steals were the second most in a season in school history. The school record is 407 steals set during the 1997-98 season. West Virginia nearly more forced turnovers (678) than its opponents have field goals made (762). Huggins Announces Recruiting Class Coach Bob Huggins inked four student-athletes to national letters-of-intent during the November signing period. Sagaba Konate, a 6-foot-8 forward from Bamako, Mali, is currently in his senior year at Kennedy Catholic High in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Brandon Knapper, a 6-foot-1 guard from South Charleston, West Virginia, is currently in his senior year at South Charleston High. Maciej Bender, a 6-foot-10 forward from Warsaw, Poland, currently attends Mountain Mission School in Grundy, Virginia. Chase Harler, a 6-foot-3 guard from Moundsville, West Virginia, is currently in his senior year at Wheeling Central Catholic High.
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Team Scoring Other Statistics West Virginia scored 100 or more points: West Virginia had 20 or more assists: 100 102 vs. Iowa UL Monroe State (2/10/14) (12/13/15) 21 20 vs. vs. Eastern William Kentucky & Mary (12/29/13) (12/21/15) West Virginia scored 90 or more points: West Virginia had 25 or more assists: 95 92 vs. at TCU Kansas (1/4/16) (3/8/14) 26 31 vs. Maryland Stetson (11/20/15) Eastern Shore (11/27/07) West Virginia scored 50 or less points: West Virginia had 10 or more steals: 49 50 vs. at Gonzaga Texas (1/20/16) (11/12/12) 10 13 vs. at Texas tech (1/13/14) (1/23/16) West Virginia scored 40 or less points: West Virginia had 15 or more steals: 39 vs. Kentucky Cincinnati (3/26/15) (1/30/08) 15 21 vs. Bethune-Cookman Prairie View A&M (11/18/07) (11/23/15) West Virginia shot 60 percent or better from the floor: West Virginia had five or more blocked shots: 61.0 (36-of-59) vs. Auburn (12/5/07) 5 at Oklahoma Baylor (1/28/14) (1/16/16) West Virginia shot 50 percent or better from the floor: West Virginia had 10 or more blocked shots: 51.0 52.9 (25-of-49) (27-of-51) vs. at Texas Kansas Tech (3/8/14) (1/23/16) 10 vs. Oakland (12/19/12) West Virginia shot 70 percent or better from 3-point range: West Virginia had 20 or more turnovers: 70.0 (7-of-10) at TCU (2/9/13) 20 at Kansas Gonzaga State (11/12/12) (1/27/15) West Virginia made 40 or more field goals: Opponent had 20 or more assists: 42 40 vs. VMI Georgia (11/26/14) Southern (11/21/13) 22 by Iowa State (2/26/14) West Virginia made 45 or more field goals: Opponent had 25 or more assists: 45 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (11/27/07) 29 by Kansas (3/2/13) West Virginia made 10 or more 3-pointers: Opponent had 10 or more steals: 10 11 vs. Baylor Eastern (2/22/14) Kentucky (12/21/15) 10 by Texas Marshall tech (12/14/13) (1/23/16) West Virginia made 15 or more 3-pointers: Opponent had 15 or more steals: 15 18 vs. at Radford UL Monroe (12/19/07) (12/13/15) 16 by Georgetown (1/12/03) West Virginia made 30 or more free throws: Opponent had five or more blocked shots: 33 31 vs. Davidson Kansas (1/12/16) (11/18/10) 7 by Kansas State (3/8/14) (1/26/16) Opponent scored 90 or more points: Opponent had 10 or more blocked shots: 91 by Kansas (3/2/13) 10 by San Baylor Diego (2/22/14) State (11/27/15) Opponent scored 100 or more points: Opponent had 25 or more turnovers: 105 by Wake Forest (3/19/05) 31 26 by by Kennesaw Louisville (1/31/09) State (12/5/15) Opponent scored less than 50 points: 50 45 by William San Diego & Mary State (12/29/13) (11/27/15) National Rankings Opponent scored less than 40 points: West Virginia beat a Top 25 team at home: 39 by Duquesne (12/9/09) West Virginia 74, 92, No. 18 Kansas 63 86 (1/12/16) (3/8/14) Opponent shot 60 percent or better from the floor: West Virginia beat a Top 10 team at home: 62.8 61.4 (27-of-44) by Virginia by (12/8/15) Notre Dame (2/22/12) West Virginia 74, 92, No. 18 Kansas 63 86 (1/12/16) (3/8/14) Opponent shot 50 percent or better from the floor: West Virginia beat a Top 5 team at home: 51.2 50.8 by (33-of-65) UL Monroe by Iowa (12/13/15) State (2/26/14) West Virginia 74, 70, No. 12 Kansas UCLA 65 63 (2/10/07) (1/12/16) Opponent shot under 25 percent from the floor: West Virginia beat a No. 1 team at home: 25.0 21.4 (12-of-56) (13-of-52) by Prairie Bethune-Cookman View A&M (11/18/07) (11/23/15) West Virginia 74, 87, No. 1 Kansas UNLV 7863 (2/27/83) (1/12/16) Opponent shot 60 percent or better from 3-point range: West Virginia beat a Top 25 team away from home: 63.2 (12-of-19) by Texas Tech tech (1/22/14) West Virginia 69, No. 12 13 Maryland Georgetown 59 59 (3/22/15) (1/8/11) Opponent made 40 or more field goals: West Virginia beat a Top 10 team away from home: 40 by Massachusetts (1/27/95) West Virginia 73, No. 2 Kentucky 66 (3/27/10) Oppponent made 45 or more field goals: West Virginia beat a No. 1 team away from home: 46 by Notre Dame (1/25/78) West Virginia 94, No. 1 Duke 90 (2/27/66), Charleston, W.Va. Opponent made 10 or more 3-pointers: West Virginia was ranked in the AP Top 25: 10 11 by Oklahoma Kansas (1/12/16) (3/5/14) No. 922 on on January March 14, 25, 2011 2016 Opponent made 15 or more 3-pointers: West Virginia was ranked in the AP Top 15: 15 by Villanova (1/8/06) No. 96 on January March 15, 25, 2010 2016 Opponent made 30 or more free throws: West Virginia was ranked in the AP Top 5: 32 30 by Texas Virginia Tech Tech (1/23/16) (11/12/13) No. 5 on Feb. 8, 2010 West Virginia was ranked No. 1 by AP: March 11, 1958 Team Rebounding West Virginia had 50 or more rebounds: Played An Overtime Game: 50 62 vs. Loyola Bethune-Cookman (12/2/13) (11/23/15) West Virginia 87, 91, Oklahoma Kansas State 86 83 (2/5/14) (1/2/16) West Virginia had 60 or more rebounds Played A Double-Overtime Game: 62 vs. Loyola (12/2/13) West Virginia 87, 85, Kansas State 83 80 (1/2/16) (12/8/11) Opponent had 50 or more rebounds: Played A Triple-Overtime Game: 51 by Kentucky (3/27/10) Pitt 98, West Virginia 95 (2/12/10) The Last Time...... Individual Scoring West Virginia player scored 30 or more points: 32 by Eron Harris vs. Baylor (2/22/14) West Virginia player scored 35 or more points: 35 by Juwan Staten vs. Kansas State (2/1/14) West Virginia player scored 40 or more points: 43 by Da Sean Butler vs. Villanova (2/13/09) West Virginia player made 15 or more field goals: 15 by Damian Owens vs. Dayton (11/30/97) West Virginia player made five or more 3-pointers: 5 by Daxter Eron Harris Miles vs. Jr. Kansas at Kansas (3/8/14) (3/3/15) West Virginia player made 10 or more free throws: 14 by Jaysean Juwan Staten Paige vs. Duquesne Kansas (1/12/16) (11/17/13) Opponent player scored 30 or more points: 32 41 by Andrew D Vauntes Wiggins Smith-Rivera of Kansas of Georgetown (3/8/14) (3/18/14) Opponent player scored 35 or more points; 41 by Andrew Wiggins of Kansas (3/8/14) Opponent player scored 40 or more points: 41 by Andrew Wiggins of Kansas (3/8/14) Opponent player scored 50 or more points: 55 by Austin Carr of Notre Dame (2/21/70) Opponent player made 10 or more field goals: 12 by Andrew Wiggins of Kansas (3/8/14) Opponent player made five or more 3-pointers: 5 b by Anthony Naz Long Hickey of Iowa of Oklahoma State (2/26/14) State (3/7/15) Opponent player made 10 or more free throws: 10 15 by Karviar Andrew Shepherd Wiggins of of Kansas TCU (1/4/16) (3/8/14) Individual Rebounding West Virginia player had 10 or more rebounds: 11 13 by Jonathan Devin Williams Holton vs. vs. Kansas (3/8/14) State (1/26/16) West Virginia player had 15 or more rebounds: 15 16 by Devin Kevin Williams Jones vs. vs. DePaul Northern (2/28/12) Kentucky (11/13/15) West Virginia player had 20 or more rebounds: 20 by Maurice Robinson vs. City College of NY (12/7/77) Opponent player had 10 or more rebounds: 14 10 by Ryan Cameron Spangler Clark of Oklahoma (1/16/16) (3/5/14) Opponent player had 15 or more rebounds: 17 15 by Rico Keith Gathers Benson of of Baylor Oakland (2/7/15) (11/12/10) Opponent player had 20 or more rebounds: 20 by Gerald Jordan of Pitt (1/6/96) Other Statistics West Virginia player had 10 or more assists: 10 by Tarik Joe Mazzulla Phillip vs. vs. Stetson Minnesota (11/20/15) (11/21/10) West Virginia player had five or more steals: 5 by Jaysean Jabarie Hinds Paige vs. vs. Akron Kansas (11/28/11) (1/12/16) West Virginia player had five or more blocked shots: 5 by Brandon Watkins vs. Texas (1/13/14) Opponent player had 10 or more assists: 12 by Monte Morris of Iowa State (2/26/14) Opponent player had five or more steals: 5 by Andrew Wiggins of Kansas (3/8/14) Opponent player had five or more blocks: 7 by Skylar Isaiah Austin Spencer of of Baylor San Diego (2/22/14) State (11/27/15) Three WVU players scored 20 points in the same game: Eron Harris (28), Juwan Staten (24) and Devin Williams (22) vs. Kansas (3/8/14) Two WVU players grabbed 10 rebounds in the same game: Jonathan Kevin Noreen Holton (13)(11), and Devin Aaric Williams Murray (12) (10), at Elijah Texas Macon (1/9/13) (10) vs. Seven Bethune-Cookman WVU players scored (11/23/15) double figures in the same game: Seven Juwan WVU players Staten (18), scored Aaric double Murray figures (13), Deniz in Kilicli the same (13), Gary game: Daxter Browne Miles (11), Keaton Jr. (14), Jaysean Miles (11), Paige Terry Henderson (14), Elijah Macon (10) and (13), Eron Devin Harris Williams (10) vs. VMI (12), (11/28/12) Jonathan Holton (11), Jevon Carter (11) and Six WVU Teyvon players Myers scored (10) vs. double Bethune-Cookman figures in the (11/23/15) same game: Six WVU Juwan players Staten scored (18), Aaric double Murray figures (13), in Deniz the Kilicli same (13), game: Gary Jaysean Browne (11), Paige Keaton (20), Miles Tarik (11), Phillip Terry (18), Henderson Jonathan (10) Holton and (15), Eron Daxter Harris (10) Miles vs. Jr. VMI (14), (11/28/12) Devin Williams (13) and Jevon Carter (13) Five WVU at TCU players (1/4/16) scored double figures in the same game: Five WVU Eron players Harris (21), scored Juwan double Staten figures (14), Nathan in the Adrian same (12), game: Terry Jevon Henderson Carter (10) (21), and Daxter Gary Miles Browne Jr. (18), (10) Jaysean vs. Texas Paige (2/15/14) (14), Devin Williams (12) and Tarik Phillip (10) vs. UL Monroe (12/13/15)
Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG The Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG will provide live radio coverage via satellite on more than 30 stations statewide and throughout the East. The broadcasts can also be heard live on the Internet at WVUsports.com. Tony Caridi will handle the play-by-play, joined by analyst Jay Jacobs. Also, WVUsports.com will archive sound from Coach Huggins weekly press conferences, features and other information about Mountaineer basketball. National Radio West Virginia game action is available on SiriusXM Satellite Radio for the 2015-16 basketball season. West Virginia is among a prominent list of schools on SiriusXM. Check weekly listings for the satellite channel carrying each game on sirius.com. Media Services Updated game notes and statistics will be available on the Internet at WVUsports.com. Game notes will be posted on the web no later than 5 p.m. the day before the game. Interview Schedule Contact the WVU Athletic Communications Office for the monthly interview schedule. Big 12 Teleconference The first installment of the Big 12 teleconference began on Dec. 14. Other dates remaining are February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and March 7, 14. Coach Huggins time is 11:32 a.m. Contact the Big 12 Conference to access the call. Postgame Procedures The WVU locker room is closed to the media. Per Big 12 regulations, following a 10-minute cooling off period, the visiting coach will address the media in the interview room. Coach Huggins will address the media in the interview room, following his postgame radio show. Mountaineer players are available in the interview area during Coach Huggins radio show. Big12Sports.com The Big 12 Conference maintains its website at Big12Sports.com. It also maintains a presence on Facebook (facebook.com/big 12), Twitter (@Big12Conference) and YouTube (youtube.com/big12conference). 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Numerical No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/Last School) 0 Teyvon Myers G 6-2 170 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Grover Cleveland HS [Calif.]/Williston State College) 1 Jonathan Holton F 6-7 220 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Coral Gables HS/Palm Beach State Community College) 2 Jevon Carter G 6-2 195 So. Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East HS) 3 James Bolden G 6-0 160 Fr. Covington, Ky. (Holmes HS) 4 Daxter Miles Jr. G 6-3 195 So. Baltimore, Md. (Dunbar HS/Notre Dame Prep [Mass.]) 5 Jaysean Paige G 6-2 210 Sr. Jamestown, N.Y. (Perry County Central HS [Ky.]/Moberly Area CC) 11 Nathan Adrian F 6-9 240 Jr. Morgantown, W.Va. (Morgantown HS) 12 Tarik Phillip G 6-3 200 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Queen City Prep [N.C.]/Independence CC) 13 James Long G 5-11 190 Jr. Charleston, W.Va. (Woodberry Forest School/Wofford) 15 Lamont West F 6-8 215 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Miller Grove HS [Ga.]) 20 Brandon Watkins F 6-9 245 Jr. Decatur, Ga. (Grady HS) 21 Logan Routt F 6-11 250 Fr. Cameron, W.Va. (Cameron HS) 23 Esa Ahmad F 6-8 225 Fr. Cleveland, Ohio (Shaker Heights HS) 30 Richard Romeo III G 6-0 185 Sr. White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (Greenbrier East HS) 41 Devin Williams F 6-9 255 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Withrow HS/Montverde Academy) 45 Elijah Macon F 6-9 235 So. Columbus, Ohio (Huntington Prep/Brewster Academy) Tale of the Tape WVU Florida GAMES PLAYED 20 20 SCORING 1631 1475 points per game 81.6 73.8 scoring margin +18.0 +9.1 FIELD GOALS-ATT 562-1221 521-1234 field goal pct.460.422 3 POINT FG-ATT 116-378 141-444 3-point FG pct.307.318 3-point FG made per game 5.8 7.1 FIELD GOALS-ATT (OPPONENT) 390-953 451-1167 field goal pct.409.386 3 POINT FG-ATT (OPPONENT) 90-336 115-382 3-point FG pct.268.301 3-point FG made per game 4.5 5.8 FREE THROWS-ATT 391-601 292-469 free throw pct.651.623 REBOUNDS 813 844 rebounds per game 40.7 42.2 rebounding margin +10.1 +4.2 ASSISTS 309 264 assists per game 15.5 13.2 TURNOVERS 290 232 turnovers per game 14.5 11.6 turnover margin +5.3 +1.8 assist/turnover ratio 1.1 1.1 STEALS 215 137 steals per game 10.8 6.9 BLOCKS 51 90 blocks per game 2.6 4.5 STREAK W2 L1 SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd OT 2OT Total West Virginia 828 785 6 12 1631 Florida 702 773 - - 1475 WVU In The Big 12 (Through Jan. 26) Scoring Offense (4th)...81.6 Scoring Defense (1st)...63.5 Scoring Margin (1st)...+18.0 Free Throw Percentage (9th)...65.1 Field Goal Percentage (5th)...46.0 Field Goal Percentage Defense (5th)...40.9 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (9th)...30.7 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense (1st)...26.8 Rebounding (2nd)...40.7 Rebounding Defense (2nd)...30.6 Rebounding Margin (2nd)...+10.1 Blocked Shots (9th)...2.53 Assists (5th)...15.45 Steals (1st)... 10.75 Turnover Margin (1st)...+5.30 Assist/Turnover Ratio (9th)...1.07 Offensive (1st)...16.70 3-Point Field Goals Made (7th)...5.80 Scoring Jaysean Paige (9th)...13.6 Rebounding Devin Williams (4th)...8.2 Jonathan Holton (5th)...7.5 Field Goal Percentage Devin Williams (9th)...50.6 Assists Jevon Carter (10th)...3.20 Steals Jevon Carter (4th)...1.85 Tarik Phillip (5th)...1.80 Daxter Miles Jr. (8th)...1.68 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Jaysean Paige (12th)...36.6 Assist-to-Turnover Ratio Jevon Carter (9th)...2.21 Offensive Jonathan Holton (2nd)...4.05 Devin Williams (4th)...3.10 Defensive Devin Williams (5th)...5.10
Nathan Adrian Highs Season Career Minutes 26 Marshall/12-17 34 TCU/3-1-14 Points 10 Kansas State/1-26 16 William & Mary/12-29-13 6 three times 9 Loyola/12-2-13 Assists 4 UL Monroe/12-13 5 Baylor/3-12-15 Turnovers 3 two times 4 LSU/12-4-14 Blocks 1 three times 3 Georgia Southern/11-21-13 Steals 3 Eastern Ky./12-21 3 six times FGM 4 Kansas State/1-26 6 two times FGA 6 San Diego St./11-27 11 TCU/3-1-14 FG% 1.000 (2-2) Kennesaw St./12-5 1.000 (4-4) Mount St. Mary s/11-8-13 3FGM 2 Kansas State/1-26 4 two times 3FGA 3 Oklahoma St./1-9 9 Texas/2-15-14 3FG% 1.000 (2-2) Kansas State/1-26 1.000 (3-3) Mount St. Mary s/11-8-13 FTM 4 N. Kentucky/11-13 4 Northern Kentucky/11-13-15 FTA 6 Marshall/12-17 6 Marshall/12-17-15 FT% 1.000 (4-4) N. Kentucky/11-13 1.000 (4-4) two times Has appeared in 88 career games, with 23 starts West Virginia (2015-16) Made his first start of the season vs. Kansas State, finishing with a season-high 10 points Had five points, two rebounds and two steals at Oklahoma Scored eight points with six rebounds against Marshall Grabbed six offensive rebounds with four assists against UL Monroe Had five points and six rebounds against Kennesaw State Scored five points and grabbed three rebounds against San Diego State Scored six points and grabbed five rebounds against Stetson West Virginia (2014-15) Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men s Basketball First Team Appeared in all 35 games, starting four contests Averaged 2.8 points and 2.5 steals per contest Averaged 15.4 minutes per game Recorded 34 assists, 14 blocks and 28 steals Had a career-best five assists against Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Started and finished with nine points and six rebounds against Oklahoma State Made second start of the season at Kansas Scored five points at Iowa State Finished with nine points in the win over Kansas State Had four points, four rebounds and two steals at Kansas State Season-high 11 points in the win over Oklahoma Scored nine points with four rebounds and three steals against Virginia Tech Finished with three points, three assists and four rebounds against Marshall Had five points with five rebounds against Northern Kentucky Made first start of the season against LSU Scored nine points with four rebounds, three assists and two blocks against College of Charleston Had four assists and three steals against VMI Scored three points against Boston College Grabbed seven rebounds (six offensive) vs. Lafayette Three points and four rebounds vs. Monmouth West Virginia (2013-14) Named to Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Appeared in all 33 contests, starting 18 contests Averaged 5.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game Averaged 18.9 minutes per game Shot 41.6 percent from the field and 35.8 percent from 3-point range Finished with 39 3-point field goals, tied for the sixth most by a WVU freshman in school history Had 20 blocks, 30 steals and 24 assists Posted six games in double figures, including his first collegiate game when he finished with 11 points Scored 11 points in his first collegiate start against Mount St. Mary s. Shot 4-of-4 from the field, including 3-of-3 from 3-point range Adrian, Nathan Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2013-14 33-18 625/18.9 64-154.416 39-109.358 12-18.667 47 50 97 2.9 93 5 24 15 20 30 179 5.4 2014-15 35-4 539/15.4 35-114.307 11-62.177 17-26.654 51 37 88 2.5 83 2 34 26 14 28 98 2.8 2015-16 20-1 311/15.6 23-58.397 8-24.333 11-18.611 25 27 52 2.6 55 2 17 19 3 13 65 3.3 TOTAL 88-23 1475/16.8 122-326.374 58-195.297 40-62.645 123 114 237 2.7 231 9 75 60 37 71 342 3.9
Esa Ahmad Highs Season Minutes 31 San Diego St./11-27 Points 11 Stetson/11-20 8 Stetson/11-20 Assists 4 four times Turnovers 5 two times Blocks 2 Oklahoma/1-16 Steals 3 two times FGM 5 Stetson/11-20 FGA 7 three times FG% 1.000 (1-1) Texas/1-20 3FGM 1 two times 3FGA 3 Kansas State/1-2 3FG% 1.000 (1-1) Oklahoma/1-16 FTM 6 Richmond/11-26 FTA 8 Richmond/11-26 FT% 1.000 (2-2) San Diego St./11-27 West Virginia (2015-16) Missed the home game against Kansas State with a knee sprain Scored four points at Texas Tech Had five points, four rebounds and two blocks against Oklahoma Scored five points with four assists against Oklahoma State Finished with seven points against Eastern Kentucky Scored eight points with five rebounds and four assists against Bethune-Cookman Scored 11 points with eight rebounds and four assists against Stetson Started his first collegiate game against Northern Kentucky, finished with seven points High School Led his team to the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division and a regional final appearance Averaged 26.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals as a junior Hit the 30-point mark four times, including a 37-point performance in his final game Named Player of the Year for the Northeast Lakes District and by the Associated Press for Division I in Ohio for two consecutive years Named Player of the Year by Cleveland.com two years in a row Named to the Associated Press Division I All-Ohio Boys Basketball First Team for two consecutive years Named to the Associated Press Division I All-Ohio Boys Basketball Second Team as a sophomore Has participated in the Nike Global Challenge, the LeBron James Skills Academy, the Kevin Durant Skills Academy and the NBA Top 100 camp Played for coach Danny Young Scored 32 points against Bedford and 37 points against Euclid to lead the Raiders to the district title as a junior Ranked in the Top 45 in the Class of 2015 by ESPN.com Played AAU basketball for the All-Ohio Red Ahmad, Esa Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2015-16 19-19 351/18.5 30-73.411 2-13.154 23-45.511 23 30 53 2.8 37 0 36 27 9 20 85 4.5 TOTAL 19-19 351/18.5 30-73.411 2-13.154 23-45.511 23 30 53 2.8 37 0 36 27 9 20 85 4.5
James Bolden Highs Minutes Points Assists Turnovers Blocks Steals FGM FGA FG% 3FGM 3FGA 3FG% FTM FTA FT% Season West Virginia (2015-16) Expected to miss the 2015-16 season after suffering a torn ACL in September High School Averaged 19.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game and led Holmes High to a third straight Ninth Region finals appearance Shot 46.3 percent from the floor, including 33.8 percent on 3-pointers (69 of 204) Finished career with 2,024 points, 464 rebounds, 402 assists and 227 steals Averaged 20.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.8 steals as a junior Led his team to the finals of the Ninth Region tournament, falling to eventual state champion Covington Catholic Shot 35.2 percent from 3-point range and 82 percent at the free throw line One of three juniors to make the Louisville Courier-Journal s All-State First Team and one of two sophomores to make the first team in 2013. Made All-State First Team as a senior Named to the Lexington Herald-Leader s Boys All-State Basketball First Team as a senior, junior and sophomore Two-time Player of the Year by the Northern Kentucky Boys Basketball Coaches Association and the Cincinnati Enquirer Three-time selection to the Kentucky All-State Basketball Team Averaged 18.5 points, 4.0 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 steals as a sophomore Shot 42 percent from 3-point line and 80 percent from the foul line as a sophomore Holmes High finished the 2012-13 season with a 32-3 record and a spot in Kentucky s Sweet 16 round Played for coach Mark Listerman Played AAU basketball for the Kentucky Travelers
Jevon Carter Highs Season Career Minutes 36 two times 38 Baylor/2-28-15 Points 24 N. Kentucky/11-13 28 VMI/11-26-14 6 Oklahoma/1-16 7 Oklahoma/1-13-15 Assists 6 N. Kentucky/11-13 6 two times Turnovers 5 two times 5 four times Blocks 2 Kansas State/1-26 2 Kansas STate/1-26-16 Steals 5 two times 6 two times FGM 8 Virginia Tech/12-30 12 VMI/11-26-14 FGA 14 UL Monroe/12-13 16 Baylor/2-28-15 FG%.800 (8-10) Virginia Tech/12-30.857 (12-14) VMI/11-26-14 3FGM 4 two times 7 Baylor/2-28-15 3FGA 9 UL Monroe/12-13 13 Baylor/2-28-15 3FG% 1.000 (2-2) Kansas/1-12 1.000 (2-2) Kansas/1-12-16 FTM 7 N. Kentucky/11-13 7 N. Kentucky/11-13-15 FTA 7 two times 7 two times FT% 1.000 (7-7) N. Kentucky/11-13 1.000 (7-7) N. Kentucky/11-13-15 West Virginia (2014-15) Has appeared in 55 games, starting 24 contests West Virginia (2015-16) Grabbed a season-high six rebounds at Oklahoma Scored 10 points with five rebounds in the win over No. 1 Kansas Had a game-high 16 points with five assists against Oklahoma State Scored 13 points with five assists and four rebounds at TCU Posted a game-high 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting at Virginia Tech Had 11 points against Eastern Kentucky Scored 15 points with five rebounds and three assists against Marshall Named Most Outstanding Player of the Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic Scored 21 points with three assists and five steals against UL Monroe Named to the all-tournament team at the Las Vegas Invitational Scored 13 points against Richmond and 12 points vs. San Diego St. in the Las Vegas Invitational Had 11 points and four steals vs. Bethune-Cookman Scored 19 points against James Madison in Charleston Started the season opener vs. N. Kentucky, finishing with 24 points, six assists and five steals West Virginia (2014-15) Named to the All-Big 12 Defensive Team Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Appeared in all 35 games, starting four contests Averaged 8.1 points and 2.3 rebounds per game Was second on the team with 62 assists Led the Mountaineers in steals with 67 Set the WVU freshman record for steals (67) 67 steals tied for the eighth most in a season in school history Averaged 23.8 minutes per game Led WVU with 48 3-point field goals 11 games in double figures Had six steals in the NCAA Tournament against Maryland Made his first career start at Baylor and finished with a game-high 25 points Was 7-of-13 from 3-point range at Baylor, marking the 15th time a WVU player had 7 or more 3s in a game Scored 13 points, including two late 3s, and grabbed six rebounds in the win over Kansas Finished with 10 points against Kansas State Scored 13 points against Baylor Had eight points vs. TCU, including the two game winning free throws with 0.9 seconds left in OT Had a team-high 18 points (4-of-6 from 3) with seven rebounds, three assists and three steals vs. OU Became the 11th different player in school history to have six assists and six steals in a game Had 10 points, three assists and three steals against Wofford Finished with 14 points and six rebounds against Marshall Named the Eddie Barrett Most Outstanding Player of the Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic Scored 28 points on 12-of-14 shooting in 17 minutes against VMI With 28 points, he was three points shy of tying the school record for points in a game by a WVU freshman Carter, Jevon Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 35-4 832/23.8 95-264.360 48-153.314 47-61.770 39 43 82 2.3 67 0 62 41 3 67 285 8.1 2015-16 20-20 555/27.8 74-183.404 29-82.354 42-56.750 13 48 61 3.1 46 0 64 29 4 37 219 11.0 TOTAL 55-24 1387/25.2 169-447.378 77-235.328 89-117.761 52 91 143 2.6 113 0 126 70 7 104 504 9.2
Jonathan Holton Highs Season Career Minutes 37 Kansas State/1-2 40 two times Points 17 Kennesaw State/12-5 21 Coll. of Charleston/11-29-14 14 Texas/1-20 15 Lafayette/11-16-14 Assists 4 Virginia/12-8 4 three times Turnovers 3 two times 5 Kansas/3-3-15 Blocks 2 Kansas State/1-2 4 VMI/11-26-14 Steals 3 Stetson/11-20 4 LSU/12-4-14 FGM 6 three times 9 two times FGA 11 James Madison/11-16 17 Lafayette/11-16-14 FG%.750 (6-8) three times 1.000 (1-1) Iowa State/2-14-15 3FGM 1 six times 2 three times 3FGA 4 two times 4 three times 3FG% 1.000 (1-1) Kennesaw St./12-5 1.000 (2-2) Texas/2-24-15 FTM 6 two times 8 Marshall/12-14-14 FTA 8 Kennesaw St./12-5 10 Marshall/12-14-14 FT% 1.000 (4-4) three times 1.000 (4-4) four times Has played in 55 games at WVU, starting all 55 of those contests West Virginia (2015-16) Double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds against Kansas State Scored 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Texas Tech Double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds against Texas Had 15 points and nine rebounds against Oklahoma State Scored 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting at TCU Double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds at Virginia Tech Had nine points and eight rebounds in 14 minutes against Marshall Scored 17 points, nine rebounds and three assists against Kennesaw State Had 12 points in 18 minutes in the win over San Diego State Recorded his third double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Bethune-Cookman Second double-double in as many games with 12 points and 12 rebounds against James Madison Double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds in the opener against Northern Kentucky West Virginia (2014-15) Averaged 7.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game Led West Virginia with 105 offensive rebounds Started all 35 minutes, averaging 21.5 minutes per game Had 41 assists and 41 steals Led WVU with 29 blocked shots 12 games in double figures Recorded three double-doubles Had 11 rebounds against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament Scored 12 points in the NCAA Tournament against Maryland Double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Kansas Scored 12 points, including 2-of-2 from 3-point range, to go with six rebounds in the win over Texas Had 15 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals against TCU Scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds against Marshall Grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds to go with four steals against LSU Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Dec. 1 for the second week in a row Double-double with game highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds against College of Charleston Had 13 points, seven rebounds, four blocks and three steals against VMI Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for his performances in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Scored 12 points against UConn in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off championship First WVU double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds against Lafayette West Virginia (2013-14) Sat out from competition but was able to practice with the team Palm Beach State Community College (2012-13) Averaged 17.5 points and 14.1 rebounds per game Earned NJCAA and FCSAA Player of the Week honors Rhode Island (2011-12) Averaged 10.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game Earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team Holton, Jonathan Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 35-35 754/21.5 100-221.452 13-64.203 50-76.658 105 101 206 5.9 118 7 41 51 29 41 263 7.5 2015-16 20-20 463/23.2 74-137.540 6-33.182 39-53.736 81 69 150 7.5 53 1 27 23 9 22 193 9.7 TOTAL 55-55 1217/22.1 174-358.486 19-97.196 89-129.690 186 170 356 6.5 171 8 68 74 38 63 456 8.3
James Long Highs Season Career Minutes 5 VMI/11-26-14 Points 3 Virginia Tech/12-30-14 1 Coll. of Charleston/11-29-14 Assists 0 Turnovers 0 Blocks 0 Steals 0 FGM 1 three times FGA 2 Wofford/12-22-14 FG% 1.000 (1-1) three times 3FGM 1 Virginia Tech/12-30-14 3FGA 1 three times 3FG% 1.000 (1-1) Virginia Tech/12-30-14 FTM 0 FTA 0 FT%.000 Has appeared in 10 games at WVU West Virginia (2014-15) Saw action in 10 games Scored three points on 1-of-1 from 3-point range against Virginia Tech Saw three minutes of action against Wofford Played one minute at Northern Kentucky Had two points with a rebound against College of Charleston Scored two points against VMI in five minutes of action Played two minutes vs. George Mason Played two minutes against Lafayette West Virginia (2013-14) Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules Wofford Played in seven games at Wofford during the 2012-13 season Went 1-of-2 from the free throw line against Elon High School Played three seasons at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia Scored 1,300 points in his career Named All-Conference as a senior, averaging 18.0 points and four assists per game Averaged 16.0 points per game as a junior, earning All-Conference honors As a sophomore, averaged 15.0 points per game and was named All-Conference Also ran cross country during his sophomore year as his team captured the state championship Spent freshman year at Hargrave Military Academy, where he played football and basketball Long, James Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 10-0 21/2.1 3-6.500 1-3.333 0-0.000 1 1 2 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.7 TOTAL 10-0 21/2.1 3-6.500 1-3.333 0-0.000 1 1 2 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.7
Elijah Macon Highs Season Career Minutes 24 Kansas State/1-2 24 two times Points 18 Stetson/11-20 18 Stetson/11-20-15 10 Bethune-Cookman/11-23 10 Bethune-Cookman/11-23-15 Assists 12 Marshall/12-17 3 Baylor/2-28-15 Turnovers 4 Virginia/12-8 4 Virginia/12-8-15 Blocks 3 Virginia Tech/12-30 3 two times Steals 1 four times 2 three times FGM 8 Stetson/11-20 8 Stetson/11-20-15 FGA 8 three times 8 five times FG% 1.000 (8-8) Stetson/11-20 1.000 (8-8) Stetson/11-20-15 3FGM 0 0 3FGA 0 0 3FG%.000.000 FTM 3 three times 5 Wofford/12-22-14 FTA 7 Texas/1-20 8 Baylor/2-7-15 FT% 1.000 (2-2) UL Monroe/12-13 1.000 (5-5) Wofford/12-22-14 Has played in 53 games at WVU, starting one contest West Virginia (2015-16) Grabbed seven rebounds against Kansas State Scored eight points against Texas Had nine points and grabbed four rebounds at Oklahoma Scored nine points with five rebounds in the win at Kansas State Scored nine points at Virginia Tech Scored 12 points against Marshall Had eight points and five rebounds against UL Monroe Scored five points with two blocks against Richmond First career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Bethune-Cookman Scored a career-high 18 points (8-of-8 from the field) with seven rebounds against Stetson Scored six points against James Madison in Charleston Had seven points in six minutes against Northern Kentucky West Virginia (2014-15) Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men s Basketball Second Team Played in 34 games, starting one contest Averaged 4.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game Averaged 13.1 minutes per contest Shot 45.8 percent from the field Had 25 assists, 16 blocks and 10 steals Team wore RMP patch on their uniforms in memory of his mother, Renai Payne, who passed away on Nov. 16 after a courageous battle with cancer Had four points and five rebounds against Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Scored eight points with four rebounds against Oklahoma State Had four points and four rebounds at Kansas Scored nine points and had five rebounds at Baylor Had five points and four rebounds at Oklahoma State Scored seven points with two assists and two steals against Baylor Made his first career start at Oklahoma, finished with eight points Scored nine points in nine minutes against Oklahoma Missed the game at Texas Tech with bruised ribs First game in double figures (11 points) against Wofford Had six points and five rebounds at Northern Kentucky Scored four points and blocked two shots vs. LSU Had six points with five rebounds against College of Charleston Had six points with seven rebounds and two blocks against UConn in Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champ. Scored nine points against George Mason Missed the Lafayette game due to family medical issues Scored five points against Monmouth in his first game as a Mountaineer West Virginia (2013-14) Sat out from competition Macon, Elijah Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 33-1 433/13.1 55-120.458 0-0.000 31-60.517 42 46 88 2.7 63 1 25 41 16 10 141 4.3 2015-16 20-0 290/14.5 45-75.600 0-0.000 30-69.435 31 47 78 3.9 44 3 13 23 9 8 120 6.0 TOTAL 53-1 723/13.6 100-195.513 0-0.000 61-129.473 73 93 166 3.1 107 4 38 64 25 18 261 4.9
Daxter Miles Jr. Highs Season Career Minutes 34 Texas Tech/1-23 42 Kansas/3-3-15 Points 19 N. Kentucky/11-13 23 Kansas/3-3-15 5 two times 6 two times Assists 3 three times 5 Baylor/2-28-15 Turnovers 3 two times 4 Kansas/3-3-15 Blocks 1 N. Kentucky/11-13 1 three times Steals 6 San Diego St./11-27 6 San Diego St./11-27-15 FGM 8 N. Kentucky/11-13 8 two times FGA 14 Kennesaw State/12-5 15 Kansas/3-3-15 FG%.667 (6-9) Beth.-Cookman/11-23 1.000 (2-2) Oklahoma State/2-21-15 3FGM 4 UL Monroe/12-13 5 Kansas/3-3-15 3FGA 7 four times 9 Kansas/3-3-15 3FG%.667 (2-3) Kennesaw St./12-5 1.000 (2-2) Oklahoma State/2-21-15 FTM 4 San Diego St./11-27 4 San Diego St./11-27-15 FTA 8 TCU/1-4 8 TCU/1-4-16 FT% 1.000 (3-3) two times 1.000 (3-3) two times Has played in 54 games, starting all 54 of those contests West Virginia (2015-16) Scored 11 points at Texas Tech Missed the first game of his career against Oklahoma State with a sore ankle Scored 14 points, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range, at TCU Finished with 10 points at Kansas State Scored 12 points against Eastern Kentucky Had 14 points and five steals against Marshall Scored 18 points on 4-of-7 shooting from 3 against UL Monroe Scored 18 points with four steals against Kennesaw State Named to the all-tournament team at the Las Vegas Invitational Scored 14 points and had six steals in the win over San Diego State Had 14 points against Bethune-Cookman Scored 13 points against Stetson Had 11 points and five rebounds against James Madison in Charleston Scored 19 points with three assists and four steals in the opener against Northern Kentucky West Virginia (2014-15) Started all 35 games as a true freshman Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Averaged 7.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game Averaged 20.5 minutes per contest Hit 41 3-point field goals Had 34 assists and 38 steals Recorded double figures in 15 games Scored 12 points against Maryland in the NCAA Tournament Had 10 points against Buffalo in the NCAA Tournament Had 11 points against Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Scored 15 points against Oklahoma State Had a career-high 23 points at Kansas Scored 11 points and had five assists at Baylor Had 12 points to go with five steals and three assists in the win over Texas Had 10 points against Baylor Scored 12 points with three steals against Texas Tech Scored 10 points, including the game-tying basket at the end of regulation against TCU Finished with 12 points at Texas Tech Finished with five points and six rebounds against Virginia Tech Scored 13 points against LSU Scored nine points with four steals against College of Charleston Finished with 12 points against VMI Scored 10 points in the win over UConn in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off championship Had 10 points and a team-high six rebounds against Boston College Started his first collegiate game vs. Monmouth, finished with three points Miles Jr., Daxter Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 15 35-35 718/20.5 93-228 93228.408 41-115 115.357 28-53.528 40 40 80 2.3 89 1 34 25 2 38 255 7.3 2015-16 19-19 511/26.9 71-165.430 22-81.272 38-62.613 14 28 42 2.2 50 0 30 25 1 32 202 10.6 TOTAL 54-54 1229/22.8 164-393.417 63-196.321 66-115.574 54 68 122 2.3 139 1 64 50 3 70 457 8.5
Teyvon Myers Highs Season Minutes 18 Oklahoma State/1-9 Points 10 Bethune-Cookman/11-23 3 Kansas State/1-26 Assists 3 Texas Tech/1-23 Turnovers 2 two times Blocks 0 Steals 2 UL Monroe/12-13 FGM 2 five times FGA 5 two times FG% 1.000 (2-2) Kansas State/1-2 3FGM 2 Bethune-Cookman/11-23 3FGA 5 Bethune-Cookman/11-23 3FG%.500 (1-2) Kansas State/1-26 FTM 4 Bethune-Cookman/11-23 FTA 4 Bethune-Cookman/11-23 FT% 1.000 (4-4) Bethune-Cookman/11-23 West Virginia (2015-16) Scored seven points with three rebounds in eight minutes against Kansas State Finished with three assists in five minutes at Texas Tech Had four points playing a season-high 18 minutes against Oklahoma State Scored four points at Kansas State Had five points against Eastern Kentucky Scored five points against UL Monroe Had 10 points against Bethune-Cookman Scored three points against Stetson Prior to West Virginia Previously attended Williston State College in Williston, North Dakota Leading scorer in junior college at 25.0 points per game on 45.4 percent shooting in 2014-15 Shot 36.7 percent (77-of-210) from 3-point range and 85.2 percent (195-of-229) from the free throw line Averaged 4.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, and recorded 46 steals in 30 games Reached double figures in every game and had a season-high 55 points against North Dakota State College of Science Had 22 games of 20 points or more and seven games with 30 or more points Played for coach Cory Fehringer at Williston Started 28 of 38 contests and led Williston to a school-record 25 regular season wins and a national ranking of No. 14 Region 13 Division I NJCAA All-Region Team Honorable Mention All-American by NJCAA Previously attended Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California Averaged 26.5 points per game Shot 44.1 percent from the field, 37.0 percent from 3-point range and 84.0 percent from the free throw line Attended Grover Cleveland High in Reseda, California and Boys & Girls High School in New York City Shot 87.5 percent from the field Averaged 2.6 points and 1.7 rebounds per game Had season-ending right knee surgery on Jan. 12 to heal a ruptured prepatellar bursa Myers, Teyvon Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2015-16 17-0 153/9.0 12-39.308 7-25.280 8-12.667 3 14 17 1.0 13 0 10 8 0 5 39 2.3 TOTAL 17-0 153/9.0 12-39.308 7-25.280 8-12.667 3 14 17 1.0 13 0 10 8 0 5 39 2.3
Jaysean Paige Highs Season Career Minutes 35 Kansas State/1-2 35 Kansas State/1-2-16 Points 26 Kansas/1-12 26 Kansas/1-12-16 7 two times 7 two times Assists 3 four times 3 five times Turnovers 4 Texas Tech/1-23 4 Texas Tech/1-23-16 Blocks 1 four times 1 nine times Steals 5 Kansas/1-12 5 Kansas/1-12-16 FGM 9 Kansas State/1-2 9 Kansas State/1-2-16 FGA 17 Kansas State/1-2 17 Kansas State/1-2-16 FG%.778 (7-9) Stetson/11-20 1.000 (4-4) Wofford/12-22-14 3FGM 4 two times 4 three times 3FGA 8 UL Monroe/12-13 9 Baylor/3-12-15 3FG% 1.000 (2-2) two times 1.000 (2-2) two times FTM 14 Kansas/1-12 14 Kansas/1-12-16 FTA 17 Kansas/1-12 17 Kansas/1-12-16 FT% 1.000 (3-3) Beth.-Cookman/11-23 1.000 (4-4) Iowa State/1-10-15 Has played in 54 games at WVU, starting 11 contests West Virginia (2015-16) Scored a game-high 22 points at Texas Tech Had a game-high 18 points at Oklahoma Scored a career-high 26 points to go with five steals in the win over No. 1 Kansas Made his first start of the season against Oklahoma State and finished with nine points Scored a game-high 20 points in 15 minutes in the win at TCU Named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week (Jan. 4) Scored 25 points in the double overtime win at Kansas State Scored 17 points to go with five rebounds at Virginia Tech Had a game-high 17 points (all in the first half) against Eastern Kentucky Scored seven points with six rebounds against Marshall Had 14 points, including 4-of-8 shooting from 3-point range, against UL Monroe Scored a team-high 16 points in 18 minutes against Virginia Scored 10 points, including 2-of-2 from 3-point range, in nine minutes in win over San Diego State Had 14 points, seven rebounds and four steals against Bethune-Cookman Scored a career-high 19 points in 18 minutes against Stetson Scored seven points in 11 minutes against James Madison in Charleston West Virginia (2014-15) Averaged 5.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game Started 10 games and played in 34 contests total as a junior Hit 35 3-point field goals and shot 38.5 percent from the 3-point line Had 22 assists and 37 steals Had seven games in double figures Scored a career-high 18 points against Baylor in the Big 12 Championship Had nine points against Oklahoma State Finished with 10 points against Kansas State Scored eight points against Texas Tech Finished with seven points in seven minutes at Kansas State Scored seven points in eight minutes against Oklahoma Had 10 points in 13 minutes against Iowa State Scored 10 points at TCU Finished with eight points against Virginia Tech Scored nine points on 4-of-4 shooting against Wofford Finished with 11 points and three steals against NC State Scored two points with four rebounds at Northern Kentucky Finished with six points and six rebounds against LSU Had 15 points in 13 minutes against College of Charleston Had six points with three assists in the win over UConn in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off championship Scored 16 points with five rebounds in 17 minutes against Lafayette Started his first WVU game against Monmouth, finished with five points and four rebounds Paige, Jaysean Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 34-10 452/13.3 68-168.405 35-91.385 20-38.526 36 27 63 1.9 77 4 22 31 5 37 191 5.6 2015-16 20-1 423/21.2 90-189.476 30-82.366 61-85.718 34 40 74 3.7 58 0 22 26 4 31 271 13.6 TOTAL 54-11 875/16.2 158-357.443 65-173.376 81-123.659 70 67 137 2.5 135 4 44 57 9 68 462 8.6
Tarik Phillip Highs Season Career Minutes 30 Kansas State/1-2 30 Kansas State/1-2-16 Points 20 Texas Tech/1-23 20 Texas Tech/1-23-16 5 three times 5 four times Assists 10 Stetson/11-20 10 Stetson/11-20-15 Turnovers 5 Marshall/12-17 5 Marshall/12-17-15 Blocks 1 three times 1 four times Steals 4 two times 5 Kansas State/2-11-15 FGM 6 Kansas State/1-2 6 Kansas State/1-2-16 FGA 10 Texas Tech/1-23 10 Texas Tech/1-23-16 FG% 1.000 (2-2) TCU/1-4 1.000 (2-2) four times 3FGM 2 three times 2 three times 3FGA 4 two times 4 two times 3FG% 1.000 (2-2) Marshall/12-17 1.000 (2-2) Marshall/12-17-15 FTM 8 Texas Tech/1-23 8 two times FTA 9 Texas Tech/1-23 9 Texas Tech/1-23-15 FT% 1.000 (4-4) Beth.-Cookman/11-23 1.000 (8-8) LSU/12-4 Has appeared in 54 games at WVU West Virginia (2015-16) Scored 20 points, including eight points in the final 58 seconds, in the win at Texas Tech Had seven points, five rebounds, two assists, one block and three steals at Oklahoma Scored a career-high 18 points with three assists in the win at TCU Posted 14 points, including the go-ahead basket, in the double-overtime win at Kansas State Scored 12 points at Virginia Tech Had nine points and five assists against Eastern Kentucky Scored 11 points with four assists against Marshall Had 10 points and four assists against UL Monroe Scored five points in games against Richmond and San Diego State in Las Vegas Registered a career-high 10 assists against Stetson Had four steals and four assists against James Madison Scored seven points and grabbed five rebounds in the opener against Northern Kentucky West Virginia (2014-15) Appeared in 34 games as a sophomore Averaged 4.1 points per contest Shot 46.9 percent from the field Averaged 12.9 minutes per game Had 28 assists and 38 steals Had six points and four rebounds against Maryland in the NCAA Tournament Scored nine points against Buffalo in the NCAA Tournament, including a late 3 to help seal the win Had eight points with three assists against Oklahoma State Scored a season-high 13 points at Kansas Had five steals in 12 minutes in the win over Kansas State Scored seven points against Baylor Had a game-high 12 points in the win at Kansas State Scored eight points with three assists and three steals against Oklahoma Finished with four points against Iowa State Scored seven points against NC State Had five points, three rebounds and two steals at Northern Kentucky Finished with 12 points and five rebounds against LSU Scored six points against College of Charleston Had 12 points vs. VMI Scored five points against George Mason Scored four points with two steals against Lafayette Grabbed four rebounds in his first game as a Mountaineer vs. Monmouth Phillip, Tarik Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2014-15 34-0 439/12.9 45-96.469 6-28.214 42-61.689 21 30 51 1.5 49 0 28 33 2 38 138 4.1 2015-16 20-0 423/21.2 49-117.419 12-38.316 51-71.718 15 40 55 2.8 47 2 56 42 3 36 161 8.1 TOTAL 54-0 862/16.0 94-213.441 18-66.273 93-132.705 36 70 106 2.0 96 2 84 75 5 74 299 5.5
Richard Romeo Highs Season Career Minutes 3 two times 4 VMI/11-28-12 Points 2 UL Monroe/12-13 3 Lafayette/11-16-14 1 two times 2 two times Assists 1 three times Turnovers 1 two times 1 four times Blocks 0 Steals 0 FGM 1 UL Monroe/12-13 1 four times FGA 1 two times 2 two times FG% 1.000 (1-1) UL Monroe/12-13 1.000 (1-1) three times 3FGM 1 Lafayette/11-16-14 3FGA 2 Lafayette/11-16-14 3FG%..500 (1-2) Lafayette/1-16-14 FTM 2 Loyola/12-2-13 FTA 2 Loyola/12-2-13 FT% 1.000 (2-2) Loyola/12-2-13 Has played in 25 career games West Virginia (2015-16) Saw two minutes of action against Oklahoma State Grabbed a rebound against Eastern Kentucky Played two minutes against Marshall Scored two points to give WVU 100 for the game against UL Monroe Played three minutes against Stetson and Bethune-Cookman West Virginia (2014-15) Played in seven games for a total of 12 minutes Played two minutes against Virginia Tech Saw three minutes of action against VMI Played two minutes against George Mason Scored three points against Lafayette West Virginia (2013-14) Played in seven games for a total of 15 minutes Scored two points against TCU Played one minute against Iowa State Played two minutes against William & Mary Scored two points and grabbed two rebounds against Loyola Grabbed one rebound in two minutes of action against Old Dominion Played three minutes against Presbyterian Played two minutes against Georgia Southern West Virginia (2012-13) Played in four games for a total of seven minutes Scored two points at Oklahoma State In High School Appeared in 19 games as a senior at Greenbrier East High, missing time with a torn hamstring Averaged 10.5 points, seven assists, four rebounds and three steals per contest Earned AAA Honorable Mention All-State honors Led team to Class AAA Region 3 co-finals Romeo, Richard Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2012-13 4-0 7/1.8 1-3.333 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.5 2013-14 7-0 15/2.1 1-3.333 0-0.000 2-2 1.000 2 2 4 0.6 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 0.6 2014-15 7-0 12/1.7 1-3.333 1-3.333 0-0.000 0 2 2 0.3 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.4 2015-16 7-0 14/2.0 1-2.500 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 2 2 0.3 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.3 TOTAL 25-0 48/1.9 4-11.364 1-3.333 2-2 1.000 2 6 8 0.3 10 0 3 4 0 0 11 0.4
Logan Routt Highs Minutes Points Assists Turnovers Blocks Steals FGM FGA FG% 3FGM 3FGA 3FG% FTM FTA FT% Season In High School Tallied 1,089 career points at Cameron High Scored 493 points as a senior Averaged 20 points, four assists, 14 rebounds and six blocks per game Set school records for blocks in a season (146) and career (325) Shot 66 percent from the field Had 22 double-doubles and three triple-doubles Mason-Dixon Co-Player of the Year Named an OVAC All-Star and North-South All-Star All-State Class A First Team All-USA Today Team Second Team selection Played for coach Chad Clutter Played AAU basketball for the West Virginia Reign Was a three-year starter at quarterback Captain who was named honorable mention all-state Recorded 13 wins as a starter Played baseball for three years in high school Earned OVAC First-Team honors Was OVAC Player of the Year Runner-Up Had eight career home runs and hit.380 as a junior Earned third team all-state honors
Brandon Watkins Highs Season Career Minutes 17 two times 25 Marshall/12-14-13 Points 6 Kennesaw St./12-5 14 Kansas State/2-11-15 6 Kennesaw St./12-5 11 Marshall/12-14-13 Assists 1 four times 2 two times Turnovers 2 TCU/1-4 4 Marshall/12-14-14 Blocks 2 TCU/1-4 5 Texas/1-13-14 Steals 1 TCU/1-4 2 three times FGM 3 Kennesaw St./12-5 6 two times FGA 4 Kennesaw St./12-5 11 Texas/3-13-14 FG% 1.000 (1-1) three times 1.000 (3-3) Kansas/2-8-14 3FGM 0 0 3FGA 0 0 3FG%.000.000 FTM 0 2 four times FTA 2 Oklahoma St./1-9 4 TCU/1-4-14 FT%.000 (0-2) Oklahoma St./1-9 2-2 (1.000) two times Has played in 68 career games, making one start West Virginia (2015-16) Missed the first six games recovering from off-season knee surgery Had two points and two rebounds against Oklahoma State Grabbed five rebounds and had two blocks in the win at TCU Scored six points with six rebounds in his first game back against Kennesaw State West Virginia (2014-15) Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men s Basketball Second Team Played in 23 games before a knee injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season Averaged 1.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game Blocked 14 shots Finished with a career-high 14 points and nine rebounds in 17 minutes in the win over Kansas State Had two blocks at Oklahoma Scored two points against Texas Tech Had four points and four rebounds at Texas Tech Finished with six points and eight rebounds in seven minutes at TCU Had five points against Marshall Scored two points at Northern Kentucky Missed the first seven games due to illness Returned for the LSU game and finished with two points and two blocks West Virginia (2013-14) Played in 32 games, making one start Averaged 11.3 minutes per game Averaged 2.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest Shot 45.2 percent from the field Led West Virginia in blocks with 24 Team-highs of 10 points and seven rebounds against Texas in Big 12 Championship Scored four points against TCU Grabbed five rebounds against Iowa State Scored seven points in 13 minutes of action at Kansas Had three points, five rebounds, two blocks and one steal against Oklahoma Scored four points at Baylor Four points and three rebounds against Texas Tech Had six rebounds, five blocks and four points against Texas Finished with five points and eight rebounds at Texas Tech Made his first career start vs. William & Mary, finished with two points and four rebounds Had eight rebounds, three blocks and two steals in 16 minutes against Purdue Named Most Outstanding Player of the Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic Watkins, Brandon Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2013-14 32-1 361/11.3 38-84.452 0-0.000 9-25.360 38 51 89 2.8 78 3 10 10 24 11 85 2.7 2014-15 23-0 154/6.7 19-41.463 0-0.000 6-14.429 21 12 33 1.4 27 0 4 15 14 5 44 1.9 2015-16 13-0 87/6.7 6-11.545 0-0.000 0-4.000 9 12 21 1.6 23 0 4 8 4 1 12 0.9 TOTAL 68-1 602/8.9 63-136.463 0-0.000 15-43.349 68 75 143 2.1 128 3 18 33 42 17 141 2.1
Lamont West Highs Minutes Points Assists Turnovers Blocks Steals FGM FGA FG% 3FGM 3FGA 3FG% FTM FTA FT% Season In High School Averaged 17.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 2.6 blocks per game at Miller Grove High in Lithonia, Georgia Shot 59 percent from the field and 73 percent from the free throw line Led Miller Grove to a 27-4 record and a 14-0 mark in Region 6-AAAAA, falling shy of the Class AAAAA state championship Had double-doubles with 11 points and 12 rebounds against Druid Hills and 14 points and 10 rebounds against Southwest DeKalb Played for coach Sharman White Earned a spot on the 2015 DeKalb County Boys All-Star team Earned Class AAAAA Georgia All-State Honorable Mention honors Previously attended Withrow High in Cincinnati, the same school as current Mountaineer Devin Williams
Devin Williams Highs Season Career Minutes 30 N. Kentucky/11-13 38 Oklahoma State/1-11-14 Points 26 Kennesaw State/12-5 26 Kennesaw State/12-5-15 15 N. Kentucky/11-13 15 four times Assists 4 three times 4 three times Turnovers 7 San Diego St./11-27 7 San Diego St./11-27-15 Blocks 2 Stetson/11-20 2 three times Steals 2 two times 2 12 times FGM 11 Kennesaw St./12-5 11 Kennesaw State/12-5-15 FGA 15 Kennesaw St./12-5 16 Baylor/2-7-15 FG%.818 (9-11) Richmond/11-26 1.000 (1-1) Georgetown/3-18-14 3FGM 0 0 3FGA 0 1 Baylor/2-7-15 3FG%.000.000 (0-1) Baylor/2-7-15 FTM 13 Stetson/11-20 14 Oklahoma State/3-7-15 FTA 16 Stetson/11-20 16 Stetson/11-20-15 FT% 1.000 (4-4) Virginia/12-8 1.000 (6-6) two times Has played in 87 career games, making 85 starts West Virginia (2015-16) Recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Texas Seventh double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds against Kansas Scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds against Oklahoma State Finished with 15 points and eight rebounds against Eastern Kentucky Sixth double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds against UL Monroe Had 10 points against Virginia Scored a career-high 26 points to go with nine rebounds against Kennesaw State Named MVP of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Nearly registered his sixth consecutive double-double to star the season with 10 points and nine rebounds against San Diego State Became the first WVU player since 1960 to start the season with five consecutive double-doubles with 23 points and 12 rebounds against Richmond Became the first WVU player since 1967 to start the season with four consecutive double-doubles with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Bethune-Cookman Opened the season with three consecutive double-doubles for the second year in a row with a career-high 23 points and 10 rebounds against Stetson Second double-double in as many games with 19 points and 10 rebounds vs. James Madison Started the season off with a double-double (18 pts, 15 rebs) against Northern Kentucky West Virginia (2014-15) Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Averaged 11.6 points and led WVU in rebounding with 8.1 boards per game Was 15th in the Big 12 Conference in scoring and third in rebounding Played in 34 games, starting all 34 of those contests Averaged 24.9 minutes per contest Shot 44.6 percent from the field and 70.2 percent from the foul line Had 45 assists and 26 steals Recorded double figures in 18 games Had nine double-doubles Had the second-most double-doubles in the Big 12 with nine Double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Maryland in the NCAA Tournament Finished with 17 points and nine rebounds against Buffalo in the NCAA Tournament Became the first WVU player to record three straight double-doubles to start the season since Warren Baker in 1973 West Virginia (2013-14) Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team Averaged 8.4 points and led the team in rebounds at 7.2 boards per game Started 31 of 33 games, averaging 23.3 minutes per game Shot 41.1 percent from the field Posted eight double-doubles and had nine double-figure rebounding performances Eight double-doubles are the third most all-time by a WVU freshman Eight double-doubles tied for the fifth most by a Big 12 player last season Tied for the most double-doubles by a Big 12 Conference freshman with Kansas Joel Embiid His 238 rebounds last season were the fourth most all-time by a WVU freshman Finished seventh in the Big 12 Conference in rebounds per game Williams, Devin Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2013-14 33-31 769/23.3 99-239.414 0-0.000 79-138.572 81 157 238 7.2 96 3 25 52 7 19 277 8.4 2014-15 34-34 847/24.9 127-285.446 0-1.000 139-198.702 94 182 276 8.1 100 5 45 75 9 26 393 11.6 2015-16 20-20 469/23.5 87-172.506 0-0.000 88-126.698 62 102 164 8.2 49 3 30 48 5 10 262 13.1 TOTAL 87-85 2085/24.0 313-696.450 0-1.000 306-462.662 237 441 678 7.8 245 11 100 175 21 55 932 10.7
Game #1 No. RV/23 West Virginia 107, Northern Kentucky 61 Nov. 13, 2015 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. Northern Kentucky 61 0-1 Total 3-Ptr 01 Garnett, 1-3 0-1 1-2 1 3 4 4 3 2 4 0 1 18 Jordan f 13 Gillis, Brennan f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 11 21 Billups, Jalen f 3-4 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 4 7 0 1 0 1 14 03 White, Tyler g 5-13 1-4 6-7 1 3 4 5 17 3 5 0 2 35 11 Holland II, Lavone g 4-8 1-2 2-2 0 4 4 1 11 2 8 0 1 30 04 Cole, Deontae 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 8 20 Giesler, Jake 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 12 22 Rosenwinkel, Matt 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 18 23 Johnson, Todd 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 25 Murray, Cole 3-7 2-5 1-1 1 3 4 1 9 1 2 0 0 20 33 Kolli, Skyler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 34 McDonald, Drew 3-5 0-1 2-5 2 1 3 1 8 1 1 0 0 18 44 Danos, Dean 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 Team 2 1 3 Totals 21-47 5-16 14-23 8 18 26 32 61 9 30 0 7 200 FG % 1st Half: 11-23 47.8% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% FT % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 21-47 44.7% Game: 5-16 31.3% Game: 14-23 60.9% 3 West Virginia 107 1-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 4-10 0-4 6-7 7 5 12 2 14 3 1 1 2 26 23 Ahmad, Esa f 1-4 0-1 5-7 1 1 2 4 7 3 0 1 3 20 41 Williams, Devin f 5-8 0-0 8-9 6 9 15 2 18 1 1 0 2 30 02 Carter, Jevon g 7-11 3-6 7-7 1 0 1 1 24 6 2 0 5 29 04 Miles Jr, Daxter g 8-13 2-7 1-1 1 1 2 2 19 3 3 1 4 28 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-3 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 10 05 Paige, Jaysean 2-5 1-4 1-4 0 2 2 2 6 0 1 1 1 15 11 Adrian, Nathan 0-3 0-1 4-4 3 0 3 4 4 0 3 0 0 15 12 Phillip, Tarik 3-8 0-1 1-2 1 4 5 2 7 2 1 0 3 21 45 Macon, Elijah 3-3 0-0 1-3 2 2 4 5 7 1 1 0 0 6 Team 1 0 1 Totals 33-68 6-25 35-46 23 24 47 26 107 20 15 4 20 200 FG % 1st Half: 21-40 52.5% half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 33-68 48.5% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 4-16 25.0% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 6-25 24.0% 5 FT % 1st Half: 16-22 72.7% 2nd half: 19-24 79.2% Game: 35-46 76.1% Officials: Joe DeRosa, Mark Schnur, Greg Rennegarbe Technical fouls: Northern Kentucky-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 10120 Start Time: 7:07pm End Time: 9:18pm Gillis (NKU) fouled out with 12:53 left in the game. Macon (WVU) fouled out with 10:01 left in the game. White (NKU) fouled out with 1:55 left in the game. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Northern Kentucky 32 29 61 West Virginia 62 45 107 Last FG - NKU 2nd-01:41, WVU 2nd-00:34. Largest lead - NKU None, WVU by 46 2nd-00:34. NKU led for 00:00. WVU led for 39:31. Game was tied for 00:29. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench NKU 28 10 6 2 23 WVU 52 44 34 12 25 Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times. Game #2 No. RV/22 West Virginia 86, James Madison 73 Nov. 16, 2015 Charleston Civic Center Charleston, W.Va. James Madison 73 1-1 Total 3-Ptr 12 Satkus, 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 5 0 0 3 0 0 9 Paulius f 13 Vodanovich, Tom f 2-3 0-1 2-4 3 4 7 5 6 1 3 0 2 34 02 Curry, Ron g 3-9 3-5 2-2 0 1 1 4 11 1 2 0 0 28 04 McLean, Joey g 3-8 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 1 8 1 5 0 2 26 10 Kent, Jackson g 1-5 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 18 01 Brown, Shakir 5-12 3-7 8-8 3 4 7 3 21 3 2 1 1 31 03 Grays III, Winston 2-4 0-2 8-8 2 3 5 1 12 2 2 0 0 19 21 Cabarkapa, Dimitrije 5-10 1-6 2-2 1 4 5 4 13 0 1 0 0 33 55 Lukic, Ivan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 2 1 3 1 Totals 21-51 9-28 22-24 12 19 31 23 73 8 19 1 5 200 FG % 1st half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 21-51 41.2% Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 5-16 31.3% 2nd half: 4-12 33.3% Game: 9-28 32.1% 0 FT % 1st Half: 13-14 92.9% 2nd half: 9-10 90.0% Game: 22-24 91.7% West Virginia 86 2-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 4-11 0-1 4-4 8 4 12 2 12 2 0 1 1 26 23 Ahmad, Esa f 1-7 1-2 0-0 2 2 4 3 3 4 0 1 1 21 41 Williams, Devin f 6-9 0-0 7-10 4 6 10 1 19 0 2 0 1 27 02 Carter, Jevon g 6-11 2-5 5-7 1 1 2 3 19 3 5 0 2 36 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 4-7 1-2 2-3 3 2 5 4 11 0 1 0 0 24 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 05 Paige, Jaysean 3-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 11 11 Adrian, Nathan 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 1 3 2 5 2 2 0 0 15 12 Phillip, Tarik 1-6 0-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 4 25 45 Macon, Elijah 2-6 0-0 2-4 2 1 3 3 6 1 1 0 0 12 Team 0 2 2 Totals 29-66 6-16 22-30 22 20 42 21 86 16 13 2 9 200 FG % 1st half: 13-33 39.4% Game: 29-66 43.9% Half: 16-33 48.5% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd half: 0-6 0.0% Game: 6-16 37.5% 4 FT % 1st Half: 10-15 66.7% 2nd half: 12-15 80.0% Game: 22-30 73.3% Officials: Tom Eades, Mike Roberts, Roger Ayers Technical fouls: James Madison-Curry, Ron; TEAM. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 8101 Start Time: 7:05 End Time: 9:11 Satkus (JMU) fouled out with 9:59 left in the second half. Vodanovich (JMU) fouled out with 2:32 left in the second half. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Paint T/O Chance Break James Madison 38 35 73 Points Bench JMU 22 16 12 2 46 WVU 40 27 26 2 22 West Virginia 48 38 86 Last FG - JMU 2nd-00:25, WVU 2nd-02:28. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - JMU None, WVU by 19 2nd-02:28. Lead changed - 0 times. JMU led for 00:00. WVU led for 39:50. Game was tied for 00:10. Game #3 No. RV/22 West Virginia 103, Stetson 62 Nov. 20, 2015 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Stetson 62 0-3 Total 3-Ptr 22 Newton, 4-9 2-4 2-2 1 0 1 3 12 0 3 0 1 20 Derick f 02 Lozoya, Grant g 1-6 0-3 1-2 0 2 2 4 3 0 2 0 2 16 04 Myles, Divine g 1-7 0-1 4-4 0 4 4 2 6 4 2 0 3 26 13 Harvey, Cameron g 1-5 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 13 41 Pegg, Brian g 2-5 0-0 3-4 3 2 5 5 7 3 1 0 0 26 01 Cockfield, Ty 4-10 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 1 8 0 0 0 1 21 05 Rivera, Angel 1-4 0-2 2-2 1 0 1 1 4 5 4 0 1 25 20 Romich, Drew 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 8 33 Doyle, Luke 1-7 1-6 2-2 1 3 4 1 5 1 1 0 0 23 35 Goodman, Leo 4-9 2-5 4-4 4 0 4 1 14 0 3 0 2 22 Team 2 2 4 Totals 19-62 6-25 18-21 13 16 29 25 62 14 19 0 10 200 FG % 1st half: 10-34 29.4% Game: 19-62 30.6% Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd half: 4-16 25.0% Game: 6-25 24.0% 1 FT % 1st Half: 15-17 88.2% 2nd half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 18-21 85.7% West Virginia 103 3-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 5 2 0 2 1 3 9 23 Ahmad, Esa f 5-7 0-1 1-5 3 5 8 1 11 4 5 1 0 22 41 Williams, Devin f 5-9 0-0 13-16 4 6 10 0 23 4 3 2 0 27 02 Carter, Jevon g 2-6 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 17 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 5-12 1-5 2-2 1 4 5 1 13 2 0 0 0 24 00 Myers, Teyvon 1-5 1-4 0-0 1 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 17 05 Paige, Jaysean 7-9 3-5 2-2 3 2 5 4 19 2 2 0 2 18 11 Adrian, Nathan 3-4 0-1 0-0 2 3 5 2 6 0 1 1 0 19 12 Phillip, Tarik 1-5 0-3 2-2 1 1 2 1 4 10 1 0 4 26 30 Romeo, Richard 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 45 Macon, Elijah 8-8 0-0 2-3 1 6 7 1 18 1 1 2 1 18 Team 0 0 0 Totals 38-67 5-21 22-30 18 32 50 19 103 26 18 7 10 200 FG % 1st half: 21-33 63.6% Game: 38-67 56.7% Half: 17-34 50.0% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 5-21 23.8% 3 FT % 1st Half: 14-20 70.0% 2nd half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 22-30 73.3% Officials: Gary Maxwell, Rodrick Dixon, Bret Smith Technical fouls: Stetson-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 8268 Start Time: 7:07 End Time: 9:07 Romich (SU) fouled out with 4:58 remaining in the first half. Holton (WVU) fouled out with 10:45 remaining in the second half. Pegg (SU) fouled out with 1:16 remaining in the second half. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Stetson 35 27 62 West Virginia 51 52 103 Last FG - SU 2nd-01:41, WVU 2nd-00:28. Largest lead - SU by 8 1st-10:13, WVU by 41 2nd-00:28. SU led for 10:46. WVU led for 27:36. Game was tied for 01:38. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench SU 22 14 11 6 31 WVU 60 30 26 6 50 Score tied - 4 times. Lead changed - 4 times. Jevon Carter scored 24 points and West Virginia s full-court pressure defense forced 30 Northern Kentucky turnovers on the way to a 107-61 victory in the 2015-16 season opener at the WVU Coliseum. It was the 500th all-time victory for the Mountaineers at the 45-year-old facility. West Virginia jumped out to an early double-digit lead and the margin swelled to 50, 62-32, at halftime. Northern Kentucky, still transitioning to Division I basketball, had trouble handling the Mountaineer press and West Virginia s bigs on the glass. Junior forward Devin Williams pulled down 15 rebounds to go with 18 points, while senior forward Jonathan Holton contributed 14 points and 12 boards. West Virginia had a 47-26 rebounding advantage and outscored the Norse 52-28 in the paint. Sophomore guard Daxter Miles Jr. contributed 19 points on eightof-13 shooting; Carter was also efficient shooting the ball, hitting seven of his 11 field goal attempts and all seven of his free throw tries. I thought we played really well in the first half, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. Then we came out in the second half very complacent. I think at one time we forced five turnovers and we had five turnovers and at one time they were leading in the second half by three or five. That s not what we want. We ve got to do a better job of getting them ready to come out in the second half. All 10 West Virginia players who got into the game scored. An announced crowd of 10,120 for the game was pleasing to Huggins. We need the support, he said. If we re going to be a consistent big-time program let s be a be a consistent big-time program. I know it s hard to get from a lot of places but when you can come, come, and when you can t come give your tickets to somebody else. Tyler White led Northern Kentucky with 17 points. Lavone Holland 11 added 11. The Mountaineers now own a 92-15 all-time record in season openers, including a 98-9 record in home openers. The crowd of 10,120 was the fourth time in Coliseum history that WVU had a crowd of 10,000 or more in the month of November. Northern Kentucky was the 168th team to play a game against WVU in the Coliseum (non-exhibition). WVU is 132-36 against teams making their first appearance in the Coliseum. Jevon Carter and Devin Williams scored 19 points each to power 22nd-ranked West Virginia to an 86-73 victory over James Madison at the Charleston Civic Center. The Mountaineers (2-0) led throughout, but could never completely distance themselves from the feisty Dukes. It was a good game, they re a good team, they re well coached and if they shoot it like that they re not going to lose very many, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. They made some hard shots tonight. West Virginia began the game with Carter s alley oop dunk, and then the Mountaineers used their size in the paint to build an early seven-point lead on consecutive baskets by Jonathan Holton and Williams. An Esa Ahmad 3 from the wing and an Elijah Macon tip-in got it to nine, 15-6, and then a pretty Macon pass to a cutting Holton gave West Virginia its first double-digit advantage at 27-17. Shakir Brown kept James Madison around in the first half, dropping in a pair of 3s and hitting all six of his free throw attempts. The Dukes were 12 of 12 from the line until Tom Vodanovich missed the second of two with 2:27 left. West Virginia s biggest lead of the first half was 14, 41-27, following a pair of Williams free throws with 5:18 remaining. Williams scored on the opening possession of the second half, and the Mountaineers used constant pressure to build the lead back to 14, 60-46, on baskets by Nathan Adrian and Elijah Macon following consecutive JMU turnovers. The Dukes (1-1) answered with five straight from Vodanovich and Joey McLean, and then two Brown charity throws reduced West Virginia s lead to seven, 60-53. Leading by nine, 70-61, with six minutes left, West Virginia used a 6-0 spurt, two of those coming on an Ahmad no-look pass to Daxter Miles Jr. on an inbounds play and two more coming on a Williams dunk off of a Dukes turnover to make it 76-61. The Mountaineers biggest lead of the game was 19 after Holton s follow-up basket. Holton contributed 12 points and 12 rebounds while Miles Jr. finished with 11 for the Mountaineers. West Virginia shot 43.9 percent overall, 37.5 percent from 3, and 73.3 percent from the free throw line. WVU also made nine steals and forced 19 turnovers. WVU improved to 64-20 all-time at the Charleston Civic Center and 72-22 all-time in Charleston. West Virginia eclipsed the 100-point plateau for the second time this season with a 103-62 victory over Stetson in the first game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational at the WVU Coliseum. Junior forward Devin Williams extended his double-double streak to three games, scoring a career-high 23 points with 10 rebounds and four assists. Williams went 13-for-16 from the free-throw line. Senior guard Jaysean Paige (19), sophomore forward Elijah Macon (18), sophomore guard Daxter Miles Jr. (13) and freshman forward Esa Ahmad (11) also reached double digits. Ahmad finished with eight rebounds and four assists, while junior guard Tarik Phillip had a career-high 10 assists. It wasn t a thing of beauty. We turned it over too many times, 18 times, which is unacceptable, coach Bob Huggins said. We really didn t guard at all. We were very flat a day earlier at practice and I just figured I d sit there a while and let them try and figure it out themselves and obviously that didn t work. We just weren t in it. We tried to run a couple of sets and had guys in the wrong places and we ve been going over those sets for about five-consecutive days, so it wasn t they didn t know, they just weren t in it. The Mountaineers (3-0) wore down the Hatters (0-3) throughout the contest on the boards, finishing with a 50-29 rebounding advantage. West Virginia turned Stetson over 19 times and capitalized on those mistakes with 30 points off turnovers. WVU also scored 60 points in the paint and had 26 second-chance points. The West Virginia offense began the game in a rut and the Mountaineers trailed for the majority of the first half, the biggest deficit being eight at the 10:13 mark. However, a pair of free throws by Paige at the 5:19 mark gave the Mountaineers the lead for good at 31-29 ẆVU went on a 21-6 run following the free throws to end the half with a 51-35 advantage. There were four lead changes and West Virginia s 41-point advantage at the end of the game was the largest lead of the contest. Stetson was paced by freshman guard Leo Goodman and freshman forward Derick Newton with 14 points and 12 points, respectively. Elijah Macon finished with a career-high 18 points on 8-of-8 shooting from the field. WVU shot over 50 percent for the first time since Dec. 30, 2014, when the Mountaineers shot 50.4 percent against Virginia Tech.
Game #4 No. RV/22 West Virginia 97, Bethune-Cookman 44 Nov. 23, 2015 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Bethune-Cookman 44 2-2 Total 3-Ptr 03 Smith, 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 LaRon f 15 Holmes, Randy f 2-8 1-2 1-2 5 1 6 3 6 1 3 0 2 20 23 Moody, Mario f 2-8 1-5 2-5 1 4 5 3 7 1 7 3 3 35 10 Potts, Jordan g 1-8 0-4 4-4 1 5 6 5 6 1 7 0 2 35 22 Johnson, Ricky g 1-6 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 22 01 Salaam, Josue 4-10 3-7 1-1 0 1 1 2 12 1 0 0 0 20 02 Lewis, Diamante 2-3 0-0 3-5 1 1 2 1 7 0 4 0 1 20 11 Ingram, Marquel 0-5 0-3 2-2 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 0 1 21 12 Forrest, Quinton 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 11 Team 1 1 2 Totals 13-52 5-27 13-19 11 17 28 21 44 7 30 3 10 200 FG % 1st Half: 7-21 33.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 6-31 19.4% 2nd half: 3-17 17.6% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 13-52 25.0% Game: 5-27 18.5% Game: 13-19 68.4% 2,1 West Virginia 97 4-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 4-6 1-2 2-4 7 4 11 0 11 1 2 0 1 25 23 Ahmad, Esa f 4-7 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 2 8 4 5 1 2 23 41 Williams, Devin f 5-9 0-0 2-2 4 6 10 2 12 4 1 0 0 25 02 Carter, Jevon g 4-12 3-8 0-0 0 2 2 1 11 3 1 1 4 28 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 6-9 1-3 1-3 0 1 1 3 14 2 1 0 2 26 00 Myers, Teyvon 2-5 2-5 4-4 0 1 1 1 10 0 1 0 0 17 05 Paige, Jaysean 5-10 1-5 3-3 2 5 7 2 14 3 1 0 4 21 11 Adrian, Nathan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 12 Phillip, Tarik 0-1 0-1 4-4 0 3 3 0 4 3 1 0 2 11 30 Romeo, Richard 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 45 Macon, Elijah 6-8 0-0 1-4 3 7 10 3 13 0 3 0 0 15 Team 0 0 0 Totals 36-69 8-24 17-24 18 32 50 19 97 20 16 3 15 200 FG % 1st Half: 17-37 45.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% FT % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd half: 19-32 59.4% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 11-15 73.3% Officials: Duke Edsall, Patrick Adams, Rick Randall Technical fouls: Bethune-Cookman-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 6196 Start Time: 7:06 End Time: 9:02 Potts (BC) fouled out with 4:38 left in the game. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Bethune-Cookman 22 22 44 West Virginia 45 52 97 Last FG - BC 2nd-04:13, WVU 2nd-00:09. Largest lead - BC None, WVU by 53 2nd-00:09. BC led for 00:00. WVU led for 38:32. Game was tied for 01:17. Game: 36-69 52.2% Game: 8-24 33.3% Game: 17-24 70.8% 4 Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench BC 12 11 4 6 23 WVU 54 39 22 10 41 Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times. Game #5 No. RV/22 West Virginia 67, Richmond 59 Nov. 26, 2015 Orleans Arena Las Vegas, Nevada Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Richmond 59 3-2 Total 3-Ptr 10 Cline, 2-4 0-2 1-4 1 3 4 5 5 1 3 1 0 21 T.J. f 11 Taylor, Deion f 2-4 0-0 1-4 1 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 22 15 Allen, Terry f 5-10 0-1 10-12 2 4 6 4 20 2 3 0 2 38 03 Jones, ShawnDre' g 4-11 1-4 6-8 1 2 3 2 15 2 2 0 2 37 05 Davis, Trey g 1-3 1-2 1-4 0 4 4 3 4 3 4 0 2 37 02 Fore, Khwan 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 11 24 Wood, Marshall 4-13 0-5 0-1 3 3 6 3 8 0 1 0 0 30 30 Pistokache, Jesse 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Team 3 6 9 Totals 18-46 2-15 21-35 11 25 36 24 59 9 14 1 6 200 FG % 1st Half: 10-22 45.5% half: 8-24 33.3% Game: 18-46 39.1% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 0-7 0.0% Game: 2-15 13.3% 8,1 FT % 1st Half: 9-16 56.3% 2nd half: 12-19 63.2% Game: 21-35 60.0% West Virginia 67 5-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 12 23 Ahmad, Esa f 0-2 0-0 6-8 0 2 2 2 6 3 0 0 2 21 41 Williams, Devin f 9-11 0-0 5-8 5 7 12 3 23 0 1 0 0 25 02 Carter, Jevon g 3-12 1-6 6-6 0 3 3 0 13 2 0 0 0 30 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 1-5 0-3 2-2 0 0 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 31 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 05 Paige, Jaysean 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 1 3 4 5 0 0 0 1 14 11 Adrian, Nathan 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 20 12 Phillip, Tarik 2-6 0-1 1-4 1 3 4 3 5 2 1 0 1 22 45 Macon, Elijah 1-1 0-0 3-4 1 1 2 2 5 1 2 2 1 19 Team 0 1 1 Totals 21-48 2-13 23-32 9 22 31 28 67 10 9 2 7 200 FG % 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% half: 9-22 40.9% Game: 21-48 43.8% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 2-13 15.4% 2 FT % 1st Half: 10-16 62.5% 2nd half: 13-16 81.3% Game: 23-32 71.9% Officials: Tim Kelly, Louis Andrakaos, Larry Scriotto Technical fouls: Richmond-None. West Virginia-Williams, Devin. Attendance: 2590 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Richmond 31 28 59 West Virginia 35 32 67 Last FG - UR 2nd-00:12, WVU 2nd-01:52. Largest lead - UR None, WVU by 12 1st-12:48. UR led for 00:00. WVU led for 39:39. Game was tied for 00:13. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench UR 30 7 11 6 10 WVU 36 17 14 6 17 Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times. Game #6 No. RV/22 West Virginia 72, San Diego State 50 Nov. 27, 2015 Orleans Arena Las Vegas, Nevada Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational San Diego State 50 4-3 Total 3-Ptr 03 Chol, 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 14 Angelo f 14 Cheatham, Zylan f 3-8 0-1 1-2 0 4 4 4 7 0 5 1 0 23 04 Allen, Dakarai g 2-6 0-3 5-6 0 2 2 2 9 0 5 0 1 22 12 Kell, Trey g 1-4 0-1 4-6 0 2 2 2 6 1 1 0 0 24 42 Hemsley, Jeremy g 4-7 0-1 6-7 0 4 4 3 14 1 4 0 1 33 00 Spencer, Skylar 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 7 0 27 11 Williams, D'Erryl 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 13 Shepard, Winston 1-7 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 24 15 Perez, Ben 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 Pope, Malik 0-4 0-3 5-6 0 5 5 1 5 0 2 0 0 25 Team 1 0 1 Totals 13-38 0-9 24-32 3 25 28 21 50 3 21 10 4 200 FG % 1st half: 36.4% Game: 13-38 34.2% Half: 5-16 31.3% 2nd 8-22 3FG % 1st Half: 0-6 0.0% 2nd half: 0-3 0.0% Game: 0-9 0.0% 2,1 FT % 1st Half: 16-20 80.0% 2nd half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 24-32 75.0% West Virginia 72 6-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 5-7 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 3 12 1 1 0 1 18 23 Ahmad, Esa f 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 4 4 1 0 1 1 31 41 Williams, Devin f 5-12 0-0 0-3 2 7 9 2 10 4 7 0 0 29 02 Carter, Jevon g 4-9 1-2 3-4 0 3 3 2 12 2 2 0 3 22 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 5-10 0-4 4-6 2 1 3 3 14 2 1 0 6 31 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 05 Paige, Jaysean 4-6 2-2 0-0 0 3 3 4 10 0 0 0 0 9 11 Adrian, Nathan 2-6 1-1 0-0 1 2 3 1 5 0 1 0 1 15 12 Phillip, Tarik 1-7 0-3 3-4 1 4 5 4 5 1 1 0 1 23 45 Macon, Elijah 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 18 Team 5 1 6 Totals 27-62 4-13 14-21 14 28 42 25 72 12 15 2 13 200 FG % 1st half: 15-30 50.0% Game: 27-62 43.5% Half: 12-32 37.5% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 4-13 30.8% 2 FT % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 14-21 66.7% Officials: Tim Kelly, Louis Andrekaos, William Humes Technical fouls: San Diego State-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 3245 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total San Diego State 26 24 50 West Virginia 34 38 72 Last FG - SDSU 2nd-02:04, WVU 2nd-00:10. Largest lead - SDSU by 3 1st-18:22, WVU by 22 2nd-00:10. SDSU led for 02:56. WVU led for 35:02. Game was tied for 01:23. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench SDSU 26 7 4 6 10 WVU 38 30 13 6 20 Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 3 times. Three West Virginia players had double-double games as the 22ndranked Mountaineers rolled to a 97-44 victory over Bethune-Cookman at the WVU Coliseum. Devin Williams scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jonathan Holton contributed 11 points and 11 rebounds and Elijah Macon came off the bench to produce 13 points and 10 boards for the 4-0 Mountaineers. It was the first time that has happened for a WVU team since February 8, 1994 when Marsalis Basey, Ricky Robinson and Zain Shaw accomplished the feat in West Virginia s 78-71 victory over eighth-ranked Temple at the Coliseum. Jaysean Paige and Daxter Miles Jr. scored 14 points, while Jevon Carter had 11 and junior college transfer Teyvon Myers finished with 10 in the win. We did some nice things and we did some things that weren t very good, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. We turned it over 16 times against a 2-3 zone and that s way too many. We ve got to get to a point where those are in single digits. For Williams, it was his fourth consecutive double-double game to start the season, the first time that has happened since 1967 when forward Carey Bailey did it. An announced crowd of 6,196, minus WVU students on Thanksgiving break, got to see the entire roster of available players for a good portion of the second half after the Mountaineers built a 45-22 halftime lead. West Virginia shot 52.2 percent from the floor, had a 50-32 advantage on the glass and made 15 steals that contributed to 30 Wildcat turnovers. I thought Devin was really solid for us, said Huggins. He was working. When you get a 6-9, 260-pound guy out there moving his feet the way he was trying to move his feet that s pretty good effort. He s really working and he s in the gym all of the time and that s kind of been the formula for success. Josue Salaam was the only Bethune-Cookman player to reach double figures with 12 points. This was the second game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational following the game against Stetson three days earlier. Bethune-Cookman made its first appearance in the WVU Coliseum. WVU had seven guys in double figures for the first time since 2012 against VMI. Devin Williams scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead 22nd-ranked West Virginia to a 67-59 victory over Richmond at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Williams made nine of 11 field goal attempts and pulled down a game-best five offensive rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. He becomes the first player since All-American Rod Thorn in 1960-61 to start the season with five straight double-doubles. Thorn had six straight double-doubles to begin that season. Devin was absolutely terrific, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. I thought Devin was a man and I thought Esa (Ahmad) made some good plays for us when we were struggling. West Virginia (5-0) led by 12 at one point in the first half before taking a 35-31 lead into the locker room at halftime. The Mountaineers led by eight midway through the second half but couldn t shake off the pesky Spiders. Richmond was averaging 90.8 points and shooting better than 50 percent from the floor, but could manage just 59 points on 39.1 percent shooting. The Spiders hit only two of their 15 3-point tries, including missing all seven in the second half. For the most part we got pretty good pressure on them, said Huggins. All we talked about was chase them off the (3-point line). We could stand in there and let them shoot it because they shoot it really well. Forward Terry Allen led Richmond with 20 points, the senior getting half of those from the free throw line. There were a combined 52 fouls called in the game with two disqualifications, T.J. Cline for Richmond and Nathan Adrian for West Virginia. Jevon Carter was the only other WVU player to reach double figures with 13 points. West Virginia also struggled to make shots, hitting just 43.8 percent of its field goal tries, including 15.4 percent from 3. This is the second straight year the Mountaineers have started the season 5-0; in 2014-15, the Mountaineers were 7-0 before falling to LSU, 74-73, in the Big 12/SEC Challenge in Morgantown. Five Mountaineers reached double figures to lead WVU to an impressive 72-50 victory over San Diego State in the championship game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The Mountaineers harassed the super athletic Aztecs all game, forcing 21 San Diego State turnovers and limiting them to just 13 made field goals, including a goose egg from 3 in nine attempts. Including the 2-of-15 shooting from Richmond behind the arc, WVU s opponents were just 2-of-24 from 3 during the two games in Vegas. I thought we played better as a team today than we have at any time up to this point, said Huggins afterward. San Diego State had trouble making them from anywhere against West Virginia s suffocating pressure. After spotting the Aztecs an early 3-0 lead, the Mountaineers turned up the heat and built a six-point lead the second TV timeout midway through the first half. Jaysean Paige scored eight straight points to begin the run, and following the stoppage of play, Nathan Adrian knocked down a 3, Jevon Carter added a short jumper and Adrian got another one close to the basket to give the Mountaineers a 13-point lead. West Virginia kept its lead in the eight-to-10-point range for the remainder of the first half. Midway through the second half is when the Aztecs really struggled to score and West Virginia s lead began to swell. Devin Williams scored close to the basket on three straight possessions to put West Virginia ahead by 16, 46-30, and the Mountaineers got it to 18 with 10:48 remaining in the game and a Daxter Miles Jr. jumper. West Virginia (6-0) got contributions from everyone that played, including five reaching double figures led by Miles 14 points. Jonathan Holton and Carter scored 12 while Williams and Paige added 10 points each. Williams streak of five straight double-double games ended, however, the junior only managing to pull down nine rebounds. WVU had a 42-28 advantage on the glass and also shot 50 percent in the second half following a frigid first half from the field. Guard Jeremy Hemsley was the only Aztec player to reach double figures with 14 points. Williams, who scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the 67-59 victory over Richmond, was named tournament MVP. Miles Jr. and Carter were selected to the all-tournament team. WVU won an in-season tournament for the second year in a row. Last year, WVU won three games to win the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
Game #7 No. 20/15 West Virginia 87, Kennesaw State 54 Dec. 5, 2015 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. Kennesaw State 54 2-8 Total 3-Ptr 02 Jones, 0-1 0-0 4-4 0 2 2 4 4 1 0 2 1 34 Jordan f 05 Morena, Bernard f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 00 Ray, Kendrick g 10-16 0-1 3-4 1 5 6 5 23 0 4 0 4 29 04 Brown, Yonel g 4-12 0-2 6-7 1 1 2 2 14 0 6 0 1 40 21 Masterson, Nick g 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 16 03 Hector, Tracy 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 7 8 2 0 1 3 0 3 33 11 Clarke, Kyle 3-6 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 5 8 2 12 0 2 28 14 Williams, Aubrey 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 11 24 Burnett, Josh 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 33 Jankovic, Kosta 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 1 0 1 Totals 19-43 1-7 15-17 5 22 27 25 54 4 31 2 11 200 FG % 1st half: 10-23 43.5% Game: 19-43 44.2% Half: 9-20 45.0% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 1-7 14.3% 0 FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd half: 9-10 90.0% Game: 15-17 88.2% West Virginia 87 7-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 5-7 1-1 6-8 8 1 9 1 17 3 2 1 1 20 23 Ahmad, Esa f 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 4 4 3 0 0 1 17 41 Williams, Devin f 11-15 0-0 4-8 3 6 9 1 26 1 4 0 1 26 02 Carter, Jevon g 1-4 0-2 2-2 0 3 3 4 4 5 0 0 2 24 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 7-14 2-3 2-4 1 0 1 1 18 1 1 0 4 28 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-4 0-2 0-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 15 05 Paige, Jaysean 1-6 1-3 0-0 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 17 11 Adrian, Nathan 2-2 0-0 1-2 2 4 6 1 5 0 3 0 0 20 12 Phillip, Tarik 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 13 20 Watkins, Brandon 3-4 0-0 0-1 2 4 6 1 6 1 1 1 0 17 30 Romeo, Richard 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 45 Macon, Elijah 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 Team 0 0 0 Totals 34-65 4-11 15-29 19 21 40 20 87 23 17 3 13 200 FG % 1st half: 18-34 52.9% Game: 34-65 52.3% Half: 16-31 51.6% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 4-11 36.4% 4 FT % 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd half: 9-17 52.9% Game: 15-29 51.7% Officials: Paul Janssen, Rodrick Dixon, Kevin Mathis Technical fouls: Kennesaw State-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 8731 Start Time: 12:35 End Time: 2:40 Williams (KSU) fouled out with 10:53 left in the game. Ray (KSU) with 5:05 remaining. Clarke (KSU) with 4:04 remaining. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Kennesaw State 24 30 54 West Virginia 41 46 87 Last FG - KSU 2nd-03:15, WVU 2nd-00:10. Largest lead - KSU None, WVU by 33 2nd-00:10. KSU led for 00:00. WVU led for 39:47. Game was tied for 00:13. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench KSU 32 11 6 10 13 WVU 50 31 22 4 18 Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times. Game #8 No. 10/10 Virginia 70, No. 14/14 West Virginia 54 Dec. 8, 2015 Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y. Jimmy V Classic West Virginia 54 7-1 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 3-6 1-3 1-2 2 2 4 2 8 4 1 0 1 27 23 Ahmad, Esa f 2-4 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 21 41 Williams, Devin c 3-6 0-0 4-4 1 2 3 5 10 2 5 0 1 25 02 Carter, Jevon g 1-9 0-2 2-3 2 3 5 2 4 1 1 0 2 23 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 1-8 0-5 2-4 1 1 2 4 4 0 1 0 1 31 05 Paige, Jaysean 7-11 1-4 1-2 3 0 3 4 16 0 3 1 2 18 11 Adrian, Nathan 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 13 12 Phillip, Tarik 2-4 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 4 5 1 1 0 3 27 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 45 Macon, Elijah 0-1 0-0 1-4 1 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 12 Team 0 0 0 Totals 20-50 2-14 12-21 13 11 24 24 54 10 18 1 10 200 FG % 1st half: 6-20 30.0% Game: 20-50 40.0% Half: 14-30 46.7% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 0-7 0.0% Game: 2-14 14.3% 3 FT % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 12-21 57.1% Virginia 70 8-1 Total 3-Ptr 13 Gill, Anthony 9-11 0-0 2-4 3 9 12 2 20 1 2 0 1 36 f 33 Salt, Jack c 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 15 Brogdon, Malcolm g 5-10 0-3 4-4 0 3 3 4 14 2 2 0 0 32 32 Perrantes, London g 5-6 3-3 0-0 0 3 3 3 13 4 5 0 1 30 51 Thompson, Darius g 4-7 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 3 10 2 4 0 0 28 00 Hall, Devon 1-2 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 22 04 Shayok, Marial 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 10 Tobey, Mike 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 11 Nolte, Evan 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 21 Wilkins, Isaiah 2-3 0-0 2-4 0 3 3 0 6 1 0 0 4 21 31 Reuter, Jarred 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Team 0 3 3 1 Totals 27-43 3-8 13-20 6 23 29 22 70 13 19 1 6 200 FG % 1st half: 14-19 73.7% Game: 27-43 62.8% Half: 13-24 54.2% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 3-8 37.5% 6 FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 13-20 65.0% Officials: Michael Stephens, Ron Groover, Jeff Anderson Technical fouls: West Virginia-None. Virginia-None. Attendance: 19812 2015 Jimmy V Classic Score by periods 1st 2nd Total West Virginia 36 18 54 Virginia 30 40 70 Last FG - WVU 2nd-03:22, VA 2nd-00:26. Largest lead - WVU by 12 1st-04:59, VA by 16 2nd-00:26. WVU led for 23:17. VA led for 14:16. Game was tied for 02:14. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench WVU 34 15 14 2 24 VA 44 19 10 6 11 Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 2 times. Game #9 No. 14/14 West Virginia 100, UL Monroe 58 Dec. 13, 2015 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. UL Monroe 58 4-5 Total 3-Ptr 01 Munnings, 5-6 0-0 2-5 1 6 7 4 12 3 6 1 0 31 Travis f 02 Harvey, DeMondre f 0-4 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 25 05 Samuel, Jamaal f 8-10 1-1 2-2 1 3 4 0 19 1 1 0 0 30 11 Coppola, Nick g 4-8 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 8 2 5 0 0 31 32 Roberson, Justin g 1-4 0-1 2-3 0 3 3 2 4 2 3 0 0 29 03 Washington, Marcus 2-4 0-1 2-5 0 2 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 12 04 Foster, Mack 1-3 0-2 3-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 12 14 Cooper, Prince 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 22 Richard, Lance 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 Taylor, Roderick 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 14 25 Martin, Wade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 Team 1 3 4 2 Totals 22-43 1-8 13-20 4 23 27 17 58 12 21 3 2 200 FG % 1st Half: 10-22 45.5% 3FG % 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% FT % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd half: 12-21 57.1% 2nd half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7% Game: 22-43 51.2% Game: 1-8 12.5% Game: 13-20 65.0% 2 West Virginia 100 8-1 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 2-7 0-1 1-1 4 4 8 1 5 2 0 0 0 15 23 Ahmad, Esa f 1-5 0-2 0-2 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 0 3 18 41 Williams, Devin c 6-12 0-0 0-1 5 5 10 1 12 0 0 0 0 26 02 Carter, Jevon g 7-14 4-9 3-4 0 3 3 3 21 3 0 0 5 27 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 6-11 4-7 2-4 0 0 0 2 18 1 0 0 0 22 00 Myers, Teyvon 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 2 14 05 Paige, Jaysean 5-11 4-8 0-0 1 1 2 2 14 0 1 0 1 18 11 Adrian, Nathan 1-5 0-2 1-2 6 0 6 3 3 4 0 0 1 14 12 Phillip, Tarik 4-6 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 1 10 4 0 0 2 19 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 12 30 Romeo, Richard 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 45 Macon, Elijah 3-5 0-0 2-2 3 2 5 1 8 1 0 0 0 14 Team 1 1 2 2 Totals 38-84 15-36 9-16 26 22 48 18 100 19 5 0 14 200 FG % 1st half: 16-38 42.1% Game: 38-84 45.2% Half: 22-46 47.8% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 9-19 47.4% 2nd half: 6-17 35.3% Game: 15-36 41.7% 4 FT % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 9-16 56.3% Officials: Tom O'Neill, Duke Edsall, Mark Schnur Technical fouls: UL Monroe-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 8323 Start Time: 5:06 End Time: 6:59 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total UL Monroe 26 32 58 West Virginia 59 41 100 Last FG - ULM 2nd-00:49, WVU 2nd-00:23. Largest lead - ULM by 3 1st-18:41, WVU by 43 2nd-01:08. ULM led for 01:25. WVU led for 37:54. Game was tied for 00:41. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench ULM 28 2 2 0 13 WVU 42 35 23 6 42 Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 2 times. West Virginia used a career-high 26 points from junior forward Devin Williams to dispose of Kennesaw State, 87-54, at the WVU Coliseum. Williams made 11 of his 15 field goal attempts and added nine rebounds for the 20th-ranked Mountaineers, now 7-0 to begin the year for the second straight season. Sophomore guard Daxter Miles Jr. contributed 18 points and senior forward Jonathan Holton nearly missed a double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds. We just didn t have a lot of interest in the game today, I don t think, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins, continuing his climb up the NCAA all-time wins chart with career victory No. 772, although it s a safe bet he will struggle to remember the game when his career is finished. West Virginia shot 52.3 percent from the floor, or 0.6 percent better than it did from the free throw line (15 of 29). When you come in and you shoot 50 percent from the free throw line you re not ready to play, and we were not ready to play, said Huggins. When you miss layups we missed four or five, you re not ready to play. When you have unforced turnovers that s just a lack of concentration. Fortunately for West Virginia, the outmanned Owls were outmanned, turning the ball over 31 times leading to 31 Mountaineer points. The game did represent the season debut for junior forward Brandon Watkins, who missed the first six games of the year while recovering from off-season knee surgery. Watkins played 17 minutes and scored six points, grabbed six rebounds, blocked a shot and handed out an assist to draw praise from his coach. He gives us a presence around the rim, and I liked the way he played today, said Huggins of Watkins initial performance of the season. Kennesaw State, which has lost games this year at Alabama and LSU, drops to 2-8. Kendrick Ray led the Owls with 23 points. A Family Day crowd of 8,731 watched the game. West Virginia did not trail in the Kennesaw State game. WVU has not trailed in five of its seven games to open the season. Kennesaw State and WVU met for the first time in school history. WVU is now 134-36 against teams making their first appearance in the WVU Coliseum. No. 10 Virginia used a suffocating second-half defensive performance to defeat 14th-ranked West Virginia, 70-54, in the first game of the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. The second half was a complete reversal for the 8-1 Cavaliers, who turned the ball over a season-high 19 times and trailed by as many as 12 points through the first 16 minutes of play. But the Cavs were able to cut their deficit in half by halftime, 36-30, and then totally took West Virginia out of anything it tried to do offensively in the second half. The Mountaineers (7-1) made just six second-half baskets, WVU s bigs consistently had trouble handling double teams along the baseline, the guards couldn t knock down shots when they did get open and the Cavaliers finally capitalized offensively on their end of the floor. The result was a 28-point swing and a valuable learning experience for the young Mountaineers. Virginia shot a sizzling 74 percent in the second half (14 of 19). We didn t guard and when you get spread the way they are going to spread you, you ve got to guard the ball, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. We did just a horrific job of guarding the ball. Forward Anthony Gill led Virginia with 20 points on 9 of 11 shooting many of those coming around the basket on stick-backs and dunks, Malcolm Brogdon contributed 14 and London Perrantes returned to the court after missing the last two games while recovering from an appendectomy to add 13. The critical moment in the game happened with 13:11 left and West Virginia leading by one, 40-39. Guard Jevon Carter made a steal and had a direct path to the basket for a layup, but he chose instead to make a risky behind-the-back pass that Perrantes ended up with and turned into a 3-point basket at the other end. It was a five-point swing that Virginia turned into a seven-point swing and a four-point lead when Gill followed up Perrante s triple with a dunk. From there, Virginia s half-court defense took over. All nine points West Virginia managed to score for the rest of the game came from Jaysean Paige, who finished with a team-high 16 points coming off the bench. West Virginia shot 40 percent from the floor (20 of 50), 14.3 percent from 3 (2 of 14) and just 57.1 percent (12 of 21) from the free throw line. The two teams met for just the 17th time in series play. It was the first meeting since a 1985 game in Morgantown. Jevon Carter scored 21 points and made five steals to lead 14thranked West Virginia to a 100-58 victory over UL Monroe at the WVU Coliseum. West Virginia, 8-1, recovered nicely from the poor offensive performance five days earlier against 10th-ranked Virginia in New York by shooting 51.2 percent overall, including hitting 15 3s for 41.7 percent. Carter, Daxter Miles Jr. and Jaysean Paige converted four each from 3, while Tarik Phillip hit two of four from behind the arc his first two 3-pointers of the season. Carter scored 12 straight points during one stretch in the first half as the Mountaineers built a 33-point halftime lead. Carter had 19 of his game-high 21 points at the break. I thought we played pretty well in the first half, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. I thought we were getting to the ball better. I thought we were covering people a lot better and we took them out of what they wanted to run, which really what our goal is, and we finally made some shots. Miles Jr. scored 18 points on six-of-11 shooting, Paige contributed 14 points off the bench and junior forward Devin Williams produced his sixth double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Mountaineers attempted a season-high 84 shots 41 more shot attempts than UL Monroe, playing its third game in four days. Jamaal Samuel led UL Monroe, now 4-5, with 19 points. He was the only Warhawks player to score for the first 13 minutes of the game and finished the first half with 15. Eleven different West Virginia players scored today, including backup guard Richard Romeo, whose two-pointer with 23 seconds left put West Virginia over the 100-point mark for the third time this season. Probably for a lot of reasons (UL Monroe) got into a 2-3 zone and it was a really packed-in 2-3 zone, said Huggins. They were just going to live with us shooting jump shots or die with us shooting jump shots and we were fortunate enough to make some. Then, you combined that with getting some things off of turnovers and getting some things off of the break. The paid attendance was 8,323. West Virginia s 15 3-point field goals made were its most since hitting 18 at Radford in December 2007.
Game #10 No. 20/16 West Virginia 86, Marshall 68 Dec. 17, 2015 Charleston Civic Center Charleston, W.Va. Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic West Virginia 86 9-1 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 4-6 0-1 1-2 5 3 8 3 9 0 3 0 0 14 23 Ahmad, Esa f 0-2 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 16 41 Williams, Devin f 3-10 0-0 3-5 4 3 7 4 9 0 1 0 0 17 02 Carter, Jevon g 5-10 1-3 4-4 1 4 5 2 15 3 1 0 2 33 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 5-10 1-5 3-5 1 1 2 2 14 2 1 0 5 32 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05 Paige, Jaysean 3-7 1-3 0-0 1 5 6 4 7 2 1 0 1 18 11 Adrian, Nathan 2-5 1-2 3-6 4 2 6 5 8 2 1 1 1 26 12 Phillip, Tarik 3-6 2-2 3-4 2 1 3 4 11 4 5 0 0 17 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 30 Romeo, Richard 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 45 Macon, Elijah 5-8 0-0 2-6 1 2 3 1 12 2 0 0 0 18 Team 2 2 4 1 Totals 30-65 6-17 20-35 22 26 48 30 86 15 18 1 10 200 FG % 1st half: 17-35 48.6% Game: 30-65 46.2% Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 6-17 35.3% 6 FT % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd half: 16-26 61.5% Game: 20-35 57.1% Marshall 68 3-7 Total 3-Ptr 24 Kelly, 4-6 1-3 2-2 0 4 4 5 11 2 3 1 2 27 James f 25 Taylor, Ryan f 2-7 0-2 11-14 1 5 6 5 15 3 4 0 2 24 02 Browning, Stevie g 2-4 0-0 3-5 3 2 5 2 7 0 2 0 1 25 33 Elmore, Jon g 1-9 1-7 11-12 0 3 3 2 14 2 4 0 0 32 35 Loop, Austin g 3-8 3-7 0-0 0 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 3 27 01 Thompson, Terrence 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 04 Kilgore, Jacob 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 Penava, Ajdin 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 Burks, C.J. 3-9 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 3 6 0 3 0 1 25 23 Edmonds, Justin 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 32 Dozic Aleksandar 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 16 50 Mijovic, Milan 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0+ Team 3 2 5 Totals 17-50 6-27 28-36 10 22 32 26 68 8 19 2 9 200 FG % 1st half: 7-27 25.9% Game: 17-50 34.0% Half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 6-14 42.9% 2nd half: 0-13 0.0% Game: 6-27 22.2% 5 FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd half: 22-29 75.9% Game: 28-36 77.8% Officials: Joe DeRosa, John Higgins, Mike Roberts Technical fouls: West Virginia-None. Marshall-Burks, C.J.. Attendance: 11748 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total West Virginia 35 51 86 Marshall 32 36 68 Last FG - WVU 2nd-00:35, MAR-2015 2nd-00:29. Largest lead - WVU by 23 2nd-01:34, MAR-2015 by 6 1st-17:30. WVU led for 28:25. MAR-2015 led for 08:33. Game was tied for 03:02. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench WVU 40 24 25 6 38 MAR-201 22 18 9 8 12 Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 7 times. Game #11 No. 19/18 West Virginia 84, Eastern Kentucky 59 Dec. 21, 2015 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. Eastern Kentucky 59 8-6 Total 3-Ptr 10 Mayo, 3-3 0-0 3-4 1 5 6 3 9 2 2 0 0 36 Nick f 21 Hawkins, Javontae f 6-10 3-5 1-2 0 4 4 4 16 2 7 1 1 31 01 King, Greg c 3-7 0-0 1-4 3 3 6 3 7 1 1 0 0 29 02 Jackson, Paul g 1-1 1-1 0-5 0 2 2 2 3 4 2 0 1 30 05 McGlone, Isaac g 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 18 00 Weaver, Dujuanta 1-4 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 14 04 Matthews, Tommy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 Babb-Harrison,Jaylen 4-9 3-8 4-6 1 3 4 1 15 1 1 0 2 18 32 Powell, Ja'Mill 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 33 Pratt Jr, Anthony 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 10 Team 1 1 2 Totals 20-41 9-23 10-23 7 20 27 21 59 11 18 2 6 200 FG % 1st half: 13-22 59.1% Game: 20-41 48.8% Half: 7-19 36.8% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 9-23 39.1% 5 FT % 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 10-23 43.5% West Virginia 84 10-1 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 2-4 0-1 0-0 3 1 4 3 4 2 0 0 2 13 23 Ahmad, Esa f 2-5 0-0 3-4 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 0 1 18 41 Williams, Devin c 6-9 0-0 3-4 3 5 8 3 15 2 1 0 1 24 02 Carter, Jevon g 4-11 3-7 0-0 0 2 2 2 11 2 1 0 0 25 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 4-7 1-4 3-3 1 2 3 3 12 3 2 0 0 23 00 Myers, Teyvon 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 13 05 Paige, Jaysean 6-12 4-7 1-2 2 3 5 2 17 0 0 0 0 21 11 Adrian, Nathan 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 18 12 Phillip, Tarik 2-3 1-2 4-6 0 1 1 0 9 5 1 0 2 17 20 Watkins, Brandon 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 11 30 Romeo, Richard 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 45 Macon, Elijah 0-2 0-0 1-4 2 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 15 Team 1 0 1 2 Totals 29-59 10-24 16-25 15 22 37 20 84 21 10 0 11 200 FG % 1st half: 10-20 50.0% Game: 29-59 49.2% Half: 19-39 48.7% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 9-19 47.4% 2nd half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 10-24 41.7% 4 FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd half: 13-19 68.4% Game: 16-25 64.0% Officials: Doug Sirmons, Lee Cassell, Bret Smith Technical fouls: Eastern Kentucky-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 8121 Start Time: 7:05 End Time: 9:04 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Eastern Kentucky 22 37 59 West Virginia 50 34 84 Last FG - EKU 2nd-02:14, WVU 2nd-01:21. Largest lead - EKU by 4 1st-13:32, WVU by 28 1st-00:04. EKU led for 07:16. WVU led for 31:48. Game was tied for 00:56. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench EKU 16 12 7 4 21 WVU 30 27 26 4 35 Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 2 times. Game #12 No. 19/17 West Virginia 88, Virginia Tech 63 Dec. 30, 2015 Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Va. West Virginia 88 11-1 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 5-8 0-0 2-6 5 8 13 3 12 2 3 1 0 22 23 Ahmad, Esa f 2-3 0-0 2-3 0 2 2 3 6 2 3 0 2 20 41 Williams, Devin f 3-7 0-0 3-4 4 2 6 3 9 1 1 0 0 19 02 Carter, Jevon g 8-10 1-1 1-1 1 1 2 2 18 3 1 0 1 22 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 2-8 0-3 1-2 0 2 2 4 5 2 1 0 2 22 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 05 Paige, Jaysean 5-11 2-7 5-8 4 1 5 3 17 1 1 0 0 27 11 Adrian, Nathan 0-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 13 12 Phillip, Tarik 3-6 1-2 5-7 2 2 4 4 12 2 3 0 2 25 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 45 Macon, Elijah 3-3 0-0 3-4 1 3 4 3 9 2 1 3 1 22 Team 0 1 1 1 Totals 31-61 4-16 22-35 18 24 42 30 88 16 17 4 10 200 FG % 1st Half: 15-28 53.6% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 14-20 70.0% 2nd half: 16-33 48.5% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 8-15 53.3% Game: 31-61 50.8% Game: 4-16 25.0% Game: 22-35 62.9% 6 Virginia Tech 63 8-5 Total 3-Ptr 24 Blackshear 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 Jr., Kerr f 32 LeDay, Zach f 2-7 0-0 7-10 2 7 9 4 11 2 1 1 1 33 10 Bibbs, Justin g 1-4 1-3 2-2 0 3 3 2 5 2 4 0 0 30 11 Wilson, Devin g 2-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 1 34 23 Hudson, Jalen g 2-5 1-2 4-6 1 0 1 3 9 0 0 1 0 21 00 Henry, Shane 4-4 0-0 4-7 1 3 4 5 12 0 1 0 0 16 04 Allen, Seth 3-6 0-2 4-4 0 2 2 3 10 1 4 0 1 18 05 Robinson, Justin 1-5 0-0 4-8 0 2 2 4 6 2 4 0 2 27 21 Pierce, Satchel 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 13 22 Hamilton, Johnny 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Team 2 0 2 1 Totals 18-38 2-7 25-39 6 18 24 30 63 8 22 2 5 200 FG % 1st half: 33.3% Game: 18-38 47.4% Half: 12-20 60.0% 2nd 6-18 3FG % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0% 2nd half: 0-5 0.0% Game: 2-7 28.6% 4,1 FT % 1st Half: 10-18 55.6% 2nd half: 15-21 71.4% Game: 25-39 64.1% Officials: Roger Ayers, Tim Comer, Brian O'Connell Technical fouls: West Virginia-None. Virginia Tech-None. Attendance: 9567 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total West Virginia 46 42 88 Virginia Tech 36 27 63 Last FG - WVU 2nd-00:26, VT 2nd-04:08. Largest lead - WVU by 26 2nd-04:46, VT None. WVU led for 38:57. VT led for 00:00. Game was tied for 01:02. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench WVU 46 26 16 16 38 VT 32 17 7 2 32 Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 0 times. West Virginia s full-court pressure eventually got to Marshall. The 20th-ranked Mountaineers produced 19 turnovers and held the Herd scoreless from behind the arc in the second half to pull away with an 86-68 victory in Charleston. The 18-point victory was the biggest margin for the Mountaineers since an 18-point win over Marshall in Morgantown on December 5, 1989. West Virginia s largest margin of victory over Marshall in the Capital City was 16 points achieved three years ago on January 18, 2012. Marshall (3-7) hung around in the first half and actually led by six at one point by hitting its 3s three of those coming from Austin Loop but West Virginia was able to clamp down on Loop and eventually took control of the game. WVU used an 18-3 run midway through the second half as its lead eventually swelled to as many as 23 points with 1:38 remaining. Devin Williams, who sat all but five minutes of the first half with two early fouls, keyed West Virginia s run with back-to-back baskets and then a Daxter Miles Jr. conventional three-point play advanced the lead to 10, 49-39. Consecutive buckets by Jonathan Holton and Nathan Adrian pushed the margin to 14. We started throwing the ball inside in the second half and that was kind of the turning point when we started throwing it close and stopped shooting jump shots, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. Jevon Carter led four double-digit scorers with 15 points on fiveof-10 shooting; Miles Jr. contributed 14, Elijah Macon came off the bench to score 12 points playing in place of Williams and Tarik Phillip added 11. The Mountaineers shot 46.2 percent from the floor, or nearly equal to what they shot at the free throw line (54.5 percent) on their 33 attempts. West Virginia also turned the ball over 17 times, many of those unforced or the result of soft passes in the open court. Marshall missed all 13 of its second-half 3s and finished the night hitting just 23.1 percent from behind the arc. Overall, the Herd shot just 34.5 percent for the game. An announced crowd of 11,748 watched the Capital Classic. Forward Ryan Taylor led Marshall with 15 points and six rebounds and he joined Carter as the Eddie Barrett game MVPs, voted on by the media. West Virginia has now won five straight and nine of its last 10 games against Marshall. After a slow start, the 19th-ranked Mountaineers used 17 firsthalf points off the bench from guard Jaysean Paige to bury Eastern Kentucky 84-59 in Morgantown on ESPNU. Paige finished with 17, while junior forward Devin Williams contributed 15 points and eight rebounds, Daxter Miles Jr. scored 12 and Jevon Carter added 11. We make the run and then it was a very lackluster effort by us in the second half, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins, who earned his 775th career win. The Mountaineers used a 20-5 run during a seven-minute stretch to turn a four-point deficit into an 11-point lead with Carter and forward Jonathan Holton keying the run. Holton got a stick-back basket and a layup and Carter nailed a couple of 3s to give WVU a 20-14 lead. After Eastern Kentucky s Greg King made one of two from the free throw line with 6:58 left to reduce West Virginia s lead to 25-19, the Mountaineers scored the next 21 points to turn the game into another Coliseum rout. West Virginia shot 49.2 percent from the floor, including 10 of 24 from 3, outrebounded the Colonels, 37-27 and made 11 steals that contributed to 18 Eastern Kentucky turnovers. You ve got to keep playing, said Huggins. We can t keep relying on making jump shots and we ve got to make things happen. An announced crowd of 8,121 attended the game. Eastern Kentucky, playing without its top scorer Jarelle Reischel who was a late scratch because of back spasms, got 16 points from Jevontae Hawkins. Heading into the game, West Virginia continued to lead the country in steals, 3-point field goal percentage defense (that may fall following EKU s 41.7 percentage from behind the arc), forced turnovers and offensive rebounds per game. The Mountaineers ran their record to 10-1 for the second consecutive year. All 17 of Jaysean Paige s points came in the first half. In the six non-conference home games in 2015, West Virginia s average margin of victory was 40 points. WVU improved to 2-1 all-time against Eastern Kentucky. Two meetings were in Morgantown while the other was in Charleston. West Virginia s frenetic pace was on display from the opening tip as the Mountaineers produced a dominating 88-63 win over Virginia Tech at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Mountaineers led for practically the entire game with the contest only being tied at the opening tip and at 2-2. West Virginia s full-court pressure turned Virginia Tech over 22 times and capitalized on those mistakes with 26 points. Jevon Carter led four double-digit scorers with 18 points on eightof-10 shooting. He played well. He sprained his ankle and wanted to get back in, but I didn t see any sense in putting him back in with an ankle, coach Bob Huggins said. He actually did it yesterday and most guys go in and lay on the training table and make a miraculous recovery the next day. I told him to go in there and let Doc (Randy Meador) look at it and he goes, No it will be alright, I ll just walk it off. He just kept jumping up and down on it and walking it off and next thing I know he s out there running around. Jonathan Holton picked up a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds, while Jaysean Paige and Tarik Phillip came off the bench to score 17 points and 12 points, respectively. His attitude was so much better, Huggins said of Holton. I say this and I start thinking about I was never going to be like my dad, but that is all my dad ever talked about; your attitude, your attitude, your attitude. He s exactly right, when your attitude is good, you play pretty good. When your attitude isn t good, you don t play so good. West Virginia (11-1) wore down Virginia Tech (8-5) throughout the contest on the boards, finishing with a 42-24 rebounding advantage. WVU also scored 46 points in the paint and had 16 second-chance points. Leading 46-36 at the half, the Mountaineers went on a 22-8 run to start the second half and held a 24-point lead with 13:22 remaining in the contest. The Mountaineers largest lead of 26 came with 4:46 left. Shane Henry paced the Hokies with 12 points, while Zach LeDay had 11 points and nine rebounds. Seth Allen added 10 points. Virginia Tech shot 47.4 percent from the floor, and was just 6-of-18 in the second half. West Virginia has won 14 of its last 18 games against teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Mountaineers have won 65 of their last 79 games in the month of December. WVU improved to 13-17 against Tech in Blacksburg. It was WVU s first win in Blacksburg since 2001.
Game #13 No. 19/17 West Virginia 87, Kansas State 83 (2OT) Jan. 2, 2016 Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kan. Game #14 No. 17/15 West Virginia 95, TCU 87 Jan. 4, 2016 Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, Texas Game #15 No. 17/15 West Virginia 77, Oklahoma State 60 Jan. 9, 2016 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia 87 12-1/1-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 2-8 1-4 1-2 3 1 4 4 6 2 1 2 0 37 23 Ahmad, Esa f 1-5 0-3 2-4 2 2 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 14 41 Williams, Devin f 2-3 0-0 3-4 1 4 5 1 7 2 3 0 1 25 02 Carter, Jevon g 2-9 0-2 2-2 1 1 2 4 6 3 2 0 2 30 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 3-8 1-3 3-3 0 3 3 3 10 2 2 0 3 32 00 Myers, Teyvon 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 8 05 Paige, Jaysean 9-17 1-5 6-10 4 3 7 3 25 1 2 0 1 35 11 Adrian, Nathan 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 13 12 Phillip, Tarik 6-8 0-1 2-4 1 3 4 3 14 5 2 0 0 30 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 45 Macon, Elijah 4-4 0-0 1-2 0 5 5 4 9 0 0 1 1 24 Team 3 3 6 Totals 32-68 3-20 20-31 15 28 43 29 87 17 15 4 10 250 FG % 1st half: 14-29 48.3% OT: 4-10 40.0% Game: 32-68 47.1% Half: 14-29 48.3% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 0-8 0.0% 2nd half: 3-10 30.0% OT: 0-2 0.0% Game: 3-20 15.0% 6,3 FT % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd half: 5-8 62.5% OT: 10-13 76.9% Game: 20-31 64.5% Kansas State 83 10-3/0-1 Total 3-Ptr 32 Wade, 4-6 0-2 5-8 5 3 8 4 13 2 1 1 1 38 Dean f 41 Hurt, Stephen f 1-3 0-1 0-1 1 3 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 25 03 Stokes, Kamau g 4-11 1-7 6-9 0 2 2 2 15 3 0 0 0 42 14 Edwards, Justin g 3-7 0-1 1-3 0 2 2 2 7 3 3 0 2 29 25 Iwundu, Wesley g 6-13 0-1 4-4 2 5 7 2 16 1 7 0 1 40-01 Ervin II, Carlbe 1-3 0-1 2-3 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 11 04 Johnson, D.J. 1-3 0-0 4-7 1 5 6 5 6 0 2 0 2 29 05 Brown, Barry 6-12 2-6 6-8 0 3 3 4 20 2 2 0 0 28 35 Budke, Austin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 Team 0 1 1 Totals 26-58 3-19 28-43 9 26 35 24 83 15 15 1 6 250 FG % 1st half: 10-22 45.5% OT: 4-11 36.4% Game: 26-58 44.8% Half: 12-25 48.0% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 0-5 0.0% OT: 0-6 0.0% Game: 3-19 15.8% 7 FT % 1st Half: 7-17 41.2% 2nd half: 15-20 75.0% OT: 6-6 100.0% Game: 28-43 65.1% Officials: Tom O'Neill, Bert Smith, Marques Pettigrew Technical fouls: West Virginia-TEAM. Kansas State-None. Attendance: 12270 Score by periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Paint T/O Chance Break West Virginia 33 36 6 12 87 Points Bench WVU 36 12 13 12 54 KS 38 13 12 8 30 Kansas State 34 35 6 8 83 Last FG - WVU OT2-01:08, KS OT2-03:52. Score tied - 19 times. Largest lead - WVU by 4 OT2-00:05, KS by 9 1st-07:59. Lead changed - 29 times. WVU led for 09:26. KS led for 28:24. Game was tied for 11:24. With all eyes on the Big 12 this season it seemed only fitting that the first conference game of the season went to double overtime as the No. 19 Mountaineers survived for an 87-83 victory at Kansas State. West Virginia led for just 9:31 during the contest that featured 29 lead changes and 19 ties, but it did not matter as the grit and depth of the Mountaineers proved to be too much for the Wildcats. K-State turned the tables on the Mountaineers in the first half, forcing WVU into 10 turnovers while committing just five. Despite nine different players on the score sheet in the opening half, Devin Williams, Jevon Carter, Daxter Miles Jr. and Jaysean Paige combined for just nine points and the Mountaineers were 0-for-8 from beyond the arc. West Virginia headed into the locker room trailing 34-33. Paige came out in the second half and took over, giving the Mountaineers a 69-67 lead with 1:07 remaining in the contest on a tip-in and free throw. Paige finished the second half with 18 of WVU s 36 points. The teams then traded possessions before an Elijah Macon foul on DJ Johnson sent Johnson to the line with 22 seconds remaining. Johnson proceeded to make both free throws and following a missed layup by Carter, the game went to overtime. K-State once again trailed with time dwindling in the first overtime session, but a made layup by Barry Brown with 1:31 remaining tied the game at 75-75. After K-State took a 77-75 with 4:40 remaining in the second overtime, West Virginia took control and never allowed the Wildcats another lead as Miles Jr. was fouled on a 3-pointer and sunk all three free throws. Key jump shots by Williams and Tarik Phillip helped to break two more ties with Phillip s serving as the eventual game-winning shot. Prior to the overtime sessions the Mountaineers were just 10-of-18 from the free-throw line, but went 10-for-13 in overtime to help seal the victory. Paige scored a career high 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Mountaineers in both categories. Phillip contributed 14 points, Miles Jr. added 10 and 10 different players scored for the Mountaineers. Brown led K-State with 20 points and Wesley Iwundu (16), Kamau Stokes (15) and Dean Wade (13) were all in double-figures. There were 53 fouls called in the game and the two teams went to the free throw line a combined 63 times 43 of those free throws coming from K-State. WVU played its first double-overtime game since 2011, also a win against K-State in Wichita, Kan. West Virginia 95 13-1; 2-0 Big 12 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 6-8 0-1 3-3 3 3 6 4 15 0 2 1 1 24 23 Ahmad, Esa f 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 15 41 Williams, Devin f 3-8 0-0 7-8 2 4 6 5 13 1 3 1 0 12 02 Carter, Jevon g 5-8 2-4 1-4 0 4 4 3 13 5 5 0 1 31 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 4-8 3-5 3-8 1 2 3 1 14 1 1 0 2 26 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 05 Paige, Jaysean 6-8 2-2 6-8 1 3 4 4 20 3 1 0 1 15 11 Adrian, Nathan 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 18 12 Phillip, Tarik 5-8 2-2 6-8 0 2 2 1 18 3 3 0 1 26 20 Watkins, Brandon 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 4 2 1 2 2 1 17 45 Macon, Elijah 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 9 Team 1 2 3 Totals 30-52 9-17 26-39 10 25 35 33 95 17 22 5 10 200 FG % 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% FT % 1st Half: 14-19 73.7% 2nd half: 16-24 66.7% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 12-20 60.0% Game: 30-52 57.7% Game: 9-17 52.9% Game: 26-39 66.7% 4 TCU 87 8-6; 0-2 Big 12 Total 3-Ptr 10 Brodziansky, 1-4 0-0 6-7 0 4 4 1 8 1 0 0 0 17 Vlad f 32 Shepherd, Karviar f 4-9 0-0 10-11 2 3 5 3 18 0 0 1 0 24 02 Williams, Michael g 1-3 1-2 4-4 0 0 0 3 7 3 1 0 1 28 03 Trent, Malique g 5-11 0-1 5-6 0 0 0 5 15 1 4 0 4 29 11 Parrish, Brandon g 2-5 1-2 0-0 1 5 6 4 5 1 3 1 1 28 00 Shreiner, Lyrik 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 01 Collins, Chauncey 6-13 4-8 4-4 0 3 3 2 20 2 5 0 0 36 15 Miller, JD 1-4 0-0 5-6 2 3 5 1 7 1 1 0 0 18 23 Abron, Devonta 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 33 Washburn, Chris 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 5 5 3 4 1 3 16 Team 3 1 4 Totals 23-54 6-13 35-40 9 21 30 27 87 12 18 3 10 200 FG % 1st half: 12-29 41.4% Game: 23-54 42.6% Half: 11-25 44.0% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 6-13 46.2% 2 FT % 1st Half: 22-25 88.0% 2nd half: 13-15 86.7% Game: 35-40 87.5% Officials: Doug Sirmons, Gary Maxwell, Don Daily Technical fouls: West Virginia-Phillip, Tarik. TCU-Washburn, Chris. Attendance: 4739 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total West Virginia 45 50 95 TCU 47 40 87 Last FG - WVU 2nd-00:34, TCU 2nd-00:22. Largest lead - WVU by 12 2nd-01:22, TCU by 7 2nd-16:02. WVU led for 20:49. TCU led for 18:04. Game was tied for 01:07. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench WVU 34 15 13 6 40 TCU 28 28 7 8 34 Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 6 times. Jaysean Paige scored 20 points and Tarik Phillip added 18 to lead 17th-ranked West Virginia to a 95-87 come-from-behind victory over TCU at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The fired-up Horned Frogs led by seven early in the second half, and had a one-point advantage with 5:56 remaining before Paige and Phillip took over. Phillip s 3 started a three-minute flurry that saw the Mountaineers outscore TCU 14-2 to turn a one-point deficit into an 11-point lead with 2:58 to go. Paige scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half, with nine of those coming inside the 6-minute mark. The critical moment came with 3:16 remaining and West Virginia ahead by five, 82-77, when Chris Washburn was called for two fouls, one of those a technical, leading to a pair of Paige free throws and another free throw by Jevon Carter. Then, 18 seconds later, Paige banked in a 3 from the corner to give West Virginia its biggest lead of the game at 88-77. Therefore, during that 18-second sequence the Mountaineers scored six out of a potential seven points, which basically turned out to be the difference in the game. The Mountaineers (13-1, 2-0) played like a team that was on the road for six days, West Virginia continuing on from Manhattan, Kansas, after its double-overtime victory at Kansas State two days earlier. West Virginia committed 33 fouls that led to 40 TCU free throws, turned the ball over 22 times and missed 13 free throws - eight of those coming in the second half. Paige, the Big 12 Player of the Week following his 25-point performance at Kansas State, and Phillip combined to produce 38 of West Virginia s 40 bench points. Jonathan Holton led the starters with 15 points and six rebounds; Daxter Miles Jr. had 14 points and Carter and Devin Williams scored 13 points each. Foul trouble limited Williams to just 12 minutes of action before he fouled out with 54 seconds left. The Mountaineers shot 57.7 percent from the floor (30 of 52), including 52.9 percent from 3 (9 of 17). TCU (8-6, 0-2) got 20 points off the bench from guard Chauncey Collins and 18 points and five rebounds from Karviar Shepherd. The two teams combined to commit 60 fouls and shoot 79 free throws. WVU improved to 4-0 in games at TCU. WVU won three consecutive road games for the first time since the 1988-89 season. Oklahoma State 60 9-6/1-2 Total 3-Ptr 23 Hammonds, 2-4 0-2 1-2 2 4 6 5 5 1 2 1 0 26 Leyton f 30 Carroll, Jeffrey f 5-12 0-4 0-0 3 8 11 1 10 0 1 0 1 35 41 Solomon, Mitchell c 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 11 01 Evans, Jawun g 4-9 0-0 5-6 0 4 4 3 13 5 5 0 1 37 22 Newberry, Jeff g 4-10 3-4 1-5 0 1 1 3 12 2 3 0 1 29 04 Burton, Joe 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 14 05 Shine, Tavarius 0-1 0-0 5-6 0 4 4 4 5 0 2 0 1 19 14 Ibaka, Igor 0-0 0-0 4-8 2 3 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 12 31 Olivier, Chris 3-4 0-0 2-3 0 1 1 5 8 0 0 1 0 17 Team 0 0 0 Totals 19-44 4-12 18-30 8 25 33 28 60 9 16 2 4 200 FG % 1st half: 10-22 45.5% Game: 19-44 43.2% Half: 9-22 40.9% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 4-12 33.3% 6,1 FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 12-22 54.5% Game: 18-30 60.0% West Virginia 77 14-1/3-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 5-9 1-3 4-4 6 3 9 1 15 3 0 0 2 26 23 Ahmad, Esa f 2-5 0-1 1-3 3 2 5 1 5 4 2 0 0 21 41 Williams, Devin c 2-9 0-0 8-9 4 5 9 1 12 1 0 0 0 24 02 Carter, Jevon g 6-12 4-8 0-0 1 2 3 3 16 5 1 0 1 34 05 Paige, Jaysean g 2-10 0-4 5-8 0 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 1 24 00 Myers, Teyvon 1-3 1-3 1-2 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 18 11 Adrian, Nathan 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 16 12 Phillip, Tarik 2-4 1-3 1-1 0 3 3 5 6 0 3 0 3 17 20 Watkins, Brandon 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 7 30 Romeo, Richard 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 45 Macon, Elijah 1-3 0-0 3-6 2 2 4 5 5 0 0 0 1 11 Team 1 1 2 1 1 Totals 23-59 8-25 23-35 18 22 40 24 77 15 10 1 8 200 FG % 1st half: 10-23 43.5% Game: 23-59 39.0% Half: 13-36 36.1% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 4-15 26.7% 2nd half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 8-25 32.0% 4,1 FT % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd half: 15-25 60.0% Game: 23-35 65.7% Officials: Ron Groover, Terry Oglesby, Darron George Technical fouls: Oklahoma State-None. West Virginia-TEAM. Attendance: 11219 Start Time: 1:01pm End Time: 3:12 Olivier (OSU) fouled out with 7:15 remaining. Solomon (OSU) fouled out with 6:03 remaining. Hammonds with 5:31. Macon (WVU) fouled out with 4:04 remaining. Phillip with 1:28. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Paint T/O Chance Break Oklahoma State 26 34 60 Points Bench OSU 30 7 6 2 20 WVU 24 15 17 2 20 West Virginia 38 39 77 Last FG - OSU 2nd-00:43, WVU 2nd-02:49. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - OSU None, WVU by 23 2nd-05:31. Lead changed - 0 times. OSU led for 00:00. WVU led for 39:13. Game was tied for 00:30. West Virginia is 3-0 to begin Big Conference 12 play for the first time since joining the league back in 2012. The 17th-ranked Mountaineers defeated Oklahoma State, 77-60, at the WVU Coliseum in front of an announced crowd of 11,219. West Virginia (14-1, 3-0) overcame poor shooting (39 percent) and lots of fouls in an otherwise very businesslike 17-point victory over the Cowboys. It s hard to play when there is a stoppage every seven seconds, I think, said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins, who with the victory moves into a tie with Lou Henson for 11th on the NCAA all-time victories list with 779. It seemed like we d get going and it would get stopped, then we d get going again and it got stopped again. West Virginia never trailed, led by 12 at halftime and had its biggest lead of 23, 69-46, with 5:31 remaining. Sophomore guard Jevon Carter led four double-digit scorers with 16 points, senior forward Jonathan Holton contributed 15 points, nine rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals, and Devin Williams added 12 points and nine boards. Jaysean Paige scored nine in a starting role in place of regular guard Daxter Miles Jr., who has been slowed with an ankle injury sustained in practice. Miles was dressed and sitting on the bench but did not get on the floor. We re resilient, said Huggins. Dax sprained his ankle and didn t practice for two days and my policy has always been if you don t practice I can t play you in the game. It s not fair to the other guys. I thought Teyvon (Myers) gave us good minutes; I d wish he d start shooting it the way I think he s capable of shooting it, and we got good minutes for a lot of guys. Eleven different players saw action today and 10 got into the scoring column. WVU had a 40-33 advantage on the glass, forced 16 turnovers and were much better handling the basketball with only 10 miscues. Jawun Evans led Oklahoma State (9-6, 1-2) with 13 points. West Virginia evened the all-time series with the Cowboys. Each team has won four games in the series. Jaysean Paige made his first start of the season, in place of the injured Daxter Miles Jr. Miles Jr. had started every game of his career until the Oklahoma State game (49 consecutive starts).
Game #16 No. 11/10 West Virginia 74, No. 1/1 Kansas 63 Jan. 12, 2016 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. Game #17 No. 2/2 Oklahoma 70, No. 11/10 West Virginia 68 Jan. 16, 2016 Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Okla. Game #18 Texas 56, No. 6/7 West Virginia 49 Jan. 20, 2016 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. Kansas 63 14-2/3-1 Total 3-Ptr 34 Ellis, Perry 8-14 1-1 4-6 1 6 7 2 21 3 2 0 2 38 f 42 Mickelson, Hunter f 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 00 Mason III, Frank g 3-6 2-2 4-7 1 2 3 3 12 2 7 0 0 33 01 Selden Jr., Wayne g 3-7 3-6 2-2 0 1 1 3 11 0 6 0 1 25 04 Graham, Devonte' g 2-7 2-3 1-4 0 3 3 5 7 3 1 0 0 31 02 Vick, Lagerald 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 05 Manning, Evan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Mykhailiuk, Svi 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 17 13 Diallo, Cheick 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 14 Greene, Brannen 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 11 15 Bragg Jr., Carlton 1-3 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 6 31 Traylor, Jamari 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 4 4 3 2 0 1 0 2 11 33 Lucas, Landen 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 4 2 0 1 1 0 15 Team 3 1 4 Totals 20-48 10-20 13-21 7 32 39 32 63 9 22 3 7 200 FG % 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% FT % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 20-48 41.7% Game: 10-20 50.0% Game: 13-21 61.9% 3,1 West Virginia 74 15-1/4-0 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 1-7 0-3 0-0 4 4 8 3 2 1 1 1 0 26 23 Ahmad, Esa f 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 11 41 Williams, Devin c 4-11 0-0 9-12 1 11 12 1 17 1 2 1 2 29 02 Carter, Jevon g 3-6 2-2 2-4 1 4 5 3 10 1 1 0 1 34 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 1-4 0-2 1-2 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 22 05 Paige, Jaysean 6-13 0-2 14-17 3 1 4 3 26 0 1 0 5 29 11 Adrian, Nathan 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 3 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 15 12 Phillip, Tarik 1-9 0-1 5-7 1 0 1 2 7 0 1 1 1 23 45 Macon, Elijah 1-2 0-0 2-4 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 11 Team 1 0 1 1 Totals 19-57 3-12 33-47 15 26 41 20 74 6 11 3 12 200 FG % 1st half: 9-24 37.5% Game: 19-57 33.3% Half: 10-33 30.3% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 3-12 25.0% 4 FT % 1st Half: 15-19 78.9% 2nd half: 18-28 64.3% Game: 33-47 70.2% Officials: Tom Eades, Mark Whitehead, Ray Natili Technical fouls: Kansas-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 12097 Start Time: 7:02 End Time: 9:15 Graham (KU) fouled out with 0:54.3 left in the game. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Kansas 29 34 63 West Virginia 37 37 74 Last FG - KU 2nd-00:49, WVU 2nd-00:18. Largest lead - KU by 5 1st-14:32, WVU by 14 2nd-02:46. KU led for 05:16. WVU led for 33:43. Game was tied for 01:01. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench KU 18 8 9 0 10 WVU 32 18 16 4 40 Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 8 times. West Virginia got 26 points from super-sub Jaysean Paige and a workman-like 17 points and 12 rebounds from junior forward Devin Williams to knock off top-ranked Kansas, 74-63, in snowy Morgantown. West Virginia s offense was certainly on point whenever Paige had the ball, the senior guard hitting 6-of-13 from the floor mostly on drives to the basket and knocking down a career-high 14 free throws. Paige had 17 of his game-high scoring total in the first half when the Mountaineers began to take control of the game. Paige was most effective during a three-minute stretch late in the first half when he scored eight straight points to help the Mountaineers build their halftime lead to eight. Twice, the guard was able to get second-chance baskets off of Jonathan Holton offensive rebounds; he made two more from the line and then added a drive to the basket to give the Mountaineers a 29-23 advantage with 3:56 remaining. Later, more Paige free throws built West Virginia s lead to 10, 36-26, with 50 seconds remaining before Devonte Graham got a triple to go down right after Daxter Miles Jr. s foul shot to make it an eight-point game at the break. In the second half, Kansas (14-2, 3-1) made a run to get the deficit to four, 43-39, on a pair of Perry Ellis free throws. But then it was Paige who once again answered, scoring a driving layup ahead of Tarik Phillip s basket to push WVU s lead back to eight, 47-39. The closest KU could get over the remaining five minutes was seven, 70-63, with 49 seconds on the clock. After Lagerald Vick s three with 49 seconds to go, Phillip made a pair of free throws at the other end of the floor and then Paige punctuated things with a slam dunk to close the lid on the game. Ellis led Kansas with 21, while Frank Mason III scored 12 and Wayne Seldon Jr. contributed 11. The Jayhawks have lost the last three times they have played in Morgantown. Jevon Carter also reached double figures with 10 for West Virginia, now 15-1 for the first time since the 1981-82 team started 24-1. It was WVU s first win over college basketball s No. 1-ranked team since defeating UNLV on February 27, 1983, and the 11-point victory also matched the biggest ever margin against No. 1, when WVU defeated top-ranked North Carolina 75-64 in Lexington, Kentucky on Dec. 21, 1957. This win was just the second ever for Bob Huggins versus No. 1, the other coming against Duke in the 1991 Alaska Shootout. West Virginia 68 15-2, 4-1 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 2-4 0-2 4-4 0 2 2 4 8 1 0 0 2 21 23 Ahmad, Esa f 2-4 1-1 0-0 2 2 4 3 5 0 0 2 0 19 41 Williams, Devin f 2-4 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 4 5 1 2 0 0 15 02 Carter, Jevon g 2-10 0-3 2-4 1 5 6 2 6 2 2 1 3 31 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 2-6 0-2 1-2 0 3 3 3 5 1 1 0 0 19 05 Paige, Jaysean 6-10 2-3 4-6 2 2 4 4 18 3 3 1 2 26 11 Adrian, Nathan 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 2 18 12 Phillip, Tarik 3-8 1-3 0-0 1 4 5 1 7 2 4 1 3 26 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 45 Macon, Elijah 4-7 0-0 1-4 1 3 4 3 9 1 2 0 0 22 Team 1 0 1 2 Totals 25-57 5-16 13-22 11 26 37 27 68 11 16 5 12 200 FG % 1st half: 11-28 39.3% Game: 25-57 43.9% Half: 14-29 48.3% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 5-16 31.3% 4 FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 10-18 55.6% Game: 13-22 59.1% Oklahoma 70 15-1, 4-1 Total 3-Ptr 00 Spangler, 2-7 0-4 6-7 4 10 14 3 10 0 3 0 0 34 Ryan f 12 Lattin, Khadeem f 3-6 0-0 1-2 6 2 8 3 7 2 4 2 1 24 10 Woodard, Jordan g 4-11 2-3 3-4 1 1 2 2 13 3 2 0 2 33 11 Cousins, Isaiah g 2-10 0-4 5-6 1 2 3 2 9 0 3 0 2 34 24 Hield, Buddy g 5-11 4-8 3-3 0 4 4 3 17 1 3 2 4 39 02 Walker, Dinjiyl 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 1 7 03 James, Christian 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 21 Buford, Dante 1-5 0-3 7-8 1 1 2 0 9 1 0 0 0 17 30 Manyang, Akolda 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Team 0 3 3 1 Totals 18-54 7-24 27-32 13 26 39 20 70 8 18 5 11 200 FG % 1st half: 10-28 35.7% Game: 18-54 33.3% Half: 8-26 30.8% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 5-16 31.3% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 7-24 29.2% 2 FT % 1st Half: 13-15 86.7% 2nd half: 14-17 82.4% Game: 27-32 84.4% Officials: Kelly Self, Kipp Kissinger, Keith Kimble Technical fouls: West Virginia-None. Oklahoma-None. Attendance: 11933 Est. Attendance: 10346 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total West Virginia 34 34 68 Oklahoma 34 36 70 Last FG - WVU 2nd-01:47, OU 2nd-00:01. Largest lead - WVU by 7 2nd-13:46, OU by 7 1st-17:25. WVU led for 15:00. OU led for 22:10. Game was tied for 02:20. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench WVU 36 21 7 6 39 OU 16 15 19 3 14 Score tied - 7 times. Lead changed - 10 times. Khadeem Lattin s tip-in basket with 2.8 seconds left lifted secondranked Oklahoma to a 70-68 victory over No. 11 West Virginia at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The Mountaineers fought back from seven points down with 4:33 left to tie it with 26 seconds remaining on a pair of Jonathan Holton free throws. Following an Oklahoma timeout, the Sooners Jordan Woodard attempted a contested jumper from outside the key and the ball hit off the back of the rim where Lattin was able to jump over Holton to tip in the winning shot. After Lattin s basket, WVU had the ball with 2.8 seconds left but Devin Williams inbounds pass to Jevon Carter was tipped out of bounds by Buddy Hield, leaving just 0.9 seconds left on the clock and forcing Carter to attempt a length-of-the-floor throw that missed everything as the horn sounded. After the Sooners scored the first seven points of the game, West Virginia recovered to take an 18-13 lead midway through the first half on a Daxter Miles Jr. layup. But Oklahoma made up the difference from the free throw line where the Sooners hit 12 during one stretch in the first half to tie the game at 34 by halftime. OU scored the first five points of the second half before Nathan Adrian answered with a three, and after an Isaiah Cousins jumper, West Virginia went on an 11-0 run to take its biggest lead of the game, 49-41, with 13:49 remaining. Then Buddy Hield, who scored 17 nine below his season average was fouled by Miles Jr. while attempting a wild 3-point shot as the shot clock was winding down. He was awarded three free throws on the play, making all three, to reduce West Virginia s lead to four. Jordan Woodard then turned a Miles Jr. turnover into three more points from behind the arc at the other end to give OU a 55-51 lead. The Sooners eventually got it to seven on more free throws, these coming from Cousins, Spangler and Lattin with 4:32 remaining. With Oklahoma leading, 66-61, the two teams traded baskets, Devin Williams tipping in Tarik Phillip s miss and Woodard hitting a jumper at the other end for OU. Then Jaysean Paige s three from the wing pulled West Virginia to within two, 68-66, at 1:46 and Holton tied it with 26 seconds remaining. The game basically came down to a free throw shooting contest the Sooners making theirs (27 of 32) while the Mountaineers missing some critical ones (13 of 22), particularly in the second half. WVU was the first team to play AP No. 1 and No. 2 in back-to-back games since Missouri did so in 1997. Texas 56 12-6/4-2 Total 3-Ptr 21 Lammert, 1-4 1-3 2-2 1 3 4 4 5 1 0 0 0 20 Connor f 44 Ibeh, Prince c 1-1 0-0 0-4 0 5 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 18 01 Taylor, Isaiah g 0-8 0-2 4-4 0 6 6 2 4 3 0 0 2 36 03 Felix, Javan g 4-9 2-3 7-8 2 0 2 0 17 1 1 0 2 29 05 Yancy, Kendal g 3-3 0-0 1-3 2 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 17 00 Mack, Tevin 2-5 1-3 0-1 1 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 20 02 Holland, Demarcus 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 10 Davis Jr., Eric 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 16 12 Roach Jr., Kerwin 1-3 0-0 4-8 0 2 2 2 6 3 3 0 0 15 32 Cleare, Shaquille 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 22 Team 0 4 4 Totals 16-41 6-15 18-30 6 27 33 21 56 9 8 1 5 200 FG % 1st half: 8-22 36.4% Game: 16-41 39.0% Half: 8-19 42.1% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 6-15 40.0% 6 FT % 1st Half: 8-16 50.0% 2nd half: 10-14 71.4% Game: 18-30 60.0% West Virginia 49 15-3/4-2 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 5-8 0-2 0-0 8 6 14 2 10 0 0 0 1 35 23 Ahmad, Esa f 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 41 Williams, Devin c 4-13 0-0 3-6 3 8 11 1 11 1 1 0 0 28 02 Carter, Jevon g 1-9 1-7 0-2 1 4 5 3 3 4 2 0 0 36 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 2-8 2-7 2-4 1 0 1 3 8 1 3 0 0 30 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05 Paige, Jaysean 2-12 0-3 0-0 2 2 4 3 4 1 2 0 1 34 11 Adrian, Nathan 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 12 Phillip, Tarik 1-5 0-2 0-0 2 1 3 5 2 2 2 0 0 12 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 45 Macon, Elijah 3-5 0-0 2-7 3 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 1 11 Team 3 2 5 Totals 19-61 3-21 8-23 24 25 49 21 49 9 11 0 3 200 FG % 1st half: 10-29 34.5% Game: 19-61 31.1% Half: 9-32 28.1% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd half: 2-13 15.4% Game: 3-21 14.3% 6 FT % 1st Half: 6-18 33.3% 2nd half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 8-23 34.8% Officials: Joe DeRosa, Patrick Adams, Ron Groover Technical fouls: Texas-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 9881 Start Time: 7:02 End Time: 9:09 Phillip (WVU) fouled out with 0:36.4 remaining in the game. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Texas 28 28 56 West Virginia 25 24 49 Last FG - UT 2nd-01:38, WVU 2nd-00:29. Largest lead - UT by 9 2nd-00:37, WVU by 2 1st-13:02. UT led for 32:05. WVU led for 04:43. Game was tied for 03:12. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench UT 14 11 4 6 21 WVU 30 7 14 2 15 Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 6 times. Javan Felix scored 17 points to lead Texas to a 56-49 victory over sixth-ranked West Virginia on a snowy night in Morgantown. The Mountaineers were ranked fourth in the country in scoring, averaging 84.2 points per game heading into the game, but West Virginia was nowhere close to that against the Longhorns because of poor shooting from everywhere. WVU was 16 of 40 on its two-point tries, three of 21 on its threes and disappointing eight of 23 from the foul line. Texas (12-6, 4-2) wasn t that much better, shooting 39 percent overall and missing 12 free throws, but the Longhorns made up the difference on their six three-point field goals - the big one coming from Felix with 1:38 left in the game to make it a seven-point game - and the 14-point advantage they had at the free throw line. There were three ties and six lead changes, but the Longhorns led for the majority of the game. Devin Williams, who led West Virginia with 11 points and 11 rebounds, made two free throws to pull the Mountaineers within two at the beginning of the second half, but Texas answered with four straight to take a five-point lead. The Longhorns were able to keep their margin in the five-to-sixpoint range until 8:51 left when West Virginia had its best offensive sequence of the game. A steal by Elijah Macon led to Jaysean Paige layup, Jonathan Holton added another close one and then Daxter Miles Jr. made a straight away three to tie the game at 42 with 6:20 left. Following a timeout, Texas answered with a Shaquille Cleare dunk on a pretty Felix no-look pass, and Connor Lammert banged in a three to push the Longhorn lead back to five and force Huggins to take a 30-second timeout. Jevon Carter was able to hit a three following the stoppage of play to pull the Mountaineers within two, but Felix took over the game from there. The senior followed his own miss along the baseline to make it 49-45 with 2:49 left; he hit two free throws to keep it a four-point game, and then turned the lights out on the Mountaineers with his three with 1:38 remaining. A crowd of 9,881 watched the game. WVU s 34.8 percent free throw shooting was its worst under Bob Huggins. Texas won for the second time in four trips to Morgantown.
Game #19 No. 6/7 West Virginia 80, Texas Tech 76 Jan. 23, 2016 United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, Texas Game #20 No. 9/9 West Virginia 70, Kansas State 55 Jan. 26, 2016 WVU Coliseum Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia 80 16-3, (5-2 B12) Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 6-8 1-2 0-0 2 4 6 3 13 0 1 0 2 34 23 Ahmad, Esa f 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 15 41 Williams, Devin f 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 5 5 2 4 1 1 16 02 Carter, Jevon g 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 2 12 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 3-9 3-7 2-2 0 2 2 3 11 1 2 0 1 34 00 Myers, Teyvon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 05 Paige, Jaysean 6-11 2-6 8-9 0 1 1 2 22 2 4 0 1 27 11 Adrian, Nathan 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 12 Phillip, Tarik 5-10 2-4 8-9 1 1 2 3 20 0 3 0 3 28 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 45 Macon, Elijah 0-1 0-0 1-4 1 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 14 Team 2 2 4 Totals 25-49 8-19 22-28 8 17 25 28 80 12 16 1 10 200 FG % 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% FT % 1st Half: 11-16 68.8% 2nd half: 13-24 54.2% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 11-12 91.7% Game: 25-49 51.0% Game: 8-19 42.1% Game: 22-28 78.6% 7 Texas Tech 76 12-6, (2-5 B12) Total 3-Ptr 11 Smith, 5-7 0-1 8-9 2 2 4 1 18 1 5 2 2 36 Zach f 34 Temple, Matthew f 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 9 00 Williams, Devaugntah g 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 1 3 0 0 10 12 Evans, Keenan g 0-2 0-1 4-4 0 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 23 20 Gotcher, Toddrick g 2-7 2-4 6-6 2 1 3 3 12 1 0 0 4 23 02 Thomas, Devon 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 6 3 1 0 0 14 03 Williamson, C.J. 1-4 0-1 4-5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 12 05 Gray, Justin 4-7 1-2 2-2 3 3 6 2 11 0 2 0 1 29 15 Ross, Aaron 3-7 1-4 4-4 0 2 2 3 11 0 4 1 0 24 21 Ulvydas, Rokas 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 22 Jackson, Jordan 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 1 1 14 Team 0 2 2 Totals 20-43 4-15 32-34 7 15 22 21 76 10 17 7 10 200 FG % 1st half: 10-24 41.7% Game: 20-43 46.5% Half: 10-19 52.6% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 0-9 0.0% Game: 4-15 26.7% 1 FT % 1st Half: 19-20 95.0% 2nd half: 13-14 92.9% Game: 32-34 94.1% Officials: Paul Janssen, David Hall, Rodrick Dixon Technical fouls: West Virginia-Macon, Elijah. Texas Tech-Ross, Aaron. Attendance: 10732 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total West Virginia 40 40 80 Texas Tech 43 33 76 Last FG - WVU 2nd-00:01, TTU 2nd-02:21. Largest lead - WVU by 10 1st-04:38, TTU by 5 2nd-02:21. WVU led for 18:32. TTU led for 18:00. Game was tied for 03:27. Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench WVU 34 23 9 13 43 TTU 22 11 11 8 40 Score tied - 12 times. Lead changed - 12 times. Sixth-ranked West Virginia stole a basketball game at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas, against Texas Tech. And West Virginia s chief thief was Tarik Phillip. The junior guard came up with two critical steals and baskets late in the game to power the Mountaineers to an 80-76 come-from-behind victory over the fired-up Red Raiders. Phillip s biggest steal happened with 30 seconds left in the game when Aaron Ross was driving in for a layup to put Texas Tech back in the lead. Phillip stripped the ball out of Ross hands and turned Ross turnover into a twisting layup at the other end for a traditional threepoint play when he was fouled by Zach Smith. That made the score, 78-76, West Virginia with 24 seconds remaining. Following a Texas Tech timeout, Toddrick Gotcher got a good look at a three to put Texas Tech back into the lead; he missed, and Philip eventually managed to come up with the basketball at midcourt where he drove in for a dunk to punctuate an unlikely victory for West Virginia. With 2:26 remaining in the game that did not seem likely. The Red Raiders were celebrating Gray s short jumper in the lane to put them ahead, 72-67, forcing West Virginia coach Bob Huggins to call timeout 14 seconds later to get his team organized for a critical offensive possession. What came out of that was a Daxter Miles Jr. three to make it a two-point game. After two Keenan Evans free throws for Texas Tech - two of the 32 the Red Raiders made this afternoon on 34 attempts Jaysean Paige matched those with a pair of free throws at the other end with 1:14 to go. Four seconds later, Devin Williams was called for his fifth foul, this one on Zach Smith, who sank two more free throws to make it 76-72, Texas Tech. That s when Phillip took over. He banged home a three from the wing with 56 seconds left to make it a one-point game, 76-75, and then he alertly stripped the ball out of Ross hands as he was going in to score the go-ahead basket. Phillip took the ball the length of the court and got his layup to go down with Smith all over him. Smith was called for a foul and Phillip hit the free throw. Phillip also scored on a breakaway dunk to tally the final eight points of the game. West Virginia s bench made a big difference once again, Paige scoring a game-high 22 points with Phillip contributing 20. Kansas State 55 12-8/2-6 Total 3-Ptr 25 Iwundu, 2-4 0-0 2-3 0 3 3 2 6 4 6 0 3 33 Wesley f 32 Wade, Dean f 3-9 0-4 3-5 3 5 8 1 9 3 2 2 0 29 41 Hurt, Stephen f 3-7 0-3 1-2 0 3 3 3 7 0 1 0 1 23 03 Stokes, Kamau g 2-7 1-4 2-2 0 4 4 4 7 2 3 0 2 25 14 Edwards, Justin g 4-8 0-3 3-6 2 2 4 3 11 0 2 2 1 27 01 Ervin II, Carlbe 0-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 04 Johnson, D.J. 3-7 0-0 2-3 3 1 4 5 8 0 1 3 0 16 05 Brown, Barry 1-7 0-1 1-2 3 4 7 3 3 0 4 0 1 20 12 Schoen, Mason 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 13 Winter, Zach 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 23 Freeman, Ron 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 33 Rohleder, Brian 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 35 Budke, Austin 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 11 Team 0 0 0 Totals 20-57 1-18 14-23 13 23 36 26 55 9 19 7 9 200 FG % 1st half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 20-57 35.1% Half: 9-26 34.6% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd half: 0-10 0.0% Game: 1-18 5.6% 7 FT % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 14-23 60.9% West Virginia 70 17-3/6-2 Total 3-Ptr 01 Holton, 6-8 0-1 2-4 4 7 11 3 14 0 2 0 1 33 11 Adrian, Nathan f 4-5 2-2 0-0 0 3 3 2 10 1 1 0 0 21 41 Williams, Devin c 1-3 0-0 4-9 2 0 2 4 6 2 6 0 0 20 02 Carter, Jevon g 2-7 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 0 5 4 1 2 1 31 04 Miles Jr., Daxter g 2-8 0-4 1-2 0 2 2 3 5 3 0 0 0 26 00 Myers, Teyvon 2-3 1-2 2-3 1 2 3 0 7 1 0 0 0 8 05 Paige, Jaysean 3-12 1-5 5-6 2 3 5 3 12 0 1 0 4 26 12 Phillip, Tarik 3-4 0-1 3-4 0 2 2 1 9 3 4 1 1 15 20 Watkins, Brandon 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 45 Macon, Elijah 0-3 0-0 2-4 4 3 7 2 2 0 3 0 1 17 Team 2 2 4 1 Totals 23-54 5-18 19-32 16 26 42 20 70 14 18 3 8 200 FG % 1st half: 11-24 45.8% Game: 23-54 42.6% Half: 12-30 40.0% 2nd 3FG % 1st Half: 4-14 28.6% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 5-18 27.8% 5 FT % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd half: 13-21 61.9% Game: 19-32 59.4% Officials: Doug Sirmons, Ray Natili, Terry Oglesby Technical fouls: Kansas State-None. West Virginia-Phillip, Tarik; TEAM. Attendance: 9936 Start Time: 7:02 End Time: 9:12 Johnson (KSU) fouled out with 2:26 remaining in the game. Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Paint T/O Chance Break Kansas State 25 30 55 Points Bench KS 36 12 13 4 15 WVU 34 16 15 8 30 West Virginia 34 36 70 Last FG - KS 2nd-01:48, WVU 2nd-00:23. Score tied - 3 times. Largest lead - KS by 3 1st-18:01, WVU by 17 2nd-05:51. Lead changed - 1 time. KS led for 02:48. WVU led for 35:07. Game was tied for 01:53. Jonathan Holton scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead ninth-ranked West Virginia to a 70-55 victory over Kansas State at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown. Neither team shot particularly well, the winning Mountaineers hit 42.6 percent of their field goal attempts while K-State connected on just 35.1 percent from the floor, including one-of-18 from three. The poor shooting also carried over to the free throw line where West Virginia missed 13 and Kansas State failed to convert on nine of its 23 attempts. West Virginia (17-3, 6-2) was sleep walking through the first half until being whistled for back-to-back technical fouls, one going against guard Tarik Phillip after he made a driving layup and another on West Virginia s bench for protesting the call. Kansas State was only able to make one of four free throws to take an 8-7 lead, but the two technicals finally stirred up a lethargic WVU student section. Over the next seven minutes West Virginia built its lead to nine, 19-10, getting baskets from Jaysean Paige, Devin Williams, Holton, a three from Paige and another close one from Holton. K-State eventually whittled West Virginia s lead to three, 21-18, on a pair of Justin Edwards free throws, but the Mountaineers used a 13-7 run over the remaining 4:48 to take a 34-25 advantage into the locker room at halftime. WVU pushed the lead to double digits in the second half, getting to as high as 17, 57-40, with 5:51 to go. Jaysean Paige came off the bench to score 12, while Nathan Adrian, getting his first start of the year in place of freshman Esa Ahmad, scored 10 points on four of five shooting. Ahmad sat out the game with a sprained right knee. In getting his sixth double-double of the season, Holton made six of eight from the floor and also pulled down seven defensive rebounds. Kansas State (12-8, 2-6) got 11 points from Edwards. An announced crowd of 9,936 watched the game. West Virginia swept the season series against Kansas State for the second year in a row. The Mountaineers have won the last five meetings against the Wildcats.
2015-16 Mountaineer Basketball West Virginia Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 28, 2016) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 17-3 9-1 4-1 4-1 CONFERENCE 6-2 3-1 3-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 11-1 6-0 1-0 4-1 Total 3-Point F-Throw ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 Paige, Jaysean 20-1 423 21.2 90-189.476 30-82.366 61-85.718 34 40 74 3.7 58 0 22 26 4 31 271 13.6 41 Williams, Devin 20-20 469 23.5 87-172.506 0-0.000 88-126.698 62 102 164 8.2 49 3 30 48 5 10 262 13.1 02 Carter, Jevon 20-20 555 27.8 74-183.404 29-82.354 42-56.750 13 48 61 3.1 46 0 64 29 4 37 219 11.0 04 Miles Jr., Daxter 19-19 511 26.9 71-165.430 22-81.272 38-62.613 14 28 42 2.2 50 0 30 25 1 32 202 10.6 01 Holton, Jonathan 20-20 463 23.2 74-137.540 6-33.182 39-53.736 81 69 150 7.5 53 1 27 23 9 22 193 9.7 12 Phillip, Tarik 20-0 423 21.2 49-117.419 12-38.316 51-71.718 15 40 55 2.8 47 2 56 42 3 36 161 8.1 45 Macon, Elijah 20-0 290 14.5 45-75.600 0-0.000 30-69.435 31 47 78 3.9 44 3 13 23 9 8 120 6.0 23 Ahmad, Esa 19-19 351 18.5 30-73.411 2-13.154 23-45.511 23 30 53 2.8 37 0 36 27 9 20 85 4.5 11 Adrian, Nathan 20-1 311 15.6 23-58.397 8-24.333 11-18.611 25 27 52 2.6 55 2 17 19 3 13 65 3.3 00 Myers, Teyvon 17-0 153 9.0 12-39.308 7-25.280 8-12.667 3 14 17 1.0 13 0 10 8 0 5 39 2.3 20 Watkins, Brandon 13-0 87 6.7 6-11.545 0-0.000 0-4.000 9 12 21 1.6 23 0 4 8 4 1 12 0.9 30 Romeo, Richard 7-0 14 2.0 1-2.500 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 2 2 0.3 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.3 Team 24 20 44 2 10 Total... 20 4050 562-1221.460 116-378.307 391-601.651 334 479 813 40.7 482 11 309 290 51 215 1631 81.6 Opponents... 20 4050 390-953.409 90-336.268 401-562.714 168 443 611 30.6 486 22 187 396 56 143 1271 63.5 TEAM STATISTICS WVU OPP SCORING 1631 1271 Points per game 81.6 63.5 Scoring margin +18.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 562-1221 390-953 Field goal pct.460.409 3 POINT FG-ATT 116-378 90-336 3-point FG pct.307.268 3-pt FG made per game 5.8 4.5 FREE THROWS-ATT 391-601 401-562 Free throw pct.651.714 F-Throws made per game 19.6 20.1 REBOUNDS 813 611 per game 40.7 30.6 Rebounding margin +10.1 - ASSISTS 309 187 Assists per game 15.5 9.4 TURNOVERS 290 396 Turnovers per game 14.5 19.8 Turnover margin +5.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.5 STEALS 215 143 Steals per game 10.8 7.2 BLOCKS 51 56 Blocks per game 2.6 2.8 ATTENDANCE 92892 95272 Home games-avg/game 10-9289 5-9848 Neutral site-avg/game - 5-9206 Date Opponent Score Att. 11/13/15 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W 107-61 10120 # 11/16/15 vs James Madison W 86-73 8101 + 11/20/15 STETSON W 103-62 8268 + 11/23/15 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W 97-44 6196 $ 11/26/15 vs Richmond W 67-59 3125 $ 11/27/15 vs San Diego State W 72-50 3245 12/05/15 KENNESAW STATE W 87-54 8731 % 12/08/15 vs Virginia L 54-70 19812 12/13/15 UL MONROE W 100-58 8323 # 12/17/15 vs Marshall W 86-68 11748 12/21/15 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 84-59 8121 12/30/15 at Virginia Tech W 88-63 9567 * 01/02/16 at Kansas State Wo2 87-83 12270 * 01/04/16 at TCU W 95-87 4739 * 01/09/16 OKLAHOMA STATE W 77-60 11219 * 01/12/16 KANSAS W 74-63 12097 * 01/16/16 at Oklahoma L 68-70 11933 * 01/20/16 TEXAS L 49-56 9881 * 01/23/16 at Texas Tech W 80-76 10732 * 01/26/16 KANSAS STATE W 70-55 9936 # = Charleston, W.Va. + = Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Morgantown, W.Va. $ = Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, Nevada % = Jimmy V Classic, New York, N.Y. * = Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals West Virginia 828 785 6 12 1631 Opponents 620 637 6 8 1271
2015-16 Mountaineer Basketball West Virginia Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 26, 2016) Conference games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 6-2 3-1 3-1 0-0 CONFERENCE 6-2 3-1 3-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Total 3-Point F-Throw ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 Paige, Jaysean 8-1 216 27.0 40-93.430 8-30.267 48-64.750 14 16 30 3.8 23 0 11 15 1 16 136 17.0 01 Holton, Jonathan 8-8 236 29.5 33-60.550 3-18.167 14-17.824 30 30 60 7.5 24 0 7 7 4 9 83 10.4 12 Phillip, Tarik 8-0 177 22.1 26-56.464 6-17.353 25-33.758 6 16 22 2.8 21 2 15 22 3 12 83 10.4 41 Williams, Devin 8-8 169 21.1 20-55.364 0-0.000 36-52.692 17 38 55 6.9 22 2 11 21 3 4 76 9.5 04 Miles Jr., Daxter 7-7 189 27.0 17-51.333 9-30.300 13-23.565 3 13 16 2.3 17 0 10 11 0 8 56 8.0 02 Carter, Jevon 8-8 239 29.9 22-64.344 10-29.345 9-18.500 6 22 28 3.5 22 0 28 14 3 11 63 7.9 45 Macon, Elijah 8-0 119 14.9 13-25.520 0-0.000 12-31.387 13 17 30 3.8 23 2 1 8 1 4 38 4.8 23 Ahmad, Esa 7-7 103 14.7 9-21.429 1-6.167 3-10.300 8 8 16 2.3 11 0 6 7 4 3 22 3.1 11 Adrian, Nathan 8-1 117 14.6 9-20.450 5-12.417 1-2.500 2 12 14 1.8 20 0 6 6 0 4 24 3.0 00 Myers, Teyvon 6-0 47 7.8 5-9.556 2-6.333 3-5.600 1 6 7 1.2 3 0 5 1 0 1 15 2.5 20 Watkins, Brandon 7-0 36 5.1 2-3.667 0-0.000 0-2.000 3 5 8 1.1 14 0 1 3 3 1 4 0.6 30 Romeo, Richard 1-0 2 2.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 14 12 26 2 4 Total... 8 1650 196-457.429 44-148.297 164-257.638 117 195 312 39.0 202 6 101 119 22 73 600 75.0 Opponents... 8 1650 162-399.406 41-136.301 185-253.731 72 195 267 33.4 199 8 81 133 29 62 550 68.8 TEAM STATISTICS WVU OPP SCORING 600 550 Points per game 75.0 68.8 Scoring margin +6.3 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 196-457 162-399 Field goal pct.429.406 3 POINT FG-ATT 44-148 41-136 3-point FG pct.297.301 3-pt FG made per game 5.5 5.1 FREE THROWS-ATT 164-257 185-253 Free throw pct.638.731 F-Throws made per game 20.5 23.1 REBOUNDS 312 267 per game 39.0 33.4 Rebounding margin +5.6 - ASSISTS 101 81 Assists per game 12.6 10.1 TURNOVERS 119 133 Turnovers per game 14.9 16.6 Turnover margin +1.8 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.6 STEALS 73 62 Steals per game 9.1 7.8 BLOCKS 22 29 Blocks per game 2.8 3.6 ATTENDANCE 43133 39674 Home games-avg/game 4-10783 4-9918 Neutral site-avg/game - 0-0 Date Opponent Score Att. * 01/02/16 at Kansas State Wo2 87-83 12270 * 01/04/16 at TCU W 95-87 4739 * 01/09/16 OKLAHOMA STATE W 77-60 11219 * 01/12/16 KANSAS W 74-63 12097 * 01/16/16 at Oklahoma L 68-70 11933 * 01/20/16 TEXAS L 49-56 9881 * 01/23/16 at Texas Tech W 80-76 10732 * 01/26/16 KANSAS STATE W 70-55 9936 # = Charleston, W.Va. + = Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Morgantown, W.Va. $ = Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, Nevada % = Jimmy V Classic, New York, N.Y. * = Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals West Virginia 286 296 6 12 600 Opponents 266 270 6 8 550
2015-16 Mountaineer Basketball West Virginia Season Schedule/Results & Leaders (as of Jan 28, 2016) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 17-3 9-1 4-1 4-1 CONFERENCE 6-2 3-1 3-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 11-1 6-0 1-0 4-1 Date Opponent Score Att. High Points High 11/13/15 NORTHERN KENTUCKY W 107-61 10120 (24)Carter, Jevon (15)Williams, Devin 11/16/15 #vs James Madison W 86-73 8101 (19)Williams, Devin (12)Holton, Jonathan (19)Carter, Jevon 11/20/15 +STETSON W 103-62 8268 (23)Williams, Devin (10)Williams, Devin 11/23/15 +BETHUNE-COOKMAN W 97-44 6196 (14)Paige, Jaysean (11)Holton, Jonathan (14)Miles Jr., Daxter 11/26/15 $vs Richmond W 67-59 3125 (23)Williams, Devin (12)Williams, Devin 11/27/15 $vs San Diego State W 72-50 3245 (14)Miles Jr., Daxter (9)Williams, Devin 12/05/15 KENNESAW STATE W 87-54 8731 (26)Williams, Devin (9)Williams, Devin (9)Holton, Jonathan 12/08/15 %vs Virginia 54-70 L 19812 (16)Paige, Jaysean (5)Carter, Jevon 12/13/15 UL MONROE W 100-58 8323 (21)Carter, Jevon (10)Williams, Devin 12/17/15 #vs Marshall W 86-68 11748 (15)Carter, Jevon (8)Holton, Jonathan 12/21/15 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 84-59 8121 (17)Paige, Jaysean (8)Williams, Devin 12/30/15 at Virginia Tech W 88-63 9567 (18)Carter, Jevon (13)Holton, Jonathan 01/02/16 *at Kansas State Wo2 87-83 12270 (25)Paige, Jaysean (7)Paige, Jaysean 01/04/16 *at TCU W 95-87 4739 (20)Paige, Jaysean (6)Williams, Devin (6)Holton, Jonathan 01/09/16 *OKLAHOMA STATE W 77-60 11219 (16)Carter, Jevon (9)Williams, Devin (9)Holton, Jonathan 01/12/16 *KANSAS W 74-63 12097 (26)Paige, Jaysean (12)Williams, Devin 01/16/16 *at Oklahoma 68-70 L 11933 (18)Paige, Jaysean (6)Williams, Devin (6)Carter, Jevon 01/20/16 *TEXAS 49-56 L 9881 (11)Williams, Devin (14)Holton, Jonathan 01/23/16 *at Texas Tech W 80-76 10732 (22)Paige, Jaysean (6)Holton, Jonathan 01/26/16 *KANSAS STATE W 70-55 9936 (14)Holton, Jonathan (11)Holton, Jonathan # = Charleston, W.Va. + = Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Morgantown, W.Va. $ = Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, Nevada % = Jimmy V Classic, New York, N.Y. * = Conference game Attendance Summary Games Attend Avg/Game Home 10 92892 9289 Away 5 49241 9848 Neutral 5 46031 9206 Total 20 188164 9408
2015-16 Mountaineer Basketball West Virginia Season Box Score (as of Jan 28, 2016) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 17-3 9-1 4-1 4-1 CONFERENCE 6-2 3-1 3-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 11-1 6-0 1-0 4-1 Total 3-Point F-Throw ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 Paige, Jaysean 20-1 423 21.2 90-189.476 30-82.366 61-85.718 34 40 74 3.7 58 0 22 26 4 31 271 13.6 Conference-Only... 8-1 216 27.0 40-93.430 8-30.267 48-64.750 14 16 30 3.8 23 0 11 15 1 16 136 17.0 41 Williams, Devin 20-20 469 23.5 87-172.506 0-0.000 88-126.698 62 102 164 8.2 49 3 30 48 5 10 262 13.1 Conference-Only... 8-8 169 21.1 20-55.364 0-0.000 36-52.692 17 38 55 6.9 22 2 11 21 3 4 76 9.5 02 Carter, Jevon 20-20 555 27.8 74-183.404 29-82.354 42-56.750 13 48 61 3.1 46 0 64 29 4 37 219 11.0 Conference-Only... 8-8 239 29.9 22-64.344 10-29.345 9-18.500 6 22 28 3.5 22 0 28 14 3 11 63 7.9 04 Miles Jr., Daxter 19-19 511 26.9 71-165.430 22-81.272 38-62.613 14 28 42 2.2 50 0 30 25 1 32 202 10.6 Conference-Only... 7-7 189 27.0 17-51.333 9-30.300 13-23.565 3 13 16 2.3 17 0 10 11 0 8 56 8.0 01 Holton, Jonathan 20-20 463 23.2 74-137.540 6-33.182 39-53.736 81 69 150 7.5 53 1 27 23 9 22 193 9.7 Conference-Only... 8-8 236 29.5 33-60.550 3-18.167 14-17.824 30 30 60 7.5 24 0 7 7 4 9 83 10.4 12 Phillip, Tarik 20-0 423 21.2 49-117.419 12-38.316 51-71.718 15 40 55 2.8 47 2 56 42 3 36 161 8.1 Conference-Only... 8-0 177 22.1 26-56.464 6-17.353 25-33.758 6 16 22 2.8 21 2 15 22 3 12 83 10.4 45 Macon, Elijah 20-0 290 14.5 45-75.600 0-0.000 30-69.435 31 47 78 3.9 44 3 13 23 9 8 120 6.0 Conference-Only... 8-0 119 14.9 13-25.520 0-0.000 12-31.387 13 17 30 3.8 23 2 1 8 1 4 38 4.8 23 Ahmad, Esa 19-19 351 18.5 30-73.411 2-13.154 23-45.511 23 30 53 2.8 37 0 36 27 9 20 85 4.5 Conference-Only... 7-7 103 14.7 9-21.429 1-6.167 3-10.300 8 8 16 2.3 11 0 6 7 4 3 22 3.1 11 Adrian, Nathan 20-1 311 15.6 23-58.397 8-24.333 11-18.611 25 27 52 2.6 55 2 17 19 3 13 65 3.3 Conference-Only... 8-1 117 14.6 9-20.450 5-12.417 1-2.500 2 12 14 1.8 20 0 6 6 0 4 24 3.0 00 Myers, Teyvon 17-0 153 9.0 12-39.308 7-25.280 8-12.667 3 14 17 1.0 13 0 10 8 0 5 39 2.3 Conference-Only... 6-0 47 7.8 5-9.556 2-6.333 3-5.600 1 6 7 1.2 3 0 5 1 0 1 15 2.5 20 Watkins, Brandon 13-0 87 6.7 6-11.545 0-0.000 0-4.000 9 12 21 1.6 23 0 4 8 4 1 12 0.9 Conference-Only... 7-0 36 5.1 2-3.667 0-0.000 0-2.000 3 5 8 1.1 14 0 1 3 3 1 4 0.6 30 Romeo, Richard 7-0 14 2.0 1-2.500 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 2 2 0.3 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.3 Conference-Only... 1-0 2 2.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 24 20 44 2 10 Team 14 12 26 2 4 Total... 20 4050 562-1221.460 116-378.307 391-601.651 334 479 813 40.7 482 11 309 290 51 215 1631 81.6 Conference-Only... 8 1650 196-457.429 44-148.297 164-257.638 117 195 312 39.0 202 6 101 119 22 73 600 75.0 Opponents... 20 4050 390-953.409 90-336.268 401-562.714 168 443 611 30.6 486 22 187 396 56 143 1271 63.5 Conference-Only... 8 1650 162-399.406 41-136.301 185-253.731 72 195 267 33.4 199 8 81 133 29 62 550 68.8 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals West Virginia 828 785 6 12 1631 Opponents 620 637 6 8 1271
2015-16 Mountaineer Basketball West Virginia Team Game-by-Game (as of Jan 28, 2016) All games TEAM STATISTICS Total 3-Pointers Free throws Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg NORTHERN KENTUCKY 11/13/15 107-61 W 33-68.485 6-25.240 35-46.761 23 24 47 47.0 26 20 15 4 20 107 107.0 vs James Madison 11/16/15 86-73 W 29-66.439 6-16.375 22-30.733 22 20 42 44.5 21 16 13 2 9 86 96.5 STETSON 11/20/15 103-62 W 38-67.567 5-21.238 22-30.733 18 32 50 46.3 19 26 18 7 10 103 98.7 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 11/23/15 97-44 W 36-69.522 8-24.333 17-24.708 18 32 50 47.2 19 20 16 3 15 97 98.2 vs Richmond 11/26/15 67-59 W 21-48.438 2-13.154 23-32.719 9 22 31 44.0 28 10 9 2 7 67 92.0 vs San Diego State 11/27/15 72-50 W 27-62.435 4-13.308 14-21.667 14 28 42 43.7 25 12 15 2 13 72 88.7 KENNESAW STATE 12/05/15 87-54 W 34-65.523 4-11.364 15-29.517 19 21 40 43.1 20 23 17 3 13 87 88.4 vs Virginia 12/08/15 54-70 L 20-50.400 2-14.143 12-21.571 13 11 24 40.8 24 10 18 1 10 54 84.1 UL MONROE 12/13/15 100-58 W 38-84.452 15-36.417 9-16.563 26 22 48 41.6 18 19 5 0 14 100 85.9 vs Marshall 12/17/15 86-68 W 30-65.462 6-17.353 20-35.571 22 26 48 42.2 30 15 18 1 10 86 85.9 EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/21/15 84-59 W 29-59.492 10-24.417 16-25.640 15 22 37 41.7 20 21 10 0 11 84 85.7 at Virginia Tech 12/30/15 88-63 W 31-61.508 4-16.250 22-35.629 18 24 42 41.8 30 16 17 4 10 88 85.9 at Kansas State 01/02/16 87-83 Wot 32-68.471 3-20.150 20-31.645 15 28 43 41.8 29 17 15 4 10 87 86.0 at TCU 01/04/16 95-87 W 30-52.577 9-17.529 26-39.667 10 25 35 41.4 33 17 22 5 10 95 86.6 OKLAHOMA STATE 01/09/16 77-60 W 23-59.390 8-25.320 23-35.657 18 22 40 41.3 24 15 10 1 8 77 86.0 KANSAS 01/12/16 74-63 W 19-57.333 3-12.250 33-47.702 15 26 41 41.2 20 6 11 3 12 74 85.2 at Oklahoma 01/16/16 68-70 L 25-57.439 5-16.313 13-22.591 11 26 37 41.0 27 11 16 5 12 68 84.2 TEXAS 01/20/16 49-56 L 19-61.311 3-21.143 8-23.348 24 25 49 41.4 21 9 11 0 3 49 82.3 at Texas Tech 01/23/16 80-76 W 25-49.510 8-19.421 22-28.786 8 17 25 40.6 28 12 16 1 10 80 82.2 KANSAS STATE 01/26/16 70-55 W 23-54.426 5-18.278 19-32.594 16 26 42 40.7 20 14 18 3 8 70 81.6 West Virginia 1631 562-1221. 460 116-378. 307 391-601. 651 334 479 813 40.7 482 309 290 51 215 1631 81.6 Opponents 1271 390-953.409 90-336.268 401-562. 7 1 4 168 443 611 30.6 486 187 396 56 143 1271 63.5 Games played: 20 Points/game: 81.6 FG Pct: 46.0 3FG Pct: 30.7 FT Pct: 65.1 /game: 40.7 Assists/game: 15.5 Turnovers/game: 14.5 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.1 Steals/game: 10.8 Blocks/game: 2.6
2015-16 Mountaineer Basketball West Virginia Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Jan 28, 2016) All games OPPONENT STATISTICS Total 3-Pointers Free throws Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg NORTHERN KENTUCKY 11/13/15 107-61 W 21-47.447 5-16.313 14-23.609 8 18 26 26.0 32 9 30 0 7 61 61.0 vs James Madison 11/16/15 86-73 W 21-51.412 9-28.321 22-24.917 12 19 31 28.5 23 8 19 1 5 73 67.0 STETSON 11/20/15 103-62 W 19-62.306 6-25.240 18-21.857 13 16 29 28.7 25 14 19 0 10 62 65.3 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 11/23/15 97-44 W 13-52.250 5-27.185 13-19.684 11 17 28 28.5 21 7 30 3 10 44 60.0 vs Richmond 11/26/15 67-59 W 18-46.391 2-15.133 21-35.600 11 25 36 30.0 24 9 14 1 6 59 59.8 vs San Diego State 11/27/15 72-50 W 13-38.342 0-9.000 24-32.750 3 25 28 29.7 21 3 21 10 4 50 58.2 KENNESAW STATE 12/05/15 87-54 W 19-43.442 1-7.143 15-17.882 5 22 27 29.3 25 4 31 2 11 54 57.6 vs Virginia 12/08/15 54-70 L 27-43.628 3-8.375 13-20.650 6 23 29 29.3 22 13 19 1 6 70 59.1 UL MONROE 12/13/15 100-58 W 22-43.512 1-8.125 13-20.650 4 23 27 29.0 17 12 21 3 2 58 59.0 vs Marshall 12/17/15 86-68 W 17-50.340 6-27.222 28-36.778 10 22 32 29.3 26 8 19 2 9 68 59.9 EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/21/15 84-59 W 20-41.488 9-23.391 10-23.435 7 20 27 29.1 21 11 18 2 6 59 59.8 at Virginia Tech 12/30/15 88-63 W 18-38.474 2-7.286 25-39.641 6 18 24 28.7 30 8 22 2 5 63 60.1 at Kansas State 01/02/16 87-83 Wot 26-58.448 3-19.158 28-43.651 9 26 35 29.2 24 15 15 1 6 83 61.8 at TCU 01/04/16 95-87 W 23-54.426 6-13.462 35-40.875 9 21 30 29.2 27 12 18 3 10 87 63.6 OKLAHOMA STATE 01/09/16 77-60 W 19-44.432 4-12.333 18-30.600 8 25 33 29.5 28 9 16 2 4 60 63.4 KANSAS 01/12/16 74-63 W 20-48.417 10-20.500 13-21.619 7 32 39 30.1 32 9 22 3 7 63 63.4 at Oklahoma 01/16/16 68-70 L 18-54.333 7-24.292 27-32.844 13 26 39 30.6 20 8 18 5 11 70 63.8 TEXAS 01/20/16 49-56 L 16-41.390 6-15.400 18-30.600 6 27 33 30.7 21 9 8 1 5 56 63.3 at Texas Tech 01/23/16 80-76 W 20-43.465 4-15.267 32-34.941 7 15 22 30.3 21 10 17 7 10 76 64.0 KANSAS STATE 01/26/16 70-55 W 20-57.351 1-18.056 14-23.609 13 23 36 30.6 26 9 19 7 9 55 63.5 Opponents 1271 390-953. 409 90-336. 268 401-562. 714 168 443 611 30.6 486 187 396 56 143 1271 63.5 West Virginia 1631 562-1221.460 116-378.307 391-601. 6 5 1 334 479 813 40.7 482 309 290 51 215 1631 81.6 Games played: 20 Points/game: 63.5 FG Pct: 40.9 3FG Pct: 26.8 FT Pct: 71.4 /game: 30.6 Assists/game: 9.4 Turnovers/game: 19.8 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.5 Steals/game: 7.2 Blocks/game: 2.8
2015-16 Mountaineer Basketball West Virginia Points--Assists (as of Jan 28, 2016) All games 00 01 02 04 05 11 12 Opponent Date Score MYERS,TEYV HOLTON,JON CARTER,JEV MILES JR., PAIGE,JAYS ADRIAN,NAT PHILLIP,TA NORTHERN KENTUCKY 11/13/15 107-61 W1-0-114-12 -324-1-619-2-36-2 -04-3 -07-5 -2 vs James Madison 11/16/15 86-73 W0-0-012-12 -219-2-31 1-5-07-0-05-3-24-1-4 STETSON 11/20/15 103-62 W3-1-02-5-04-2-313-5-219-5-26-5-04-2-10 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 11/23/15 97-44 W10-1-011-11 -111-2-31 4-1-214-7-30-0-04-3-3 vs Richmond 11/26/15 67-59 W0-1-04-1-013-3-24-0-25-3 -02-2 -05-4 -2 vs San Diego State 11/27/15 72-50 W0-0-012-3-112-3-21 4-3-210-3-05-3-05-5-1 KENNESAW STATE 12/05/15 87-54 W0-1-217-9-34-3-51 8-1-13-3 -35-6 -02-1 -3 vs Virginia 12/08/15 54-70 L DNP8-4-44-5-14-2-016-3-02-1-15-0-1 UL MONROE 12/13/15 100-58 W5-2-15-8-221-3-318-0-114-2 -03-6 -410-4 -4 vs Marshall 12/17/15 86-68 W0-1-09-8-015-5-314-2-27-6-28-6-211-3-4 EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/21/15 84-59 W5-2-14-4-211-2-212-3-317-5 -01-1 -19-1 -5 at Virginia Tech 12/30/15 88-63 W0-1-012-13 -218-2-35-2-217-5-10-2-112-4-2 at Kansas State 01/02/16 87-83 W4-1-06-4-26-2-31 0-3-22 5-7 -12-1 -11 4-4 -5 at TCU 01/04/16 95-87 W0-0-115-6-013-4-51 4-3-120-4-30-1-118-2-3 OKLAHOMA STATE 01/09/16 77-60 W4-2-015-9-316-3-5 D N P9-1 -13-0 -16-3 -0 KANSAS 01/12/16 74-63 W DNP2-8-110-5-13-2-126-4-03-4-27-1-0 at Oklahoma 01/16/16 68-70 L D N P8-2-16-6-25-3-11 8-4 -35-2 -07-5 -2 TEXAS 01/20/16 49-56 L0-0-010-14 -03-5-48-1-14-4-11-2-02-3-2 at Texas Tech 01/23/16 80-76 W0-1-313-6-04-0-41 1-2-12 2-1 -20-1 -02 0-2 -0 KANSAS STATE 01/26/16 70-55 W7-3-114-11 -05-3-45-2-312-5-010-3-19-2-3 20 23 30 41 45 Opponent Date Score WATKINS,BR AHMAD,ESA ROMEO,RICH WILLIAMS,D MACON,ELIJ NORTHERN KENTUCKY 11/13/15 107-61 W DNP 7-2- 3 DNP 18-15- 1 7-4-1 vs James Madison 11/16/15 86-73 W DNP3-4-4 DNP19-10-06-3-1 STETSON 11/20/15 103-62 W D N P11-8-40-0-02 3-1 0-41 8-7 -1 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 11/23/15 97-44 W DNP8-5-40-0-012-10-41 3-1 0-0 vs Richmond 11/26/15 67-59 W DNP 6-2- 3 DNP 23-12- 0 5-2-1 vs San Diego State 11/27/15 72-50 W DNP4-4-1 DNP1 0-9-40-3-1 KENNESAW STATE 12/05/15 87-54 W6-6-14-1-30-0-02 6-9-12-0 -1 vs Virginia 12/08/15 54-70 L0-0-04-4-1 DNP10-3-21-2-0 UL MONROE 12/13/15 100-58 W0-2-12-4-22-0-012-10-08-5 -1 vs Marshall 12/17/15 86-68 W0-1-01-1-00-1-09-7-012-3-2 EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/21/15 84-59 W2-4-17-0-30-1-015-8-21-5 -1 at Virginia Tech 12/30/15 88-63 W0-0-06-2-2 DNP9-6-19-4-2 at Kansas State 01/02/16 87-83 W0-1-04-4-1 D N P7-5-29-5 -0 at TCU 01/04/16 95-87 W2-5-10-0-1 DNP1 3-6-10-1-0 OKLAHOMA STATE 01/09/16 77-60 W2-2-05-5-40-0-01 2-9-15-4 -0 KANSAS 01/12/16 74-63 W DNP2-1-0 DNP17-12-14-3-0 at Oklahoma 01/16/16 68-70 L0-0-05-4-0 D N P5-6-19-4 -1 TEXAS 01/20/16 49-56 L0-0-02-1-0 DNP11-11-18-3-0 at Texas Tech 01/23/16 80-76 W0-0-04-1-0 D N P5-4-21-3 -0 KANSAS STATE 01/26/16 70-55 W0-0-0 DNP DNP6-2-22-7-0