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Tre Mitchell, West Virginia beat Florida for 5th place at PK Legacy tournament
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tre Mitchell scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Erik Stevenson added 15 points and West Virginia beat Florida, 84-55, on Sunday night in the Phil Knight Legacy tournament’s fifth-place game. Stevenson made 6 of 8 from the field, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and...
Anderson’s 2 long TD runs help West Virginia top Oklahoma State 
STILLWATER, Okla. — Jaylen Anderson ran for 155 yards and two touchdowns, and West Virginia defeated Oklahoma State, 24-19, on Saturday afternoon to close its season. Anderson, a redshirt freshman, had rushed for 120 yards all season before the game. He paced a West Virginia ground attack that pounded out...
West Virginia beats Portland State, Bob Huggins earns win 921
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tre Mitchell scored 16 points to lead West Virginia to a 89-71 win over Portland State in a Phil Knight Legacy tournament consolation game Friday night, vaulting Bob Huggins into third place all-time for Division I coaching victories. Huggins, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of...
Zach Edey’s double-double powers No. 24 Purdue past West Virginia
PORTLAND, Ore. — Zach Edey had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 24 Purdue to an 80-68 victory over West Virginia on Thursday night in the opening round of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament. Mason Gillis added 14 points for the Boilermakers (4-0), and Brandon Newman came off...
Oklahoma State faces West Virginia after loss to rival Oklahoma
West Virginia (4-7, 2-6 Big 12) at Oklahoma State (7-4, 4-4), Saturday, noon (ESPN2) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK COLLEGE LINE: Oklahoma State by 8 1/2. Series record: Oklahoma State leads 9-4. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Oklahoma State looks to bounce back from a loss to rival Oklahoma. The Cowboys fell behind 28-0 against...
West Virginia ineligible for bowl after loss to No. 19 Kansas State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Will Howard threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, Cincere Mason returned an interception for a TD and No. 19 Kansas State moved closer to a berth in the Big 12 championship game by beating West Virginia, 48-31, on Saturday. Kansas State (8-3, 6-2 Big...
Bob Huggins reaches another coaching milestone, WVU beats Penn
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Erik Stevenson scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half, and West Virginia used a fast start to beat Penn, 92-58, on Friday night, giving coach Bob Huggins another milestone win. Huggins, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in September, earned...
Will Howard gets start against West Virginia as No. 19 Kansas State seeks title game berth
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Being a backup quarterback can be a lonely job, except for this season in the Big 12. The QB turnstiles have been active, and Kansas State’s Will Howard and West Virginia’s Garrett Greene are among those who have thrived. It’s only going to get busier for Howard,...
West Virginia men improve to 3-0 after beating Morehead State 
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tre Mitchell scored 21 points, and West Virginia overcame a sluggish start to beat Morehead State, 75-57, on Tuesday night. Coach Bob Huggins earned his 919th career win, moving within one of Jim Calhoun for third place all-time among Division I coaches, behind only Jim Boeheim of...
West Virginia parts ways with athletic director Shane Lyons
West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee said he plans to move “swiftly” to name a replacement for athletic director Shane Lyons, who was relieved of his duties Monday morning. Lyons, who hired football coach Neal Brown in 2019 and gave him a contract extension through 2026 a year later,...
Backup QB Garrett Greene shines as WVU tops Oklahoma on last-second FG 
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Garrett Greene jumped on a retaining wall and sang “Take Me Home, Country Roads” with West Virginia fans after the backup quarterback helped the Mountaineers get a rare win over Oklahoma. Greene ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third score in his most extensive work...
Former Elizabeth Forward standout Tre Mitchell helps West Virginia win Backyard Brawl
Early into his high school career, Tre Mitchell looked like he’d be the next elite prospect to come out of the greater Pittsburgh area. As a sophomore at Elizabeth Forward, Mitchell averaged 20.1 points per game. But for the final two seasons of his preps career, Mitchell attended the Woodstock...
West Virginia rolls to 81-56 victory against Pitt in Backyard Brawl
Before the basketball version of the Backyard Brawl tipped off Friday night, rival fan bases from Pitt and West Virginia tried shouting over top of each other. It was reminiscent of the noisy venue Petersen Events Center became years ago when the Panthers were a formidable force in the old...
West Virginia still looking for 1st Big 12 win over Oklahoma
Oklahoma (5-4, 2-4 Big 12) at West Virginia (3-6, 1-5), Saturday, 12 p.m. EST (FS1) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK COLLEGE LINE: Oklahoma by 7 1/2 Series record: Oklahoma leads 11-2. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Oklahoma isn’t accustomed to being in this position, already having been eliminated from the Big 12 title chase. This...
WVU’s Bob Huggins recalls colorful history of the Backyard Brawl with Pitt
The subject of the zoom conference call Thursday morning was the Backyard Brawl, basketball style, but West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said he didn’t want to get into the history of the game. Even though his footprints are all over it, whether he was wearing sneakers as a WVU player...
Matthews, Mitchell, Stevenson lead WVU over Mount St. Mary’s
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Emmitt Matthews scored 15 points in his return to West Virginia, Tre Mitchell added 13 points in his first game in nine months and the Mountaineers opened the season with a 76-58 victory over Mount St. Mary’s on Monday night. Erik Stevenson, a South Carolina transfer, overcame...
Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia earn spots in NCAA women’s soccer tournament field
Pitt’s women’s soccer team earned an at-large bid Monday and will make its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, hosting Buffalo on Saturday. The Panthers went 12-4-3 in the regular season, setting program records for wins (12) and goals (44) and making the ACC tournament. They are seeded fourth in...
WVU revamps roster under newly minted Hall of Famer Bob Huggins
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bob Huggins looks over his revamped roster at West Virginia and already likes what he sees from some newcomers. “The ball goes in,” Huggins said. “The ball actually goes in. It’s great. It’s more fun to watch that.” West Virginia finished 16-17 last season and lost 10...
Iowa State pulls away from Big 12 rival West Virginia
AMES, Iowa — Hunter Dekkers threw for two touchdowns and Xavier Hutchinson caught 10 passes for 123 yards and a score as Iowa State defeated West Virginia 31-14 on Saturday. The Cyclones (4-5, 1-5 Big 12) snapped a five-game losing streak and kept alive their hopes of playing in a...
West Virginia, Iowa State each need win to keep bowl hopes alive
GAME CAPSULE West Virginia (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) at Iowa State (3-5, 0-5), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) Line: Iowa State by 7 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: West Virginia leads 6-4. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Iowa State and West Virginia need three wins each to achieve bowl eligibility,...
West Virginia hangs tough but can’t keep up with No. 7 TCU 
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Max Duggan threw three touchdown passes, Kendre Miller ran for 120 yards and a score and No. 7 TCU used big plays on offense to beat West Virginia, 41-31, on Saturday to remain unbeaten. The Horned Frogs (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) didn’t need a comeback from a...
No. 7 TCU plays at struggling WVU after 4 wins vs. ranked foes
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The challenge this week for Max Duggan and No. 7 TCU is to find the same motivation and passion to play on the road at stumbling West Virginia as the Horned Frogs did against ranked opponents in their four previous games. The Mountaineers (3-4, 1-3 Big 12)...
Joens, No. 8 Iowa State slight Big 12 favorite over Texas
Bill Fennelly has been Iowa State’s coach longer than the Big 12 has existed, and the last time he was this excited going into a season was more than two decades ago. Fennelly has preseason AP All-America forward Ashley Joens back for a fifth season, along Big 12 defensive player...
Texas Tech high-powered offense too much for West Virginia to handle 
LUBBOCK, Texas — Behren Morton threw two touchdown passes, Tahj Brooks ran for two scores and Texas Tech used a fast start to beat West Virginia, 48-10, on Saturday. Coming off a bye week and playing in Lubbock for the first time in nearly a month, the Red Raiders (4-3,...
West Virginia heads to Texas Tech for matchup of 3-3 Big 12 teams
West Virginia (3-3, 1-2 Big 12) at Texas Tech (3-3, 1-2), Saturday, 3 p.m. ET (FS1) Line: Texas Tech by 6 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: West Virginia leads 6-5. WHAT’S AT STAKE? West Virginia finally has found some momentum after starting 0-2. The Mountaineers have won three...


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