WVU Sports

PHILADELPHIA — Da’Sean Butler scored 21 points, including the decisive basket with 5.8 seconds left in overtime, leading No. 10 West Virginia to a 68-66 victory over No. 9 Villanova today. Butler grabbed 10 rebounds and finished 13 of 14 from the foul line for the Mountaineers (24-6, 13-5). Butler’s winning drive came after the Mountaineers had [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Da’Sean Butler scored a season-high 27 points, including the go-ahead basket with 16 seconds remaining, and No. 9 West Virginia rallied from a big second-half deficit to beat Louisville 77-74 on Saturday. The Mountaineers (17-3, 6-2 Big East) came from 12 down midway through the second half to snap a four-game losing streak [...]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame guard Tory Jackson expected West Virginia’s Da’Sean Butler to take the last shot for the win and made sure he got a hand in his face. "My hand was so close to him he could smell what I ate," Jackson said. * Butler, who hit a winning 3 at the buzzer against Marquette on [...]

LEVELAND — West Virginia beat Cleveland State’s press once and, as it turned out, that was enough. Oh, the way they beat it was symbolic of the way the game went, quite ugly, but in the end a scare is better than a loss, especially if you are on the road. No one is sure what it [...]

Da’Sean Butler’s driving lay up with 1.2 seconds left lifted No. 6 West Virginia to an 80-78 victory over Cleveland State Saturday afternoon at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The Mountaineers improved to 8-0, but it was far from easy. Full court pressure really bothered West Virginia, particularly in the second half when the Mountaineers [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – No. 5 Connecticut’s inside game was just too powerful for No. 25 West Virginia Tuesday night in Morgantown. The Huskies (13-1, 2-1) got 17 points from Jeff Adrien and 13 points and 13 rebounds from 7-foot-3-inch center Hasheem Thabeet to pull out a 61-55 victory over the Mountaineers. Stanley Robinson grabbed a game-high [...]