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. — Monday night saw three seniors honored before the West Virginia-Georgetown game and then saluted after the first Big Monday win in three tries this season. Only one, however, was labeled “one of the greatest players to wear the Old Gold and Blue” and only one laughed. In both instances, the only one was [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — No. 8 West Virginia imposed its rebounding will after halftime to offset another double-digit deficit at home. Kevin Jones scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and the Mountaineers used a big rebounding advantage to come from 13 points down and beat Cincinnati, 74-68, on Saturday. West Virginia (22-6, 11-5 Big [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Eighth-ranked West Virginia got big second half performances from Devin Ebanks, Kevin Jones and Wellington Smith to hold off Cincinnati 74-68 Saturday afternoon at the WVU Coliseum. Forward Devin Ebanks scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for West Virginia during Saturday’s 74-68 win over Cincinnati. “We sure make it hard on [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)—Kevin Jones scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and No. 8 West Virginia came from 13 points down to beat Cincinnati 74-68 on Saturday. West Virginia (22-6, 11-5 Big East) can earn a bye in the first two rounds of the conference tournament with a win over No. 11 [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — West Virginia was determined not to blow a double-digit lead the way it did in a triple-overtime loss just five days earlier. So, the eighth-ranked Mountaineers started aggressively, withstood a rally early in the second half and used their big height advantage to dominate inside and beat Providence, 88-74, on Wednesday night. “We haven’t [...]

Depending on what the polls say, West Virginia’s game against Villanova tonight might be a first in WVU Coliseum history. The No. 6 Mountaineers (19-3, 8-2 Big East) stand to rise at least a spot in the polls, what with them completing a 2-0 week and No. 5 Michigan State and the No. 2 Wildcats losing [...]

By RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Da’Sean Butler scored a season-high 33 points, hitting all seven 3-point attempts, and No. 6 West Virginia rallied for a 79-60 victory over St. John’s on Saturday. The Mountaineers trailed 43-30 more than 4 minutes into the second half before storming into the lead behind a [...]

MORGANTOWN – Almost nothing has come easy for West Virginia in the last month, so why would Wednesday have been any different? Sure, the Mountaineers were playing a team that had lost three of its last four games and in front of the third-largest crowd in Coliseum history. But it was still Pitt. And so in front [...]

Deniz Kilicli, the 6-foot-9, 270-pound inside presence, will make his long-awaited debut for West Virginia tonight when the Mountaineers host Pitt at 7 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Pittsburgh. Kilicli was ruled ineligible for the first 20 games when it was discovered he played on a team in his [...]