West Virginia sits just outside the top 25

Nov 29, 2022 - 2:10 PM

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After bouncing back to get two big wins at the Phil Knight Legacy tournament in Portland, Oregon, the West Virginia men’s basketball is just outside the top 25 in this week’s polls. The Mountaineers lost the opening game to a dominant Purdue team that jumped to #5 in the national rankings and then earned an 18-point win over Portland State and a 29-point win over Florida.

Fifth-year senior Erik Stevenson led the Mountaineers with over 14 points per game in the three-game stretch. After a slow start in the opening game against the Boilermakers, senior forward Tre Mitchell scored 16 and 17 points in the next two games, respectively. Sophomore forward Mohammed Wague also finished strong with an eight-point, nine-rebound performance against the Gators on Sunday night.

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Victories for the West Virginia football and basketball teams, along with former athletic director Shane Lyons’ public complaints about WVU’s administrators, headline the topics for this episode of “Three Guys Before The Game” with Tony Caridi, Hoppy Kercheval, and Brad Howe.

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