First Call: Steelers in on workout for WVU center Zach Frazier; Marc-Andre Fleury updates retirement stance
In Monday’s “First Call,” the Pittsburgh Steelers eye up a potential NFL Draft choice at center. Some former Steelers shine in their UFL debuts. Marc-Andre Fleury is singing a different tune about retirement. The Penguins open April with a stiff challenge. And the Pirates look to keep the bats hot...
Star guard Tucker DeVries is transferring from Drake to join his dad at West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — New West Virginia coach Darian DeVries brought some reinforcements from Drake. Tucker DeVries sat in the front row for his father’s introductory news conference Thursday as Darian announced that his son, a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, is joining him with the Mountaineers. That...
West Virginia hires Drake’s Darian DeVries as next men’s basketball coach
West Virginia hired its next men’s basketball coach Sunday, and it’s a man who’s accustomed to winning. Darian DeVries, who led Drake to six consecutive 20-victory seasons, will be the third coach in the past nine months to lead the program. He agreed to terms of a five-year contract and...
JJ Quinerly scores 29 as West Virginia women eliminate Princeton
IOWA CITY, Iowa — JJ Quinerly scored 29 points as West Virginia defeated Princeton, 63-53, in a women’s NCAA Tournament first-round game Saturday. Quinerly, who was 10 of 19 from the field, scored West Virginia’s first 12 points of the fourth quarter as the eighth-seeded Mountaineers (25-7) pulled away from...
West Virginia women will meet Princeton in 8/9 NCAA Tournament game
The West Virginia women’s basketball team will make its 15th appearance in the NCAA Tournament when it meets Princeton (25-4) of the Ivy League at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the Albany 2 region in Iowa City, Iowa. The winner could meet Iowa and college basketball’s all-time leading scorer, Caitlin Clark,...
Josh Eilert out as West Virginia’s interim basketball coach
When West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker hired Josh Eilert as interim basketball coach in June, he made it clear: Eilert had a season to audition for the top job. The season ended Tuesday with West Virginia’s sixth consecutive loss — 90-85 to Cincinnati in the Big 12 Tournament —...
Cincinnati, helped by 3 technical fouls on West Virginia, rallies for 90-85 win in Big 12 tourney
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Simas Lukosius hit seven 3-pointers and scored 31 points, Day Day Thomas also had seven 3s and 29 points and No. 11 seed Cincinnati was helped by three technical fouls by No. 14 seed West Virginia in the second half as it rallied from a 16-point...
Skilling scores 17, leads Cincinnati in 92-56 rout of West Virginia in reagular-season finale
CINCINNATI — Dan Skilling Jr. scored 17 points to lead Cincinnati in a romp past West Virginia, 92-56, in the Bearcats’ final home game Saturday. Cincinnati finished the Big 12 regular season in 11th place, sending them into a first-round tournament berth and a likely rematch with the Mountaineers on...
Hot start helps Jamie Dixon, TCU beat West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Emanuel Miller scored 21 points, and TCU rode a hot start to a 93-81 victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night. Jameer Nelson Jr. added 17 points, Micah Peavy scored 16 and Chuck O’Bannon 11 for TCU (20-10, 9-8 Big 12). The Horned Frogs broke a two-game...
West Virginia rewards football coach Neal Brown with 1-year contract extension through 2027
West Virginia and coach Neal Brown agreed to terms on a one-year contract extension aimed to keep him at the school through 2027. WVU athletic director Wren Baker announced the extension Tuesday morning. WVU gave Brown the extension after the Mountaineers finished 9-4 last season, including a 6-3 record in...
Toussaint scores 21, McMillian adds 19 and Texas Tech hits 13 3-pointers to beat West Virginia 81-70
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Joe Toussaint scored 21 points, Chance McMillian added 19 and Texas Tech beat West Virginia, 81-70, on Saturday night. It was tied 63-63 with 7 minutes, 46 seconds remaining. McMillian’s 3-pointer then gave Texas Tech the lead for good as the Red Raiders ended on an 18-7...
Kansas State lets 25-point lead slip away before beating West Virginia 94-90 in overtime
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Tylor Perry scored 29 points and made six 3-pointers, Cam Carter added 19 points and Kansas State let a 25-point lead slip away before beating West Virginia 94-90 in overtime on Monday night. Kansas State (17-11, 7-8 Big 12 Conference) set an NCAA single-season record with its...
Tamin Lipsey scores 14, No. 6 Iowa State beats West Virginia 71-64 for 16th straight home victory
AMES, Iowa — Tamin Lipsey had 14 points and six assists to lead No. 6 Iowa State to a 71-64 win over West Virginia on Saturday. Curtis Jones added 12 points for the Cyclones (21-6, 10-4 Big 12), who remained unbeaten in 16 home games this season. Kobe Johnson and...
RaeQuan Battle scores 24 as West Virginia defeats UCF
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — RaeQuan Battle scored 24 points, and West Virginia never trailed in a 77-67 win over UCF on Tuesday night. Jesse Edwards added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Quinn Slazinski scored 14 for West Virginia (9-17, 4-9 Big 12). The Mountaineers broke a four-game losing streak and...
West Virginia loses 4th game in a row, this time to No. 12 Baylor
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman Ja’Kobe Walter scored 23 points to lead six Baylor players in double figures, and the 12th-ranked Bears beat West Virginia, 94-81, on Saturday night. RaeQuan Battle scored 25 points, and Jesse Edwards had 21 points and nine rebounds for West Virginia (8-17, 3-9 Big 12). Jayden...
Penn State has 10 players invited to NFL Combine, Pitt lands 3 on list
For a team that won 10 games and played in the Peach Bowl, Penn State was rewarded Tuesday in the number of players selected to attend the annual NFL Combine. The Nittany Lions will have 10 former players attend the pre-draft event, which will conduct testing Feb. 29-March 3 at...
Trio guides TCU to victory over West Virginia
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jameer Nelson Jr., Emanuel Miller and Trevian Tennyson all finished with 14 points and TCU breezed to an 81-65 victory over West Virginia on Monday night. Jamie Dixon notched his 156th victory as coach of the Horned Frogs (17-7, 6-5 Big 12 Conference), moving into a...
Abmas moves past ‘Big O’ in scoring as Texas throttles West Virginia
AUSTIN, Texas — Dylan Disu scored 19 of his 27 points in the first half, and Max Abmas scored 19 points and moved past Oscar Robertson on the all-time scoring list and Texas routed West Virginia, 94-58, on Saturday. Abmas, a graduate transfer who played four years at Oral Roberts,...
West Virginia goes cold in home loss vs. No. 22 BYU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Fousseyni Traore had a season-high 24 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 22 BYU to an 86-73 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. Kerr Kriisa scored a season-high 23 points for West Virginia (8-14, 3-6 Big 12). Jesse Edwards added 16 points, and RaeQuan Battle...
With Bob Huggins in the house, West Virginia sinks Cincy in Jesse Edwards’ return to starting lineup
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Jesse Edwards made a resounding return to the starting lineup with a 25-point, 10-rebound effort and for once a fully healthy West Virginia squad beat Cincinnati, 69-65, on Wednesday night. The game became even more noteworthy when Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins showed up. Huggins...
WVU’s 2024 football schedule includes a visit by Penn State for 1st time since 1992
While many college football traditions are dying across the country, West Virginia will keep two alive during the 2024 season. The Mountaineers’ opening game will be Aug. 31 at Milan Puskar Stadium against Penn State, marking the Nittany Lions’ first visit to Morgantown, W.Va., since 1992. It’s the third-longest series...
Small hits clutch 3-pointer to lift Oklahoma State over West Virginia
STILLWATER, Okla. — Javon Small hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 53 seconds remaining, and Oklahoma State held on to defeat West Virginia, 70-66, on Saturday in Oklahoma State’s annual Remember the Ten game. It was 27 years ago Saturday that 10 members of the Oklahoma State basketball family died when...
Pitt, West Virginia extend basketball Backyard Brawl through 2027-28 season
Pitt and West Virginia can’t get enough of each other. Officials at both schools Thursday announced a four-game extension of the basketball version of the Backyard Brawl that will run through the 2027-28 season. The teams will meet at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center during the 2024-25 and 2026-27 seasons and...
West Virginia’s RaeQuan Battle thrives after judge lets athletes with multiple transfers play immediately
RaeQuan Battle and his West Virginia teammates celebrated on the court amidst a swarm of students as John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” blared over the WVU Coliseum sound system. Battle’s 23 points and nine rebounds led West Virginia to a stunning 91-85 upset win over No. 3 Kansas...
UCF beats West Virginia 72-59 behind Ibrahima Diallo’s double-double
ORLANDO — Jaylin Sellers scored 18 points, Ibrahima Diallo had 14 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks and UCF beat West Virginia, 72-59, on Tuesday night. UCF scored the opening eight points and added a 9-0 run for a 19-7 lead. The Knights led by double digits for the final...
