WVU Faces Boston College in Puerto Rico Tip-Off Semifinals

2014-15 Schedule/Results
Game Information
Date
N14
N16
N20
N21
N23
N26
N29
D4
D7
D14
D20
D22
D30
J3
J5
J10
J13
J17
J24
J27
J31
F3
F7
F11
F14
F16
F21
F24
F28
M3
M7
M11-14
DATE: Friday, November 21, 2014
LOCATION: Coliseo Roberto Clemente (10,000) in San Juan, P.R.
TIPOFF: 5:00 p.m. ET
SERIES: Series tied 8-8
TV: ESPNU (Rich Hollenberg and LaPhonso Ellis)
RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi and Jay Jacobs)
OFFICIALS: Announced on game day
Opponent
Monmouth
Lafayette
vs. George Mason ^
vs. Boston College ^
vs. UConn or Dayton ^
vs. VMI #
College of Charleston +
LSU !
at Northern Kentucky
vs. Marshall #
vs. NC State $
Wofford
Virginia Tech
at TCU *
at Texas Tech *
Iowa State *
Oklahoma *
at Texas *
TCU *
at Kansas State *
Texas Tech *
at Oklahoma *
Baylor *
Kansas State *
at Iowa State *
Kansas *
at Oklahoma State *
Texas *
at Baylor *
at Kansas *
Oklahoma State *
Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. +
Television
Time/Results
West Virginia Media W/64-54
ROOT SPORTS
W/83-56
ESPNU
W/91-65
ESPNU
5:00 p.m.
ESPN2
4:30/6:30 p.m.
West Virginia Media
7:30 p.m.
West Virginia Media 7:30 p.m.
ESPN2
7:00 p.m.
ESPN3
6:00 p.m.
ROOT SPORTS
4:30 p.m.
ESPN2
9:30 p.m.
West Virginia Media 7:30 p.m.
ESPNU
2:00 p.m.
ROOT SPORTS/FSSW 4:00 p.m.
ESPNU
7:00 p.m.
ESPN2
8:00 p.m.
ESPNEWS
7:00 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2
6:00/9:00 p.m.
ESPNU
2:00 p.m.
ESPN2
7:00 p.m.
ESPNU
Noon
ESPN2
8:00 p.m.
ESPNU
Noon
ESPNU
7:00 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2
4:00 p.m.
ESPN
9:00 p.m.
ESPNEWS
2:00 p.m.
ESPN2
7:00 p.m.
ESPNU
4:00 p.m.
ESPN2
9:00 p.m.
ESPNEWS
2:00 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU
TBD
^ Puerto Rico Tip-Off, San Juan, Puerto Rico
# Charleston, W.Va.
+ Non-bracketed game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va.
! SEC/Big 12 Challenge
$ Gotham Classic, Madison Square Garden, New York City
* Big 12 Conference game
+ Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, Mo.
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WVU Faces Boston College in Puerto Rico Tip-Off Semifinals
• This is WVU’s third appearance in Puerto Rico. The Mountaineers won the 1997 San Juan Shootout and finished
second in the 2010 Puerto Rico Tip-Off. In 2010, WVU defeated Davidson and Vanderbilt before falling to Minnesota.
• With the 91-65 win over George Mason, WVU improved to 6-1 all-time in games played in Puerto Rico.
• West Virginia has a 232-157 record in tournament games, including a 109-69 mark during in-season tournaments.
• The Mountaineers last in-season tournament championship took place at the 2009 76 Classic in Anaheim, California.
• Bob Huggins, with 743 career wins, is in 16th place on the NCAA Division I all-time winningest coaches list. Huggins
became the 20th Division I head coach to win 700 career games. Huggins’ record now stands at 743-302 in his 33rd
season as a head coach. He needs three wins to tie Phog Allen for 15th place at 746 wins. Huggins is the
third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim.
• Senior Gary Browne played in his 100th career game at WVU vs. George Mason in his hometown of San Juan.
• WVU has outrebounded its opponents through three games this year, 142-97 (75 to 17 in offensive rebounds).
• WVU has 38 steals in three games and has forced its opponents to turn the ball over 68 times this season. The
Mountaineers are averaging 27.3 points per game off turnovers this season.
• The Mountaineers have had single-digit turnovers in 23 of their last 36 contests.
• Seventy-three of Bob Huggins’ 153 West Virginia victories have been away from the WVU Coliseum.
• West Virginia is 70-22 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 39-3 mark at home.
• West Virginia is 101-28 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 11 seasons.
• WVU has won 82 of its last 104 non-conference games and 87 of its last 110 non-league contests (includes postseason).
• WVU has won 99 of its last 126 games against unranked teams, including 51 of its last 58 at the WVU Coliseum.
• Juwan Staten was named the Big 12 Conference Preseason Player of the Year and to numerous All-America teams.
• Staten has had five assists or more in 24 of his last 36 outings, with one turnover or less 19 times during that span.
• Staten has scored 14 points or more in 25 of his last 28 games, including 20 points or more in 10 of his last 22 games.
• Staten had three double-doubles last season (points and rebounds). He had six games with nine or more assists.
• Staten (598 points, 186 rebounds and 193 assists) became the first player in school history to score 500 points, grab 150
rebounds and dish out 150 assists in a season.
• Staten was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and All-Defensive Team. He was the fourth player to earn All-Conference
First Team honors under Huggins and WVU’s seventh to do so since 2006.
• Staten’s 598 points scored were the 17th most all-time in a season by a WVU player. His 193 assists tied for the
second-most assists by a WVU player in a season.
• Devin Williams has opened the season with three double-doubles and now shows 11 for his career. He now shows 12
career double-figure rebounding performances.
• Williams’ eight double-doubles last season were the third most all-time by a WVU freshman.
• Williams’ eight double-doubles tied for the fifth most by a Big 12 player last season. He also tied for the most
double-doubles by a Big 12 Conference freshman with Kansas’ Joel Embiid.
• Williams had 238 rebounds last season, the fourth most all-time by a WVU freshman.
• Jonathan Holton posted his first WVU double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds vs. Lafayette.
• West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 35 times under Bob Huggins (244 games).
• West Virginia has won 69 of its last 79 games when holding its opponents to 69 points or less.
• West Virginia is 44-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
• West Virginia is 115-23 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime.
• West Virginia is 121-13 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game.
• West Virginia is 110-9 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent.
• West Virginia has won 84 of its last 101 games when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
• The Mountaineers are 107-20 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game.
• West Virginia is 113-27 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent.
• West Virginia’s basketball staff has 63 years of Division I head coaching experience.
• The Mountaineers own a 1,654-1,040 all-time record in intercollegiate basketball competition, ranking the
Mountaineers 25th among all Division I schools.
• West Virginia is 2-2 all-time on Nov. 21 and 86-26 in the month of November.
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Probable Mountaineer Starters
When West Virginia ...
No.
5
1
3
0
4
Plays a home game: 2-0
Plays a road game: 0-0
Plays a game at a neutral site: 1-0
Plays a Big 12 game: 0-0
Plays a non-conference game: 3-0
Name
Pos. Ht.
Devin Williams
F 6-9
Jonathan Holton F 6-7
Juwan Staten
G 6-1
Jaysean Paige
G 6-2
Daxter Miles Jr.
G 6-3
Wt.
255
220
190
200
185
Cl.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Fr.
Stats
15.3 ppg, 12.0 rpg
12.0 ppg, 9.7 rpg
14.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg
8.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
4.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Notes
11 career double-doubles
First WVU double-double vs. Lafayette (18/15)
13th career 20-point game vs. Monmouth
Had 16 points and five rebounds vs. Lafayette
Has started the first three contests
Wt.
240
195
185
190
185
235
175
190
190
245
215
245
Cl.
r-Fr.
Sr.
Fr.
So.
So.
So.
Jr.
Jr.
So.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
Stats
7.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
5.0 ppg, 0.3 rpg
4.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
3.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg
3.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg
2.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg
1.5 ppg, 0.0 rpg
1.5 ppg, 0.0 rpg
0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
Notes
Scored nine points against George Mason
Leads team in games played with 100
Had 10 points in the exhibition game
Scored six points on 2-of-2 from 3 vs. GMU
Had 10 points in the exhibition game
Had seven rebounds vs. Lafayette
Played in eight games last season
Third year with the WVU program
Sat out last season
Missed the first three games due to illness
Out indefinitely with orbital bone fracture
Out indefinitely with a shoulder injury
Mountaineers Off The Bench
No.
45
14
2
10
12
11
23
30
13
20
21
34
Name
Pos. Ht.
Elijah Macon
F 6-9
Gary Browne
G 6-1
Jevon Carter
G 6-2
Chase Connor
G 6-1
Tarik Phillip
G 6-3
Nathan Adrian
F 6-9
Tyrone Hughes
G 6-0
Richard Romeo
G 6-0
James Long
G 5-11
Brandon Watkins F 6-9
BillyDee Williams F 6-6
Kevin Noreen
G 6-10
Probable Boston College Starters
No.
4
22
24
21
33
Name
Pos. Ht.
Eddie Odio
F 6-8
Aaron Brown
F 6-5
Dennis Clifford
C 7-1
Oliver Hanlan
G 6-4
Patrick Heckmann G 6-6
Wt.
210
215
250
190
210
Cl.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Stats
3.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg
16.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg
6.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg
18.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg
7.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg
Scouting Boston College
• Boston College is 2-1 this season following a 69-65 win over New Mexico on Thursday.
• Jim Christian, a 1988 graduate of Rhode Island, is in his first season at Boston College. His career record is 245-154 (13 yrs).
Series Record Against Boston College
• This will be the 17th meeting between West Virginia and Boston College.
• The last meeting took place in the 2005 Big East Championship quarterfinals. WVU knocked off top-seeded Boston
College, 78-72, in what was the Eagles’ last game in the Big East Conference.
• WVU and Boston College met 13 times as members of the Big East from 1995-2005. WVU was 5-8 during that time.
• The first meeting took place on Dec. 26, 1962, a 65-64 overtime win for WVU in the Holiday Festival in New York City.
• WVU also won the second and third meetings: 68-64 on Dec. 27, 1989 in the Palm Beach Classic and 95-80 on Dec. 27,
1991 in the Cable Car Classic.
• Bob Huggins has never faced Boston College. Jim Christian is 0-1 vs. WVU (65-54 Kent State loss in first round of 2004
NIT).
WVU Basketball Tradition
• This is the 106th season and 112th year overall for West Virginia basketball, which began in 1903.
• The Mountaineers own a 1,654-1,040 all-time record in intercollegiate basketball competition, ranking the
Mountaineers 25th among all Division I schools.
• WVU has earned 25 NCAA berths and 16 NIT trips since 1941, and has finished in the Top 25 17 times, including an
amazing nine straight years from 1955-63.
• In the past 10 years, the Mountaineers reached the NIT First Round in 2014, NCAA Second Round in 2012, NCAA Third
Round in 2011, the NCAA Final Four in 2010, made the NCAA Tournament in 2009, reached the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2008,
won the NIT in 2007, reached the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2006 and made it to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2005.
• In 1958, the Mountaineers finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in both polls and in 1959, West Virginia, led by
All-America guard Jerry West, lost in the NCAA finals to California.
• West Virginia has had 10 first team All-Americans, headlined by West, who went on to become one of
basketball’s all-time greats with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers.
• Most recently, Da’Sean Butler earned All-America first team honors in 2010 by John Wooden and Basketball Times and
Kevin Jones earned All-America first team honors in 2012 by John Wooden.
• Besides West, some of basketball’s biggest names have been affiliated with the Old Gold & Blue, including former
Lakers coach and general manager Fred Schaus, Philadelphia 76ers President Rod Thorn and recently retired Utah
Jazz broadcaster “Hot Rod” Hundley.
• West Virginia has played in four different home venues: the ROTC Armory (1903-15), The Ark (1916-27), Stansbury Hall
(1928-69) and the WVU Coliseum (1970-present). When the WVU Coliseum was closed due to asbestos removal during
the 1999-2000 season, WVU played home games in Charleston, Wheeling and Fairmont.
GAME 4 - BOSTON COLLEGE
Plays on Sunday: 1-0
Plays on Monday: 0-0
Plays on Tuesday: 0-0
Plays on Wednesday: 0-0
Plays on Thursday: 1-0
Plays on Friday: 1-0
Plays on Saturday: 0-0
Wears white uniforms: 3-0
Wears blue uniforms: 0-0
Wears gold uniforms: 0-0
Wears black uniforms: 0-0
Wins the tipoff: 3-0
Is ahead at halftime: 2-0
Is behind at halftime: 1-0
Is tied at halftime: 0-0
Plays an overtime game: 0-0
Leads by 10 or more points: 3-0
Trails by 10 or more points: 1-0
Leads entering the final minute: 3-0
Is behind entering the final minute: 0-0
Is tied entering the final minute: 0-0
Shoots 50% or better from the field: 0-0
Shoots less than 50% from the field: 3-0
Allows the opponent to shoot 50% or better: 0-0
Holds the opponent to less than 50%: 3-0
Outshoots the opponent: 0-0
Outrebounds the opponent: 3-0
Is outrebounded by the opponent: 0-0
Has the same number of rebounds as the opponent: 0-0
Outscores the opponent in bench scoring: 3-0
Is outscored by the opponent’s bench: 0-0
Scores the same as the opponent’s bench: 0-0
Shoots more free throws than the opponent: 2-0
Shoots fewer free throws than the opponent: 1-0
Shoots the same number of free throws as the opponent: 0-0
Commits more fouls than the opponent: 1-0
Commits fewer fouls than the opponent: 1-0
Commits the same number of fouls as the opponent: 1-0
Has more turnovers than the opponent: 0-0
Has fewer turnovers than the opponent: 3-0
Has the same number of turnovers as the opponent: 0-0
Scores less than 60 points: 0-0
Scores 60-69 points: 1-0
Scores 70-79 points: 0-0
Scores 80 or more points: 2-0
Allows the opponent less than 60 points: 2-0
Allows the opponent 60-69 points: 1-0
Allows the opponent 70-79 points: 0-0
Allows the opponent more than 80 points: 0-0
West Virginia
In Its 3 Wins/0 Losses
WVU’s field goal percentage: 36.5/
WVU’s free throw percentage: 67.9/
WVU’s 3-point field goal percentage: 26.1/
WVU’s free throw attempts/game: 26.0/
WVU’s offensive rebounds/game: 25.0/
WVU’s rebounds/game: 47.3/
WVU’s rebound margin/game: +15.0/
WVU’s assists/game: 15.7/
WVU’s turnovers/game: 10.7/
WVU’s points/game: 79.3/
Opponent’s field goal percentage: 45.7/
Opponent’s points/game: 58.3/
Opponent’s turnovers/game: 22.7/
Opponent’s free throw attempts/game: 23.0/
Wins are first, followed by losses
Game #1
Game #2
Game #3
Nov. 14, 2014 • WVU Coliseum
Morgantown, W.Va.
Nov. 16, 2014 • WVU Coliseum
Morgantown, W.Va.
Nov. 20, 2014 • Coliseo Roberto Clemente
San Juan, Puerto Rico • Puerto Rico Tip-Off
West Virginia 83, Lafayette 56
West Virginia 64, Monmouth 54
Lafayette 56 • 1-1
Monmouth 54 • 0-1
##
Player
01
Kofane, Brice
Tillman, Zac
James, Josh
Jones, Deon
Robinson, Justin
DiLeo, Max
Nicholas, Andrew
Tilghman, Austin
Stewart, Collin
Brady, Chris
Team
Totals
33
00
05
12
03
13
23
30
43
FG % 1st Half: 9-20
3FG % 1st Half: 1-4
FT % 1st Half: 7-10
Total
3-Ptr
Rebounds
FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
f
c
g
g
g
45.0%
25.0%
70.0%
3-4
1-1
2-9
4-5
3-7
0-2
2-8
0-0
0-0
2-2
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-0
1-3
0-2
1-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-3
0-0
2-2
6-6
2-2
0-0
5-6
0-0
1-3
0-0
17-38
2-9
18-22
2nd half: 8-18
2nd half: 1-5
2nd half: 11-12
44.4%
20.0%
91.7%
1 10 11 5
0 0 0 5
3 3 6 4
0 4 4 4
0 1 1 0
0 1 1 2
0 4 4 4
0 0 0 2
0 2 2 0
0 1 1 5
1 2 3
5 28 33 31
Game: 17-38
Game: 2-9
Game: 18-22
TP
A TO Blk Stl
8
2
6
14
9
0
10
0
1
4
1
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
54
3
0
6
4
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
5 24
Min
##
26
11
32
32
35
13
20
4
8
19
12
20
05
11
14
04
13
21
22
24
32
33
34
44
54
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
3
0
1
0
0
0
4
7 200
44.7%
22.2%
81.8%
Deadball
Rebounds
1
West Virginia 64 • 1-0
##
Player
01
Holton, Jonathan
Williams, Devin
Paige, Jaysean
Staten, Juwan
Miles Jr., Daxter
Carter, Jevon
Connor, Chase
Adrian, Nathan
Phillip, Tarik
Browne, Gary
Macon, Elijah
Team
Totals
05
00
03
04
02
10
11
12
14
45
FG % 1st Half: 6-36
3FG % 1st Half: 3-18
FT % 1st Half: 6-12
Total
3-Ptr
Rebounds
FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
f
f
g
g
g
1-9
3-14
2-4
4-9
1-7
0-5
2-5
1-3
0-2
2-7
2-4
0-3
0-0
1-2
1-3
1-6
0-5
1-4
1-3
0-0
1-3
0-0
0-0
9-13
0-0
11-12
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-2
0-0
1-4
1-3
18-69
6-29
22-34
2nd half: 12-33
2nd half: 3-11
2nd half: 16-22
16.7%
16.7%
50.0%
36.4%
27.3%
72.7%
4 3 7 4
12 3 15 3
2 2 4 1
1 4 5 2
1 0 1 1
0 0 0 1
1 0 1 0
3 1 4 4
1 3 4 1
0 0 0 0
2 1 3 0
3 2 5
30 19 49 17
Game: 18-69
Game: 6-29
Game: 22-34
TP
A TO Blk Stl
2
15
5
20
3
0
5
3
0
6
5
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
2
64
0
5
3
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
9 14
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
3
0
19
29
14
34
10
22
8
14
13
26
11
2 11 200
26.1%
20.7%
64.7%
Deadball
Rebounds
5
1st
2nd
Total
26
21
28
43
54
64
Last FG - MON 2nd-01:53, WVU 2nd-00:38.
Largest lead - MON by 14 2nd-16:39, WVU by 10 2nd-00:25.
MON led for 21:51. WVU led for 16:55. Game was tied for 01:10.
In
Paint
26
16
Off
T/O
9
26
2nd
Fast
Chance Break
2
4
21
0
f
f
g
g
g
40.0%
33.3%
85.7%
Total
3-Ptr
Rebounds
FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
3-8
1-2
0-0
0 4 4 2
6-10
0-0
0-1
1 5 6 2
2-5
1-4
0-0
0 3 3 1
2-7
1-1
3-3
0 3 3 2
2-4
0-2
4-4
0 4 4 1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0 0 0 0
1-2
0-0
0-0
1 1 2 4
0-0
0-0
2-2
0 2 2 1
1-1
0-0
0-0
0 0 0 0
1-1
0-0
1-2
0 1 1 1
1-5
1-3
2-2
0 2 2 1
0-0
0-0
0-0
1 0 1 0
1-1
0-0
0-1
0 0 0 0
0-1
0-1
0-0
0 1 1 0
0-1
0-0
0-0
1 0 1 1
0 1 1
20-46
4-13
12-15
4 27 31 16
2nd half: 12-26
2nd half: 2-7
2nd half: 6-8
46.2%
28.6%
75.0%
Game: 20-46
Game: 4-13
Game: 12-15
TP
7
12
5
8
8
0
2
2
2
3
5
0
2
0
0
A TO Blk Stl
2 7 0 1
3 1 1 0
2 2 1 0
3 4 0 0
4 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 1 0 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 1 1 1
0 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
56 15 20
3
43.5%
30.8%
80.0%
3
Min
28
26
28
30
23
1
9
16
2
14
13
3
2
1
4
##
01
04
05
00
03
02
10
11
12
13
14
23
30
Player
Holton, Jonathan
Miles Jr., Daxter
Williams, Devin
Paige, Jaysean
Staten, Juwan
Carter, Jevon
Connor, Chase
Adrian, Nathan
Phillip, Tarik
Long, James
Browne, Gary
Hughes, Tyrone
Romeo, Richard
Team
Totals
Score tied - 4 times.
Lead changed - 8 times.
Recap
West Virginia shot just 16.7 percent in the first half, finished the
game shooting 26.1 percent overall and needed all 40 minutes to hold
off Monmouth, 64-54, during the season opener at the WVU Coliseum.
An announced crowd of 6,792 watched in disbelief as Monmouth
built a 37-23 lead with 16:39 remaining and the Hawks had a 13-point
advantage with 13:30 left when the Mountaineers finally started making
some shots and began chipping away at Monmouth’s lead.
A Jaysean Paige 3 got things going, Gary Browne added a big
steal and layup, an Elijah Macon tip-in got the deficit down to six and
eventually, two Juwan Staten free throws with 4:47 left gave the
Mountaineers back the lead, 49-48.
Two more Staten free throws made it 51-48 and then a Staten
jumper got the lead to five with 3:18 left. The margin swelled to seven
on a Devin Williams basket and another Williams bucket and free throw
with 39 seconds left got the lead to eight.
Staten led everyone with 20 points – 13 of those coming in the
second half – and Williams finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds
despite missing his first 11 shots and finishing the game 3 of 14 from the
floor.
WVU’s other starting big, Jonathan Holton, also struggled through
a 1-of-9 shooting performance and finished the game with just two
points.
Holton and Williams weren’t the only ones struggling to find their
shooting stroke: freshman Daxter Miles Jr. was 1 of 7 from the floor,
junior Jevon Carter was 0 for 5 and Browne finished 2 of 7.
Deon Jones led Monmouth with 14 points while Andrew Nicholas
came off the bench to score 10. The Hawks turned the ball over 24
times and finished the game shooting 44.7 percent.
The Mountaineers (1-0) were playing the game without Brandon
Watkins, who sat on the bench with an illness and BillyDee Williams,
who is sidelined indefinitely now after suffering a fracture to the orbital
bone of the right eye during practice on Nov. 13.
Notebook
• WVU improved to 91-15 all-time in season openers, including a 97-9
record in home openers.
• The win was the 741st career win for Bob Huggins, moving him
into a tie for 16th place with John Chaney in all-time Division I wins.
Score by periods
Lafayette
West Virginia
10
31
14
03
22
01
05
12
13
15
25
44
f
f
f
g
g
37.5%
28.6%
55.6%
Total
3-Ptr
Rebounds
FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
9-17
0-3
0-0
7 8 15 2
1-8
1-4
2-2
3 2 5 2
4-8
0-0
7-9
4 7 11 2
6-13
3-7
1-3
3 2 5 2
4-9
0-2
2-2
0 2 2 1
3-10
2-7
0-0
1 1 2 2
0-1
0-1
0-0
0 0 0 0
0-5
0-2
1-2
6 1 7 3
2-3
0-1
0-0
0 0 0 2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0 0 0 0
0-4
0-3
0-0
0 0 0 0
1-1
1-1
0-0
0 0 0 0
1-2
1-2
0-0
0 0 0 0
2 1 3
31-81
8-33
13-18 26 24 50 16
2nd half: 16-41
2nd half: 4-19
2nd half: 8-9
39.0%
21.1%
88.9%
Game: 31-81
Game: 8-33
Game: 13-18
TP
18
5
15
16
10
8
0
1
4
0
0
3
3
A TO Blk Stl
2 2 1 1
3 0 0 1
0 1 0 0
1 0 0 2
8 0 0 3
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0
2 2 1 1
0 1 0 2
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
83 20
6
2 11
38.3%
24.2%
72.2%
Min
29
25
25
17
29
19
3
23
10
2
16
0
2
200
Deadball
Rebounds
2
1st
24
39
2nd
32
44
Total
56
83
Last FG - LAFAYETT 2nd-01:21, WVU 2nd-00:46.
Largest lead - LAFAYETT None, WVU by 27 2nd-00:46.
LAFAYETT led for 00:00. WVU led for 38:58. Game was tied for 00:54.
In
Points
Paint
LAFAYET 26
WVU
36
Off
T/O
4
25
2nd
Fast
Chance Break
5
2
18
8
Bench
16
19
Score tied - 0 times.
Lead changed - 0 times.
Player
Gujanicic, Marko
Jenkins, Jalen
Thompson, Shevon
Holloway, Patrick
Moore, Marquise
Gray, Vaughn
Lockett, Eric
Tate, Myles
Edwards, Corey
Porter, Trey
Royal, Julian
Jackson, Isaiah
Team
Totals
FG % 1st Half: 9-20
3FG % 1st Half: 4-10
FT % 1st Half: 5-14
f
f
c
g
g
Total
3-Ptr
Rebounds
FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
0-1
0-0
1-2
1 2 3 2
4-6
0-0
0-0
1 2 3 4
4-5
0-0
6-8
2 4 6 3
6-11
5-8
0-2
0 2 2 2
0-2
0-0
1-2
0 4 4 2
1-8
0-4
1-6
1 1 2 1
1-2
0-0
3-5
1 1 2 1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0 0 0 0
1-1
0-0
2-2
0 1 1 4
3-3
0-0
2-4
0 3 3 1
1-3
0-0
0-1
0 1 1 2
1-3
0-0
0-0
0 3 3 2
2 1 3
22-45
5-12
16-32
8 25 33 24
2nd half: 13-25
2nd half: 1-2
2nd half: 11-18
45.0%
40.0%
35.7%
52.0%
50.0%
61.1%
Game: 22-45
Game: 5-12
Game: 16-32
TP
1
8
14
17
1
3
5
0
4
8
2
2
A TO Blk Stl
1 1 1 0
1 4 0 1
0 3 0 1
1 2 0 0
1 6 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 3 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 2
1 1 1 0
0 2 0 1
3 2 0 0
65 10 24
2
48.9%
41.7%
50.0%
5
Min
16
21
23
24
27
12
10
1
13
19
16
18
200
Deadball
Rebounds
7
West Virginia 91 • 3-0
##
Officials: Mike Roberts, Roger Ayers, Rick Crawford
Technical fouls: Lafayette-None. West Virginia-None.
Attendance: 6089
Game Start: 3:15 End: 5:08
Bench
15
19
##
200
Deadball
Rebounds
1
West Virginia 83 • 2-0
FG % 1st Half: 15-40
3FG % 1st Half: 4-14
FT % 1st Half: 5-9
Points
MON
WVU
George Mason 65 • 1-2
Player
Hinrichs, Seth
Trist, Dan
Ptasinski, Joey
Lindner, Nick
Scott, Bryce
Stafford, Eric
Klinewski, Matt
Rufer, Zach
Flannigan, Alan
Hoffman, Michael
Boykins, Monty
Newman, Jake
Freeland, Ben
Murphy, Billy
Musters, Nathaniel
Team
Totals
FG % 1st Half: 8-20
3FG % 1st Half: 2-6
FT % 1st Half: 6-7
Min
Officials: Joe DeRosa, Duke Edsall, Mark Schnur
Technical fouls: Monmouth-None. West Virginia-None.
Attendance: 6792
Game Start: 7:06 End: 9:25
Brady (MON) fouled out with 6:40 left in the game.
Kofane (MON) fouled out with 5:04 left in the game.
Tillman (MON) fouled out with 3:55 left in the game.
Score by periods
Monmouth
West Virginia
West Virginia 91, George Mason 65
01
05
00
03
04
02
10
11
12
13
14
23
30
45
Player
Holton, Jonathan
Williams, Devin
Paige, Jaysean
Staten, Juwan
Miles Jr., Daxter
Carter, Jevon
Connor, Chase
Adrian, Nathan
Phillip, Tarik
Long, James
Browne, Gary
Hughes, Tyrone
Romeo, Richard
Macon, Elijah
Team
Totals
FG % 1st Half: 20-40
3FG % 1st Half: 5-13
FT % 1st Half: 8-11
f
f
g
g
g
Total
3-Ptr
Rebounds
FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
7-11
1-3
1-4
4 3 7 4
5-9
0-0
6-8
2 8 10 2
1-5
1-3
0-0
0 0 0 4
5-10
2-4
1-1
0 0 0 1
2-6
0-1
1-2
2 0 2 3
3-9
1-5
0-0
0 1 1 0
2-2
2-2
0-0
0 1 1 0
0-4
0-3
2-2
2 0 2 4
2-4
0-0
1-1
2 1 3 1
0-1
0-1
0-0
0 0 0 0
2-6
2-4
3-4
0 1 1 2
0-0
0-0
0-0
0 0 0 0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0 0 0 1
3-5
0-0
3-4
0 3 3 4
7 6 13
32-72
9-26
18-26 19 24 43 26
2nd half: 12-32
2nd half: 4-13
2nd half: 10-15
50.0%
38.5%
72.7%
37.5%
30.8%
66.7%
Game: 32-72
Game: 9-26
Game: 18-26
TP
16
16
3
13
5
7
6
2
5
0
9
0
0
9
A TO Blk Stl
1 0 2 2
1 1 0 2
0 0 0 0
4 1 0 2
0 1 1 1
2 1 0 3
1 0 0 2
2 0 2 0
2 3 0 1
0 0 0 0
3 4 0 2
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 1 0 1
91 18 12
5 16
44.4%
34.6%
69.2%
Min
25
22
14
22
13
18
10
16
19
2
20
2
2
15
200
Deadball
Rebounds
4
Officials: Lee Cassell, Patrick Adams, Tom Nunez
Technical fouls: George Mason-None. West Virginia-None.
Attendance: 6723
Game 4 of the Eighth Annual Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Score by periods
George Mason
West Virginia
1st
2nd
Total
27
53
38
38
65
91
Last FG - MASON 2nd-03:12, WVU 2nd-02:07.
Largest lead - MASON by 1 1st-19:22, WVU by 31 2nd-14:16.
MASON led for 00:52. WVU led for 38:42. Game was tied for 00:20.
Points
MASON
WVU
In
Paint
26
40
Off
T/O
9
31
2nd
Fast
Chance Break
7
4
22
10
Bench
24
38
Score tied - 0 times.
Lead changed - 2 times.
Recap
Jonathan Holton scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and
Devin Williams contributed a 15-point, 11-rebound double-double to lead
West Virginia to an 83-56 win over Lafayette at the WVU Coliseum.
West Virginia (2-0) didn’t shoot the ball particularly well again,
making 38.1 percent overall, but the Mountaineers dominated the
glass (50-31), pressured Lafayette and put up 35 more shots than the
Leopards.
“We made some plays today that we didn’t make in the first game,
obviously, or really the exhibition game,” said West Virginia coach Bob
Huggins. “We ran some guys down from behind. We got our hands on
some balls and we’ve got to do that. We only shoot 38 percent and
we’re missing so many easy shots around the goal.”
Jaysean Paige, who scored 16 points, really gave the Mountaineers
a big lift in the first half when his teammates were struggling to find
their shooting stroke. He banged in two 3s to give the Mountaineers a
six-point lead, and then later hit a driving layup to put them ahead by
nine with two minutes left in the first half.
West Virginia held Lafayette scoreless over the remaining 2:29 of
the first half to take a 15-point lead into the locker room.
Continuing pressure got the lead to 20, 53-33, and then to 26,
and the margin hovered around the 20-point for the remainder of the
game.
West Virginia forced Lafayette into 20 turnovers on 11 steals and
limited the Leopards to shooting just 30.8 percent from 3 (4 of 13).
Juwan Staten scored 10 points and handed out eight assists in 29
minutes of action.
Dan Trist led Lafayette (1-1) with 12 points.
Recap
Sophomore forward Devin Williams posted his third consecutive
double-double to lead the Mountaineers to a 91-65 victory over George
Mason on the first day of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off at Coliseo Roberto
Clemente.
Williams, along with junior forward Jonathan Holton, led the
Mountaineers with 16 points apiece. Williams grabbed a game-high 10
rebounds. Juwan Staten also reached double figures, finishing with 13
points.
The Mountaineers (3-0) continue to have success with their fullcourt pressure, recording 16 steals and turning George Mason (1-2) over
24 times. WVU recorded 31 points off turnovers and had 21 secondchance points by recording 19 offensive rebounds for the game.
“I thought we played very well for a stretch and got a big lead but
then we relaxed and didn’t play very well,” said coach Bob Huggins. “Our
press wasn’t very good. We started looking for shots and not looking
to score which is something you can do subconsciously when you get
a big lead which we did and from then on we didn’t play well. We just
gave them the basketball and turned them loose in the second half
which is not a good thing to do.”
West Virginia shot 44.4 percent from the field and 34.6 percent
(9 of 26) from 3-point range. Staten, Chase Connor and Gary Browne
each hit two 3’s for WVU. Browne, playing his first collegiate game in his
hometown of San Juan, finished with nine points, three assists and two
steals in his 100th game as a Mountaineer. Elijah Macon finished with
nine points for the Mountaineers.
WVU led 53-27 at halftime and its biggest lead was 31 points, 6534, with 14:16 remaining in the game.
Notebook
• West Virginia was playing without Elijah Macon, who is back home
in Columbus dealing with family medical emergency, as well as
Brandon Watkins and BillyDee Williams, who both the opening
game as well.
• West Virginia had two players record double-doubles in the same
game for the first time since Nov. 15, 2011.
Notebook
• West Virginia improved to 4-0 all-time against George Mason.
• This was the first meeting against George Mason as a member of
the Atlantic 10 Conference.
• WVU improved to 6-1 all-time in games played in Puerto Rico.
GAME 4 - BOSTON COLLEGE
2014-15 Mountaineer Basketball
West Virginia Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 20, 2014)
All games
RECORD:
ALL GAMES
CONFERENCE
NON-CONFERENCE
##
Player
05
03
01
00
45
14
02
04
10
12
11
30
23
13
Williams, Devin
Staten, Juwan
Holton, Jonathan
Paige, Jaysean
Macon, Elijah
Browne, Gary
Carter, Jevon
Miles Jr., Daxter
Connor, Chase
Phillip, Tarik
Adrian, Nathan
Romeo, Richard
Hughes, Tyrone
Long, James
Team
Total..........
Opponents......
gp-gs
OVERALL
3-0
0-0
3-0
Total
3-Point
min avg fg-fga
fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%
3-3
3-3
3-3
3-3
2-0
3-0
3-0
3-3
3-0
3-0
3-0
2-0
2-0
2-0
76
85
73
45
26
62
59
48
21
42
53
4
2
4
25.3 12-31
28.3 13-28
24.3 17-37
15.0 9-22
13.0 5-9
20.7 4-17
19.7 6-24
16.0 4-21
7.0 4-8
14.0 4-9
17.7 1-12
2.0 1-2
1.0 1-1
2.0 0-1
3
3
600
600
81-222
59-129
TEAM STATISTICS
SCORING
Points per game
Scoring margin
FIELD GOALS-ATT
Field goal pct
3 POINT FG-ATT
3-point FG pct
3-pt FG made per game
FREE THROWS-ATT
Free throw pct
F-Throws made per game
REBOUNDS
Rebounds per game
Rebounding margin
ASSISTS
Assists per game
TURNOVERS
Turnovers per game
Turnover margin
Assist/turnover ratio
STEALS
Steals per game
BLOCKS
Blocks per game
ATTENDANCE
Home games-Avg/Game
Neutral site-Avg/Game
WVU
238
79.3
+21.0
81-222
.365
23-88
.261
7.7
53-78
.679
17.7
142
47.3
+15.0
47
15.7
32
10.7
+12.0
1.5
38
12.7
9
3.0
12881
2-6440
-
Score by Periods
West Virginia
Opponents
Totals
238
175
1st 2nd
113 125
77 98
HOME
2-0
0-0
2-0
.387
.464
.459
.409
.556
.235
.250
.190
.500
.444
.083
.500
AWAY
0-0
0-0
0-0
F-Throw
ft-fta
ft%
0-0
3-9
1-9
5-12
0-0
3-10
3-17
2-11
3-7
0-1
1-8
1-2
1-1
0-1
.000 22-30
.333 14-15
.111 1-4
.417 1-3
.000 4-7
.300 4-8
.176 0-0
.182 3-4
.429 0-0
.000 1-1
.125 3-6
.500 0-0
1.000
0-0
.000 0-0
.733
.933
.250
.333
.571
.500
.000
.750
.000
.365 23-88
.457 11-34
.261 53-78
.324 46-69
.679
.667
1.000
.000
OPP
175
58.3
59-129
.457
11-34
.324
3.7
46-69
.667
15.3
97
32.3
30
10.0
68
22.7
0.4
15
5.0
9
3.0
6723
0-0
1-6723
^
Date
11/14/14
11/16/14
11/20/14
1.000
.500
.000
.000
.000
off
Rebounds
def tot avg
18
1
15
5
2
0
1
6
1
3
11
0
0
0
12
75
17
18 36 12.0
6
7 2.3
14 29 9.7
4
9 3.0
4
6 3.0
1
1 0.3
2
3 1.0
2
8 2.7
1
2 0.7
4
7 2.3
2 13 4.3
0
0 0.0
0
0 0.0
0
0 0.0
9 21
67 142 47.3
80 97 32.3
NEUTRAL
1-0
0-0
1-0
pf dq
a
7
4
10
7
4
2
3
6
0
4
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
14
3
1
3
6
5
3
2
2
5
2
0
0
59
71
0
3
47
30
Opponent
MONMOUTH
LAFAYETTE
vs George Mason
^ = Puerto Rico Tip-Off, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* = Conference game
W
W
W
to blk stl
pts
avg
7
2
2
3
1
5
2
1
0
5
2
0
0
0
2
32
68
46
43
36
24
14
15
15
13
11
9
6
3
3
0
15.3
14.3
12.0
8.0
7.0
5.0
5.0
4.3
3.7
3.0
2.0
1.5
1.5
0.0
9 38 238
9 15 175
79.3
58.3
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
Score
64-54
83-56
91-65
3
5
5
4
1
5
5
3
2
3
2
0
0
0
Att.
6792
6089
6723