WVU category, Page 29

NORMAN, Okla. — Jamal Bieniemy was calm under pressure. The freshman guard scored a season-high 22 points and made 8 of 10 free throws in the closing minutes to help Oklahoma beat West Virginia, 92-80, on Saturday. Oklahoma led by 13 when West Virginia coach Bob Huggins had his team...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — TCU’s Jamie Dixon and his team came to Morgantown needing to take care of business. The Horned Frogs failed, falling to West Virginia, 104-96, in a triple-overtime thriller behind standout performances from the Mountaineers’ Derek Culver and Jordan McCabe on Tuesday night. Culver had 22 points and...

West Virginia football coach Neal Brown continued to add to his staff on Tuesday, hiring Tyler Hancock as the senior analyst (special teams) and former Seton Hill assistant Scott Gasper as the offensive recruiting coordinator. “Tyler and Scott bring a lot of football experience and are strong additions to the...

WACO, Texas — Mario Kegler had 23 points and 10 rebounds, including a 3-pointer that gave Baylor the lead for good and six free throws in the final minute, in an 82-75 win over West Virginia on Saturday. In a game that featured more fouls (51) than field goals made...

West Virginia will play Alabama in a two-game home-and-away football series in the 2026 and 2027 seasons. The first game will be in Morgantown on Sept. 5, 2026, and the second will be played in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Sept. 4, 2027. “With its great tradition and history, it will be...

West Virginia football coach Neal Brown announced Wednesday the hiring of Coleman Barnes as the associate athletics director for football external affairs. Barnes will work together with the athletics administration and external units to further the WVU brand. He will promote new ideas, development and growth to help position the...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Barry Brown scored 21 points and No. 23 Kansas State beat West Virginia, 65-51, on Monday night to remain atop the Big 12 standings. A 14-0 run midway through the second half, led by a couple of 3-pointers by Xavier Sneed, gave the Wildcats (20-6, 10-3) their...

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Devon Dotson drove through a crowd of West Virginia players, stopped in his tracks and passed the ball across the key, finding K.J. Lawson alone in the corner. Without hesitation, Lawson sunk his third 3-pointer of the game before running down the court celebrating with his brother,...

West Virginia’s new football coach Neal Brown has hired Travis Trickett, the son of former Mountaineer assistant Rick Trickett, to his staff. The younger Trickett will be on the offensive side of the ball. His assignment will be decided on a later date. Ricky Trickett was a student assistant at...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia starters Esa Ahmad and Wes Harris were dismissed from the team for undisclosed violations of athletic department policies. The Mountaineers announced the dismissals Monday night without elaboration. Ahmad was the team’s third-leading scorer this season at 12 points per game and the third-leading rebounder at...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Texas proved Saturday night that they might be heating up at the right time. Courtney Ramey tied a career-high with 19 points as the Longhorns beat West Virginia, 75-53. Texas (14-10, 6-5 Big 12) dominated just about every facet of the game to pick up its third...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Brandone Francis scored a season-high 16 points, and No. 18 Texas Tech overwhelmed cold-shooting West Virginia, 81-50, on Monday night. The Red Raiders (18-5, 6-4 Big 12), who lost four of their previous five Big 12 games, took control with a 13-0 run midway through the first...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On a day where a groundhog predicted an early spring, West Virginia basketball fans got the opposite, a little sunshine. While Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow on a cloudy day in that part of Pennsylvania, Brandon Knapper came off the bench to score a career-high 25...

AMES, Iowa — Iowa State’s Lindell Wigginton leapt into the lane to steal a pass, sprinted down the court and got fouled. He then casually flipped the ball underhanded toward the basket from 30 feet — and found the bottom of the net. It was that kind of night for...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Lamonte’ Turner made the most of a rare start for Tennessee. Turner scored 23 points, and the top-ranked Volunteers held West Virginia scoreless for a 91/2-minute stretch Saturday on its way to an 83-66 victory. The 21-year-old Turner also had five assists in his first start since...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Makai Mason scored 29 points, and Baylor cruised to an 85-73 win over West Virginia on Monday night. The Bears (12-6, 4-2 Big 12) survived a second-half comeback attempt to grab their fourth win in five games. Baylor got out to as much as a 17-point lead...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kansas coach Bill Self left his postgame news conference, saw West Virginia’s Bob Huggins down a hallway and stopped for a handshake. “Go win the rest of them,” Self said. Wishful thinking, perhaps, but Huggins will gladly take this one over his friend in what has become...

West Virginia coach Neal Brown didn’t waste any time replenishing his roster at a position where he may need some depth. Brown, who was announced as Dana Holgorsen’s replacement Jan. 11, said Friday that quarterback Austin Kendall has enrolled for West Virginia’s spring semester and will have two years of...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Desmond Bane scored 26 points to lead six TCU players in double figures as the Horned Frogs beat West Virginia, 98-67, on Tuesday night, sending the Mountaineers to their first 0-5 conference record in 23 years. TCU (13-3, 2-2 Big 12) got off a slow start,...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Oklahoma State’s Isaac Likekele is having fun. West Virginia’s players, not so much. Likekele scored a career-high 23 points with nine rebounds to lead the Cowboys to their first true road win, beating West Virginia, 85-77, on Saturday. The loss gives the Mountaineers their first 0-4 start...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Neal Brown hasn’t been at West Virginia long enough to build up any malice toward Pitt, but he was quick to jump feet-first into the rivalry during his introductory news conference Thursday. At least, West Virginia’s new head coach has a sense for the intensity of the...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Vic Koenning said his philosophy on finding good football players is simple. “You have to be able to bend your knees,” he said. “You have to be able to have balance. You have to be able to tackle, and if you’re a defensive back, you have to...

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Barry Brown scored 29 points, including the go-ahead layup with 28.9 seconds to go, and Kansas State rallied from a 21-point second-half deficit to beat West Virginia, 71-69, on Wednesday night. Mike McGuirl added 18 points and Kamau Stokes, dealing with a lingering foot injury, added 12...

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins grew tired of a lack of commitment from his players in a season that has been sour since it began, so he sent a message by giving a freshman walk-on his first start in a Big 12 road game. The move didn’t last long, but...