Arizona State to Make First Coliseum Go to on Tuesday Evening – West Virginia College Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia continues its two-game Huge 12 homestand with a Tuesday evening matchup in opposition to Arizona State that will probably be televised nationally on the CBS Sports activities Community.
 
The Solar Devils (10-7 general and 1-5 in Huge 12 play) are on the backend of an East Coast swing that noticed them drop a 67-60 determination at Cincinnati final Saturday afternoon.
 
In that sport, the Bearcats jumped out to 36-22 halftime lead and led by 17 early the second half earlier than the Solar Devils rallied. 5-star freshman ahead Jayden Quaintance, a former Kentucky recruit, pulled Arizona State to inside 4 on a dunk, however the Solar Devils might get no nearer. Quaintance led Arizona State within the sport with 15 factors and 14 rebounds.
 
Quaintance, a 6-foot-9 ahead, is one in every of 4 present Arizona State gamers averaging double figures at 10.1 factors per sport. He’s additionally the workforce’s high rebounder knocking down 8.6 boards per contest.
 
Milwaukee switch BJ Freeman, a 6-foot-6 senior guard, is main the Solar Devils in scoring with a median of 13.2 factors per sport. He’s capturing 35.1% from 3-point vary and contributed 12 in final Saturday’s loss at Cincinnati.
 
Coach Bobby Hurley can be getting 12.3 factors and 5.9 rebounds per sport from Ball State switch Basheer Jihad, a 6-foot-9 senior ahead.
 
Missouri State switch Alston Mason can be contributing double digits within the scoring column with a 12 points-per-game common. He had 13 in opposition to the Bearcats.
 
Hurley has been taking part in with out five-star freshman guard Joson Sanon, who suffered an undisclosed decrease physique harm within the BYU loss and is out indefinitely. Sanon was Arizona State’s high bench performer averaging 12.8 factors per sport and has missed the final 5 video games, together with the convention opener in opposition to Colorado, an 81-61 Arizona State victory.
 
Arizona State’ beginning 5 of Quaintance (39 minutes), Mason (40 minutes), Freeman (36 minutes), Basher (33 minutes) and 6-foot-3 senior guard Adam Miller (36 minutes) performed practically your entire sport in opposition to Cincinnati.
 
Amier Ali, a 6-foot-8 freshman, performed 9 minutes off the bench, whereas Shawn Phillips Sr., a 7-foot junior heart from Dayton, Ohio, logged seven minutes.
 
Arizona State has dropped four-straight for the reason that Colorado win, together with a 72-66 additional time house loss to Baylor on Jan. 11.
 
West Virginia, in the meantime, is coming off one of many higher house performances at school historical past final Saturday night when it knocked off second-ranked Iowa State 64-57. Guard Javon Small scored a game-high 27 factors, together with 12 in a row at one level down the stretch, to present coach Darian DeVries‘ Mountaineers their third top-10-ranked win of the season, and their fourth in opposition to a ranked workforce.
 
“It is clearly an enormous win for us and our program,” DeVries stated afterward. “I feel the world of Iowa State. I feel they’re the most effective groups within the nation they usually have an opportunity to play on that final day.
 
“I used to be actually pleased with our workforce for its battle tonight on an evening when each groups could not get loads going offensively,” he added.
 
Small enters Tuesday evening’s sport averaging a Huge 12-best 19.8 factors per sport, which places him within the high 25 amongst all NCAA scorers.
 
Small’s stat line in opposition to the Cyclones included seven rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals in a beautiful all-around efficiency.
 
Amani Hansberry, who scored a team-best 16 factors coming off the bench within the Houston loss, contributed all 12 of his factors in opposition to Iowa State from behind the 3-point arc. Hansberry is averaging 10.2 factors per contest.
 
The Mountaineer protection restricted the Cyclones to only 43.9% capturing, together with 1 of 17 from 3-point distance. WVU additionally made 14 steals, which instantly led to 13 factors.
 
West Virginia, like Arizona State, has diminished depth with key switch Tucker DeVries lacking his ninth-straight sport with an undisclosed higher physique harm.
 
Freshman guard Jonathan Powell (9.2 ppg.) and senior guard Joseph Yesufu (4.8 ppg.) have picked up a number of the slack, as has freshman guard KJ Tenner (3.3 ppg.).
 
The Mountaineers’ beginning lineup in opposition to Iowa State featured Small, Powell, 6-foot-8 senior ahead Toby Okani, 6-foot-11 heart Eduardo Andre and 6-foot-4 guard Sencire Harris. That is the identical lineup DeVries has used since upsetting seventh-ranked Kansas 62-21 in Lawrence.
 
West Virginia (13-4, 4-2) stays No. 30 on this week’s NET Rankings whereas Arizona State checks in at No. 64.
 
Tuesday evening’s sport would be the first-ever assembly between the 2 colleges and the competition will tip off at 9 p.m. Mountaineer Sports activities Community radio protection with Tony Caridi, Brad Howe and studio host David Kahn begins at 8 p.m. on stations all through West Virginia, on-line through WVUsports.com and the Varsity Community and WVU Gameday apps.
 
Regardless of a frigid forecast and a late tip time on a weeknight, DeVries is hopeful to have one other sturdy turnout in opposition to Arizona State.
 
“There are some robust locations to play within the Huge 12 and we would like our place to be one in every of them,” he stated. “I felt prefer it was (in opposition to Iowa State), and the group did their half.”
 
Tickets are nonetheless out there and could be bought by the Mountaineer Ticket Workplace by logging on to WVUGAME.com.