MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia advances its report to 7-2 tonight with a commanding 79-45 victory over North Carolina Central on the WVU Coliseum.
Freshman Jonathan Powell led three double-figure Mountaineer scorers with a season-high 17 factors, 12 of these coming from 3-point distance on 4-of-11 capturing.
Joseph Yesufu chipped in with a season-high 14, together with 11 throughout a nine-minute stretch within the first half.
Senior guard Javon Small contributed 12.
West Virginia was with out beginning guard Tucker DeVries, sidelined indefinitely with an undisclosed higher physique damage. The announcement of DeVries’ damage was made earlier than tonight’s recreation.
“I wasn’t positive what to anticipate and we had two days to organize a couple of totally different lineups, and quite a lot of guys have been in several spots tonight,” West Virginia coach Darian DeVries mentioned. “Then, you play a group that switches defenses virtually each possession throwing every little thing at you, so having some group for each single protection was slightly little bit of a problem.”
Eduardo Andre acquired the beginning nod instead of DeVries and scored 3 factors with eight rebounds. Freshman Ok.J. Tenner started the second half for Andre and tallied 9 for the competition.
“I appreciated the truth that Ok.J. was stepping into the paint and we would have liked that,” DeVries defined. “It was only a matchup factor. Like I instructed Eduardo, it had nothing to do together with his efficiency by any means, we simply wanted 4 perimeter guys on the market to assist break the press and likewise to only match up higher on the defensive finish for what they have been working.”
Amani Hansberry pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds to assist in giving the Mountaineers a forty five to twenty-eight benefit on the glass.
All 10 West Virginia gamers who acquired into the sport scored, together with 9 from senior guard Jake Auer in simply 4 minutes of courtroom time.
WVU acquired 51 factors from its bench and had a 19 to 7 benefit in factors off turnovers.
“What I did like is we acquired 21 assists on 28 (discipline objectives) and that claims one thing about the way in which the fellows performed tonight. They actually shared it, actually moved it and made that additional cross,” DeVries mentioned.
Defensive-oriented North Carolina Central of the Mid-Jap Athletic Convention, making its first-ever Coliseum look, made simply 16 of its 48 discipline purpose makes an attempt for 33.3%.
Isaac Parson was the one Eagle to achieve double figures with 16 factors. Main scorer Po’Boigh King, averaging 17.4 factors per recreation, was 0 for 7 from the ground and completed with 5 factors.
An introduced crowd of 8,711 watched tonight’s recreation.
West Virginia continues its four-game homestand on Saturday in opposition to Bethune-Cookman of the Southwestern Athletic Convention. That recreation will tip off at 5 p.m. and will likely be televised by ESPN+.
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