Mountaineers Gather Gritty Highway Win over Temple – West Virginia College Athletics

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Dec. 15, 2024) – The No. 15-ranked West Virginia College ladies’s basketball staff completed off nonconference play with a 68-46 win over Temple on Sunday afternoon contained in the Liacouras Middle in Philadelphia.
 
The Mountaineers overcame a sluggish begin to acquire its ultimate win earlier than opening convention play subsequent week. WVU shot simply 27.8 % from the ground within the opening quarter earlier than steadily bettering its common in every of the next frames.
 
West Virginia completed the competition taking pictures 41.7 % from the ground and restricted Temple to a 24.2 % mark. The Mountaineers coughed up extra turnovers (18) than the Owls (17) whereas holding an 11-7 benefit in steals.
 
Senior guard Kyah Watson recorded her fifth profession double-double for the Mountaineers after ending with a game-high 15 factors and 10 rebounds. Junior Celia Riviere had a profession day, posting 12 factors and eight rebounds to narrowly miss a double-double of her personal.
 
Senior guard JJ Quinerly crammed the stat sheet in her first sport in two weeks. She completed with 11 factors, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. Junior guard Jordan Harrison completed with 11 factors and added seven assists and 7 rebounds. Along with her assists the Oklahoma Metropolis, Oklahoma native has surpassed 400 in her profession.
 
Junior guard Sydney Shaw was the ultimate Mountaineer in double figures with 10 factors and added a game-high 4 steals.
 
West Virginia and Temple performed a good opening quarter as the 2 had been tied at seven with 4 minutes gone. Quinerly and Harrison knocked down pictures from past the arc to push the WVU in entrance and to a 13-9 benefit. The Mountaineers took a three-point, 16-13 lead after the opening 10 minutes.
 
WVU outscored the Owls, 8-2, to the media timeout within the second to extend its result in 24-15 at 5:52. The Mountaineers held Temple to a 1 of 10 mark from the ground over the opening 5 minutes. West Virginia took a double-digit, 31-21, lead into halftime.
 
Each groups struggled to seek out an offensive rhythm over the opening 20 minutes, combining for 23 turnovers. The Mountaineers had been simply 10 of 31 from the ground whereas the Owls hit simply 8 of 33 of their makes an attempt.
 
Quinerly took over early within the third, scoring 5 factors, and added two steals and two assists over the opening two minutes. She had a hand within the Mountaineers opening 9 factors to push the WVU benefit to 40-24. Temple knocked down back-to-back threes to chop the lead again to 10 factors two minutes later. WVU and Temple traded baskets earlier than the Mountaineers closed out the body with two threes, one from Watson and one from Harrison to take a 52-36 lead into the ultimate 10 minutes.
 
West Virginia managed the ultimate body, extending its result in as many as 24 factors on the 1:28 mark of the fourth. WVU outscored the Owls 16-10 within the fame on the best way to a 22-point victory.
 
Subsequent up, West Virginia stays the street for his or her first Huge 12 Convention matchup of the season. The Mountaineers open convention play in opposition to Colorado in Boulder on the CU Occasions Middle with tipoff set for 8 p.m. ET. The competition can be broadcast on ESPN+ and on the radio on the Mountaineer Sports activities Community.