| Story of the Tape |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Factors Per Sport | 84.8 | 75.6 |
| Scoring Margin | +16.2 | +13.1 |
| Subject Purpose Share | .485 | .440 |
| OPP Subject Purpose Share | .397 | .371 |
| 3-PT Subject Purpose Share | .310 | .352 |
| Opp 3-PT Subject Purpose Share | .327 | .274 |
| Free Throw Share | .755 | .779 |
| Rebounds Per Sport | 41.5 | 37.0 |
| Assists Per Sport | 17.4 | 14.8 |
| Turnovers Per Sport | 12.2 | 11.5 |
| Steals Per Sport | 8.5 | 7.8 |
| Blocks Per Sport | 3.7 | 5.7 |
| Streak | W4 | W7 |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia will put its seven-game successful streak on the road tonight when the 21st-ranked Mountaineers battle bettering Arizona, coming off a formidable 72-67 victory at 16th-ranked Cincinnati final Saturday.
Within the sport, the Wildcats obtained 15 factors from Jaden Bradley, 14 off the bench from Carter Bryant and 12 from guard Caleb Love, who has been on a tear throughout Arizona’s present four-game successful streak.
The St. Louis resident is averaging 23 factors, 5 rebounds and three assists whereas capturing 49% from the ground, together with 36% from 3-point vary.
Love lead Arizona with a 16.3 points-per-game common – considered one of three double-digit scorers for the Wildcats. The others are Bradley (11.5 ppg.) and ahead Trey Townsend (10.0 ppg.).
Since dropping 83-76 in additional time to West Virginia within the Bahamas again on Nov. 29, Arizona has received 5 out of its final six with the one defeat coming by the hands of former convention rival UCLA on Dec. 14.
The Wildcats have made one change to their beginning lineup for the reason that WVU loss, inserting 6-foot-6 junior guard Anthony Dell’Orso instead of Bryant.
The Melbourne, Australia, resident additionally began the TCU sport, a 90-81 Arizona victory.
Love was Arizona’s massive weapon the primary time the 2 groups met when he scored 24 factors on 9-of-20 capturing.
Arizona is 8-5 total and 2-0 in Large 12 play and boasts an NCAA NET rating of 16 this week. The Wildcats’ early season schedule consists of video games towards Wisconsin, Duke, Oklahoma and UCLA.
West Virginia (11-2, 2-0) has a NET of 25 and returned to the Related Press Prime 25 ballot this week for the primary time since Dec. 26, 2022.
Since dropping to Louisville 79-70 in additional time within the Bahamas, the Mountaineers have run off consecutive victories over Arizona, Georgetown, North Carolina Central, Bethune-Cookman, Mercyhurst, Kansas and Oklahoma State.
It is essentially the most consecutive wins since reeling off eight straight victories early within the 2021-22 season.
West Virginia has not trailed in both Large 12 sport this 12 months and has led for 77:57 out of 80 minutes of convention motion to date.
Within the newest NCAA stats, West Virginia ranks seventh in discipline aim proportion protection (37.1%), ninth in 3-point discipline aim proportion protection (27.4percent0, 11th in blocks per sport (5.7), and 19th in scoring protection (62.5 ppg.).
Guard Javon Small, the reigning Large 12, NCAA March Insanity and Naismith Trophy Participant of the Week, lead the convention with a 19.5 points-per-game scoring common.
Small scored 13 factors, grabbed 11 rebounds and handed out six assists in West Virginia’s 62-61 upset victory at Kansas final week and added a game-high 24 factors with 11 rebounds in final Saturday’s 69-50 win over Oklahoma State.
The senior guard is having an All-America-type season to date with averages of 5.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and a couple of.0 steals per sport.
Freshman guard Jonathan Powell has stepped in for injured Tucker DeVries and has scored double figures in 4 out of his final 5 video games, together with 17 in final Saturday’s Oklahoma State win.
The Centerville, Ohio, resident is now averaging 9.3 factors per sport.
WVU’s different important contributor of late has been 6-foot-11 middle Eduardo Andre, who tallied 15 factors, grabbed six rebounds and blocked 4 photographs within the Kansas win and has boosted his scoring and rebounding averages to five.5 and 5.0 respectively.
He additionally leads the group with 28 blocked photographs.
Coach Darian DeVries is off to the second-best begin at school historical past for West Virginia coaches by way of the primary 13 video games of their tenure. Lee Patton began 12-1 in 1945-46, whereas Bob Huggins posted a 10-3 file throughout his first season in 2007-08.
Arizona will grow to be the 194th completely different group to play on the WVU Coliseum, however this isn’t the primary time the Wildcats have performed in Morgantown.
Twice, Arizona traveled East to play video games right here, as soon as in 1948 and once more in 1950. West Virginia claimed the ’48 sport 61-58, however Arizona took the ’50 contest 68-67. Each video games had been performed on the outdated Subject Home that was situated downtown on Beechurst Avenue.
WVU is searching for its first 3-0 begin to Large 12 play since 2018.
Tonight’s sport will tip off at 7 p.m. and can be televised on ESPN+ (Eric Rothman and Tim Welsh).
Mountaineer Sports activities Community radio protection with Tony Caridi, Brad Howe and David Kahn ideas issues off at 6 p.m. on stations all through West Virginia, on-line by way of WVUSports.com and the Varsity Community and WVU Gameday apps.
All followers in attendance tonight are inspired to put on their gold as a part of “Gold Rush.”
