WVU Avenges Early Loss with 27 Level Win Over Colorado – West Virginia College Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Jan. 15, 2025) – The No. 20-ranked West Virginia College girls’s basketball staff rolled previous Colorado, 73-46, on Wednesday night contained in the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown. The win avenged the Mountaineers first Large 12 convention lack of the season and moved the Mountaineers to 4-2 in convention play.
 
West Virginia used relentless strain for 40 minutes, forcing Colorado into 30 turnovers for the competition that resulted in 39 of the Mountaineers factors. It marks the sixth time this season WVU has reached 30 turnovers compelled in a recreation. That strain restricted the Buffaloes to simply two factors within the second quarter and 6 within the fourth.
 
4 Mountaineers completed the competition in double figures, led by senior guard JJ Quinerly and junior guard Sydney Shaw who every scored 19 factors. Quinerly added a staff main six steals. Fifth yr ahead Kylee Blacksten scored in double-figures for the third straight contest as senior guard Kyah Watson additionally completed with 10 factors and three steals.
 
Junior guard Jordan Harrison tallied with a team-leading 4 assists and 7 rebounds to associate with 9 factors.
 
Quinerly scored the Mountaineers opening 4 factors of the sport to interrupt into the highest 10 of this system’s all-time scoring listing. Trailing 8-4, Harrison knocked down a nook three earlier than Quinerly hit an and one runner within the lane to offer the Mountaineers a 10-8 lead on the media timeout.
 
Watson scored out of the break earlier than Colorado scored 14 straight factors to take a 22-12 lead within the ultimate minute of the primary. Shaw knocked down a step again three with 40 seconds to play, the Mountaineers’ first basket in almost 4 minutes, as CU led 22-15 on the finish of the primary.  
 
West Virginia and Colorado could not discover an offensive rhythm over the primary seven minutes of the second, combining to shoot simply 3 of twenty-two from the ground. Trailing 24-20, the Mountaineers scored 11 straight factors to shut out the half and take a 31-24 lead.
 
WVU completed the quarter 4 of 5 from the sector and compelled Colorado into 10 turnovers and simply two factors within the quarter. The 2 factors from CU are the least from a staff in 1 / 4 this season as they linked on simply 1 of 14 of their makes an attempt. The Mountaineers compelled 16 Colorado turnovers throughout the open 20 and turned these miscues into 21 factors.
 
Colorado scored eight straight factors to open the second half, rapidly regaining the lead throughout the opening three minutes. Watson knocked down a nook three for the Mountaineers’ first factors of the quarter, spurring on a 15-0 WVU run to place the Mountaineers forward for good.
 
Colorado failed to attain for almost six minutes within the center a part of the quarter, lacking 4 makes an attempt from the ground and coughing up seven turnovers. The Mountaineers took a nine-point lead into the ultimate body after the Buffalos scored the ultimate six factors.
 
WVU put the sport away early within the fourth, scoring the opening 14 factors and never permitting a CU basket till the three-minute mark. The 27-point victory marks the 13^th time this season the Mountaineers have received by 20 or extra factors.
 
The Mountaineers at the moment are 1-1 all-time towards Colorado and 1-0 when taking part in contained in the WVU Coliseum.
 
Quinerly’s 19 factors within the recreation pushed her to No. 9 on the all-time scoring listing with 1,659, and behind Corridor of Famer Meg Bulger (2008-11) with 1,665. She is 4^th in steals with 285 and sits simply eight away from catching Corridor of Famer Rosemary Kosiorek (1989-92) who has 293.
 
West Virginia is again at house on Sunday, Jan. 19, towards Iowa State contained in the WVU Coliseum. Tipoff is about for 7 p.m. ET and would be the Mountaineers second contest this season on nationwide TV, airing on FOX.