West Virginia Mountaineers News

WVU women soar past Northeastern

Times West VirginianLiz Repella, Vanessa House and Sarah Miles led the West Virginia University women’s basketball team to a resounding 79-42 victory over the Northeastern Huskies on Tuesday night at the Coliseum.
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COLUMN: Stewart, Kragthorpe in same boat

Times West VirginianOn Saturday afternoon in Louisville, they will stand on opposite sides of Papa John Cardinals’ Stadium, opponents in a game of football that is crucial not only to both their seasons but to both their careers.
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WVU aims to stop Louisville air attack

Times West VirginianCoach Bill Stewart hopes West Virginia University can curb Louisville’s passing in a Big East football game Saturday at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.“We’ve got to keep quarterback Hunter Cantwell from getting a rhythm,” he said Tuesday at his weekly press conference.
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Mountaineers aim to stop Louisville air attack

Register-HeraldMORGANTOWN — Coach Bill Stewart hopes West Virginia University can curb Louisville’s passing in a Big East football game Saturday at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.
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Kilicli makes it official

Times West VirginianFor the 3,000 or so who turned out for the Oak Hill Academy-Mountain State Academy game to watch future Mountaineer Deniz Kilicli play, the question was obvious: Is this kid capable of playing in the Big East?His 10-point, two-rebound performance against the Warriors in an 85-63 loss last Tuesday had heads shaking.Less than a week later, Kilicli, a 6-foot-9, 250-pound power forward, made it official when he signed to play for Bob Huggins and West Virginia University.
West Virginia Mountaineers18 hours ago

Healthy Brown returning for WVU offense

Times West VirginianFor the first time since starting in place of injured Pat White against Syracuse, West Virginia quarterback Jarrett Brown will be healthy and available when the Mountaineers play at Louisville (5-5, 1-4 Big East) in Saturday's noon ESPN game.The 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior was in bad shape for that start Oct. 11 -- far worse shape than anyone outside the program knew. He'd suffered thigh and shoulder injuries against Rutgers and was limited a week later against the Orange.
West Virginia Mountaineers18 hours ago

Huggins mixing and matching before big games arrive

Times West VirginianEarly in the season, Bob Huggins harps on one problem plaguing his second basketball team at West Virginia.Consistency."We don't consistently rebound it, we don't consistently pass it, we don't consistently make our rotations on defense to guard the ball," the WVU coach said.
West Virginia Mountaineers18 hours ago

Kragthorpe: WVU defense impressive

Times West Virginian“I think what gets lost a little bit in the West Virginia football story is how well they play on defense,” Louisville Coach Steve Kragthorpe said Monday on the Big East weekly media teleconference.
West Virginia Mountaineers1 day ago

WVU women try to rebound

Times West VirginianThe West Virginia University women’s basketball team will be on a bounce-back mission when it meets Northeastern at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Coliseum.
West Virginia Mountaineers1 day ago

No pushovers

Times West VirginianWest Virginia (6-3, 3-1) has very much respect for Louisville, despite its 5-5 overall record and 1-4 in the Big East.
West Virginia Mountaineers1 day ago

Kragthorpe impressed by defense

Register-HeraldMORGANTOWN — “I think what gets lost a little bit in the West Virginia football story is how well they play on defense,” Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe said Monday on the Big East weekly media teleconference.
West Virginia Mountaineers1 day ago

Prep football playoff schedule

Register-HeraldPairings for the second round of the West Virginia high school football playoffs. Friday games are at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday games are at 1:30 p.m., unless noted otherwise:
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