National Basketball Association
West Virginia 77, Mount St. Mary's 62
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, November 8, 2013
Where: WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia
Officials:
# JB Caldwell, # Ron Groover, # Kipp Kissinger
Attendance:
8336
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West Virginia 77, Mount St. Mary's 62: Juwan Staten scored 22 points and dished out six assists as the host Mountaineers cruised to a comfortable win in the season opener for both teams.
Eron Harris added 19 points for West Virginia, which hasn't lost a home opener since the 1989-90 season. The Mountaineers shot 56 percent from the field and only missed three free throws (15-of-18).
Julian Norfleet led the way with 19 points for Mount St. Mary's, which is winless in four meetings all time with West Virginia. Kristijan Krajina and Will Miller chipped in with nine points apiece in a losing cause.
West Virginia opened up the game 9-of-12 from the field to take a 23-14 lead midway through the first half. Norfleet's basket closed the gap to four before the Mountaineers went on an 11-6 run to take a nine-point advantage into the break.
Devin Williams scored four straight points to give West Virginia its biggest lead of the game at 51-38 with five minutes gone in the second half. Mount St. Mary's tried to claw its way back into the game, but could get no closer than 10 points.
GAME NOTEBOOK: West Virginia is 60-17 in non-conference play under Bob Huggins. … The Mountaineers have made at least one 3-point field goal in 456 straight games. … Mount St. Mary's has dropped its last five season openers.
Top Game Performances
| Mount St. Mary's |
|
West Virginia |
|
Julian Norfleet 19 |
Scoring |
Juwan Staten 22 |
|
Julian Norfleet 7 |
Assists |
Juwan Staten 6 |
|
Gregory Graves 9 |
Rebounds |
Remi Dibo 5 |
|
Gregory Graves 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Juwan Staten 8 |
|
Gregory Graves 2 |
Steals |
Eron Harris 2 |
|
Taylor Danaher 1 |
Blocks |
Kevin Noreen 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Mount St. Mary's
|
62 |
40.0 |
7-21 |
11-15 |
12 |
28 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
| West Virginia
|
77 |
56.0 |
6-17 |
15-18 |
16 |
27 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
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