By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Kansas center Udoka Azubuike is The Associated Press Big 12 player of the year, with the 7-foot senior averaging a double-double for the regular season conference champion and top-ranked Jayhawks. Azubuike and Kansas sophomore guard Devon Dotson were the ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Division II Shepherd University is reinstating men's and women's cross-country as varsity sports next fall. Shepherd Vice President for Athletics Chauncey Winbush made the announcement Tuesday. Shepherd last competed in cross -country in 2003. Shepherd, located ...
By JOHN MCCOY, The Charleston Gazette-Mail undefined CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thirty-five years ago, a tall, skinny teenager stepped in front of a crowd at Milton's inaugural West Virginia Pumpkin Festival and, with bow and arrow, shot targets tossed into the air. That was the first time ...
By MATT THORNSBURY Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kristian Doolittle and Oklahoma are giving the NCAA Tournament selection committee a good reason to pencil them into the bracket. Doolittle scored 19 points two days after surgery to repair a broken nose and Oklahoma boosted its ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer A look at the upcoming week around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND There are two intriguing games in the Big 12 on Saturday that feature teams that are likely locks for the NCAA Tournament against teams that have some work to do. The first ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Baylor is accustomed to Big 12 regular season women's championships. For Te'a Cooper, it's her first. Cooper scored 17 points and No. 2 Baylor clinched a share of its 10th consecutive league regular-season title with a 64-39 victory ...
By MATT THORNSBURY Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia coach Bob Huggins had a better time being around North Carolina great Dean Smith than talking about tying him on the career wins list. The 17th-ranked Mountaineers took over early in the second half to beat Oklahoma ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Dontae Wright has been hired as outside linebackers coach at West Virginia. West Virginia coach Neal Brown announced Wright's hiring Tuesday. Wright spent the past two seasons as safeties coach at Western Michigan. Among his other coaching stops were at Tennessee ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's capital city is set to host a leg of the annual The Basketball Tournament this summer. The tournament's regional locations were announced Tuesday with games scheduled in the Charleston Coliseum July 24-26. The single-elimination tournament pits ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Davide Moretti flinched as a pass the Texas Tech guard wasn't expecting glanced off his back and bounced toward Kansas State's Cartier Diarra. When Diarra tried to get too fancy with the ensuing breakaway dunk and clanged a windmill attempt off the rim, Moretti made the ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kansas caught West Virginia in a rare late lapse at home. Devon Dotson scored 11 of his 15 points after halftime, Isaiah Moss had seven of his 13 points during a second-half burst and the third-ranked Jayhawks finished the game with a ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia backup quarterback Trey Lowe said he plans to play elsewhere as a graduate transfer this fall. Lowe announced his intentions Thursday on Twitter. Lowe, who saw limited action in six games last fall, said he will graduate from West Virginia this ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hall of Fame coach Bobby Bowden will speak at an awards dinner at Marshall University this spring. Marshall announced Tuesday that Bowden will attend the dinner that recognizes donors and honors student-athletes. It will be held April 24 at the Mountain Health Arena ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jarrod West totaled 25 points and seven assists and Mikel Beyers came off the bench to score a career-high 24 as Marshall held off Louisiana Tech 83-79 in overtime on Saturday. West sank 9 of 15 shots from the floor with four 3-pointers for the Thundering Herd ...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — It'd been awhile since Kristian Doolittle was Oklahoma's top offensive option. The Sooners needed it Saturday and Doolittle delivered, scoring 27 points and grabbing 12 rebounds as Oklahoma knocked off No. 13 West Virginia 69-59 at home Saturday. Doolittle hadn't scored ...
By MATT THORNSBURY Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Derek Culver wanted to do something about West Virginia's worst loss of the season. The sophomore had 19 points and 14 rebounds to lead No. 12 West Virginia to a 66-57 victory over Kansas State on Saturday, giving coach Bob ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A casino operator has signed an agreement with a technology vendor to replace another one whose contract dispute caused a shutdown of sports betting at two West Virginia casinos. International Gaming Technology said in a news release this week that it will deliver ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech went through some hard practices after consecutive losses. The Red Raiders were plenty tough enough against No. 12 West Virginia. "We had to bounce back," Davide Moretti said. "We get testy every afternoon at 3:30 in Lubbock, Texas," coach Chris Beard ...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kianna Ray scored 19 points, Jaycee Bradley added 14, and TCU beat No. 25 West Virginia 73-60 on Sunday night. Jayde Woods had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists and Lauren Heard scored 10 points for TCU. Bradley hit two 3-pointers as the Horned Frogs jumped ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe sprinted the length of the court to chase down an errant Texas inbounds pass. While the home crowd implored him not to touch the ball, Tshiebwe grabbed it anyway just before it reached the corner end line, took one dribble ...