Men's Basketball: Seton Hall Downs WVU
December 30, 2011 11:39 PM | General
Fuquan Edwin scored 19 points and Jordan Theodore added 18 to lead Seton Hall to a 67-48 victory over West Virginia Friday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
West Virginia’s inexperience certainly showed tonight.
Seton Hall (12-2, 1-1) used two big scoring runs - one in the first half by outscoring West Virginia 33-12 to turn a 7-5 deficit into a 19-point lead, and then late in the second half when the Mountaineers reduced their deficit to six, 54-48, out-pointing WVU 13-0 over the remaining 6:49.
“We get it to six and we don’t score again,” said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. “We don’t score again because we won’t stay in what we’re supposed to stay in. I’m running guys in and out just trying to get guys to do what they’re supposed to do.”
West Virginia (10-4, 1-1) had its worst offensive performance of the season two days after scoring 83 points in its Big East opener against Villanova in Morgantown.
“It wasn’t very good and we can make a lot of excuses and all that,” said Huggins. “We shoot 25 percent in the first half and we shoot a blistering 38 percent in the second half.”
Kevin Jones (15 points) and Truck Bryant (11) led the Mountaineers in scoring, but the two combined to shoot just 8 of 32 for the night. The rest of the team wasn’t much better, Deniz Kilicli giving WVU 8 points on 3 of 7 shooting, Jabarie Hinds scoring 6 and Gary Browne finishing with 5.
“We’re not going to win when those guys shoot the ball like that,” said Huggins of his two top scorers Jones and Bryant.
West Virginia shot 32.1 percent (17 of 53) for the game and committed 17 turnovers, nine a result of Seton Hall steals.
“We turn the ball over 17 times against a 2-3 zone with no pressure,” said Huggins.
Herb Pope contributed 13 points and seven rebounds for the Pirates, which snapped West Virginia’s seven-game winning streak over them dating back to 2006.
“They played well, they played way better than we did and Jordon Theodore just dominated the whole game,” said Huggins.
The Mountaineers are a banged up team right now, Kilicli going to the bench in the first half after falling hard to the floor before returning, and Jones being hobbled with sprained ankle, according to Huggins on his post-game radio show. Jones, who pulled down 10 rebounds, did finish the game.
West Virginia returns to New Jersey next Wednesday night to play Rutgers in a 7 p.m. game that will be televised on the Big East Network.
West Virginia’s inexperience certainly showed tonight.
Seton Hall (12-2, 1-1) used two big scoring runs - one in the first half by outscoring West Virginia 33-12 to turn a 7-5 deficit into a 19-point lead, and then late in the second half when the Mountaineers reduced their deficit to six, 54-48, out-pointing WVU 13-0 over the remaining 6:49.
“We get it to six and we don’t score again,” said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. “We don’t score again because we won’t stay in what we’re supposed to stay in. I’m running guys in and out just trying to get guys to do what they’re supposed to do.”
West Virginia (10-4, 1-1) had its worst offensive performance of the season two days after scoring 83 points in its Big East opener against Villanova in Morgantown.
“It wasn’t very good and we can make a lot of excuses and all that,” said Huggins. “We shoot 25 percent in the first half and we shoot a blistering 38 percent in the second half.”
Kevin Jones (15 points) and Truck Bryant (11) led the Mountaineers in scoring, but the two combined to shoot just 8 of 32 for the night. The rest of the team wasn’t much better, Deniz Kilicli giving WVU 8 points on 3 of 7 shooting, Jabarie Hinds scoring 6 and Gary Browne finishing with 5.
“We’re not going to win when those guys shoot the ball like that,” said Huggins of his two top scorers Jones and Bryant.
West Virginia shot 32.1 percent (17 of 53) for the game and committed 17 turnovers, nine a result of Seton Hall steals.
“We turn the ball over 17 times against a 2-3 zone with no pressure,” said Huggins.
Herb Pope contributed 13 points and seven rebounds for the Pirates, which snapped West Virginia’s seven-game winning streak over them dating back to 2006.
“They played well, they played way better than we did and Jordon Theodore just dominated the whole game,” said Huggins.
The Mountaineers are a banged up team right now, Kilicli going to the bench in the first half after falling hard to the floor before returning, and Jones being hobbled with sprained ankle, according to Huggins on his post-game radio show. Jones, who pulled down 10 rebounds, did finish the game.
West Virginia returns to New Jersey next Wednesday night to play Rutgers in a 7 p.m. game that will be televised on the Big East Network.
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