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Brewer Paces WVU in Season Opening Victory
November 14, 2015 10:11 PM | Women's Basketball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Freshman Alexis Brewer tallied a game-high 14 points, as the West Virginia University women’s basketball team cruised to a 77-34 victory over Delaware State in front of 2,232 fans that attended Saturday’s season opener at the WVU Coliseum.
West Virginia (1-0) came out firing and led 18-4 after the first quarter. The Mountaineers held the Lady Hornets (0-1) to 11 or less points in the next three periods en route to the program’s 19th consecutive win against non-conference opponents at the Coliseum. Delaware State's 32 points were the lowest output for a WVU opponent since Georgetown's 32 on March 4, 2012. WVU is now 12-3 in season openers and 14-1 in home openers under coach Mike Carey.
Brewer, a native of Bardstown, Kentucky, connected on 6-of-7 field goals, snagged four rebounds, collected two assists and had a steal in 15 minutes of action. Teana Muldrow netted six fourth quarter points and finished the evening with 13 points and eight rebounds. Muldrow finished with a career-high four steals and three assists in the win. Freshman Katrina Pardee rounded out WVU’s double-figure scorers with 10 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Overall, WVU made 33-of-67 field goal attempts for 49.3 percent shooting. The Mountaineers connected on five three pointers and dished out 19 assists in the triumph. Delaware State (0-1) was outrebounded, 52-29, and committed 18 turnovers resulting in 23 West Virginia points.
Additionally, Lanay Montgomery almost notched a double-double with 10 rebounds and nine points. Montgomery also deflected four blocks in the contest. Preseason All-Big 12 honoree Bria Holmes posted nine points in the win, while another freshman Tynice Martin connected on seven points in her debut. Bri Justice and N’Kayah Kersey each had eight points to lead the Lady Hornets.
“We made a lot of mistakes,” said Carey. “We’re playing a lot of young people, and they’re going to make lot of mistakes. Some times we executed, at other times we threw it in the fourth row. I thought at times we played hard and other times we didn’t. We have a long way to go. It’s going to be a work in progress.”
Jessica Morton and Holmes combined for eight of West Virginia’s first 12 points to start the contest. The Lady Hornets finally got on the board with a bucket from Justice at the 4:06 mark in the opening period. West Virginia held DSU to just 13.3 percent (2-of-15) shooting in the opening quarter.
WVU outscored Delaware State by six, 17-11, in the second quarter. Three-pointers from Pardee and Brewer extended the Mountaineers lead to 22 with a minute remaining. Pardee finished the first half with a team-best eight points, while Amber Bogard led DSU with seven. The Mountaineers finished the first half shooting 45.5 percent (15-of-33), while holding Delaware State to 17.2 percent shooting (5-of-29).
An 18-3 run to open the second half pushed West Virginia’s edge to 35. The Hornets used a short 8-3 spurt of their own to close the gap, but Brewer connected on a three-pointer to give WVU a 60-26 lead at the end of the period.
Muldrow poured in six of the Mountaineers’ 17 fourth quarter points, as West Virginia held DSU to eight points in the frame.
The Mountaineers return to action on Monday, Nov. 16, against Coppin State. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. inside the WVU Coliseum. Tickets can be purchase online at WVUGAME.com or by calling 1-800-WVU GAME.
NOTES: Saturday’s attendance was 2,232, the most for a season opener since a crowd of 3,513 for the Ohio State game on Nov. 8, 2013 … West Virginia had eight players make their debut on Saturday: Alexis Brewer, Anja Martin, Tynice Martin, Katrina Pardee, Arielle Roberson, Desiree Rhodes, Lauren Saiki and Olivia Seggie … Pardee and Roberson both made their first starts for WVU … West Virginia has won 19 consecutive games at the Coliseum against non-conference foes … the Mountaineers own a 28-15 all-time record in season openers … the last time WVU won 40 points or more was against Coppin State, in 2014 … Coach Mike Carey improved his record in season openers to 12-3 … coach Carey’s team advance to 14-1 in home game openers since his arrival in 2001-02 … the Mountaineers are 91-7 (.929) at home against nonconference opponents since 2002 … Lanay Montgomery led the Mountaineers with 10 rebounds and went 4-of-4 in made field goals … Montgomery passed Lori Wilson for fourth all-time with 138 career blocks ... Teana Muldrow netted career-highs with four steals and three assists ... WVU’s largest-point lead was 43 in the fourth quarter with :24 seconds left in the game ... WVU now leads the series with Delaware State, 4-1 ... Delaware State's 32 points were the lowest output for a WVU opponent since Georgetown's 32 on March 4, 2012.
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