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West Virginia Rolls Monday Night
November 23, 2015 09:33 PM | Men's Basketball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Three West Virginia players had double-double games as the 22nd-ranked Mountaineers rolled to a 97-44 victory over Bethune-Cookman Monday night at the WVU Coliseum.
Devin Williams scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jonathan Holton contributed 11 points and 11 rebounds and Elijah Macon came off the bench to produce 13 points and 10 boards for the 4-0 Mountaineers.
It was the first time that has happened for a WVU team since February 8, 1994 when Marsalis Basey, Ricky Robinson and Zain Shaw accomplished the feat in West Virginia’s 78-71 victory over eighth-ranked Temple at the Coliseum.
Jaysean Paige and Daxter Miles Jr. scored 14 points, while Jevon Carter had 11 and junior college transfer Teyvon Myers finished with 10 in tonight’s win.
“We did some nice things and we did some things that weren’t very good,” said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. “We turned it over 16 times against a 2-3 zone and that’s way too many. We’ve got to get to a point where those are in single digits.
“When we’ve been really good here we’ve taken really good care of the ball.”
For Williams, it was his fourth consecutive double-double game to start the season, the first time that has happened since 1968 when forward Carey Bailey did it.
An announced crowd of 6,196, minus WVU students on Thanksgiving break, got to see the entire roster of available players for a good portion of the second half after the Mountaineers built a 45-22 halftime lead.
West Virginia shot 52.2 percent from the floor, had a 50-32 advantage on the glass and made 15 steals that contributed to 30 Wildcat turnovers.
“I thought Devin was really solid for us,” said Huggins. “He was working. When you get a 6-9, 260-pound guy out there moving his feet the way he was trying to move his feet that’s pretty good effort. He’s really working and he’s in the gym all of the time and that’s kind of been the formula for success.”
Joseu Salaam was the only Bethune-Cookman player to reach double figures with 12 points.
Tonight’s contest was the second game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational following Friday night’s game against Stetson.
Teams in the field will move out to Las Vegas later this week to complete the tournament at 10,000-seat Orleans Arena.
West Virginia will play Richmond on Thanksgiving Day in a game that will tip off at 5 p.m. ET and will be televised nationally on FSN1.
On Friday, the Mountaineers will face either San Diego State or 13th-ranked Cal.
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