Monday, March 25
Morgantown, W.Va.
7:00 p.m.
West Virginia University
15-21
91
vs
109
Coastal Carolina
17-16
1
2
F
Coastal Carolina
50
59
109
West Virginia
36
55
91
Photo by: All Pro Photography/Dale Sparks
Chanticleers Shoot Their Way to CBI Semifinals
March 25, 2019 09:52 PM | Men's Basketball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – DeVante Jones scored 32 points and Coastal Carolina shot a scorching 58.1 percent to defeat West Virginia 109-91 in a CBI quarterfinal game here at the WVU Coliseum tonight.
The 109 points scored by the Chanticleers are the most ever allowed by a WVU team in the 49-year history of the WVU Coliseum. Coastal's 43 field goals made were three shy of the 46 Illinois State made against the Mountaineers here on March 1, 1975 in the Redbirds' 105-99 triumph.
That was also the last time WVU surrendered more than 100 points here in a game that did not go into overtime.
"First and foremost, we need to give Coastal Carolina credit," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. "They shot it terrific. They shot it, they passed it and they drove it."
After leading West Virginia 50-36 at halftime, the Chanticleers scored baskets on their first 13 possessions of the second half before Huggins called a 30-second timeout with 12:10 remaining.
By then, a good number of the 6,775 who showed up for tonight's game were out of their seats headed for the exits. The intensity, the hustle and the passion that West Virginia displayed in its last eight games was non-existent tonight.
"They got every loose ball," Huggins said. "To start the second half, we blocked three shots and they got seven points out of three blocked shots. We didn't come up with loose balls, we didn't rebound, we didn't do much of anything."
Jones did most of the damage for Coastal Carolina in the first half with 20 points, but in the second half just about everyone got into the act.
Six different players reached double figures, including 16 from Tommy Burton. Coastal Carolina's leading scorer, 6-7 forward Zac Cutherbertson, finished with 15. He came into tonight's game averaging 18.2 points per contest.
The Chanticleers (17-16) hit 13-of-28 from 3 and got a staggering 52 points in the paint, 24 of those coming on second-chance points.
Coastal also had a surprising 41-37 advantage on the glass.
Logan Routt started tonight's game in place of regular WVU starter Derek Culver, and sophomore Andrew Gordon was the first big to enter the game off the bench. Culver did not get into the game until the start of the second half and finished with 11 points and only two rebounds, nine below his season average.
"Obviously, not having Derek in the lineup didn't help us any," Huggins said. Huggins indicated on his postgame radio show that Culver showed up tardy for tonight's game, resulting in his first half benching.
"To show up late is disrespectful and it can't happen," Huggins said. "I let some stuff go early on, compromising the principles most West Virginians live by and it jumped up and bit us, and I'm not going to do it again.
"This was a time to find out who is with us and who's looking for a way out," Huggins added.
Freshman Emmitt Matthews Jr. and Lamont West led West Virginia with 21 points each. West made 8-of-18 from the floor while Matthews was 6-of-13 from the floor and 8-of-8 from the free throw line, ending his season by making 19 straight free throws.
Junior guard Chase Harler came off the bench to score 15, Jermaine Haley added 12 and Jordan McCabe had 11.
West Virginia shot 41.9 percent overall, including 31.3 percent from 3.
Surprisingly, WVU turned the ball over just 11 times tonight; turnovers have been a year-long issue for this young basketball team.
Tonight's loss concludes Huggins' 12thseason at WVU with a 15-21 record, just the second losing campaign at his alma mater since taking over in 2007.
So, where do the Mountaineers now go from here?
"We're going to be good," Huggins predicted. "We signed a guard who has lost one game in three years in high school (Miles McBride). He's a winner. And we signed a kid (Oscar Tshiebwe) who is playing his butt off down at the McDonald's All-America (game) practice right now who is going to go rebound the ball and be a factor around the rim.
"And there will be more guys (coming) in here," he concluded.
The 109 points scored by the Chanticleers are the most ever allowed by a WVU team in the 49-year history of the WVU Coliseum. Coastal's 43 field goals made were three shy of the 46 Illinois State made against the Mountaineers here on March 1, 1975 in the Redbirds' 105-99 triumph.
That was also the last time WVU surrendered more than 100 points here in a game that did not go into overtime.
"First and foremost, we need to give Coastal Carolina credit," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. "They shot it terrific. They shot it, they passed it and they drove it."
After leading West Virginia 50-36 at halftime, the Chanticleers scored baskets on their first 13 possessions of the second half before Huggins called a 30-second timeout with 12:10 remaining.
By then, a good number of the 6,775 who showed up for tonight's game were out of their seats headed for the exits. The intensity, the hustle and the passion that West Virginia displayed in its last eight games was non-existent tonight.
"They got every loose ball," Huggins said. "To start the second half, we blocked three shots and they got seven points out of three blocked shots. We didn't come up with loose balls, we didn't rebound, we didn't do much of anything."
Jones did most of the damage for Coastal Carolina in the first half with 20 points, but in the second half just about everyone got into the act.
Six different players reached double figures, including 16 from Tommy Burton. Coastal Carolina's leading scorer, 6-7 forward Zac Cutherbertson, finished with 15. He came into tonight's game averaging 18.2 points per contest.
The Chanticleers (17-16) hit 13-of-28 from 3 and got a staggering 52 points in the paint, 24 of those coming on second-chance points.
Coastal also had a surprising 41-37 advantage on the glass.
Logan Routt started tonight's game in place of regular WVU starter Derek Culver, and sophomore Andrew Gordon was the first big to enter the game off the bench. Culver did not get into the game until the start of the second half and finished with 11 points and only two rebounds, nine below his season average.
"Obviously, not having Derek in the lineup didn't help us any," Huggins said. Huggins indicated on his postgame radio show that Culver showed up tardy for tonight's game, resulting in his first half benching.
"To show up late is disrespectful and it can't happen," Huggins said. "I let some stuff go early on, compromising the principles most West Virginians live by and it jumped up and bit us, and I'm not going to do it again.
"This was a time to find out who is with us and who's looking for a way out," Huggins added.
Freshman Emmitt Matthews Jr. and Lamont West led West Virginia with 21 points each. West made 8-of-18 from the floor while Matthews was 6-of-13 from the floor and 8-of-8 from the free throw line, ending his season by making 19 straight free throws.Junior guard Chase Harler came off the bench to score 15, Jermaine Haley added 12 and Jordan McCabe had 11.
West Virginia shot 41.9 percent overall, including 31.3 percent from 3.
Surprisingly, WVU turned the ball over just 11 times tonight; turnovers have been a year-long issue for this young basketball team.
Tonight's loss concludes Huggins' 12thseason at WVU with a 15-21 record, just the second losing campaign at his alma mater since taking over in 2007.
So, where do the Mountaineers now go from here?
"We're going to be good," Huggins predicted. "We signed a guard who has lost one game in three years in high school (Miles McBride). He's a winner. And we signed a kid (Oscar Tshiebwe) who is playing his butt off down at the McDonald's All-America (game) practice right now who is going to go rebound the ball and be a factor around the rim.
"And there will be more guys (coming) in here," he concluded.
Team Stats
CCU
WVU
FG%
.581
.419
3FG%
.464
.313
FT%
.833
.826
RB
41
37
TO
11
11
STL
6
5
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
8
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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