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WVU Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete Tests Positive for COVID-19

June 29, 2020 03:51 PM | Men's Basketball

By: Bryan Messerly

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced today that one Mountaineer men's basketball student-athlete has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and has entered a self-isolation period for 14 days.

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