MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Senior guard Kyah Watson of the West Virginia women's basketball team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
 
The Rapid City, South Dakota native recorded her first double-double of the season notching a season-high 15 points and added 10 rebounds. She also finished with two steals, one assist, and a block in the Mountaineers 68-46 win over Temple on Sunday.
 
West Virginia stays the road this week for their first Big 12 Conference matchup of the season. The Mountaineers open conference play against Colorado in Boulder at the CU Events Center with tipoff set for 8 p.m. ET. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ and on the radio on the Mountaineer Sports Network.
 
This Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers open Big 12 Conference play this weekend on the road against Colorado … Tipoff inside the CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado is set for 8 p.m. ET.
 
Last Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers moved to 10-1 on the season after knocking off Temple in the team's final nonconference game of the season … the Mountaineers collected a 68-46 win over the Owls inside the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania … Senior guard Kyah Watson recorded her fifth career double-double for the Mountaineers after finishing with a game-high 15 points and 10 rebounds … Junior Celia Riviere had a career day, posting 12 points and eight rebounds to narrowly miss a double-double of her own … Senior guard JJ Quinerly finished with 11 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals … Junior guard Jordan Harrison finished with 11 points and added seven assists and seven rebounds … With her assists the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma native has surpassed 400 in her career … Junior guard Sydney Shaw was the final Mountaineer in double figures with 10 points and added a game-high four steals.
 
Notes: WVU returns eight student-athletes to the floor this season, including four of five starters from an NCAA Tournament team a season ago …  All-Big 12 First Team and Defensive Team selection JJ Quinerly highlights the returners … She was also named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team and was named to the Naismith College Women's Basketball Player of the Year, the 2025 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Watchlist and the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watchlist … Jordan Harrison was named to the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year watchlist … Quinerly has eclipsed 1,500 points in her career this season as Harrison and Zya Nugent have broken the 1,000-point mark ... the Mountaineers finished the nonconference schedule a 10-1 … Mark Kellogg is now 21-1 in regular season nonconference game as head coach of the Mountaineers.
 
This Week in Wrestling: No. 18 West Virginia will head to Kissimmee, Florida, to compete in the Knockout Christmas Classic … WVU is one of four teams competing in the classic as North Dakota State, Wisconsin and Campbell will also compete.
 
Last Week in Wrestling: West Virginia lost its Big 12 opener against Cal Baptist, 15-18 … the Mountaineers hosted the Lancers at Oak Glen High School in New Cumberland, West Virginia, to honor fifth-year Peyton Hall … West Virginia jumped out to a 12-3 lead midway through the dual but could not hang on as Cal Baptist scored 15 points in the next four matches before fifth-year senior Hall closed out the event with a 5-1 decision in front of a sold-out crowd … additionally, fifth-year senior Michael Wolfgram, redshirt senior Austin Cooley, redshirt junior Jace Schafer and redshirt sophomore Brody Conley all collected wins as well.
 
Notes: Oak Glen High School is where Hall started his wrestling career, where he became the school's first four-time state champion in four different weight classes (120, 132, 138 and 152).