MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia faces Texas in a return game at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.
 
Earlier this year, the Mountaineers got a then-career-high 16 points from forward Patrick Suemnick to upset the Longhorns 76-73 in Morgantown back on Jan. 13.
 
The outcome of that game was determined at the free throw line where West Virginia got 20 more attempts than Texas. The Longhorns were over the foul limit with 11:34 remaining and WVU cashed in by making 11 of its final 15 free throws.
 

Texas also turned the ball over 22 times, and despite having a significant size advantage over West Virginia, was outrebounded by one, 32-31.
 
Kerr Kriisa and RaeQuan Battle also had solid games for West Virginia with 14 points each, while Quinn Slazinski came off the bench to contribute 13.
 
Guard Max Abmas kept things close with his 3-point shooting late and finished with a game-high 32 points. Dylan Disu added 18 before fouling out.
 
"That was the first game where we kind of changed some things defensively, so I think we caught them off-guard a little bit," West Virginia coach Josh Eilert said. "They will be more prepared for what we're trying to do defensively, but we also didn't play all that great.
 
"Our offense wasn't really clicking and there are a lot of things that we can improve on that end," Eilert added.
 
Since losing to West Virginia, Texas has also dropped games to UCF, BYU, Houston and most recently to Iowa State on Tuesday night.
 
In that game, Iowa State jumped out to a quick 12-2 advantage and built its lead to as many 18 points at the midway point of the second half before the Longhorns rallied to make it a three-point game with 2:59 left.
 
Disu scored a game-high 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Texas, which dropped to 15-8, 4-6 following the loss. Disu is now second on the team in scoring with an average of 16.2 points per game.
 
Abmas' 17.7 points per game is tops in the team.
 
Meanwhile, since the Texas win, West Virginia has also picked up conference home victories over Kansas and Cincinnati, but also shows losses to Oklahoma, UCF, Oklahoma State and, most recently, BYU.
 
The Mountaineers (8-14, 3-6) are still seeking their first victory away from the Coliseum this year. WVU has dropped four neutral-site games, and is 0-4 on the road in league play so far.
 
"It's going to be a hostile environment and we're looking forward to the challenge," Eilert said.
 
West Virginia got a team-high 23 points from Kriisa in last Saturday's 86-73 loss to 22^nd-ranked BYU. Center Jesse Edwards, coming off a season-high 25 points in the Cincinnati win, scored 16 while Battle added 14.
 
Battle is one of four double-digit scorers with a team-leading 15.6 points-per-game average. The others are Edwards (14.8 ppg.), Slazinski (13.3 ppg.) and Kriisa (11.8 ppg.).
 
Eilert said having Edwards back in the lineup can establish an inside presence for the Mountaineers.
 
"It can open up the floor to look for some actions for our guards," Eilert said. "Looking back at our last game against BYU he only had nine field goal attempts and we've probably got to push that to 13 or 14 and try and force it down low as good as he's playing."
 
Saturday's game will tip off at 3 p.m. ET and will be televised on the Longhorn Network (Lowell Galindo and Bruce Bowen).
 
Mountaineer Sports Network radio coverage with Tony Caridi begins at 2 p.m. ET on stations throughout West Virginia, online via WVUsports.com and the Varsity Network and WVU Gameday apps.
 
Following Saturday's game, West Virginia will remain on the road to play at TCU on Monday night.