Mountaineers Break Century Mark in Win over Texas Southern

Monday, December 8

Morgantown, W.Va.

7 P.M.

West Virginia University

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Texas Southern

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Mountaineers Break Century Mark in Win over Texas Southern

December 08, 2025 10:08 PM | Women's Basketball

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By: Chris Coombs

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Highlighted by senior guard Jordan Harrison's 1,000-point WVU milestone, the West Virginia University women's basketball team defeated Texas Southern, 109-40, on Monday inside Hope Coliseum.

With her three-pointer in the third quarter, Harrison tallied her 1,000th career point in a West Virginia uniform, becoming the 41st player in program history to accomplish the feat. The Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, native has scored 1,415 career points after beginning her career at SFA. Harrison finished with 17 points on the night and added a season high seven assists.

The 109 points are tied for the fifth most in program history. It is the second-highest points score in a game during the Mark Kellogg era, behind only a 110-point performance against Niagara on Nov. 9, 2024.

The Mountaineers had a season-high six players finish in double-digits. Graduate guard Kierra Wheeler finished with a game-high 23 points and added eight rebounds, six assists and two steals.

Junior guard Gia Cooke tallied 14 points while Senior guard Sydney Woodley and junior forward each finished with 12. Senior guard Sydney Shaw was the final player in double figures with 11 points.

Defensively, West Virginia forced 35 Tiger turnovers, reaching 25-plus for the 5th time this season, and tallied 22 steals. The steals are the most in a game this season. WVU turned those miscues into 54 points as WVU outscored UTS 56-22 in the paint. What's more, six WVU players finished the game with multiple steals.

West Virginia finished the game shooting 37 of 73 (50.7%) from the field. It marks the fifth time this season WVU has hit the mark from the floor. The Mountaineers also assisted on 25 of their 37 makes, marking a new season high in assists.

After two empty possessions to open the game, the Mountaineers knocked down five straight attempts from the floor to lead 12-5. Harrison knocked down a deep three and finished on an and-one to lead all scorers with six points over the opening two minutes.

Texas Southern clawed its way back, pulling within one point at the three-minute mark. Shaw closed out the frame with three straight makes and eight points before a Makalusky layup at the buzzer put the Mountaineers ahead by 10 points at the end of the first.

West Virginia scored a quick seven points to force an early TSU timeout. The WVU defense forced four Texas Southern turnovers and grabbed three steals over the opening three minutes and six Tiger possessions. WVU scored 17 straight points dating back to the first quarter before Texas Southern made their first field goal with just over three minutes gone.

Leading by 14 points in the middle of the quarter, WVU went to the charity stripe on five of seven possessions. There, they missed just two attempts to take a 20-point, 43-23 lead. The Mountaineers outscored TSU 15-3 the rest of the way to a 58-26 advantage at the break.

The 58 points were the most in a half by the Mountaineers this season and the most since scoring 62 points against Longwood during the 2016-17 season.

West Virginia rolled in the second half, outscoring Texas Southern 34-11 in the third and 17-3 in the fourth on the way to a 109-40 victory.

Of note, the Mountaineers have not lost at home to a non-Power 5 opponent since Dec. 20, 2012, vs. Duquesne. During the last three seasons, the Mountaineers have been 29-3 in nonconference action and 36-3 when playing any game inside the confines of Hope Coliseum.

Next up, West Virginia continues its home when it welcomes Georgia Tech to Morgantown. Tipoff inside Hope Coliseum is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 11.