West Virginia University Men's Basketball Beats Wheeling 98-55 in Morgantown, Monongalia County on the Night of October 28: Final Exhibition Before the November 2 Season Opener
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia: The West Virginia University men's basketball team beat Wheeling University 98-55 at Hope Coliseum in Morgantown on the night of October 28, wrapping up its final exhibition game.
West Virginia led 45-28 at halftime and outscored Wheeling 53-27 in the second half, shooting 57.8 percent from the floor and winning the rebounding battle 43-21. Freshman point guard Miles Sadler scored a game-high 15 points with 6 assists, guard Finley Bizjack added 14, and Joson Sanon, Mouhamed Sylla and Keonte Greybear each scored 11, as all 13 available players saw action and 11 of them scored.
Head coach Ross Hodge said afterward that Wheeling's spread-out, five-out style challenged the team in ways it had not been challenged before, and that West Virginia did not guard the ball as well as it needed to. Levon Jacobs led Wheeling with 13 points.
West Virginia opens the regular season against Niagara at 7 p.m. on November 2 at Hope Coliseum.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 西弗吉尼亚州议会大厦，位于查尔斯顿。 / The West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston.
