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Wvu men bounce for such a necessary victory over Uta-Steubenville Herald-Star

Wvu men bounce for such a necessary victory over Uta-Steubenville Herald-Star


Slam – Wvu Toby Okani striker goes to immerse Juta on Saturday. The climbers defeated UTES 72-61 inside the Colosseum. – Benjamin Powell

Morgantown – Toby Odwi probably ends up some of her best works during the season on Saturday.

Big things. Little things. They all mattered to WVU, which received such a necessary victory over Utah, 72-61, in front of 13,166 fans in the Colosseum.

It was the type of victory that holds the mountaineers (15-8, 6-6 large 12) able to carve their space in the NCAA tournament, are coming March, the type of victory that has escaped WVU in recent weeks against the likes of Arizona, Kansas and tcu.

From an offensive point of view, Giavon Malak and Amani Hansbury would not allow this to happen again.

“We held (small) only up to five shots attempts, but this is a merit for him because I think he is really developing,” Utah’s head coach Craig Smith said. “He just makes the right game almost all the time. We are trying to get the ball out of his hands, but the big one tonight was Hansbury. He hit three threes tonight. Other boys made plays. “

They grabbed the spotlights, Hansbury with their 17 points and seven rebounds and small points with 14 points and eight assists, while only 2 out of 5 firing, but perfect 9 out of 9 of the foul.

Both were critical of helping WVU back from Utah (13-10, 5-7) at the end of the first half and then hold Utes at a safe distance in the second half.

And then there were charms. It may have been a little appropriate that the Colosseum was caught in a tide of coal because it made an impact, making a lot of dirty work.

Dipping on the floor, forcing a bad pass, grabbing a decisive rebound – these were the parts of the game that he found to take care of.

“Many of the things it does not appear on the statistical sheet,” WVU guard Joseph Jesfu said. “He is a very integral part of our team. He does a very dirty job for us and I feel like he doesn’t have enough credit for it. The energy it brings is huge for us. “

In fact, it was a mix of both a fundamental game and the athletic exploits that put it in the midst of the action.

Wvu needed all this from its 6-foot forward-8, defensive selection of All-Missouri Valley last season, which showed outbursts of insult this season.

Ozani’s day started with a long two-indicator, a shot that was only inches from the fact that a 3-indicated was noted.

Then came some of the plays that really matter, the offensive rebound of the Utah’s taller and physical front line has become a fast 3-indicator of Yesufu.

The climbers also surprised Utah with a full judgment press of one possession and forced a bad pass, caught by small ones, who quickly returned the ball to dive.

There was a back from the Odwi, which caught UTES from the security guards, but the block was the highlight of all this.

In the closing seconds of the first half, Utah Lawson Lawsing’s center, all 7 feet of him, made his way in paint and had a dip in his path.

On the opposite side of the tape it flew into Okani, blocking the shot, which adjusts it for its 3-second seconds later.

“I was thinking in the first half, he was great,” WVU chief coach Darian Devris said. “He had this big block and went down and hit three. He had a huge offensive rebound that just crashed over everyone else and kicked him on Joe for three. Then he had a game right in front of our free ball bench, for which he dived and came out.

“These are the types of things that Toby can do. When he puts him on his opinion, those types of winning plays he can make. He had a huge impact, especially in the first half. “

Odi finished with nine points, four rebounds, two blocks and two thefts.

“That’s where the buying”, “ said Devris. “Javon is our leading goal scorer, but we need more than Javon to win games. Entrance to want and go and do these difficult things, may not be noticed every night, but you can influence the game without even inserting a basket. “

There were other characters for the mountaineers who hosted BYU on Tuesday. Yesufu got off the bench and added 14 points of 6 out of 10 firing.

WVU fired 48.1% of the floor (25 out of 52), while breaking the 70 -point barrier for the first time in eight games.

Utah was led by Keanu Daues, who had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, but UTES turned closer than five points from the lead in the second half.

Jonathan Powell nailed three and small, then added to his common with two free throws with 1:50, and the WVU pillow was safe for the rest of the road.



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