Shaw marks 18, No. 21 Western Virginia Tops No. 24 Oklahoma State 54-37 with Strangled Defense – KSTP

Morgantown, W.VA. (AP) -Sidny show scored 18 points, and 21 Western Virginia expressed No. 24 Oklahoma in a defensive battle, raising a 54-37 victory on Saturday.

Cowgirls, who came in an average of 80 points per game, scored in single figures for three-quarters and fired by 21%, passing 2 out of 23 of the 3-point range, so far their worst shooting of the season.

JJ Quinerly scored 15 points with eight career thefts for mountaineers (17-4, 7-3 Big 12 Conference), which forced 21 turnover with 15 thefts.

Alexia Smith scored 15 and grabbed 11 fights for The Cowgirls (18-4, 8-3), which have their victorious end of four games. Stali Hurd, who led the team in eight straight games and hit double figures at nine straight, was held to seven.

West Virginia did not light him accurately, passing 4 of 17 of the 3-point scope and shooting by 40% in general. The climbers were conducted with 25 points below their average and had their largest game of the season.

Cowgirls had 6-3 leads three minutes in the game, but they did not score again for more than 11 minutes, behind 16-6. The land included seven missed shots and 10 rpm. West Virginia fired only 32% in the first half, while Cowgirls were 23% and missed all nine 3. West Virginia led 23-14 at half.

Kinerley went to No. 7 in the career of Western Virginia with 1757 points, passing through Kate Bulger and Mina past Rosemary Kosiorek for third place in the thefts of the career (300).

West Virginia is home to Kansas on Wednesday, and No. 11 Kansas State is in Oklahoma next Saturday.

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