Strong Start helps to send No. 18 Western Virginia to persuade the victory 76-43 vs. Kansas – West Virginia Metronews

Morgantown, W.VA. – The opening neighborhood is the strongest in West Virginia within the Big 12 Conference Play, with the mountaineers exceeding opponents with 68 points in the first shot in their first 10 games in the league.

In the match on Wednesday with Kansas, West Virginia was in its best defender during the first period and prevented Jayhawks from developing any offensive rhythm. The mountaineers, for their part, fled the first 18 points, led by 12 to a quarter and remained comfortable in front of the rest of the road to score a convincing 76-43 victory in the WVU Colosseum.

“A really good start in the protective end. Our defense intensity was great that we wanted to be, “said Mountaineer’s chief coach Mark Kellog. “For them this is a short twist [from Sunday’s home loss to Kansas State]This is a difficult preparation and they had to travel. Punch First is a phrase that we use a lot. “

With the result, the mountaineers (18-4, 8-3) improve to 13-0 at home and are within three victories of the perfect regular season in Morgantown. All 13 wins were at least 13 points.

“We have a great home identity. We feel really comfortable here and our players feed on it, “Kelloge said.

Sydney show scored the first eight points and 13 of the first 15 to help mount the mountaineers in a significant advantage.

In the middle of the first quarter KU (14-9, 4-8) there was one experience in the field and seven turnover, as there were great difficulties in solving the full judicial pressure of the mountaineers.

“After these first training, they are questioned and no one wants to handle it,” Shaw said. “We raised it to this region and definitely took advantage of it.”

It was only when the 18th possession of Jayhawks on a trip did not make the result of the visitors who came to the conventional game of S’mya Nichols, while the teammate Brittany Harshow drained a triphone shortly before the time expired to cut off his team to 18 -6.

But Kansas, who had 13 rpm and six goals in 10 minutes, could not maintain inertia from his strong end to the quarter.

WVU made 7 out of 16 shots in the second quarter, while guard Jordan Harrison scored eight out of 21 points to the team to help send mountaineers on a vacation with an advantage 39-19.

Kansas went to half with a very respected percentage of field goals of 42, but there were as many turnover (19) as the attempts at field goals.

“They have great players who have really bought in the system and perform it well,” said KU Brandon Schneider’s head coach. “They are obviously a very well -prepared team.”

Although the mountaineers were detained up to 13 points from the third quarter, they continued to stand out in defense, holding KU to shooting 3 for 11 through this neighborhood. As a result, the mountaineers entered the fourth with an advantage of 52-29.

JJ Quinerly Mount Mountain scored 12 of its 16 points in the fourth to help WVU continue to expand its lead. Cunerley was unsuccessful at halftime before finishing three points, shy of the average for his season.

Shaw made 7 out of 15 shots and half of the eight triples of her team to lead with a 22 career tall.

Harrison added 15 points, six struggles and team four thefts in the victory. She was detained up to 11 points within her previous two games.

“This has definitely strengthened my confidence,” Harrison said. “I was able to be in the game and play. The problem with the foul was my problem. It was good to be able to play. “

Sydney Udley gave the mountaineers from the bench with a five-point firing 2-2-2 and three of the 17 thefts of her team.

“She is an elite defender,” Kellog said. “She will get thefts and tips, but you probably don’t always understand the value she has on this purpose.”

WVU finished with 20 rpm and 11 assists.

“The assists are too low and the turnover is still too high,” Kellog said. “This is my biggest grip offensive.”

Nichols, who entered an average of 20.2 points, was held to 12. She made 4 out of 6 shots, but had nine rpm.

Laya Conssa led all the players with five thefts in the loss.

“We will look for positives, but our ass kicked in the rear matches from the two teams, which will be reduced to winning the League, in my opinion,” Schneider said. “They are the two best defense teams.”