West Virginia falls right to byu at home – Blue Gold Sports

WVU does not reach Byu with a score of 73-69; The climbers fall to 15-9 and 6-7 in a conference game.

The climbers started quickly in the first half, taking the lead 34-32 in the half. In the first half of the game, the mountaineers fired 39.4% of the terrain and 31.3% of the three -point line. Byu made a point that goes into this game to try to neutralize Javon Small, and they only kept it four points from the first half. Toby Okani led the team offensively in the first half with nine points, and Jonathan Powell had eight.

In the second half, the result went back and forth. Western Virginia’s defense had a difficult time to stop the cougities, allowing them to make an offensive. Byu fired 55.6% of the terrain in the second half and 35.7% of the arc. Byu was led by Egor Demin’s security guard, who had 14 points from the second half and went to 5-7 from the pitch. Javon Small was detained once again in the second half, finishing the game with nine points, only his second match this season ended with one -digit points. Toby Okani led the game for mountaineers with 16 points.

WVU failed to close this one and released the game with a final of 73-69.

WVU makes its way to the NCAA tournament by dropping these games. They will have to win four of their last seven games to place themselves on the 19-pelty threshold to make the best possible shot in making the tournament.

WVU will go on the road on Saturday, February 15, to Waco, Texas, in a match with Baylor at 14:00 EST. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.

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