West Virginia Opens Play at Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament Friday
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University ladies’s basketball group (24-6, 14-4 Big 12) opens postseason play within the Quarterfinal Round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 6. The No. 2-seeded Mountaineers will face No. 10 Arizona State. Tipoff contained in the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, is about for six:30 pm ET.
The contest towards Arizona State can be broadcast on ESPN+ with Brenda VanLangen and Anne O’Neil on the decision. The sport will also be heard on the Varsity Network app, with Andrew Caridi and (*12*) bringing you reside protection. Live stats and sport notes can be out there on WVUsports.com.
The Mountaineers enter the event as a two-seed for the third time in program historical past. WVU is 4-2 all-time because the seed, getting into the event because the seed in 2014 and 2021. On each events, the Mountaineers superior to the championship sport, the place they misplaced to Baylor.
WVU has superior to the title sport thrice throughout 12 seasons, most not too long ago making an look in 2021. WVU additionally reached the finals in 2014 and 2017. WVU received the convention event in the course of the 2017 season as a six seed and defeated the highest three seeds to gather this system’s first convention title. The Mountaineers are 13-11 all-time in event play and have added six journeys to the semifinals.
head coach Mark Kellogg he has reached 23 regular-season wins in all of his first three seasons in Morgantown. West Virginia completed with the second-best document within the Big 12 common season at 14-4.
WVU reached 14 Big 12 convention wins in a season for simply the third time in 14 seasons. The 4 convention losses imply the second fewest in Big 12 play and the least since dropping simply two in the course of the 2014 season.
Head Coach Mark Kellogg seems to be to turn out to be the primary coach in program historical past to win 25 video games in three straight seasons. His 74 wins throughout the final three seasons are the third most behind 78 (2014-16) and 77 (2010-12). Kellogg has by no means completed decrease than fourth within the closing regular-season standings. West Virginia is 2-3 in Q1, 8-3 in Q2, 3-0 in Q3 and 11-0 in This fall video games.
West Virginia has 4 gamers scoring double figures this season, led by Gia Cooke with 14.9 factors per sport. She has scored double figures in 26 contests and has scored 20+ factors in eight video games. Wheeler has been a drive scoring and on the glass with 13.7 factors and a team-leading 7.4 rebounds. In the 12 months, she has recorded eight double-doubles.
senior guard Jordan Harrison (12.9) and Sydney Shaw (11.9) are additionally averaging double figures this season. Shaw is main the Mountaineers in threes this season at 41.7% and is making 2.6 per sport. Riley Makalusky You have additionally discovered her rhythm from past the arc in convention play, taking pictures 52.3% with 23 makes on 44 makes an attempt.
Harrison averaged 6.0 assists per sport in convention play. The mark is the third finest within the convention. She is the convention’s steals chief with 68 in 18 video games and is the one participant averaging greater than 2.5 per sport at 3.8. She is the nation’s premier defender after incomes a spot on the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Late-(*66*) Team.
The contest towards Arizona State can be broadcast on ESPN+ with Brenda VanLangen and Anne O’Neil on the decision. The sport will also be heard on the Varsity Network app, with Andrew Caridi and (*12*) bringing you reside protection. Live stats and sport notes can be out there on WVUsports.com.
The Mountaineers enter the event as a two-seed for the third time in program historical past. WVU is 4-2 all-time because the seed, getting into the event because the seed in 2014 and 2021. On each events, the Mountaineers superior to the championship sport, the place they misplaced to Baylor.
WVU has superior to the title sport thrice throughout 12 seasons, most not too long ago making an look in 2021. WVU additionally reached the finals in 2014 and 2017. WVU received the convention event in the course of the 2017 season as a six seed and defeated the highest three seeds to gather this system’s first convention title. The Mountaineers are 13-11 all-time in event play and have added six journeys to the semifinals.
head coach Mark Kellogg he has reached 23 regular-season wins in all of his first three seasons in Morgantown. West Virginia completed with the second-best document within the Big 12 common season at 14-4.
WVU reached 14 Big 12 convention wins in a season for simply the third time in 14 seasons. The 4 convention losses imply the second fewest in Big 12 play and the least since dropping simply two in the course of the 2014 season.
Head Coach Mark Kellogg seems to be to turn out to be the primary coach in program historical past to win 25 video games in three straight seasons. His 74 wins throughout the final three seasons are the third most behind 78 (2014-16) and 77 (2010-12). Kellogg has by no means completed decrease than fourth within the closing regular-season standings. West Virginia is 2-3 in Q1, 8-3 in Q2, 3-0 in Q3 and 11-0 in This fall video games.
West Virginia has 4 gamers scoring double figures this season, led by Gia Cooke with 14.9 factors per sport. She has scored double figures in 26 contests and has scored 20+ factors in eight video games. Wheeler has been a drive scoring and on the glass with 13.7 factors and a team-leading 7.4 rebounds. In the 12 months, she has recorded eight double-doubles.
senior guard Jordan Harrison (12.9) and Sydney Shaw (11.9) are additionally averaging double figures this season. Shaw is main the Mountaineers in threes this season at 41.7% and is making 2.6 per sport. Riley Makalusky You have additionally discovered her rhythm from past the arc in convention play, taking pictures 52.3% with 23 makes on 44 makes an attempt.
Harrison averaged 6.0 assists per sport in convention play. The mark is the third finest within the convention. She is the convention’s steals chief with 68 in 18 video games and is the one participant averaging greater than 2.5 per sport at 3.8. She is the nation’s premier defender after incomes a spot on the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Late-(*66*) Team.
