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West Virginia bounces back with 70-57 victory against Jacksonville State – WV MetroNews
(Game highlights)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With the absence of expected starting point guard Kerr Kriisa for the season’s first nine games, West Virginia guard Kobe Johnson is thrust into a more featured role than at any point over his first two college seasons.
Along the way, Mountaineers’ interim head coach Josh Eilert has continued to express faith in Johnson and the junior’s ability to fill in as a point guard.
On Tuesday against Jacksonville State, Johnson put forth his most productive performance in a West Virginia uniform, scoring a career-high 19 points to go with five assists and six rebounds, helping lead the way in the Mountaineers’ 70-57 victory at the WVU Coliseum.
“From Day 1 when he walked into West Virginia, he’s always been real steady,” Eilert said. “You knew you could count on him, but you had to get more aggression out of him and that’s been a struggle. For Kobe to be more aggressive and get that confidence, that’s going to go a long ways for West Virginia basketball.”
It was a much-needed performance from Johnson and the Mountaineers alike, which came four nights after a disappointing loss to Monmouth.
“I’ve put in a lot of work and been through a lot. These guys trusted me so it feels really good,” Johnson said.
Against the Gamecocks (1-2), WVU led for the final 28:38, overcoming a somewhat slow start to take control late in the opening half.
Jacksonville State’s largest lead was four on separate occasions, the latter of which came at 16-12 following a three-pointer from Marcellus Brigham Jr.
When Jesse Edwards made two free throws 8:38 before halftime, it gave the Mountaineers a 20-19 advantage — and they’d stay on top the rest of the way.
(Quinn Slazinski & Kobe Johnson postgame)
The Gamecocks went nearly 3 minutes without a point, during which time West Virginia built a five-point advantage, before Quincy Clark ended the drought with a short jumper that brought JSU to within 24-21.
Yet WVU outscored the Gamecocks 16-6 over the final 5:26 of the opening half, utilizing a 2-3 zone to limit the Jacksonville State offense in the process. During that stretch, Edwards accounted for three dunks and one free throw, Ofri Naveh had a fast break dunk and Quinn Slazinski and Josiah Harris each made triples in the final 1:08 of the half.
“Jesse is a great kid. I always say it on the court, ‘I like you mean Jesse.’ When he wants to be, he’s a bad dude,” Slazinski said. “He’s a great kid from the Netherlands, but when he grits his mouth piece in the huddle, that’s what I like out of him.”
The surge allowed the Mountaineers to hold a 40-27 advantage at the break as they made 14-of-26 first-half field goals, had a 21-15 rebounding edge, dished out 11 assists and limited the Gamecocks to 10-for-29 shooting, including 4 of 13 inside the arc.
“A couple guys we were worried about shooting us out of it, but there were several kids that weren’t even looking at the rim,” Eilert said. “We were mindful of who to guard and who to back off of.”
Johnson led all players with 11 points and had four assists at the intermission.
Slazinski accounted for three of WVU’s first four baskets after halftime, including a triple with 15:54 remaining that upped his team’s advantage to 50-33. Josiah Harris’ layup at the 13:17 mark gave the Mountaineers a 19-point advantage for their largest lead of the contest.
With WVU in front 55-43, Johnson and Slazinski combined to score straight points, including a layup from the guard with 6:52 to play that left the visitors trailing by 18.
However, JSU didn’t go away quietly, and KyKy Tandy connected twice from long range as part of a 10-0 Gamecocks’ run that cut the Mountaineers’ lead to 61-53 with 3:56 left.
“We let our guard down a little bit. That’s something we have to work on,” Johnson said.
Slazinski answered with two free throws out of a timeout and Harris drilled a corner trey with 3:16 left to put to rest any thought of a late JSU rally.
“JoJo can hit shots. He’s always working out,” Slazinski said of Harris. “We look at his Instagram story and he’s in the gym at 11:30. I’m like, ‘dude we play tomorrow, go to sleep.’”
WVU shot better than 50 percent (23 for 45), made 8-of-19 threes and attempted 15 more free throws than the Gamecocks, though the Mountaineers misfired on nine of their 25 foul shots.
Slazinski matched Johnson for game-high scoring honors with 19 and added seven rebounds. Edwards contributed 14 points and six boards and though he attempted only six field goals, the Syracuse transfer drew 10 fouls on the opposition.
“The game plan was to play through Jesse and we need to do that as much as we can, because we get a lot better looks when we play inside-out,” Eilert said.
Harris added 12 points, nine of which came on a trio of triples.
“That ball was moving on a string and ball movement is very hard to guard,” Slazinski said.
Naveh was inserted into the starting lineup in place of guard Seth Wilson, who played 22 minutes but did not score or attempt a shot in a reserve role.
WVU finished with a 26-12 edge in paint points.
Tandy led JSU with 18 points and Clark added 13. Besides that duo, the Gamecocks made only 9-of-33 field-goal attempts.
Brigham and teammate Juwan Perdue led all players with eight rebounds each, but the Mountaineers held a 38-34 advantage on the boards.
“It was a buy-in game in so many ways. We had to take Saturday off and Sunday we spent a lot of time in the film room and got down in the trenches of what we need to fix,” Eilert said. “We probably spent an hour in there and when we came out, they responded in a really good way. I told them the approach, energy and enthusiasm and the way they transitioned from that loss, that’s the type of mindset we have to have.“
(Josh Eilert postgame press conference)
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Virginia Basketball Holds Off Manhattan 74-65 | Key Takeaways
Virginia (4-2) got back in the win column with a 74-65 victory over Manhattan (3-3) on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena. Here are our five quick takeaways from the Cavaliers’ win over the Jaspers.
Virginia was in serious need of a win after suffering those two humbling losses to Tennessee and St. John’s in The Bahamas. But a convincing and comfortable victory would have been even better and for a while, it seemed like the Cavaliers were on their way to doing just that. UVA led by as many as 15 points in the first half and opened up a 16-point advantage midway through the second half. But rather than putting the game away, Virginia let Manhattan hang around and the visiting Jaspers were in a situation where they were fouling to stop the clock in the final minutes, narrowing the deficit to as little as six points. A win is a win, but this was far from a confidence-boosting performance.
Virginia went with a new starting lineup on Tuesday night, as Andrew Rohde replaced TJ Power. Rohde has been playing very well recently, particularly with his resurgent outside shot, while Power came into this game shooting 25% from beyond the arc this season.
Power initially responded well to the benching, swishing a corner three shortly after he first entered the game, hitting the deck for a loose ball, and coming up with a steal to stop a Manhattan fastbreak. But he wound up playing only six minutes, fewest among Cavaliers who saw the floor in the game. That does not bode well for the Duke transfer.
Read Val’s Plus/Minus breakdown of the game here.
Rohde, on the other hand, had another solid game and was perhaps the top performer for the Hoos on Tuesday night. Though he missed his only three-pointer, which was a desperation off-balanced heave at the end of the shot clock, Rohde finished with a season-high 14 points, two assists (with one turnover), two rebounds, and four steals. Rohde showed excellent feel for the game, getting exactly where he wanted to go and exhibiting some nice touch on a couple of floaters plus a short jumper off the glass. If Rohde is playing like this and his three-point shot continues to be there, this could be a big season for the former St. Thomas transfer.
The main reason why this game continued to be close deep into the second half is because UVA’s defense frequently broke down and gave up open shots to Manhattan, particularly from the perimeter. The Jaspers shot 11/26 (42.3%) from beyond the arc and and seven different players knocked down a three. A couple of those Manhattan triples were well-contested, but the vast majority of them were wide-open. That’s very concerning and shows that this Virginia defense, with its many new faces, is still very much a work in progress.
Virginia’s offense was pretty well neutralized by Tennessee and St. John’s in The Bahamas. Tuesday night against Manhattan was a small step in the right direction, but there’s still a lot of room for improvement.
Let’s start with the good. Five different Cavaliers scored in double figures, including a game-high 18 points from Isaac McKneely, who hit three of his four three-point attempts and went 5/6 from the free throw line. We still think McKneely needs to shoot way more, but we’ll leave that alone for now. Dai Dai Ames scored 10 points and dished out five assists, but fouled out of the game. Blake Buchanan made his first four shots and finished with 11 points and five boards. Cofie made five of his seven shots and finished with 10 points and five boards. The best part of the game was that Virginia had 15 assists on 29 made baskets and turned the ball over only eight times, a vast improvement over the team’s turnover issues in The Bahamas.
Virginia outscored Manhattan 42-22 in the paint. That looks like a good stat, but it’s also an inevitable stat because of UVA’s size advantage over the Jaspers, whose tallest player in the rotation is 6’8″. Still, Manhattan snared 10 offensive rebounds and scored 11 second-chance points. In The Bahamas, UVA was dominated on the glass and was simply outmatched from a physicality and athleticism standpoint. Nothing we saw from the Cavaliers on Tuesday night did anything to alleviate those concerns.
Up next, Virginia remains at home for another (supposed) tune-up game against Holy Cross on Friday at 4pm at John Paul Jones Arena.
Virginia vs. Manhattan Live Updates | NCAA Men’s Basketball
UVA Basketball: Ten Things We Learned About Virginia in The Bahamas
Virginia Basketball Falls to St. John’s 80-55 | Key Takeaways
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Virginia vs. Manhattan Live Updates | NCAA Men’s Basketball
Virginia (3-2) is set to host Manhattan (3-2) on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. Follow along with score updates, play-by-play, and live analysis for the game in the thread below. Updates will be posted at each timeout in reverse chronological order with the most recent updates at the top of the article. Refresh the page for updates.
As we await our 7pm tip between Virginia and Manhattan on the ACC Network, read a full preview of the game here: Virginia Basketball vs. Manhattan Game Preview, Score Prediction
Virginia has posted its starting five for tonight’s game:
– Dai Dai Ames
– Isaac McKneely
– Andrew Rohde
– Elijah Saunders
– Blake Buchanan
Notably, TJ Power has been replaced by Andrew Rohde in the starting lineup after starting the first five games of the season. Power is shooting 25% from three (4/16), while Rohde is currently shooting 50% from beyond the arc (7/14).
- Virginia and Manhattan will meet on Tuesday night for just the second time ever and first time since March 19th, 1993, when the Cavaliers defeated the Jaspers 78-66 in the first round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament.
- UVA is 9-0 against current members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
- Virginia’s last game against a MAAC team was back in 2012, when the Cavaliers defeated Fairfield 54-45 at John Paul Jones Arena.
- UVA is 2-0 at John Paul Jones Arena this season and 3-0 against unranked opponents this season.
Read more Virginia men’s basketball news and content in the links below:
UVA Basketball: Ten Things We Learned About Virginia in The Bahamas
Virginia Basketball Falls to St. John’s 80-55 | Key Takeaways
The Plus/Minus: Virginia Gets Skunked by Tennessee in The Bahamas
Virginia Basketball Falls to Tennessee 64-42 | Key Takeaways
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