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The Texas basketball team beat West Virginia on Saturday. Here are three things we saw.
Dylan Disu and the Texas basketball team unleashed their offense in Saturday’s 94-58 win over West Virginia at Moody Center. Disu made his first eight shots — including five from behind the 3-point line — while scoring a game-high 27 points. And he had plenty of help as Texas cruised to its biggest winning margin of the season. The Longhorns made a season-high 15 3-pointers and recorded 28 assists, which broke the program’s Big 12 record of 26 assists against Nebraska in 1998.
With the victory, Texas (16-8, 5-6 Big 12) not only eased the pain of a frustrating 3-point loss at West Virginia (8-15, 3-7) last month but also stayed in the middle of the Big 12 race. Houston and Iowa State sit atop the standings with three Big 12 losses apiece, but Texas is among the 10 other teams with six or fewer conference losses.
Here are three things we saw in Texas’ win:
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Dylan Disu, guards: Three for all
Disu continues to show his extended shooting range. By making 7 of 10 3-pointers, he raised his shooting percentage to a season-high 56.4% from behind the 3-point line and remains well ahead of the single-season record pace of 42.3% set by AJ Abrams in 2006-07. Only Marcus Carr, Abrams and Jase Febres have more than seven 3-pointers in a game in school history. And Tyrese Hunter made 3 of 4 3-pointers, his most since a win over Baylor on Jan. 20, and Max Abmas connected on 5 of 12 3-point shots to give him a dozen made 3-pointers in two games against West Virginia this season.
They said it: “We weren’t closing out with high hands, so they were getting clean looks. And as much talent as Texas puts on the floor, if you give them clean looks, they’re going to knock them down. It certainly felt like the floodgates were open tonight.” — West Virginia coach Josh Eilert
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Max Abmas: All-around effort
While Abmas showed off the shooting that pushed him past Oscar Robertson and into 11th place on the all-time NCAA Division I scoring list with 2,987 career points, his all-around game continues to draw praise from teammates and coaches. The 5-foot-11 graduate transfer from Oral Roberts, who has handled the bulk of the point guard duties in recent weeks, dished out a season-high nine assists to go with his 19 points. He also matched a season high with six rebounds and continues to improve on the defensive end.
They said it: “Max, he’s the ultimate teammate, man. There’s not one guy in that locker room is not pulling for Max when he’s on the court or off the court because he’s just such a likable guy.” — Texas coach Rodney Terry
Tyrese Hunter: Back on track
Hunter has been mired in a weeks-long scoring slump that bottomed out with no points and an 0-for-8 shooting night in Monday’s loss to Iowa State. But after making just 11 of his 36 shots over the previous five games, Hunter scored 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting against West Virginia. All three of his 3-pointers came in the final 6:36 as Terry seemed to leave him in the game to bolster his confidence from the outside. Hunter also had seven assists and just one turnover, his best such ratio since a win over UNC-Greensboro on Dec. 29.
They said it: “There’s always confidence, (but) it’s just being shot-ready. It’s just knowing the spots you need to be in and letting it go when my teammates find me.” — Texas guard Tyrese Hunter
Up next: Battle in Bayou City
Texas has a rare week off before traveling to Houston on Saturday for a 1 p.m. rematch with the No. 5 Cougars, who edged Texas in overtime at Moody Center on Jan. 29. Houston (21-3, 8-3) survived a 67-62 road tussle with Cincinnati on Saturday behind 20 points and eight rebounds from J’Wan Roberts. The Cougars are particularly tough at the Fertitta Center, where they have yet to lose this season and have beaten Big 12 foes by an average of 21.4 points.
West Virginia
Floyd’s 25 points help send West Virginia past Mount St. Mary’s for first win in Hodge era
Jasper Floyd scored 25 points shooting 9 of 13 and West Virginia pulled away from Mount St. Mary’s for a 70-54 win to usher in the Ross Hodge era in a season-opener for both teams on Tuesday night.
Honor Huff scored 16 points and Brenen Lorient scored 11 and grabbed 13 rebounds for West Virginia.
Trey Deveaux scored 15 points for Mount St. Mary’s, which owned a 38-29 rebounding advantage.
Justin Amadi’s three-point play with 5:55 left in the first half gave Mount St. Mary’s a 25-22 lead. Huff responded with a 3-pointer to tie it and that helped prompt West Virginia on a 13-4 run to close the half.
Starting the second half with a 35-29 lead, West Virginia outscored Mount St. Mary’s 12-6 over the first six-and-a-half minutes for a 52-39 advantage. Mount St. Mary’s went on a 7-0 run to get within 52-46 but never got closer.
Hodge, who was hired in March, spent the last eight seasons at North Texas, including the last two as head coach, posting a 46-23 (.667) record.
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W.Va. Building lit up in teal for Alzheimer’s Awareness Day
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – The West Virginia Building in Huntington was lit up in teal on Monday night.
Nov. 3 is recognized all over as Light the World Teal for Alzheimer’s Awareness Day.
The West Virginia Building, Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, the Kanawha Boulevard bridge, and the West Virginia state Capitol all were lit up in support.
More than 1,500 buildings and landmarks across the world were lit up in teal on Monday night to raise awareness.
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WVU vs. Mount St. Mary’s: Game time, TV/stream info
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The new-look West Virginia men’s basketball team tips off the 2025-26 season Tuesday at home against Mount St. Mary’s.
Ross Hodge will make his WVU head coaching debut after being hired from North Texas this offseason. He is joined by an entirely new roster, as the Mountaineers did not return a single player who recorded a stat last season.
Here is everything you need to know for the game:
WVU men’s basketball vs. Mount St. Mary’s game information
WVU men’s basketball vs. Mount St. Mary’s matchup preview
Hodge brought a pair of players with him from North Texas who will start for the Mountaineers this season — forward Brenen Lorient and point guard Jasper Floyd. Lorient, the reigning American Conference Sixth Man of the Year, averaged 11.7 points and 4.9 rebounds last season. Floyd posted 9.0 points and 4.0 assists per game at UNT last year.
Lorient and Floyd will be joined in the starting five by a trio of fellow transfers — Honor Huff (Chattanooga), Treysen Eaglestaff (North Dakota) and Harlan Obioha (UNC Wilmington). Huff led the nation with 131 three-pointers last season, averaging 15.2 points per game. Eaglestaff was the only player in the country to log multiple 40-point performances last season, as he averaged 18.9 points. The seven-foot Obioha averaged 10.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game last year.
Mount St. Mary’s went 23-13 last season and made the NCAA Tournament as Metro Atlantic Conference Champions. MSM defeated American in a First Four matchup before losing to No. 1 seed Duke in the first round.
Mount was picked ninth in the MAAC Preseason Poll and returns one starter, All-MAAC third-teamer Xavier Liscomb. The senior guard averaged 6.8 points and 4.3 assists while starting all 36 games last season.
Mount St. Mary’s is led by second-year head coach Donny Lind.
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