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West Virginia Bounces Back with Win over Portland State
Portland, OR – After falling to Purdue within the opening spherical of the PK 85 Legacy Match, the West Virginia Mountaineers (5-1) rebounded with an 89-71 win over the Portland State Vikings (2-4) Friday night time. Six Mountaineers hit double figures with ahead Trey Michell main the best way with 16 factors adopted by Emmitt Matthews Jr.’s 14 factors.
Portland’s main scorer, guard Jorell Saterfield, scored the sport’s first bucket on the Vikings opening possession with a 3 for the early benefit. Nevertheless, West Virginia shortly grabbed the lead with a 5-0 spurt, capped off with an old school three-point play.
Portland answered on the following possession on a 3 from Bobby Harvey earlier than West Virginia ahead Trey Mitchell scored four-straight to spark an 8-2 run because the Mountaineers took a 13-8 lead on the 15:09 mark of the primary half.
Mitchell and the Mountaineers continued their offensive output, extending the run and constructing a 20-10 lead earlier than taking a 28-15 benefit close to the halfway level of the primary half behind 12-15 capturing rim the sector.
West Virginia led by as many as 14 earlier than Portland went on a 7-0 run to get inside seven, capped off by one other Woods three with 6:14 remaining within the first half.
Nevertheless, regardless of the Mountaineers committing 10 first half turnovers, WVU pressured Portland to 16 turnovers whereas remaining environment friendly from the ground (19-29), producing 53 first half factors and a 17-point benefit at halftime with guard Kedrian Johnson main all scorers with 12 factors and Trey Mitchell went into the break with 10.
Nov 25, 2022; Portland, Oregon, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers guard Kedrian Johnson (0) takes the ball to the basket in the course of the first half on a quick break in opposition to the Portland State Vikings at Moda Middle.
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The Mountaineers opened the second half with Erik Stevenson delivering an alley-oop to Emmitt Matthews Jr, and a pair of free throws from Matthews on the next possession to place WVU up 57-36 within the first minute of the second half.
Three Mountaineer turnovers in three minutes opened the door for a Portland 10-0 run to get the Vikings inside 10 on the 13:02 mark of the second half.
West Virginia guard Joe Toussaint hit consecutive buckets to finish the Portland run and put WVU again up 14 however Isaiah Johnson would drive to the bucket, slammed it residence and drew the foul however missed the free throw popping out of the below 12-minute media timeout because the Mountaineer benefit held regular at 12.
The Mountaineers steadily constructed their lead again as much as 19 with 6:27 left to play earlier than extending the benefit to 23 with slightly below two minutes to play because the Mountaineers coast to a 89-71 victory.
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ESPN Bracketology: West Virginia Rises Again, Officially Off the Bubble in Latest Projection
Darian DeVries probably wasn’t all that thrilled with how his team performed in their final game ahead of the Christmas break, but the Mountaineers were still able to take down Mercyhurst by a 67-46 score, finishing non-conference play with a 9-2 record.
The last couple of weeks have been cupcake central for West Virginia, which was much needed after the challenging start to the schedule they had and then, of course, what awaits them when they return to the floor with Big 12 Conference play beginning,
ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi has continued to move WVU up in his NCAA Tournament projections over the last month. In his Christmas Day projection, he finally has the Mountaineers safely off the bubble and in the field as a No. 9 seed in the South Region.
1. Auburn vs. 16. Southern/American
8. Clemson vs. 9. West Virginia
5. Memphis vs. 12. Furman
4. Texas A&M vs. 13. High Point
6. Ole Miss vs. 11. Drake/Saint Mary’s
3. Oregon vs. 14. UMass Lowell
7. Michigan vs. 10. Utah State
2. Kentucky vs. 15. Montana
West Virginia will have the next few days off before traveling to Lawrence to take on the Kansas Jayhawks in the Big 12 opener on New Year’s Eve.
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Examining West Virginia’s lost offensive production after the 2024 season
West Virginia is in the midst of a roster overhaul as new head coach Rich Rodriguez starts to build from the ground up. In the last weeks, the Mountaineers have lost dozens of players either to the transfer portal or to eligibility loss, and we look at how much production from this past season will not be returning.
On offense, about 20 guys who recorded snaps this past season will not be returning to the Mountaineers. Nine are out of eligibility, and nine have entered the transfer portal, while that number could still increase.
On offense as a whole, West Virginia has lost 83.25 percent of the total snaps played. 64.52 percent of the snaps lost are due to running out of eligibility. Out of WVU’s top four snap totals, all four came on the offensive line.
Three of them exhausted their eligibility (Ja’Quay Hubbard, Nick Malone, Brandon Yates), and the fourth (Tomas Rimac) entered the transfer portal.
Number of Snaps Lost
Note: In the table above, under the column ‘Total Percentage Lost’, the 52.42% and 46.58% are the share of the total number of snaps played, not the total numebr of snaps played at each position
At the quarterback position, Garrett Greene does not have any remaining eligibility. Greene accounted for just about 30 percent of WVU’s rushing yards, 84 percent of WVU’s passing yards, as well as 22 percent of their scores on the ground, and 75 percent of their passing touchdowns thrown.
At running back the loss of CJ Donaldson looms large. He accounted for 29 percent of WVU’s rushing total this season and between him and others who tallied up much lesser totals, West Virginia has lost 60.21 percent of their rush yards from this past season.
At the receiver position, it’s even more drastic. West Virginia has lost Hudson Clement, DayDay Farmer, Traylon Ray, Justin Robinson, and Kole Taylor, among others who were some of WVU’s top pass catchers. The Mountaineers have lost 76.23 percent of their receiving yards from last year as well as 80 percent of their receiving touchdowns.
Offensive Production Lost
Overall, there is a significant loss on the offensive side of the ball.
West Virginia lost most of their passing game as well as their receiving game due to guys leaving the program. While it’s easy to point to Greene in the passing game because he was the starting quarterback for the majority of the year, most of the production lost at receiver was due to guys entering the transfer portal. At running back, it was roughly a 50-50 split between what percent was lost to the portal and what was lost to eligibility, as Greene as well as Donaldson, were the main contributing factors there.
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UPDATE 11:50 P.M. 12/24/2024
MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ)-Two people are facing charges in connection with a death investigation in Mason County.
Investigators found the remains of a man Tuesday who had been reported missing. The remains were found along Broad Run Road in Letart.
Authorities arrested Brandon Harbaugh and Jodi Gerlach a short time later.
Harbaugh and Gerlach are charged with concealment of a deceased human body and conspiracy, according to Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Seth Gaskins.
Investigators identified the victim as Michael S. Phalen, 65, of New Haven, West Virginia. Investigators say Phalen was reported missing Dec. 12.
Harbaugh and Gerlach were arraigned Tuesday night in Mason County are in the Western Regional Jail on a $75,000 cash or surety bond.
UPDATE 7 P.M. 12/24/2024
MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -A death investigation is underway after human remains were found in Mason County, according to Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Seth Gaskins.
Investigators found the remains of a missing adult male along Broad Run Road in Letart on Tuesday afternoon.
The Mason County Prosecuting Attorney identified the victim as Michael S. Phalen, 65, of New Haven, West Virginia.
Gaskins said that two individuals have been arrested in connection with the investigation. Both are charged with concealment of a deceased human body and conspiracy, although their identities have not been announced.
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