Texas Tech Case Study

Tonight’s game marked the 62nd of the season for WVU, the most in a single season in program history. It was a season to be proud of for the Mountaineers.

The Mountaineers (36-22) overcame an 8-0 deficit in the first two and a half innings to take a 10-9 lead in the bottom of the fifth. That lead stood until the ninth inning until TCU (42-15) tied the game.

The Mountaineers could have hung their heads but they ran off the field prepared to get the run right back. And WVU did just that,

WVU forced 17 turnovers and had eight steals. The Mountaineers had a 38-37 advantage on the glass.

Vladimir Brodziansky recorded 20 points and seven rebounds as the No. 8 seed TCU pummeled ninth-seeded Oklahoma 82-63 in the opening round of Big 12 Tournament. Kenrich Williams scored 19 points. Alex Robinson added 17 and Jaylen Fisher 11. Khadeem Lattin led the Sooners with 18 points. Kristian Doolittle had 11. With the game tied 29-all, the Horned Frogs (18-14) used a 15-2 run in the first half to take control and then finished off the Sooners (11-20) with another big run in the second. Oklahoma pulled within seven, 55-48 when Jordan Shepherd

WVU's defense smothered the Knights in the first half, allowing the Mountaineers to take a 43-20 lead at the half.

WVU has not allowed an opponent to complete more than 50 percent of its third-down attempts in 29 of the past 31 games. They held the Horned Frogs to an 18.2 percent completion of their third-down attempts.

The Shockers missed 13 of their first 14 shots from the field and had nine turnovers.

The point after kick was blocked by Varney but flags gave the Highlanders another kick. Isiah Carpenter connected on the kick to make this a 13-7 game.

Pacific stretched a nine-point halftime lead to 20, 54-34, when the Boxers’ Christopher Evans (Seaside, Calif.) hit a 3-pointer with a 14:17 left to go in the second 20 minutes. The Boxers added to its lead, shooting 44.4% from the field and holding Cal Tech to 26.9% in the second half. With a stronger presence on the defensive end of the ball, in the second half, the Boxers outscored Cal Tech, 14-0 on points off turnovers and held the Beavers without a 3-pointer in the second half. The Boxers scored 22 of the final 27 points in the game to seal the victory.

In the bottom half, WVU added two runs. Zarbnisky led off the inning with a base hit and advance to second on Hills' infield single. Back-to-back singles from Inman and Gray made it 5-2.

In the face of adversity, the Mountaineers responded. When the offense struggled to find their rhythm the defense stepped up.

“I don’t care what the score was, when you say you got a win at Pitt, that’s always a great win for our program,” WVU head coach Randy Mazey said. “For recruiting, for the fans, for all the people that make up Mountaineer nation, we love to beat Pitt. We came up here and set the tone pretty early, scoring two runs on a suicide squeeze, taking the

WVU leads the nation in forced turnovers, averaging 21.88 a contest. The Mountaineers have a turnover margin of plus-9.5 per game.

While Albany struggled from the field themselves in the 2nd half shooting 10-29 (34.5%); they made 5 more free throw's than field goals, going 15-19 from the line (78.9%).