*****Game Thread - Texas vs. #6 West Virginia*****

[Aaron Carrara]

When: Saturday, January 20th
Time: 1:00 pm CST
Venue: WVU Coliseum
Location: Morgantown, West Virginia
TV: CBS

All-time series record: Texas leads West Virginia 8-7
Last Meeting: West Virginia defeated Texas 63-53 (March 9, 2017 – Kansas City)

The Texas Longhorns (12-6, 3-3) are back in action on Saturday in Morgantown as they face the #6 West Virginia Mountaineers (15-3, 4-2).  Texas will face their second consecutive top-10 ranked opponent in Bob Huggins’ team, after defeating #8 Texas Tech 67-58 in Austin on Tuesday.

Junior guard Kerwin Roach notched a career-high in points against the Red Raiders with 20, and true freshman Mo Bamba tallied his 8th double-double on the season, with 15 points and 11 rebounds in the win.

Senior guard Jevon Carter leads the Mountaineers in scoring with 16.7 point per game, while junior forward Esa Ahmad is a close second, averaging 16.5 points per game.

West Virginia swept the Longhorns last season, winning both regular season contests and defeating Texas in the Big 12 Tournament.

Game tip is at 1:00 PM CST and will be televised nationally on CBS.

 

[tejasrulz]

Playing in the BigXII is brutal, for all teams. Texas will need to play lights out to win this game.

 

[Baron]

WVa has lost 2 in a row. I get a feeling Texas may run into a buzz saw in Morgantown 

 

[drgilbert]

 

[okiehorn]

Starting out hot, liking the tempo

 

[drgilbert]

Damn, I’m sorry I put this on the wrong thread. I better put down the Crown. 

 

[MikeV73]

Playing in the BigXII is brutal, for all teams. Texas will need to play lights out to win this game.

Three offensive foul calls thus far?  BS on a few.

Make that 4....

 

[okiehorn]

How many turnovers we gonna have this game?? Shooting for a record. 

 

[605Longhorn]

They never put up the points for bamba dunk 

 

[MikeV73]

Sims seems to take a shot and then watch in amazement that it doesn't drop instead of actually trying to get the board.  Three times he has done that this half.

 

[MikeV73]

Bamba got fouled trying to get that board.  Haven't seen any calls go our way.

 

[okiehorn]

0-8 not gonna hang if we do that. Period 

 

[okiehorn]

Just playing street ball. Hate tuning in to this crap

 

[MikeV73]

Zero points in 8 minutes....

 

[okiehorn]

Zero points in 8 minutes....

Embarrassing 

 

[MikeV73]

I am done with this game.  Last game I decided to avoid the agony and not watch and we actually won.  Time to check out and save my blood pressure.

 

[Jameson McCausland]

Wow. The first half stats are ugly. Texas has to find a way to put the ball in the basket.

 

[Jameson McCausland]

Texas still struggling to make shots. WVU up 10 with 10:32 left.

 

[Adferrum]

We just missed 3 wide open 3s in a row. I think we are 1/10 from beyond the arc. It's really no wonder that we are losing