Preview: Texas at West Virginia (by: Chris Flanagan)

[HornSports Staff]

submitted Today, 10:09 AM in Texas Longhorns Basketball By Chris Flanagan
 
Texas (17-10, 6-8 Big 12) at #20/19 West Virginia (21-6, 9-5 Big 12)

Tuesday, February. 24, 2015 – 6:00PM CST

WVU Coliseum (14,000) - Morgantown, WV

The game will be televised by ESPN2.


TEXAS – WEST VIRGINIA SERIES INFO

• Texas leads the all-time series, 6-3.

• In the last meeting between the two teams, Texas won 77-50 (Jan. 17, 2015 in Austin).

• The Horns have beat WVU four consecutive times, all by double-digit margins. UT owns an 18.0 point scoring margin in those games.

TEXAS NOTES

• Kendal Yancy set career highs in points (29), field goals (9-of-17), three-pointers (6-of-9) and free throws (5-of-6) during Saturday's loss to ISU. Yancy is averaging 21.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg over the last two games.

• Isaiah Taylor tied his season high in points (23), field goals (8-of-18) and three-pointers (2-of-3) against ISU. He topped the 20-point mark for the third time this year.

• Against the Cyclones, Myles Turner reached double figures in rebounds (10). It was Turner’s third straight game with double figure rebounds.

• The Texas defense held its first 27 opponents to an average of 60.1 ppg on a combined 36.4% shooting, which includes a 33.9% mark from three-point range. Texas ranks 4th nationally in field goal percentage defense (.364).

WEST VIRGINIA NOTES

• West Virginia is shooting 33.2% in its last four games against Texas, including 27.3% from three point range.

• Last week Guard Juwan Staten had back-to-back 20-point performances (KU and OSU) to earn Big 12 player of the week honors. Staten averages 14.8 ppg and 4.5 apg.

• Sophomore forward Devin Williams averages double digit scoring with 10.9 ppg, but he has not scored double figures since February 7.

• Seven WVU players average at least 6.0 ppg.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

• The Horns have beaten WVU four consecutive times, all by double-digit margins. UT owns an 18.0 point scoring margin in those games.

Judging from past experience, this game comes at a much-needed juncture.

I don't expect it to come easily tonight - Huggins was bristling during post-game in Austin. I am confident he'll remind the team what happened.