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
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[*]Texas leads the all-time series, 6-3.
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[*]In the last meeting between the two teams, Texas won 77-50 (Jan. 17, 2015 in Austin).
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[*]The Horns have beat WVU four consecutive times, all by double-digit margins. UT owns an 18.0 point scoring margin in those games.
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TEXAS NOTES
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[*]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.
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[*]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.
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[*]Against the Cyclones, Myles Turner reached double figures in rebounds (10). It was Turner’s third straight game with double figure rebounds.
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[*]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).
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WEST VIRGINIA NOTES
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[*]West Virginia is shooting 33.2% in its last four games against Texas, including 27.3% from three point range.
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[*]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.
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[*]Sophomore forward Devin Williams averages double digit scoring with 10.9 ppg, but he has not scored double figures since February 7.
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[*]Seven WVU players average at least 6.0 ppg.
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