BOX SCORES
Game #31 West Virginia 50, USF 44 March 3, 2012 • Tampa Bay Times Forum Tampa, Fla. Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics West Virginia vs USF 03/03/12 Noon at Tampa Bay Times Forum
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Connecticut 71, West Virginia 67 OT March 7, 2012 • Madison Square Garden Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics New York, N.Y.Official • BIG EAST Championship Second Connecticut vs West Virginia 03/07/12 12pm at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY Round
Gonzaga 77, West Virginia 54 March 15, 2012 • CONSOL Energy Center Basketball BoxChampionship Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Pittsburgh, Pa.Official • NCAA Second Round
Connecticut 71 West Virginia 50 • 19-12, 9-9 ## 05 13 55 04 25 01 12 14
Player
JONES, Kevin KILICLI, Deniz MILES, Keaton HINDS, Jabarie BRYANT, Darryl RUTLEDGE, Dominique BROWN, Aaron BROWNE, Gary Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 9-28 3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 FT % 1st Half: 4-5
##
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
f 6-18 f 2-9 f 0-2 g 0-4 g 2-11 1-1 2-4 2-3
2-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
15-52
2-12
32.1% 33.3% 80.0%
2nd half: 6-24 2nd half: 0-6 2nd half: 14-16
4-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 12-12 0-0 1-3 0-0
7 4 11 2 1 6 7 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 1 5 6 0 1 3 4 18-21 13 23 36 15
25.0% 0.0% 87.5%
Game: 15-52 Game: 2-12 Game: 18-21
TP
A TO Blk Stl Min
18 4 0 1 16 2 5 4
0 2 0 2 1 0 0 3
1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1
50
8
8
2
8 200
28.8% 16.7% 85.7%
38 33 7 32 40 9 16 25
Deadball Rebounds 2
22 34 12 03 13 05 10 11
## 01 02 24 11 34 05 15 22 32
Player
ANDERSON Jr, Ron RUDD Jr., Victor GILCHRIST, Augustus COLLINS, Anthony ROBERTSON, Hugh POLAND, Jawanza NASH, Blake NORIEGA, Shaun FITZPATRICK, Toarlyn Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 7-24 3FG % 1st Half: 1-10 FT % 1st Half: 4-6
f 3-4 f 2-7 f 2-5 g 4-10 g 3-6 2-5 0-1 0-0 1-5
0-0 0-2 0-1 1-4 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-4
0-0 1-3 4-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2
17-43
2-14
8-11
29.2% 10.0% 66.7%
2nd half: 10-19 2nd half: 1-4 2nd half: 4-5
52.6% 25.0% 80.0%
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0 3 3 3 1 4 5 2 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 5 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 3 1 3 4 6 25 31 17
Game: 17-43 Game: 2-14 Game: 8-11
TP
A TO Blk Stl Min
05
6 5 8 11 6 4 0 0 4
0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0
1 2 3 4 0 2 1 0 0
0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
55
44
7 13
6
5 200
39.5% 14.3% 72.7%
29 20 31 37 29 27 7 0+ 20
Deadball Rebounds 0
Officials: Ed Corbett, Tim Higgins, James Breeding Technical fouls: West Virginia-None. USF-None. Attendance: 9737 Score by periods West Virginia USF
1st
2nd
24 26 19 25
Last FG - WVU 2nd-07:02, USF 2nd-03:03. Largest lead - WVU by 7 1st-01:39, USF by 4 1st-13:49.
Total
50 44
Points WVU USF
In Paint 20 22
Off T/O 7 4
2nd Fast Chance Break 10 2 2 2
Bench 11 8
Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 11 times.
Recap
Late free throws by Truck Bryant and Kevin Jones helped West Virginia to a 50-44 victory over USF at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The Mountaineers (19-12, 9-9) won this game at the line, going 18 for 21 overall, including 16 for 16 from their two seniors Bryant and Jones, compared to just 29 percent shooting from the floor when USF was guarding them. In fact, West Virginia’s top three scorers, Jones, Bryant and Deniz Kilicli, combined to make just 10 of 38 from the floor. We shot 28 percent and won, said an incredulous West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. A key sequence in the game came with 39.6 seconds left and West Virginia leading by two, 46-44, when USF’s Jawanza Poland was called for an offensive foul trying to get into the lane. And then on the other end of the floor, Bryant was fouled by Ron Anderson Jr. with 13.5 seconds left as the Mountaineers were trying to run out the clock. Jones finished the game with 18 points and 11 rebounds for his 20th double-double of the season while Bryant added 16 points 12 of those coming at the line. USF (19-12, 12-6) got 11 from Anthony Collins, the younger brother of former Mountaineer guard J.D. Collins. No other Bulls player reached double figures. West Virginia led South Florida at halftime 24-19 before the Bulls scored the first eight points of the second half to retake the lead.
Notebook
• The Mountaineers have committed just 56 turnovers (7.0 per game) in their eight BIG EAST wins over USF. • Bob Huggins is 20-1 against USF. • WVU has won all eight BIG EAST meetings against the Bulls. • The Mountaineers have won nine of their last 12 games in the state of Florida. • The victory over USF assured the Mountaineers of another .500 record in BIG EAST regular season action. • The last time WVU made 15 field goals and won was on Dec. 15, 1951, a 39-36 win over Maryland. • The last time WVU shot 28.8 percent or worse and won was against Virginia Tech on Jan. 29, 1957. WVU shot 28.1 percent in a 59-54 win.
136
f 0-0 f 3-4 c 3-3 g 9-16 g 7-18 0-1 0-0 3-9
0-0 0-0 0-0 3-8 4-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
0-2 0-0 1-2 1-1 8-9 0-0 0-0 4-8
25-51
7-18
14-22
45.8% 28.6% 66.7%
2nd half: 13-23 2nd half: 4-9 2nd half: 9-13
56.5% 44.4% 69.2%
OT: OT: OT:
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 8
0 4 3 7 3 0 0 1 5 23
1-4 1-2 3-6
0 5 4 8 4 1 1 1 7 31
3 2 1 1 5 1 0 1 14
25.0% 50.0% 50.0%
TP
A TO Blk Stl Min
0 6 7 22 26 0 0 10
1 0 1 1 6 1 0 3
1 3 0 1 4 1 0 3
1 4 2 0 3 0 0 0
0 19 0 36 0 32 0 43 3 401 16 0 4 2 35
13 04 25 01 12 14 32
Player
JONES, Kevin MILES, Keaton KILICLI, Deniz HINDS, Jabarie BRYANT, Darryl RUTLEDGE, Dominique BROWN, Aaron BROWNE, Gary WILLIAMSON, Paul Team Totals
Game: 25-51 Game: 7-18 Game: 14-22
1-8 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-8 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0
25-72
3-19
FG % 1st Half: 13-34 38.2% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0%
2nd half: 12-27 2nd half: 1-4 2nd half: 10-13
4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 10-13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
5 2 4 1 2 6 1 0 0 5 14-17 26
44.4% 25.0% 76.9%
5 0 0 1 1 5 3 4 0 2 21
10 2 4 2 3 11 4 4 0 7 47
OT: 0-11 0.0% OT: 0-5 0.0% OT: 2-2 100.0%
1st
2nd
26 39 30 35
OT
6 2
Last FG - UCONN OT-01:05, WVU 2nd-01:46. Largest lead - UCONN by 4 OT-00:20, WVU by 11 2nd-11:29.
Total
71 67
1 2 5 4 0 4 2 3 0 21
TP
A TO Blk Stl Min
25 0 6 6 20 6 0 4 0
0 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0
1 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 44 0 9 0 19 1 33 2 44 1 27 0 19 1 30 0 0+
67 8 9 0 5 225 Game: 25-72 Game: 3-19 Game: 14-17
34.7% Deadball 15.8% Rebounds 1 82.4%
13 04 25 01 14 32 55
Points UCONN WVU
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
Player
JONES, Kevin BROWN, Aaron KILICLI, Deniz HINDS, Jabarie BRYANT, Darryl RUTLEDGE, Dominique BROWNE, Gary WILLIAMSON, Paul MILES, Keaton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 6-26 3FG % 1st Half: 1-10 FT % 1st Half: 9-16
## 10
f 5-14 f 1-4 f 4-7 g 0-4 g 2-10 1-1 2-5 0-2 1-2
0-3 0-2 0-0 0-2 2-6 0-0 1-2 0-2 0-0
16-49
3-17
23.1% 10.0% 56.3%
2nd half: 10-23 2nd half: 2-7 2nd half: 10-12
3-4 0-0 2-4 1-5 3-4 0-0 10-11 0-0 0-0
2 2 4 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 6 3 2 2 4 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 19-28 12 19 31 17
43.5% 28.6% 83.3%
Game: 16-49 Game: 3-17 Game: 19-28
TP
A TO Blk Stl Min
13 2 10 1 9 2 15 0 2
1 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 1
0 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 54 10 10
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
3
2 200
32.7% 17.6% 67.9%
40 14 25 26 35 15 27 4 14
Deadball Rebounds 5,1
20 00 04 05 02 11 15 22 25 30 35
In Paint 30 32
Off T/O 10 15
2nd Fast Chance Break Bench 8 8 10 25 0 10
Score tied - 11 times. Lead changed - 7 times.
Shabazz Napier scored 26 points and Jeremy Lamb added 22 to lead Connecticut to a 71-67 overtime victory over West Virginia in the second round of the BIG EAST Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In a repeat of its earlier loss to Connecticut in Hartford back on Jan. 9, West Virginia was unable to hold on to a double-digit second half lead. The Mountaineers led UConn by 10, 46-36, at the midway point in that game but couldn’t close the deal. And it was very much the same deal this time, West Virginia built its lead to 10, 50-40, with 10 minutes remaining on a Truck Bryant 3, but once again WVU couldn’t shut the door. The Mountaineers led by nine, 63-54, with 3:58 remaining before going ice cold. They managed just one field goal for the remainder of regulation (Gary Browne’s) jumper with 1:50 remaining), while Connecticut got nine straight points from Napier to tie the game at 63. The only points West Virginia got from Browne’s jumper through the remainder of the game were two Bryant free throws in overtime. The Mountaineers were 0 of 11 shooting in the overtime period and finished the game 25 of 72 overall for 34.7 percent. It was the ninth time this season West Virginia (19-13) has failed to shoot at least 40 percent from the floor in a game. It was also the seventh time West Virginia had a second half lead only to lose. Besides this loss, the Mountaineers also squandered late leads against Marquette, Louisville, Notre Dame, Connecticut, Baylor and Kent State.
• West Virginia played in its final BIG EAST Championship game. The Mountaineers posted a 12-15 record in BIG EAST Championship games since joining the league in 1996. • Bob Huggins finished with a 7-4 BIG EAST Championship record.
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
Player
EDI, Guy Landry HARRIS, Elias SACRE, Robert PANGOS, Kevin BELL JR., Gary CARTER, Marquise STOCKTON, David SPANGLER, Ryan MOENNINGHOFF, Mathis KEITA, Mathis HART, Mike DOWER, Sam Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 14-28 3FG % 1st Half: 6-10 FT % 1st Half: 6-10
Recap
Notebook
12
49.0% Deadball 38.9% Rebounds 4 63.6%
Officials: Pat Driscoll, Mike Roberts, Tim Clougherty Technical fouls: Connecticut-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 20057 2012 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND ROUND, GAME 1 MSG SELLOUT Score by periods Connecticut West Virginia
05
Gonzaga 77 • (26-6)
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
f 10-21 f 0-4 c 3-8 g 3-8 g 4-14 3-8 0-4 2-4 0-1
##
71 13 13 10 6 225
West Virginia 67
USF 44 • 19-12, 12-6 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
SMITH, Roscoe ORIAKHI, Alex DRUMMOND, Andre LAMB, Jeremy NAPIER, Shabazz GIFFEY, Niels OLANDER, Tyler BOATRIGHT, Ryan Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 11-24 3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 FT % 1st Half: 2-3
West Virginia 54 • (19-14)
Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF
Player
West Virginia vs Gonzaga 03/15/12 7:20 pm edt at Pittsburgh, Pa. / CONSOL Energy Ctr.
f f c g g
50.0% 60.0% 60.0%
3-5 3-6 6-9 5-7 4-9 1-2 1-1 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-4 1-3
0-1 2-2 0-0 2-4 2-5 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-3 0-0
0-0 2-2 2-3 1-1 4-5 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0
28-50
9-17
12-16
2nd half: 14-22 63.6% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd half: 6-6 100.0%
0 2 2 3 0 3 3 2 2 4 6 3 0 2 2 3 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 6 25 31 25
Game: 28-50 Game: 9-17 Game: 12-16
TP
A TO Blk Stl Min
6 10 14 13 14 2 4 4 3 0 5 2
1 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
77 15 10
2
9 200
56.0% 52.9% 75.0%
20 15 30 28 32 5 17 21 1 1 17 13
Deadball Rebounds 0
Officials: Randall McCall, (R), Ron Groover, Richard Crawford Technical fouls: West Virginia-None. Gonzaga-None. Attendance: Next Up: Gonzaga vs. winner of OSU/Loyola MD 3/17 Score by periods West Virginia Gonzaga
1st
2nd
22 32 40 37
Total
Last FG - WVU 2nd-00:21, GON 2nd-00:37. Largest lead - WVU by 2 1st-19:44, GON by 26 2nd-13:34.
54 77
Points WVU GON
In Paint 22 30
Off T/O 11 9
2nd Fast Chance Break 10 11 12 16
Bench 19 20
Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 1 time.
Recap
West Virginia dug itself a big first half hole it couldn’t climb out of and lost 77-54 to seventh-seeded Gonzaga in an NCAA tournament second round game in Pittsburgh. Robert Sacre and Gary Bell Jr. led four double-figure scorers with 14 points each, while Kevin Pangos had 13 and Elias Harris added 10 for the Bulldogs, who shot 56 percent from the floor for the game. The thousands of Mountaineer fans who made the short trip up to Pittsburgh had little to cheer about. West Virginia (19-14) fell behind by 20 during an eight-minute stretch in the first half that saw the Bulldogs outscore West Virginia 18-4 from 11:35 to 3:19. WVU missed six consecutive shots before Kevin Jones converted a layup with 6:22 left to end an 11-0 Bulldogs run. But then Gary Bell Jr. answered with a jumper, followed by a Pangos 3 and a Robert Sacre put-back basket to make it 34-14. Three plays really summed up the evening for the Mountaineers. The first came early in the second half when Bryant tried to score against four Gonzaga players, lost the ball, and it ended up in a breakaway dunk by Guy Landry Edi. A couple minutes later, Elias Harris banked in a 3 from the top of the key to give the Bulldogs a 26-point lead. Then, with six minutes to play, Sam Dower missed a layup with the shot clock winding down. Mike Hart was able to come up with the loose ball and dribbled back behind the 3-point line to knock down a fall-away 3 before the shot clock expired. Gonzaga (26-6) had its biggest lead at 26 points with 13 minutes remaining in the game.
Notebook
• It was the second worst loss in NCAA tournament play by a Bob Huggins coached team. When Huggins was at Cincinnati his Bearcats lost by 24 to Illinois in 2004. It was also West Virginia’s worst loss in the tournament since 1984 when Maryland beat the Mountaineers by 25 in a second round game • The loss ended West Virginia’s season with 19 victories, snapping a streak of eight straight campaigns with at least 20 wins. It was also the fewest wins a Bob Huggins coached team has had since 2003 when his Cincinnati team won 17 games.