scorer off the bench with 5.8 points per game, rounded out the top five scorers for WVU on the season and collected the third-most 3-pointers on the team. As a true freshman, Holmes started all 31 games, averaging 13 minutes per game. WVU finished the regular season with a 1712 overall record and a 9-9 mark in the league, finishing in sixth place.
Road Warriors In its inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference, the Mountaineers logged 22,580 miles in Big 12 travel alone. WVU played four games in the state of Texas in a matter of five weeks, including its final regular-season
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In the National Rankings
The Mountaineers entered the season preseason ranked No. 17/22 by the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ polls. WVU remained ranked for six of the first seven weeks, reaching as high as No. 12/14 in week three, and received votes throughout the season. In total, the Mountaineers faced eight opponents ranked in the top 25. No. 17/16 Oklahoma was WVU’s firstever Big 12 Conference game, and also its first ranked opponent of the season. The Mountaineers held the lead until the final 4:55 of the game, when the Sooners pulled away from the eighth tie with a free throw in the Lloyd Noble Center. WVU dropped a heartbreaking 71-68 decision. The Mountaineers defeated their first ranked opponent and found a turning point at No. 19/19 Oklahoma State, winning 67-61. It was the start of two consecutive wins over ranked opponents as WVU went on to take am 82-63 win from No. 21/20 Oklahoma at home. Three games later, WVU defeated No. 24/23 Iowa State 68-66 in Ames. Following the upset win at No. 19/19 OSU, WVU took wins from five of its next seven opponents.
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2012-13 Review
On March 2, 2013, the West Virginia women’s basketball program experienced a record-setting crowd at the WVU Coliseum with 13,447 fans in attendance in a matchup with No. 1 Baylor and Brittney Griner, who would later become the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft. The attendance figure ranked in the top-10 nationally for a regular-season game, and was the highest attendance to watch a basketball game, men’s or women’s, that season at the Coliseum. Part of the celebration that evening was a ceremony prior to the game honoring lone senior Ayana “Yaya” Dunning as she played in her final home game as a Mountaineer. “Fantastic crowd—unbelievable. I want to thank everyone for coming,” Carey said. “Yaya, it’s her last home game here and she’s been a great player for us. She is a great young lady and graduated already and is working on her master’s. I’m really proud of her and just wish her the best.”
Record Book
Setting an Attendance Record
game on March 5 and the Big 12 Championship game later in the same week down in the Lone Star state. Despite the hours and mileage, the Mountaineers battled through their road opponents, capturing seven overall road wins, and maintaining a winning league road record at 5-4. West Virginia’s five road wins in league play tied for the second-most road wins of any league team. Among the highlights on the road, WVU took a 67-61 victory over No. 19/19 Oklahoma State and a 68-66 win at No. 24/23 Iowa State.
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On March 2, 2013, the Mountaineers experienced a record-setting crowd against defending national champions Baylor.
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