8:02 pm
February 9

Texas @ West Virginia

Who will WIN this matchup?

Texas Longhorns (13-10)

@ West Virginia Mountaineers (10-13)

 

Current odds:

Texas Longhorns: (-190)

West Virginia Mountaineers: (+160)

 

• The line for the game is Texas by 4 points.

• Roach (team-high 14.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists), who was 2-of-3 beyond the arc Wednesday, topped the 20-point mark for the third time this season and 10th time in his collegiate career as the Longhorns snapped a six-game losing streak to the Bears. Sophomore guard Matt Coleman III (10.3 points, 3.5 assists) registered 18 points, hitting 8-of-9 from the charity stripe, and tied a season high with six rebounds while adding five assists in 38 minutes. Freshman forward Jaxson Hayes, a projected first-round pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, is averaging 11.1 points on 75.5 percent shooting, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 26.4 minutes in ten conference games.

• Freshman forward Derek Culver (12.1 points, 8.5 rebounds) was the only bright spot Monday for the Mountaineers, scoring a career-high 23 points, converting 15-of-24 free throws – four shy of a school record held by Bill Morrison against Pitt in 1920, and the most by any West Virginia player since 1922 when college basketball was still using a designated free-throw shooter. “The thing that Derek needs to understand is how much better he can get,” Huggins said. “He’s doing that really not knowing what he’s doing. If he’ll listen and he’ll learn, Derek will be a special kind of player.” Besides Culver’s 4-of-10 shooting, the rest of the team was just 5-of-29 from the floor, and to make matters worse, reserve center Logan Routt was ejected in the second half for tripping Texas Tech guard Matt Mooney while Routt was sitting on the bench.

• Texas beat West Virginia 61-54 on Jan. 5 as Coleman scored 17 points for the Longhorns and Culver 17 for the Mountaineers. The Longhorns have won two straight in the series after dropping four in a row.

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