Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Super Bowl
The West Virginia Mountaineers and Baylor Bears will take the court Monday at the Ferrell Center. Tip-off from Waco, TX, is at 9:00 p.m. ET.
WVU, 15-10 SU and 12-13 ATS, lost to Texas on Saturday. The Mountaineers are 3-2 in their past five and 4-8 in Big 12 play.
BU, 19-6 SU and 13-11-1 ATS, beat TCU on Saturday. The Bears are 4-1 in their past five and 8-4 in Big 12 play.
Baylor beat West Virginia 83-78 on Jan. 11. The Bears held the Mountaineers to 38.3 percent shooting in the road win. BU leads the series 15-8.
West Virginia took it on the chin Saturday, erasing the momentum it generated in wins over Oklahoma and Iowa State. The Mountaineers don't have any time to sulk, though, with a tough matchup versus Baylor up next.
Texas routed West Virginia 94-60 over the weekend, holding the Mountaineers to 35.2 percent shooting. The Longhorns shot 10-for-17 from three (56.8%) and 24-for-25 (96%) from the foul line. WVU won the battle on the boards 38-35 with 13 offensive rebounds but also turned the ball over 20 times.
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West Virginia averages 76.8 points per game (59th) and shoots 45.5 percent from the floor (131st), including 35.4 percent from three (121st). The Mountaineers convert 72.4 percent of their foul shots (150th) and average 31.8 rebounds (186th) with a +3.2 rebounding margin. They're 18th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 90th in effective field goal percentage (52.3%).
Senior guard Erik Stevenson paces West Virginia in scoring this season. He's averaging 14.6 points per game on 44.5 percent shooting. Other Mountaineers to watch are senior forward Tre Mitchell (11.8 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 39.4 3PT%), senior guard Kedrian Johnson (10.6 PPG and 3.2 APG), and senior guard Joe Toussaint (10.4 PPG).
West Virginia surrenders 70.2 points per game on defense (194th), and its opponents shoot 44.2 percent from the field (225th), including 32.7 percent from long range (128th). It's 40th in ad justed defensive efficiency, 111th in adjusted tempo, and 132nd in assist-per-turnover ratio (1.06).
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