The fans were loud and disruptive at Freedom Hall, as the Louisville Cardinals used momentum and their full-court press to throw up a twenty-point lead over West Virginia Mountaineers in the first half.
But that is only one half of the story.
Coach Huggins said something at the half-time break (forsaking workups) that motivated the Mountaineers as they clawed way back from a 45-25 score at the half to being four points down at the 2:15 minute mark. The Mountaineers did this with superb team defense, lots of rebounding, scoring from Alex Ruoff with 16 and Da’Sean Butler with 23, and a little help from Louisville who seemed a little less active in the second half.
The box score will not say the Mountaineers won the game, and I know Coach Huggins says that there is no good loss, but the Mountaineers showed some real heart with the game reasonably out of reach at the half.
Overall, this game is the first of a tough stretch for the Mountaineers. If they can take something away for this game and the Pitt loss, I believe they could upset and/or both Pitt and Louisville.
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