WVU Basketball: Kevin Jones, Mountaineers Win Easily Against Seton Hall, 56-44

After the suspension of leading scorer Casey Mitchell to still unknown reasons, the majority of basketball fans would have left the Mountaineers as roadkill on the highway that is the Big East Conference.

With two wins in the past three games since Mitchell being excused, West Virginia has found yet another winning formula in lineups that certainly had the Pirates of Seton Hall on their heels.

For the game Wednesday night, the Mountaineers came out strong against Seton Hall by grabbing a 2-0 lead within 45 seconds into the game and never letting the Pirates make a game of it in the first 20 minutes.

As the Mountaineers ended the first half with a comfortable 33-17 lead, Kevin Jones, WVU’s all-purpose player, lead the scoring for both teams as he had eight points in addition to seven rebounds at the break.

Cam Thoroughman also added six points to the Mountaineers’ first half success tonight.

With the second half, the duo of Jones and Thoroughman kept the West Virginia offense flowing smoothly to their sixth win in the Big East this season as Seton Hall falls to 4-7 in conference play.

For the Pirates, Jeff Robinson and Herb Pope were able to collect 17 points in addition to 13 rebounds in the losing effort for the consistent team that knocked off Syracuse just last week.

With that being said, let’s get to the stats on how the Mountaineers were able to earn another win in the Big East win column.

Players of the Game

Seton Hall: Herb Pope – Eight Points, seven Rebounds, one steal, one block

West Virginia: Kevin Jones – 13 Points, 12 Rebounds, one assist, one steal, one block

Shooting

Seton Hall: 18-61 Field Goals Made-Attempted, 29.5 Percent

West Virginia: 23-56 Field Goals Made-Attempted, 41.1 Percent

Free Throw Shooting

Seton Hall: 6-11 Free Throw Attempts, 54.5 Percent

West Virginia: 7-15 Free Throw Attempts, 46.7 Percent

Rebounding

Seton Hall: 32 Rebounds, 12 Offensive Rebounds

West Virginia: 46 Rebounds, 15 Offensive Rebounds

Turnovers

Seton Hall: 11

West Virginia: 13

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