MOUNTAINEERS RIP ST. JOHN'S

January 29, 2009



West Virginia bounced back from their weekend loss to Pittsburgh as the Mountaineers Take Care of St. John's (Daily Mail), 75-52 in Morgantown. Da'Sean Butler scored a game-high 21 and Alex Ruoff added 17 as the Butler-Ruoff Duo is Doing it All for WVU (Times West Virginian).

The was No Fooling Around (Charleston Gazette) in this one for WVU as they dominated from the get-go, taking a 36-20 lead by halftime. St. John's, 2-6 in the Big East, got 16 points from Paris Horne and 14 from DJ Kennedy. SJU, still playing without injured point guard Malik Boothe, managed just seven team assists against 18 turnovers in the game.

Ruoff scored 17 for WVU, but was still just 3-10 from the arc and Ruoff is Trying to Rediscover Shooting Touch (Daily Mail) and as this tough stretch continues, WVU will need him being on from the arc.

WVU has three of their next four on the road (at Louisville, at Syracuse, vs Providence at West Virginia), so they will be tested often in the near future.