UCONN OUTLASTS WVU 61-55

By Matt Whitfield

Coming into Tuesday’s night’s game West Virginia knew that if they could outrebound the Huskies they had a great chance of walking out of the Coliseum winners. That didn’t happen, and though the game was close down the stretch when Mountaineer fans and players look back at the loss they’ll point to one statistic, rebounds. West Virginia only accounted for 33 rebounds all game, only five more than Haseem Thabeet and Stanley Robinson had combined. West Virginia also got out rebounded as a team by a margin of 52 to 33.

West Virginia did have it’s bright moments in the game though, and there were twelve lead changes. But in the end it came down to rebounding. Da’Sean Butler and Alex Ruoff again lead the way with 13 a piece.

On Saturday West Virginia travels to Milwaukee to take on Marquette. The Golden Eagles lead by Dominic James are on of the hottest teams in the Big East as they have won six straight; including wins over Cincinnati, North Carolina State, and ranked Villanova.