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News Nuggets, 01.26.06
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Marshall springs shocker on No. 9 West Virginia
CHARLESTON,
WV — West Virginia's first Top Ten appearance in 24 years will be
short-lived. So was its ownership of the nation's longest winning streak.
Mark Patton had 16 points and
10 rebounds and Marshall beat No. 9 West Virginia 58-52 on Wednesday night,
ending the Mountaineers' winning streak at 12 games.
Center Kevin Pittsnogle had
guaranteed a win for West Virginia (14-4), but the Mountaineers were held to
a season low for points and fell to their cross-state rival for the second
straight year, the first time that's happened since 1981-82.
"After a guarantee like that,
it's a good thing we showed up tonight," Patton said. "This is how it is
every year in Charleston. It is always back and forth like that."
Pittsnogle didn't apologize
for his prediction.
"I'm still glad I said it," he
said. "There's nothing wrong with what I said. I think it was just more like
confidence."
Marshall (8-9) usually finds
more motivation for this game because the Thundering Herd is considered
second fiddle in a state with only two Division I teams. The meeting also
occurs in the middle of West Virginia's rough Big East schedule.
"They came out with more
intensity," West Virginia's Mike Gansey said. "This is kind of like their
Super Bowl. It's just another game for us."
It was the Thundering Herd's
first win over a Top Ten opponent since beating St. John's in 1971.
It marked the fourth straight
meeting between the schools to be decided by six points or less. West
Virginia has failed to score more than 55 points in the last three meetings.
Marshall coach Ron Jirsa said
his team "didn't do anything special. They just played smart and kept
themselves focused."
Pittsnogle led West Virginia
with 20 points but got little support. Gansey was held to 10 points — 10
below his average.
West Virginia, outrebounded
badly and unable to find its bread-and-butter 3-point shot, never led in the
second half and went 7 minutes without a field goal late in the game.
Marshall's Markel Humphrey hit
a 3-pointer and Patton outwrestled three West Virginia players for a rebound
and hit the putback for the Thundering Herd's largest lead, 47-40, with 4:26
left.
West Virginia scored the next
seven points and tied the score on Patrick Beilein's layup with 2:08
remaining.
But Patton put Marshall ahead
to stay with a short jumper with 1:32 left. Tre Whitted, who went 0-for-8
from the field in Marshall's last game, then hit a 3-pointer for a 52-47
lead.
Pittsnogle answered with a
3-pointer with 34 seconds left, but Marshall sealed the win by making six
straight free throws in the final 25 seconds.
Joe Miles added 13 points for
Marshall and Whitted finished with 11.
West Virginia ranks second
nationally with 10 3-pointers per game but shot poorly from the outside for
the fourth straight year against Marshall at the Charleston Civic Center.
West Virginia was 5-of-29 on 3-pointers and shot 35 percent overall.
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Updated
through Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
UAB
4-0 14-3
Texas-El Paso
4-0 11-5
Memphis
3-0 17-2
Central Florida
3-1 9-8
Southern Methodist 3-2 10-7
Rice
3-2 9-9
Tulsa
2-2 7-10
Houston
2-3 11-6
Marshall
1-3 8-9
Southern Miss
1-4 7-13
Tulane
1-4 5-12
East Carolina
0-5 6-12
----- SCORES -----
WEDNESDAY, JAN.
25
Central Florida 64, East Carolina 59
Marshall 58, West Virginia 52
Rice 67, Southern Mississippi 61
Houston 82, Tulane 57
TUESDAY,
JAN. 24
Southern
Methodist 84, Texas-Pan American 54
----- SCHEDULE -----
THURSDAY,
JAN. 26
UAB at Memphis,
9 pm
FRIDAY, JAN.
27
No games
scheduled.
SATURDAY,
JAN. 28
Central Florida
at Memphis, 1 pm
Tulsa at East Carolina, 7 pm
Tulane at Rice, 7:05 pm
Marshall at Houston, 8 pm
Southern Mississippi at UAB, 8:30 pm
Southern Methodist at Texas-El Paso, 9:05 pm
SUNDAY, JAN.
29
No games
scheduled.
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