Floyd’s 25 points help send West Virginia past Mount St. Mary’s for win No. 1 in Hodge era
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$0 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*No charge for 4 weeks then price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jasper Floyd scored 25 points shooting 9 of 13 and West Virginia pulled away from Mount St. Mary’s for a 70-54 win to usher in the Ross Hodge era in a season-opener for both teams on Tuesday night.
Honor Huff scored 16 points and Brenen Lorient scored 11 and grabbed 13 rebounds for West Virginia.
Trey Deveaux scored 15 points for Mount St. Mary’s, which owned a 38-29 rebounding advantage.
Justin Amadi’s three-point play with 5:55 left in the first half gave Mount St. Mary’s a 25-22 lead. Huff responded with a 3-pointer to tie it and that helped prompt West Virginia on a 13-4 run to close the half.
Starting the second half with a 35-29 lead, West Virginia outscored Mount St. Mary’s 12-6 over the first six-and-a-half minutes for a 52-39 advantage. Mount St. Mary’s went on a 7-0 run to get within 52-46 but never got closer.
Hodge, who was hired in March, spent the last eight seasons at North Texas, including the last two as head coach, posting a 46-23 (.667) record.
___
Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball