Shanna Rose | WV Sports Chat
FORT WORTH, Texas — West Virginia’s offense went cold in the final eight minutes as the Mountaineers fell 60-54 to TCU on Saturday at Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.
The Horned Frogs shot just 34 percent and went an abysmal 12 of 37 from inside the arc, but found a way to make plays down the stretch.
WVU led 49-43 with 8:24 to play after DJ Thomas’ layup. That was when the Mountaineers couldn’t buy a basket and TCU went on a 12-2 run over the final five minutes to hand WVU its second straight loss.
“For large stretches of the game, both teams it kind of felt like, ‘Okay, who actually wants to win this game today?’ I didn’t think either team played very well for most of the night, but I think the other team deserves credit for making the other play poorly,” Mountaineer head coach Ross Hodge said. “Whichever team ultimately decided they wanted to win the game, I thought would.”
WVU was outrebounded 39 to 28 and gave up 19 offensive rebounds.
Xavier Edmonds and Liutauras Lelevicius scored 14 points each to lead four Horned Frogs (17-10, 7-7 Big 12) in double figures. David Punch added 12 points and Brock Harding had 11.
It was the third straight double-double for Edmonds and his eighth in the last nine games.
Honor Huff scored 13 and Brenen Lorient add 10 for the Mountaineers (16-11, 7-7).
“Down the stretch, they did a better job executing and they were able to get the ball close to the basket and finish it, and we were not,” Hodge said.
WVU remains on the road to play at Oklahoma State on Tuesday night.
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