Mitch Vingle: MEC hoops making more and more noise
There's a welcome rumbling around the Mountain State.It started long ago in the northern part of the state, above Wheeling, above Oglebay Resort.It started with coach Jim Crutchfield and his West...
View ArticleNo. 1 West Liberty holds off UC 78-63
By Derek Redd The University of Charleston men's basketball team's game Wednesday night versus No. 1 West Liberty went pretty much the way most of their games in the two previous seasons went. The...
View ArticleRoundup: Justice leaves Concord for FAU position
Concord University head football coach Garin Justice has accepted the offensive line coaching position at Florida Atlantic University on Charlie Partridge’s staff. Justice departs Concord after...
View ArticleBurton excited for opportunity as West Virginia State's interim AD
By Derek Redd Nate Burton remembers walking into the Civic Center to watch the West Virginia Conference basketball tournament as a child. He remembers playing baseball as a youth in front of longtime...
View ArticleUC, W.Va. State men look to bounce back
By Derek Redd As they prepare for the week's upcoming slate of games, both the University of Charleston and West Virginia State men's basketball teams will try to shore up different facets of their...
View ArticleShepherd pulls away, tops W.Va. State men
By Doug Smock Shepherd prides itself these days on finishing strong, an area in which West Virginia State is struggling.That was Sunday's game, a 94-81 Rams victory at the Walker Convocation Center,...
View ArticleMEC women: W.Va. State knocks off Shepherd
Laura Szorenyi scored 21 points and Shealyn Shafer had 19 points with 12 rebounds Sunday as West Virginia State’s women scored a 79-61 win over Shepherd at the Walker Convocation Center. Trina Current...
View ArticleLate 3 gives No. 5 Fairmont State victory over UC
By Derek Redd The University of Charleston men's basketball team held No. 5 Fairmont State, one of the most prolific 3-point shooting teams in the Mountain East Conference, without a made 3 for 19...
View ArticleFairmont State's Mazzulla grows quickly in coaching ranks
By Derek Redd One of the toughest stretches in Joe Mazzulla's life set him on his current career path, one that his current boss feels is on a rapid ascent.As he sat the 2008-09 season as a point...
View ArticleShorthanded Yellow Jackets fall to No. 3 Fairmont State 98-90
By Derek Redd Of all the nights the West Virginia State men's basketball team could be severely shorthanded, Tuesday was not one of them.No. 3 Fairmont State was on the other side of the Walker...
View ArticleUC men rebound, rout Shepherd 76-51
By Doug Smock After taking its lumps from three ranked Division II teams in a row, the University of Charleston team needed a reward of some sort.The Golden Eagles earned it Tuesday night, in the form...
View ArticleWVSU's Morris grows in stature on Jackets' roster
By Derek Redd West Virginia State men's basketball coach Bryan Poore literally didn't know what he had with Cody Morris on campus ... because he didn't know Morris was even on the WVSU campus.He knew...
View ArticleUC men sink Glenville State from long distance
By Derek Redd For the first time this season, the nomadic University of Charleston men's basketball team played at the Charleston Catholic Athletic Complex, one of two sites the Golden Eagles will...
View ArticleConcord men knock of No. 1 West Liberty
By From staff reports Concord's Rob Reed knocked down 13-of-19 shots, including 6-of-11 from behind the arc, for a game-high 36 points as the Mountain Lions (11-5, 5-4 Mountain East Conference)...
View ArticleArea roundup: MEC lands three in D2 hoops poll
By From staff reports Three Mountain East Conference men’s basketball teams are ranked among the top 13 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Poll, led by No. 1 West Liberty....
View ArticleWVSU dismisses Fomby from men's hoops team
By Derek Redd The West Virginia State men's basketball career of Robert Fomby lasted a total of eight games, and now the Yellow Jackets will be without their top rebounder entering Thursday's game...
View ArticleCharleston women will be shorthanded against WVSU
By Derek Redd West Virginia State women's basketball coach David Smith knows exactly the position University of Charleston women's coach Adam Collins and his Golden Eagles find themselves in right...
View ArticleReeling WVSU men set to host surging Charleston
By Derek Redd One team looks like it's back on the upswing. The other is still trying to find the right lineup among the hundreds that are mathematically possible. When the University of Charleston...
View ArticleWVSU men set to visit Concord
By From staff reports The West Virginia State men's basketball team digs itself out of the snow today to visit Concord for a 7:30 p.m. game. The contest was postponed from Saturday and rescheduled to...
View ArticleUC's Hinton adjusts to major minutes
By Derek Redd Jaylen Hinton has never logged as many minutes on a college basketball court as he has this season. He's tripled his old average.Of course, he's ecstatic that University of Charleston...
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