Back to the West Virginia Mountaineers Newsfeed

SFA primer: The Lumberjacks are better than just OK

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Devin Williams kept inadvertently referring to West Virginia’s NCAA first-round opponent as “Stephen A.” instead Stephen F. Austin.

“I don’t know how to say their name, and I’m not even trying to be funny,” he said Sunday night. “We just need to get some film and prepare for them Austin people from Texas.”

At least Williams got the state right.

Here’s a primer on the 14th-seeded Lumberjacks (27-5), who face West Virginia on Friday at 7 p.m. in Brooklyn:

League: SFA rolled through the Southland Conference season at 18-0 before tacking on two easy tournament wins.