MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In the wake of West Virginia’s turnover-filled first loss of the season at St. John’s last Saturday, coach Bob Huggins placed a heavy emphasis on better passing heading into the Mountaineers’ Thursday night game with Austin Peay.
Literally heavy. The Mountaineers started a practice with a deflated ball to prevent them from falling into their pesky habit of dribbling too much.
“They had a ball with air later on. We just started practice with one [with no air],” Huggins said. “It had air, it just didn’t bounce.”
West Virginia had no problem bouncing the visiting Governors, moving the ball around far more crisply for an 84-53 win.