The West Virginia Mountaineers improved to 8-1 on the season after knocking off the No. 15 ranked UConn Huskies, 56-53, in a Big East-Big 12 Battle matchup in Morgantown. The Mountaineers’ win knots the series between the two conferences up at 3-3, with four games left to play over the next ten days.
FIRST HALF
After sitting out of Sunday’s game against Radford with a back issue, Sean McNeil returned to the West Virginia starting lineup and made his presence known almost immediately with back-to-back jumpers to put the Mountaineers up 4-1 within the first minute and a half of the game.