MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Whether it’s merely an oddity or an actual trend, there’s something up with West Virginia’s offense in the third quarter of games.
Last week’s 45-41 loss at Oklahoma State marked the fourth time this season that the Mountaineers were held scoreless in the third frame. The other instances were against Texas Tech, Iowa State and Texas.
That fact probably wouldn’t jump out if West Virginia wasn’t ranked ninth in the nation in scoring offense. But given the unit’s usual success, it is a head-scratcher.
“It’s hard to find one specific thing to point at other than a lot of these times we’ve been up, and we’ve come out at halftime flat and not going out to play like we played like we played in the first quarter,” said quarterback Will Grier.