Attendance Makes Home Opener Monumental for WVU Women’s Basketball

The WVU women’s basketball program secured two wins on their opening night on Tuesday – a win on the court and another one in the stands. In fact, West Virginia’s attendance for their 85-41 victory over Towson is the highest attended WVU women’s basketball home opener in a decade.

With a recorded attendance of 2,079, the Mountaineers are already on pace for one of their most attended seasons in recent memory. There’s also now reason for optimism, that like during the current total high of the 2023-24 season, the attendance numbers will only grow as the team keeps winning.

Mountaineer nation keeps showing up in record numbers 📈#HailWV pic.twitter.com/QgFSiQhLqJ

— WVU Women's Basketball (@WVUWBB) November 6, 2024

Sydney Shaw lit the spark and Jordan Harrison kept the flame alive as the WVU women’s basketball team blew out Towson to open the 2024-25 season inside the WVU Coliseum.

“I thought we got better as the game went,” WVU coach Mark Kellogg said. “The second quarter was a little bit better, the third quarter there were some good moments where we looked like ourselves.

Back-to-back three-pointers by Shaw capped off a 13-0 run by WVU (1-0) in the second quarter that provided the first separation of the contest, 29-18. Shaw also started the run with a three-pointer as the Auburn transfer finished with 19 points.

“She can shoot it and she can get going, but that’s not just what she is,” Kellogg said. “We’ll keep challenging her to score at all levels and we’ll keep challenging her to defend and rebound, but I thought she was really good tonight.”

Despite picking up here third foul early on, Quinerly played the entire third quarter and came alive for the Mountaineers. The senior scored 10 of her 14 points in the frame and helped key a 19-2 scoring run that pushed the Mountaineers’ lead to 65-37 entering the fourth quarter.

Towson was held to just four points in the fourth quarter as West Virginia coasted to the 44-point victory.

WVU will host Niagara on Saturday at 2 p.m. and then welcome Pitt to the Coliseum for the Backyard Brawl next Tuesday at 7 p.m.

For a related story, the WVU men also won to start the season, beating Robert Morris on Monday.