WVU Women’s Basketball Notches Another Dominant Win

WVU Women’s Basketball picked up yet another dominant win on Saturday, Feb. 8, crushing the Houston Cougars 79-51 on the road.

The No. 18 ranked Mountaineers (19-4, 9-3 Big 12) began on a massive run for the second game in a row, scoring 20 points before the Cougars broke the ice with barely a minute to go in the first quarter.

Neither team could buy a bucket to start: star shooting guard JJ Quinerly’s layup with 5:37 to play in the first period gave West Virginia a 4-0 lead. From that point Quinerly went nuclear, scoring 16 points before the buzzer sounded and putting the Mountaineers ahead 25-4 after ten minutes.

Despite her dominance, West Virginia began to share the love from there. Quinerly finished with 20 points, four rebounds, six assists and three steals. Jordan Harrison, Kyah Watson and Sydney Shaw all scored double figures, while the Mountaineers got 55 minutes from their bench.

The Cougars outscored West Virginia 14-12 in the second period as the Mountaineers took their foot off the gas. While the Mountaineers racked up 17 assists, turnovers proved a problem and likely prevented the game from turning from a blowout to a massacre: with 15, West Virginia barely surpassed a 1-to-1 assist to turnover ratio.

The Mountaineers defense proved excellent once again, however, limiting the Cougars to a 37.5 clip on field goals, letting them get just 48 shots off and forcing 26 turnovers… which turned into 39 points for West Virginia.

Up next for WVU Women’s Basketball, the Texas road trip continues in Waco when they face the unranked but 19-5 Baylor Bears.