Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginia State Athletics The West Virginia State University men’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the 2023-24 Mountain East Conference Preseason Poll. The annual poll is voted on by the league’s head coaches. The Yellow Jackets finished fourth in the MEC standings last season with a 20-9 overall record and 14-8 conference record. They won 15 of their first 16 games and were ranked as high as No. 11 in the national media and coaches polls. Head Coach Bryan Poore returns for…
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West Virginia State comes up short in overtime v Fairmont
Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginia State Atheltics 78 WVSt 85 FairSt Team 1 2 OT 1 F WVSt 29 45 4 78 FairSt 39 35 11 85 FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The No. 24 West Virginia State men’s basketball team (15-4, 9-4 MEC) suffered its third-straight defeat to Fairmont State (15-4, 10-3 MEC) by a final score of 85-78 on Wednesday night at the Feaster Center. The Yellow Jackets trailed by as much as 21 points midway through the second half and came all the way back to…
Read MoreWest Virginia State wins close one at Notre Dame College
Title image via Todd Griffith Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginian State Athletics 88 WVSt 82 NDOH Team 1 2 F WVSt 38 50 88 NDOH 38 44 82 SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – The No. 15 West Virginia State men’s basketball team (14-1, 8-1 MEC) won a gritty game at Notre Dame College (8-6, 5-4 MEC) by a final score of 88-82 after making one of the longest road trips of the conference schedule on Wednesday. The contest was deadlocked on 10 occasions and the lead changed eight…
Read MoreWest Virginia State takes care of Saint Augustine’s 82-67
Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director 82 West Virginia State 5-0 67 St. Augustine’s 2-3 Team 1 2 F West Virginia State 31 51 82 St. Augustine’s 30 37 67 The West Virginia State University men’s basketball team (5-0, 2-0 MEC) defeated Saint Augustine’s (2-3) by a final score of 82-67 on Saturday afternoon at the Emery Gymnasium. A strong second-half performance by the Yellow Jackets helped them remain undefeated through the first five games of the season. Sophomore guard Samier Kinslerdropped a season-high 25 points on the Falcons and led all…
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