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West VA State Baseball picked third in MEC South Division

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Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginia State Athletics BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference released its annual baseball preseason poll on Thursday afternoon following a vote by the league’s head coaches. West Virginia State was slotted third in the MEC South Division. The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 2022 campaign in which they finished 25-20 overall and 17-15 in league play. They entered the final week of the regular season with the possibility of making the postseason if results went their way, but narrowly missed out…

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West Virginia State comes up short in overtime v Fairmont

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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…

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West Virginia State women’s hoops ranked nationally for first time in program history

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Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director INSTITUTE, W.Va. – After knocking off two nationally-ranked opponents last week, including No. 2 Glenville State, the West Virginia State women’s basketball team is ranked in both major national Division II polls for the first time in school history. The Yellow Jackets are currently ranked at No. 18 in the D2SIDA National Media Poll and No. 23 in the WBCA National Coaches Poll. Since becoming a member of NCAA Division II in 1997, West Virginia State came closest to breaking into the Top 25…

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West Virginia State wins close one at Notre Dame College

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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…

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West Virigina State claims YES USVI Classic Championship, Coach Bryan Poore wins 400th game

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Courtesy of 59 Tusculum 6-5,2-2 SAC 73  West Virginia St. 12-1,6-1 MEC Team 1 2 F Tusculum 23  36  59 West Virginia St. 40  33  73 ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – The No. 16 West Virginia State men’s basketball team defeated the Tusculum Pioneers in the championship game of the YES U.S. Virgin Islands Classic, 73-59. The victory was head coach Bryan Poore‘s 400th victory of his collegiate head coaching career. The game was back and forth with five lead changes and a tie until the Yellow Jacket (12-1, 6-1 MEC) defense held Tusculum (6-5,…

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West Virginia State takes care of Saint Augustine’s 82-67

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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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Nitro High School’s Taylor Maddox commits to West Virginia State

Brandon King

West Virginia high school basketball player Taylor Maddox has committed to West Virginia State. Maddox, a senior at Nitro High School, which is a pretty kick-ass name for a high school, has averaged 7.6 points per game her three seasons of play for the Wildcats. In her junior campaign last season she averaged 12.8 ppg and knocking down 38 three-pointers in 24 games. Maddox’s senior season will tip off December 3 at 4pm with a home matchup with Robert C. Byrd High School.

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