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Postgame Notes

Posted: Dec 19, 2009

Dec. 19, 2009

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CSU junior Norris Cole
- Scored 14 of his CSU game-high 29 points in the first half for his 12th career 20-point game.
- Was 11-for-21 from the field and 5-for-5 from the line.
- Added 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

CSU sophomore Aaron Pogue
- Scored 11 points, including 10 in the second half, with 5 rebounds
- Fouled out with 4:14 remaining.

CSU sophomore Trevon Harmon
- Scored in double figures for the ninth time this year (and sixth in a row), finishing with 11 points.
- Added 3 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists.

Miscellaneous Notes
- This was the fourth meeting between CSU and West Virginia and the second to be played in Cleveland with the Mountaineers winning all three previous meetings.
- At No. 6 nationally, WVU is the highest-ranked team to ever play CSU in the Wolstein Center (Old No. 7 Michigan in building opener, 12/7/91)
- CSU never led in the game. WVU scored had a six point lead (8-2, 17:23) early and pushed it to 28-14 (8:49). CSU ran off six straight to cut it to 28-20 (6:37) but a 10-1 Mountaineer spurt pushed the advantage to 38-21 (4:21). CSU closed to with 43-33 on a Cole trey with 11 seconds left but Butler answered with a three with two seconds left to give WVU a 46-33 lead at half.
- WVU extended its lead to 17 (55-38, 16:15) before CSU went on a 14-2 run to close to within 57-52 (9:56). CSU pulled to within one (77-76), on a Montgomery trey with 36.5 seconds left. The Vikings tied the game on a Montgomey layup with 13 seconds left but WVU won it on a Butler layup with 1.2 seconds left.
- WVU dominated offensively, shooting .560 from the field (282-50). They became the eighth CSU opponent to shoot 50-percent or better for the game.
- The Mountaineers also controlled the boards, 30-25. They are the ninth team (12 games) to out-rebound CSU.
- CSU committed 11 first half turnovers and WVU turned them into 19 points. The Vikings were better in the second half, making just three miscues and WVU getting just 4 points off of them
- The opposite was true for WVU, which made six turnovers in the first half with CSU getting 6 points off them. The Mountaineers made 11 TO's in the second stanza with CSU scoring 22 points.
- Points off turnovers for the games was in CSU's favor, 28-23.
- CSU, the Horizon League leader in steals (11.0/g) made 14 thefts (Brown 4, Harmon 3).