West Virginia Welcomes Northeastern for the Final Game of 2020
The No. 9 West Virginia Mountaineers (7-2) host the Northeastern Huskies (1-4) Tuesday night at 2:00 EST on ESPN+.
Northeastern point guard Tyson Walker (So. 6’0”, 162-lbs) averages a team-leading 17.0 points, 5.6 assists, and 2.2 steals per game.
Their point guard is terrific, and I think everything starts and stops with him,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins, later adding, “He’s good. He’s really good with the ball screen stuff, he splits it, he drags it out. I mean, he does a lot of really good things. He shoots really well from behind the screen.”
Jahmyl Telfort (6’7”, 220-lbs) is having a hot start to his freshman season hitting 10-14 from behind the arc and averaging 13.8 ppg while guard Shaquille Walters (Jr. 6’6”, 190-lbs) leads the team in rebounds at 7.2 per game and puts up 9.2 ppg.
“They do a good job on-ball screen series which is good for us to be able to spend time and work on,” said Huggins. “They’ve got a bunch of people who can make shots. I mean, they went to Georgia, they had Georgia down double digits at halftime, and Georgia came back and played well in the second half, but they spread you, they spread you because they can make shots. Everybody they put on the floor is capable of making shots.”
The only meeting between the two programs was back in 2004 at the WVU Coliseum. Northeastern shocked the Mountaineers 91-84, led by Morgantown, WV native, and then head coach Ron Everhart, who is currently an assistant head coach under Bob Huggins.
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