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West Virginia, UMass strive to build on opening performances

FLM
Nov 07, 2024

West Virginia and UMass will both try to raise their records to 2-0 when they meet in a nonconference matchup Friday night in Morgantown, W. Va.

West Virginia opened its season with an 87-59 victory over Robert Morris on Monday. The Mountaineers scored the game's first 21 points and led 30-2 after eight minutes.

It was the first game for Darian DeVries as West Virginia's head coach. DeVries spent the past six seasons at Drake, where his teams went 150-55 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times.

"Your first win is always kind of special and something you always kind of hang on to and remember," DeVries said. "I told the guys I'd like it not to be the last one.

"Our start was about as good as we could've scripted it. We were aggressive defensively, and offensively, we were sharp and got clean looks from different guys. That 8-to-10 minutes was the way we want it to look. That extra 30 minutes is where we have to clean it up a bit."

Tucker DeVries, a three-year standout at Drake who followed his father to West Virginia, tossed in a game-high 18 points in the victory. DeVries was a two-time player of the year in the Missouri Valley Conference who averaged 21.6 points per game last season.

UMass kicked off its season with a 103-74 triumph over New Hampshire on Monday. Junior guard Rahsool Diggins led the offense with 26 points and knocked down eight of his 16 3-point attempts.

Diggins began his career at UConn and shared the Atlantic 10 Most Improved Player Award last season, when he averaged 12.8 points per game.

"I'm excited because (Diggins) had a great, great summer, a great preseason and he had his best practice of the year two days ago," UMass coach Frank Martin said. "And it translated to the game. We're still trying to figure out our spacing offensively to be able to get more separation for him, because if he sees the rim and his feet are down, that thing is going in nine times out of 10."

--Field Level Media

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1st Half
MASS
Minutemen
28
WV
Mountaineers
45

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Jaylen Curry vs. Toby Okani (Jaylen Curry gains possession)
19:41		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
19:39		Daniel Hankins-Sanford offensive rebound
19:31	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point jump shot	2-0
19:15	+2	Toby Okani makes two point jump shot	2-2
18:55		Tucker DeVries turnover (Daniel Rivera steals)
18:55		Malek Abdelgowad turnover (Amani Hansberry steals)
18:42	+2	Daniel Rivera makes two point jump shot	4-2
18:21		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
18:19		Toby Okani offensive rebound
18:09		Toby Okani turnover (Daniel Hankins-Sanford steals)
17:58		Daniel Hankins-Sanford turnover (out of bounds)
17:37		Amani Hansberry misses two point jump shot
17:35		Daniel Rivera defensive rebound
17:11		Malek Abdelgowad turnover (traveling)
16:51		Toby Okani misses three point jump shot
16:49		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
16:40		Toby Okani personal foul
16:28	+2	Jaylen Curry makes two point jump shot	6-2
16:14	+2	Toby Okani makes two point jump shot (Tucker DeVries assists)	6-4
16:01		Toby Okani blocks Malek Abdelgowad's two point jump shot
15:59		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
15:56	+2	Javon Small makes two point jump shot (Tucker DeVries assists)	6-6
15:56		Jaylen Curry shooting foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
15:56		TV timeout
15:56	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 1	6-7
15:35		Sencire Harris personal foul
15:21		Rahsool Diggins misses two point jump shot
15:19		Eduardo Andre defensive rebound
15:00		Toby Okani misses two point jump shot
14:58		Eduardo Andre offensive rebound
14:43	+2	Eduardo Andre makes two point jump shot	6-9
14:25		Jaylen Curry misses two point jump shot
14:25		Shahid Muhammad offensive rebound
14:25	+2	Shahid Muhammad makes two point jump shot	8-9
14:25		Daniel Rivera personal foul
14:25		Tucker DeVries misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:25	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-10
14:20		Jayden Ndjigue turnover (Tucker DeVries steals)
14:08	+2	KJ Tenner makes two point jump shot	8-12
13:50		Akil Watson misses two point jump shot
13:48		Eduardo Andre defensive rebound
13:48		Shahid Muhammad personal foul
13:27		Jayden Ndjigue shooting foul (Tucker DeVries draws the foul)
13:27	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 1 of 3	8-13
13:27	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 2 of 3	8-14
13:27	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 3 of 3	8-15
13:17		KJ Tenner personal foul
13:10		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
13:08		Joseph Yesufu defensive rebound
12:59		Shahid Muhammad shooting foul (Joseph Yesufu draws the foul)
12:59	+1	Joseph Yesufu makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-16
12:59	+1	Joseph Yesufu makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-17
12:38		Tucker DeVries personal foul
12:38	+1	Malek Abdelgowad makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-17
12:38	+1	Malek Abdelgowad makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-17
12:11		Toby Okani misses two point jump shot
12:11		Daniel Rivera defensive rebound
12:11		Daniel Rivera misses two point jump shot
12:09		Akil Watson offensive rebound
11:55		Akil Watson misses three point jump shot
11:53		KJ Tenner defensive rebound
11:44		TV timeout
11:32		Jaylen Curry blocks KJ Tenner's three point jump shot
11:16		Daniel Rivera defensive rebound
11:16		Daniel Rivera turnover (Javon Small steals)
11:16	+3	Jonathan Powell makes three point jump shot (Javon Small assists)	10-20
11:07		Jaylen Curry misses two point jump shot
11:05		Toby Okani defensive rebound
10:56		Akil Watson shooting foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
10:56	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 3	10-21
10:56	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 3	10-22
10:56	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 3 of 3	10-23
10:34		Malek Abdelgowad misses three point jump shot
10:32		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
10:24		Toby Okani misses two point jump shot
10:22		Amani Hansberry offensive rebound
10:15	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point jump shot	10-25
10:08	+2	Jaylen Curry makes two point jump shot (Malek Abdelgowad assists)	12-25
9:55		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
9:53		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
9:38		Daniel Rivera misses two point jump shot
9:36		Malek Abdelgowad offensive rebound
9:28	+2	Jaylen Curry makes two point jump shot (Malek Abdelgowad assists)	14-25
9:28		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
9:18		Sencire Harris turnover (bad pass)
9:15		Toby Okani personal foul
8:53	+1	Daniel Rivera makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-25
8:53	+1	Daniel Rivera makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-25
8:43		Javon Small misses two point jump shot
8:41		Amani Hansberry offensive rebound
8:32	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point dunk	16-27
8:17		Jonathan Powell personal foul
8:09	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point jump shot	18-27
8:01		Javon Small turnover (bad pass)
7:48	+2	Jaylen Curry makes two point jump shot	20-27
7:33		Tucker DeVries misses three point jump shot
7:31		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
7:19		Akil Watson misses three point jump shot
7:17		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
7:10		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
7:08		KJ Tenner offensive rebound
6:45		Daniel Rivera blocks KJ Tenner's two point jump shot
6:45		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
6:45		Rahsool Diggins turnover (Sencire Harris steals)
6:45	+2	Sencire Harris makes two point jump shot	20-29
6:23		Jonathan Powell personal foul
6:23		TV timeout
6:23	+1	Daniel Rivera makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-29
6:23		Daniel Rivera misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:23		Eduardo Andre defensive rebound
6:03	+3	Joseph Yesufu makes three point jump shot (Sencire Harris assists)	21-32
5:52		Akil Watson turnover (Tucker DeVries steals)
5:44		Tucker DeVries turnover (lost ball)
5:24		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
5:22		Mountaineers defensive rebound
5:02		Javon Small misses two point jump shot
5:00		Malek Abdelgowad defensive rebound
4:51		Daniel Hankins-Sanford misses two point jump shot
4:49		Minutemen offensive rebound
4:38		Daniel Hankins-Sanford misses two point jump shot
4:23		Sencire Harris personal foul
4:23	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-32
4:23	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-32
4:17		Eduardo Andre misses two point jump shot
4:15		Jaylen Curry defensive rebound
4:07	+3	Jaylen Curry makes three point jump shot	26-32
3:51	+3	Tucker DeVries makes three point jump shot (KJ Tenner assists)	26-35
3:41		Akil Watson turnover (Javon Small steals)
3:23	+2	Jonathan Powell makes two point jump shot	26-37
3:03		KJ Tenner personal foul
3:03		TV timeout
3:03	+1	Jaylen Curry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-37
3:03	+1	Jaylen Curry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-37
2:49		Tucker DeVries misses two point jump shot
2:47		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
2:26		Rahsool Diggins turnover (Joseph Yesufu steals)
2:14		Tucker DeVries turnover (Daniel Rivera steals)
2:03		Daniel Rivera turnover (Tucker DeVries steals)
1:53	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot (Joseph Yesufu assists)	28-40
1:37		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
1:35		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
1:25		Tucker DeVries misses two point jump shot
1:23		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
1:14		Daniel Rivera turnover (Javon Small steals)
1:07	+2	Jonathan Powell makes two point jump shot (Javon Small assists)	28-42
1:04		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:49		Rahsool Diggins turnover (Javon Small steals)
0:35		Daniel Rivera blocks Amani Hansberry's two point jump shot
0:33		Amani Hansberry offensive rebound
0:22	+3	Jonathan Powell makes three point jump shot (Amani Hansberry assists)	28-45
0:12		Jaylen Curry misses two point layup
0:10		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
0:01		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
0:00		Daniel Rivera defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
MASS
Minutemen
41
WV
Mountaineers
30

Time		Play	Score
19:56		Tucker DeVries turnover (Daniel Hankins-Sanford steals)
19:45		Amani Hansberry personal foul
19:07	+2	Daniel Rivera makes two point jump shot	30-45
19:06		Sencire Harris turnover (Jaylen Curry steals)
18:59		Jaylen Curry misses two point layup
18:59		Malek Abdelgowad offensive rebound
18:59		Malek Abdelgowad turnover (traveling)
18:59	+3	Amani Hansberry makes three point jump shot (Sencire Harris assists)	30-48
18:14	+3	Rahsool Diggins makes three point jump shot (Jaylen Curry assists)	33-48
17:58		Toby Okani misses two point jump shot
17:56		Daniel Rivera defensive rebound
17:48		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
17:46		Malek Abdelgowad offensive rebound
17:39		Jaylen Curry misses three point jump shot
17:37		Daniel Rivera offensive rebound
17:37		Toby Okani personal foul
17:37	+3	Rahsool Diggins makes three point jump shot (Jaylen Curry assists)	36-48
17:24	+3	Tucker DeVries makes three point jump shot (Amani Hansberry assists)	36-51
17:05	+2	Daniel Rivera makes two point dunk (Jaylen Curry assists)	38-51
16:44		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
16:42		Jonathan Powell offensive rebound
16:37	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point jump shot (Javon Small assists)	38-53
16:07		Jaylen Curry misses three point jump shot
16:05		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
15:55		Javon Small turnover (Jaylen Curry steals)
15:50		Javon Small personal foul
15:50		TV timeout
15:50	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-53
15:50		Rahsool Diggins misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:50		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
15:26		Daniel Hankins-Sanford shooting foul (Tucker DeVries draws the foul)
15:26	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-54
15:26	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-55
15:06		Jaylen Curry misses three point jump shot
15:04		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
15:01		Jaylen Curry personal foul
14:40		Eduardo Andre misses two point jump shot
14:38		Jaylen Curry defensive rebound
14:31	+2	Shahid Muhammad makes two point alley-oop layup (Jaylen Curry assists)	41-55
14:20		Shahid Muhammad blocks Javon Small's two point jump shot
14:18		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
14:07	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point jump shot (Jaylen Curry assists)	43-55
14:00		Mountaineers 60 second timeout
13:48		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
13:46		Minutemen defensive rebound
13:28		Rahsool Diggins turnover (Sencire Harris steals)
13:14	+2	KJ Tenner makes two point jump shot	43-57
13:03		Amani Hansberry personal foul
13:00	+2	Marqui Worthy makes two point jump shot	45-57
12:35		Marqui Worthy personal foul
12:24		KJ Tenner misses three point jump shot
12:22		Amani Hansberry offensive rebound
12:21		Shahid Muhammad personal foul
12:21		Amani Hansberry misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:21	+1	Amani Hansberry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-58
11:58		Marqui Worthy misses two point jump shot
11:58		Marqui Worthy offensive rebound
11:58	+2	Marqui Worthy makes two point jump shot	47-58
11:54		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
11:52		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
11:19		Amani Hansberry personal foul
11:19		TV timeout
11:14		Daniel Rivera turnover (Amani Hansberry steals)
10:58		Jonathan Powell misses two point jump shot
10:56		Mountaineers offensive rebound
10:38		Javon Small misses two point jump shot
10:36		Javon Small offensive rebound
10:26		Jonathan Powell misses two point jump shot
10:24		Minutemen defensive rebound
10:11	+2	Daniel Rivera makes two point dunk	49-58
9:58		Shahid Muhammad blocks Amani Hansberry's two point layup
9:56		Shahid Muhammad defensive rebound
9:42		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
9:40		Javon Small defensive rebound
9:31		Toby Okani misses two point jump shot
9:29		Minutemen defensive rebound
9:15		Jayden Ndjigue misses three point jump shot
9:13		Javon Small defensive rebound
9:06		Jayden Ndjigue shooting foul (Amani Hansberry draws the foul)
9:06	+1	Amani Hansberry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-59
9:06	+1	Amani Hansberry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-60
8:44	+3	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes three point jump shot (Daniel Rivera assists)	52-60
8:20		Amani Hansberry turnover (bad pass)
8:04		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
8:02		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
7:50		Amani Hansberry misses two point jump shot
7:49		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
7:49		Toby Okani personal foul
7:49		TV timeout
7:42		Eduardo Andre blocks Marqui Worthy's two point jump shot
7:40		Marqui Worthy offensive rebound
7:24		Jayden Ndjigue misses two point jump shot
7:22		Eduardo Andre defensive rebound
7:03	+3	Tucker DeVries makes three point jump shot (Javon Small assists)	52-63
6:33		Tucker DeVries shooting foul
6:33	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-63
6:33	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-63
6:15		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
6:13		Jaylen Curry defensive rebound
5:52		Jaylen Curry misses two point jump shot
5:50		Daniel Rivera offensive rebound
5:41		Jaylen Curry misses two point jump shot
5:40		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
5:40		Shahid Muhammad personal foul
5:28		Toby Okani misses two point jump shot
5:26		Jaylen Curry defensive rebound
5:21		Eduardo Andre blocks Marqui Worthy's two point jump shot
5:19		Toby Okani defensive rebound
4:56		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
4:54		Toby Okani offensive rebound
4:49		Tucker DeVries misses three point jump shot
4:47		Eduardo Andre offensive rebound
4:47		Malek Abdelgowad personal foul
4:46	+1	Eduardo Andre makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-64
4:46	+1	Eduardo Andre makes regular free throw 2 of 3	54-65
4:29		Malek Abdelgowad misses two point jump shot
4:27		Javon Small defensive rebound
4:19		KJ Tenner misses three point jump shot
4:17		Tucker DeVries offensive rebound
4:13		Jump ball. Toby Okani vs. Malek Abdelgowad (Malek Abdelgowad gains possession)
4:13		Toby Okani turnover (lost ball) (Malek Abdelgowad steals)
3:55		Eduardo Andre blocks Rahsool Diggins's two point jump shot
3:53		Daniel Hankins-Sanford offensive rebound
3:43	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point jump shot	56-65
3:32		Jaylen Curry personal foul
3:32		TV timeout
3:32	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-66
3:32		Javon Small misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:32		Daniel Rivera defensive rebound
3:15	+2	Daniel Rivera makes two point jump shot	58-66
3:02		Javon Small turnover (bad pass)
2:45		Amani Hansberry shooting foul (Daniel Rivera draws the foul)
2:45		Daniel Rivera misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:45	+1	Daniel Rivera makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-66
2:17	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point jump shot	59-68
2:08		Minutemen 60 second timeout
1:57		Daniel Hankins-Sanford misses three point jump shot
1:55		Tucker DeVries defensive rebound
1:46		Tucker DeVries turnover
1:31		Jaylen Curry misses two point jump shot
1:29		Jaylen Curry offensive rebound
1:28		Sencire Harris personal foul
1:28		Jaylen Curry misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:28		Jaylen Curry misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:28		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
1:21		Javon Small turnover (Jaylen Curry steals)
1:12	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point jump shot (Jaylen Curry assists)	61-68
1:12		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:48		Jaylen Curry personal foul (Tucker DeVries draws the foul)
0:48	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-69
0:48	+1	Tucker DeVries makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-70
0:37		Sencire Harris personal foul
0:37		Jaylen Curry misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:37		Jaylen Curry misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:37		Toby Okani defensive rebound
0:26		Marqui Worthy personal foul
0:26	+1	Amani Hansberry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-71
0:26	+1	Amani Hansberry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-72
0:17	+3	Rahsool Diggins makes three point jump shot (Jaylen Curry assists)	64-72
0:16		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:14		Jaylen Curry personal foul (Sencire Harris draws the foul)
0:14	+1	Sencire Harris makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-73
0:14		Sencire Harris misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:14		Daniel Rivera defensive rebound
0:09	+2	Rahsool Diggins makes two point jump shot	66-73
0:06		Daniel Rivera personal foul
0:06	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-74
0:06	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-75
0:00	+3	Rahsool Diggins makes three point jump shot (Marqui Worthy assists)	69-75
0:00		End of period

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Rahsool Diggins makes three point jump shot (Marqui Worthy assists)