How to watch West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Mercyhurst Lakers: TV channel, NCAA Basketball live stream info, start time

How to watch West Virginia vs. Mercyhurst basketball game

By Scout Staff

Dec 22, 2024 at 8:40 am ET • 2 min read

Who's Playing

Mercyhurst Lakers @ West Virginia Mountaineers

Current Records: Mercyhurst 6-8, West Virginia 8-2

How To Watch

When: Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 2 p.m. ET
Where: WVU Coliseum -- Morgantown, West Virginia
TV: ESPN Plus
Follow: CBS Sports App
Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
Ticket Cost: $13.00

What to Know

If the oddsmakers' predictions hold true, the near future looks bright for West Virginia. They will stay at home for another game and welcome the Mercyhurst Lakers at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at WVU Coliseum. The Mountaineers are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 78.5 points per game this season.

West Virginia's season wasn't pretty last year but it's starting to look like struggles are in the rearview. They blew past Bethune-Cook. 84-61 last Saturday. The Mountaineers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matches by 23 points or more this season.

Among those leading the charge was Javon Small, who had 27 points along with six assists and six rebounds. He had some trouble finding his footing against NC Central two weeks ago, so this was a nice turnaround. The team also got some help courtesy of Amani Hansberry, who went 6 for 9 en route to 16 points plus six rebounds and two steals.

Meanwhile, Mercyhurst didn't have quite enough to beat Binghamton on Wednesday and fell 62-60. The Lakers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Mercyhurst struggled to work together and finished the game with only six assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.

West Virginia pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Mercyhurst, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.

Sunday's contest is shaping up to be a scrappy matchup: West Virginia has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 37.4 rebounds per game. It's a different story for Mercyhurst, though, as they've been averaging only 27.5. Given West Virginia's sizable advantage in that area, Mercyhurst will need to find a way to close that gap.