MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — They came armed with their witty “Horns Down” foam fingers and as an extra bonus, the West Virginia student section even constructed their props to light up as the WVU Coliseum went dark.
And then Texas connected on nine 3-pointers, each one a dagger that only multiplied a lead that continued to grow without end.
It didn’t take much to see that it wasn’t the Longhorns who were down. West Virginia put up little fight in its 75-53 defeat. It was the fifth double-figure loss in their last six games for the Mountaineers (10-14, 2-9), who looked like the last-place team in the Big 12.