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Huggins, China help Harler find his way to staying at WVU

— By Justin Jackson, The Dominion Post

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Chase Harler does not fancy himself a selfish person.

But, for a few weeks last March, the West Virginia guard couldn’t get his own needs and his future out of his mind.

“I’m not going to lie, I was in a pretty dark place at the end of the season,” said Harler, who played in 33 games as a sophomore, but averaged just 10 minutes and 1.6 points.

The state’s two-time Gatorade Player of the Year for West Virginia out of Wheeling Central Catholic expected bigger things from his college career.