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Huggins: West Virginia needs its shooters to step up and score

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Bob Huggins dug into his hip pocket, removing several wads of paper folded around a business card.

“I’ve got some very alarming stats,” he announced.

Huggins then unfolded a small piece of paper, where several figures were scrawled out in pencil. This, fittingly, is the nexus of the Huggy Bear School of Analytics.

“Uncontested field goals — that’s if a guy is seven feet or further in front of you — we’re 54-for-169. 32 percent. That’s with nobody guarding you,” Huggins said.

He wasn’t done yet.

“Catch-and shoot. You catch, step into it and shoot it.