MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - While President Barack Obama was making his final State of the Union address tonight, West Virginia basketball was also making its state of the union … hey, America, we play some pretty good basketball here in Morgantown, too.
The 11th-ranked Mountaineers got 26 points from super-sub Jaysean Paige and a workman-like 17 points and 12 rebounds from junior forward Devin Williams to knock off top-ranked Kansas, 74-63, in snowy Morgantown Tuesday night.
It was West Virginia’s first win over college basketball’s No. 1-ranked team since defeating UNLV on February 27, 1983, and the 11-point victory also matched the biggest ever margin against a No.