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After bouncing back to get two big wins at the Phil Knight Legacy tournament in Portland, Oregon, the West Virginia men’s basketball is just outside the top 25 in this week’s polls. The Mountaineers lost the opening game to a dominant Purdue team that jumped to #5 in the national rankings and then earned an 18-point win over Portland State and a 29-point win over Florida.
Fifth-year senior Erik Stevenson led the Mountaineers with over 14 points per game in the three-game stretch.