The West Virginia Mountaineers (8-6, 0-2) are off to an rough start in Big 12 Conference play after suffering a 61-54 loss to the Texas Longhorns (10-4, 2-0) Saturday night at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
Much like their showing against the No. 11-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders this past Wednesday, the Mountaineers managed to hang around in a game that probably should’ve ended more heavily in Texas’ favor, but couldn’t get over the hump in the final minutes of the game to escape with the win.
Down four points with 2:25 remaining on the clock, Derek Culver fought for an offensive rebound on an missed three by Esa Ahmad and put the ball back up and in to put the Mountaineers within two.