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WVU hangs on against Cornell, 68-62

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia nearly squandered a 17-point first half lead but held off several late Cornell runs to defeat the Big Red 68-62 in the Mountaineers’ final game before the start of Big 12 Conference play.

‘They played harder than we did, executed better than we did,” said WVU head coach Mike Carey. “We acted like we had never seen a press before. We had a bunch of turnovers and didn’t execute.”

The Mountaineers were making their return to the Coliseum after five weeks without a true home game. They were coming off a 10-day break after collecting a pair of quality neutral court wins against No.