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WVU's Bench Comes Up Big Again

Jaysean Paige scored 20 points and Tarik Phillip added 18 to lead 17th-ranked West Virginia to a 95-87 come-from-behind victory over TCU tonight at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

The fired-up Horned Frogs led by seven early in the second half, and had a one-point advantage with 5:56 remaining before Paige and Phillip took over.

Phillip’s 3 started a three-minute flurry that saw the Mountaineers outscore TCU 14-2 to turn a one-point deficit into an 11-point lead with 2:58 to go.

Paige scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half, with nine of those coming inside the 6-minute mark.