West Virginia Comes Up Short in Overtime at Maryland

The West Virginia Mountaineers dropped their first exhibition game of the season at Maryland Sunday evening 90-81 in overtime.

West Virginia senior guard Finley Bizjack led the Mountaineers in scoring with 25 points, freshman guard Miles Sadler put in 16 points and four assists and senior guard Seydou Traore produced 13 points and six rebounds.

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Meanwhile, Maryland redshirt sophomore guard Andre Mills led all scorers with 27 points and senior forward Pharrel Payne recorded a double double, 26 points and 10 rebounds.

The key stat of the day outrebounded 48-37, allowing 24 offensive rebounds for 26 secnd chance points.

Maryland won the opening tip and put the game’s first points on the board following offensive rebound and kickout for a three from graduate guard Mike McNair Jr as the Terrapins started the game with an 8-2 advantage.

West Virginia freshman guard Miles Sadler sparked the Mountaineers with a straightaway three and dunks from freshman center Madou Seini and Traore capped a 7-0 to give WVU its first lead of the afternoon 9-8 at the 15:34 mark.

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After Maryland took a 12-9 lead, the Mountaineers constructed an 11-2 run, highlighted by a trio of threes with Bizjack hitting two of the three for a 20-14 advantage.

Bizjack buried his third and fourth three of the half, followed by a dunk from Seini, put the Mountaineers up 12 with just under eight minutes remaining in the half.

The Terps got back within single digits, but the Mountaineers went on an 11-1 run, behind nine of junior guard Martin Somerville,’s 13 points on the day coming during the stretch hitting a pair of threes and a perfect 3-3 from the line as the Mountaineers held a 19-point advantage, 42-23, with 3:37 left to play in the half.

West Virginia was efficient from the perimeter in the first 15 minutes, shooting 8-11 from three, but cooled to close the half as Marland chipped away at the lead, but the Mountaineers took a 46-31 advantage into the break.

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