BOONE, N.C. - The App State women's basketball team will travel to Morgantown, W.Va. to take on Big 12 contender West Virginia on Sunday. Tipoff for Sunday's Mountaineers vs. Mountaineers battle is set for 1 p.m. and the game will be available for streaming on ESPN+.
Last Time Out
App State fell short against Norfolk State in their second meeting with the Spartans on Thursday, 70-65. Redshirt senior
Janay Sanders went 11-for-13 from the charity stripe and tied her career high of 25 points to lead the Mountaineers. Graduate student
Lauren Carter netted 12 points and tallied seven rebounds, four steals and two blocks, while junior
Faith Alston notched 10 points. The team's top rebounder of the night was graduate student
Brooke Bigott, who registered nine against the Spartans, for a season high.
Last Time Against West Virginia
App State's only other meeting with West Virginia was on Dec. 28, 2012, in Morgantown. App State fell just shy of WVU, 72-67. Anna Freeman recorded 25 points and dished out four assists, five rebounds, and seven steals. Maryah Sydnor and Katie Mallow also reached double-digits, netting 19 and 13 points, respectively.
Scouting West Virginia
West Virginia is 2-0 (0-0 Big 12) this season after notching a pair of home victories over USC Upstate (Nov. 10) and Winthrop (Nov. 17). As a team, WVU has averaged 75.5 points per game compared to 39.5 scored by its opponents.
Top scorers JJ Quinerly and Madisen Smith both average 13 points per game, while Kyah Watson is averaging six rebounds per game. Jayla Hemingway is the Old Gold and Blue's top free throw shooter, going 4-of-5 at the line.
WVU went 15-15 (7-11 Big 12) last year. The No. 7 seed West Virginia's postseason was cut short by No. 2 seed Iowa State in the Big 12 quarterfinals after WVU defeated No. 10 seed TCU. In conference play, WVU recorded three consecutive wins from Feb. 23 to Mar. 2, defeating Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State. In non-conference action, the Blue and Gold went on a four-game win streak that spanned from Nov. 16 to Nov. 25.
Up Next
App State will host Davidson at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 27. For Cyber Sunday, fans can use promo code CYBERWBB to get special discounted pricing on tickets. At Sunday's game, fans can enter to win a brand new TV.
