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Article: COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ; WVU expects tough exhibition battle with MSU WVU
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- November 8, 2009
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MORGANTOWN - When Bob Huggins trots out his eighth-ranked West
Virginia basketball team at 1 p.m. today for its first real public
appearance at the Coliseum, the Mountaineers will be facing the same
team they've beaten by a combined 43 points in exhibition games the
past two years.
Still, Mountain State University is by no means a pushover along
the lines of some of the touring teams WVU used to face in
exhibitions.
In fact, the Beckley school twice has given the Mountaineers
fits. In 2007, WVU won 88-65, but it was a six-point game with less
than 71/2 minutes to play. Last year, after falling behind 20-2, MSU
clawed back within 10 before losing 98-78 in a game in which Da'Sean
Butler scored ...