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MC men’s basketball picked 8th in OAC preseason poll

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WESTERVILLE — The Marietta College men's basketball team was selected to finish eighth in the Ohio Athletic Conference preseason poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches and announced Tuesday (Oct. 20) by the conference office. "The OAC is one of the best conferences in the country," said Marietta head coach Andy Bucheit. "Every night is a fight and the teams who are physical, connected, and handle the adversity of the season are the ones who will find themselves at the top of the league. We will challenge our players every day to compete." The University of Mount Union ...

Warren breaks through, beats Miami Trace in tourney opener

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VINCENT — Miami Trace was in preservation mode, but eventually, Warren broke through. In a Division III Southeast District tournament opener Tuesday, the Warriors got second-half goals from Shawn Adams and Kyle Anthony to win 2-0 and eliminate the Panthers. Miami Trace, which finished ...

Mountaineers make history over four-game stretch

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez and his staff have been on a season-long search for answers to fix a defense whose terrible performances have overshadowed one of the nation's top offensive tandems. The Mountaineers have played four consecutive games in which the ...

WVU receivers get busy against Cincinnati

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football hadn’t thrown the ball too much in the first half of the season. The Mountaineers hadn’t had to because they were running the ball so efficiently. But against Cincinnati, quarterback Michael Hawkins was forced to air it out a lot more, and he had a ...

Despite exhibition win, bad taste left with WVU

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Ross Hodge spoke the obvious on Sunday. The WVU men’s basketball coach had no other choice following Maryland’s 90-81 overtime exhibition victory inside the Xfinity Center. “Ultimately, I felt like it was their physicality with (Pharrel) Payne and (Andre) ...