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Emmanuel Manyuon posted 22 points and 11 rebounds in his Marshall debut as the Thundering Herd never trailed, using a 21-3 first-half run to beat Buffalo 92-65 at the Cam Henderson Center.
After falling behind 16-6 early, West Virginia scored 21 straight points and held Niagara to 16 second-half points in a 91-46 season-opening win at Hope Coliseum, led by freshman Miles Sadler's 16 points and nine assists.
Huntington's Robert Smith won the Marshall University Marathon on Sunday in 2:51:09, with Beckley's Timothy Bowman second. Charleston's Caleb Keller led the half marathon.
Morgantown swept the Class AAAA boys and girls titles and Elkins did the same in Class AAA at the WVSSAC State Cross Country Championships in Ona.
Ross Hodge's second West Virginia team opens the regular season Monday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. against Niagara at Hope Coliseum, with 12 new players and a freshman guard to watch.
West Virginia's Nov. 7 game at Texas Tech will kick off at 9:30 p.m. Eastern on ESPN, as the 5-3 Mountaineers come off a bye week to face the 7-1 Red Raiders in Lubbock.
No. 3 University beat No. 4 Morgantown 20-13 in the MoHawk Bowl on a 40-yard halfback option touchdown pass with five seconds left, capping the Hawks' sixth perfect regular season.
TJ Lester scored twice, a 100-yard return of a missed field goal tied Marshall's longest play ever, and the defense forced four turnovers as the Thundering Herd won 36-23 at Old Dominion to move to 5-3.
Independence knocked off previously unbeaten Class AA No. 1 Frankfort 49-14 Friday night in Short Gap, ending the Falcons' 36-game winning streak behind a five-touchdown night from quarterback Brock Green.
The Mountaineers secure their highest-rated recruit in a decade as QB Marcus Thompson commits from Morgantown High School.
