INSTITUTE, W.VA. – West Virginia State Men's Basketball dominated Wednesday in Walker Convocation Center, eclipsing 100 points for the second time this season as they downed Davis & Elkins 112-87.
State improved to 17-6 on the year and 12-4 in league play, while the Senators slip to 6-17 on the season and 4-13 in the MEC.
Sophomore Noah Jordan tallied his fourth-double double of the year with a team-high 26 points to accompany 11 boards. Graduate student Glen Abram registered 24 points in the contest, including an impressive 6-for-10 from the arc. Sophomore Anthony Pittman posted 14 points, while fellow grad student Jeremiah Moore rounded out the double-digit scorers with 11.
112 points is the most scored by State since their 2021 season opener last January, when they put up 114 in a loss to Glenville State.
A trey from Abram gifted State with an early eight-point advantage, up 12-4 four minutes into the half.
State continued to build onto their lead, as a three-pointer from Jenkins followed by an Ernest Jones jumper put the Yellow Jackets up 22-14 with 13:09 left in the half.
A minute scoring run found State with seven-straight points, increasing their advantage to 31-16 as they reached the halfway point of the frame.
A 7-0 run for WVSU that featured five points from Abram widened State's gap to nearly 20 points at 49-31 with a little over three minutes remaining in the half.
The Yellow Jackets officially reached a 20-point advantage as the second half opened after a Jordan three pushed State's cushion to 62-40.
The Senators attempted to chip away at their deficit, using an 8-2 scoring run over two minutes to trim the gap. It was a short-lived rally, as an Abram three and Jordan jumper followed by another Abram trey and then a Pittman layup, to help State again build a lead over 20 points at 74-50 with 12:29 left on the clock.
A steal and dunk from Pittman added some excitement to the frame and sent State to an 83-56 clip.
The Yellow Jackets neared the 100-point mark after a pair of layups from sophomore Tariq Brown brought the score to 98-75, and finally eclipsed triple figures on a Devin Perry three to reach 102-79 with just over three minutes left in the contest.
State finished at a 112-87 mark, featuring scores from freshmen Bunky Brown and Karrington Hill. It was Hill's first points of the season.
Perry finished the game with seven points.
UP NEXT
The Yellow Jackets travel to Buckhannon for a 4 p.m. tip with West Virginia Wesleyan Saturday. Live stats and video will be available. State defeated the Bobcats earlier this season, 85-71 in Institute.
