No. 21 West Virginia defeated South Florida 56-46 on Sunday to rebound from a tough loss to Marshall.
Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins joked that Casey Mitchell has suddenly become good at rebounding because he senses where his errant shots will end up. Mitchell got his first career double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds in the win.
“I told (South Florida coach Stan Heath) that he misses so many that he knows where they are going,” Huggins said. “We’ve been on him to rebound the ball.
“We need him to rebound the ball at both ends. We don’t have real explosive guys in there so we need him to go to the boards.”