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BYU Cougars at West Virginia Mountaineers

· NCAA Women's Basketball
9-5, 3-2 Away
Final
53 - 66

No. 18 West Virginia women force 31 TO's, rally in 2nd half to beat BYU 66-53

JJ Quinerly nails it from behind the arc

Quinerly shot 8 of 26 overall and had five assists and five steals. Kyah Watson added 10 points, nine rebounds and four steals for West Virginia (21-2, 2-1 Big 12), which has won four of its last five games.

Kemery Congdon shot 4 of 4 from 3-point range and finished with 16 points to lead BYU (9-5, 0-3). Emma Calvert scored 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Cougars. Amari Whiting added 10 points.

West Virginia shot 26.5 % (9 of 34) in the first half and finished 35% shooting overall (25 of 72) but scored 33 points from 31 BYU turnovers.

Quinerly shot 4 of 8 from the floor in the third quarter as West Virginia outscored BYU 21-12 for a 49-42 lead. Congdon scored the first bucket of the fourth before the Mountaineers scored the next 10 points and BYU didn't get closer. Quinerly shot 6 of 16 in the second half.

BYU jumped out to a 20-13 first-quarter advantage and led 30-28 at the break. Congdon scored nine points and Calvert had eight in the first half. Quinerly scored seven first-half points for the Mountaineers.

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Recent Plays

4th 0:00 End of Game 53 - 66
4th 0:00 End of 4th Quarter 53 - 66
4th 0:07 Delaney Gibb Steal. 53 - 66
4th 0:07 JJ Quinerly Turnover. 53 - 66
4th 0:18 Kyah Watson Defensive Rebound. 53 - 66

Statistics

BYUBYU WVUWVU
21-44 FG 25-72
48 Field Goal % 35
7-19 3PT 9-31
37 Three Point % 29
4-6 FT 7-12
67 Free Throw % 58
42 Rebounds 34
5 Offensive Rebounds 14
37 Defensive Rebounds 20
10 Assists 13
3 Steals 16
4 Blocks 1
31 Turnovers 8
3 Team Turnovers 1
31 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
7 Points Off Turnovers 33
2 Fast Break Points 4
26 Points in Paint 30
15 Fouls 9
7 Largest Lead 15

Game Information

WVU Coliseum

Location: Morgantown, WV
Attendance: 4,066 | Capacity:

2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
TCU 12-3 - 24-4
Texas Tech 11-4 1 24-4
Baylor 11-4 1 22-6
West Virginia 11-4 1 21-6
Oklahoma State 10-5 2 21-7
Colorado 10-5 2 19-8
Iowa State 9-6 3 21-6
Arizona State 8-7 4 21-7
Utah 8-7 4 17-10
Kansas State 8-7 4 15-13
BYU 6-9 6 17-10
Kansas 6-9 6 16-11
Cincinnati 5-10 7 10-17
Arizona 2-13 10 11-15
UCF 2-13 10 10-16
Houston 1-14 11 7-19
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