Behind junior Marcus Barnes' career-high 31 points, the men's basketball team shocked West Virginia, 91-84, on Saturday night at the WVU Coliseum.
It is NU's second road win over a BIG EAST school in as many years. The Huskies beat Boston College, 72-67, at Conte Forum last season.
Barnes hit the biggest shot of the game, a three-pointer with 1:13 left to play that gave the Huskies (2-2) an 86-78 lead. He was 10-of-22 from the field, including 7-of-12 from long range. The seven three-pointers tie a school record.
Tyrone Sally's three-pointer at the 6:35 mark gave WVU a 72-71 lead, but an 11-0 Huskies run, which included five straight points by senior Javorie Wilson and was capped by a pair of free throws by senior center Cornellius Wright, gave them their largest lead of the game, at 82-72, with 3:54 left to play.
West Virginia (1-1) grabbed a 19-5 lead following a Tyler Relph three-pointer with 13:47 left. The Huskies clawed back, tying it at 25-25 at the 7:22 mark on a jumper by freshman Bennet Davis and taking a 33-32 lead on a Barnes three with 3:40 remaining.
The Mountaineers finished the half with an 8-2 run and led 40-35 at the break.
West Virginia shot 53 percent (31-of-59) from the field, including 57 percent (17-of-30) in the second half, but NU was able to counteract that by making 13-of-25 three-point tries (52 percent).
Sophomore Jose Juan Barea scored 19 points and tied a career high with 10 assists. The Huskies, behind a season-high 12 boards by senior Sylbrin Robinson, out-rebounded the Mountaineers, 49-34.
Northeastern returns home to play Suffolk on Dec. 2 at 7 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score
Northeastern vs West Virginia
11/29/03 6:00 at WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.Va.
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VISITORS: Northeastern 2-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 Wilson, Javorie..... f 6-12 1-3 2-3 1 2 3 2 15 3 1 1 0 25
33 Robinson, Sylbrin... f 1-5 0-0 2-6 5 7 12 2 4 3 1 1 3 28
30 Wright, Cornellius.. c 2-8 0-0 3-4 5 1 6 3 7 1 0 0 0 16
03 Barnes, Marcus...... g 10-22 7-12 4-5 0 3 3 1 31 1 1 0 2 33
05 Barea, Jose Juan.... g 6-15 2-4 5-6 0 4 4 2 19 10 1 0 1 37
02 Youmans, D'wan...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 17
14 Davis, Bennet....... 3-5 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 3 7 0 2 1 1 13
21 DRAIN, Adam......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
32 Dunn, Jesse......... 3-4 2-3 0-0 1 2 3 2 8 0 2 0 0 20
52 Oliynyk, Gene....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TEAM................ 8 2 10
Totals.............. 31-72 13-25 16-24 23 26 49 16 91 19 10 3 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-37 32.4% 2nd Half: 19-35 54.3% Game: 43.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-14 42.9% 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 52.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 66.7% 0
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HOME TEAM: West Virginia 1-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 SALLY, Tyrone....... f 5-7 1-3 7-10 0 8 8 1 18 5 5 1 0 33
34 PITTSNOGLE, Kevin... c 2-6 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 2 5 1 4 2 1 24
01 DURISSEAU-COLLINS, J g 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 4 5 2 0 0 17
05 HERBER, Johannes.... g 2-6 1-2 2-3 0 4 4 3 7 2 1 0 2 24
15 SCHIFINO, Drew...... g 9-19 0-2 2-4 3 4 7 4 20 2 2 1 1 35
03 BEILEIN, Patrick.... 4-8 4-7 2-2 0 1 1 1 14 1 2 0 0 18
10 Relph, Tyler........ 3-5 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 21
12 YOUNG, Franklin..... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
40 FISCHER, D'or....... 4-5 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 4 8 1 0 3 0 27
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 31-59 9-23 13-19 9 25 34 20 84 19 16 7 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-29 48.3% 2nd Half: 17-30 56.7% Game: 52.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 39.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 68.4% 0
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Officials: Will Bush, Jeff Clark, John Hughes
Technical fouls: Northeastern-None. West Virginia-None.
Attendance: 7033
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Northeastern.................. 35 56 - 91
West Virginia................. 40 44 - 84
Points in the paint-NU 26,WVU 36. Points off turnovers-NU 21,WVU 11.
2nd chance points-NU 15,WVU 14. Fast break points-NU 0,WVU 0.
Bench points-NU 15,WVU 30. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-7 times.
Last FG-NU 2nd-00:14, WVU 2nd-00:04.
