Providence College Athletics

Saturday, February 7
Morgantown, W. Va.
4:00 PM

Providence College

59
at
86

West Virginia

Providence Falls To West Virginia, 86-59

2/7/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Feb. 7, 2009

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)--Alex Ruoff scored 24 points and West Virginia beat Providence 86-59 on Saturday.

The Mountaineers (16-7, 5-5 Big East) led for the final 35 minutes of play, taking the lead for good on a basket by Ruoff with 15:30 left in the game. West Virginia went into halftime with a 42-27 lead.

The Friars (14-9, 6-4) made a quick run in the second half, trimming the deficit to 11 with just over 11 minutes to play. West Virginia responded with an 11-2 run to put the game away.

The Mountaineers were particularly lethal from downtown, sinking 11 of their 25 3-point attempts in the game.

Da'Sean Butler scored 17 points and Devin Ebanks added 13 for West Virginia.

Jeff Xavier led Providence with 15 points.

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