MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -Da’Sean Butler scored 26 points and No. 8 West Virginia used two second-half runs to pull away to an 83-60 victory over Loyola, Md., on Sunday.
Darrell Bryant added 15 points, Kevin Jones scored 14 and Casey Mitchell had 13 for West Virginia (1-0), which opened the season with three players out of the lineup. Among them was starting forward Devin Ebanks, who wasn’t on the bench and missed the game for undisclosed reasons.
Shane Walker scored 14 points and Jamal Barney had 11 for Loyola (1-1). Brett Harvey, who had 23 points in a win over Vermont on Friday, was held to nine against the Mountaineers.
Loyola shot 58 percent (15 of 26) from the field in the first half and tied the score at 31-all at halftime. But West Virginia shot 52 percent (17 of 33) after halftime and had far more offensive threats than the Greyhounds despite being undermanned.
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