Mountaineers Rout Stetson, Improve to 2-0 - West Virginia University Athletics

Friday, November 6

Morgantown, W.Va.

7 p.m.

West Virginia University

2-0,0-0Big 12

Stetson

0-3,0-0ASUN

Team	1	2	F
Stetson	30	23	53
West Virginia	43	48	91

Seydou Traore drives to the basket in the first half of West Virginia's game against Stetson at Hope Coliseum on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026.

Photo by: WVU Athletic Communications

November 06, 2026 09:34 PM | Men's Basketball

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By: John Antonik

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Freshman guard Miles Sadler's strong early season start continued tonight with a team-high 25 points in West Virginia's 91-53 victory over Stetson at Hope Coliseum.

The five-star recruit, whose college debut on Monday night included a 16-point, nine-assist effort in the Mountaineers' 91-46 victory over Niagara, made 11 of his 16 field goal attempts, including 3-of-6 from 3-point distance, while handing out six assists in just 24 minutes of work.

West Virginia coach Ross Hodge thought Sadler was aggressive early in the game but believes his star freshman point guard still has plenty of room for growth on the defensive end of the floor.

"He got in the paint, made the right plays and made shots, and it was like I told him, 'Yeah, you had 25 but really in my mind you had 12 because you gave up 15 on baseline out of bounds plays, so congrats,'" Hodge said.

Joson Sanon came off the bench to add 18 points on six 3s, while Finley Bizjack contributed 13 and sophomore forward Mouhamed Sylla chipped in with 11 before fouling out late in the game.

West Virginia scored on 61% of its 64 possessions and finished the game shooting 50% on 31 of 62 shooting.

The Mountaineers connected on 13 of 31 from behind the arc with Bizjack and Martin Somerville joining Sadler and Sanon with baskets from behind the arc.

West Virginia had a 46-to-32 edge on the glass and scored 21 points of Stetson's 13 turnovers.

The Hatters, which began the season with games against Clemson of the ACC, South Carolina of the SEC and now West Virginia of the Big 12, drops to 0-3.

Sean Morgan led Stetson with 15 points while leading scorer Collin Kuhl finished with 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds.

The Mountaineers, which led 43-30 at halftime, outscored the Hatters 48-23 after intermission.

"In the second half, I felt like we did a better job of keeping the ball out of the paint area and when guys had misses we were able to get some rebounds," Hodge said. "Going into the last media (timeout), I think we were at 17 assists and four turnovers, and I thought we shared the ball.

"Again, it's going to be a strength-in-numbers type of team, and some nights maybe it is this guy and some nights maybe it's that guy, so all in all, we can just keep getting better. We can get a lot better and that's where my mind goes watching this and there's not an individual that I've watched that I think, 'He can't get better,'" the coach added.

For the second straight game, Hodge was able to empty his bench and get everyone dressed onto the floor. WVU's 91 points in back-to-back games was the first time that's happened in eight years since early in the 2018 season when the Mountaineers did it against Morgan State and Long Beach State.

West Virginia (2-0) concludes its three-game homestand next Thursday night against Mercer.