Mercyhurst Lakers @ West Virginia Mountaineers
Cooke leads No. 25 West Virginia against Mercyhurst after 20-point game
Mercyhurst Lakers (0-7) at West Virginia Mountaineers (6-2)
Morgantown, West Virginia; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 25 West Virginia hosts Mercyhurst after Gia Cooke scored 20 points in West Virginia's 81-59 loss to the Villanova Wildcats.
The Mountaineers have gone 4-1 in home games. West Virginia is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Lakers are 0-4 in road games. Mercyhurst has a 0-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
West Virginia is shooting 46.0% from the field this season, 9.1 percentage points lower than the 55.1% Mercyhurst allows to opponents. Mercyhurst's 33.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 7.0 percentage points lower than West Virginia has given up to its opponents (40.7%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Cooke is scoring 16.6 points per game and averaging 1.9 rebounds for the Mountaineers. Sydney Shaw is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers.
Jenna Van Schaik is scoring 13.4 points per game and averaging 2.6 rebounds for the Lakers. Lena Walz is averaging 13.0 points and 3.7 rebounds.
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Game Information
2025-26 Northeast Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 0-0 | - | 5-3 |
| Long Island University | 0-0 | - | 4-3 |
| Stonehill | 0-0 | - | 2-4 |
| New Haven | 0-0 | - | 2-5 |
| Wagner | 0-0 | - | 2-5 |
| Le Moyne | 0-0 | - | 1-6 |
| Chicago State | 0-0 | - | 1-7 |
| Central Connecticut | 0-0 | - | 0-6 |
| Mercyhurst | 0-0 | - | 0-7 |
| Saint Francis | 0-0 | - | 0-8 |
2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Tech | 0-0 | - | 10-0 |
| Iowa State | 0-0 | - | 9-0 |
| TCU | 0-0 | - | 9-0 |
| Arizona State | 0-0 | - | 8-0 |
| Oklahoma State | 0-0 | - | 9-1 |
| BYU | 0-0 | - | 8-1 |
| Baylor | 0-0 | - | 8-1 |
| Arizona | 0-0 | - | 6-1 |
| Kansas | 0-0 | - | 7-2 |
| West Virginia | 0-0 | - | 6-2 |
| Colorado | 0-0 | - | 6-3 |
| UCF | 0-0 | - | 6-3 |
| Houston | 0-0 | - | 5-3 |
| Utah | 0-0 | - | 5-3 |
| Kansas State | 0-0 | - | 5-5 |
| Cincinnati | 0-0 | - | 4-5 |
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