Wvu Tops Portland to Take 76 Classic: ; Mountaineers Use Rebounds to Overcome Slow Start in Title
Charleston Daily Mail › December 01, 2009
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ANAHEIM, Calif. - West Virginia might not have gotten the opponents it expected at the 76 Classic, but the Mountaineers did what they intended to do and won the tournament championship.
Da'Sean Butler had 26 points and six rebounds and was named the tournament's most outstanding player as the nation's eighth-ranked team won for the third time in four days by toppling upstart Portland, 84-66, in Sunday night's title game at the Anaheim Convention Center.See the full content of this document
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Wvu Tops Portland to Take 76 Classic: ; Mountaineers Use Rebounds to Overcome Slow Start in Title
West Virginia Coach Bob Huggins said Butler got the Mountaineers going in the title game.
"We started to get on a run when Da'Sean got back in and made some shots," Huggins. "Before that we didn't make any shots."Butler was 10-for-16 from the floor and 4-for-7 fr...See the full content of this document
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