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Wrapped up coverage of tonight’s action at Hope Coliseum. Here’s a little recap. Find my coverage at @WVSportsNow

Ross Hodge Details Highs and Lows of Exhibition Game Win https://t.co/dDukcnuOpg

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The first Country Roads of the Ross Hodge era:

FINAL: WVU 80-54 Wheeling Obioha led all scorers with 19.

4-minute Media timeout: WVU 75-45 Wheeling Freshman guard Jayden Forsythe drills two consecutive three-pointers to help the offense get going.

Media Timeout: WVU 47-31 Wheeling Obioha is keeping WVU afloat on offense to start this half. he has all six of the Mountaineers' points so far.

Second-half starters are the same for WVU. Wheeling with a quick four to start. 41-25 WVU leads

Cont. - Obioha has been HUGE and could be a difference maker. 10 points and five boards so far, three on offense. - Pretty light three-pointer volume with 10 (only 4 in the first 10 minutes), but WVU is capitalizing on the height advantage.

HALFTIME TAKEAWAYS FOR WVU: - Hodge's defense has been as advertised. Nine forced turnovers so far and Wheeling is just 8-30 from the floor. - It's clear there's still some experimenting with lineups going on. - Inside scoring has been huge. Obioha and Lorient have a combined 18

HALF; WVU 21-21 WHEELING Offense has yet to fully find its flow, but you can tell there's some experimenting going on with lineups. Obioha leads all scorers with 10.

Final 1H media timeout: WVU 33-13 Wheeling Some sloppy offense recently from WVU. Two turnovers in the last minute of play.

Eaglestaff fouls on a made three going into a timeout at 7:58. 22-12 WVU.

Huff finally makes the Mountaineers' first three-pointer. 22-9 WVU at the 8:10 mark.

Media timeout 2 comes at 11:12. WVU 15-9 Wheeling They're feeding Obioha right now. He has seven on 3-3 shooting and one free throw.

First media timeout comes at the 12:59 mark. WVU leads 11-6. The front court scored the first nine for WVU with Obioha and Lorient. A 2:31 scoring drought let Wheeling make it 9-6.

This will be today's game thread for the exhibition matchup. To start, Brenen Lorient and Harlan Obioha have two apiece for an early 4-0 WVU lead.

Here’s today’s hype video and player intros. Starters for WVU: Jasper Floyd Honor Huff Treysen Eaglestaff Brenen Lorient Harlan Obioha