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Providence College Athletics
Tuesday, January 17
Morgantown, W.Va.
7:00 PM EST
Providence College
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at
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at West Virginia *
Friars Clipped At No. 12/17 West Virginia, 64-48
1/17/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 17, 2006
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Kevin Pittsnogle scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help No. 12 West Virginia win its 11th straight game, beating Providence 64-48 on Tuesday night.
It is the school's longest streak since the Mountaineers won 22 in a row during the 1988-89 season. West Virginia (13-3, 5-0 Big East) is also off to its best start in the league since joining 11 years ago.
Mike Gansey added 18 points for West Virginia. Pittsnogle and Gansey are the Big East's leading scoring tandem, averaging 22.8 and 21.8 points, respectively. The two also rank first and second, respectively, in Big East 3-point shooting percentage.
The game was the finale of a three-game homestand for the Mountaineers. West Virginia travels to California to face No. 18 UCLA on Jan. 21.
West Virginia led the last-place Friars (7-8, 0-4) 33-21 at the end of the first half. The Mountaineers used a 12-3 run early in the second half to extend their lead.
Providence pulled within eight points before Pittsnogle and Gansey combined for nine straight points. Frank Young added four points in the push. He finished with eight.
Randall Hanke led Providence with 14 points. Donnie McGrath added nine.
West Virginia's biggest lead was 56-37 on Young's tip-in with 7:58 remaining. Providence never got closer than 11 points afterward. The Mountaineers have not trailed in two games after having to rally from double-digit deficits in their first two Big East games.
Providence started 0-4 in conference play for the second straight season. It lost its first seven conference games last year.
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