MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Working with its full rotation for the first time this season, West Virginia allowed Mercyhurst to score 19 points over the first 13 minutes of Sunday’s matchup at Hope Coliseum.

The Lakers managed only 19 from that point forward, with the Mountaineers opening up a comfortable lead in the late stages of the first half and hardly looking back in a 70-38 victory.

WVU (6-2) allowed the fewest points it has in any game since a 77-38 victory against Coppin State in December 2017.

“Our defensive activity on the ball with deflections and disrupting what they wanted to do offensively was really good most of the night,” WVU head coach Ross Hodge said.

Playing for the first time in a week after seven games in a 20-day stretch to start the season, the Mountaineers got off to a

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