Most teams, when down to an unranked opponent by 11 at halftime and 16 five minutes into the second half, would roll over and just kinda stop playing. Thats the situation the number 6 West Virginia Mountaineers faced on Saturday up in Madison Square Garden. Against a St. Johns team on a four game skid and a 2-7 record in confrence play.
After a timeout with 17 miunutes left in the half coach Bob Huggins talked to his team which was down 16 points. After that speach they seemed to come out with a burning desire to come back and win the game.
The team came out on fire, not missing a single three point shot in the second half, Da'sean Butler lead all socrers with 33 points going 7-7 from three point territory. It was just a truly remarkable comeback as they took the lead with nine minutes left in the game and just kept pouring it on from there. Going from being down by 16 points to a win by 19 just shows the heart and the ability to turn it on when needed which will be huge come tournament time. I honestly can see this team making the elite eight and making a push toward the national championship this year.
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