Poor shooting dooms WVU basketball against Texas

There was going to come a time when the West Virginia basketball team would need to shoot better than it had all year.

On Wednesday against Texas, the Mountaineers got worse.

WVU shot 31-percent from the field in the game and had its lowest scoring output of the season in a 56-49 loss in front of 9,881 fans.

"“Over the years when I didn’t think our guys were ready to play there were two glaring things – missing easy shots and missing free throws,” said West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. “We weren’t ready to play. We had a horrible practice yesterday to the point where I just told them to get out.”"

After the Mountaineers’ loss to Oklahoma last Saturday, WVU basketball has now suffered back-to-back defeats. Last season, WVU had two instances where it lost two-straight, however, the streak did not go beyond those two games.

If the Mountaineers want to get back on track, the solution is fairly simple to figure out: they need to shoot better.

Here’s a deeper look at West Virginia’s home loss to the Longhorns.

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