No. 13 West Virginia women's basketball was able to stay perfect on the season on Tuesday.
The Mountaineers hosted Bowling Green in a non-conference clash that proved a tough challenge for one frame of play before they were able to run away to a 78-47 win. The win moves WVU to 5-0, with all five victories coming by a margin of 20-or-more points -- it's just the seventh time since 2000 the program has opened the season with five straight wins.
But despite gaining another dominant victory, WVU Head Coach Mark Kellogg seemed about as far from pleased as you can get after a 31-point win.
"I'm probably honestly a little disappointed, for a lot of reasons," Kellogg said. "I think there is a standard that we expect to behave and act, and then to play as well, and i don't think we met either of those tonight. So just a little disappointed, I didn't think we played great."
The reference to not meeting the program standard for behavior is a reference to starting guard Sydney Shaw being ejected from the contest due to a disqualifying foul.
"Obviously it will be addressed," Kellogg said. "That's not us, we can't do that, we cant react that way. She has to be better than that, that's not what we're about."
In terms of the standard of play, the Mountaineers only by three points after the first quarter. Kellogg pointed to missed layups, missed assignments, and a lack of "juice" defensively as contributing to his disappointment with the performance.
"Overall, it wasn't what we expect," Kellogg said.
The Mountaineers won the contest with a balanced attack offensively, as 11 players scored for WVU and the team shot 52% from the field.
Junior guard Jordan Harrison pced the Mountaineers with 20 points, while senior guard JJ Quinerly finished with 14 points and six assists. Junior forward and transfer addition Celia Riviere also shined bright as the third Mountaineer to hit double-digits scoring -- she added 11 points in a career-best performance.