West Virginia Mountaineers at Utah Utes

· NCAA Men's Basketball

West Virginia Mountaineers

17-12, 3-7 Away

Utah Utes

16-13, 15-3 Home

Ausar and Utah host West Virginia

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West Virginia Mountaineers (17-12, 9-10 Big 12) at Utah Utes (16-13, 8-10 Big 12)

Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST

Utes -3.5; over/under is 136.5

BOTTOM LINE: Utah hosts West Virginia after Ezra Ausar scored 25 points in Utah's 99-73 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils.

The Utes are 15-3 in home games. Utah averages 18.0 assists per game to lead the Big 12, paced by Miro Little with 3.2.

The Mountaineers are 9-10 in conference games. West Virginia is second in the Big 12 giving up 64.6 points while holding opponents to 40.9% shooting.

Utah averages 8.5 made 3-pointers per game, 2.6 more made shots than the 5.9 per game West Virginia gives up. West Virginia averages 68.2 points per game, 3.1 fewer than the 71.3 Utah gives up to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Gabe Madsen is shooting 32.7% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Utes, while averaging 15.2 points. Ausar is shooting 52.5% and averaging 14.9 points over the past 10 games.

Javon Small is averaging 18.2 points, 5.5 assists and 1.6 steals for the Mountaineers. Joseph Yesufu is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Utes: 5-5, averaging 73.4 points, 34.7 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 5.9 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.1 points per game.

Mountaineers: 4-6, averaging 62.6 points, 27.7 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 6.8 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 42.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.0 points.

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Utah: 56.3%

West Virginia: 43.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

WVU		UTAH
L1	Streak	W1
68.2	Points Per Game	75.7
42.4	Field Goal %	45.4
32.6	Three Point %	33.2
33.1	Rebounds Per Game	39.4
13.8	Assists Per Game	18.0
4.2	Blocks Per Game	3.9
7.6	Steals Per Game	6.3
0.9	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.4
11.2	Total Turnovers Per Game	12.7
64.6	Points Against	71.3

Game Information

Jon M. Huntsman Center

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Capacity:

2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Houston	18-1	-	26-4
Texas Tech	13-5	4.5	22-7
Arizona	13-5	4.5	19-10
Iowa State	12-6	5.5	22-7
BYU	12-6	5.5	21-8
Kansas	10-9	8	19-11
Baylor	9-9	8.5	17-12
TCU	9-9	8.5	16-13
West Virginia	8-10	9.5	17-12
Utah	8-10	9.5	16-13
Kansas State	8-10	9.5	14-15
Cincinnati	7-11	10.5	17-12
UCF	6-12	11.5	15-14
Oklahoma State	6-12	11.5	14-15
Arizona State	4-14	13.5	13-16
Colorado	2-16	15.5	11-18