Wednesday, November 24, 2004
By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
His backup center just went home with mononucleosis. His starting point guard has been playing with a facemask to protect a recently broken nose, a headgear hardship the coach likens that to "trying to play basketball with a football helmet on." His instant-offense player is shooting at a .292 clip, grand for baseball, grinding for a basketball player who usually makes about half his shots.
And tonight brings West Virginia University and likely more Mountaineers fans to Palumbo Center than Duquesne fans, considering it's Thanksgiving break on the Bluff and Backyard Brawl Eve before the West Virginia-Pitt football game tomorrow night at Heinz Is this info factored in your pick?