West Virginia interim head coach Josh Eilert talked to the media following the Mountaineers 79-73 loss to St. John’s in the Big East-Big 12 Battle.
Free Throws
“I think it’s probably pretty easy to see the story of the game, free throws down the stretch,” said Eilert. “Had we made some free throws down the stretch
The Mountaineers shot 31-43 from the free throw line in tonight’s game
Rebounding
“We give up 18 offensive rebounds to a team like that, give them 26 second chance points, you’re not going to have a chance to win that game.”
West Virginia outrebounded the Red Storm 39-37, but the offensive rebounds and rebounds down the stretch of the game proved to be the deciding factor for the Mountaineers.
“It’s a shame we couldn’t clean up two or three of those. You know, No. 8 [Chris Ledlum] is hard to overcome. You know you come up with three or four more possessions and didn’t give them a second chance, we’re probably winning that ball game.
Aggressiveness
“Yeah, a couple of those [calls] I didn’t understand whatsoever to be honest with you. What are you going to do? I can’t get into it, it was called like an old Big East game.”
Jesse Edwards fouled out of the game with just over two minutes left in the game.
