West Virginia will look to extend its early-season winning streak to three games on Thursday night when it faces Mercer in Morgantown, W.Va.
West Virginia improved to 2-0 with a 91-53 victory at home against Stetson last Friday as four Mountaineers players scored in double figures.
Depth has powered West Virginia so far this season in a trend the team hopes to continue.
“This is going to be a strength-in-numbers type of team,” coach Ross Hodge said. “You know, it really is. It can be a different guy, a lot of different nights, and that’s just that’s where the heart has to be centered of the group is around that, and it is.”
Miles Sadler will look to put forth another strong outing for West Virginia. Sadler is fourth in the Big 12 in assists at an average of 7.5 per game, seventh in scoring at 20.5 points per game, and tied for 10th in steals at 2.0 per game.
Transfer guard Finley Bizjack is third on the team in scoring at 12 points per game.
West Virginia will face a Mercer team that is coming off a 97-91 overtime road victory against Georgia Southern on Tuesday. Quinton Perkins II scored 23 points for the Bears (2-2), who improved to 1-2 on their five-game road trip.
Mercer has five players averaging in double-figure scoring, led by Perkins (16.3).
Makoi Mabor Makoi is coming off the first double-double of his collegiate career, as he set career highs in points with 15 and rebounds with 12 vs. Georgia Southern. He also tied his career high in blocks with two.