Floyd’s 25 points help send West Virginia past Mount St. Mary’s for win No. 1 in Hodge era

MORGANTOWN W Va AP Jasper Floyd scored points shooting of and West Virginia pulled away from Mount St Mary s for a - win to usher in the Ross Hodge era in a season-opener for both teams on Tuesday night Honor Huff scored points and Brenen Lorient scored and grabbed rebounds for West Virginia Trey Deveaux scored points for Mount St Mary s which owned a - rebounding advantage Justin Amadi s three-point play with left in the first half gave Mount St Mary s a - lead Huff responded with a -pointer to tie it and that helped prompt West Virginia on a - run to close the half Starting the second half with a - lead West Virginia outscored Mount St Mary s - over the first six-and-a-half minutes for a - advantage Mount St Mary s went on a - run to get within - but never got closer Hodge who was hired in March spent the last eight seasons at North Texas including the last two as head coach posting a - record Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here and here AP News mobile app AP college basketball https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-basketball-poll and https apnews com hub college-basketball Source