Quinerly, no. 12 West Virginia dispatches High Point 89-54 in the Gulf Coast Showcase

Associated Press

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) – JJ Quinerly scored 18 of his 22 points in the first half and West Virginia made easy work of High Point as it beat the Panthers 89-54 on Friday in an eight-team Gulf opener. Coast Showcase.

Reserve Jordan Thomas scored 18 points and Jordan Harrison had 13 for West Virginia.

Aaliyah Collins scored 11 points for High Point.

The 12th-ranked Mountaineers (7-0) advance to face Boise State (7-0) on Saturday. The Broncos beat Illinois State 79-76 on Friday.

Quinerly started the game with three layups and a pair of free throws in just over three and a half minutes to help West Virginia to a 9-0 lead. Her point total in that stretch topped High Point’s point total for the quarter as West Virginia led 22-7 after the first.

West Virginia used an 8-2 run to start the second quarter to take its first 20-plus point lead of the game with another Quinerly layup and two free throws, a Jordan Thomas layup and a Celia Riviere jumper for a lead of 30-9.

The Mountaineers moved their record to 3-0 against the Panthers.

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