Culver, Tshiebwe help No. 12 WVU`s half-court defense thrive
(WorldNews Sport)

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - No. 12 West Virginia´s opponents don`t have to dribble the ball past midcourt to the point of exhaustion anymore. But it comes at a cost. In abandoning a suffocating full-court pressure defense from past seasons, the Mountaineers have doubled down on an even-greater priority: keeping teams out of the paint. Press Virginia is gone, replaced by a smothering half-court defense anchored by arguably one of the best frontcourt tandems in college basketball - 6-foot-10 sophomore Derek Culver and 6-9, 260-pound freshman Oscar Tshiebwe, a former McDonald´s All-American. `I think this is the way we can win,` said West Virginia...