The Basics
The West Virginia Wesleyan men's basketball team is scheduled to play at West Virginia State in Institute, W.Va., on Saturday (Feb. 20) at 4:30 p.m. 
 
Quick Hits
• The game scheduled for Wednesday (Feb. 17) at Glenville State was canceled due to the Pioneers pausing team activities. 
• Sophomore guard Jaylin Reed is the team's leading scorer averaging 20.5 points a contest. He's coming off a 28-point and nine-rebound performance in a 101-85 defeat to Charleston on Saturday (Feb. 13). Reed scored a career-high 33 points against West Virginia State on Wednesday (Jan. 20). 
• Reed has scored at least 20 points in seven games this season.
• Ross Young has compiled five double-doubles this season, the last occurrence was on Wednesday (Feb. 10) when the senior scored 21 points and hauled in 11 rebounds.
• Junior forward Daylin Lee scored a season-high 23 points on Monday (Feb. 1) in an 88-70 defeat at Notre Dame (Ohio). Lee has scored in double figures in five consecutive games. 
• Nick Patella enters his second season as the West Virginia Wesleyan head coach. Prior to WVWC, Patella served as the head coach of nearby Davis & Elkins for four years. The Elkins, W. Va., native played basketball at West Virginia University under John Beilein from 2002-05 and was a member of the 2004-05 Mountaineers Elite Eight team. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at WVWC. 
 
Scouting West Virginia State
The Yellow Jackets are 6-5 overall and currently on a four-game losing streak after a 96-81 setback against Concord on Wednesday (Feb. 17). West Virginia State edged Wesleyan by a final of 94-89 in Buckhannon on Wednesday, Jan. 20. 
 
Anthony Pittman is averaging a double-double of 17.9 points per game and 12.0 rebounds per game. Pittman tallied 24 points and snagged 13 rebounds on Wednesday (Feb. 17) against Concord. 
 
Glen Abram is averaging 23.0 points a night through 11 games. He dropped 21 points and dished out eight assists on Jan. 20 in the victory over WVWC.
 
Bryan Poore is in his 22nd season as the head coach at West Virginia State. Poore is the winningest coach in Yellow Jacket men's basketball program history with a 330-272 record since taking over in 1999. 
 
Up Next
West Virginia Wesleyan men's basketball returns home to round out the MEC regular season slate against Concord inside the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. before playing host to Davis & Elkins for Senior Day on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 4:30 p.m.