The 23rd-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers fell to Arizona State on Tuesday night, 65-57, marking their first bad loss of the season. Here are a few of my initial takeaways from tonight's game. WVU has done such a great job this season competing with and even beating teams that are better than them,

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Basheer Jihad scored 17 points, freshman Jayden Quaintance had 15 points and 12 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season, and Arizona State beat No. 23 West Virginia 65-57.