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Morgantown, WV (SportsNetwork.com) - One of two Big 12 matchups featuring a pair of nationally-ranked programs on Tuesday night, the West Virginia Mountaineers are set to host the Oklahoma Sooners at WVU Coliseum. The Mountaineers, who dropped two spots in the rankings to 16th this week, had been enjoying a seven-game win streak heading into last weekend before suffering a 74-72 loss to Iowa State at home. That meeting was the eighth time that the Coliseum had hosted a game where both programs were ranked in the top-20, and now this is the ninth. The 18th-ranked Sooners are also coming off a loss in their last outing, going down to Kansas State at home, in overtime, on Saturday by a score of 66-63. The defeat snapped a four-game win streak and was the fourth overall for the program, which makes Oklahoma one of three teams ranked in the top-20 with as many setbacks, the others being Texas and North Carolina. With five wins in seven chances, the Sooners lead the all-time series between the two squads. The schools split a pair of meetings last season, with each winning on its home floor as WVU posted a 91-86 triumph in Morgantown, and the Sooners claiming a 72-62 verdict in Norman. Getting the game to overtime against Kansas State was one thing, but then the Sooners took only three shots from the floor in the five-minute period, enough of a reason why Oklahoma came up short at home over the weekend. Buddy Hield did his best to give the Sooners a fighting chance as he tallied a game-high 31 points on 11-of-20 shooting from the floor, including 5-of-9 behind the 3- point line, but the rest of his teammates came up empty on six shots out on the perimeter. TsShawn Thomas recorded a double-double consisting of 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Ryan Spangler finished with nine points, nine boards and four blocked shots. Hield is the driving force behind the offense for the Sooners, producing 16.8 ppg with the help of a team-best 44 3-pointers. Isaiah Cousins pitches in with another 12.7 ppg as he not only shows good aim on the outside with 44.4 percent success, he is also one of the better rebounders with 6.1 boards per contest. Thomas (11.9 ppg) and Spangler (9.3 ppg, 8.1 rpg) lend support on offense and have combined for 38 blocked shots, which have been crucial to the unit limiting opponents to just 59.4 ppg. Also caught in a close one, the Mountaineers didnt go top overtime against Iowa State on Saturday, but the result was still the same as what the Sooners experienced. West Virginia shot a dismal 32.4 percent from the floor and just 7-of-29 behind the 3-point line in the meeting, but managed to remain in contention until the very end by forcing 18 turnovers. Juwan Staten accounted for a game-high 23 points, Devin Williams registered a double-double with 14 points and a game-high 15 rebounds, while Jaysean Paige pitched in with 10 points in just 13 minutes off the bench before fouling out, although he did shoot just 2-of-9 from the floor. Staten continues to be the key factor on offense for the Mountaineers as he generates 16.5 ppg and also hands out 4.0 apg to get teammates like Williams (10.8 ppg) and Jonathan Holton (10.0 ppg) involved in the action. Williams paces the group with 7.7 rpg, while Holton comes in second in that department with 6.4 rpg and even though no one else is pulling down more than 3.3 rpg (Staten), the program is still beating opponents on the glass by an average of six per contest. Cheap Bo Jackson Jersey . The Blue Jackets play Thursday night at New Jersey in their first game after the NHLs Olympic hiatus. 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While he was away, it was the division-rival Baltimore Orioles conducting a little business of their own, scooping up Ubaldo Jimenez on Monday evening to a reported four-year, $50-million contract.SEATTLE - Adrian Hanauer was ready to step away as general manager of the Seattle Sounders after three or four seasons and focus more on the business side of the operation.Hanauer had to wait a little longer than he wanted to get Garth Lagerwey as the Sounders next general manager.It became clear to me that Garth should ultimately be the one to replace me, Hanauer said. But those things take time and Garth had a contract and was doing great things in Salt Lake City and ultimately his contract was expiring and at a time he was able to look into his future. And I was very anxious to have that conversation with him.Lagerwey was hired as the Sounders new general manager Tuesday. He comes to Seattle after seven-plus seasons as the general manager of Real Salt Lake, helping turn that franchise into an MLS Cup winner.Now hell be responsible for all the soccer operations in soccer-crazy Seattle with the task of acquiring the one lingering item missing from the Sounders trophy case: An MLS Cup.I really felt like I had to movve on.dddddddddddd I had to move forward in my career, Lagerwey said. And I think the Sounders are an ambitious club. They are very well run and there are qualities that will transfer very well from RSL to Seattle.The addition of Lagerwey will allow Hanauer to focus on the business operations of the club. Hanauer owns one-third of the franchise, but felt his involvement in long-term planning for the growth of the franchise was lagging as he focused on the soccer side of the operation.Generally trying to be a little more strategic and spend my time in that capacity and look out five, 10, 20 years, Hanauer said. For the last seven years Ive been pretty mired down in the day to day of watching player video, and going to college games, and spending time at combines, and going on scouting trips and I havent had enough time to focus on the bigger picture.Lagerwey spent five seasons as a goalkeeper in the MLS from 1996-2000, playing for Kansas City, Dallas and Miami. He was hired by Real Salt Lake in 2007. 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