Tech can't get shots to fall, loses to A-B

DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER

There are bad days. And then there are BAD days.

West Virginia University Tech had the latter Thursday.

Long jumpers, short jumpers, lay-ups, and even a dunk, allbounded off the rim with merciless regularity as the Golden Bearsshot a miserable 28 percent Thursday en route to their 62-48 loss toAlderson-Broaddus. "In the beginning we got a lot of good shots andthey didn't fall," Tech Coach Jeff Kepreos said. "We lost a littlebit of emotion, a little bit of confidence."

In the first half the Golden Bears missed 26-of-32 attempts,including 15-of-18 in the paint, as the Battlers took a 26-16 lead.

"I don't remember ever shooting …