The Mountaineers put an end to #13 Villanova’s 6 game win streak with a 93-72 upset victory over the Wildcats last night.

Da’Sean Butler followed up his season-low 4 point performance against Pitt on Monday with a career-high 43 points against Villanova.

It was the highest scoring performance by a Big East player since Gerry McNamara dropped 43 on BYU in the 2004 NCAA tournament. Butler’s performance was also the first time in 31 years that a WVU player has scored over 40 points.

Behind Butler, the Mountaineers held the lead for over 36 minutes and never trailed the Wildcats.

Freshmen Devin Ebanks recorded the fourth double-double of his young career with 16 points and 10 boards.

Corey Fisher led Villanova in scoring with 17 points, followed by 15 from Corey Stokes and 12 from Scottie Reynolds.

Villanova will be happy to get out of Morgantown where they have not won a game in over a decade, and will take on Rutgers on Thursday.

Both the Wildcats and the Mountaineers have favorable schedules remaining. With 6 games left to go, 5 of WVU’s upcoming opponents are in the bottom half of the conference. Villanova has a game against #23 Syracuse next Sunday and will finish the season against a tough Providence team that gave them trouble earlier in the season.

Both teams will also have to play a Notre Dame squad that followed up a 7 game losing streak with a 90-57 beat down of #5 Louisville this past Thursday.