MORGANTOWN -- Roles were reversed on Saturday. The Mountaineers became the hunted, rather than the hunter.
The Arizona Wildcats offense exploited West Virginia's defense, who had struggled in Big 12 Conference play, wanted to do, en route to a 52-31 victory in Morgantown in front of a crowd of 50,121.
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