In what amounts to a welcome departure from what’s normal, West Virginia will unquestionably be the bigger team tonight. Stephen F. Austin ordinarily doesn’t play anyone taller than 6-foot-7 or heavier than 220 points.

“That is something we talked about a lot, but our physicality will have to negate some of that,” Thomas Walkup, a guard/forward, said. “Really, it’s attention to detail. No possessions where you miss a block-out. Everything has to be right down to detail so that we finish out possessions strong. That’s the best way.”

WVU’s 6-9, 255-pound Devin Williams had a career-high 31 points on 9-for-12 shooting and 10 rebounds in the Big 12 championship game against Kansas. He said he “might be the focal point,” which seems like an aggressive understatement, but the Mountaineers really only leaned on Williams as much as they did against Kansas because of the trouble they had making jumpers.

Still, Williams knows his team can prevail inside.

“I want to feel it out first,” he said. “I don’t want to go in there overly aggressive because they’re smaller and lighter than the usual teams we’ve been playing against that last couple months. For the most part, I’ll go with the flow and run the floor to get easy baskets, and if I’m able to catch it in the post, just turn and flip it in.”

Coach Brad Underwood said the Lumberjacks will use multiple players throughout the game against Williams and hope the way they pressure the ball and guard on the perimeter makes it hard for WVU to pass to Williams inside.

“I don’t know if you stop him,” Underwood said. “One thing he does an unbelievable job of is he plays to contact. So he gets to the foul line a great deal. And then when you’ve got a team that is No. 1 in the country in offensive rebound percentage in terms of getting the ball back, that’s a great start. Try to keep him off the foul line. Try to make his touches hard. And then block him out.” – See more at: http://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/20160317/wvuncaa-notebook-wvu-sfa-like-to-press-but-in-different-ways#sthash.NGzqLDxn.dpuf