Sports / NCAA basketball Price is Right as UConn Holds off West Virginia No. 20 Drake clinches MVC, Bowling Green upsets No. 23 Kent St. By Mitch Pritchard, Newser Staff Posted Mar 1, 2008 6:18 PM CST Copied Connecticut's A.J. Price goes up over West Virginia's Darris Nichols for an outside shot in the first half of a college basketball game in Hartford, Conn., Saturday, March 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bob Child) (Associated Press) No. 15 Connecticut blew much of a 17-point lead before settling down to beat West Virginia 79-71 today in a Big East game, reports the AP. AJ Price led the Huskies (23-6, 12-4) with 24 points, and Jeff Adrien had his 16th double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds. In other Top 25 action: No. 20 Drake finished its best regular season in 35 years with a 73-63 win over Wichita State. Klayton Korver led the way with 19 points as Drake finished 25-4 overall and 15-3 to win the Missouri Valley. No. 23 Kent State lost its first game ever as a ranked team as Brian Moten scored 24 points to lead Bowling Green to an 89-83 Mid-American Conference win. (More NCAA basketball stories.) Report an error