WHEELING – The last time the Wheeling University men’s basketball team scrimmaged against West Virginia University was in December of 2017. Soon though, that clock will reset.

Wheeling University and WVU will scrimmage inside the WVU Coliseum on Oct. 26, the Mountaineers’ athletics website announced on Friday as part of their non-conference schedule release.

“It’s very exciting,” Wheeling University head coach Chris Richardson said Friday. “We love the opportunities we get night in, night out in the Mountain East and in Division II. But anytime you get the opportunity to step up and play a team at the highest level of college basketball, particularly one in the Big 12, it’s a really great opportunity. I know our guys will be excited, our coaches will be excited, and it’ll be a game where

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