MORGANTOWN — It was a moment that may have gone unnoticed, if it weren’t for the one who was taking charge.

Jackson Fields had played all of two minutes in the first half during West Virginia’s 70-38 victory against Mercyhurst.

He didn’t play a single second in the Mountaineers’ first seven games of the season, a result of working his way back to full health after wrist surgery over the summer.

Now, it was the second half against the overmatched Lakers. A foul was called. The Mountaineers huddled together.

Fields leaned in. The 6-foot-8 and 225-pound forward, a transfer from Troy, wasn’t just listening to his teammates’ words of wisdom. Rather, Fields was the one leading the discussion.

“He has a very good voice out there,” was the way WVU head coach Ross Hodge described Fields. “A lo

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