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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Nathan Adrian will have to be West Virginias best player if the Mountaineers are going to make a deep March Madness run this season.So far, so good.Adrian had 15 points and 14 rebounds for his first career double-double, helping No. 19 West Virginia cruise past Mississippi Valley State 107-66 on Monday night.Nate just cant get hurt, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. I dont know what wed do without him. We run everything through him. You watch him and then you watch everybody else, it looks like everybody else has their feet in cement. He wants to win, he wants to do things right.Adrian set a career high for rebounds in this one, and his point total was his highest since getting 16 on Dec. 29, 2013 against William & Mary.Im just listening to coach and what he has to teach me and doing the best I can, the 6-foot-9 forward said. I dont expect to be the leading scorer on the team. It doesnt matter who does. Whoever can score points to help us win the game.The Mountaineers (2-0) were sluggish at first, but after four lead changes in the first two minutes, Adrian and Jevon Carter fueled a 17-0 run that put West Virginia ahead 21-5 at the first media timeout.West Virginia shot 72.7 percent from the free-throw line, a spike from when they made 58.6 percent in their game against Mount St. Marys last Friday. The Mountaineers also scored 34 points off of 26 turnovers Monday.Teyvon Myers and Lamont West scored 12 points for West Virginia, and Carter and Esa Ahmad had 10.For the second straight game, Daxter Miles, Jr. did not see any time on the court.Marcus Romain had 13 points for the Delta Devils (0-2). Its his eleventh straight game in double figures.Him scoring in double figures is a given, Mississippi Valley State coach Andre Payne said. What were concerned about with him is his turnovers. Its two bad games back to back where hes had six turnovers and thats where we got to get him, from turning the ball over so much, because if youre going to have the ball in your hand that much, you got to make good decisions.POLL IMPLICATIONSWest Virginia went up one spot in the AP Top 25 on Monday due to Connecticuts loss to Wagner on Friday. If the Mountaineers can handle New Hampshire on Sunday, they will likely remain at 19 or move up a spot or two depending on what happens above.THE BIG TWELVEA dozen players scored for the Mountaineers, and nine of them got more than 10 minutes on the court. Huggins is showing, once again, how deep West Virginia can be.PRESS VIRGINIAIn the first 20 minutes, the Mountaineers took advantage of the Delta Devils miscues by scoring 26 points off 18 turnovers. 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One day after the Detroit Lions signed former quarterback Logan Thomas to their practice squad to play tight end, the Buffalo Bills signed Thomas off the Lions practice squad Tuesday to their 53-man roster.The Bills must keep Thomas on their 53-man roster for the next three weeks because he was signed off another teams practice squad. He will likely serve as the Bills third tight end behind starter Charles Clay and backup Nick OLeary.Its been two and a half years of not really getting an opportunity, and I was ready to get an opportunity to play and tried to make the best of what I could do, Thomas said Monday. I think this gives me the best opportunity to do so.Thomas was a fourth-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2014 after three seasons as Virginia Techs starting quarterback. Thomas spent the 2010 season as a backup to then-Hokies quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who will now throw passes to him as the Bills quarterback.Thomas appeared in two games for the Cardinals as a rookie, attempting nine passes. He spent most oof last season on the Miami Dolphins practice squad and had several stints on the New York Giants practice squad earlier this season.dddddddddddd.Thomas said he first worked out for the Lions at quarterback and then tried out as a tight end. He said tight end, a new position for him, is a completely different language, a completely different move.You see things from a quarterbacks eyes way different than you did right beside the guys in the trenches, he said. Its something that youve got to bite your pride a little bit and move on.Thomas was a three-year starter at Virginia Tech at quarterback, and he had a few plays at receiver for the Hokies during his redshirt freshman year in 2010. He had two career receptions for 11 yards at Virginia Tech and rushed 495 times for 1,359 yards and 24 touchdowns as a dual-threat quarterback.ESPN Lions reporter Michael Rothstein contributed to this report. ' ' '