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QB Cam Newton has 13 TD passes through 11 games. Last season he had 20 TD passes and 27 total TDs after 11 games on way to league MVP honors. ... Newton has five rushing TDs and is only player in NFL with five or more TD runs in each of past six seasons. ... TE Greg Olson leads NFL TEs with 790 yards receiving and second with 58 receptions. ... WR Ted Ginn Jr. had 88-yard TD last week, third longest in franchise history. ... C Ryan Khalil placed on injured reserve this week along with backup Gino Gradkowski. C Tyler Larsen expected to make first start against Seahawks. ... LB Thomas Davis had seven tackles and interception last week. Davis is second on team with 71 tackles. ... LB Luke Kuechly expected to miss second straight game with concussion suffered Nov. 17 vs. Saints. ... S Kurt Coleman in question after entering concussion protocol following loss to Raiders. Michael Griffin would start if Coleman cant go. ... Seahawks 17-3-1 in prime time games since 2010. ... Seahawks looking to remain only undefeated team at home in NFL. ... Seattles streak of 88 straight regular-season games leading or being within one score in fourth quarter snapped last week vs. Buccaneers. ... Seahawks lead NFL in scoring defense, giving up 17.0 points per game. ... QB Russell Wilson has 111.7 passer rating in past nine home games. ... Wilson rushed for season-high 80 yards last week vs. Buccaneers. He had 79 yards rushing for the season going into the game. ... Seahawks rank 27th in league averaging 88.9 yards per game rushing. ... WR Doug Baldwin has eight TD catches in past eight home games. ... TE Jimmy Graham has eight career TDs vs. Panthers. ... Bradley Sowell starting at RT in place of Garry Gilliam. ... Seahawks hopeful about C Justin Britt (ankle), CB DeShawn Shead (hamstring), FS Earl Thomas (hamstring) all returning from injury. ... DE Michael Bennett expected to play for first time since Week 7 following minor knee surgery. ... 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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Until Big 12 Conference play opens Dec. 30, the most difficult task facing No. 15 West Virginia may be keeping its focus.Opening a five-game stretch against outmanned mid-majors, the Mountaineers (7-1) buried Western Carolina 90-37 on Wednesday night. Theres likely more carnage expected Saturday when they host another lightly regarded SoCon opponent in VMI (1-6).While the competition doesnt look stiff, the next three weeks will be developmentally important for a roster trying to get six freshmen oriented.Were trying to work on team things, stuff for ourselves, forward Elijah Macon said. Running plays right, guarding right, keeping people off the foul line.Esa Ahmad (12.8 points, 5.3 rebounds) leads a balanced assault along with versatile forward Nathan Adrian (11.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists). The backcourt tandem of Jevon Carter (9.8 points, 3.4 steals) and Tarik Philip (8.3 points, 2.4 assists) is among the grittiest in Division I, and Daxter Miles (7.2 points, 2.0 assists) is still finding his legs after being sidelined for the first three games by a reported illness.Reserve guard Teyvon Myers (9.5 points) has made 63 percent of his 3-point attempts, finding the stroke that made him the nations junior college scoring champion two seasons ago. Deploying a 12-man rotation, West Virginia has topped the 100-point mark three times this season without a player scoring 20 points in a game.Just shows you how deep our team is, Ahmad said. Thats pretty amazing.While West Virginia ranks No. 6 nationally at 90.5 points per game, much of that scoring occurs via transition baskets created by its full-court press. Half-court offense has looked clunky as Bob Huggins sought to gain experience for first-year players.Weve got to score the ball, Macon said. There was a stretchh toward the end of the (Western Carolina) game where we didnt score for like five minutes.dddddddddddd. Weve got to run our offense right. We cant have guys out there not knowing whats going on.VMI, which is paced by guards QJ Peterson (20.6 points, 7 rebounds) and Julian Elby (13.0 points), got its lone win came against Division III member Southern Virginia nearly a month ago. The string of five consecutive losses that followed culminated in an 86-68 setback to Gardner-Webb.They dominated us in points in the paint which was a variety of things -- post-ups, just driving down the lane -- and unfortunately, our defense wasnt tough enough, Keydets second-year coach Dan Earl said.We have to look in the mirror and be a tougher team. We have to figure that out. We showed some fight, but we had something like seven turnovers the first eight minutes of the game.VMIs sloppiness could portend huge trouble against West Virginia, which forces 26 turnovers per game, tops in the country. The Mountaineers also rank top-40 in field-goal defense, holding opponents to 38-percent shooting overall.Its hard for them just because we dont let people run offense, Huggins said. And I think everybody is to the point where they see other people turn it over and you dont want to turn it over. You want to take care of the ball, so the best thing to do is to throw it backwards, and its hard to run offense when you are constantly throwing the ball backwards.After VMI, the Mountaineers host UMKC, Redford and Northern Kentucky. They are building toward an end-of-the-month league opener against vastly improved Oklahoma State.Coming up Dec. 30, Macon said, were going to need everybody all-in. ' ' '