<p>MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia has added DePaul forward Pauly Paulicap as a graduate transfer.</p>
<p>Coach Bob Huggins announced Paulicap’s signing Thursday.</p>
<p>The 6-foot-8 Paulicap will bring defensive help to the Mountaineers, who ranked eighth in the Big 12 in scoring defense at 72 points per game last season.</p>
<p>Paulicap averaged more than seven points and six rebounds with 1.6 blocked shots per game for DePaul as a graduate transfer last season when he started 15 of 19 games. He spent the three previous seasons at Manhattan.</p>
<p>Paulicap joins 6-9 transfer Dimon Carrigan from Florida International in the Mountaineers’ frontcourt.</p>
<p>“We struggled to protect the rim a year ago, one of a few weaknesses that we had," Huggins said. "These two guys give us the opportunity to fix that problem in a big way.”</p>
<p>The Mountaineers also previously signed Old Dominion guard Malik Curry as a transfer.</p>
<p>They will join two incoming freshmen: Kobe Johnson from Canton, Ohio, and guard Seth Wilson from Lorain, Ohio.</p>
