MANHATTAN--Barry Brown and Kamau Stokes scored 15 points apiece as Kansas State dished No. 7 West Virginia University its second straight loss on Saturday.
“We haven’t had that edge and we need to get that edge back,” head coach Bob Huggins said.
Trailing by three with 25 seconds remaining Esa Ahmad's turnover turned costly allowing Brown to finish with the fast-break layup to give the Wildcats a 78-73 lead.
Daxter Miles Jr.'s tipin with seven seconds remaining cut the deficit to three but Brown made a free throw to put the game away.
D.J. Johnson had 14 points and eight rebounds. Wesley Iwundu and Dean Wade both added 13 points for Kansas State.
Tarik Phillip led the Mountaineers with 20 points. Jevon Carter notched his second consecutive …show more content…
WVU cruised along and pushed its lead to as many as 12 points before the Wildcats used a 10-0 run to pull within two, 38-36, at the half.
Kansas State picked right back up where they left off in the second half and took a 64-53 lead with 9:47 left on a layup by Stokes.
But the Mountaineers refused to say die and went on a 12-1 run to pull ahead 66-65 on Phillip's 3-point play with 5:07 to play. The two teams exchanged points before layups by Iwundu and Stokes put the Wildcats ahead, 73-68, with 2:18 to go. Adrian's 3 cut the WVU deficit to 74-71 before Kansas State put the game away.
For a second straight game, WVU was dominated in the paint. Kansas State had a 40-28 edge.
The Mountaineers shot 42 percent from the field and 38 percent from beyond the arc. WVU made 21-of-24 from the charity stripe.
The Wildcats 50 percent from the floor, 38 percent from 3-point range and 55 percent from the free throw line.
Elijah Macon and Brandon Watkins both fouled out in the second half. Macon was the first play disqualified in a contest this season.
WVU returns home to face No. 2 Kansas on Tuesday at 7
“We haven’t had that edge and we need to get that edge back,” head coach Bob Huggins said.
Trailing by three with 25 seconds remaining Esa Ahmad's turnover turned costly allowing Brown to finish with the fast-break layup to give the Wildcats a 78-73 lead.
Daxter Miles Jr.'s tipin with seven seconds remaining cut the deficit to three but Brown made a free throw to put the game away.
D.J. Johnson had 14 points and eight rebounds. Wesley Iwundu and Dean Wade both added 13 points for Kansas State.
Tarik Phillip led the Mountaineers with 20 points. Jevon Carter notched his second consecutive …show more content…
WVU cruised along and pushed its lead to as many as 12 points before the Wildcats used a 10-0 run to pull within two, 38-36, at the half.
Kansas State picked right back up where they left off in the second half and took a 64-53 lead with 9:47 left on a layup by Stokes.
But the Mountaineers refused to say die and went on a 12-1 run to pull ahead 66-65 on Phillip's 3-point play with 5:07 to play. The two teams exchanged points before layups by Iwundu and Stokes put the Wildcats ahead, 73-68, with 2:18 to go. Adrian's 3 cut the WVU deficit to 74-71 before Kansas State put the game away.
For a second straight game, WVU was dominated in the paint. Kansas State had a 40-28 edge.
The Mountaineers shot 42 percent from the field and 38 percent from beyond the arc. WVU made 21-of-24 from the charity stripe.
The Wildcats 50 percent from the floor, 38 percent from 3-point range and 55 percent from the free throw line.
Elijah Macon and Brandon Watkins both fouled out in the second half. Macon was the first play disqualified in a contest this season.
WVU returns home to face No. 2 Kansas on Tuesday at 7