No. 24 West Virginia travels to Manhattan, Kansas, on New Year’s Eve night as both teams look to start Big 12 play with a win. The Mountaineers come into the game at 10-2, while the Wildcats are 11-1.
Tip-Off Time: 7:00 p.m. EST
Location: Bramlage Coliseum — Manhattan, Kansas
Odds: Kansas State -1.0, O/U 142 (courtesy of Draft Kings)
History: WVU leads all-time series 15-9, and is 4-6 on the road against the Wildcats since joining the Big 12
WVU Starting Five:
– Kedrian Johnson
– Erik Stevenson
– Emmitt Matthews
– Tre Mitchell
– Jimmy Bell
Kansas State Starting Five:
– Markquis Nowell
– Cam Carter
– Keyontae Johnson
– Nae-Qwan Tomlin
– Abayomi Iyiola
Overtime:
1:24- Kansas State leads 77-70.
4:00- Sills is down for KSU after a layup and the Wildcats lead 7–66.
4:41- KSU takes a 68-66 lead as Johnson makes two free throws.
Second Half:
0:00- Kedrian Johnson hits a three-pointer as time expires. Headed to overtime tied at 66-66.
7:34- Under 8 timeout and despite how ugly this is for WVU, the Mountaineers are still well within striking distance Kansas State leads by five, but WVU has to help themselves at the free throw line and have to be less careless with the basketball.
KSU 52, WVU 47
11:57- Kansas State took their first lead of the game at 44-42. Everything looks out of sort for West Virginia, but the Mountaineers have things tied at 44-44.
15:00- WVU leads 39-32 after Seth Wilson gets an offensive rebounds and puts back a runner.
18:37- Kansas State makes a pair of free throws and the Mountaineers lead is cut to seven. Jimmy Bell Jr.has three fouls for WVU.
19:35- WVU’s Erik Stevenson picks up his third personal foul. Mountaineers lead 32-21. Stevenson is then assessed a technical foul, his fourth. He has two points and Kansas State now trails by eight.
Halftime: At the half West Virginia leads Kansas State 32-21 The Mountaineers struggled at times to score, but their fast start helped give them an 11-point lead at the break Bell and Wague have a combined 13 points and nine rebounds for WVU.
First Half:
2:55- West Virginia leads 29-20 and the Mountaineers have finally found a resemblance of themselves on offense.
10:06- A pair of free throws cuts the West Virginia lead to nine.
11:40- West Virginia leads 17-5. The Mountaineers have made a concerted effort to get the ball inside. WVU has 12 points in the paint so far.
15:11- WVU leads 13-1 at the U16 timeout. Kansas State is 0/6 from the field to start the game, and the Mountaineers are 6/11 from the field.
16:58- Timeout Kansas State. The Mountaineers open up a 8-1 lead with six points from Jimmy Bell.
18:30- Jimmy Bell opens the scoring as WVU takes a 2-0 lead on an early hook shot from Bell
20:00- Kansas State takes possession with the opening tip
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