By james art 
Western Virginia entered the Saturday match with Kansas State at Bramlage Coliseum, looking to avoid consistent losses – something Mountaineers had done successfully after each of their first four failures this season.
Instead, WVU was blinded by the Wildcats jump, as Kansas State escaped 17 consecutive points at the beginning of the match and almost didn’t look back, winning a 73-60 win for his first victory for 2025.
“If you go down the road, you can’t get out of the gates the way we did it,” said WVU first coach Darian Devris. “You have to have as many as 40, and we didn’t have this tonight.”
West Virginia (13-6, 4-4) missed 10 of its first 11 strokes while K-State (8-11, 2-6) made 7 out of 11 strokes to begin, allowing the household team to create a separation remained intact until the end of the match.
After Eduardo Andre scored at close range of the first points of West Virginia, the mountaineers were left without a goal for more than 6 minutes and without a goal of almost 8.
Wvu missed nine consecutive strokes and turned once during the early part when Wildcats took control. KSU Guard Doug McDaniel helped his team by scoring seven points during the long period, including a threesome, which made the score 19-2 at 12:18 of the first half.
While West Virginia settled into an offensive, Mountaineers have failed to achieve a deficit of 13 over the rest of the half, which came to 21-8 of Javon Small Layup.
Leading with 31-16, as the 5-minute border approaching the first half, Wildcats escaped 11 unanswered points to retain their largest lead for the evening.
This part began with two penalty shots from McDeanal, and the guard added a market for 27 seconds after his teammate Jay Jones noted a quick breakthrough. The oxa Onesono reported the next five points, including a conventional three -point game 1:15 before halftime.
Andre’s raid at the end of the half made a 24 -point reserve of the break.
“The first 5 minutes from there started like a snowball. The second half was more like us, “Devris said. “We competed and did not give up, but you can’t put yourself in such a hole, especially on the road. It was difficult to try to get out of it.
Wild cats scored 16 for 30, including 5 of 9 for threes in the first 20 minutes. They had six players with a few goals from a half -time game, while Mountaineers went to Antrakta to shoot 7 for 29, including 4 for 21 outside of resin.
Western Virginia made several rows in the second half, including an early one, which allowed the mountaineers to lag behind by 44-29 after Amani Hansbury’s triple.
The slap in the transition left Mountaineers facing a liability of 54-40 with 11:05 to play, but Wildcats countered eight of the next 10 points to ensure that there would be no narrow finish. Five of these eight points were provided by David N’Gesan, who reported a conventional three -point game and threw a 5:42 dumping dump unlike 20 points.
The mountaineers approached 12 in three separate cases, but never to less than 2 minutes.
KSU made 26-from-55 strokes to shoot better than 47 percent, had an advantage of 15-5 at the bench points and an advantage of 17-8 in a quick breakthrough points.
McDaniel led a five -digit Wildest Wildest with 15 points and added six assists and a pair of taken balls.
“He is a good player. He always fills the statistical sheet, “Devries said. “He did some things there again. He is a healthy guard. He has the ability to face face to face, to drive you and to bounce. I was watching a movie and he does many things that equal to victory. He certainly did this tonight.
N’Gesan scored 14, and Max Jones added 12, and this duo combined to make 10 of 15 beats. Coleman Hawkins contributed by 11 points and seven rebounds, and Jay Jones scored a total of 10 points.
Small led the mountaineers with 22 points and five assists.
Toby Ozani scored 13 in the defeat before the foul drops, and Sunry Harris added 12 points, all of which scored after halftime.
WVU made 25 out of 68 beats and 4 of 21 threes. At two losses this week, Mountaineers fired 43 for 126, including 8 for 50 from a long distance.
Kansas State made a six-game skid and improved his score to 9-4 against Mountainrs at Bramlage Coliseum.