Kansas State stars Keyontae Johnson and Markquis Nowell each scored 24 points (with Nowell scoring all of his in the second half), but miscues and a free throw disparity ruined the day for the Wildcats (23-8, 11-7 Big 12), as they fell 89-81 to the Mountaineers in Morgantown.
No. 11 K-State raced to an 8-0 lead before ESPN+ could even figure out how to put a scoreboard on the screen. and the Cats led through the first five minutes before West Virginia (18-13, 7-11) stopped turning the ball over and made shots to take a brief 14-13 lead.