K-State Stumbles 89-81 at West Virginia

Players were on the floor all day in Morgantown. Yet the home team was only ticketed with 14 fouls. Hmm.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. But stifling defense held the ‘Eeers scoreless over…