Once again, Kansas State played one miserable half and one inspired half at Bramlage Coliseum on Monday night.
Fortunately, this time the Wildcats chose the second half to play well despite a rare off night for Nijel Pack and did enough to close things out. Also, West Virginia remembered how terrible it is offensively, so that didn’t hurt.
The key stretch came midway through the final period, when Kansas State reeled off an 18-2 run while West Virginia somehow failed to make a field goal for nearly ten minutes after taking a 10-point lead. Nijel Pack pulled off a great block and hit the game-tying layup on his way to 13 points while Mark Smith capped off the run with two of his 17 points for the night.