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03/03 21:43 CST Minus lead scorer Haggerty, McGriff and Johnson help Kansas
State hold off West Virginia 65-63
Minus lead scorer Haggerty, McGriff and Johnson help Kansas State hold off West
Virginia 65-63
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) --- Khamari McGriff scored 18 points and Nate Johnson
scored 16 points and Kansas State delivered another blow to West Virginia's
NCAA Tournament hopes holding off the Mountaineers 65-63 on Tuesday night.
Reserve Chance Moore scored 18 points, Brenen Lorient scored 14 points, reserve
DJ Thomas 12 and Honor Huff 11 for West Virginia.
It was the first win of the season for the Wildcats in which they didn't score
81-or-more points.
PJ Haggerty, the nation's third-leading scorer, was unexpectedly scratched from
the Wildcats' lineup posted an hour-and-a-half before the 7 p.m. CT tip-off.
Haggerty wasn't listed on the team's initial availability report released
Monday.
Kansas State said in a release that Haggerty sustained an injury in practice in
recent days. He's listed day-to-day ahead of Saturday's matchup at Kansas.
Haggerty, the Wildcats' starting point guard, entered Tuesday night second in
the Big 12 in scoring, averaging 23.3 points per game.
Despite his absence Kansas State (12-18, 3-14) used a 21-0 run to take a 48-31
lead with 10:53 remaining, its longest scoring run of the season.
But the Wildcats proceeded to leave the door open failing to score a field goal
in the final 3:48. McGriff made two free throws for a 57-39 lead with a 7:29
left.
West Virginia (17-13, 8-9) then outscored the Wildcats 19-1 down the stretch
and got to with 61-58 with 48 seconds left before McGriff and Johnson each made
foul shots to secure the win.
Up next West Virginia: Wraps up the regular season on Friday against UCF. Kansas State: Ends the regular season on the road against 14th-ranked state rival Kansas on Saturday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
Up next West Virginia: Wraps up the regular season on Friday against UCF. Kansas State: Ends the regular season on the road against 14th-ranked state rival Kansas on Saturday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball
