Last season, the Red Raiders won the only meeting at home against West Virginia in a thrilling 77-76 overtime game. The Horned Frogs have been bad in high-pressure situations this season, a surprising development for one of the most experienced groups in the conference. “We won some close games previous year too, but we were on the bad end of it more than the good”.
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No. 14 Cincinnati 78, South Florida 55: Jarron Cumberland scored 18 points, and Cincinnati (15-2, 4-0 AAC) shrugged off a slow start.
West Virginia controlled the tempo early and its pressure defensive forced the Red Raiders into 10 turnovers in the first half. Didn’t play hisbest game at Oklahoma. Even though he struggled all night, he didn’t force up any shots.
Kansas 73, Kansas State 72: Devonte Graham had 23 points, Malik Newman hit the go-ahead foul shots with 15 seconds left and No. 12 Kansas held on to beat Kansas State in a back-and-forth affair. Now, West Virginia will be seeking revenge and will be looking for a quality win to add to its resume.
Given the circumstances, this was an especially huge win for Texas Tech.
Kansas State had an opportunity to win the game, but Barry Brown’s rushed three-pointer from well beyond the arc was no good. Here’s how those two games should go.
The Bears have played all four games against teams in the top six, including facing third-ranked Texas Tech without star forward Jo Lual-Acuil.
Who: No. 8 Texas Tech vs. Apparently freshman Gary Trent Jr. was as well, because he spent one TV timeout puking into a bucket while the team managers held up towels around him.
The last time these two teams met in Lubbock, the Red Raiders won in overtime on a game winning three from Niem Stevenson.
“Senior guard Justin Gray (6’6” 210-lbs) averages 5.6 points per game and 3.6 rebounds.
No. 24 Tennessee 75, Texas A&M 62: Jordan Bowden scored 15 points as Tennessee (12-4, 3-2 SEC) handed Texas A&M its fifth consecutive loss.
Videos of the court storming appear to show sophomore forward Wesley Harris throwing a punch at a fan who bumped into him as he tried to make his way to the West Virginia bench.
“(Keenan) Evans has done a great job at the point and (Zhaire) Smith is a very athletic player”. His presence makes the game plan change tremendously for other teams and that curveball puts them over the top in Lubbock.
West Virginia can’t sulk for too long as the Kansas Jayhawks are next up on Monday evening. Kansas, again, was predicted in the preseason to win a 14th straight Big 12 title.
Despite the loss, West Virginia had some positive signs from their game that could help them improve as conference play continues. West is averaging 12.9 points per game along with 5.5 rebounds.
SHANNON EVANS II, Arizona State: Evans went for 22 points and seven assists, making big play after big play down the stretch, as Arizona State landed themselves a come-from-behind win over Oregon State.
Jarrett Culver and Davide Moretti came away with four points and three points, respectively.
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Jaylen Fisher had a career-high 22 points and Vladimir Brodziansky added 21 for TCU, which lost its second overtime game of the week. There have been some issues from the administration’s standpoint as well, with three coaches leading this team in the past three years.
