AT 9/9 WEST VIRGINIA (16-3, 5-2 Big 12)
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 >> 6:01 p.m. CT >> WVU Coliseum (14,000) Morgantown, W.Va.
COACHES
Kansas State: Bruce Weber (Wis.-Milwaukee ’78)
Overall: 387-200/18th season
At K-State: 74-45/4th season
- West Virginia: 3-4
West Virginia: Bob Huggins (West Virginia ’77)
Overall: 781-315/34th season
At West Virginia: 191-104/9th season
- Kansas State: 4-3
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (12-7, 2-5 Big 12)
G: #3 Kamau Stokes (10.1 ppg., 2.8 rpg.)
G: #14 Justin Edwards (12.1 ppg., 5.6 rpg.)
G: #25 Wesley Iwundu (12.6 ppg., 4.9 rpg.)
F: #32 Dean Wade (10.4 ppg., 5.9 rpg.)
F: #41 Stephen Hurt (6.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg.)
9/9 West Virginia (16-3, 5-2 Big 12)
G: #2 Jevon Carter (11.3 ppg., 3.1 rpg.)
G: #4 Daxter Miles, Jr. (10.9 ppg., 2.2 rpg.)
F: #1 Jonathan Holton (9.4 ppg., 7.3 rpg.)
F: #23 Esa Ahmad (4.5 ppg., 2.8 rpg.)
F: #41 Devin Williams (13.5 ppg., 8.5 rpg.)
INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: West Virginia leads 5-4 (series began in 1949)
In Big 12 era: West Virginia leads 4-3 (2-1 at home)
In Morgantown: Tied 2-2 (last meeting – 2/11/2015)
Current Streak: West Virginia, 4
Last Meeting: West Virginia, 87-83 [2OTs], in Manhattan, on 1/2/2016
Weber vs. West Virginia: West Virginia leads 3-4 (2-1 at home)
Weber vs. Huggins: Weber leads 5-4 (1-2 on the road)
QUICK HITTERS
- Kansas State (12-7, 2-5 Big 12) hits the road for a mid-week journey to Morgantown, W.Va., to face No. 9/9 West Virginia (16-3, 5-2 Big 12) on Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT on ESPNews with Adam Amin and Chris Spatola.
- The Mountaineers will be the 6th opponent in the last 8 games to be either ranked or receiving votes. It will be the 7th Top 25 opponent, including the 3rd in the Top 10.
- The schedule doesn’t get any easier for the Wildcats, which includes 8 games vs. teams with RPIs of 39 or better. According to Paul Bessire of @predictmachine, K-State has the 4th-toughest remaining schedule with 8 of the top 9 toughest slates belonging to Big 12 teams.
- K-State is one of 10 schools to tally at least 11 wins vs. Top 25 teams in the past 3 seasons, along with Iowa State (19), Kansas (19), Kentucky (15), Oklahoma (15), Wisconsin (15), Baylor (14), Duke (14), North Carolina (14) and Connecticut (11). The Wildcats are 0-6 vs. Top 25 this season.
- West Virginia is the first Big 12 opponent that K-State will face for the second time, as the Mountaineers won the first meeting, 87-83, on Jan. 2 in double-overtime to open league play.
- Tuesday’s game will be the 10th meeting between K-State and West Virginia with the Mountaineers leading 5-4, including 4-3 in the Big 12 era. The teams have played 8 times since 2011 with West Virginia looking to sweep the season series for the second straight season.
- K-State is 2-5 away from home this season, including 1-4 in true road games. The Wildcats have lost 4 straight on the road since opening the season with a last-second 68-66 win at Georgia on Dec. 4, 2015.
- K-State scored its most points (89) in a Big 12 game in more than 5 years in the win over Oklahoma State Saturday, setting season-highs for field goal percentage (57.7) and 3-point field goal percentage (52.9). All 5 starters registered double figures for the 2nd time this season led by 13 apiece from senior Justin Edwards and freshman Kamau Stokes.