Treysen Eaglestaff scored a three-point play with 43 seconds left to help lift West Virginia to a 59-54 Big 12 win over Kansas State on Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.V.
Eaglestaff, who finished with 12 points, scored eight points in the final 3:17 as the Mountaineers (14-7, 5-3 Big 12) survived a nearly seven-minute scoring drought in the second half.
The senior forward also finished with a career-high nine rebounds.
After being held scoreless in the first half, P.J. Haggerty scored 16 points in the second half to help the Wildcats (10-11, 1-7) take the lead with 8:39 left after trailing by 10 in the second half.
With the Wildcats up 49-45 with 4:30 left, Eaglestaff scored on a layup and then followed with a 3-pointer to give the Mountaineers the lead for good at 50-49.
Honor Huff led the Mountaineers with 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and Brenen Lorient had 10 points.
Davis Castillo scored 15 points for the Wildcats and Nate Johnson had 13.
The Mountaineers fell behind 13-5 early as they hit just two of their first 13 shots, but they went on a 13-3 run to take the lead with 4:51 left.
Huff, who sank four 3-pointers in the first half, nailed his first to cut the Wildcats lead to 13-11.
DJ Thomas followed with a 16-footer, Huff hit another 3-pointer and Harlan Obioha laid in two for an 18-16 lead.
Castillo finally stopped the bleeding for the Wildcats with a layup.
Huff, however, would hit two more 3-pointers, Chance Moore dunked and Eaglestaff scored a bucket with 1:40 left to make it 28-18.
After the cold start, West Virginia finished hitting 9-of-12 to finish out the half.
The Wildcats ended a 3-plus-minute scoring drought when Johnson scored on a coast-to-coast layup after a steal with 53 ticks on the clock.
Castillo was able to hit a 7-foot jumper as time ran out to cut the West Virginia lead to 28-22 at the break.
Kansas State was able to keep the game within six despite shooting no free throws and getting no points from leading-scoring Haggerty in the first 20 minutes.
The junior guard, who came in averaging 23.4 points per game, was 0-for-7 from the field, including 0-for-2 from the 3-point line.
–Field Level Media
