MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University women’s basketball team staved off a Kansas State fourth quarter rally to knock off the 24th-ranked Wildcats, 66-59, on Wednesday evening at the WVU Coliseum.
The Mountaineers (18-8, 6-8) had built up a 19-point lead in the first half, but K-State (18-8, 8-6) slowly chipped away in the second half. The Wildcats trimmed the game to two points on two occasions in the fourth quarter, which included a Kaylee Page triple at the 4:34 mark to make it a 52-50 contest. Teana Muldrow’s layup followed by a bucket from Kristina King sparked a nine-point Mountaineer run over the next two minutes to push the West Virginia lead back to 11.