LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas scored 43 points by halftime. West Virginia had only 42 in the game’s final minutes.
That was the brutal recipe for the Mountaineers’ third straight blowout loss, this one 78-53 against No. 14 Kansas, in front of a sold-out Allen Fieldhouse.
Chase Harler’s 3-pointer with 2:11 remaining started a garbage-time 11-0 run that ensured the Mountaineers would score more than the Jayhawks (20-6, 9-4) did in the first half, when they raced out to a 43-16 lead.
“I felt like we were well prepared to come in and play a competitive game,” Harler said.