Tuesday night brought more technicals and, of course, another lead that threatened to vanish, but this time No. 21 West Virginia didn’t unravel.
Esa Ahmad re-asserted himself with 15 points, Sagaba Konate looked impenetrable around the rim and the Mountaineers rode a huge first half to salvage a split on their two-game road swing by whipping Baylor 71-60 in Waco.
Konate finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, narrowly missing a triple-double. His nine blocks equaled a WVU single-game record and exacerbated Baylor’s cold-shooting.
“After he has blocked three or four you start looking for him,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said.