MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Save for one hot shooting night against Baylor and a banked-in shot against Iowa State, Brandon Knapper was nearly 0-for-January.
“Really, the whole season, I’ve had my ups and downs,” the former South Charleston standout said.
His February got off to one heck of a start Saturday, as the freshman guard nearly single-handedly ended West Virginia’s three-game losing streak with a 79-71 victory against Oklahoma, in front of a reported 11,611 fans inside the WVU Coliseum.
In setting a career-high with 25 points, Knapper scored 10 of the Mountaineers’ final 12 points over the final 1:46, stretching out what was a slim 65-63 lead into the eight-point cushion of victory along the way.