West Virginia vs Kansas State — College Basketball, Jan 25, 2025

Kansas State beat West Virginia 73–60 at home on Jan 25, 2025.

FinalSat, Jan 25Conference game

West Virginia Mountaineers

19-13 · 4-8 on the road

#23in the poll

60

Kansas State Wildcats

16-17 · 13-7 at home

73

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
WVU	18	42	60
KSU	42	31	73

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

West Virginia Mountaineers

• Javon SmallG

  22 pts · 2 reb · 5 ast · 3 stl
  7-16 FG

  3-6 3PT
• Toby OkaniG

  13 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
  6-13 FG

  0-2 3PT
• Sencire HarrisG

  12 pts · 9 reb · 2 ast
  6-12 FG

  0-2 3PT

Kansas State Wildcats

• Dug McDanielG

  15 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
  5-13 FG

  1-3 3PT
• David N'GuessanG

  14 pts · 2 reb · 4 blk
  5-8 FG

  0-2 3PT
• Max JonesG

  12 pts · 7 reb · 3 ast
  5-7 FG

  2-3 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

WVU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Javon Small	38	22	2	5	3	0	3	7-16	3-6	5-6	—
Jonathan Powell	38	0	4	3	1	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-1	—
Sencire Harris	28	12	9	2	2	1	2	6-12	0-2	0-0	—
Eduardo Andre	23	8	5	0	1	1	0	4-7	0-0	0-0	—
Toby Okani	22	13	5	3	0	0	0	6-13	0-2	1-1	—
Amani Hansberry	26	5	7	0	0	0	1	2-11	1-6	0-0	—
KJ Tenner	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	—
Joseph Yesufu	11	0	1	1	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	—
Jake Auer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	—
Totals		60	33	14	8	2	8	25-68	4-21	6-8

KSU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dug McDaniel	32	15	2	6	2	0	3	5-13	1-3	4-4	—
Coleman Hawkins	30	11	7	4	1	1	2	3-11	0-1	5-10	—
David N'Guessan	29	14	2	0	0	4	0	5-8	0-2	4-4	—
Brendan Hausen	29	6	5	1	0	0	1	2-8	2-7	0-0	—
Max Jones	28	12	7	3	1	0	2	5-7	2-3	0-0	—
C.J. Jones	28	10	6	1	0	0	0	4-6	1-1	1-2	—
Ugonna Onyenso	10	5	4	0	1	2	0	2-2	0-0	1-1	—
David Castillo	7	0	0	1	1	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Mobi Ikegwuruka	7	0	3	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-1	—
Totals		73	36	16	7	7	10	26-55	6-17	15-22

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

WVUKSU

36.8%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 25-68, home 26-55.

47.3%

19.0%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 4-21, home 6-17.

35.3%

75.0%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 6-8, home 15-22.

68.2%

36

Rebounds

40

14

Offensive rebounds

12

14

Assists

16

10

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

11

8

Steals

7

2

Blocks

7

42

Points in the paint

36

8

Fast-break points

17

23

Fouls?Fewer is better.

14

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 360 (#1 = best)

WVU offensevsKSU defense

WVU offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · KSU defense in 4 (2 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

50.0%

#221

48.8%

Stronger#84

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

14.4%

#124

15.8%

slight#115

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

25.9%

#293

31.3%

slight#255

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

18.5%

#340

20.6%

Stronger#69

KSU offensevsWVU defense

KSU offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups · WVU defense in 3 (3 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

50.7%

#177

46.3%

Stronger#17

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

15.5%

#211

16.8%

Stronger#68

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

29.2%

#199slight

30.8%

#229

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

19.2%

#330

23.9%

Stronger#183

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 360 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

WVUKSU

+5.1 101stNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions142nd +1.8

103.8 257thOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions158th 108.0

98.7 20thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)152nd 106.1

65.7 292ndPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)297th 65.6

Expected pace: about 66 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 360 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

• 
  KSU offensive rebounding

  KSU offense 29.2% (199th) vs WVU defense allowing 30.8% (229th)
  +30 spots

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

TFSSMTWTFGame

WVU

ISU

ASU

KSU

3 days rest

TFSSMTWTFGame

KSU

KU

BAY

WVU

2 days rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

WVU · last 10

19-13 · 3 days rest

• Jan 21 vs ASUL 57–65
• Jan 18 vs ISUW 64–57
• Jan 15 @ HOUL 54–70
• Jan 12 @ COLOW 78–70
• Jan 7 vs ARIZL 56–75
• Jan 4 vs OKSTW 69–50
• Dec 31 @ KUW 62–61
• Dec 22 vs MERCW 67–46
• Dec 14 vs BCUW 84–61
• Dec 10 vs NCCUW 79–45

7-3 in these

KSU · last 10

16-17 · 2 days rest

• Jan 22 @ BAYL 62–70
• Jan 18 @ KUL 74–84
• Jan 14 vs TTUL 57–61
• Jan 11 vs HOUL 57–87
• Jan 7 @ OKSTL 66–79
• Jan 4 @ TCUL 62–63
• Dec 30 vs CINW 70–67
• Dec 21 @ WICHL 65–84
• Dec 17 vs DRKEL 70–73
• Dec 7 @ SJUL 71–88

1-9 in these

From box scores. Ratings are per 100 possessions (possessions estimated from box scores). Prop lines from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars; hit rates are past games against a number, not a forecast or a pick. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.