The team led 48-26 at the half behind 50 percent (17-of-34) shooting, including 57.9 percent (11-of-19) from 3-point range. K-State seemingly had the game in control after a strong offensive start to the game, as the Wildcats led 63-38 after Carter knocked down a 3-pointer with 13:39 to play. The Mountaineers had one last chance, but Kriisa's jumper missed as buzzer sounded. Trailing 79-75 with 1:02 to play, the Wildcats got a layup from McNair and 2 free throws from Perry to tie the game at 79-all with 15.4 seconds. Senior Patrick Suemnick was the only other player in double figures with 10 points.īattle has played his best against the Wildcats, dropping 27 points in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament while playing for Montana State then had 21 in the first matchup in Morgantown.Īfter watching a 25-point lead evaporate in the final 13:30 of regulation, K-State willed itself to overtime with some clutch shooting and stellar defense in the final minute. Battle was one of two 20-point scorers for the Mountaineers, along with fellow senior Kerr Kriisa who added 25 points and a game-tying 6 assists. West Virginia (9-19, 4-11 Big 12) was led by the sharpshooter Battle, who scored 24 of his team-high 28 points in the second half and overtime. Senior David N'Guessan, playing against his teammate on the Dutch National Team Jesse Edwards, also nearly had a double-double with a game-high 10 rebounds and 8 points. Perry was joined in double figures by Carter, who finished with a near double-double with 19 points and 8 rebounds, as well as junior Arthur Kaluma and senior Will McNair Jr., who each added 13 points. It was his 28 th career 20-point game, including his team-leading ninth this season. He also added a game-tying 6 assists and 4 rebounds in nearly 42 minutes of action. Perry, who perhaps had his most efficient night as a Wildcat, scored his 29 points on just 12 shots, finishing 7-of-12 from the field, including 6-of-11 from 3-point range, to go with a 9-of-10 effort from the free throws. After a defensive rebound off a miss by senior RaeQuan Battle, junior Cam Carter finished off the night with a free throw with 4 seconds left. He added a layup with 50 seconds left then made 4 consecutive free throws to push the Wildcats ahead 93-90 with 8 seconds left. Perry tied the game at 79-all with a pair of free throws with 15.4 seconds left in regulation then gave K-State the lead for good at 82-80 with his season-tying sixth 3-pointer with just under 4 minutes remaining in overtime. K-State (17-11, 7-8 Big 12) received a standout performance from senior Tylor Perry, who scored 9 of his season-high 29 points in overtime in helping lift the Wildcats to consecutive wins for the first time in more than month and keeping their NCAA Tournament hopes alive. The current 12-game overtime winning streak is the second-longest nationally behind Florida State, which has won 14 in a row dating to 2018. The 7 overtime wins are now the Division I single-season record, snapping a tie of 6 with Wake Forest (1983-84), Chattanooga (1988-89) and Lafayette (2007-08). – Kansas State's amazing streak in overtime games continued Monday night, as the Wildcats won their 12 th consecutive overtime game, including their Division I record seventh this season, with a 94-90 comeback win over a scrappy West Virginia team before 8,813 fans at Bramlage Coliseum.
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