The West Virginia Mountaineers play the Kansas State Wildcats in the opening round of the Big 12 Conference tournament on Wednesday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. West Virginia finished the regular season 15-16 overall and 4-14 in Big 12 play. The Mountaineers defeated the TCU Horned Frogs 70-64 in the final game of the regular season on Saturday. However, West Virginia lost seven of its final eight.
Taz Sherman is the leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 18.3 points and 2.4 assists per game, while Gabe Osabuohien is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.6 rebounds per game. West Virginia has only two players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team in scoring an average of 68.5 points per game, while shooting 41.3% overall and 32.4% from 3-point territory.
Kansas State finished it's regular season 14-16 overall and 6-12 in Big 12 play. The Wildcats were defeated by the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday 78-71 in their final game of the regular season. The leading scorer in the loss for Kansas State was Mark Smith with 22 points. Kansas State lost each of its last five.
Nigel Pack is the leading scorer for Kansas State with an average of 17.4 points per game, while Markquis Nowell is the second leading scorer and the leader in assists with averages of 12.6 points and 5.1 assists per game. Mark Smith is the third leading scorer and the leading rebounder with averages of 12.6 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. Kansas State is scoring an average of 69.1 points per game.
