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Kansas Basketball: 2020-21 takeaways from home win over West Virginia

By Caleb Hightower

Dec 17, 2020; Lubbock, Texas, USA; Kansas Jayhawks Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self during a time out in the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at United Supermarkets Arena. Mandatory Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 17, 2020; Lubbock, Texas, USA; Kansas Jayhawks Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self during a time out in the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at United Supermarkets Arena. Mandatory Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports /
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Kansas Basketball dominated in the second half of Tuesday’s game against West Virginia and earned a 79-65 victory.

While it appeared like Tuesday’s match-up between Kansas Basketball and West Virginia would go down to the wire at first, the Jayhawks made it clear in the second half, that they didn’t want to be involved in back-to-back nail bitters. The Jayhawks were on fire to start Tuesday’s contest, as they jumped out to an early 13-4 lead with 15:32 left to play in the first half.

The Jayhawks were able to force the Mountaineers to play from behind for most of the opening half, thanks to their ability to respond immediately after a West Virginia made basket. For instance, after Sean McNeil drilled a three to help cut Kansas’ lead to 3 with 11:54 remaining, the Jayhawks responded right away by knocking down a three of their own (courtesy of Marcus Garrett).

Likewise, when Derek Culver converted a layup to make the score 28-24 with 7:43 left to play, David McCormack responded by making a difficult layup in traffic, to give the Jayhawks a 30-24 advantage. However, you have to give West Virginia props for battling hard in half #1, and keeping the contest close throughout. Their hard work paid off at the end of the half when they were able to get a defensive stop, take care of business on the offensive end, and go into the break with a 36-35 lead.

The Mountaineers fell behind early in the second half but were able to stay within single digits of the Jayhawks for a little while. Unfortunately for them, Kansas was able to heat up offensively as the second half went on, and cling to their first double-digit lead of the night with 11:35 remaining in the contest (57-47). West Virginia was able to get their deficit back down to single digits relatively quickly, but the Jayhawks eventually pushed their lead back up to 10+ and didn’t look back.

Kansas led by as many as 22 in the second half and cruised to a 79-65 home victory over West Virginia. The Jayhawks didn’t give their fans much to complain about on Tuesday, as they were fairly productive on both ends of the floor for most of the night. Some individuals may say that Kansas played their best basketball of the season against the Mountaineers, and it would be pretty difficult to refute that if you ask me.

In this article, I want to discuss 3 important things that I took away from Kansas’ impressive 79-65 victory over West Virginia.

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