Shane Southwell scored 17 points leading Kansas State to a 65-64 victory over West Virginia at WVU Colliseum on Saturday.

Kansas State earned a straight-up victory but suffered an ATS defeat in failing to cover the 2-point spread.

Kansas State got 17 points from Rodney McGruder and another 9 points from Angel Rodriguez. Will Spradling contributed 4 assists, while Jordan Henriquez cleaned the glass with 7 rebounds.

West Virginia got 15 points from Jabarie Hinds in a losing cause and another 11 points from Aaric Murray. Kevin Noreen contributed 4 assists for them, while Gary Browne had 5 rebounds.

First-half bettors who backed Kansas State were victorious, as the score was 36-33 at the break.

Kansas State had a 28-27 advantage in the rebounding department as they won the battle in the paint.