No. 13 Kansas State 71, West Virginia 61: Will Spradling matched a career high with 19 points and Nino Williams added 13 off the bench as the host Wildcats beat former coach Bob Huggins in his first trip back since leaving Kansas State for his alma mater after the 2006-07 season.

Angel Rodriguez and Thomas Gipson scored 11 apiece for Kansas State (21-5, 10-3 Big 12), which improved to 14-1 at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats have won six of their last seven overall and have temporarily seized control of first place in the Big 12 by a half-game over Kansas and Oklahoma State.

Deniz Kilicli collected 16 points and nine rebounds to lead the Mountaineers (13-13, 6-7), but the rest of West Virginia's starters combined for only 13 points on 3-of-11 shooting.

The Mountaineers led 2-0 and never again after Spradling and Shane Southwell hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the early going. The Wildcats reeled off a 12-0 run to extend the lead to 18-4, and the margin didn't slip into single digits the rest of the way.

West Virginia's hope of a comeback was dashed when Eron Harris was whistled for personal and technical fouls to foul out with 9:24 left and Kansas State leading 54-40. Spradling hit four free throws to start a 7-0 spurt and the Wildcats cruised from there.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Huggins led the Wildcats to a 23-12 mark in his only season in Manhattan, Kan. … West Virginia has made a 3-pointer in 449 consecutive games dating to Nov. 27, 1999, but the Mountaineers were just 4-for-13 from behind the arc. … Harris, who had scored in double figures in nine of 10 games since entering the starting lineup, was held scoreless on 0-for-2 shooting.