National Basketball Association
West Virginia 85, Murray St. 68
When: 4:00 PM ET, Friday, March 16, 2018
Where: Viejas Arena, San Diego, California
Officials:
# Earl Walton, # James Breeding, # Chris Beaver
Attendance:
10892
By Field Level Media
West Virginia guard Jevon Carter had 21 points and eight assists and Teddy Allen had 16 points when the fifth-seeded Mountaineers held off the Murray State Racers for a 85-68 victory in an NCAA tournament East Regional game at the Viejas Center in San Diego on Friday.
Terrell Miller Jr. had a season-high 27 points with five 3-pointers and added 17 rebounds and Ja Morant had 14 points for the Racers (26-7), who got only one field goal from leading scorer Jonathan Stark.
The loss snapped a 13-game winning streak for the Racers, who came in sporting the second longest streak in Division 1 behind Gonzaga's 15-gamer.
Carter, the two-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, had six of the Mountaineers' nine steals. His steal and assist on a Logan Routt fast-break dunk capped a 7-0 run for a 58-45 lead with 11:58 remaining, and the Racers never pulled closer than 11 points.
Stark, the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season and tournament MVP, was 1-for-12 from the field and 1 of 10 on 3-pointers while being hounded by Carter and others. He was averaging 21.8 points a game and was the only active Division I player with 2,100 career points and 500 career assists. He spent his first two years at Tulane.
West Virginia will meet Marshall in an all-West Virginia second round game Sunday. The schools are just over 200 interstate miles apart with West Virginia in Morgantown and Marshall in Huntington.
Ahmad's 3-pointer gave the Mountaineers a 32-22 lead late in the first half, and he scored seven points in the final three minutes for a 38-29 halftime edge. Stark and Miller scored the Racers' final 14 points of the half.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Murray St. |
|
West Virginia |
|
Terrell Miller Jr. 27 |
Scoring |
Jevon Carter 21 |
|
Jonathan Stark 4 |
Assists |
Jevon Carter 8 |
|
Terrell Miller Jr. 17 |
Rebounds |
Sagaba Konate 7 |
|
Terrell Miller Jr. 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Teddy Allen 6 |
|
Terrell Miller Jr. 2 |
Steals |
Jevon Carter 6 |
|
Temetrius Morant 3 |
Blocks |
Sagaba Konate 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Murray St.
|
68 |
41.2 |
7-23 |
19-23 |
12 |
34 |
6 |
5 |
16 |
| West Virginia
|
85 |
51.6 |
4-11 |
17-24 |
18 |
30 |
4 |
9 |
8 |
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