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Trey Lyles collected 14 points and seven rebounds for
top-seeded Kentucky (37-0), which will take on No. 3 seed Notre
Dame in the Midwest final on Saturday. Andrew Harrison scored 13
points while Dakari Johnson and Devin Booker scored 12 apiece as
the Wildcats kept their dream of an undefeated season alive.
Juwan Staten was the only player to reach double figures with 14
points for No. 5 seed West Virginia (25-10), which shot 24.1
percent from the field and scored the fewest points in a Sweet
16 game in the shot-clock era. Jonathan Holton grabbed 11
rebounds as the Mountaineers’ NCAA Tournament run came to a
quiet end.
Staten’s jumper under two minutes into the first half knotted it
at 2-2, but West Virginia was not in the game much longer. Aaron
Harrison, who went 4-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the
line in the first 20 minutes, hit a pair of 3-pointers and
scored eight points in the subsequent 16-0 run and Dakari
Johnson’s basket pushed the lead to 27 points before Kentucky
settled for a 44-18 lead at the break.
Devin Williams split a pair of free throws on the first
possession of the second half but the Mountaineers went over
eight minutes without scoring as the Wildcats spread the lead to
54-19. Andrew Harrison went behind his back with a dribble
across the lane and threw up a reverse layup before completing
the three-point play to make it 70-32 as Kentucky finished off
the rout.
GAME NOTEBOOK: West Virginia ended up 5-of-26 from the field in
the first half – its lowest-scoring half of the season. … Aaron
Harrison went to the locker room in pain after suffering a
sprained finger early in the second half but returned to the
game after being examined. … West Virginia G Daxter Miles, Jr.,
who suggested to reporters that Kentucky would be “36-1” after
this game, went scoreless on 0-of-3 shooting.
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