Box Score MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  – Despite a 25-point effort from senior forward Teana Muldrow, the No. 12/11 West Virginia women's basketball team struggled offensively and fell to Kansas State, 60-52, in Big 12 play at the WVU Coliseum on Wednesday.
 
Muldrow led the Mountaineers (13-2, 1-2) in scoring and grabbed 10 boards to earn a double-double – her eighth of the season. Redshirt junior center Theresa Ekhelar added seven points and eight rebounds for WVU, while junior guard Katrina Pardee had a career-high nine rebounds. Senior guard Chania Ray dished out a team-high seven assists, the eighth game this season she has tallied at least five assists.
 
The Mountaineers out-rebounded the Wildcats, 43-40, while also holding a 16-14 advantage in assists. WVU scored 16 points off Kansas State (9-5, 1-2) turnovers, while scoring 15 points off second-chance points to the Wildcats' 10. WVU shot a season low 30 percent from the field in the loss.
 
"It's all about ball movement," WVU coach Mike Carey. "It's all about cutting hard, getting the ball, being strong with the ball, getting to the line. We did none of the above."
 
Muldrow registered eight of the Mountaineers first 11 points as WVU led the Wildcats, 11-7, heading into the first media timeout. Following the break in the action, the Mountaineers capitalized on a turnover as Ray scored a layup to push the WVU lead to six. West Virginia pushed the lead to nine with a free throw from Destiny Harden with 3:14 to go in the first. Muldrow finished the first quarter with 10 points, as WVU led K-State, 18-14.
 
Ashley Jones knocked down a 3-pointer coming out of the first intermission to give WVU a seven-point lead. Following a three-minute scoreless streak, Jones would hit another shot from downtown to give the Mountaineers a, 24-17, advantage. The Wildcats would rally to even the score at 28 with 1:05 to go. After a WVU timeout, Ekhelar converted an and-one to give the Mountaineers a 31-28 lead going into halftime.
 
Pardee began the third by hitting a 3 to stretch the lead to six before the Wildcats would answer to make the score, 34-31. Muldrow scored six of the next eight Mountaineer points to give West Virginia a 42-38 lead heading into the media timeout. Ekhelar added a layup with 2:55 to go, but the Mountaineers would not score another bucket in the quarter, allowing Kansas State to cut the lead to 44-42 at the end of the third quarter.
 
Kansas State took their second lead of the contest after knocking down a free throw 59 seconds into the fourth quarter. The Mountaineers were unable to overcome the deficit as the Wildcats outscored the Mountaineers, 18-8, to take the 60-52 victory.
 
West Virginia remains in Morgantown to host Iowa State on Sunday. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. ET on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh.
 
Notes: The Mountaineers hold a 9-3 advantage over the Wildcats, including a 5-1 record in Morgantown … with the 25-point performance against Kansas State, Muldrow has now scored 20 or more points in nine games this season and 19 games in her career … she has now scored in double-figures in 17 consecutive games … Muldrow also added 10 rebounds, marking her fifth double-double this season and the 18th of her career ... Muldrow is now tied with Liz Repella for No. 8 in career double-doubles … Chania Ray dished out a team-high seven assists, marking the eighth time this season she has recorded at least five assists.