The Horned Frogs trailed by as many as 22 points in another defeat on the road. However, West Virginia had another response as Small knocked down a bucket in the paint and then found Joseph Yesufu for a 3 to put the Mountaineers back in front 67-53 with 4:25 remaining. Small finished with 23 points, 10 assists and six 3-pointers.

TCU pulled off a stunning upset over ninth-ranked Texas Tech. At the time, they were winners of three straight and revived their hopes of playing in March Madness. Those hopes have dwindled following a road loss to West Virginia 73-55.