The play called for Lucas

Agreed, MtnMan, and covered here earlier on the board.

Landen did have some good minutes. Williams was hitting from everywhere but the 3pt line (don't think he even tried). It was one of those nights for him. Even so, LL got some key stops and rebounds against him late in the game.

I hope he doesn't get too down on himself, but I do love that he is so keyed to performing well, and not just accepting his performance because KU won.

In an LJW article on the game tonight, Williams said he was very motivated to try to even the score with Lucas after Landen dominated on him in Lawrence (16 rebounds, 9 points, 4 blocks). Devin certainly came to play tonight.

Landen only played 24 minutes, though, due to foul trouble, and Devin was having his way in the paint with Jamari and Carlton as well. Despite Williams' solid night, he grew frustrated with Lucas's defense on multiple occasions, which was a good sign.

Sometimes you just have to hand it to a foe who goes "beast mode" on you--just as WVU has to hand it to Devonte tonight. Thankfully, KU has a well-balanced attack, while the Mountaineers only had Devin working for them tonight.

konza63 wrote: In an LJW article on the game tonight, Williams said he was very motivated to try to even the score with Lucas after Landen dominated on him in Lawrence (16 rebounds, 9 points, 4 blocks). Devin certainly came to play tonight.

Landen only played 24 minutes, though, due to foul trouble, and Devin was having his way in the paint with Jamari and Carlton as well. Despite Williams' solid night, he grew frustrated with Lucas's defense on multiple occasions, which was a good sign.

Sometimes you just have to hand it to a foe who goes "beast mode" on you--just as WVU has to hand it to Devonte tonight. Thankfully, KU has a well-balanced attack, while the Mountaineers only had Devin working for them tonight.

Yeah, Williams was getting visibly frustrated in H2, says tons about LL's work.

Re: no one else really hitting for them against KU, especially from outside -- I was hoping their outside game would be weak after the relatively great outside game they had against OU. They haven't been an outside shooting team all year, so I didn't think they would manage to be for two games in a row, especially the way the Hawks are playing perimeter D now. Sooo glad I guessed right!