Rapid Takeaways from West Virginia's OT Win Against Stanford

The West Virginia Mountaineers (19-14) trailed by eight with just over three minutes remaining in the game, held Stanford without a field goal down the stretch, sent the game to overtime, and escaped with an opening round win in the College Basketball Crown against the Stanford Cardinal (20-13) Thursday night.

Here are some quick thoughts from the thrilling overtime win.

Every Mountaineer contributed in the first half

All eight Mountaineers that saw action in the first half scored. Treysen Eaglestaff hit the Mountaineers' first three after the team started the game 0-7 from behind the arc. Moments later, Eaglestaff buried his second three as part of seven straight field goals by the Mountaineers.

Brenen Lorient was consistent all season and came into the contest having hit double figures in each of the last 12 games. He was a point off the mark in the first half with nine points before finishing with 14 total points.

Freshman DJ Thomas gave us a glimpse of his future in the first half. A pump fake at the top of the key before driving the lane and finishing with an emphatic tomahawk dunk.

West Virginia was 51.6% from the field in the first half and kept a Stanford group from capturing momentum and maintaining a multiple possession lead and took a six-point lead into halftime, 35-29.

Stanford flipped the script in the second half, but it wasn't enough

With 4:03 left to play in the game, the Cardinal shot 53.8% (14-26) from the field, including 4-9 from three-point range. Meanwhile, West Virginia started 1-5 from the field, but maintained the edge through the first 10 minutes of the half, hitting a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line.

West Virginia went over five minutes without a bucket down the stretch, but the Cardinal returned the favor, missing their last four field goals, providing the crack the Mountaineers needed to send it to overtime.

West Virginia finally made free throws

The Mountaineers came into the game shooting 67.7% from the free throw line, then went 22-26 from the charity stripe against Stanford and they needed every point in regulation to stay alive after a poor second half performance. West Virginia also went 8-11 from the line in overtime to seal the win.

Overall quick hitters

Senior guard Treysen Eaglestaff's 18 points when the rest of the team was struggling was obviously crucial to the Mountaineers win.

Huff was 0-6 from three-point range but came away with a team-high 21 points - 11 of the points came from the free throw line.

DJ Thomas is steadily becoming more aggressive towards the rim. Made some big plays during big moments - that dunk to end the half maybe things to come.