West Virginia picked up its fourth ranked win of the season by taking down No. 2 Iowa State, 64-57, on Saturday.
The win snapped Iowa State’s 12-game profitable streak. The Mountaineers solely shot 39.3% from the ground, however scored 19 quick break factors and solely dedicated 9 turnovers.
Senior guard Javon Small had a team-high 27 factors (9-of-16 FG), seven rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. Small one way or the other obtained this layup to go along with 1:51 left within the opening half to place West Virginia up 22-21.
He discovered a technique to make this shot off the glass simply over a minute into the second half to place the Mountaineers up 27-26.
Iowa State couldn’t get their long-range pictures to fall all sport lengthy. The Cyclones had been an atrocious 1-of-17 (5.9%). They shot 43.9% total and outrebounded West Virginia 38-28. Senior guard Curtis Jones led the staff as soon as once more with 18 factors (8-of-16 FG). He additionally dedicated a team-high 4 turnovers.
As Iowa State (15-2, 5-1 Large 12) noticed its undefeated begin to convention play come to an finish, it’ll want extra firepower from long-range to again up the protection that continues to hassle groups. Permitting lower than 60 factors in three of its 5 convention video games, Iowa State will look to bounce again at residence towards UCF on Tuesday.
For West Virginia (13-4, 4-2 Large 12), it continues so as to add to its spectacular resume and show that it might compete with the most effective groups within the nation. Heading right into a matchup with Arizona State on Tuesday, the Mountaineers have to maintain caring for the ball like they did on Saturday if they’ll maintain the momentum rolling.
