FINAL: WVU blasts No. 11 Iowa State 102-77

West Virginia students were cranked up for Monday night’s visit from No. 11 Iowa State.

 

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia welcomes the deep-shooting Iowa State Cyclones into the Coliseum for a Big 12 matchup.

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WEST VIRGINIA 102, IOWA STATE 77 (Final)
Remi Dibo scores a career-best 20 (including six 3-pointers) and Staten finishes with 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for WVU (15-10, 7-5). Harris and Terry Henderson close with 16 points for the Mountaineers, who can expect a healthy bump from their current RPI spot (No. 72).
WEST VIRGINIA 102, IOWA STATE 77 (Final)
After setting a Big 12 single-game scoring record on Saturday, Melvin Ejim finishes with a meager six points on 1-of-9 shooting. That’s almost unfathomable. Even more unfathomable: West Virginia’s Nate Adrian, Gary Browne and Kevin Noreen outscored him tonight.
WEST VIRGINIA 93, IOWA STATE 63 (3:50 2nd half)
Eron Harris receives a flagrant-two foul and is ejected. Can’t offer commentary on the foul because of WVU’s reluctance to show replays at the Coliseum. (Aren’t they supposed to entice people to come to the games?) Harris leaves with 16 points.
WEST VIRGINIA 83, IOWA STATE 52 (7:25 2nd half)
Melvin Ejim won’t get 48 tonight but WVU might win by that much. Geez, this one has only gotten completely out of hand, and Iowa State looks helpless to curb WVU’s enthusiasm. And Niang just fouled out for the sixth time this season, finishing with 17 points. … WVU is 11-of-20 from 3-point range, including 4-of-6 by Remi Dibo.
WEST VIRGINIA 77, IOWA STATE 50 (9:23 2nd half)
Whatever comeback plans the Cyclones made at intermission probably didn’t involve shooting 26 percent in the second half. Meanwhile, Nate Adrian just had an overplay steal that led to a breakaway layup and he followed it up with a blocked shot on the ensuing possession. Infectious joy spreading throughout the Mountaineers.
WEST VIRGINIA 71, IOWA STATE 48 (11:47 2nd half)
Were the Cyclones No. 7 in the RPI or 307? Hoiberg’s crew is getting absolutely handled by WVU, and even though you keep waiting for a rally, the lead has only expanded. What’s more, Georges Niang (17 points) has picked up four fouls.
WEST VIRGINIA 52, IOWA STATE 33 (halftime)
This one looks like blowout, but no team in the Big 12 is better equipped to come from behind than Iowa State, which plays fast and can bombard you with 3s. The Cyclones were just 1-of-11 from deep in the opening half and shot only 38 percent. Ejim scored four points on 1-of-7 shooting.
WEST VIRGINIA 52, IOWA STATE 33 (halftime)
Juwan Staten drives the lane with 3 seconds left to put West Virginia up by 19 in what was the Mountaineers’ best half of the season—maybe of the last two seasons. Staten has 11 points, seven assists and zero turnovers thus far, but he’s just part of the story. Terry Henderson has 13 points and Eron Harris nine for WVU, which is shootong 50 percent from the floor.
WEST VIRGINIA 30, IOWA STATE 16 (8:19 first half)
Terry Henderson has 11 early points on 3-of-4 3-point shooting, continuing his home/road Jekyll/Hyde tendency. West Virginia is 5-of-8 overall from 3, while Iowa State—the Big 12’s leader in 3-point field goals—is 0-of-6. … WVU also leads 16-11 in rebounding, thanks to five from Brandon Watkins.
WEST VIRGINIA 25, IOWA STATE 14 (9:55 first half)
The Mountaineers are on a 12-0 run, a stretch during which Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg has expended two timeouts. Four WVU players have scored during the run.
IOWA STATE 8, WEST VIRGINIA 4 (17:39 first half)
Iowa State has made its first four shots, including three layups. … Melvin Ejim needed all of 21 seconds to get his first basket—19 more and he’ll match the tremendous performance he produced Saturday against TCU.




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