West Virginia’s past two road games have followed the same storyline — home team in desperate need of a win makes a meal of the Mountaineers by shooting well above its normal average.
Kansas State did it on Jan. 18, hitting 50 percent of its three-pointers to lead the way to an 84-68 win. On Jan. 29, Texas Tech shot 65 percent from outside to blitz its way to an 89-81 win over West Virginia.
Both performances stand out as anomalies against a defense that ranks second in the country against the three-point shot.
Another hungry foe awaits the 13th-ranked Mountaineers (18-4, 6-3 Big 12) on Saturday afternoon at the Lloyd Noble Center.