As a 10-point West Virginia lead was whittled away in the final two minutes at Iowa State, Mountaineer fans may have been experiencing a “here we go again” moment watching a team that was just shy of two months without a road win.
Mountaineer players were not in the same worrisome boat.
Freshman point guard Miles McBride calmly drained four straight free throws in the final 17 seconds, providing the final margin of a much-needed 77-71 win at Hilton Coliseum.
West Virginia snapped both a three-game losing streak and a six-game road drought.