West Virginia whips Iowa State, 30

Nazareth Mitrou-Long is averaging 17 points and two rebounds while Georges Niang is averaging 15.7 points and 4.3 assists. “They’re 15 points away from being pretty good”.

Paul Rhoads put on a construction worker’s hard hat with the Iowa State logo, exchanged well wishes with West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen on the field and jogged to the visitor’s locker room one last time. The Cyclones are looking to build on their records of 3-0 Straight Up (SU) and 1-1 Against The Spread (ATS). At Iowa State, Rhoads made $2.2 million this year. The Cyclones have really locked down opponents on the defensive end, ranking first in the country with a. 350 opponent field-goal percentage.

Virginia Tech: The Hokies have hit a 3-pointer in 403 consecutive games.

Throughout the first half, the Mountaineers struggled to run the football, managing only 2.9 per carry entering the half but broke out in the second frame as quarterback Skyler Howard led the Mountaineers with 73 yards including a 32-yard touchdown, while Wendell Smallwood with 72 yards and Rushel Shell with 41 yards and a touchdown both contributed on the ground.

The Iowa State Cyclones are off to a 3-0 start and play for the first time since Monday.

The Cyclones (3-8, 2-6 Big 12) can cap a year with a win for the second time in three seasons after beating the Mountaineers in triple overtime on the road in 2013.

Virginia Tech won its last game by a 30-point margin. Iowa State is in a whole different class and has more offensive firepower than the Hokies can handle.

McKay was at Marquette during the fall semester of 2013 before transferring to Iowa State. Just Friday, it was reported that he was a “strong candidate” at Mizzou, and fans from Maryland and Virginia Tech made the case for him as a potential hire.

Virginia Tech missed nine of its first 10 shots and was 14 of 37 from the field in the first half.

Each of Iowa State’s starters scored in double figures.

Norris has 31 assists and four turnovers in his past four games. Virginia Tech is ranked lower at 240th with an A/TO of.92.

Iowa State wide receiver Quenton Bundrage said seeing his coach walk off the field for the last time “definitely wasn’t a good feeling”. Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Virginia Tech 38 (LeDay 8), Iowa St. 36 (Nader 11).