AMES, Iowa (AP) - Freshman Georges Niang hit a layup with 2.5 seconds left and Iowa State beat West Virginia 69-67 Wednesday night despite blowing an 18-point lead.
Melvin Ejim had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Cyclones (12-4, 2-1 Big 12), who survived an unexpectedly wild finish for their second straight win.
Iowa State opened the second half with an 18-4 run and led by as much as 56-38. The Mountaineers (8-8, 1-3) tied it at 67 on 3 by Jabarie Hinds with 11.6 seconds left, but Niang got wide open for the game-winner underneath the basket.
Hinds had 20 points for West Virginia. Juwan Staten, the Mountaineers second-leading scorer, had seven points and seven assists after being benched by coach Bob Huggins for the previous three halves.
West Virginia missed its first 12 3-point attempts before hitting nine of its last 12.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| West Virginia (8-8) | 26 | 41 | 67 |
| Iowa State (12-4) « | 29 | 40 | 69 |
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| West Virginia Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Noreen, F | 29 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| D. Rutledge, F | 14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Hinds, G | 34 | 8-22 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| E. Harris, G | 29 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| G. Browne, G | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Staten | 29 | 2-7 | 3-5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| D. Kilicli | 19 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Humphrey | 10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| A. Murray | 10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| A. Brown | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Miles | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-61 | 8-13 | 41 | 13 | 21 | 67 | |
| 41% | 61.5% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ejim, F | 34 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| G. Niang, F | 18 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| C. Babb, G | 38 | 2-7 | 6-6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| K. Lucious, G | 35 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| W. Clyburn, G | 31 | 4-10 | 3-5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. McGee | 21 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Booker | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| P. Gibson | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-55 | 15-19 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 69 | |
| 41.8% | 78.9% | ||||||
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