MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Esa Ahmad’s game Tuesday at Iowa State began with a timid, off-target pass that missed Devin Williams in the low post and trickled out of bounds.
By night’s end, however, teammates and West Virginia coach Bob Huggins were suggesting they’d seen a breakout game from the freshman forward.
Ahmad shot 4-of-5 from the floor and made all three of his second-half attempts by finding soft spots along the baseline. The first of those baskets, a powerful tomahawk dunk off a dish from Williams, energized the Mountaineers on a 16-5 run that led to a come-from-behind 81-76 win at Hilton Coliseum.