Freshman guard Miles McBride put the Mountaineers on his back in Mexico, leading West Virginia back from a 15-point deficit for a 60-55 win over Northern Iowa in the semifinals of the Cancun Challenge.
West Virginia (5-0) will face Wichita State (6-0) in the tournament championship game from the Hard Rock Hotel in Maya Riviera, Mexico at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The Mountaineers trailed the Panthers 52-37 with 10:32 remaining, at which point the most appropriate question seemed to be whether West Virginia would even break 50 points.
That’s when McBride took things into his own hands.