MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia coach Bob Huggins believed his team is now the best version of themselves. His team proved it as Jermaine Haley scored a career-high 28 points and the Mountaineers upset Iowa State 90-75 on Wednesday night. “We’re not talking about the same team,” Huggins said. “This is not the same team. We’ve had so many different teams … obviously (this is the best team we’ve had this year).” Derek Culver picked up his eighth double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Lamont West added his second career double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Jordan McCabe added 18 points. Haley and McCabe powered West Virginia (12-18, 4-13 Big 12) in the first half with eight 3-pointers.

The loss will hamper the Cyclones’ NCAA seeding stock. West Virginia held a NET ranking of 114 going into Wednesday, giving Iowa State a Quadrant 2 loss, their fourth of the season. ISU is slated to be in the 5-7 seed range. There is still time to improve Iowa State’s seeding with a home game remaining against Texas Tech, and the possibility of a strong run in the Big 12 Tournament.

Iowa State hosts No. 8 Texas Tech on Saturday in the regular-season finale.