Erik Stevenson injury sends West Virginia's leading scorer to locker room vs. Iowa State

Following an Erik Stevenson injury late in the first half in a game against Iowa State, the West Virginia leading scorer was assisted into the locker room by a trainer and a teammate.

Stevenson has been on fire of late for the Mountaineers, averaging 27.3 points per game in his last three outings.

He scored 34 in a recent win over Oklahoma.

It’s unclear what Stevenson injured. He attempted to take a charge in the low post and was unsuccessful as Iowa State’s Gabe Kalscheur drove toward the basket.

Stevenson went down in a heap and appeared to take a knee to the back of the head.

But as he was helped off by the trainers into the locker he appeared to be putting relatively little weight on his right foot.

The Erik Stevenson injury may not plague the Mountaineers for long, though. Stevenson ran back out to the bench just before the first half ended but did not check back into the game.

Stevenson had four points and two rebounds when he exited, and West Virginia led 36-30 at halftime.

West Virginia rounding into form right now

West Virginia got off to an atrocious start in Big 12 play this season, losing their first five contests before finally picking up a win. However, over the last couple weeks, the Mountaineers are playing pretty good basketball. They never really played too poorly, but the close losses finally started turning into close wins as of late.

WVU head coach Bob Huggins believes a few different factors led to the rough start and eventual turnaround. First and foremost, making shots has been a huge difference. Per Huggins, West Virginia was just frustratingly inconsistent with easy shots. Missed layups, floaters, free throws — the Mountaineers had a habit of missing the bunnies early on in league play.

“We started out the conference year missing layup after layup. Two-footer after two-footer,” said Huggins after the win over Oklahoma. “We had opportunities to just go to the free throw line and just make one out of three, we made none. We had a chance to win the game at Oklahoma. We barely hit the rim on two of them.”

Huggins has had to let his guys learn how to win this year.

“I think we have guys that haven’t played a whole lot in this league and with this kind of setting,” he said. “I don’t think the majority of these guys…you think the majority of these guys ever played in front of 14,000 people? I think they’re starting to understand. I think they’re starting to feel better about themselves, feel more comfortable.”