West Virginia beats Iowa State 37-24

AMES, Iowa -- West Virginia might have found its quarterback of the future in the final game of the regular season. Backup quarterback Skyler Howard threw three TD passes, Rushel Shell ran for 146 yards and West Virginia beat Iowa State 37-24 Saturday to snap a three-game losing streak. Howard, a sophomore, was 21 of 40 for 285 yards in his first career start in place of Clint Trickett , who missed the game with a concussion. Mario Alford added two TD catches for West Virginia (7-5, 5-4 Big 12), which finished above .500 in the Big 12 for the first time. The Mountaineers (7-5, 5-4) closed the game on a 30-3 run, going up 34-24 with 9:10 left on a 15-yard TD catch by Daikiel Shorts from Howard. Howard also ran for 69 yards, the most for a Mountaineers quarterback since 2009. "The one that stands out is that touchdown to Daikiel.