The first game of a three game road trip sent the Mountaineers to South Beach, but their talents did not follow them. A  modest 15 spread left me thinking all about the Mountaineers and how well they had fared at Minnesota and North Carolina, both games where Appalachian was big underdogs, yet managed to cover. I was wrong as another poor shooting performance saw the Mountaineers fall to the Hurricanes by a score of 84-54. My record fell to 3-4 on the season.