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Unfortunately for Curry, many of his long-range bombs were clanking off the rim as time wound down against West Virginia in the Jimmy V Classic.

"I was pretty frustrated," Curry said. "Those are shots I usually make. It didn't help that it was when they were coming back in the game."

But much to the delight of his teammates and the star-studded crowd at the Garden that included Pat Riley, Vince Carter, Warren Sapp and Curry's father, Dell, a former NBA sharpshooter, Curry found his stroke just in time.

Curry hit four straight jump shots down the stretch, including three 3-pointers, and added a pair of clutch foul shots to give No. 23 Davidson a 68-65 victory over the Mountaineers.

With his team trailing 62-61, Curry grabbed a defensive rebound, raced the length of the court and wound up with the ball again on the right wing. There he buried a 3-pointer to give Davidson a 64-62 lead with 34 seconds remaining. The Wildcats never relinquished the lead.

"It was pretty cool," said Curry, who finished with a game-high 27 points on 9 of 27 shooting and added 10 assists, 4 steals and 8 turnovers. "I got the win against a great West Virginia team that was very physical and challenged us to the last buzzer. It's nice to get a win on the road for us."

The fans oohed and ahhed with each of Curry's shot attempts, many of which clanked off the rim before he finally found his stroke.

"It's cool," Curry said. "I don't really notice it during the game. It's special for a place of this magnitude and for that to happen, it's something I'll remember."

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins will remember this game, but not in a good way.

"I detest losing," he said.

West Virginia played without senior guard Alex Ruoff, out with back spasms. Ruoff is the team's second-leading scorer. Junior guard Joe Mazzulla started despite suffering a left shoulder contusion that caused him to miss the team's last game, but played only six minutes in the first half and did not score.

"We don't have our two starting guards," Huggins said. "Take anybody's two staring guards out and play that team and see what happens to them."

Curry, who is listed at 6-foot-3 but appears closer to 6-foot, entered as the leading scorer in Division I at 31.3 points per game. He was coming off a career-high tying 44-point outburst against N.C. State.

"Steph can play," Huggins said. "He can really play."

Andrew Lovedale added 15 points and Ben Allison 10 for Davidson (7-1).

Da'Sean Butler, a Newark, N.J. native who played at nearby Bloomfield (N.J.) Tech, scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed a game-high 14 boards for the Mountaineers (6-2). Devin Ebanks added 11 of his 13 points in the second half and added 17 boards.

West Virginia out-rebounded Davidson 58-32.

But the Mountaineers hurt themselves at the line, making just 17 of 29.

Davidson also outscored West Virginia in the paint, 30-24.

After Curry put Davidson up 64-62, Butler was whistled for traveling in the paint on West Virginia's ensuing possession.

Curry added two foul shots and Steve Rossiter made 1-of-2 to push the lead to 67-62.

John Flowers drained a 3-pointer from the left wing with 3.8 seconds left to slice Davidson's advantage to 67-65.

Bryant Barr was fouled with 3.3 seconds left and made 1-of-2 foul shot for a 68-65 lead.

Ebanks missed a desperation 3-point attempt from well beyond midcourt as time expired.

After West Virginia trailed 51-44, the Mountaineers used an 18-7 run to go ahead 62-58. A drive and a floater by Ebanks broke a 58-all tie and Wellington Smith added two foul shots to push the lead to four.

Curry, who struggled with his shot for much of the game before finding it in the nick of time, hit a 3-pointer from the left wing to cut the lead to 62-61 with 1:09 remaining.

"Steph Curry became the Steph Curry that I know in those last four minutes," said Davidson coach Bob McKillop, a Queens native. "He never ever quit on himself or quit on his team and somehow found a way to weave that magic at the end of the game."