Overview
- West Virginia won 59-54 at Fifth Third Arena after Cincinnati opened 14-2 and took a 30-20 lead into halftime.
- Honor Huff scored all 16 of his points after the break, drilling three straight threes during a 16-2 run, and finished with six assists.
- DJ Thomas added 14 points on 4-for-6 shooting and Brenen Lorient scored 11 on 5-for-7 as WVU overcame a cold start from deep to shoot 29% from three.
- Jizzle James led the Bearcats with 18 points on 7-for-16 shooting, and Baba Miller contributed 15 points on 5-for-9.
- The Mountaineers improved to 15-8 (6-4 Big 12) and host No. 13 Texas Tech on Sunday; Cincinnati dropped to 11-12 (3-7) and welcomes UCF next.