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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

AwayBYU71
Final
Saturday, February 28, 2026All Gainesville sports
FinalFinalFoxPlay by play
12T
BYU264571
WVU403979
Final

West Virginia beats BYU 79-71

West Virginia Mountaineers beat #19 BYU Cougars 79-71 on Saturday at Hope Coliseum.

The first half made the difference: West Virginia outscored BYU 40-26.

West Virginia shot 44% to 47% and won the boards 39-29.

For West Virginia, Honor Huff (G): 19. For BYU, Robert Wright III (G): 23.

West Virginia improves to 17-12. BYU falls to 20-9.

Attendance: 13,799.

Full recap at ESPN: Huff, Lorient lead West Virginia past No. 19 BYU, 79-71

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#1
BYU · PointsRobert Wright III G23
#1
BYU · AssistsRobert Wright III G4
#13
BYU · ReboundsKeba Keita F8
#3
WVU · PointsHonor Huff G19
#3
WVU · AssistsHonor Huff G6
#0
WVU · ReboundsBrenen Lorient F9
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
M. Boškovic F1200-40-10-020000111
AJ Dybantsa F38207-152-74-671410072
K. Keita F2394-40-01-181222265
K. Davis Jr. G2972-31-22-202001001
R. Wright III G40237-152-57-844230043
A. Ahmed F800-00-00-220000110
K. Mboup F1100-00-00-020100112
T. Mrus F900-10-10-000000000
A. Kostić G30124-94-80-012310014
Team7124-519-2414-192910127382118

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