West Virginia vs Cincinnati — College Basketball, Feb 5, 2026

West Virginia beat Cincinnati 59–54 at Cincinnati on Feb 5, 2026.

FinalThu, Feb 5Conference game

West Virginia Mountaineers

18-14 · 3-9 on the road

59

Cincinnati Bearcats

18-15 · 16-4 at home

54

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
WVU	20	39	59
CIN	30	24	54

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

West Virginia Mountaineers

• Honor HuffG

  16 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
  5-11 FG

  3-8 3PT
• DJ ThomasF

  14 pts · 2 reb
  4-6 FG

  2-4 3PT
• Brenen LorientF

  11 pts · 2 reb
  5-7 FG

Cincinnati Bearcats

• Jizzle JamesG

  18 pts · 1 reb
  7-16 FG

  4-6 3PT
• Baba MillerF

  15 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast · 3 blk
  5-9 FG

  0-2 3PT
• Day Day ThomasG

  9 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
  4-10 FG

  1-4 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

WVU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Honor Huff	38	16	2	6	0	0	1	5-11	3-8	3-6	—
Brenen Lorient	33	11	2	0	0	0	2	5-7	0-0	1-3	—
Treysen Eaglestaff	30	3	5	1	1	0	2	1-8	1-6	0-2	—
Jasper Floyd	20	6	4	2	1	0	2	3-6	0-2	0-0	—
Harlan Obioha	18	5	6	1	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	3-5	—
DJ Thomas	23	14	2	0	0	0	0	4-6	2-4	4-4	—
Amir Jenkins	21	2	3	2	2	0	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	—
Chance Moore	16	2	5	1	1	0	2	1-4	0-0	0-1	—
Morris Ugusuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		59	29	13	5	0	12	21-48	6-21	11-21

CIN	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Day Day Thomas	36	9	3	2	0	0	1	4-10	1-4	0-0	—
Jizzle James	35	18	1	0	1	0	4	7-16	4-6	0-0	—
Baba Miller	35	15	8	1	0	3	2	5-9	0-2	5-6	—
Jalen Celestine	34	8	10	6	1	0	0	3-12	2-8	0-0	—
Tyler McKinley	21	1	5	1	1	2	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	—
Kerr Kriisa	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	—
Halvine Dzellat	11	0	3	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Sencire Harris	9	3	3	0	1	0	3	1-3	0-0	1-1	—
Keyshuan Tillery	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	—
Totals		54	33	11	4	5	12	20-55	7-23	7-9

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

WVUCIN

43.8%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 21-48, home 20-55.

36.4%

28.6%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 6-21, home 7-23.

30.4%

52.4%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 11-21, home 7-9.

77.8%

33

Rebounds

34

10

Offensive rebounds

11

13

Assists

11

12

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

12

5

Steals

4

0

Blocks

5

26

Points in the paint

18

4

Fast-break points

2

15

Fouls?Fewer is better.

17

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 361 (#1 = best)

WVU offensevsCIN defense

WVU offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · CIN defense in 4 (4 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

51.1%

#186

47.3%

Stronger#27

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

15.2%

#229

16.1%

Stronger#81

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

31.0%

#163

27.3%

Stronger#52

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

24.0%

#221

21.3%

Stronger#55

CIN offensevsWVU defense

CIN offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · WVU defense in 4 (3 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

50.5%

#215

48.3%

Stronger#45

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

14.7%

#195

15.9%

Stronger#91

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

30.6%

#177

29.0%

slight#106

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

20.0%

#336

21.1%

Stronger#48

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 361 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

WVUCIN

+6.9 78thNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions70th +8.1

107.9 208thOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions244th 106.3

101.0 28thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)11th 98.2

64.1 346thPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)141st 68.8

Expected pace: about 66 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

• 
  CIN 3-point shooting

  CIN offense 33.9% (173rd) vs WVU defense allowing 35.0% (244th)
  +71 spots

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

TWTFSSMTWGame

WVU

KSU

BAY

CIN

4 days rest

TWTFSSMTWGame

CIN

BAY

HOU

WVU

4 days rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

WVU · last 10

18-14 · 4 days rest

• Jan 31 vs BAYL 53–63
• Jan 27 vs KSUW 59–54
• Jan 24 @ ARIZL 53–88
• Jan 21 @ ASUW 75–63
• Jan 17 vs COLOW 72–61
• Jan 13 @ HOUL 48–77
• Jan 10 vs KUW 86–75
• Jan 6 vs CINW 62–60
• Jan 2 @ ISUL 59–80
• Dec 22 vs MVSUW 86–51

6-4 in these

CIN · last 10

18-15 · 4 days rest

• Jan 31 @ HOUL 54–76
• Jan 28 vs BAYW 67–57
• Jan 24 @ ASUL 68–82
• Jan 21 @ ARIZL 51–77
• Jan 17 vs ISUW 79–70
• Jan 14 vs COLOW 77–68
• Jan 11 @ UCFL 72–73
• Jan 6 @ WVUL 60–62
• Jan 3 vs HOUL 60–67
• Dec 29 vs LIPW 89–62

4-6 in these

From box scores. Ratings are per 100 possessions (possessions estimated from box scores). Prop lines from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars; hit rates are past games against a number, not a forecast or a pick. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.