West Virginia 79-71 BYU (Feb 28, 2026) Final Score

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BYU CougarsBYU

71–79

Final

West Virginia MountaineersWVU

Team Season Averages

BYU CougarsLeads 3 of 4

West Virginia MountaineersLeads 1 of 4

Offense

48.0%Field goal percentage44.4%

Defense

71.8Points allowed per game63.8

3-Point

35.2%Three-point percentage33.4%
74.6%Free throw percentage67.1%

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (WVU)	Total	BYU ML	WVU ML
DDraftKings	+2.5	140.5	-155	+130
FFanDuel	+2.5	140.5	-154	+128
BBetMGM	+2.5	140.5	-150	+125
CCaesars	+2	140.5	-140	+118
BBetRivers	+2.5	139.5	-150	+115
FFanatics	+2	142	-140	+115
KKalshi	+1.5	140.5	-130	+130
PPolymarket	+2.5	141.5	-130	+130

Game Information

Venue to be announced

Stadium

Feb 28, 2026

5:30 PM EST

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Rankings

Team	Overall	Offense	Defense	Rebound	3-Point
BYU	16th	18th	46th	34th	104th
WVU	56th	291st	6th	213th	204th

Matchup

BYUWVU

28Games played28
3Rest days3

Scores

Team	H1	H2	T
BYU	26	45	71
WVU	40	39	79

Team Stats

BYUStatWVU

71Points79
24-51 (47.1%)FG27-62 (43.5%)
9-24 (37.5%)3PT8-25 (32.0%)
14-19 (73.7%)FT17-22 (77.3%)
26Rebounds35
10Assists17
7Steals6
3Blocks3
12Turnovers7

Player Stats

BYU

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Robert Wright IIIG	40	23	4	4	3	0	2	7/15	2/5	7/8	—
AJ DybantsaF	38	20	7	1	1	0	4	7/15	2/7	4/6	—
Aleksej KostićG	30	12	1	2	1	0	3	4/9	4/8	0/0	—
Keba KeitaF	23	9	8	1	2	2	2	4/4	0/0	1/1	—
Kennard Davis Jr.F	29	7	0	2	0	1	0	2/3	1/2	2/2	—
KJ PerryG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Tyler MrusF	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0/1	0/0	—
Dawson BakerG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Khadim MboupF	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Nate PickensG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Xavion StatonC	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Abdullah AhmedC	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/2	—
Jared McGregorG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Brody KozlowskiF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Richie SaundersG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Mihailo BoškovicF	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0/4	0/1	0/0	—
Dominique DiomandeF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

WVU

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Honor HuffG	37	19	2	6	1	0	5	5/15	3/10	6/7	—
Brenen LorientF	30	18	9	3	1	2	0	7/14	1/2	3/4	—
DJ ThomasF	17	13	3	0	0	0	0	5/7	2/4	1/2	—
Chance MooreG	26	11	8	2	1	1	2	4/7	0/1	3/4	—
Jasper FloydG	31	11	3	3	2	0	0	4/8	1/4	2/3	—
Harlan ObiohaC	21	4	5	1	0	0	0	1/2	0/0	2/2	—
Treysen EaglestaffF	27	3	4	1	1	0	0	1/8	1/4	0/0	—
MJ FeenaneG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Niyol HauetG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Amir JenkinsG	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0/1	0/0	0/0	—
Morris UgusukG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Jackson FieldsF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Jayden ForsytheG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Abraham OyeadierC	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Evans Barning Jr.F	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

Scoring Summary

93 events · 83 scoring

1st Half

19:28WVU
Jasper Floyd makes 12-foot jumper
0-2
19:14BYU
Robert Wright III makes driving layup
2-2
18:35WVU
Harlan Obioha makes 4-foot dunk (Jasper Floyd assists)
2-4
18:12WVU
Jasper Floyd makes 26-foot three point jumper
2-7
16:01BYU
Keba Keita makes 3-foot dunk (Robert Wright III assists)
4-7
15:08BYU
Robert Wright III makes driving layup
6-7
14:11BYU
Robert Wright III makes layup
8-7
13:24BYU
Aleksej Kostic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kennard Davis Jr. assists)
11-7
12:04WVU
Jasper Floyd makes layup (Amir Jenkins assists)
11-9
11:25WVU
Chance Moore makes driving layup (Brenen Lorient assists)
11-11
10:43BYU
Robert Wright III makes free throw 1 of 2
12-11
10:43BYU
Robert Wright III makes free throw 2 of 2
13-11
10:22WVU
Brenen Lorient makes free throw 1 of 2
13-12
10:22WVU
Brenen Lorient makes free throw 2 of 2
13-13
10:02BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
15-13
9:29WVU
Chance Moore makes driving layup
15-15
9:00WVU
Brenen Lorient makes driving layup (Chance Moore assists)
15-17
8:44BYU
Aleksej Kostic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists)
18-17
7:59BYU
Robert Wright III makes 23-foot three point jumper (AJ Dybantsa assists)
21-17
7:24WVU
Honor Huff makes free throw 1 of 3
21-18
7:24WVU
Honor Huff makes free throw 2 of 3
21-19
7:24WVU
Honor Huff makes free throw 3 of 3
21-20
7:07BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2
22-20
6:41WVU
DJ Thomas makes layup (Honor Huff assists)
22-22
6:41WVU
DJ Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1
22-23
5:14WVU
Honor Huff makes driving layup
22-25
4:17WVU
Honor Huff makes 30-foot three point jumper (Harlan Obioha assists)
22-28
3:58BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2
23-28
3:31WVU
DJ Thomas makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jasper Floyd assists)
23-31
3:07BYU
Robert Wright III makes free throw 2 of 2
24-31
2:46WVU
DJ Thomas makes 23-foot three point jumper (Honor Huff assists)
24-34
1:57WVU
DJ Thomas makes 7-foot dunk (Chance Moore assists)
24-36
0:56WVU
Jasper Floyd makes layup
24-38
0:45BYU
Robert Wright III makes free throw 1 of 2
25-38
0:45BYU
Robert Wright III makes free throw 2 of 2
26-38
0:11WVU
Chance Moore makes 20-foot jumper
26-40

2nd Half

19:48BYU
team makes 25-foot three point jumper
29-40
19:38BYU
Kennard Davis Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
27-40
19:38BYU
Kennard Davis Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
28-40
19:05BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes driving layup
30-40
18:40BYU
Aleksej Kostic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists)
33-40
18:08WVU
Treysen Eaglestaff makes 26-foot three point jumper (Honor Huff assists)
33-43
17:10BYU
Aleksej Kostic makes 32-foot three point jumper (Keba Keita assists)
36-43
15:37WVU
Brenen Lorient makes layup (Honor Huff assists)
36-45
14:14WVU
DJ Thomas makes layup (Honor Huff assists)
36-47
13:59BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes 29-foot three point jumper
39-47
13:28WVU
Honor Huff makes 25-foot three point jumper
39-50
13:11BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes 9-foot floating jump shot
41-50
12:40WVU
Chance Moore makes layup (Brenen Lorient assists)
41-52
12:28BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes driving layup
43-52
11:13WVU
Chance Moore makes free throw 1 of 2
43-53
11:13WVU
Chance Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
43-54
10:56BYU
Robert Wright III makes free throw 1 of 2
44-54
10:56BYU
Robert Wright III makes free throw 2 of 2
45-54
10:38WVU
Brenen Lorient makes layup (Treysen Eaglestaff assists)
45-56
9:54WVU
Honor Huff makes free throw 1 of 2
45-57
9:54WVU
Honor Huff makes free throw 2 of 2
45-58
9:41BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes 9-foot jumper
47-58
9:10BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 1 of 2
48-58
9:10BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2
49-58
8:58WVU
Honor Huff makes driving layup
49-60
8:37BYU
Keba Keita makes 5-foot dunk (Kennard Davis Jr. assists)
51-60
7:35BYU
Robert Wright III makes driving layup
53-60
6:59WVU
Honor Huff makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brenen Lorient assists)
53-63
6:34BYU
Kennard Davis Jr. makes layup
55-63
5:48WVU
Brenen Lorient makes 15-foot jumper (Jasper Floyd assists)
55-65
5:34BYU
Kennard Davis Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper
58-65
5:02WVU
Brenen Lorient makes layup
58-67
4:42BYU
Robert Wright III makes driving layup
60-67
4:20WVU
Brenen Lorient makes 25-foot three point jumper (Honor Huff assists)
60-70
3:51BYU
Robert Wright III makes 28-foot three point jumper (Aleksej Kostic assists)
63-70
3:15WVU
Brenen Lorient makes free throw 1 of 2
63-71
3:00BYU
Keba Keita makes layup (Aleksej Kostic assists)
65-71
3:00BYU
Keba Keita makes free throw 1 of 1
66-71
2:12WVU
Chance Moore makes free throw 2 of 2
66-72
1:57BYU
AJ Dybantsa makes 26-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists)
69-72
1:37WVU
Brenen Lorient makes layup
69-74
1:11BYU
Keba Keita makes layup
71-74
0:26WVU
Honor Huff makes free throw 1 of 2
71-75
0:15WVU
Jasper Floyd makes free throw 1 of 2
71-76
0:15WVU
Jasper Floyd makes free throw 2 of 2
71-77
0:07WVU
Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.
71-79
0:07BYU
Foul on Keba Keita.
71-79
0:08BYU
Keba Keita subbing out for BYU
71-77
0:08BYU
Mihailo Boškovic subbing in for BYU
71-77
0:08WVU
Harlan Obioha makes free throw 1 of 2
71-78
0:08WVU
Harlan Obioha makes free throw 2 of 2
71-79
0:08WVU
Harlan Obioha subbing out for West Virginia
71-79
0:08WVU
Amir Jenkins subbing in for West Virginia
71-79
0:05BYU
BYU Timeout
71-79
0:04BYU
Aleksej Kostic misses 28-foot three point jumper
71-79
0:00WVU
West Virginia Defensive Rebound.
71-79
0:00
End of 2nd half
71-79

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