Honor Huff makes senior night appearance as West Virginia blows past UCF

Honor Huff scored a game-high 24 points on Senior Night, leading West Virginia to a 77-62 win over UCF. Both teams wrapped up the Big 12 Conference regular season Friday in Morgantown, W.Va.

Brennen Lorient scored 14 points and Chance Moore added 13 off the bench for West Virginia (18-13, 9-9 Big 12). Jasper Floyd had 10 points for the Mountaineers, who have won two of their last three games after a three-game skid.

Riley Kugel and Themus Fulks led UCF (20-10, 9-9) with 16 points each. Jordan Burks had 14 points and nine rebounds for UCF, which lost its third straight loss.

West Virginia took control of the game when Lorient’s corner 3 sparked a 15-4 surge for a 59-44 lead with 9:09 remaining. Later, it was Lorient’s reverse layup that put West Virginia ahead 67-52 with 3:19 left.

The early going was highlighted by a frantic pace as both teams raced for conversions. Treysen Eaglestaff’s three gave the Mountaineers a 10-6 lead at the first media timeout.

The Mountaineers extended their lead to 22-10 as part of a 12-2 run after Floyd shook a defender for a wide-open layup and Harlan Obioha attempted a putback. Meanwhile, the Knights spent about five minutes without a basket.

Despite this scoring drought, UCF kept the game relatively close, finishing the first half on a 6-2 run and going up 32-23 at halftime.

This trend continued into the second half, and Fulks’ 3-point play put UCF down 36-30 with 17 minutes and 2 seconds left. With Fulks hot, UCF got closer, 44-40. He scored his sixth straight point for the Knights in an 8-3 rally.

But Huff hit a quick release trey with the shot clock winding down, which increased the Mountaineers’ advantage to 50-41. Moore then set up a three-point play with a driving layup through contact for a 53-41 lead.

The Mountaineers were outgained 40-28 in the paint and outrebounded 41-33, but trailed for just 26 seconds.

–Field level media