Huff’s 23 Paces West Virginia Against Campbell

Thursday, November 6

Morgantown, W.Va.

7 p.m.

West Virginia University

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Campbell

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Campbell

West Virginia

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November 06, 2025 10:09 PM | Men's Basketball

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By: John Antonik

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia used 23 points from senior guard Honor Huff to outlast Campbell 73-65 on Thursday night at Hope Coliseum.

Huff was one of five Mountaineer players to reach double figures.

Brenen Lorient, Harlan Obioha and Treysen Eaglestaff each scored 12, while freshman forward DJ Thomas contributed 10.

Campbell, which lost at 24^th-ranked Wisconsin earlier this week, used the free throw line to keep it in tonight's game. The Camels made 25 of 32 from the charity stripe to compensate for a 35.2% shooting performance from the field that saw it connect on just 19 of its 54 field goal attempts.

"I thought we defended well but statistically we just fouled too much, and that's what they do," West Virginia coach Ross Hodge said afterward. "They drive the ball with physicality, and we needed to play just a little bit better without the fouls. If you look at their percentages … 35% from 2 and 14% from 3, only had five assists and 12 turnovers … we just fouled them too much and couldn't come up with defensive rebounds when we really needed them."

West Virginia led by eight at halftime before Campbell started the second half by scoring 11 of the game's next 15 points during a five-minute span, reducing the Mountaineers' lead to one, 37-36.

It remained a one- or two-possession game until a Huff 3 with 5:06 remaining gave West Virginia an eight-point, 57-49 advantage. Another Huff 3, this one from the corner with him falling out of bounds, kept the margin at eight, 64-56, with 2:17 to go.

But 11 seconds later, Jeremiah Johnson answered with two free throws, and then DJ Smith added a basket with 1:31 left to trim WVU's lead to four, 64-60.

Following a West Virginia timeout, Lorient used a nice Obioha screen at the top of the key to get to the rim for a one-handed slam dunk with 1:14 left to put the Mountaineers ahead by six.

"You create just enough confusion with (Lorient) and Jasper (Floyd) up top, you have Honor at the corner and obviously people don't want to (leave Huff open) and then you have a mountain of a man bucking in at the rim and fortunately for us B-Lo made that one," Hodge said of his play call while referencing a missed dunk Lorient had earlier in the game.

Lorient then added two more free throws to secure the victory, West Virginia's second in three days.

Lorient's stat line included nine rebounds, five blocks and four assists while missing another double-double by just one board.

Huff's game-leading 21 points came on 5 of 10 from the floor, 4 of 9 from 3-point distance and 9 of 10 from the free throw line.

"I saw that Wisconsin film and that was this game until the last three minutes and (Campbell) kind of let go of the rope a little bit in that one and it got away from them," Hodge said. "They had our full respect and that's what we anticipated."

Overall, the Mountaineers were better at the free throw line tonight than they were two nights ago against Mount St. Mary's, connecting on 74.1% of their 27 attempts, but the rebounding continues to be an issue.

Tonight, Campbell out-boarded West Virginia on the glass 40 to 36, 15 of those coming from 6-foot-7 junior forward Chris Fields Jr.

Dovydas Butka led the Camels with 14 points.

"I wished we could have rebounded the ball a little better, but you've got to give them credit, they are big and physical," Hodge said. "Two of our better rebounders are in street clothes; that's a reason, not an excuse."

West Virginia (2-0) returns to the court this Sunday to face Lehigh in a 3 p.m. game at Hope Coliseum. The Mountain Hawks opened the season with a 75-57 loss at second-ranked Houston before defeating Valley Forge 91-52 earlier tonight.