West Virginia Collects First Road Victory of Season at Arizona State

Wednesday, January 21

Tempe, Ariz.

9 p.m.

West Virginia University

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Arizona State

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West Virginia

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Photo by: WVU Athletic Communications

West Virginia Collects First Road Victory of Season at Arizona State

January 21, 2026 11:34 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: John Antonik

West Virginia overcame a 13-point first half deficit to defeat Arizona State 75-63 at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona, on Wednesday night.

Treysen Eaglestaff continues his torrid play with a game-high 23 points, 14 of those coming in the first half when his teammates were struggling to find their shooting stroke.

They found it in the second half to outscore the Sun Devils 40-26 over the final 20 minutes in registering their first road victory of the season.

"I was disappointed in our start," West Virginia coach Ross Hodge said afterward. "We were a step slow and I really felt fortunate at halftime to be just down two with them shooting 56% and 50% from 3."

Eaglestaff matched his season-high in scoring by making six of his nine 3-point tries. Overall, he connected on eight of his 14 field goal attempts. The senior is coming off a 22-point performance last Saturday night against Colorado and has reached double figures in four of his last five games.

"He's getting comfortable now and he realizes we need him to be aggressive, and we need his shot making," Hodge said. "He really bailed us in the first half, especially during that stretch when he kind of willed us back into the game."

Brenen Lorient was the team's second-half catalyst by scoring 11 of his 15 points, including a big 3 to put West Virginia ahead 48-46.

Jasper Floyd, who grabbed five rebounds, handed out four assists and made three steals, contributed 12 points.

West Virginia made 27 of its 53 field goal attempts for 50.9% for the game while scoring on 56.3% of its second half possessions.

Arizona State (10-9, 1-5) was limited to just 38.5% shooting in the second half and got points on only 43.3% of its possessions. The Sun Devils missed all five of their second half 3-point tries and misfired on eight of its 18 free throw attempts.

"To come out and hold a good offensive team on their home floor to 38% in the second half, 0-5 from 3, one shot and one shot only, and you leverage it on the other end with efficiency and taking what they give (was the result) of a lot of contributions from a lot of people," Hodge said.

After West Virginia battled back from a 13-point deficit to trail 37-35 at halftime, the game turned midway through the second half.

Lorient began an 8-0 spurt with a 3 and Chance Moore added a layup and a free throw when he was fouled by Andrija Grbovic in the act of shooting. Another basket by Floyd pushed West Virginia's lead to seven, 53-46.

Arizona State closed to within two, 53-51, on a three-point play by Anthony Johnson, but Floyd answered with a big 3 and then added a putback to make it a seven-point game again.

The margin got to 10 on Eaglestaff's three-point play with five minutes to go and it got to 13 on Lorient's turnaround jumper with 2:15 left.

West Virginia's biggest lead was 14 with 40 seconds remaining.

Maurice Odum led Arizona State with 17 points.

West Virginia, at 4-2 in league play, has now won four of its last five games and joins ninth-ranked Iowa State and 19^th-ranked Kansas in a three-way tie for fifth place in the Big 12 standings.

The Mountaineers (13-6 overall) remain in the Grand Canyon State to face No. 1-ranked Arizona on Saturday afternoon in Tucson. The Wildcats blew out Cincinnati to improve to 19-0 on the season.

That game will tip off at 2 p.m. and will be televised nationally on CBS.