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Small scores 19 points, West Virginia beats Cincinnati 63-50 to end a 3-game losing streak

AP
Feb 02, 2025

Cincinnati Bearcats (AP) Javon Small scored 19 points to go with nine assists and West Virginia Mountaineers beat Cincinnati 63-50 on Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak.

Small, who averages 19.1 points and leads the Big 12 Conference in scoring, shot 6 of 14 from the field and made four 3-pointers. Joseph Yesufu didn't miss, shooting 4 of 4 from long range and 6 of 6 overall from the field to finish with 16 points for West Virginia (14-7, 5-5).

Day Day Thomas scored 10 points for Cincinnati (12-9, 2-8), which shot 31.5% (17 of 54) from the field and has lost four straight.

West Virginia built a double-digit lead about midway through the first half and led 40-25 at the break. Small made three 3-pointers and scored 14 points and had five assists to pace the Mountaineers.

Cincinnati pulled within 12 points, 45-33, with 14:03 remaining. West Virginia answered with a 14-4 run, capped by consecutive 3s from Yesufu, and the Mountaineers maintained their double-digit lead the rest of the way.

On Wednesday, West Virginia plays at TCU while Cincinnati is on the road against UCF.

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1st Half
WV
Mountaineers
40
CINCY
Bearcats
25

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Toby Okani vs. Aziz Bandaogo (Jizzle James gains possession)
19:41		Dillon Mitchell misses two point layup
19:39		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
19:19	+2	Toby Okani makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	2-0
18:58		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
18:56		Bearcats offensive rebound
18:51		Sencire Harris personal foul
18:31		Jizzle James turnover (lost ball) (Sencire Harris steals)
18:04		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
18:02		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
17:54		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
17:52		Dillon Mitchell offensive rebound
17:39		Aziz Bandaogo misses two point jump shot
17:37		Jonathan Powell defensive rebound
17:32		Amani Hansberry misses two point layup
17:30		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
17:17	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot	2-3
16:46	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot	5-3
16:25		Jonathan Powell shooting foul (Simas Lukošius draws the foul)
16:25	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 1 of 3	5-4
16:25	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 2 of 3	5-5
16:25	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 3 of 3	5-6
16:10		Dillon Mitchell shooting foul (Eduardo Andre draws the foul)
16:10	+1	Eduardo Andre makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-6
16:10		Eduardo Andre misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:10		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
15:49		Dillon Mitchell misses three point jump shot
15:47		Toby Okani defensive rebound
15:33		Eduardo Andre misses two point jump shot
15:31		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
15:25		Eduardo Andre blocks Dillon Mitchell's two point layup
15:23		Eduardo Andre defensive rebound
15:16		TV timeout
14:57	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot (Eduardo Andre assists)	9-6
14:25	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point jump shot (Dillon Mitchell assists)	9-8
14:02		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
14:00		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
13:48		Arrinten Page turnover (bad pass) (Jonathan Powell steals)
13:30		Jump ball. KJ Tenner vs. Dillon Mitchell (Mountaineers gains possession)
13:20		Amani Hansberry misses two point jump shot
13:18		Mountaineers offensive rebound
13:02	+2	Toby Okani makes two point jump shot	11-8
12:46	+3	Tyler Betsey makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	11-11
12:26		KJ Tenner turnover (bad pass)
12:07		Jizzle James misses two point layup
12:05		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
11:57	+3	Jonathan Powell makes three point jump shot (Sencire Harris assists)	14-11
11:51		Dan Skillings Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Sencire Harris steals)
11:45		Tyler Betsey blocks Toby Okani's two point layup
11:43		Amani Hansberry offensive rebound
11:28		Toby Okani misses two point layup
11:26		Amani Hansberry offensive rebound
11:21	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point layup	16-11
11:21		Bearcats 30 second timeout
11:21		TV timeout
11:02		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
11:00		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
10:44	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot (Sencire Harris assists)	19-11
10:28		Javon Small blocks Day Day Thomas's two point layup
10:26		Toby Okani defensive rebound
10:17		Sencire Harris misses two point jump shot
10:17		Aziz Bandaogo personal foul
10:11		Amani Hansberry misses three point jump shot
10:09		Rayvon Griffith defensive rebound
10:03		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
10:01		Day Day Thomas offensive rebound
9:53	+2	Rayvon Griffith makes two point layup (Day Day Thomas assists)	19-13
9:17	+3	Joseph Yesufu makes three point jump shot (Amani Hansberry assists)	22-13
9:08		Aziz Bandaogo misses two point jump shot
9:06		Toby Okani defensive rebound
8:59		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
8:59	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-13
8:59		Javon Small misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:59		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
8:44		Simas Lukošius turnover (bad pass) (Eduardo Andre steals)
8:31		Eduardo Andre misses two point layup
8:29		Jizzle James defensive rebound
8:24		Jizzle James turnover (bad pass) (Sencire Harris steals)
8:10	+2	Jonathan Powell makes two point layup	25-13
8:02		Sencire Harris personal foul
7:50	+3	Simas Lukošius makes three point jump shot (Rayvon Griffith assists)	25-16
7:27		Javon Small misses two point layup
7:25		Eduardo Andre offensive rebound
7:21	+2	Eduardo Andre makes two point layup	27-16
7:13		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
7:11		Arrinten Page offensive rebound
7:00		Arrinten Page turnover (lost ball) (KJ Tenner steals)
6:51	+2	Javon Small makes two point layup	29-16
6:51		Bearcats 30 second timeout
6:51		TV timeout
6:36		Joseph Yesufu personal foul
6:19		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
6:17		Jonathan Powell defensive rebound
5:46	+2	Eduardo Andre makes two point dunk (Javon Small assists)	31-16
5:24	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Dan Skillings Jr. assists)	31-19
4:50		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
4:48		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
4:43		KJ Tenner personal foul
4:26		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
4:22		Bearcats offensive rebound
4:12		Tyler Betsey misses three point jump shot
4:10		Dillon Mitchell offensive rebound
4:04		Day Day Thomas turnover (bad pass) (KJ Tenner steals)
3:55		Javon Small turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
3:48	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point layup	31-21
3:38		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
3:36		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
3:31		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
3:29		Mountaineers defensive rebound
3:28		TV timeout
3:09		Javon Small turnover (lost ball) (Jizzle James steals)
3:09		Jizzle James turnover (bad pass)
2:51	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point dunk (Javon Small assists)	33-21
2:31		Josh Reed turnover (bad pass) (Amani Hansberry steals)
2:18		Jizzle James personal foul
2:15		KJ Tenner turnover (bad pass) (Dan Skillings Jr. steals)
2:00		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
1:58		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
1:50	+2	Javon Small makes two point layup	35-21
1:30		Toby Okani blocks Simas Lukošius's two point layup
1:28		KJ Tenner defensive rebound
1:18	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	37-21
0:55		Simas Lukošius misses two point layup
0:55		Simas Lukošius offensive rebound
0:54		Toby Okani shooting foul (Simas Lukošius draws the foul)
0:54	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-22
0:54	+1	Simas Lukošius makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-23
0:54		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
0:40		Jonathan Powell turnover (bad pass) (Day Day Thomas steals)
0:29		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
0:24		Josh Reed offensive rebound
0:24		Toby Okani shooting foul (Josh Reed draws the foul)
0:24	+1	Josh Reed makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-24
0:24	+1	Josh Reed makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-25
0:03	+3	Joseph Yesufu makes three point jump shot (Javon Small assists)	40-25
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WV
Mountaineers
23
CINCY
Bearcats
25

Time		Play	Score
19:43		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
19:41		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
19:11		Sencire Harris misses two point jump shot
19:09		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
18:46		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
18:44		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
18:36		Toby Okani blocks Simas Lukošius's two point jump shot
18:34		Javon Small defensive rebound
18:24		Amani Hansberry misses two point layup
18:22		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
18:09	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point dunk (Dillon Mitchell assists)	40-27
17:47		Dillon Mitchell personal foul
17:32		Toby Okani misses two point jump shot
17:30		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
17:22		Eduardo Andre personal foul (Aziz Bandaogo draws the foul)
17:11		Aziz Bandaogo misses two point layup
17:09		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
16:51		Javon Small misses two point jump shot
16:49		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
16:49		Eduardo Andre personal foul
16:34		Aziz Bandaogo offensive foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
16:34		Aziz Bandaogo turnover (offensive foul)
16:14		Rayvon Griffith personal foul (Amani Hansberry draws the foul)
16:03	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot	43-27
15:55		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Sencire Harris steals)
15:45		Sencire Harris misses three point jump shot
15:43		Dillon Mitchell defensive rebound
15:35	+2	Josh Reed makes two point jump shot	43-29
15:35		Amani Hansberry personal foul (Josh Reed draws the foul)
15:35		TV timeout
15:28	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point alley-oop dunk (Simas Lukošius assists)	43-31
15:05	+2	Toby Okani makes two point hook shot (Amani Hansberry assists)	45-31
14:50		Sencire Harris personal foul (Jizzle James draws the foul)
14:42		Jizzle James misses two point layup
14:40		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
14:25		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
14:23		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
14:03		KJ Tenner shooting foul (Rayvon Griffith draws the foul)
14:03	+1	Rayvon Griffith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-32
14:03	+1	Rayvon Griffith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-33
13:36	+2	Amani Hansberry makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	47-33
13:18		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
13:16		Jonathan Powell defensive rebound
13:03		Day Day Thomas shooting foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
13:03	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-33
13:03	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-33
12:43		Day Day Thomas misses two point layup
12:41		Joseph Yesufu defensive rebound
12:20		Eduardo Andre misses two point hook shot
12:18		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
12:12		Jizzle James misses two point layup
12:10		Joseph Yesufu defensive rebound
11:44		KJ Tenner turnover (bad pass) (Day Day Thomas steals)
11:38	+2	Tyler Betsey makes two point layup (Day Day Thomas assists)	49-35
11:20		Toby Okani turnover (bad pass) (Aziz Bandaogo steals)
11:17		Toby Okani personal foul
11:17		TV timeout
11:04		Simas Lukošius misses three point jump shot
11:02		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
10:45		Javon Small misses two point layup
10:43		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
10:40		Day Day Thomas turnover (bad pass) (Javon Small steals)
10:27	+2	Joseph Yesufu makes two point hook shot	51-35
10:14		Eduardo Andre blocks Day Day Thomas's two point layup
10:13		Bearcats offensive rebound
10:07		Javon Small personal foul (Simas Lukošius draws the foul)
10:07		Simas Lukošius misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:07		Sencire Harris defensive rebound
9:49		Eduardo Andre misses two point layup
9:47		Simas Lukošius defensive rebound
9:42		Dillon Mitchell turnover (bad pass) (Jonathan Powell steals)
9:38	+2	Jonathan Powell makes two point dunk	53-35
9:38		Bearcats 30 second timeout
9:38		TV timeout
9:18		Jizzle James misses three point jump shot
9:16		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
9:12	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	53-37
8:41		Mountaineers turnover (shot clock violation)
8:21		Simas Lukošius turnover (lost ball) (Javon Small steals)
8:13	+3	Joseph Yesufu makes three point jump shot (Javon Small assists)	56-37
7:53		Jizzle James misses two point jump shot
7:51		Joseph Yesufu defensive rebound
7:46	+3	Joseph Yesufu makes three point jump shot (Javon Small assists)	59-37
7:45		Bearcats 30 second timeout
7:45		TV timeout
7:23		Joseph Yesufu shooting foul (Josh Reed draws the foul)
7:23	+1	Josh Reed makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-38
7:23	+1	Josh Reed makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-39
6:55		Javon Small turnover (bad pass) (Dan Skillings Jr. steals)
6:50		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
6:48		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
6:42	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	59-41
6:18		Javon Small misses two point jump shot
6:16		Josh Reed defensive rebound
6:04	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup (Rayvon Griffith assists)	59-43
6:00		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
5:33		Toby Okani turnover (lost ball)
5:14	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup (Dillon Mitchell assists)	59-45
4:44		Amani Hansberry turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
4:37		Javon Small blocks Rayvon Griffith's two point layup
4:35		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
4:23	+2	Toby Okani makes two point dunk (Javon Small assists)	61-45
4:00	+2	Dillon Mitchell makes two point hook shot	61-47
3:32		Sencire Harris turnover (bad pass)
3:24	+3	Rayvon Griffith makes three point jump shot (Josh Reed assists)	61-50
3:05		TV timeout
2:50		Sencire Harris misses three point jump shot
2:48		Jonathan Powell offensive rebound
2:32		Jonathan Powell misses three point jump shot
2:30		Josh Reed defensive rebound
2:11		Sencire Harris blocks Day Day Thomas's two point layup
2:09		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
1:57		Rayvon Griffith personal foul (Javon Small draws the foul)
1:39	+2	Joseph Yesufu makes two point running jump shot	63-50
1:21		Dillon Mitchell misses two point hook shot
1:19		Amani Hansberry defensive rebound
0:49		Javon Small misses two point jump shot
0:48		Mountaineers turnover (shot clock violation)
0:28		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
0:26		Joseph Yesufu defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Joseph Yesufu defensive rebound