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With Huggins in the house, West Virginia sinks Cincy 69-65 in Edwards' return to starting lineup

AP
Jan 31, 2024

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (AP) Jesse Edwards made a resounding return to the starting lineup with a 25-point, 10-rebound effort and for once a fully healthy West Virginia squad beat Cincinnati 69-65 on Wednesday night.

The game became even more noteworthy when Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins showed up. Huggins resigned last June at West Virginia following a drunken driving arrest. He took Cincinnati to the Final Four in 1992 and West Virginia in 2010. It was the first meeting between Cincinnati and West Virginia in 12 years. The two schools were once rivals in the Big East Conference.

As for court action, Edwards finished 11-for-17 shooting in his first start since missing more than a month due to a wrist injury. He came off the bench in the Mountaineers' 70-66 loss on Saturday at Oklahoma State.

Quinn Slazinski scored 15 points for West Virginia. RaeQuan Battle and Kerr Kriisa each scored 10 points on just 2-for-6 shooting apiece.

Reserve Dan Skillings Jr. led Cincinnati with 15 points on 6-for-19 shooting. Simas Lukosius scored 13 and Day Day Thomas 12 for the Bearcats, which made just 25 of 66 (37.9%) shots.

Lukosius made a 3-pointer with 1:29 left to give Cincinnati (14-7, 3-5 Big 12) a 63-62 lead. But Battle responded with a 3 14 seconds later and West Virginia (8-13, 3-5) led the remainder.

The Bearcats - losers of five of seven - will enter the Big 12 gauntlet when they travel to face No. 15 Texas Tech on Saturday. Cincinnati gets a week off before traveling to No. 4 Houston on Feb. 10. The Bearcats then host No. 12 Iowa State on Feb. 13.

West Virginia hosts 22nd-ranked BYU on Saturday.

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1st Half
CINCY
Bearcats
27
WV
Mountaineers
23

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Mountaineers gains possession)
19:47		Quinn Slazinski misses three point jump shot
19:45		Jesse Edwards offensive rebound
19:41		Jesse Edwards misses two point layup
19:39		John Newman III defensive rebound
19:19		Aziz Bandaogo misses two point hook shot
19:17		Viktor Lakhin offensive rebound
19:13		Viktor Lakhin misses two point layup
19:11		John Newman III offensive rebound
19:10		Bearcats turnover (shot clock violation)
18:43	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point layup	0-2
18:30	+3	John Newman III makes three point jump shot (Simas Lukosius assists)	3-2
18:14		RaeQuan Battle turnover (lost ball) (John Newman III steals)
18:09	+2	Day Day Thomas makes two point layup	5-2
17:40		Quinn Slazinski turnover (bad pass) (Aziz Bandaogo steals)
17:28		RaeQuan Battle personal foul
17:15		Viktor Lakhin turnover (lost ball) (Kobe Johnson steals)
16:52		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
16:50		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
16:41	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point dunk (Day Day Thomas assists)	7-2
16:28		Aziz Bandaogo blocks Jesse Edwards's two point layup
16:26		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
16:17		Jesse Edwards blocks John Newman III's two point jump shot
16:15		RaeQuan Battle defensive rebound
16:05		RaeQuan Battle misses two point jump shot
16:03		Jesse Edwards offensive rebound
16:03		Jesse Edwards turnover (bad pass)
15:51		Viktor Lakhin turnover (bad pass) (Kerr Kriisa steals)
15:47		Kobe Johnson misses two point layup
15:45		Quinn Slazinski offensive rebound
15:44	+2	Quinn Slazinski makes two point layup	7-4
15:28		Viktor Lakhin turnover (lost ball) (Kerr Kriisa steals)
15:23	+2	RaeQuan Battle makes two point dunk (Kerr Kriisa assists)	7-6
15:22		Bearcats 30 second timeout
15:22		TV timeout
15:05		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
15:03		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
15:01		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
14:59		Kobe Johnson defensive rebound
14:33	+2	Quinn Slazinski makes two point layup (Jesse Edwards assists)	7-8
14:20		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
14:18		Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound
14:02	+2	Quinn Slazinski makes two point jump shot (Kerr Kriisa assists)	7-10
13:37		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball)
13:12	+2	Kobe Johnson makes two point hook shot	7-12
12:48		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
12:46		Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound
12:38		Akok Akok turnover (bad pass) (Simas Lukosius steals)
12:34	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup (Jizzle James assists)	9-12
12:14		Akok Akok misses two point jump shot
12:12		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
11:47		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:45		Akok Akok defensive rebound
11:34		TV timeout
11:34		Quinn Slazinski technical foul
11:34		Quinn Slazinski turnover
11:34	+1	Simas Lukosius makes technical free throw 1 of 2	10-12
11:34	+1	Simas Lukosius makes technical free throw 2 of 2	11-12
11:18		Noah Farrakhan misses two point jump shot
11:16		Josh Reed defensive rebound
11:04		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
11:02		Mountaineers defensive rebound
10:46	+3	Noah Farrakhan makes three point jump shot (Seth Wilson assists)	11-15
10:14		Josh Reed misses three point jump shot
10:12		Dan Skillings Jr. offensive rebound
10:10		Bearcats turnover (shot clock violation)
10:01		Jamille Reynolds blocks Patrick Suemnick's two point dunk
9:59		Jizzle James defensive rebound
9:48	+2	Jizzle James makes two point jump shot	13-15
9:39	+2	Noah Farrakhan makes two point jump shot	13-17
9:24		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:22		Noah Farrakhan defensive rebound
8:55		Dan Skillings Jr. personal foul
8:42		RaeQuan Battle misses three point jump shot
8:40		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
8:22		RaeQuan Battle personal foul
8:15	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point hook shot	15-17
7:49		Kobe Johnson misses two point jump shot
7:47		Jamille Reynolds defensive rebound
7:31		Patrick Suemnick blocks Day Day Thomas's two point layup
7:30		Bearcats offensive rebound
7:30		TV timeout
7:22		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
7:20		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
7:11	+2	Aziz Bandaogo makes two point layup	17-17
6:51		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Jesse Edwards draws the foul)
6:51		Jesse Edwards misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:51		Jesse Edwards misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:51		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
6:30		Simas Lukosius misses two point hook shot
6:28		Jesse Edwards defensive rebound
6:09		Jesse Edwards misses two point layup
6:07		Jesse Edwards offensive rebound
6:06	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point layup	17-19
5:55		Seth Wilson shooting foul (Simas Lukosius draws the foul)
5:55		Simas Lukosius misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:55	+1	Simas Lukosius makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-19
5:34		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
5:32		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
5:13		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
5:11		John Newman III offensive rebound
5:08	+2	John Newman III makes two point jump shot	20-19
4:48		Kerr Kriisa turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
4:45		Jesse Edwards shooting foul (Day Day Thomas draws the foul)
4:45	+1	Day Day Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-19
4:45		Day Day Thomas misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:45		Kobe Johnson defensive rebound
4:31		Kerr Kriisa turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
4:27	+2	Josh Reed makes two point layup (Day Day Thomas assists)	23-19
4:08		Viktor Lakhin shooting foul (Jesse Edwards draws the foul)
4:08		Jesse Edwards misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:08		Jesse Edwards misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:08		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
3:47	+2	Ody Oguama makes two point layup (Simas Lukosius assists)	25-19
3:32		Ody Oguama blocks Jesse Edwards's two point layup
3:30		Mountaineers offensive rebound
3:30		TV timeout
3:14		Jesse Edwards misses two point layup
3:12		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
2:59		Aziz Bandaogo misses two point layup
2:57		Kobe Johnson defensive rebound
2:37		Seth Wilson misses two point jump shot
2:35		Josh Reed defensive rebound
2:09		Day Day Thomas misses two point jump shot
2:07		Seth Wilson defensive rebound
1:41		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Jesse Edwards draws the foul)
1:41	+1	Jesse Edwards makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-20
1:41	+1	Jesse Edwards makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-21
1:22	+2	Jamille Reynolds makes two point layup	27-21
1:09		Jesse Edwards misses two point dunk
1:07		Jamille Reynolds defensive rebound
0:47		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
0:45		Jizzle James offensive rebound
0:41		Jamille Reynolds misses three point jump shot
0:39		Kobe Johnson defensive rebound
0:36		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
0:26	+2	Akok Akok makes two point dunk (Kerr Kriisa assists)	27-23
0:06		Kerr Kriisa personal foul
0:02		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
0:00		Noah Farrakhan defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
CINCY
Bearcats
38
WV
Mountaineers
46

Time		Play	Score
19:39	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (John Newman III assists)	30-23
19:16	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point layup (Kerr Kriisa assists)	30-25
19:00		Viktor Lakhin turnover (traveling)
18:43	+3	Kerr Kriisa makes three point jump shot (Kobe Johnson assists)	30-28
18:18		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
18:16		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
18:12		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
18:10		Simas Lukosius offensive rebound
18:02		Day Day Thomas turnover (carrying)
17:49		Kobe Johnson misses two point layup
17:47		Jesse Edwards offensive rebound
17:45	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point putback dunk	30-30
17:28		Jesse Edwards blocks Aziz Bandaogo's two point layup
17:26		Kerr Kriisa defensive rebound
17:20		Viktor Lakhin shooting foul (RaeQuan Battle draws the foul)
17:20	+1	RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 3	30-31
17:20	+1	RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 3	30-32
17:20		RaeQuan Battle misses regular free throw 3 of 3
17:20		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
17:11		Quinn Slazinski shooting foul (John Newman III draws the foul)
17:11	+1	John Newman III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-32
17:11	+1	John Newman III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-32
16:43		John Newman III shooting foul (RaeQuan Battle draws the foul)
16:43	+1	RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 3	32-33
16:43	+1	RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 3	32-34
16:43	+1	RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 3 of 3	32-35
16:16		John Newman III misses three point jump shot
16:14		Kobe Johnson defensive rebound
15:54		Dan Skillings Jr. shooting foul (Quinn Slazinski draws the foul)
15:54		TV timeout
15:54	+1	Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-36
15:54	+1	Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-37
15:37	+2	Dan Skillings Jr. makes two point layup	34-37
15:16	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point alley-oop dunk (Kerr Kriisa assists)	34-39
15:03	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Day Day Thomas assists)	37-39
14:31		Jamille Reynolds personal foul
14:20	+3	Kerr Kriisa makes three point jump shot	37-42
13:50	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jamille Reynolds assists)	40-42
13:39		Jamille Reynolds blocks Quinn Slazinski's two point jump shot
13:38		Mountaineers offensive rebound
13:37		RaeQuan Battle misses two point jump shot
13:37		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
13:26		Patrick Suemnick blocks Dan Skillings Jr.'s two point layup
13:24		Jamille Reynolds offensive rebound
13:20		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
13:18		John Newman III offensive rebound
13:15	+2	Simas Lukosius makes two point layup	42-42
13:09		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
12:48		Noah Farrakhan misses two point jump shot
12:46		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
12:32	+2	Jamille Reynolds makes two point layup	44-42
12:21		Jamille Reynolds technical foul
12:21	+1	Kerr Kriisa makes technical free throw 1 of 2	44-43
12:21	+1	Kerr Kriisa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-44
12:16	+2	Quinn Slazinski makes two point jump shot (Kerr Kriisa assists)	44-46
11:58		Jamille Reynolds misses two point hook shot
11:56		Bearcats offensive rebound
11:54		TV timeout
11:52		Jesse Edwards blocks Dan Skillings Jr.'s two point layup
11:50		Kerr Kriisa defensive rebound
11:45		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
11:43		Simas Lukosius defensive rebound
11:28	+2	John Newman III makes two point layup	46-46
11:10		Quinn Slazinski misses two point jump shot
11:08		John Newman III defensive rebound
10:55	+3	Simas Lukosius makes three point jump shot (John Newman III assists)	49-46
10:32	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point layup (Quinn Slazinski assists)	49-48
10:16		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
10:14		Mountaineers defensive rebound
9:52		Quinn Slazinski turnover (traveling)
9:43		Jesse Edwards blocks Day Day Thomas's two point jump shot
9:41		Jesse Edwards defensive rebound
9:27		Simas Lukosius personal foul (Jesse Edwards draws the foul)
9:16	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point dunk (Kerr Kriisa assists)	49-50
9:00	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	52-50
8:35		Akok Akok turnover (bad pass) (Simas Lukosius steals)
8:23	+3	Day Day Thomas makes three point jump shot (Jizzle James assists)	55-50
8:15		Mountaineers 30 second timeout
7:55		Quinn Slazinski turnover (lost ball) (Day Day Thomas steals)
7:49		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
7:47		Aziz Bandaogo offensive rebound
7:47		Akok Akok personal foul
7:43		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:41		Kerr Kriisa defensive rebound
7:26		Simas Lukosius personal foul (Ofri Naveh draws the foul)
7:26		Ofri Naveh misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:26		Dan Skillings Jr. defensive rebound
7:11	+3	Dan Skillings Jr. makes three point jump shot (Day Day Thomas assists)	58-50
6:47		Kobe Johnson misses two point layup
6:45		Day Day Thomas defensive rebound
6:30	+2	Simas Lukosius makes two point layup	60-50
6:16		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Quinn Slazinski draws the foul)
6:16		Quinn Slazinski misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:16	+1	Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-51
5:55		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
5:53		John Newman III offensive rebound
5:52		Jesse Edwards personal foul
5:47		RaeQuan Battle blocks Dan Skillings Jr.'s two point layup
5:45		Bearcats offensive rebound
5:38		Simas Lukosius misses three point jump shot
5:36		Simas Lukosius offensive rebound
5:14		Bearcats turnover (shot clock violation)
5:04		RaeQuan Battle misses two point jump shot
5:04		Jesse Edwards offensive rebound
5:00	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point dunk	60-53
4:39		John Newman III turnover (traveling)
4:31	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point layup (Quinn Slazinski assists)	60-55
4:31		Aziz Bandaogo shooting foul (Jesse Edwards draws the foul)
4:31		Jesse Edwards misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:30		Bearcats defensive rebound
4:17		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:15		Jesse Edwards defensive rebound
4:09	+3	Quinn Slazinski makes three point jump shot (Kobe Johnson assists)	60-58
3:47		Simas Lukosius offensive foul
3:47		Simas Lukosius turnover (offensive foul)
3:47		TV timeout
3:27	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point dunk (Quinn Slazinski assists)	60-60
3:01		RaeQuan Battle personal foul
2:57		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
2:55		Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound
2:33		Aziz Bandaogo blocks Quinn Slazinski's two point layup
2:31		Aziz Bandaogo defensive rebound
2:12		Day Day Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Kerr Kriisa steals)
1:51		Kerr Kriisa misses three point jump shot
1:49		Jesse Edwards offensive rebound
1:47	+2	Jesse Edwards makes two point layup	60-62
1:47		Official timeout
1:29	+3	Simas Lukosius makes three point jump shot	63-62
1:04	+3	RaeQuan Battle makes three point jump shot (Kobe Johnson assists)	63-65
0:47		Bearcats 30 second timeout
0:39		Viktor Lakhin misses three point jump shot
0:37		RaeQuan Battle defensive rebound
0:33		Aziz Bandaogo personal foul
0:33	+1	Kerr Kriisa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-66
0:33		Kerr Kriisa misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:33		Viktor Lakhin defensive rebound
0:27		Bearcats 60 second timeout
0:24		Day Day Thomas misses three point jump shot
0:22		Jesse Edwards defensive rebound
0:21		Viktor Lakhin personal foul
0:21		Jesse Edwards misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:21	+1	Jesse Edwards makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-67
0:15		Dan Skillings Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:14		Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound
0:14		Simas Lukosius personal foul (Quinn Slazinski draws the foul)
0:14		Quinn Slazinski misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:14	+1	Quinn Slazinski makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-68
0:10		Kerr Kriisa personal foul
0:09		Simas Lukosius turnover (bad pass)
0:08		Day Day Thomas personal foul (Kerr Kriisa draws the foul)
0:08		Kerr Kriisa misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:08	+1	Kerr Kriisa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-69
0:06		Dan Skillings Jr. misses two point layup
0:04		Ody Oguama offensive rebound
0:04	+2	Ody Oguama makes two point layup	65-69
0:00		Quinn Slazinski turnover (bad pass) (Josh Reed steals)
0:00		End of period

Quinn Slazinski turnover (bad pass) (Josh Reed steals)