WVU vs. Mount St. Mary’s: Game time, TV/stream info

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The new-look West Virginia men’s basketball team tips off the 2025-26 season Tuesday at home against Mount St. Mary’s.

Ross Hodge will make his WVU head coaching debut after being hired from North Texas this offseason. He is joined by an entirely new roster, as the Mountaineers did not return a single player who recorded a stat last season.

Here is everything you need to know for the game:

WVU men’s basketball vs. Mount St. Mary’s game information

WVU men’s basketball vs. Mount St. Mary’s matchup preview

Hodge brought a pair of players with him from North Texas who will start for the Mountaineers this season — forward Brenen Lorient and point guard Jasper Floyd. Lorient, the reigning American Conference Sixth Man of the Year, averaged 11.7 points and 4.9 rebounds last season. Floyd posted 9.0 points and 4.0 assists per game at UNT last year.

Lorient and Floyd will be joined in the starting five by a trio of fellow transfers — Honor Huff (Chattanooga), Treysen Eaglestaff (North Dakota) and Harlan Obioha (UNC Wilmington). Huff led the nation with 131 three-pointers last season, averaging 15.2 points per game. Eaglestaff was the only player in the country to log multiple 40-point performances last season, as he averaged 18.9 points. The seven-foot Obioha averaged 10.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game last year.

Mount St. Mary’s went 23-13 last season and made the NCAA Tournament as Metro Atlantic Conference Champions. MSM defeated American in a First Four matchup before losing to No. 1 seed Duke in the first round.

Mount was picked ninth in the MAAC Preseason Poll and returns one starter, All-MAAC third-teamer Xavier Liscomb. The senior guard averaged 6.8 points and 4.3 assists while starting all 36 games last season.

Mount St. Mary’s is led by second-year head coach Donny Lind.

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