Recently Signed WVU Basketball Guard Declared Eligible by NCAA

WVU basketball guard Chance Moore has been declared eligible by the NCAA today for the 2025-26 season, as announced by the program on Tuesday.

Moore officially signed with West Virginia earlier in the month.

“We are pleased that the NCAA approved the waiver for Chance to have his fifth season of eligibility,” said WVU head coach Ross Hodge in a statement. “As I said when he signed, Chance has the ability, size and physicality to impact both sides of the ball and impact winning at a high level. We are thrilled with the ruling and look forward to Chance being a Mountaineer this season.”

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Fifth-year guard Chance Moore has been declared eligible for the 2025-26 season by the NCAA today 💪

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— WVU Men's Basketball (@WVUhoops) June 10, 2025

Moore, a 6-foot-6, 210-pound senior guard from Brookhaven, Georgia, comes to West Virginia from St. Bonaventure. He revealed his commitment in April.

“We are excited to have Chance join the WVU basketball program,” Hodge said at the time of Moore’s signing. “Chance has the ability, size and physicality to impact both sides of the ball and impact winning at a high level. He is a high character individual who will align closely with the values of WVU, the state of West Virginia and our basketball program.”

Moore played just one season at St. Bonaventure after transferring from Missouri State. He started 32 games with the BOnnies, averaging 13.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Moore helped St. Bonaventure to a 22-12 record and a berth in the NIT.

Moore scored a season-hgih 27 points in the second game of the season against Canisus. He reached 20 points four times this year and got to double-digits on 21 occasions. Moore also logged five double-doubles with points and rebounds.

He spent the previous two seasons at Missouri State, averaging 10.7 points across 62 games. Moore has never been a strong shooter, with his three-point percentage below 30% each of the last two seasons. Moore began his career at Arkansas in 2021-22, where he only appear in five games, playing a total of eight minutes.

Moore had season highs of 27 points at Canisius and 12 rebounds against VCU. He had 23 points in games against Siena and Saint Louis while recording 21 points against VCU. Moore was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team.

Moore played two seasons at Missouri State in 2022-23 and 2023-24. In 2023-24, he started 20 of 31 games, averaging 10.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. He shot 41.2% from the floor, averaging nearly 27 minutes per game. Moore scored a career-high 28 points against Evansville and had 24 points and eight rebounds at West Virginia in the season opener. He recorded 15 rebounds against Lindenwood.

In 2022-23, Moore was one of the top Missouri Valley reserves as he was named to the MVC All-Bench Team after averaging 10.6 points per game, scoring in double figures 17 times. Moore ranked 11^th in the league in blocks per game as MSU’s sixth man. He had 23 points against Purdue Fort Wayne with a season-high 11 rebounds at BYU.

Moore began his career at Arkansas in 2021-22, playing in five games, seeing action as the only freshman in the Razorbacks’ 2021 recruiting class. He played in the NCAA Tournament win over New Mexico State as part of an Elite Eight run.

Moore was a four-star guard out of McEachern High in Power Springs, Georgia. He led his team to a 28-5 overall record 7A top-four state finish after averaging 23.1 points and 9.2 rebounds per game as a senior. Moore earned Atlanta Journal-Constitution 7A All-State second-team honors in 2021 and second-team All-Cobb County honors. Moore averaged 25.7 points and 5.8 rebounds in 2019-20. He was a top 100 recruit in the 2021 class and also listed as the No. 4 overall prospect in Georgia by ESPN.

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