| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Preston Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Rhodes (fresh) SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Patrick Sroczynski (fresh) C - Louis Victory (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Shannon Larosa (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Williams (fresh) 10 pts. SF - James Cooper (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frank Turpin (fresh) C - Vernon Barksdale (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | James Cooper inbounds the ball | 20-28 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+3) | |
| 19:36 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rhodes steals the ball from James Cooper | 20-28 |
| 19:32 | West Virginia | Preston Brown lays it up and in set up by Nicholas Rhodes | 22-28 |
| 19:13 | Syracuse | Preston Brown is called for the reach on Shannon Larosa - foul #2 on Preston Brown, team foul #1 | 22-28 |
| 18:59 | Syracuse | James Cooper hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side but the foul's on Roosevelt Waterman - foul #3 on Roosevelt Waterman, team foul #2 | 22-28 |
| 18:59 | Syracuse | James Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 22-29 |
| 18:59 | Syracuse | James Cooper misses the 2nd free throw | 22-29 |
| 18:59 | West Virginia | Louis Victory pulls down the rebound | 22-29 |
| 18:38 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski is fouled on the floor by James Cooper - foul #1 on James Cooper, team foul #1 | 22-29 |
| 18:15 | West Virginia | Preston Brown scores on a fadeaway from the right side | 24-29 |
| 17:49 | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa is hacked by Preston Brown - foul #3 on Preston Brown, team foul #3 | 24-29 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Carl Lee (PG), Steve Cooper (C) Shannon Larosa, Vernon Barksdale | |
| 17:31 | Syracuse | William Williams misses the jumper from the left side | 24-29 |
| 17:30 | Syracuse | Frank Turpin can't tip it in | 24-29 |
| 17:29 | Syracuse | Frank Turpin can't tip it in | 24-29 |
| 17:27 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski grabs the board | 24-29 |
| 17:06 | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 24-29 |
| 17:05 | West Virginia | Louis Victory hits the follow up shot | 26-29 |
| 16:38 | Syracuse | Preston Brown takes the ball from James Cooper | 26-29 |
| 16:15 | West Virginia | Preston Brown is hacked by James Cooper - foul #2 on James Cooper, team foul #2 | 26-29 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (PG), William Baer (SG), Donn Brooks (C) Preston Brown, Nicholas Rhodes, Louis Victory | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa (PG), Charles Potts (SG), Dennis Hanna (SF), Jerry Lewis (PF), Vernon Barksdale (C) Carl Lee, William Williams, James Cooper, Frank Turpin, Steve Cooper | |
| 15:57 | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 26-29 |
| 15:56 | Syracuse | Vernon Barksdale pulls down the rebound | 26-29 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jeremy Freeman (fresh) 8 pts. SG - William Baer (fresh) SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. PF - Patrick Sroczynski (fresh) 2 reb. C - Donn Brooks (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Shannon Larosa (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Potts (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dennis Hanna (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jerry Lewis (fresh) 3 reb. C - Vernon Barksdale (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:50 | Syracuse | Vernon Barksdale buries a jump hook near the basket on a nice dish by Charles Potts | 26-31 |
| 15:36 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 26-31 |
| 15:34 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski hits the follow up shot | 28-31 |
| 15:19 | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa makes the floater from the baseline on a great pass from Dennis Hanna | 28-33 |
| 15:01 | West Virginia | William Baer buries a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Roosevelt Waterman | 31-33 |
| 14:59 | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa is called for traveling in the backcourt | 31-33 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Preston Brown (PG), Nicholas Rhodes (SG) Roosevelt Waterman, Patrick Sroczynski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frank Turpin (PF) Jerry Lewis | |
| 14:35 | West Virginia | Preston Brown misses short on a floater from the left wing | 31-33 |
| 14:33 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Vernon Barksdale | 31-33 |
| 14:14 | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 31-33 |
| 14:12 | Syracuse | Vernon Barksdale tips it back up and in | 31-35 |
| 14:05 | West Virginia | Frank Turpin swats the layup by Nicholas Rhodes | 31-35 |
| 14:04 | West Virginia | William Baer gets the offensive rebound | 31-35 |
| 13:48 | West Virginia | William Baer steps out of bounds on the sideline | 31-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman (SF), Patrick Sroczynski (PF), Louis Victory (C) William Baer, Jeremy Freeman, Donn Brooks | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Carl Lee (PG), William Williams (SG), James Cooper (SF), Steve Cooper (C) Shannon Larosa, Charles Potts, Dennis Hanna, Vernon Barksdale | |
| 13:25 | Syracuse | James Cooper can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 31-35 |
| 13:23 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman grabs the board | 31-35 |
| 13:10 | West Virginia | Preston Brown can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 31-35 |
| 13:09 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Nicholas Rhodes | 31-35 |
| 12:58 | West Virginia | Louis Victory is fouled on the floor by Steve Cooper - foul #1 on Steve Cooper, team foul #3 | 31-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jerry Lewis (PF) Frank Turpin | |
| 12:32 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman buries a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from Preston Brown | 33-35 |
| 12:03 | Syracuse | William Williams hits a jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Carl Lee and he's hacked by Patrick Sroczynski - foul #1 on Patrick Sroczynski, team foul #4 | 33-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (PG), William Baer (SG) Preston Brown, Nicholas Rhodes | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa (PG), Dennis Hanna (SF), Frank Turpin (PF) Carl Lee, James Cooper, Jerry Lewis | |
| 12:03 | Syracuse | William Williams makes the free throw | 33-38 |
| 11:46 | West Virginia | William Baer is hacked by William Williams - foul #1 on William Williams, team foul #4 | 33-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Vernon Barksdale (C) Steve Cooper | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jeremy Freeman (fresh) 8 pts. SG - William Baer (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. PF - Patrick Sroczynski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Victory (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Shannon Larosa (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Williams (fresh) 13 pts. SF - Dennis Hanna (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Frank Turpin (fresh) 2 reb. C - Vernon Barksdale (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:21 | West Virginia | William Baer clanks a 3 from the left corner | 33-38 |
| 11:20 | Syracuse | Vernon Barksdale gets the rebound | 33-38 |
| 10:52 | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa misses the 3 from the left wing | 33-38 |
| 10:51 | Syracuse | William Williams tips it home | 33-40 |
| 10:30 | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 33-40 |
| 10:29 | Syracuse | William Williams grabs the board | 33-40 |
| 10:01 | Syracuse | Vernon Barksdale dunks the ball set up by William Williams | 33-42 |
| 09:38 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 33-42 |
| 09:36 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Vernon Barksdale | 33-42 |
| 09:32 | Syracuse | William Williams's floater is tipped away by Louis Victory | 33-42 |
| 09:30 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman gets the rebound | 33-42 |
| 09:28 | West Virginia | Shannon Larosa is called for the reach on Jeremy Freeman in the backcourt - foul #2 on Shannon Larosa, team foul #5 | 33-42 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Preston Brown (PG), Nicholas Rhodes (SG), Donn Brooks (C) Roosevelt Waterman, Patrick Sroczynski, Louis Victory | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Carl Lee (PG), Charles Potts (SG), James Cooper (SF), Jerry Lewis (PF), Steve Cooper (C) Shannon Larosa, William Williams, Dennis Hanna, Frank Turpin, Vernon Barksdale | |
| 09:06 | West Virginia | Preston Brown buries a jumpshot from the left side set up by Nicholas Rhodes | 35-42 |
| 08:39 | Syracuse | Charles Potts scores on a jump hook from the right block set up by Jerry Lewis and he's hacked by Nicholas Rhodes - foul #2 on Nicholas Rhodes, team foul #5 | 35-44 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman (SF) William Baer | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 08:39 | Syracuse | Charles Potts makes the free throw | 35-45 |
| 08:18 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 35-45 |
| 08:16 | Syracuse | Carl Lee gets the rebound | 35-45 |
| 07:54 | Syracuse | Jerry Lewis double dribbles | 35-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski (PF) Jeremy Freeman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frank Turpin (PF) Jerry Lewis | |
| 07:28 | West Virginia | Charles Potts is called for the reach on Nicholas Rhodes - foul #3 on Charles Potts, team foul #6 | 35-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Louis Victory (C) Donn Brooks | |
| Subs | Syracuse | William Williams (SG), Vernon Barksdale (C) Charles Potts, Steve Cooper | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Preston Brown (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Nicholas Rhodes (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. PF - Patrick Sroczynski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Victory (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Carl Lee (fresh) 3 ast. SG - William Williams (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Cooper (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frank Turpin (fresh) 2 reb. C - Vernon Barksdale (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:15 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski misses the easy layup | 35-45 |
| 07:14 | Syracuse | Carl Lee pulls down the rebound | 35-45 |
| 06:53 | Syracuse | James Cooper buries a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by William Williams | 35-47 |
| 06:31 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman double dribbles | 35-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa (PG), Dennis Hanna (SF) Carl Lee, James Cooper | |
| 06:07 | Syracuse | Vernon Barksdale misses badly on a shot near the basket | 35-47 |
| 06:06 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman grabs the board | 35-47 |
| 05:43 | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-47 |
| 05:42 | Syracuse | Vernon Barksdale snags the defensive board | 35-47 |
| 05:19 | Syracuse | William Williams comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 35-47 |
| 05:18 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski grabs the defensive rebound | 35-47 |
| 04:53 | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Preston Brown | 37-47 |
| 04:51 | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 37-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (PG), William Baer (SF), Donn Brooks (C) Preston Brown, Roosevelt Waterman, Louis Victory | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Potts (SG), James Cooper (SF), Jerry Lewis (PF), Steve Cooper (C) William Williams, Dennis Hanna, Frank Turpin, Vernon Barksdale | |
| 04:30 | West Virginia | Donn Brooks is fouled on the floor by Steve Cooper - foul #2 on Steve Cooper, team foul #7 | 37-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Carl Lee (PG) Shannon Larosa | |
| 04:30 | West Virginia | Donn Brooks misses the 1st free throw | 37-47 |
| 04:30 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski snags the offensive board | 37-47 |
| 04:10 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 37-47 |
| 04:09 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski tips it but misses | 37-47 |
| 04:08 | Syracuse | Charles Potts grabs the board | 37-47 |
| 03:43 | Syracuse | James Cooper hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 37-47 |
| 03:42 | West Virginia | Donn Brooks grabs the defensive rebound | 37-47 |
| 03:16 | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes scores on a runner from the left block on a nice dish by Jeremy Freeman and he's fouled by Jerry Lewis - foul #1 on Jerry Lewis, team foul #8 | 39-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Preston Brown (PG), Roosevelt Waterman (SF), Louis Victory (C) Jeremy Freeman, William Baer, Patrick Sroczynski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Shannon Larosa (PG), William Williams (SG), Dennis Hanna (SF), Frank Turpin (PF) Carl Lee, Charles Potts, James Cooper, Jerry Lewis | |
| 03:16 | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes makes the free throw | 40-47 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Preston Brown (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Nicholas Rhodes (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. PF - Donn Brooks (fresh) 3 reb. C - Louis Victory (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Shannon Larosa (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Williams (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dennis Hanna (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Frank Turpin (fresh) 2 reb. C - Steve Cooper (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:05 | Syracuse | William Williams hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Shannon Larosa | 40-50 |
| 02:48 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-50 |
| 02:48 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 43-50 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (SG), Patrick Sroczynski (PF) Nicholas Rhodes, Donn Brooks | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Cooper (SF), Vernon Barksdale (C) Dennis Hanna, Steve Cooper | |
| 02:31 | Syracuse | James Cooper hits a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Vernon Barksdale | 43-52 |
| 02:07 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 43-52 |
| 02:06 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Patrick Sroczynski | 43-52 |
| 01:47 | West Virginia | Preston Brown is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Preston Brown, team foul #6 | 43-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes (SG) Jeremy Freeman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:33 | Syracuse | William Williams is whistled for a carry | 43-52 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:04 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski misses the easy layup | 43-52 |
| 01:02 | Syracuse | James Cooper pulls down the rebound | 43-52 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:58 | Syracuse | William Williams is fouled on the floor by Patrick Sroczynski - foul #2 on Patrick Sroczynski, team foul #7 | 43-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dennis Hanna (SF), Bobby Wilson (C) James Cooper, Vernon Barksdale | |
| 00:58 | Syracuse | William Williams makes the 1st free throw | 43-53 |
| 00:58 | Syracuse | William Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 43-54 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:52 | West Virginia | Shannon Larosa picks off the pass by Patrick Sroczynski | 43-54 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:31 | Syracuse | William Williams is hacked by Nicholas Rhodes - foul #3 on Nicholas Rhodes, team foul #8 | 43-54 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Carl Lee (PG), Jerry Lewis (PF), Steve Cooper (C) Shannon Larosa, Frank Turpin, Bobby Wilson | |
| 00:31 | Syracuse | William Williams makes the 1st free throw | 43-55 |
| 00:31 | Syracuse | William Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 43-56 |
| 00:24 | West Virginia | Preston Brown clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 43-56 |
| 00:22 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Jerry Lewis | 43-56 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Carl Lee runs out the clock | 43-56 |