| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Wilbur Helfrich (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Soriano (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - John Grant (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Kenneth Murphy (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - John Fenn (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - James Kim (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SG - Brian Delatorre (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Mauro Mancini (fresh) PF - Richard Roberts (fresh) 3 pts. C - David Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini inbounds the ball | 28-17 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:39 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini is by himself and knocks in the shot from the right block on a nice dish by David Jones | 28-19 |
| 19:10 | West Virginia | John Fenn connects on the driving attempt in the lane | 30-19 |
| 18:52 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 30-19 |
| 18:51 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini gets the offensive rebound | 30-19 |
| 18:33 | Rutgers | Brian Delatorre's layup is rejected by Kenneth Murphy | 30-19 |
| 18:31 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy pulls down the rebound | 30-19 |
| 18:08 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy misses the lay-in | 30-19 |
| 18:07 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy tips it but misses | 30-19 |
| 18:05 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini snags the defensive board | 30-19 |
| 17:43 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini is hacked by John Fenn - foul #1 on John Fenn, team foul #1 | 30-19 |
| 17:35 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 30-19 |
| 17:33 | West Virginia | John Grant pulls down the rebound | 30-19 |
| 17:07 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 30-19 |
| 17:05 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano hits the follow up shot | 32-19 |
| 16:47 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 32-19 |
| 16:46 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-19 |
| 16:33 | Rutgers | David Jones clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 32-19 |
| 16:32 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy gets the rebound | 32-19 |
| 16:26 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Michael Soriano, team foul #2 | 32-19 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Edward Spino (PF), Michael Jones (C) Kenneth Murphy, John Fenn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Walker (SG), Manuel Lew (PF), Matthew Goodman (C) Brian Delatorre, Mauro Mancini, David Jones | |
| 16:05 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman blows the dunk but the foul's on Michael Jones - foul #3 on Michael Jones, team foul #3 | 32-19 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Fenn (C) Michael Jones | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Joey Williams (SG) James Kim | |
| 16:05 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman misses the 1st free throw | 32-19 |
| 16:05 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman makes the 2nd free throw | 32-20 |
| 15:42 | West Virginia | John Fenn clanks a driving attempt from the right block | 32-20 |
| 15:40 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts grabs the defensive rebound | 32-20 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Wilbur Helfrich (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Soriano (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. SF - John Grant (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edward Spino (fresh) C - John Fenn (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - James Walker (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joey Williams (fresh) SF - Richard Roberts (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Manuel Lew (fresh) C - Matthew Goodman (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 15:34 | Rutgers | James Walker makes the fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Richard Roberts | 32-22 |
| 15:05 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano misses badly on a jumper from the baseline | 32-22 |
| 15:03 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Joey Williams | 32-22 |
| 14:58 | Rutgers | Joey Williams is whistled for a carry | 32-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Hughes (PG), Kenneth Murphy (PF), Michael Jones (C) Wilbur Helfrich, John Grant, John Fenn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Kim (PG), Brian Delatorre (SG), Mauro Mancini (SF), Jeremy Mowry (PF), David Jones (C) James Walker, Joey Williams, Richard Roberts, Manuel Lew, Matthew Goodman | |
| 14:34 | West Virginia | Edward Spino misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 32-22 |
| 14:32 | Rutgers | James Kim snags the defensive board | 32-22 |
| 14:09 | Rutgers | Jeremy Mowry scores on a turnaround in the lane and he's fouled by Kenneth Murphy - foul #1 on Kenneth Murphy, team foul #4 | 32-24 |
| 14:09 | Rutgers | Jeremy Mowry makes the free throw | 32-25 |
| 13:43 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy misses the lay-in but the foul's on Jeremy Mowry - foul #4 on Jeremy Mowry, team foul #1 | 32-25 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Grant (SF) Michael Soriano | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Richard Roberts (PF) Jeremy Mowry | |
| 13:43 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy misses the 1st free throw | 32-25 |
| 13:43 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy misses the 2nd free throw | 32-25 |
| 13:43 | Rutgers | David Jones grabs the board | 32-25 |
| 13:27 | Rutgers | James Kim's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-25 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Fenn (C) Michael Jones | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman (C) David Jones | |
| 13:05 | West Virginia | Edward Spino loses the dribble to Brian Delatorre | 32-25 |
| 12:50 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini misses the easy layup but the foul's on John Grant - foul #3 on John Grant, team foul #5 | 32-25 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Jones (C) Kenneth Murphy | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Walker (PG) James Kim | |
| 12:50 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini makes the 1st free throw | 32-26 |
| 12:50 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini misses the 2nd free throw | 32-26 |
| 12:50 | West Virginia | John Grant gets the rebound | 32-26 |
| 12:36 | West Virginia | Edward Spino scores on a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from John Hughes | 34-26 |
| 12:32 | Rutgers | John Hughes takes the ball from James Walker in the backcourt | 34-26 |
| 12:14 | West Virginia | John Fenn is fouled on the floor by Matthew Goodman - foul #1 on Matthew Goodman, team foul #2 | 34-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Soriano (SG) Edward Spino | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Manuel Lew (PF), David Jones (C) Brian Delatorre, Mauro Mancini | |
| 11:50 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by James Walker - foul #1 on James Walker, team foul #3 | 34-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Kim (PG) Manuel Lew | |
| 11:50 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano makes the 1st free throw | 35-26 |
| 11:50 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano misses the 2nd free throw | 35-26 |
| 11:50 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman pulls down the rebound | 35-26 |
| 11:46 | Rutgers | David Jones hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Matthew Goodman | 35-28 |
| 11:26 | West Virginia | John Fenn hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block | 35-28 |
| 11:25 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman grabs the board | 35-28 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - John Hughes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Michael Soriano (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. SF - John Grant (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Fenn (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Jones (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - James Kim (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SG - James Walker (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Richard Roberts (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Matthew Goodman (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - David Jones (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:08 | Rutgers | David Jones is whistled for traveling | 35-28 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Edward Spino (SF), Kenneth Murphy (PF) John Grant, John Fenn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brian Delatorre (SG), Manuel Lew (PF) James Walker, Richard Roberts | |
| 10:55 | West Virginia | The pull-up jumper by Kenneth Murphy is blocked by David Jones | 35-28 |
| 10:54 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Matthew Goodman | 35-28 |
| 10:50 | Rutgers | James Kim connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 35-31 |
| 10:21 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by John Hughes | 38-31 |
| 09:56 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman hits a driving attempt from the left block | 38-33 |
| 09:36 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy makes the fadeaway from the right side set up by Michael Soriano | 40-33 |
| 09:19 | Rutgers | Brian Delatorre connects on the jumpshot from the left wing | 40-35 |
| 09:03 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano buries a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Michael Jones | 42-35 |
| 08:48 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman is hacked by Edward Spino - foul #1 on Edward Spino, team foul #6 | 42-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Wilbur Helfrich (PG), John Grant (SF), John Fenn (C) John Hughes, Edward Spino, Michael Jones | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Walker (PG), Joey Williams (SG), Mauro Mancini (SF), Richard Roberts (PF) James Kim, Brian Delatorre, Matthew Goodman, David Jones | |
| 08:43 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts is hacked by Michael Soriano - foul #2 on Michael Soriano, team foul #7 | 42-35 |
| 08:43 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts misses the 1st free throw | 42-35 |
| 08:43 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy grabs the board | 42-35 |
| 08:19 | West Virginia | John Fenn drills a driving attempt from close range on a great pass from Michael Soriano | 44-35 |
| 07:53 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts loses the ball out of bounds | 44-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Edward Spino (SG) Michael Soriano | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jeremy Mowry (PF), Matthew Goodman (C) Joey Williams, Manuel Lew | |
| 07:24 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy clanks a jumper from the right side | 44-35 |
| 07:22 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts pulls down the rebound | 44-35 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Wilbur Helfrich (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Edward Spino (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Grant (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Kenneth Murphy (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. C - John Fenn (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - James Walker (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Richard Roberts (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. SF - Mauro Mancini (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jeremy Mowry (fresh) 4 pts. 4 pf. C - Matthew Goodman (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 06:59 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts knocks in the shot from the right wing on a great pass from Jeremy Mowry | 44-37 |
| 06:39 | West Virginia | Edward Spino is whistled for a carry | 44-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Hughes (PG), Michael Jones (C) Wilbur Helfrich, Kenneth Murphy | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Kim (PG), Brian Delatorre (SG) James Walker, Richard Roberts | |
| 06:20 | Rutgers | James Kim is fouled on the floor by John Grant - foul #4 on John Grant, team foul #8 | 44-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Jones (C) Matthew Goodman | |
| 06:20 | Rutgers | James Kim makes the 1st free throw | 44-38 |
| 06:20 | Rutgers | James Kim makes the 2nd free throw | 44-39 |
| 05:54 | West Virginia | John Fenn is whistled for traveling | 44-39 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Soriano (SG) Edward Spino | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 05:40 | Rutgers | James Kim banks in the layup over the doubleteam | 44-41 |
| 05:15 | West Virginia | John Fenn banks in the layup on a great pass from John Grant | 46-41 |
| 04:58 | Rutgers | David Jones misses badly on the uncontested 3 pointer from the right corner | 46-41 |
| 04:56 | Rutgers | James Kim pulls down the offensive rebound | 46-41 |
| 04:39 | Rutgers | James Kim shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 46-41 |
| 04:38 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to John Grant | 46-41 |
| 04:12 | West Virginia | Michael Jones blows the layup but he's hacked by David Jones - foul #2 on David Jones, team foul #4 | 46-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Edward Spino (SF), Kenneth Murphy (PF) John Grant, John Fenn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Richard Roberts (SF), Manuel Lew (PF), Matthew Goodman (C) Mauro Mancini, Jeremy Mowry, David Jones | |
| 04:12 | West Virginia | Michael Jones makes the 1st free throw | 47-41 |
| 04:12 | West Virginia | Michael Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 47-41 |
| 04:12 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman grabs the defensive rebound | 47-41 |
| 03:48 | Rutgers | Richard Roberts hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 47-41 |
| 03:46 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano pulls down the rebound | 47-41 |
| 03:22 | West Virginia | Edward Spino scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Michael Soriano | 50-41 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - John Hughes (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Michael Soriano (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. SF - Edward Spino (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Kenneth Murphy (fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. C - Michael Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - James Kim (fresh) 11 pts. 2 stl. SG - Brian Delatorre (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Richard Roberts (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Manuel Lew (fresh) C - Matthew Goodman (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 03:13 | Rutgers | James Kim's pass is intercepted by Kenneth Murphy | 50-41 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 02:44 | West Virginia | Michael Jones clanks a fadeaway in the lane | 50-41 |
| 02:43 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano can't tip it in | 50-41 |
| 02:42 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Soriano | 50-41 |
| 02:42 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Grant (SF), John Fenn (C) Edward Spino, Michael Jones | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini (SF), Jeremy Mowry (PF), David Jones (C) Richard Roberts, Manuel Lew, Matthew Goodman | |
| 02:16 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy's floater is knocked away by David Jones | 50-41 |
| 02:15 | Rutgers | Mauro Mancini pulls down the rebound | 50-41 |
| 02:04 | Rutgers | David Jones misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 50-41 |
| 02:03 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Michael Soriano | 50-41 |
| 01:40 | West Virginia | John Fenn drills a floater from the left block | 52-41 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 01:33 | Rutgers | John Grant steps in front of the Mauro Mancini pass | 52-41 |
| 01:10 | West Virginia | John Grant comes up short on the jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Mauro Mancini - foul #2 on Mauro Mancini, team foul #5 | 52-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Walker (PG), Joey Williams (SG), Richard Roberts (SF), Manuel Lew (PF), Matthew Goodman (C) James Kim, Brian Delatorre, Mauro Mancini, Jeremy Mowry, David Jones | |
| 01:10 | West Virginia | John Grant misses the 1st free throw | 52-41 |
| 01:10 | West Virginia | John Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 53-41 |
| 00:56 | Rutgers | Manuel Lew comes up short on the runner from the baseline but he's hacked by John Fenn - foul #2 on John Fenn, team foul #9 | 53-41 |
| 00:56 | Rutgers | Manuel Lew makes the 1st free throw | 53-42 |
| 00:56 | Rutgers | Manuel Lew makes the 2nd free throw | 53-43 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:54 | West Virginia | John Hughes is hacked by James Walker in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Walker, team foul #6 | 53-43 |
| 00:53 | West Virginia | Richard Roberts is called for the reach on Kenneth Murphy - foul #1 on Richard Roberts, team foul #7 | 53-43 |
| 00:53 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy makes the 1st free throw | 54-43 |
| 00:53 | West Virginia | Kenneth Murphy makes the 2nd free throw | 55-43 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:47 | Rutgers | James Walker misses the 3 from the right wing | 55-43 |
| 00:45 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to John Grant | 55-43 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:20 | West Virginia | Richard Roberts swats the short shot by John Grant | 55-43 |
| 00:18 | West Virginia | John Grant misses the tip | 55-43 |
| 00:17 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano tips it in | 57-43 |
| 00:12 | Rutgers | Matthew Goodman can't connect on a shot from close range | 57-43 |
| 00:11 | West Virginia | Michael Soriano gets the rebound | 57-43 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | John Hughes runs out the clock | 57-43 |