| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Jake Bechtol (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Terry Kennedy (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Hamann (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dale Hurst (fresh) C - Thomas Kinard (fresh) 9 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Shawn Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jackie Stutts (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Paul Cabral (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Mark Reynolds (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Christopher Thomas (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral inbounds the ball | 29-24 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+5) | |
| 19:37 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Donald Hamann - foul #1 on Donald Hamann, team foul #1 | 29-24 |
| 19:37 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral misses the 1st free throw | 29-24 |
| 19:37 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral makes the 2nd free throw | 29-25 |
| 19:15 | Cincinnati | Donald Hamann double dribbles | 29-25 |
| 18:50 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Jackie Stutts | 29-28 |
| 18:22 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-28 |
| 17:58 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 29-31 |
| 17:40 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard comes up short on the fadeaway from close range | 29-31 |
| 17:39 | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds snags the defensive board | 29-31 |
| 17:32 | West Virginia | Jackie Stutts misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 29-31 |
| 17:30 | Cincinnati | Jake Bechtol gets the rebound | 29-31 |
| 17:12 | Cincinnati | Jake Bechtol hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Terry Kennedy | 31-31 |
| 16:46 | West Virginia | Christopher Thomas is open and scores on a runner near the basket on a nice dish by Mark Reynolds | 31-33 |
| 16:19 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 31-33 |
| 16:17 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Mark Reynolds | 31-33 |
| 15:57 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor loses the ball out of bounds | 31-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dennis Love (PG), Jeffrey Young (SG), Stephen Sera (SF), Jermaine Scarborough (PF) Jake Bechtol, Terry Kennedy, Donald Hamann, Dale Hurst | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Hovis (SG), Dennis Scott (SF), James Hogsett (PF), Mike Ford (C) Jackie Stutts, Paul Cabral, Mark Reynolds, Christopher Thomas | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dennis Love (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeffrey Young (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stephen Sera (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Jermaine Scarborough (fresh) 2 reb. C - Thomas Kinard (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Shawn Taylor (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Hovis (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Dennis Scott (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Hogsett (fresh) 2 reb. C - Mike Ford (fresh) | |
| 15:28 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard evades the doubleteam and hits a floater from close range | 33-33 |
| 15:04 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 33-36 |
| 14:58 | Cincinnati | Jeffrey Young misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 33-36 |
| 14:56 | West Virginia | James Hogsett grabs the board | 33-36 |
| 14:50 | West Virginia | James Hogsett clanks a jump hook from close range but he's fouled by Jermaine Scarborough - foul #1 on Jermaine Scarborough, team foul #2 | 33-36 |
| 14:50 | West Virginia | James Hogsett misses the 1st free throw | 33-36 |
| 14:50 | West Virginia | James Hogsett makes the 2nd free throw | 33-37 |
| 14:27 | Cincinnati | Shawn Taylor knocks away the 3 by Dennis Love | 33-37 |
| 14:25 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Mike Ford | 33-37 |
| 13:58 | West Virginia | James Hogsett is fouled on the floor by Jermaine Scarborough - foul #2 on Jermaine Scarborough, team foul #3 | 33-37 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jake Bechtol (PG), Terry Kennedy (SG), Donald Hamann (PF) Dennis Love, Jeffrey Young, Thomas Kinard | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jackie Stutts (PG), Paul Cabral (SG), Christopher Thomas (C) Shawn Taylor, Robert Hovis, Mike Ford | |
| 13:40 | West Virginia | Christopher Thomas misses long on a fadeaway near the basket but the foul's on Jermaine Scarborough - foul #3 on Jermaine Scarborough, team foul #4 | 33-37 |
| 13:40 | West Virginia | Christopher Thomas misses the 1st free throw | 33-37 |
| 13:40 | West Virginia | Christopher Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 33-37 |
| 13:40 | West Virginia | Dennis Scott snags the offensive board | 33-37 |
| 13:21 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 33-37 |
| 13:20 | Cincinnati | Stephen Sera gets the rebound | 33-37 |
| 13:02 | Cincinnati | Donald Hamann misses long on an open floater from the free throw line | 33-37 |
| 13:00 | West Virginia | Dennis Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 33-37 |
| 12:46 | West Virginia | Jake Bechtol is called for the reach on Jackie Stutts - foul #1 on Jake Bechtol, team foul #5 | 33-37 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dale Hurst (PF), Thomas Kinard (C) Stephen Sera, Jermaine Scarborough | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds (PF) James Hogsett | |
| 12:39 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral travels with the ball | 33-37 |
| 12:19 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 33-37 |
| 12:18 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-37 |
| 11:53 | Cincinnati | Donald Hamann's pass is intercepted by Christopher Thomas | 33-37 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Jake Bechtol (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Terry Kennedy (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Hamann (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dale Hurst (fresh) C - Thomas Kinard (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jackie Stutts (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Cabral (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Dennis Scott (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. PF - Mark Reynolds (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Thomas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 11:40 | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds scores on a floater near the basket | 33-39 |
| 11:18 | Cincinnati | Donald Hamann hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 33-39 |
| 11:16 | Cincinnati | Donald Hamann tips it in | 35-39 |
| 10:54 | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds can't finish the uncontested layup | 35-39 |
| 10:52 | Cincinnati | Dale Hurst gets the rebound | 35-39 |
| 10:45 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy is fouled on the floor by Paul Cabral - foul #2 on Paul Cabral, team foul #1 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jeffrey Young (SG), Stephen Sera (SF), Jermaine Scarborough (C) Terry Kennedy, Donald Hamann, Thomas Kinard | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor (PG), Robert Hovis (SG), Mike Ford (C) Jackie Stutts, Paul Cabral, Christopher Thomas | |
| 10:17 | Cincinnati | Jeffrey Young scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Jake Bechtol | 38-39 |
| 09:57 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor is fouled on the floor by Jake Bechtol - foul #2 on Jake Bechtol, team foul #6 | 38-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dennis Love (PG) Jake Bechtol | |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Hogsett (PF) Mark Reynolds | |
| 09:42 | West Virginia | Dennis Scott is wide open but clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Dale Hurst - foul #2 on Dale Hurst, team foul #7 | 38-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy (PG), Donald Hamann (PF) Dennis Love, Dale Hurst | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 09:42 | West Virginia | Dennis Scott misses the 1st free throw | 38-39 |
| 09:42 | West Virginia | Dennis Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 09:21 | Cincinnati | Mike Ford is called for the reach on Terry Kennedy - foul #3 on Mike Ford, team foul #2 | 38-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Cabral (SF) Dennis Scott | |
| 08:58 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 from the right corner | 41-40 |
| 08:42 | West Virginia | Jermaine Scarborough steps in front of the Mike Ford pass | 41-40 |
| 08:13 | Cincinnati | Jeffrey Young misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 41-40 |
| 08:11 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor pulls down the rebound | 41-40 |
| 07:57 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral is fouled on the floor by Stephen Sera - foul #1 on Stephen Sera, team foul #8 | 41-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jake Bechtol (PG), Dale Hurst (PF), Thomas Kinard (C) Stephen Sera, Donald Hamann, Jermaine Scarborough | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jackie Stutts (SG), Mark Reynolds (PF), Christopher Thomas (C) Robert Hovis, James Hogsett, Mike Ford | |
| 07:57 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral misses the 1st free throw | 41-40 |
| 07:57 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard grabs the defensive rebound | 41-40 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Jake Bechtol (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jeffrey Young (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Terry Kennedy (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. PF - Dale Hurst (fresh) 2 reb. C - Thomas Kinard (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Shawn Taylor (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jackie Stutts (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Paul Cabral (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Mark Reynolds (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 07:33 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard misses long on an open jumpshot from the right wing | 41-40 |
| 07:31 | Cincinnati | Dale Hurst tips it in | 43-40 |
| 07:19 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jackie Stutts | 43-42 |
| 06:59 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard comes up short on the runner from the left block | 43-42 |
| 06:57 | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds snags the defensive board | 43-42 |
| 06:50 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 43-42 |
| 06:48 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Jake Bechtol | 43-42 |
| 06:43 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard connects on the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Jeffrey Young | 45-42 |
| 06:24 | West Virginia | Christopher Thomas is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Christopher Thomas, team foul #3 | 45-42 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dennis Love (SG), Donald Hamann (SF), Jermaine Scarborough (PF) Jeffrey Young, Terry Kennedy, Dale Hurst | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Hovis (SG), Dennis Scott (SF) Shawn Taylor, Paul Cabral | |
| 05:56 | Cincinnati | Dennis Love double dribbles | 45-42 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Hogsett (PF) Mark Reynolds | |
| 05:37 | West Virginia | Jackie Stutts misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 45-42 |
| 05:36 | West Virginia | Dennis Scott tips it home | 45-44 |
| 05:07 | Cincinnati | Dennis Love is hacked by Christopher Thomas - foul #2 on Christopher Thomas, team foul #4 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Stephen Sera (SF) Thomas Kinard | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Cabral (PG), Mike Ford (C) Jackie Stutts, Christopher Thomas | |
| 04:51 | Cincinnati | Donald Hamann loses the ball out of bounds | 45-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy (SG) Dennis Love | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 04:44 | West Virginia | Robert Hovis is fouled on the floor by Terry Kennedy - foul #1 on Terry Kennedy, team foul #9 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor (PG) Dennis Scott | |
| 04:44 | West Virginia | Robert Hovis makes the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 04:44 | West Virginia | Robert Hovis makes the 2nd free throw | 45-46 |
| 04:24 | Cincinnati | Mike Ford steals the ball from Donald Hamann | 45-46 |
| 04:05 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral makes the contested 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Robert Hovis | 45-49 |
| 03:45 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 45-49 |
| 03:44 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Mike Ford | 45-49 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Jake Bechtol (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Terry Kennedy (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stephen Sera (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Donald Hamann (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Jermaine Scarborough (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Shawn Taylor (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Hovis (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Paul Cabral (fresh) 14 pts. PF - James Hogsett (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Mike Ford (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| 03:26 | West Virginia | Robert Hovis drills a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Paul Cabral | 45-51 |
| 03:05 | Cincinnati | Paul Cabral steals the ball from Terry Kennedy | 45-51 |
| 03:01 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor hits the finger roll on a great pass from Paul Cabral | 45-53 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+5) | |
| 02:59 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 45-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dale Hurst (PF), Thomas Kinard (C) Stephen Sera, Jermaine Scarborough | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jackie Stutts (SG), Mark Reynolds (PF), Christopher Thomas (C) Robert Hovis, James Hogsett, Mike Ford | |
| 02:44 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard lays it in despite the doubleteam on a great pass from Donald Hamann and he's fouled by Christopher Thomas - foul #3 on Christopher Thomas, team foul #5 | 47-53 |
| 02:44 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard misses the free throw | 47-53 |
| 02:44 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy grabs the offensive board | 47-53 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+5) | |
| 02:29 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 47-53 |
| 02:27 | West Virginia | Paul Cabral grabs the board | 47-53 |
| 02:20 | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 47-53 |
| 02:19 | Cincinnati | Jake Bechtol snags the defensive board | 47-53 |
| 02:05 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Donald Hamann and he's hacked by Jackie Stutts - foul #1 on Jackie Stutts, team foul #6 | 49-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jeffrey Young (SG) Jake Bechtol | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 02:05 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy makes the free throw | 50-53 |
| 01:47 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 50-53 |
| 01:46 | West Virginia | Christopher Thomas tips it in | 50-55 |
| 01:20 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard is fouled on the floor by Jackie Stutts - foul #2 on Jackie Stutts, team foul #7 | 50-55 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jake Bechtol (PG) Jeffrey Young | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:20 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard makes the 1st free throw | 51-55 |
| 01:20 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard makes the 2nd free throw | 52-55 |
| 00:57 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor scores on a jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Paul Cabral | 52-57 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+5) | |
| 00:37 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kinard shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Terry Kennedy | 54-57 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+5) | |
| 00:35 | West Virginia | Jackie Stutts is fouled in the backcourt by Jake Bechtol - foul #3 on Jake Bechtol, team foul #10 | 54-57 |
| 00:35 | West Virginia | Jackie Stutts makes the 1st free throw | 54-58 |
| 00:35 | West Virginia | Jackie Stutts misses the 2nd free throw | 54-58 |
| 00:35 | Cincinnati | Dale Hurst gets the rebound | 54-58 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+5) | |
| 00:28 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy hits the front of the rim on the wide open pull-up jumper from the right wing | 54-58 |
| 00:26 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Shawn Taylor | 54-58 |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor is fouled in the backcourt by Jake Bechtol - foul #4 on Jake Bechtol, team foul #11 | 54-58 |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 54-59 |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 54-60 |
| 00:19 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy buries a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Dale Hurst | 57-60 |
| 00:17 | West Virginia | Jake Bechtol is called for the reach on Shawn Taylor in the backcourt - foul #5 on Jake Bechtol, team foul #12 | 57-60 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jeffrey Young (SG) Jake Bechtol | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 00:17 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 57-61 |
| 00:17 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 57-62 |
| 00:11 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-62 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mike Ford (C) Christopher Thomas | |
| 00:10 | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds is hacked by Jeffrey Young in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jeffrey Young, team foul #13 | 57-62 |
| 00:10 | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds misses the 1st free throw | 57-62 |
| 00:10 | West Virginia | Mark Reynolds misses the 2nd free throw | 57-62 |
| 00:10 | Cincinnati | Dale Hurst grabs the board | 57-62 |
| 00:04 | Cincinnati | Terry Kennedy splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Jeffrey Young | 60-62 |
| 00:01 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor is hacked by Terry Kennedy in the backcourt - foul #2 on Terry Kennedy, team foul #14 | 60-62 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Thomas (C) Mike Ford | |
| 00:01 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 60-63 |
| 00:01 | West Virginia | Shawn Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 60-64 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Donald Hamann scores on a halfcourt shot | 63-64 |