| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Thomas (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Hubert Lee (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Lloyd Stogner (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Carl McNurlen (fresh) 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Antonio Arnett (fresh) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Raphael Esposito (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Humberto Cervantes (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Donald Dilworth (fresh) PF - Ivan Zader (fresh) 5 pts. 2 blk. C - Bruce Siple (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Lloyd Stogner inbounds the ball | 27-24 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:36 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas misses the floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Raphael Esposito - foul #2 on Raphael Esposito, team foul #1 | 27-24 |
| 19:36 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 28-24 |
| 19:36 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 28-24 |
| 19:36 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader gets the rebound | 28-24 |
| 19:23 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple hits the front of the rim on the runner from close range but the foul's on Antonio Arnett - foul #1 on Antonio Arnett, team foul #1 | 28-24 |
| 19:23 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple makes the 1st free throw | 28-25 |
| 19:23 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple misses the 2nd free throw | 28-25 |
| 19:23 | West Virginia | Carl McNurlen snags the defensive board | 28-25 |
| 19:06 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas is whistled for a carry | 28-25 |
| 18:48 | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes is called for traveling | 28-25 |
| 18:26 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 28-25 |
| 18:25 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Donald Dilworth | 28-25 |
| 18:05 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader blows the layup but he's hacked by Carl McNurlen - foul #1 on Carl McNurlen, team foul #2 | 28-25 |
| 18:05 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader makes the 1st free throw | 28-26 |
| 18:05 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader makes the 2nd free throw | 28-27 |
| 17:43 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas hits a jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Hubert Lee | 30-27 |
| 17:33 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth double dribbles | 30-27 |
| 17:12 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Carl McNurlen | 33-27 |
| 16:56 | Louisiana Tech | Raphael Esposito misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 33-27 |
| 16:55 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth grabs the offensive board | 33-27 |
| 16:34 | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes misses long on a fadeaway from the right block | 33-27 |
| 16:32 | West Virginia | Carl McNurlen pulls down the rebound | 33-27 |
| 16:27 | West Virginia | Bruce Siple steals the ball from Hubert Lee | 33-27 |
| 16:07 | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes clanks a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Hubert Lee - foul #2 on Hubert Lee, team foul #3 | 33-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Frank Behr (SF) Lloyd Stogner | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden (PG), Robert Mueller (SF), Robert Bensen (PF), Adrian Cost (C) Raphael Esposito, Donald Dilworth, Ivan Zader, Bruce Siple | |
| 16:07 | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes misses the 1st free throw | 33-27 |
| 16:07 | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes makes the 2nd free throw | 33-28 |
| 15:40 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 33-28 |
| 15:38 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Mueller pulls down the rebound | 33-28 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Thomas (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SG - Hubert Lee (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SF - Frank Behr (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Carl McNurlen (fairly fresh) 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Antonio Arnett (fairly fresh) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Ryan Bowden (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Humberto Cervantes (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Robert Mueller (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Bensen (fresh) 4 pts. C - Adrian Cost (fresh) | |
| 15:24 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bensen knocks in the runner near the basket and he's hacked by Robert Thomas - foul #3 on Robert Thomas, team foul #4 | 33-30 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Peter Bottoms (SG) Humberto Cervantes | |
| 15:24 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bensen makes the free throw | 33-31 |
| 15:05 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Peter Bottoms - foul #1 on Peter Bottoms, team foul #2 | 33-31 |
| 15:05 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee makes the 1st free throw | 34-31 |
| 15:05 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 35-31 |
| 15:02 | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 35-31 |
| 14:45 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee double dribbles | 35-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lloyd Stogner (SG) Hubert Lee | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth (SF), Ivan Zader (PF) Robert Mueller, Adrian Cost | |
| 14:26 | Louisiana Tech | Peter Bottoms misses short on a fadeaway in the paint but he's fouled by Lloyd Stogner - foul #1 on Lloyd Stogner, team foul #5 | 35-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Raphael Esposito (PG) Ryan Bowden | |
| 14:26 | Louisiana Tech | Peter Bottoms makes the 1st free throw | 35-32 |
| 14:26 | Louisiana Tech | Peter Bottoms makes the 2nd free throw | 35-33 |
| 14:07 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas drills a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Antonio Arnett | 37-33 |
| 13:55 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-33 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden (SG), Bruce Siple (C) Peter Bottoms, Robert Bensen | |
| 13:33 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas misses short on a fadeaway from the left block but the foul's on Raphael Esposito - foul #3 on Raphael Esposito, team foul #3 | 37-33 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes (SG) Ryan Bowden | |
| 13:33 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 38-33 |
| 13:33 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 38-33 |
| 13:33 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple snags the defensive board | 38-33 |
| 13:21 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth connects on the turnaround from the right block | 38-35 |
| 13:03 | West Virginia | Donald Dilworth is called for the reach on Lloyd Stogner - foul #3 on Donald Dilworth, team foul #4 | 38-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hubert Lee (SG), Justin Henson (SF) Lloyd Stogner, Frank Behr | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Robert Mueller (SF), Robert Bensen (PF) Donald Dilworth, Ivan Zader | |
| 12:43 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 38-35 |
| 12:42 | West Virginia | Antonio Arnett grabs the offensive rebound | 38-35 |
| 12:28 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-35 |
| 12:26 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple grabs the defensive rebound | 38-35 |
| 12:05 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Bensen buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Raphael Esposito | 38-38 |
| 11:43 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 41-38 |
| 11:21 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Thomas takes the ball from Robert Bensen | 41-38 |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee misses the easy layup | 41-38 |
| 11:15 | West Virginia | Carl McNurlen pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-38 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Thomas (tiring) 21 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Hubert Lee (fairly fresh) 20 pts. 4 ast. SF - Justin Henson (fresh) PF - Carl McNurlen (tiring) 8 reb. 2 stl. C - Antonio Arnett (tiring) 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Raphael Esposito (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Humberto Cervantes (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Robert Mueller (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Bensen (fresh) 10 pts. C - Bruce Siple (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 10:58 | West Virginia | Antonio Arnett is hacked by Bruce Siple - foul #1 on Bruce Siple, team foul #5 | 41-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lloyd Stogner (SG), Frank Behr (SF) Hubert Lee, Justin Henson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden (PG), Peter Bottoms (SG), Donald Dilworth (SF), Ivan Zader (PF) Raphael Esposito, Humberto Cervantes, Robert Mueller, Bruce Siple | |
| 10:37 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas blows the layup | 41-38 |
| 10:35 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth snags the defensive board | 41-38 |
| 10:22 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader loses the dribble to Antonio Arnett | 41-38 |
| 10:02 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 41-38 |
| 10:00 | West Virginia | Antonio Arnett tips it back up and in | 43-38 |
| 09:43 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader lays it in | 43-40 |
| 09:23 | West Virginia | Ivan Zader blocks the short jumper by Robert Thomas | 43-40 |
| 09:22 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Robert Bensen | 43-40 |
| 08:55 | Louisiana Tech | Peter Bottoms knocks in the fadeaway from close range | 43-42 |
| 08:42 | West Virginia | Lloyd Stogner is hacked by Robert Bensen - foul #1 on Robert Bensen, team foul #6 | 43-42 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hubert Lee (SG) Frank Behr | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Raphael Esposito (PG), Humberto Cervantes (SG), Bruce Siple (C) Ryan Bowden, Peter Bottoms, Robert Bensen | |
| 08:19 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee misses the 3 from the left corner | 43-42 |
| 08:18 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Bruce Siple | 43-42 |
| 07:55 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader buries a shot from the right block | 43-44 |
| 07:33 | West Virginia | Antonio Arnett buries a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Hubert Lee | 45-44 |
| 07:13 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 45-44 |
| 07:12 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee gets the rebound | 45-44 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Thomas (tired) 21 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Hubert Lee (fresh) 20 pts. 5 ast. SF - Lloyd Stogner (fairly fresh) 2 ast. PF - Carl McNurlen (tiring) 8 reb. 2 stl. C - Antonio Arnett (tiring) 4 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Raphael Esposito (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Humberto Cervantes (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Donald Dilworth (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Ivan Zader (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. C - Bruce Siple (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 06:53 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee drills a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Robert Thomas | 48-44 |
| 06:31 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple scores on a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Ivan Zader | 48-46 |
| 06:11 | West Virginia | Carl McNurlen is hacked by Humberto Cervantes - foul #2 on Humberto Cervantes, team foul #7 | 48-46 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Frank Behr (SF) Lloyd Stogner | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden (PG), Robert Mueller (SF), Robert Bensen (PF), Adrian Cost (C) Raphael Esposito, Donald Dilworth, Ivan Zader, Bruce Siple | |
| 06:11 | West Virginia | Carl McNurlen misses the 1st free throw | 48-46 |
| 06:11 | Louisiana Tech | Adrian Cost grabs the board | 48-46 |
| 05:55 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Mueller can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 48-46 |
| 05:53 | West Virginia | Carl McNurlen grabs the defensive rebound | 48-46 |
| 05:29 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Ryan Bowden - foul #2 on Ryan Bowden, team foul #8 | 48-46 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Peter Bottoms (SG) Humberto Cervantes | |
| 05:29 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 49-46 |
| 05:29 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 50-46 |
| 05:12 | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden is hacked by Frank Behr - foul #2 on Frank Behr, team foul #6 | 50-46 |
| 05:05 | Louisiana Tech | Peter Bottoms loses the dribble to Frank Behr | 50-46 |
| 04:43 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas drills a jumpshot from the right side set up by Antonio Arnett | 52-46 |
| 04:21 | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden comes up short on the runner from close range but he's fouled by Hubert Lee - foul #3 on Hubert Lee, team foul #7 | 52-46 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lloyd Stogner (SG) Hubert Lee | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes (SG), Bruce Siple (C) Peter Bottoms, Adrian Cost | |
| 04:21 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 52-46 |
| 04:21 | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden makes the 1st free throw | 52-47 |
| 04:21 | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden makes the 2nd free throw | 52-48 |
| 03:56 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas hits a floater from the left wing | 54-48 |
| 03:56 | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-48 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hubert Lee (SG) Frank Behr | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Raphael Esposito (PG), Donald Dilworth (SF), Ivan Zader (PF) Ryan Bowden, Robert Mueller, Robert Bensen | |
| 03:39 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader comes up short on the floater near the basket | 54-48 |
| 03:37 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple grabs the offensive board | 54-48 |
| 03:12 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth is whistled for a carry | 54-48 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Thomas (tired) 27 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Hubert Lee (fresh) 23 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SF - Lloyd Stogner (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Carl McNurlen (tiring) 9 reb. 2 stl. C - Antonio Arnett (tiring) 4 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Raphael Esposito (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Humberto Cervantes (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Donald Dilworth (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Ivan Zader (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. C - Bruce Siple (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 02:49 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee drills a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Antonio Arnett | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:37 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 57-48 |
| 02:35 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Antonio Arnett | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:18 | West Virginia | Hubert Lee clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 57-48 |
| 02:17 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple gets the rebound | 57-48 |
| 02:06 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth scores on a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Raphael Esposito | 57-51 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:43 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas knocks in the fadeaway from the left side | 59-51 |
| 01:26 | Louisiana Tech | Hubert Lee steps in front of the Donald Dilworth pass | 59-51 |
| 01:23 | West Virginia | Lloyd Stogner lays it in on a great pass from Hubert Lee | 61-51 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:14 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple is fouled on the floor by Lloyd Stogner - foul #2 on Lloyd Stogner, team foul #8 | 61-51 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Frank Behr (SF) Hubert Lee | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Bowden (PG), Peter Bottoms (SG), Robert Mueller (SF), Robert Bensen (PF) Raphael Esposito, Humberto Cervantes, Donald Dilworth, Ivan Zader | |
| 01:14 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple makes the 1st free throw | 61-52 |
| 01:14 | Louisiana Tech | Bruce Siple makes the 2nd free throw | 61-53 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:45 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Robert Thomas, team foul #9 | 61-53 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hubert Lee (SG) Frank Behr | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Raphael Esposito (PG), Humberto Cervantes (SG), Donald Dilworth (SF), Ivan Zader (PF) Ryan Bowden, Peter Bottoms, Robert Mueller, Robert Bensen | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:39 | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 61-53 |
| 00:37 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas snags the defensive board | 61-53 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:35 | West Virginia | Raphael Esposito is called for the reach on Robert Thomas in the backcourt - foul #4 on Raphael Esposito, team foul #9 | 61-53 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Frank Behr (SF) Lloyd Stogner | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 00:35 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 62-53 |
| 00:35 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 63-53 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:30 | Louisiana Tech | Humberto Cervantes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 63-53 |
| 00:28 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Dilworth grabs the offensive rebound | 63-53 |
| 00:24 | Louisiana Tech | Ivan Zader clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 63-53 |
| 00:23 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Frank Behr | 63-53 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Robert Thomas runs out the clock | 63-53 |