| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fresh) SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) SF - David Hunter (fresh) PF - Andre Burbach (fresh) C - Raymond Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ivan Chrostowski (fresh) SG - Von Mitkowski (fresh) SF - John Thigpen (fresh) PF - Robert Wallace (fresh) C - Larry Watkins (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Larry Watkins wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:33 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski's pass is intercepted by Raymond Johnson | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:03 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach tips it back up and in | 2-0 |
| 18:35 | Louisville | Robert Wallace misses short on a runner in the paint | 2-0 |
| 18:33 | Louisville | John Thigpen snags the offensive board | 2-0 |
| 18:20 | Louisville | Larry Watkins buries a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Von Mitkowski | 2-3 |
| 17:57 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach misses the jump hook from the right block | 2-3 |
| 17:55 | Louisville | Larry Watkins grabs the board | 2-3 |
| 17:26 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway from the right wing set up by Ivan Chrostowski | 2-5 |
| 16:58 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 2-5 |
| 16:56 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Robert Wallace | 2-5 |
| 16:37 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski hits a floater from the left wing | 2-7 |
| 16:31 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-7 |
| 16:05 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski is hacked by Melvin Phillips - foul #1 on Melvin Phillips, team foul #1 | 2-7 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Howin Xue (PF) Robert Wallace | |
| 15:49 | Louisville | John Thigpen is denied on a layup by Raymond Johnson | 2-7 |
| 15:47 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips grabs the board | 2-7 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fresh) SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) SF - David Hunter (fresh) PF - Andre Burbach (fresh) 2 pts. C - Raymond Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ivan Chrostowski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Von Mitkowski (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Thigpen (fresh) PF - Howin Xue (fresh) C - Larry Watkins (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:23 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 2-7 |
| 15:22 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach tips it in | 4-7 |
| 15:12 | Louisville | Larry Watkins hits a shot in the lane | 4-9 |
| 14:47 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-9 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Wallace (PF) Howin Xue | |
| 14:21 | Louisville | Larry Watkins is called for traveling | 4-9 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Johnson (C) Raymond Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 13:52 | West Virginia | William Lanier comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 4-9 |
| 13:50 | Louisville | Robert Wallace gets the rebound | 4-9 |
| 13:21 | Louisville | William Lanier steps in front of the Larry Watkins pass as he passes out of a doubleteam | 4-9 |
| 13:17 | West Virginia | David Hunter throws it down on a great pass from William Lanier | 6-9 |
| 12:50 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by David Hunter - foul #1 on David Hunter, team foul #2 | 6-9 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger (PG), Billy McNaughton (SG), Billy Kesler (SF), Raymond Johnson (C) William Lanier, Melvin Phillips, David Hunter, James Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Howin Xue (PF) Robert Wallace | |
| 12:50 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski makes the 1st free throw | 6-10 |
| 12:50 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski misses the 2nd free throw | 6-10 |
| 12:50 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach grabs the defensive rebound | 6-10 |
| 12:26 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 6-10 |
| 12:24 | Louisville | Howin Xue snags the defensive board | 6-10 |
| 12:01 | Louisville | Larry Watkins lays it in despite the doubleteam and the foul's on Billy Kesler - foul #1 on Billy Kesler, team foul #3 | 6-12 |
| 12:01 | Louisville | Larry Watkins makes the free throw | 6-13 |
| 11:51 | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Raymond Johnson | 8-13 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Steven Dollinger (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Billy McNaughton (fresh) SF - Billy Kesler (fresh) PF - Andre Burbach (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ivan Chrostowski (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Von Mitkowski (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Thigpen (fairly fresh) PF - Howin Xue (fresh) C - Larry Watkins (fairly fresh) 8 pts. | |
| 11:35 | Louisville | Larry Watkins blows the layup over the doubleteam | 8-13 |
| 11:34 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Billy McNaughton | 8-13 |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Ivan Chrostowski - foul #1 on Ivan Chrostowski, team foul #1 | 8-13 |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Lanier (PG), Melvin Phillips (SG), David Hunter (SF) Steven Dollinger, Billy McNaughton, Billy Kesler | |
| Subs | Louisville | Shawn Deans (SF), Robert Wallace (PF) John Thigpen, Larry Watkins | |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach makes the 1st free throw | 9-13 |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach makes the 2nd free throw | 10-13 |
| 10:51 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski clanks a shot from the right wing | 10-13 |
| 10:49 | Louisville | Howin Xue tips it home | 10-15 |
| 10:34 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson can't finish the layup | 10-15 |
| 10:33 | Louisville | Robert Wallace grabs the defensive rebound | 10-15 |
| 10:18 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski misses short on a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by William Lanier - foul #1 on William Lanier, team foul #4 | 10-15 |
| 10:18 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski misses the 1st free throw | 10-15 |
| 10:18 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski makes the 2nd free throw | 10-16 |
| 09:57 | West Virginia | William Lanier connects on the 3 from the left wing set up by Raymond Johnson | 13-16 |
| 09:32 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski drills a jumper from the right wing | 13-18 |
| 09:10 | West Virginia | Robert Wallace swats the dunk try by Raymond Johnson | 13-18 |
| 09:09 | Louisville | Howin Xue grabs the board | 13-18 |
| 08:48 | Louisville | Shawn Deans connects on the jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Ivan Chrostowski | 13-20 |
| 08:25 | West Virginia | Howin Xue denies the turnaround by David Hunter | 13-20 |
| 08:24 | West Virginia | David Hunter hits the follow up shot | 15-20 |
| 08:05 | Louisville | Robert Wallace scores on a driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from Ivan Chrostowski | 15-22 |
| 07:49 | West Virginia | William Lanier scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Melvin Phillips | 18-22 |
| 07:32 | Louisville | Robert Wallace can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Andre Burbach - foul #1 on Andre Burbach, team foul #5 | 18-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger (PG), Billy McNaughton (SG), Billy Kesler (SF), James Johnson (C) William Lanier, Melvin Phillips, David Hunter, Raymond Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ray Overstreet (SG), John Thigpen (SF), Larry Watkins (C) Ivan Chrostowski, Von Mitkowski, Howin Xue | |
| 07:32 | Louisville | Robert Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 18-23 |
| 07:32 | Louisville | Robert Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 18-24 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Steven Dollinger (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Billy McNaughton (fresh) SF - Billy Kesler (fresh) PF - Andre Burbach (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - James Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Shawn Deans (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ray Overstreet (fresh) SF - John Thigpen (fresh) PF - Robert Wallace (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Larry Watkins (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| 07:07 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach misses the easy layup but the foul's on Robert Wallace - foul #1 on Robert Wallace, team foul #2 | 18-24 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Howin Xue (PF) Robert Wallace | |
| 07:07 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach misses the 1st free throw | 18-24 |
| 07:07 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach misses the 2nd free throw | 18-24 |
| 07:07 | West Virginia | James Johnson grabs the offensive rebound | 18-24 |
| 06:44 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach makes the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Steven Dollinger | 20-24 |
| 06:19 | Louisville | Billy Kesler takes the ball from Ray Overstreet | 20-24 |
| 06:04 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Billy McNaughton, team foul #6 | 20-24 |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Lanier (PG), Raymond Johnson (C) Billy Kesler, Andre Burbach | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski (PG) Ray Overstreet | |
| 06:02 | Louisville | William Lanier steals the ball from Ivan Chrostowski in the backcourt | 20-24 |
| 05:39 | West Virginia | William Lanier misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 20-24 |
| 05:37 | Louisville | John Thigpen snags the defensive board | 20-24 |
| 05:19 | Louisville | John Thigpen can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 20-24 |
| 05:18 | West Virginia | James Johnson snags the defensive board | 20-24 |
| 04:59 | West Virginia | William Lanier misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 20-24 |
| 04:58 | Louisville | Howin Xue pulls down the rebound | 20-24 |
| 04:33 | Louisville | Larry Watkins is hacked by Billy McNaughton - foul #2 on Billy McNaughton, team foul #7 | 20-24 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips (SG), David Hunter (SF) Billy McNaughton, Steven Dollinger | |
| Subs | Louisville | Von Mitkowski (SG) Shawn Deans | |
| 04:33 | Louisville | Larry Watkins makes the 1st free throw | 20-25 |
| 04:33 | Louisville | Larry Watkins makes the 2nd free throw | 20-26 |
| 04:14 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips scores on a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by William Lanier | 23-26 |
| 03:54 | Louisville | Raymond Johnson is called for the reach on John Thigpen - foul #1 on Raymond Johnson, team foul #8 | 23-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Andre Burbach (PF), Billy McNaughton (C) James Johnson, Raymond Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 03:54 | Louisville | John Thigpen makes the 1st free throw | 23-27 |
| 03:54 | Louisville | John Thigpen misses the 2nd free throw | 23-27 |
| 03:54 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach grabs the board | 23-27 |
| 03:29 | West Virginia | David Hunter connects on the driving attempt from the baseline | 25-27 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Hunter (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Andre Burbach (tiring) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Billy McNaughton (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ivan Chrostowski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Von Mitkowski (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Thigpen (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Howin Xue (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Larry Watkins (tiring) 10 pts. | |
| 03:08 | Louisville | Andre Burbach denies the turnaround by Von Mitkowski | 25-27 |
| 03:07 | Louisville | Howin Xue hits the follow up shot | 25-29 |
| 02:46 | West Virginia | David Hunter is fouled on the floor by John Thigpen - foul #1 on John Thigpen, team foul #3 | 25-29 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger (PG) William Lanier | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Wallace (PF), Willard Hensler (C) Howin Xue, Larry Watkins | |
| 02:34 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton misses the floater from the right side | 25-29 |
| 02:33 | West Virginia | David Hunter gets the offensive rebound | 25-29 |
| 02:13 | West Virginia | John Thigpen is called for the reach on Andre Burbach - foul #2 on John Thigpen, team foul #4 | 25-29 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Johnson (PF) Andre Burbach | |
| Subs | Louisville | Shawn Deans (SF) John Thigpen | |
| 01:52 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips misses long on a jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Von Mitkowski - foul #1 on Von Mitkowski, team foul #5 | 25-29 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ray Overstreet (PG) Ivan Chrostowski | |
| 01:52 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 26-29 |
| 01:52 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 27-29 |
| 01:23 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet scores on a runner from the left block on a great pass from Von Mitkowski | 27-31 |
| 01:04 | West Virginia | Willard Hensler steps in front of the David Hunter pass | 27-31 |
| 00:52 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Lanier (PG), Raymond Johnson (C) Melvin Phillips, David Hunter | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski (PG), John Thigpen (SF), Larry Watkins (C) Ray Overstreet, Shawn Deans, Willard Hensler | |
| 00:26 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson lays it up and in on a nice dish by James Johnson and he's hacked by Robert Wallace - foul #2 on Robert Wallace, team foul #6 | 29-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Shawn Deans (SG), Howin Xue (PF) Von Mitkowski, Robert Wallace | |
| 00:26 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson makes the free throw | 30-31 |
| 00:02 | Louisville | Shawn Deans misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 30-31 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | William Lanier gets the rebound | 30-31 |