| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jesse Harshaw (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brian Edward (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Hawkins (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Kenneth Nicholson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Hugh Shinault (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) 1 pts. SF - David Hunter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andre Burbach (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - James Johnson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | David Hunter inbounds the ball | 33-20 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:58 | West Virginia | William Lanier is hacked by Jesse Harshaw in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jesse Harshaw, team foul #1 | 33-20 |
| 19:32 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips is hacked by Kenneth Nicholson - foul #2 on Kenneth Nicholson, team foul #2 | 33-20 |
| 19:11 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach comes up short on the jump hook from close range | 33-20 |
| 19:09 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson grabs the defensive rebound | 33-20 |
| 18:46 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson connects on the fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Jesse Harshaw and he's fouled by Melvin Phillips - foul #2 on Melvin Phillips, team foul #1 | 35-20 |
| 18:46 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson makes the free throw | 36-20 |
| 18:21 | West Virginia | William Lanier knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Melvin Phillips | 36-23 |
| 17:56 | Pitt | Brian Edward hits a pull-up jumper from the right side | 38-23 |
| 17:32 | West Virginia | David Hunter blows the layup but the foul's on David Hawkins - foul #3 on David Hawkins, team foul #3 | 38-23 |
| 17:32 | West Virginia | David Hunter misses the 1st free throw | 38-23 |
| 17:32 | West Virginia | David Hunter misses the 2nd free throw | 38-23 |
| 17:32 | West Virginia | David Hunter grabs the offensive board | 38-23 |
| 17:11 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 38-23 |
| 17:09 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach tips it but misses | 38-23 |
| 17:08 | West Virginia | James Johnson misses the tip | 38-23 |
| 17:06 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson grabs the board | 38-23 |
| 16:37 | Pitt | David Hawkins can't connect on a floater from the left side but he's fouled by William Lanier - foul #1 on William Lanier, team foul #2 | 38-23 |
| Subs | Pitt | John Bailey (PF), Bruce Bouley (C) Kenneth Nicholson, Hugh Shinault | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger (SG), Billy McNaughton (PF) Melvin Phillips, Andre Burbach | |
| 16:37 | Pitt | David Hawkins misses the 1st free throw | 38-23 |
| 16:37 | Pitt | David Hawkins misses the 2nd free throw | 38-23 |
| 16:37 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton snags the defensive board | 38-23 |
| 16:33 | West Virginia | William Lanier splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Billy McNaughton | 38-26 |
| 16:13 | Pitt | Jesse Harshaw makes the contested 3 pointer from the right corner | 41-26 |
| 15:46 | West Virginia | William Lanier misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 41-26 |
| 15:45 | Pitt | The rebound goes to John Bailey | 41-26 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jesse Harshaw (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Brian Edward (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Hawkins (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. PF - John Bailey (fresh) C - Bruce Bouley (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Dollinger (fresh) SF - David Hunter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Billy McNaughton (fresh) 4 pts. C - James Johnson (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:21 | Pitt | David Hawkins is called for a pushoff foul - foul #4 on David Hawkins, team foul #4 | 41-26 |
| Subs | Pitt | Matthew Orner (SG), Steven Dock (SF), Kenneth Nicholson (PF) Brian Edward, David Hawkins, John Bailey | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips (SG), Andre Burbach (PF), Raymond Johnson (C) William Lanier, David Hunter, James Johnson | |
| 15:07 | West Virginia | The short jumper by Andre Burbach is denied by Bruce Bouley | 41-26 |
| 15:06 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Bruce Bouley | 41-26 |
| 14:43 | Pitt | Jesse Harshaw's fadeaway is rejected by Andre Burbach | 41-26 |
| 14:41 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton grabs the board | 41-26 |
| 14:14 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson is hacked by Jesse Harshaw - foul #4 on Jesse Harshaw, team foul #5 | 41-26 |
| Subs | Pitt | Brian Edward (PG), Hugh Shinault (C) Jesse Harshaw, Bruce Bouley | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Lanier (PG) Steven Dollinger | |
| 13:55 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton slams it home on a great pass from William Lanier | 41-28 |
| 13:42 | Pitt | Brian Edward hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 41-28 |
| 13:41 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson hits the follow up shot | 43-28 |
| 13:21 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Andre Burbach | 43-31 |
| 12:56 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault evades the doubleteam and hits a fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Matthew Orner | 45-31 |
| 12:35 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips is open and buries a 3 from the right corner | 45-34 |
| 12:15 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson clanks a floater from the right block | 45-34 |
| 12:14 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton grabs the defensive rebound | 45-34 |
| 12:05 | West Virginia | William Lanier hits a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 45-36 |
| 11:44 | Pitt | Raymond Johnson picks off the pass by Steven Dock | 45-36 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Brian Edward (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Matthew Orner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Steven Dock (fairly fresh) PF - Kenneth Nicholson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Hugh Shinault (fresh) 9 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Melvin Phillips (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Billy McNaughton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Andre Burbach (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Raymond Johnson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:24 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton is hacked by Kenneth Nicholson - foul #3 on Kenneth Nicholson, team foul #6 | 45-36 |
| Subs | Pitt | Jesse Harshaw (PG), David Hawkins (SF), John Bailey (PF), Bruce Bouley (C) Brian Edward, Matthew Orner, Kenneth Nicholson, Hugh Shinault | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger (SG), David Hunter (SF), James Johnson (C) Melvin Phillips, Andre Burbach, Raymond Johnson | |
| 11:01 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from William Lanier out of a doubleteam | 45-39 |
| 10:39 | Pitt | Jesse Harshaw misses the lay-in over the doubleteam | 45-39 |
| 10:38 | Pitt | Bruce Bouley misses the tip | 45-39 |
| 10:36 | Pitt | John Bailey gets the offensive rebound | 45-39 |
| 10:07 | Pitt | Jesse Harshaw hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-39 |
| 10:05 | West Virginia | James Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 45-39 |
| 09:36 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-39 |
| 09:34 | West Virginia | David Hunter snags the offensive board | 45-39 |
| 09:16 | West Virginia | David Hunter lays it in on a great pass from William Lanier | 45-41 |
| 09:02 | Pitt | Steven Dollinger steals the ball from David Hawkins | 45-41 |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | David Hunter is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by David Hawkins - foul #5 on David Hawkins, team foul #7 | 45-41 |
| Subs | Pitt | Brian Edward (SG), Kenneth Nicholson (PF), Hugh Shinault (C) David Hawkins, John Bailey, Bruce Bouley | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips (PG), Andre Burbach (PF), Raymond Johnson (C) William Lanier, Steven Dollinger, James Johnson | |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | David Hunter misses the 1st free throw | 45-41 |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | David Hunter misses the 2nd free throw | 45-41 |
| 08:37 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson grabs the defensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 08:12 | Pitt | Brian Edward jams the wide open dunk set up by Steven Dock and he's fouled by Billy McNaughton - foul #1 on Billy McNaughton, team foul #3 | 47-41 |
| Subs | Pitt | Matthew Orner (SF) Steven Dock | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 08:12 | Pitt | Brian Edward makes the free throw | 48-41 |
| 07:54 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson drills a fadeaway from the baseline on a nice dish by Melvin Phillips and the foul's on Hugh Shinault - foul #1 on Hugh Shinault, team foul #8 | 48-43 |
| 07:54 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson makes the free throw | 48-44 |
| 07:32 | Pitt | Matthew Orner is hacked by Raymond Johnson - foul #4 on Raymond Johnson, team foul #4 | 48-44 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger (PG), James Johnson (SF) Billy McNaughton, David Hunter | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jesse Harshaw (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Brian Edward (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Matthew Orner (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. PF - Kenneth Nicholson (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - Hugh Shinault (fresh) 9 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Steven Dollinger (fresh) SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Johnson (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Andre Burbach (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Raymond Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:14 | Pitt | Brian Edward loses the ball out of bounds | 48-44 |
| 06:57 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Nicholson - foul #4 on Kenneth Nicholson, team foul #9 | 48-44 |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Dock (SF) Jesse Harshaw | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 06:57 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 48-45 |
| 06:57 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 48-45 |
| 06:57 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault snags the defensive board | 48-45 |
| 06:30 | Pitt | Brian Edward hits a wide open 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Hugh Shinault out of a doubleteam | 51-45 |
| 06:19 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by James Johnson | 51-47 |
| 05:59 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Andre Burbach - foul #1 on Andre Burbach, team foul #5 | 51-47 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Lanier (PG), David Hunter (SF), Billy McNaughton (PF) Steven Dollinger, James Johnson, Andre Burbach | |
| 05:59 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault makes the 1st free throw | 52-47 |
| 05:59 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault makes the 2nd free throw | 53-47 |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton is fouled on the floor by Matthew Orner - foul #1 on Matthew Orner, team foul #10 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Pitt | Jesse Harshaw (PG), Bruce Bouley (C) Matthew Orner, Hugh Shinault | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton makes the 1st free throw | 53-48 |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton misses the 2nd free throw | 53-48 |
| 05:41 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson gets the rebound | 53-48 |
| 05:15 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson can't finish the layup | 53-48 |
| 05:14 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton snags the defensive board | 53-48 |
| 04:59 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson is open but misses the lay-in | 53-48 |
| 04:57 | Pitt | Steven Dock pulls down the rebound | 53-48 |
| 04:55 | Pitt | Jesse Harshaw is fouled in the backcourt by William Lanier - foul #2 on William Lanier, team foul #6 | 53-48 |
| Subs | Pitt | Matthew Orner (SF), John Bailey (PF) Steven Dock, Kenneth Nicholson | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Andre Burbach (PF), James Johnson (C) Melvin Phillips, Raymond Johnson | |
| 04:42 | Pitt | Jesse Harshaw works out of a doubleteam and scores on a turnaround in the lane set up by Bruce Bouley | 55-48 |
| 04:13 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton buries a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by David Hunter out of the doubleteam | 55-51 |
| 03:56 | Pitt | Brian Edward knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Jesse Harshaw | 58-51 |
| 03:42 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach loses the ball out of bounds | 58-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Dock (SF), Kenneth Nicholson (PF), Hugh Shinault (C) Brian Edward, John Bailey, Bruce Bouley | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips (SG) Billy McNaughton | |
| 03:24 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on James Johnson - foul #3 on James Johnson, team foul #7 | 58-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson (C) James Johnson | |
| 03:24 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault makes the 1st free throw | 59-51 |
| 03:24 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault makes the 2nd free throw | 60-51 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jesse Harshaw (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Matthew Orner (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Steven Dock (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Kenneth Nicholson (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. C - Hugh Shinault (fresh) 13 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - David Hunter (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Andre Burbach (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Raymond Johnson (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:14 | West Virginia | William Lanier splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 60-51 |
| 03:12 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson grabs the defensive rebound | 60-51 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:51 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 60-51 |
| 02:49 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach grabs the defensive rebound | 60-51 |
| 02:44 | West Virginia | William Lanier works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 60-51 |
| 02:42 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault snags the defensive board | 60-51 |
| 02:42 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Brian Edward (SG) Matthew Orner | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 02:19 | Pitt | Hugh Shinault splits the doubleteam but misses short on a floater from the baseline | 60-51 |
| 02:17 | West Virginia | William Lanier grabs the board | 60-51 |
| 02:03 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson knocks in the jumper from the left side set up by William Lanier out of the doubleteam | 60-53 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:38 | Pitt | Brian Edward hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 60-53 |
| 01:37 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach gets the rebound | 60-53 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:12 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Jesse Harshaw - foul #5 on Jesse Harshaw, team foul #11 | 60-53 |
| Subs | Pitt | Matthew Orner (SG) Jesse Harshaw | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:12 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 60-54 |
| 01:12 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips misses the 2nd free throw | 60-54 |
| 01:12 | Pitt | Kenneth Nicholson grabs the defensive rebound | 60-54 |
| 01:12 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 60-54 |
| 00:49 | Pitt | Brian Edward can't connect on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by William Lanier - foul #3 on William Lanier, team foul #8 | 60-54 |
| 00:49 | Pitt | Brian Edward makes the 1st free throw | 61-54 |
| 00:49 | Pitt | Brian Edward makes the 2nd free throw | 62-54 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:45 | West Virginia | Brian Edward picks off the pass by William Lanier in the backcourt | 62-54 |
| 00:42 | Pitt | Brian Edward hits the finger roll | 64-54 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach throws a bad pass out of bounds | 64-54 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:15 | Pitt | Brian Edward misses badly on the uncontested jumper from the baseline | 64-54 |
| 00:14 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson snags the defensive board | 64-54 |
| 00:07 | West Virginia | The jumper by Andre Burbach is denied by Kenneth Nicholson | 64-54 |
| 00:06 | West Virginia | David Hunter hits the follow up shot | 64-56 |
| 00:06 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 64-56 |
| 00:00 | Pitt | Brian Edward runs out the clock | 64-56 |