| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Shumpert (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Lyle Tavares (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Daren Singleton (fresh) 2 pts. C - Samuel Slack (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang inbounds the ball | 24-22 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:40 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback connects on the jump hook near the basket on a nice dish by Dikembe Abdullah | 26-22 |
| 19:24 | West Virginia | Daren Singleton clanks a fadeaway from close range | 26-22 |
| 19:22 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback gets the rebound | 26-22 |
| 19:01 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline | 26-22 |
| 19:00 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares grabs the board | 26-22 |
| 18:39 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 26-22 |
| 18:37 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack pulls down the offensive rebound | 26-22 |
| 18:16 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 26-22 |
| 18:15 | West Virginia | Daren Singleton tips it in | 26-24 |
| 17:46 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury knocks in the driving attempt in the paint and the foul's on Daren Singleton - foul #3 on Daren Singleton, team foul #1 | 28-24 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alex Jackson (PF) Daren Singleton | |
| 17:46 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury makes the free throw | 29-24 |
| 17:20 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack misses the lay-in | 29-24 |
| 17:18 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the board | 29-24 |
| 16:51 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 29-24 |
| 16:50 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury gets the offensive rebound | 29-24 |
| 16:32 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 29-24 |
| 16:31 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah tips it back up and in | 31-24 |
| 16:08 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson clanks a shot from the left side | 31-24 |
| 16:07 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang pulls down the rebound | 31-24 |
| 15:42 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury scores on a shot from the right wing on a great pass from Xiaoping Huang | 33-24 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Zentz (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Shumpert (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Milam (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Lyle Tavares (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Alex Jackson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Samuel Slack (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:37 | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert makes the turnaround from close range on a great pass from Lawrence Milam | 33-26 |
| 15:16 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 33-26 |
| 15:14 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the offensive board | 33-26 |
| 14:56 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 33-26 |
| 14:55 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack gets the rebound | 33-26 |
| 14:26 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack drills a fadeaway from the left wing | 33-28 |
| 14:15 | Cincinnati | Alex Jackson is called for the reach on Paul Dunneback - foul #2 on Alex Jackson, team foul #2 | 33-28 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), James Vernon (SF), Maurice Lokken (PF) Dikembe Abdullah, Xiaoping Huang, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Cory Alarcon (PG), Michael Merrifield (SG), Mario Klima (SF), Daren Singleton (PF), William Stokes (C) Robert Shumpert, Lawrence Milam, Lyle Tavares, Alex Jackson, Samuel Slack | |
| 13:56 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury comes up short on the runner near the basket | 33-28 |
| 13:55 | West Virginia | William Stokes grabs the defensive rebound | 33-28 |
| 13:31 | West Virginia | William Stokes misses the fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Dean Canterbury - foul #2 on Dean Canterbury, team foul #1 | 33-28 |
| 13:31 | West Virginia | William Stokes makes the 1st free throw | 33-29 |
| 13:31 | West Virginia | William Stokes misses the 2nd free throw | 33-29 |
| 13:31 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken pulls down the rebound | 33-29 |
| 13:04 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 33-29 |
| 13:02 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski gets the offensive rebound | 33-29 |
| 12:43 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), Xiaoping Huang (SF), Paul Dunneback (PF) Bojan Wolinski, Robert Zentz, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert (PG), Alex Jackson (C) Michael Merrifield, William Stokes | |
| 12:20 | West Virginia | Mario Klima misses the jumpshot from the right side | 33-29 |
| 12:19 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken gets the rebound | 33-29 |
| 12:13 | Cincinnati | Alex Jackson swats the short shot by Dikembe Abdullah | 33-29 |
| 12:11 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson gets the rebound | 33-29 |
| 12:06 | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert's fadeaway is rejected by James Vernon | 33-29 |
| 12:04 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson tips it home | 33-31 |
| 11:48 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Xiaoping Huang, team foul #2 | 33-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam (SG), Lyle Tavares (SF) Cory Alarcon, Mario Klima | |
| 11:25 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Samuel Slack (C) Alex Jackson | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Vernon (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Shumpert (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lyle Tavares (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Daren Singleton (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Samuel Slack (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:03 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the jumpshot from the left wing | 35-31 |
| 10:38 | West Virginia | Daren Singleton hits a fadeaway from close range set up by Lawrence Milam | 35-33 |
| 10:23 | Cincinnati | Samuel Slack steps in front of the Paul Dunneback pass | 35-33 |
| 10:04 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack comes up short on the runner from the right block but he's fouled by Paul Dunneback - foul #2 on Paul Dunneback, team foul #3 | 35-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (SG), Dean Canterbury (C) Xiaoping Huang, Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alex Jackson (PF) Daren Singleton | |
| 10:04 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack misses the 1st free throw | 35-33 |
| 10:04 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack makes the 2nd free throw | 35-34 |
| 09:44 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses long on a runner in the paint | 35-34 |
| 09:43 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson gets the rebound | 35-34 |
| 09:19 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 35-34 |
| 09:17 | Cincinnati | James Vernon gets the rebound | 35-34 |
| 08:50 | Cincinnati | James Vernon is hacked by Lyle Tavares - foul #2 on Lyle Tavares, team foul #3 | 35-34 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Xiaoping Huang (SF), Maurice Lokken (PF) Dikembe Abdullah, James Vernon, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Cory Alarcon (PG), Mario Klima (SF), William Stokes (C) Robert Shumpert, Lyle Tavares, Samuel Slack | |
| 08:22 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 35-34 |
| 08:20 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to William Stokes | 35-34 |
| 07:51 | West Virginia | William Stokes misses badly on a driving attempt from close range | 35-34 |
| 07:50 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz gets the rebound | 35-34 |
| 07:22 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz double dribbles | 35-34 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), James Vernon (SF) Bojan Wolinski, Xiaoping Huang | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert (PG), Daren Singleton (PF), Samuel Slack (C) Lawrence Milam, Alex Jackson, William Stokes | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. SF - James Vernon (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Shumpert (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Cory Alarcon (fresh) SF - Mario Klima (fresh) PF - Daren Singleton (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Samuel Slack (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 06:58 | West Virginia | Daren Singleton is whistled for a carry | 35-34 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares (SF) Mario Klima | |
| 06:34 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-34 |
| 06:33 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Samuel Slack | 35-34 |
| 06:13 | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #3 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #4 | 35-34 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang (SF), Paul Dunneback (PF) Robert Zentz, Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam (SG) Cory Alarcon | |
| 06:13 | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert misses the 1st free throw | 35-34 |
| 06:13 | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert misses the 2nd free throw | 35-34 |
| 06:13 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the defensive rebound | 35-34 |
| 05:52 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury knocks in the runner in the paint | 37-34 |
| 05:25 | West Virginia | James Vernon steals it from Lyle Tavares | 37-34 |
| 05:21 | Cincinnati | James Vernon can't finish the layup | 37-34 |
| 05:19 | West Virginia | Daren Singleton snags the defensive board | 37-34 |
| 04:51 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Dean Canterbury - foul #3 on Dean Canterbury, team foul #5 | 37-34 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (SG), Maurice Lokken (C) James Vernon, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 04:51 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack makes the 1st free throw | 37-35 |
| 04:51 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack makes the 2nd free throw | 37-36 |
| 04:27 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 37-36 |
| 04:26 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz can't tip it in | 37-36 |
| 04:24 | West Virginia | Daren Singleton grabs the defensive rebound | 37-36 |
| 03:57 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses long on a fadeaway near the basket but he's fouled by Robert Zentz - foul #1 on Robert Zentz, team foul #6 | 37-36 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Vernon (SF) Xiaoping Huang | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mario Klima (SF), Alex Jackson (PF), William Stokes (C) Lyle Tavares, Daren Singleton, Samuel Slack | |
| 03:57 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam makes the 1st free throw | 37-37 |
| 03:57 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam makes the 2nd free throw | 37-38 |
| 03:36 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 37-38 |
| 03:35 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam snags the defensive board | 37-38 |
| 03:14 | West Virginia | Mario Klima misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 37-38 |
| 03:13 | West Virginia | William Stokes grabs the offensive board | 37-38 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. SF - James Vernon (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Shumpert (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Milam (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mario Klima (fresh) PF - Alex Jackson (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - William Stokes (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 02:44 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 37-38 |
| 02:43 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback grabs the defensive rebound | 37-38 |
| 02:43 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 37-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang (SF), Dean Canterbury (C) James Vernon, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares (SF), Daren Singleton (PF), Samuel Slack (C) Mario Klima, Alex Jackson, William Stokes | |
| 02:25 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 37-38 |
| 02:24 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury tips it back up and in | 39-38 |
| 02:00 | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert is whistled for a carry | 39-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback (PF) Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:46 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback double dribbles | 39-38 |
| 01:28 | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert's floater is tipped away by Paul Dunneback | 39-38 |
| 01:27 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah snags the defensive board | 39-38 |
| 00:58 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Dikembe Abdullah | 42-38 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:48 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 42-38 |
| 00:46 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Dikembe Abdullah | 42-38 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:45 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Shumpert - foul #1 on Robert Shumpert, team foul #4 | 42-38 |
| 00:43 | Cincinnati | Lawrence Milam is called for the reach on Robert Zentz - foul #1 on Lawrence Milam, team foul #5 | 42-38 |
| 00:42 | Cincinnati | Samuel Slack is called for the reach on Robert Zentz - foul #2 on Samuel Slack, team foul #6 | 42-38 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Lawrence Milam is called for the reach on Dikembe Abdullah - foul #2 on Lawrence Milam, team foul #7 | 42-38 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 1st free throw | 43-38 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 2nd free throw | 44-38 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:34 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 44-38 |
| 00:32 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Paul Dunneback | 44-38 |
| 00:31 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback is hacked by Robert Shumpert in the backcourt - foul #2 on Robert Shumpert, team foul #8 | 44-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Vernon (SF), Maurice Lokken (C) Xiaoping Huang, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 00:31 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 1st free throw | 44-38 |
| 00:31 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack pulls down the rebound | 44-38 |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-38 |
| 00:24 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack grabs the offensive board | 44-38 |
| 00:22 | West Virginia | Robert Shumpert scores on a 3 from the left wing set up by Daren Singleton | 44-41 |
| 00:22 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 44-41 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang (SF), Dean Canterbury (C) James Vernon, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 00:21 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah is fouled in the backcourt by Lawrence Milam - foul #3 on Lawrence Milam, team foul #9 | 44-41 |
| 00:21 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses the 1st free throw | 44-41 |
| 00:21 | West Virginia | Samuel Slack pulls down the rebound | 44-41 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares's fadeaway is rejected by Maurice Lokken | 44-41 |
| 00:11 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken gets the rebound | 44-41 |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken is hacked by Robert Shumpert in the backcourt - foul #3 on Robert Shumpert, team foul #10 | 44-41 |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 1st free throw | 45-41 |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 2nd free throw | 46-41 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:02 | West Virginia | Daren Singleton misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 46-41 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Samuel Slack | 46-41 |