| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Vince Young (fresh) SG - Billy Brouwer (fresh) SF - Lorenzo Krell (fresh) PF - Joseph Laroche (fresh) C - William Bowlin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Craig Brooks (fresh) SG - Bill Quincy (fresh) SF - William Singleton (fresh) PF - Carl McKinney (fresh) C - Aaron Butler (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:49 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy buries a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Aaron Butler | 0-3 |
| 19:34 | West Virginia | Aaron Butler is called for the reach on Lorenzo Krell - foul #1 on Aaron Butler, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| 19:20 | West Virginia | William Bowlin makes the jumper from the baseline | 2-3 |
| 19:09 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 2-3 |
| 19:08 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy tips it but misses | 2-3 |
| 19:06 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell gets the rebound | 2-3 |
| 19:01 | West Virginia | Vince Young misses the floater from the right side | 2-3 |
| 18:59 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Aaron Butler | 2-3 |
| 18:42 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks is whistled for a carry | 2-3 |
| 18:27 | West Virginia | William Bowlin misses the dunk | 2-3 |
| 18:26 | West Virginia | Joseph Laroche hits the follow up shot | 4-3 |
| 18:07 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 4-6 |
| 17:46 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Billy Brouwer | 7-6 |
| 17:28 | Rutgers | Carl McKinney misses long on a fadeaway from the right block | 7-6 |
| 17:26 | West Virginia | William Bowlin grabs the board | 7-6 |
| 17:20 | West Virginia | William Bowlin misses badly on a jumper from the left side | 7-6 |
| 17:18 | West Virginia | Joseph Laroche gets the offensive rebound | 7-6 |
| 17:06 | West Virginia | Carl McKinney steals the ball from Vince Young | 7-6 |
| 16:56 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 7-9 |
| 16:50 | West Virginia | Vince Young misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 7-9 |
| 16:49 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell tips it back up and in | 9-9 |
| 16:39 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 9-9 |
| 16:37 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler hits the follow up shot | 9-11 |
| 16:31 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer knocks in the shot from the left side on a nice dish by Vince Young | 11-11 |
| 16:14 | Rutgers | Carl McKinney buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Craig Brooks | 11-14 |
| 15:55 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 11-14 |
| 15:53 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Aaron Butler | 11-14 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Vince Young (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Billy Brouwer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lorenzo Krell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Laroche (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Bowlin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Craig Brooks (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bill Quincy (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - William Singleton (fairly fresh) PF - Carl McKinney (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Aaron Butler (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks drills a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Bill Quincy | 11-17 |
| 15:09 | West Virginia | William Bowlin loses the dribble to William Singleton | 11-17 |
| 15:02 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy buries a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Carl McKinney | 11-20 |
| 14:57 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer is fouled on the floor by Craig Brooks - foul #1 on Craig Brooks, team foul #2 | 11-20 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Aaron Shaul (PG), Manuel Hedstrom (SG), Randall Chau (SF), Ernest Linthicum (PF), Clay Guerrette (C) Vince Young, Billy Brouwer, Lorenzo Krell, Joseph Laroche, William Bowlin | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Anthony King (PG), Kwacha Abdel (SG), Ebo Amoroso (SF), Jerry Merchant (PF), Richard Lamere (C) Craig Brooks, Bill Quincy, William Singleton, Carl McKinney, Aaron Butler | |
| 14:42 | West Virginia | Ernest Linthicum comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 11-20 |
| 14:40 | Rutgers | Kwacha Abdel grabs the defensive rebound | 11-20 |
| 14:19 | Rutgers | Richard Lamere's dunk attempt is rejected by Clay Guerrette | 11-20 |
| 14:18 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette grabs the board | 11-20 |
| 14:11 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom is whistled for a carry | 11-20 |
| 13:48 | Rutgers | Anthony King misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 11-20 |
| 13:47 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to Kwacha Abdel | 11-20 |
| 13:33 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 11-20 |
| 13:32 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette grabs the board | 11-20 |
| 13:26 | West Virginia | Aaron Shaul clanks a shot in the lane | 11-20 |
| 13:24 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette tips it in | 13-20 |
| 13:06 | Rutgers | Richard Lamere misses short on a runner near the basket | 13-20 |
| 13:05 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom grabs the defensive rebound | 13-20 |
| 12:58 | West Virginia | Richard Lamere is called for the reach on Clay Guerrette - foul #1 on Richard Lamere, team foul #3 | 13-20 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Vince Young (PG), Billy Brouwer (SG) Aaron Shaul, Randall Chau | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), Bill Quincy (SG) Anthony King, Kwacha Abdel | |
| 12:53 | West Virginia | Vince Young misses the shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Jerry Merchant - foul #1 on Jerry Merchant, team foul #4 | 13-20 |
| 12:53 | West Virginia | Vince Young makes the 1st free throw | 14-20 |
| 12:53 | West Virginia | Vince Young misses the 2nd free throw | 14-20 |
| 12:53 | Rutgers | Jerry Merchant snags the defensive board | 14-20 |
| 12:46 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy is called for a charge - foul #1 on Bill Quincy, team foul #5 | 14-20 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Aaron Butler (C) Jerry Merchant | |
| 12:31 | West Virginia | Richard Lamere steals it from Ernest Linthicum | 14-20 |
| 12:14 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks drills a jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Bill Quincy | 14-22 |
| 11:52 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 14-22 |
| 11:50 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler pulls down the rebound | 14-22 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Vince Young (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Billy Brouwer (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Manuel Hedstrom (fairly fresh) PF - Ernest Linthicum (fairly fresh) C - Clay Guerrette (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Craig Brooks (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bill Quincy (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ebo Amoroso (fresh) PF - Richard Lamere (fairly fresh) C - Aaron Butler (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:45 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 14-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell (SF), Joseph Laroche (PF), William Bowlin (C) Manuel Hedstrom, Ernest Linthicum, Clay Guerrette | |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Singleton (SF), Carl McKinney (PF), Jerry Merchant (C) Ebo Amoroso, Richard Lamere, Aaron Butler | |
| 11:29 | West Virginia | Joseph Laroche is fouled on the floor by Carl McKinney - foul #1 on Carl McKinney, team foul #6 | 14-22 |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 17-22 |
| 10:55 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks makes the jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Carl McKinney | 17-24 |
| 10:51 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by William Singleton - foul #1 on William Singleton, team foul #7 | 17-24 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Aaron Shaul (PG) Vince Young | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso (PG), Kwacha Abdel (SG) Craig Brooks, Bill Quincy | |
| 10:51 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer makes the 1st free throw | 18-24 |
| 10:51 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer makes the 2nd free throw | 19-24 |
| 10:29 | Rutgers | William Singleton misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 19-24 |
| 10:27 | West Virginia | William Bowlin snags the defensive board | 19-24 |
| 10:06 | West Virginia | William Singleton picks off the pass by Joseph Laroche | 19-24 |
| 09:49 | Rutgers | Carl McKinney comes up short on the shot in the lane but he's hacked by Joseph Laroche - foul #1 on Joseph Laroche, team foul #1 | 19-24 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom (SG), Ernest Linthicum (C) Billy Brouwer, William Bowlin | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), Bill Quincy (SG), Aaron Butler (C) Ebo Amoroso, Kwacha Abdel, Jerry Merchant | |
| 09:49 | Rutgers | Carl McKinney makes the 1st free throw | 19-25 |
| 09:49 | Rutgers | Carl McKinney makes the 2nd free throw | 19-26 |
| 09:35 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell misses the 3 from the left wing | 19-26 |
| 09:34 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler grabs the defensive rebound | 19-26 |
| 09:18 | Rutgers | Aaron Shaul steals the ball from Aaron Butler | 19-26 |
| 08:50 | West Virginia | Joseph Laroche travels with the ball | 19-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Vince Young (PG), Randall Chau (SF), Clay Guerrette (C) Aaron Shaul, Lorenzo Krell, Joseph Laroche | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso (SF), Richard Lamere (PF) William Singleton, Carl McKinney | |
| 08:29 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 19-26 |
| 08:27 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette grabs the defensive rebound | 19-26 |
| 08:23 | West Virginia | Vince Young is hacked by Craig Brooks - foul #2 on Craig Brooks, team foul #8 | 19-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer (SG) Randall Chau | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Anthony King (PG) Craig Brooks | |
| 08:23 | West Virginia | Vince Young misses the 1st free throw | 19-26 |
| 08:23 | Rutgers | Richard Lamere gets the rebound | 19-26 |
| 08:02 | Rutgers | Anthony King is fouled on the floor by Vince Young - foul #1 on Vince Young, team foul #2 | 19-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Bowlin (C) Clay Guerrette | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jerry Merchant (PF) Anthony King | |
| 07:47 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 19-26 |
| 07:45 | Rutgers | Richard Lamere tips it home | 19-28 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Vince Young (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Billy Brouwer (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Manuel Hedstrom (fresh) PF - Ernest Linthicum (fresh) C - William Bowlin (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Ebo Amoroso (fresh) SG - Bill Quincy (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Lamere (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jerry Merchant (fresh) C - Aaron Butler (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:23 | West Virginia | William Bowlin blows the layup but he's fouled by Aaron Butler - foul #2 on Aaron Butler, team foul #9 | 19-28 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell (SF) Manuel Hedstrom | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Kwacha Abdel (SG), William Singleton (SF) Bill Quincy, Aaron Butler | |
| 07:23 | West Virginia | William Bowlin makes the 1st free throw | 20-28 |
| 07:23 | West Virginia | William Bowlin makes the 2nd free throw | 21-28 |
| 07:13 | Rutgers | Jerry Merchant is fouled on the floor by Ernest Linthicum - foul #1 on Ernest Linthicum, team foul #3 | 21-28 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joseph Laroche (PF) Ernest Linthicum | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 07:00 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso makes the floater from just outside the lane | 21-30 |
| 06:55 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 21-30 |
| 06:53 | Rutgers | Jerry Merchant grabs the board | 21-30 |
| 06:34 | Rutgers | Billy Brouwer is called for the reach on Kwacha Abdel - foul #1 on Billy Brouwer, team foul #4 | 21-30 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette (C) William Bowlin | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Carl McKinney (PF) Jerry Merchant | |
| 06:21 | Rutgers | William Singleton can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 21-30 |
| 06:20 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette snags the defensive board | 21-30 |
| 06:16 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer is whistled for a carry | 21-30 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom (SG), Ernest Linthicum (C) Billy Brouwer, Clay Guerrette | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bill Quincy (SG), Jerry Merchant (C) Kwacha Abdel, Richard Lamere | |
| 05:57 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 21-30 |
| 05:56 | Rutgers | Jerry Merchant hits the follow up shot | 21-32 |
| 05:44 | West Virginia | Vince Young's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 21-32 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Aaron Shaul (PG), Randall Chau (SF), Clay Guerrette (C) Vince Young, Lorenzo Krell, Joseph Laroche | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Anthony King (PG) Ebo Amoroso | |
| 05:28 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 21-32 |
| 05:26 | West Virginia | Aaron Shaul gets the rebound | 21-32 |
| 05:22 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 21-32 |
| 05:20 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy grabs the board | 21-32 |
| 04:59 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 21-32 |
| 04:57 | Rutgers | Jerry Merchant snags the offensive board | 21-32 |
| 04:42 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 21-32 |
| 04:40 | Rutgers | Carl McKinney tips it home | 21-34 |
| 04:16 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 24-34 |
| 04:02 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Clay Guerrette - foul #1 on Clay Guerrette, team foul #5 | 24-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Vince Young (PG), Billy Brouwer (SG), Lorenzo Krell (SF), Joseph Laroche (PF), William Bowlin (C) Aaron Shaul, Manuel Hedstrom, Randall Chau, Ernest Linthicum, Clay Guerrette | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso (SF), Richard Lamere (C) William Singleton, Jerry Merchant | |
| 04:02 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy makes the 1st free throw | 24-35 |
| 04:02 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy makes the 2nd free throw | 24-36 |
| 03:35 | West Virginia | Ebo Amoroso steps in front of the Lorenzo Krell pass | 24-36 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Vince Young (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Billy Brouwer (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lorenzo Krell (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Laroche (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Bowlin (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Anthony King (fresh) SG - Bill Quincy (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ebo Amoroso (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Carl McKinney (fairly fresh) 7 pts. C - Richard Lamere (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Rutgers | Carl McKinney knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 24-38 |
| 03:06 | West Virginia | William Bowlin misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 24-38 |
| 03:05 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Bill Quincy | 24-38 |
| 03:00 | Rutgers | Vince Young picks off the pass by Richard Lamere | 24-38 |
| 02:56 | West Virginia | Joseph Laroche throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), Kwacha Abdel (SG), Aaron Butler (C) Anthony King, Bill Quincy, Carl McKinney | |
| 02:30 | Rutgers | Richard Lamere scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Craig Brooks | 24-40 |
| 02:24 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Vince Young | 26-40 |
| 02:18 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 26-40 |
| 02:17 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Billy Brouwer | 26-40 |
| 02:13 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 28-40 |
| 02:01 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks clanks a 3 from the right wing | 28-40 |
| 01:59 | Rutgers | Kwacha Abdel gets the offensive rebound | 28-40 |
| 01:49 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 28-40 |
| 01:48 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell grabs the defensive rebound | 28-40 |
| 01:41 | West Virginia | Billy Brouwer hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 28-40 |
| 01:39 | West Virginia | William Bowlin tips it back up and in | 30-40 |
| 01:25 | Rutgers | Richard Lamere comes up short on the shot from the left side | 30-40 |
| 01:24 | West Virginia | Joseph Laroche gets the rebound | 30-40 |
| 01:17 | West Virginia | Joseph Laroche misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 30-40 |
| 01:16 | West Virginia | William Bowlin gets the offensive rebound | 30-40 |
| 00:53 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 30-40 |
| 00:52 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler gets the rebound | 30-40 |
| 00:38 | Rutgers | Craig Brooks misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 30-40 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Lorenzo Krell | 30-40 |
| 00:15 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 30-40 |
| 00:14 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler snags the defensive board | 30-40 |
| 00:11 | Rutgers | Vince Young steals it from Craig Brooks in the backcourt | 30-40 |
| 00:05 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell makes the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Vince Young | 33-40 |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | Kwacha Abdel loses the dribble to Billy Brouwer | 33-40 |