| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Marvin Wyse (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Wright (fresh) SF - Kenneth Holt (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Dennis Jones (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Manuel Coughlan (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Larry Logan (fresh) 3 ast. SG - David Zollicoffer (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Walter Magner (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Thomas McCier (fresh) 2 reb. C - Richard Post (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Walter Magner inbounds the ball | 18-22 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:45 | West Virginia | Walter Magner works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 18-22 |
| 19:44 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones grabs the board | 18-22 |
| 19:28 | Cincinnati | John Wright double dribbles | 18-22 |
| 19:03 | West Virginia | Thomas McCier is by himself and knocks in the jump hook in the paint set up by Walter Magner out of the doubleteam | 18-24 |
| 18:43 | Cincinnati | John Wright misses short on a turnaround from the left block | 18-24 |
| 18:41 | West Virginia | Richard Post grabs the board | 18-24 |
| 18:21 | West Virginia | Richard Post blows the wide open layup | 18-24 |
| 18:20 | West Virginia | Walter Magner snags the offensive board | 18-24 |
| 18:04 | West Virginia | David Zollicoffer can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 18-24 |
| 18:03 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones gets the rebound | 18-24 |
| 17:34 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse clanks a floater from close range | 18-24 |
| 17:32 | West Virginia | Thomas McCier grabs the board | 18-24 |
| 17:09 | West Virginia | Walter Magner evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 18-24 |
| 17:08 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas McCier | 18-24 |
| 16:55 | West Virginia | Marvin Wyse steals it from Thomas McCier | 18-24 |
| 16:35 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 18-24 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jeffery Lowrance (SF), Antonio Walker (PF) Kenneth Holt, Dennis Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Harbor (PF) Thomas McCier | |
| 16:11 | West Virginia | David Zollicoffer shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 18-24 |
| 16:10 | Cincinnati | John Wright gets the rebound | 18-24 |
| 15:45 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan hits the finger roll and the foul's on Richard Post - foul #1 on Richard Post, team foul #1 | 20-24 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Stephen Heal (SG) John Wright | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Benjamin Goss (C) Richard Post | |
| 15:45 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan misses the free throw | 20-24 |
| 15:45 | West Virginia | Benjamin Goss gets the rebound | 20-24 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Marvin Wyse (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Heal (fresh) SF - Jeffery Lowrance (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Antonio Walker (fresh) C - Manuel Coughlan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Larry Logan (fresh) 3 ast. SG - David Zollicoffer (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Walter Magner (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Robert Harbor (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Benjamin Goss (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:21 | West Virginia | Benjamin Goss's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 20-24 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Platt (PG), Kenneth Holt (SF), Raymond Rolon (C) Marvin Wyse, Jeffery Lowrance, Manuel Coughlan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Evan Morris (SG) David Zollicoffer | |
| 14:59 | Cincinnati | Raymond Rolon can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 20-24 |
| 14:57 | West Virginia | Evan Morris snags the defensive board | 20-24 |
| 14:32 | West Virginia | Robert Harbor hits a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Benjamin Goss | 20-26 |
| 14:03 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt's fadeaway is rejected by Benjamin Goss | 20-26 |
| 14:01 | West Virginia | Robert Harbor grabs the board | 20-26 |
| 13:49 | West Virginia | Benjamin Goss is hacked by Raymond Rolon - foul #1 on Raymond Rolon, team foul #1 | 20-26 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse (PG), John Wright (SG), Dennis Jones (PF), Manuel Coughlan (C) Michael Platt, Stephen Heal, Antonio Walker, Raymond Rolon | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Manzi (PG), David Zollicoffer (SG), John Minard (SF), Thomas McCier (PF), Richard Post (C) Larry Logan, Evan Morris, Walter Magner, Robert Harbor, Benjamin Goss | |
| 13:27 | West Virginia | John Minard misses long on a fadeaway near the basket | 20-26 |
| 13:26 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse gets the rebound | 20-26 |
| 13:21 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse misses the dunk attempt but he's hacked by Robert Manzi - foul #2 on Robert Manzi, team foul #2 | 20-26 |
| 13:21 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse makes the 1st free throw | 21-26 |
| 13:21 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse makes the 2nd free throw | 22-26 |
| 13:02 | West Virginia | David Zollicoffer scores on a 3 from the right wing | 22-29 |
| 12:40 | Cincinnati | John Wright knocks in the jumper from close range set up by Manuel Coughlan and he's hacked by Robert Manzi - foul #3 on Robert Manzi, team foul #3 | 24-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jeffery Lowrance (SF) Kenneth Holt | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Larry Logan (PG), Walter Magner (SF) Robert Manzi, John Minard | |
| 12:40 | Cincinnati | John Wright makes the free throw | 25-29 |
| 12:20 | West Virginia | Richard Post misses the dunk | 25-29 |
| 12:18 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan snags the defensive board | 25-29 |
| 12:02 | Cincinnati | Jeffery Lowrance is hacked by Richard Post - foul #2 on Richard Post, team foul #4 | 25-29 |
| 11:44 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse hits the finger roll | 27-29 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Marvin Wyse (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Wright (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffery Lowrance (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Dennis Jones (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - Manuel Coughlan (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Larry Logan (fresh) 3 ast. SG - David Zollicoffer (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Walter Magner (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Thomas McCier (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Post (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:18 | West Virginia | Larry Logan comes up short on the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by John Wright - foul #1 on John Wright, team foul #2 | 27-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt (SF), Raymond Rolon (C) Jeffery Lowrance, Manuel Coughlan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 11:18 | West Virginia | Larry Logan misses the 1st free throw | 27-29 |
| 11:18 | West Virginia | Larry Logan makes the 2nd free throw | 27-30 |
| 10:55 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt is hacked by Thomas McCier - foul #2 on Thomas McCier, team foul #5 | 27-30 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Antonio Walker (PF) Dennis Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Harbor (PF) Thomas McCier | |
| 10:38 | Cincinnati | Walter Magner denies the turnaround by John Wright | 27-30 |
| 10:36 | West Virginia | Walter Magner pulls down the rebound | 27-30 |
| 10:11 | West Virginia | Richard Post blows the wide open layup | 27-30 |
| 10:10 | West Virginia | Robert Harbor misses the tip | 27-30 |
| 10:08 | West Virginia | Robert Harbor grabs the offensive rebound | 27-30 |
| 09:46 | West Virginia | Walter Magner splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 27-30 |
| 09:44 | Cincinnati | Antonio Walker gets the rebound | 27-30 |
| 09:26 | Cincinnati | Antonio Walker comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 27-30 |
| 09:25 | West Virginia | Robert Harbor snags the defensive board | 27-30 |
| 08:56 | West Virginia | Walter Magner is whistled for traveling | 27-30 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Platt (PG), Stephen Heal (SG), Dennis Jones (PF), Manuel Coughlan (C) Marvin Wyse, John Wright, Antonio Walker, Raymond Rolon | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Manzi (PG), Evan Morris (SG), John Minard (SF), Thomas McCier (PF), Benjamin Goss (C) Larry Logan, David Zollicoffer, Walter Magner, Robert Harbor, Richard Post | |
| 08:45 | Cincinnati | John Minard is called for the reach on Kenneth Holt - foul #2 on John Minard, team foul #6 | 27-30 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jeffery Lowrance (SF) Kenneth Holt | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 08:25 | Cincinnati | Jeffery Lowrance hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 29-30 |
| 07:56 | West Virginia | John Minard banks in the layup set up by Robert Manzi | 29-32 |
| 07:29 | Cincinnati | Benjamin Goss steals it from Jeffery Lowrance | 29-32 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Michael Platt (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Stephen Heal (fresh) SF - Jeffery Lowrance (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dennis Jones (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - Manuel Coughlan (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Robert Manzi (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Evan Morris (fresh) SF - John Minard (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Thomas McCier (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Benjamin Goss (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| 07:00 | West Virginia | Manuel Coughlan steps in front of the Thomas McCier pass | 29-32 |
| 06:32 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan's dunk attempt is rejected by Thomas McCier | 29-32 |
| 06:31 | West Virginia | Evan Morris snags the defensive board | 29-32 |
| 06:12 | West Virginia | Robert Manzi misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 29-32 |
| 06:10 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones grabs the board | 29-32 |
| 05:44 | Cincinnati | Jeffery Lowrance misses short on a jumper in the paint but the foul's on Thomas McCier - foul #3 on Thomas McCier, team foul #7 | 29-32 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse (PG), John Wright (SG), Antonio Walker (PF) Michael Platt, Stephen Heal, Dennis Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Larry Logan (PG), David Zollicoffer (SG), Walter Magner (SF), Robert Harbor (PF), Richard Post (C) Robert Manzi, Evan Morris, John Minard, Thomas McCier, Benjamin Goss | |
| 05:44 | Cincinnati | Jeffery Lowrance misses the 1st free throw | 29-32 |
| 05:44 | Cincinnati | Jeffery Lowrance makes the 2nd free throw | 30-32 |
| 05:23 | West Virginia | David Zollicoffer comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 30-32 |
| 05:21 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan pulls down the rebound | 30-32 |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane and the foul's on Robert Harbor - foul #2 on Robert Harbor, team foul #8 | 32-32 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt (SF), Raymond Rolon (C) Jeffery Lowrance, Manuel Coughlan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse makes the free throw | 33-32 |
| 04:35 | West Virginia | Robert Harbor misses badly on the uncontested shot in the paint | 33-32 |
| 04:34 | West Virginia | David Zollicoffer pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-32 |
| 04:16 | West Virginia | Robert Harbor can't connect on a turnaround from the left block | 33-32 |
| 04:14 | Cincinnati | Antonio Walker grabs the defensive rebound | 33-32 |
| 03:48 | Cincinnati | Raymond Rolon comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 33-32 |
| 03:47 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-32 |
| 03:24 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 33-32 |
| 03:22 | Cincinnati | Antonio Walker snags the offensive board | 33-32 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Marvin Wyse (fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Wright (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kenneth Holt (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Antonio Walker (fresh) 4 reb. C - Raymond Rolon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Larry Logan (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Zollicoffer (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Walter Magner (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Robert Harbor (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - Richard Post (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 02:53 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse can't finish the layup | 33-32 |
| 02:52 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Antonio Walker | 33-32 |
| 02:52 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 33-32 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones (PF), Manuel Coughlan (C) Antonio Walker, Raymond Rolon | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Thomas McCier (PF) Robert Harbor | |
| 02:34 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by John Wright | 36-32 |
| 02:12 | West Virginia | Walter Magner evades the doubleteam but misses long on a floater from the left side | 36-32 |
| 02:11 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Dennis Jones | 36-32 |
| 01:47 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse lays it up and in on a nice dish by Kenneth Holt | 38-32 |
| 01:25 | West Virginia | David Zollicoffer hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 38-32 |
| 01:24 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan gets the rebound | 38-32 |
| 00:57 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan makes the runner from the baseline on a great pass from Marvin Wyse | 40-32 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:50 | West Virginia | Walter Magner makes the contested 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Larry Logan | 40-35 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+5) | |
| 00:49 | Cincinnati | Larry Logan is called for the reach on Marvin Wyse in the backcourt - foul #1 on Larry Logan, team foul #9 | 40-35 |
| 00:49 | Cincinnati | Marvin Wyse misses the 1st free throw | 40-35 |
| 00:49 | West Virginia | Richard Post gets the rebound | 40-35 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+5) | |
| 00:43 | West Virginia | Walter Magner evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 40-35 |
| 00:42 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan snags the defensive board | 40-35 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan is fouled in the backcourt by Larry Logan - foul #2 on Larry Logan, team foul #10 | 40-35 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan misses the 1st free throw | 40-35 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan makes the 2nd free throw | 41-35 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Richard Post buries a runner from the right block | 41-37 |
| 00:33 | Cincinnati | Larry Logan is called for the reach on John Wright in the backcourt - foul #3 on Larry Logan, team foul #11 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Platt (PF) Dennis Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 00:33 | Cincinnati | John Wright misses the 1st free throw | 41-37 |
| 00:33 | Cincinnati | John Wright makes the 2nd free throw | 42-37 |
| 00:28 | West Virginia | Walter Magner hits a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from David Zollicoffer | 42-40 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:27 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt is fouled in the backcourt by Larry Logan - foul #4 on Larry Logan, team foul #12 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones (PF) Michael Platt | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 00:27 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt makes the 1st free throw | 43-40 |
| 00:27 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Holt misses the 2nd free throw | 43-40 |
| 00:27 | West Virginia | Thomas McCier grabs the board | 43-40 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:11 | West Virginia | David Zollicoffer evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-40 |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan snags the defensive board | 43-40 |
| 00:06 | Cincinnati | David Zollicoffer is called for the reach on Manuel Coughlan in the backcourt - foul #1 on David Zollicoffer, team foul #13 | 43-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Platt (PF) Dennis Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 00:06 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan makes the 1st free throw | 44-40 |
| 00:06 | Cincinnati | Manuel Coughlan makes the 2nd free throw | 45-40 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | David Zollicoffer splits the doubleteam and buries a 3 from straight away | 45-43 |