| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) SG - Paul Daly (fresh) SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) SG - Michael Merrifield (fresh) SF - Lyle Tavares (fresh) PF - Harold Smith (fresh) C - Ronald Wood (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Harold Smith wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Dean Canterbury - foul #1 on Dean Canterbury, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:42 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood makes the 2nd free throw | 0-2 |
| 19:32 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz knocks in the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Paul Dunneback | 2-2 |
| 19:03 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield is hacked by Paul Dunneback - foul #1 on Paul Dunneback, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| 18:41 | West Virginia | Harold Smith misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 2-2 |
| 18:39 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood tips it home | 2-4 |
| 18:19 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 2-4 |
| 18:17 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam snags the defensive board | 2-4 |
| 17:57 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses the jumper from the right block | 2-4 |
| 17:56 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield hits the follow up shot | 2-6 |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Lyle Tavares - foul #1 on Lyle Tavares, team foul #1 | 2-6 |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 1st free throw | 2-6 |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the 2nd free throw | 3-6 |
| 16:59 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield buries a shot from the right wing and he's fouled by Israel Zambrana - foul #1 on Israel Zambrana, team foul #3 | 3-8 |
| 16:59 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield misses the free throw | 3-8 |
| 16:59 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the defensive rebound | 3-8 |
| 16:41 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 3-8 |
| 16:40 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood grabs the defensive rebound | 3-8 |
| 16:21 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares hits a jumper from the left side set up by Ronald Wood | 3-10 |
| 16:07 | Cincinnati | Ronald Wood steals the ball from Robert Zentz | 3-10 |
| 15:40 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield scores on a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Lawrence Milam | 3-12 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 1 pts. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Merrifield (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Lyle Tavares (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Harold Smith (fairly fresh) C - Ronald Wood (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:17 | Cincinnati | Harold Smith steals it from Paul Daly | 3-12 |
| 14:50 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield drills a floater in the lane | 3-14 |
| 14:45 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 3pt attempt from straight away | 6-14 |
| 14:40 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield misses long on a jumper from the left block but the foul's on Israel Zambrana - foul #2 on Israel Zambrana, team foul #4 | 6-14 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (SF), Walter Bettis (PF) Israel Zambrana, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mario Klima (SG), James Brown (SF), Mark Masters (PF), Victor Woolford (C) Lawrence Milam, Lyle Tavares, Harold Smith, Ronald Wood | |
| 14:40 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield misses the 1st free throw | 6-14 |
| 14:40 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield makes the 2nd free throw | 6-15 |
| 14:23 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz knocks in the 3 from the right wing set up by Paul Daly | 9-15 |
| 14:01 | West Virginia | Robert Zentz takes the ball from Michael Merrifield | 9-15 |
| 13:58 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz throws it down | 11-15 |
| 13:29 | West Virginia | Mario Klima throws a bad pass out of bounds | 11-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Wilfredo Molina (C) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam (PG) Michael Merrifield | |
| 13:05 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken is fouled on the floor by James Brown - foul #1 on James Brown, team foul #2 | 11-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback (PF) Wilfredo Molina | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Ronald Wood (C) Victor Woolford | |
| 12:54 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 11-15 |
| 12:25 | West Virginia | Paul Dunneback steps in front of the Mark Masters pass | 11-15 |
| 12:03 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Mario Klima - foul #1 on Mario Klima, team foul #3 | 11-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Daly (SG), Dean Canterbury (C) Dikembe Abdullah, Walter Bettis | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares (SF), Harold Smith (PF) James Brown, Mark Masters | |
| 12:03 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski misses the 1st free throw | 11-15 |
| 12:03 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski makes the 2nd free throw | 12-15 |
| 11:44 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares misses badly on a driving attempt from the left block | 12-15 |
| 11:42 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Maurice Lokken | 12-15 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 1 pts. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Mario Klima (fresh) SF - Lyle Tavares (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Harold Smith (fresh) C - Ronald Wood (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:17 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Mario Klima - foul #2 on Mario Klima, team foul #4 | 12-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Walter Bettis (PF) Bojan Wolinski, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield (SG), Victor Woolford (C) Mario Klima, Ronald Wood | |
| 11:17 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly makes the 1st free throw | 13-15 |
| 11:17 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly makes the 2nd free throw | 14-15 |
| 11:01 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares drills a 3pt attempt from straight away | 14-18 |
| 10:51 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis scores on a jumper near the basket on a great pass from Robert Zentz and the foul's on Victor Woolford - foul #1 on Victor Woolford, team foul #5 | 16-18 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Brown (SF) Lawrence Milam | |
| 10:51 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the free throw | 17-18 |
| 10:36 | West Virginia | Victor Woolford loses the dribble to Walter Bettis | 17-18 |
| 10:32 | Cincinnati | The short jumper by Paul Daly is denied by Harold Smith | 17-18 |
| 10:30 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken hits the follow up shot | 19-18 |
| 10:12 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares comes up short on the floater from the left side but he's hacked by Walter Bettis - foul #1 on Walter Bettis, team foul #5 | 19-18 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (SG) Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Ronald Wood (C) Victor Woolford | |
| 10:12 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares makes the 1st free throw | 19-19 |
| 10:12 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares makes the 2nd free throw | 19-20 |
| 09:50 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury connects on the runner from the left block on a great pass from Dikembe Abdullah | 21-20 |
| 09:23 | West Virginia | Walter Bettis blocks the short jumper by Lyle Tavares | 21-20 |
| 09:22 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis snags the defensive board | 21-20 |
| 09:05 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah throws a bad pass out of bounds | 21-20 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (SF), Paul Dunneback (PF) Paul Daly, Walter Bettis | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam (PG), Mark Masters (PF) Lyle Tavares, Harold Smith | |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 21-20 |
| 08:36 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken snags the defensive board | 21-20 |
| 08:31 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits a jump hook in the lane set up by Maurice Lokken | 23-20 |
| 08:10 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam's floater is knocked away by Dean Canterbury | 23-20 |
| 08:08 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Paul Dunneback | 23-20 |
| 08:00 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses long on a turnaround in the paint | 23-20 |
| 07:59 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam pulls down the rebound | 23-20 |
| 07:54 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam makes the floater from the right wing and he's fouled by Robert Zentz - foul #1 on Robert Zentz, team foul #6 | 23-22 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Daly (SG), Wilfredo Molina (C) Dikembe Abdullah, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Fisher (SG), Lyle Tavares (SF), Harold Smith (PF), Victor Woolford (C) Michael Merrifield, James Brown, Mark Masters, Ronald Wood | |
| 07:54 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses the free throw | 23-22 |
| 07:54 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback gets the rebound | 23-22 |
| 07:44 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 23-22 |
| 07:42 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken tips it home | 25-22 |
| 07:19 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-22 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), Walter Bettis (C) Robert Zentz, Wilfredo Molina | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Walter Bettis (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Fisher (fresh) SF - Lyle Tavares (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Harold Smith (fresh) C - Victor Woolford (fresh) | |
| 06:57 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis double dribbles | 25-22 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG) Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 06:33 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses the easy layup | 25-22 |
| 06:32 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah pulls down the rebound | 25-22 |
| 06:18 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback slams it home on a nice dish by Bojan Wolinski | 27-22 |
| 05:54 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam is hacked by Bojan Wolinski - foul #1 on Bojan Wolinski, team foul #7 | 27-22 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Maurice Lokken (SF), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Dikembe Abdullah, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield (SG), James Brown (SF), Mark Masters (PF), Ronald Wood (C) James Fisher, Lyle Tavares, Harold Smith, Victor Woolford | |
| 05:54 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses the 1st free throw | 27-22 |
| 05:54 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis grabs the board | 27-22 |
| 05:39 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-22 |
| 05:19 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 27-22 |
| 05:17 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam tips it in | 27-24 |
| 04:56 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 27-24 |
| 04:55 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses the tip | 27-24 |
| 04:53 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood pulls down the rebound | 27-24 |
| 04:31 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 27-24 |
| 04:29 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken snags the defensive board | 27-24 |
| 04:19 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Zentz | 30-24 |
| 03:59 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam clanks a floater from the right wing | 30-24 |
| 03:58 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Walter Bettis | 30-24 |
| 03:53 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 30-24 |
| 03:51 | West Virginia | James Brown snags the defensive board | 30-24 |
| 03:27 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 30-24 |
| 03:26 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury pulls down the rebound | 30-24 |
| 03:05 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses the dunk attempt but he's fouled by James Brown - foul #2 on James Brown, team foul #6 | 30-24 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Paul Dunneback (PF) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Walter Bettis | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares (PG), Harold Smith (PF), Victor Woolford (C) Lawrence Milam, Mark Masters, Ronald Wood | |
| 03:05 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 1st free throw | 31-24 |
| 03:05 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 2nd free throw | 32-24 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lyle Tavares (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Michael Merrifield (fresh) 9 pts. SF - James Brown (fresh) PF - Harold Smith (fresh) C - Victor Woolford (fresh) | |
| 02:45 | West Virginia | James Brown is hacked by Maurice Lokken - foul #1 on Maurice Lokken, team foul #8 | 32-24 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana (SF) Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mario Klima (SG) Michael Merrifield | |
| 02:45 | West Virginia | James Brown makes the 1st free throw | 32-25 |
| 02:45 | West Virginia | James Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 32-25 |
| 02:45 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury pulls down the rebound | 32-25 |
| 02:22 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback drills a jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Bojan Wolinski | 34-25 |
| 01:58 | West Virginia | Israel Zambrana is called for the reach on James Brown - foul #3 on Israel Zambrana, team foul #9 | 34-25 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Maurice Lokken (SF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Bojan Wolinski, Israel Zambrana, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Ronald Wood (C) Victor Woolford | |
| 01:58 | West Virginia | James Brown makes the 1st free throw | 34-26 |
| 01:58 | West Virginia | James Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 34-27 |
| 01:47 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 34-27 |
| 01:45 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood grabs the defensive rebound | 34-27 |
| 01:21 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares comes up short on the fadeaway from the right block but he's hacked by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #10 | 34-27 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield (SG) James Brown | |
| 01:21 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares misses the 1st free throw | 34-27 |
| 01:21 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares makes the 2nd free throw | 34-28 |
| 01:06 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 34-28 |
| 01:04 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken tips it home | 36-28 |
| 00:46 | Cincinnati | The refs have stopped play. Paul Dunneback is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. It looks like he got kneed in the thigh. He appears to have just been shaken up and should be able to return. | 36-28 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Daly (SF), Walter Bettis (PF), Dean Canterbury (C) Maurice Lokken, Paul Dunneback, Wilfredo Molina | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam (PG) Mario Klima | |
| 00:35 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam is whistled for a carry | 36-28 |
| 00:31 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz loses the dribble to Lawrence Milam in the backcourt | 36-28 |
| 00:30 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares banks in the layup on a great pass from Lawrence Milam | 36-30 |
| 00:01 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly is fouled on the floor by Lyle Tavares - foul #2 on Lyle Tavares, team foul #7 | 36-30 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mario Klima (SF), Mark Masters (PF), Victor Woolford (C) Lyle Tavares, Harold Smith, Ronald Wood | |
| 00:01 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly misses the 1st free throw | 36-30 |
| 00:01 | West Virginia | Mark Masters grabs the board | 36-30 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Mark Masters misses the fullcourt shot | 36-30 |