| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Tucker (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Robert Griffin (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Otto Zamudio (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Joe Lloyd (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Dewey Mills (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Norbert Shackelford (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Jack Bissett (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Jeffrey Peters (fresh) C - George Carrigan (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Jack Bissett inbounds the ball | 26-18 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:38 | West Virginia | Richard Osborne steps in front of the George Carrigan pass | 26-18 |
| 19:35 | Temple | Richard Osborne slams it home | 28-18 |
| 19:12 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Jack Bissett | 28-21 |
| 18:45 | Temple | Robert Griffin misses the lay-in | 28-21 |
| 18:44 | Temple | Joe Lloyd tips it home | 30-21 |
| 18:23 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford clanks a 3 from the left wing | 30-21 |
| 18:21 | Temple | Robert Griffin snags the defensive board | 30-21 |
| 18:17 | Temple | Robert Griffin banks in the layup on a great pass from Lawrence Tucker | 32-21 |
| 17:52 | West Virginia | Lawrence Tucker is called for the reach on Norbert Shackelford - foul #1 on Lawrence Tucker, team foul #1 | 32-21 |
| 17:34 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Jack Bissett | 32-24 |
| 17:10 | Temple | Otto Zamudio is hacked by George Carrigan - foul #1 on George Carrigan, team foul #1 | 32-24 |
| 16:51 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-24 |
| 16:30 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters is hacked by Otto Zamudio - foul #2 on Otto Zamudio, team foul #2 | 32-24 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Stephen Carney (PF) Jeffrey Peters | |
| 16:09 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-24 |
| 16:07 | Temple | Joe Lloyd pulls down the rebound | 32-24 |
| 15:41 | Temple | Robert Griffin can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 32-24 |
| 15:39 | Temple | Robert Griffin hits the follow up shot | 34-24 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Tucker (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Griffin (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. PF - Otto Zamudio (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Joe Lloyd (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Dewey Mills (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Norbert Shackelford (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Jack Bissett (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Stephen Carney (fresh) 3 pf. C - George Carrigan (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:35 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Dewey Mills | 34-27 |
| 15:16 | Temple | Joe Lloyd hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane | 34-27 |
| 15:15 | Temple | Robert Griffin hits the follow up shot | 36-27 |
| 14:46 | West Virginia | George Carrigan is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on George Carrigan, team foul #2 | 36-27 |
| Subs | Temple | Donald Alexander (PG), Brandon Hall (SG), Don Wooton (SF), Randy Williams (C) Richard Osborne, Lawrence Tucker, Robert Griffin, Joe Lloyd | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (SG), Tom Matthews (SF), Jeffrey Peters (PF) Norbert Shackelford, Jack Bissett, Stephen Carney | |
| 14:19 | Temple | Brandon Hall scores on a shot from just outside the lane | 38-27 |
| 13:53 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills connects on the 3 from the left corner set up by Tom Matthews | 38-30 |
| 13:24 | Temple | Brandon Hall throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-30 |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG), Robert Griffin (PF) Donald Alexander, Otto Zamudio | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jack Bissett (PG), Norbert Shackelford (SG) Dewey Mills, Jesse Back | |
| 13:00 | West Virginia | George Carrigan drills a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 38-32 |
| 12:37 | Temple | Brandon Hall buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Richard Osborne | 40-32 |
| 12:09 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 40-32 |
| 12:08 | West Virginia | Jack Bissett hits the follow up shot | 40-34 |
| 12:03 | Temple | Richard Osborne comes up short on the jump hook in the lane | 40-34 |
| 12:01 | West Virginia | George Carrigan snags the defensive board | 40-34 |
| 11:32 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 40-34 |
| 11:31 | Temple | Robert Griffin grabs the defensive rebound | 40-34 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Brandon Hall (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Don Wooton (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Robert Griffin (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. C - Randy Williams (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jack Bissett (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. SG - Norbert Shackelford (fresh) 15 pts. SF - Tom Matthews (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Peters (fairly fresh) C - George Carrigan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:18 | Temple | Robert Griffin blows the layup | 40-34 |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | George Carrigan gets the rebound | 40-34 |
| 10:51 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford drills a 3 from the right wing | 40-37 |
| 10:32 | Temple | Tom Matthews takes the ball from Robert Griffin | 40-37 |
| 10:03 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford travels with the ball | 40-37 |
| Subs | Temple | Donald Alexander (PG), Lawrence Tucker (SG), Otto Zamudio (PF), Joe Lloyd (C) Richard Osborne, Brandon Hall, Robert Griffin, Randy Williams | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dewey Mills (PG), Jesse Back (SF), Stephen Carney (PF), Santos Cherry (C) Jack Bissett, Tom Matthews, Jeffrey Peters, George Carrigan | |
| 09:34 | Temple | Donald Alexander's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-37 |
| 09:09 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills scores on a 3 from the left corner set up by Norbert Shackelford | 40-40 |
| 08:49 | Temple | Donald Alexander hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint | 40-40 |
| 08:48 | Temple | Joe Lloyd tips it back up and in | 42-40 |
| 08:27 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 42-40 |
| 08:26 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker grabs the board | 42-40 |
| 08:00 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker blows the layup | 42-40 |
| 07:58 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry grabs the board | 42-40 |
| 07:35 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 42-40 |
| 07:33 | Temple | Joe Lloyd pulls down the rebound | 42-40 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Donald Alexander (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lawrence Tucker (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Don Wooton (fairly fresh) 3 pf. PF - Otto Zamudio (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Joe Lloyd (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Dewey Mills (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Norbert Shackelford (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jesse Back (fresh) PF - Stephen Carney (fresh) 3 pf. C - Santos Cherry (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:07 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker misses the easy layup but the foul's on Dewey Mills - foul #2 on Dewey Mills, team foul #3 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG), Robert Griffin (SF) Donald Alexander, Don Wooton | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jack Bissett (SF), Jeffrey Peters (PF), George Carrigan (C) Norbert Shackelford, Stephen Carney, Santos Cherry | |
| 07:07 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker makes the 1st free throw | 43-40 |
| 07:07 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker makes the 2nd free throw | 44-40 |
| 06:38 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters is hacked by Otto Zamudio - foul #3 on Otto Zamudio, team foul #3 | 44-40 |
| 06:24 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills loses the dribble to Richard Osborne | 44-40 |
| 06:20 | Temple | Otto Zamudio hits the finger roll set up by Richard Osborne | 46-40 |
| 05:55 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 46-40 |
| 05:54 | Temple | Robert Griffin gets the rebound | 46-40 |
| 05:32 | Temple | Otto Zamudio is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Otto Zamudio, team foul #4 | 46-40 |
| Subs | Temple | Brandon Hall (SG), Don Wooton (SF), Randy Williams (C) Lawrence Tucker, Otto Zamudio, Joe Lloyd | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford (SG), Tom Matthews (SF) Dewey Mills, Jesse Back | |
| 05:14 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 46-40 |
| 05:12 | Temple | Robert Griffin grabs the board | 46-40 |
| 04:51 | Temple | Robert Griffin comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 46-40 |
| 04:50 | West Virginia | George Carrigan gets the rebound | 46-40 |
| 04:24 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Jack Bissett | 46-43 |
| 04:03 | Temple | George Carrigan is called for the reach on Richard Osborne - foul #3 on George Carrigan, team foul #4 | 46-43 |
| Subs | Temple | Lawrence Tucker (SG), Joe Lloyd (C) Brandon Hall, Randy Williams | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dewey Mills (PG) Tom Matthews | |
| 03:46 | Temple | Robert Griffin drills a runner near the basket | 48-43 |
| 03:23 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Jeffrey Peters | 48-46 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Lawrence Tucker (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Don Wooton (fairly fresh) 3 pf. PF - Robert Griffin (fresh) 17 pts. 6 reb. C - Joe Lloyd (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Dewey Mills (fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SG - Norbert Shackelford (fresh) 21 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jack Bissett (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. PF - Jeffrey Peters (fairly fresh) C - George Carrigan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:03 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker lays it up and in | 50-46 |
| 02:43 | West Virginia | Dewey Mills knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away | 50-49 |
| 02:17 | Temple | Joe Lloyd scores on a driving attempt in the paint set up by Richard Osborne | 52-49 |
| 01:48 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 52-49 |
| 01:46 | Temple | Joe Lloyd pulls down the rebound | 52-49 |
| 01:29 | Temple | Joe Lloyd misses the lay-in but he's fouled by George Carrigan - foul #4 on George Carrigan, team foul #5 | 52-49 |
| Subs | Temple | Otto Zamudio (PF) Robert Griffin | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:29 | Temple | Joe Lloyd makes the 1st free throw | 53-49 |
| 01:29 | Temple | Joe Lloyd misses the 2nd free throw | 53-49 |
| 01:29 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to George Carrigan | 53-49 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 01:24 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-49 |
| 01:01 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker misses the floater from the left side | 53-49 |
| 00:59 | Temple | Joe Lloyd snags the offensive board | 53-49 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:56 | Temple | Joe Lloyd is hacked by George Carrigan - foul #5 on George Carrigan, team foul #6 | 53-49 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Santos Cherry (C) George Carrigan | |
| 00:54 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker is fouled on the floor by Dewey Mills - foul #3 on Dewey Mills, team foul #7 | 53-49 |
| 00:54 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker makes the 1st free throw | 54-49 |
| 00:54 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker makes the 2nd free throw | 55-49 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple 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 (+1) | |
| 00:48 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry blows the layup | 55-49 |
| 00:47 | Temple | Don Wooton grabs the board | 55-49 |
| 00:44 | Temple | Norbert Shackelford is called for the reach on Don Wooton in the backcourt - foul #2 on Norbert Shackelford, team foul #8 | 55-49 |
| 00:44 | Temple | Don Wooton misses the 1st free throw | 55-49 |
| 00:44 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters pulls down the rebound | 55-49 |
| 00:38 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry scores on a shot in the paint and he's hacked by Joe Lloyd - foul #1 on Joe Lloyd, team foul #5 | 55-51 |
| 00:38 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry misses the free throw | 55-51 |
| 00:38 | Temple | Joe Lloyd gets the rebound | 55-51 |
| 00:36 | Temple | Joe Lloyd is fouled in the backcourt by Dewey Mills - foul #4 on Dewey Mills, team foul #9 | 55-51 |
| 00:36 | Temple | Joe Lloyd misses the 1st free throw | 55-51 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Santos Cherry | 55-51 |
| 00:29 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry makes the pull-up jumper from the left side | 55-53 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple 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 (0) | |
| 00:28 | Temple | Richard Osborne is fouled in the backcourt by Dewey Mills - foul #5 on Dewey Mills, team foul #10 | 55-53 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Tom Matthews (SF) Dewey Mills | |
| 00:28 | Temple | Richard Osborne makes the 1st free throw | 56-53 |
| 00:28 | Temple | Richard Osborne misses the 2nd free throw | 56-53 |
| 00:28 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters pulls down the rebound | 56-53 |
| 00:28 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-53 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:12 | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 56-56 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:04 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 58-56 |
| 00:04 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 58-56 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Jack Bissett misses short on a halfcourt shot | 58-56 |