| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Joaquin Jensen (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Read (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Clifford Henderson (fresh) PF - Dennis Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Raymond Rolon (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) SF - Carl Stewart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Michael Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Scott Sikes (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart inbounds the ball | 28-29 |
| 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 motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:37 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire is fouled on the floor by Clifford Henderson - foul #1 on Clifford Henderson, team foul #1 | 28-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Platt (PG), Sam Kelley (SG), Boyce Usher (C) Joaquin Jensen, Paul Read, Raymond Rolon | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 19:21 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes misses the layup against the doubleteam but the foul's on Boyce Usher - foul #2 on Boyce Usher, team foul #2 | 28-29 |
| 19:21 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes makes the 1st free throw | 28-30 |
| 19:21 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes makes the 2nd free throw | 28-31 |
| 18:55 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson is fouled on the floor by Scott Sikes - foul #2 on Scott Sikes, team foul #1 | 28-31 |
| 18:30 | Cincinnati | Sam Kelley misses short on a turnaround in the lane | 28-31 |
| 18:28 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-31 |
| 18:05 | Cincinnati | Sam Kelley misses the shot from the left side | 28-31 |
| 18:04 | West Virginia | Michael Smith gets the rebound | 28-31 |
| 17:39 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the runner in the paint | 28-31 |
| 17:38 | Cincinnati | Boyce Usher grabs the defensive rebound | 28-31 |
| 17:09 | Cincinnati | Michael Smith takes the ball from Dennis Jones | 28-31 |
| 16:40 | West Virginia | Michael Smith makes the wide open fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Carl Dunmire out of the doubleteam | 28-33 |
| 16:12 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 28-33 |
| 16:10 | Cincinnati | Boyce Usher pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-33 |
| 15:49 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt misses badly on a jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Joshua Douglass - foul #3 on Joshua Douglass, team foul #2 | 28-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Read (SG), Raymond Rolon (C) Sam Kelley, Boyce Usher | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Allen Baugher (SG), Christopher Lipe (SF), Raymond Harris (PF), Alvin Haas (C) Joshua Douglass, Carl Stewart, Michael Smith, Scott Sikes | |
| 15:49 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt misses the 1st free throw | 28-33 |
| 15:49 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt misses the 2nd free throw | 28-33 |
| 15:49 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Dennis Jones | 28-33 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Michael Platt (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Read (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Clifford Henderson (fairly fresh) PF - Dennis Jones (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Raymond Rolon (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Allen Baugher (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) PF - Raymond Harris (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Alvin Haas (fresh) | |
| 15:35 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson's pass is intercepted by Carl Dunmire | 28-33 |
| 15:13 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris buries a driving attempt in the lane set up by Alvin Haas and the foul's on Raymond Rolon - foul #3 on Raymond Rolon, team foul #3 | 28-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG), Stephen Heal (SF) Michael Platt, Clifford Henderson | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 15:13 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris misses the free throw | 28-35 |
| 15:13 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones gets the rebound | 28-35 |
| 15:01 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 28-35 |
| 15:00 | Cincinnati | Stephen Heal grabs the offensive rebound | 28-35 |
| 14:46 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones scores on a jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Raymond Rolon | 30-35 |
| 14:26 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris scores on a jumper from the left side on a great pass from Carl Dunmire | 30-37 |
| 14:01 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 30-37 |
| 13:59 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones grabs the offensive board | 30-37 |
| 13:35 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen knocks in the shot from the right wing | 32-37 |
| 13:17 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe is fouled on the floor by Stephen Heal - foul #1 on Stephen Heal, team foul #4 | 32-37 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donny Green (SG), Clifford Henderson (SF), Kevin Ward (PF), Boyce Usher (C) Paul Read, Stephen Heal, Dennis Jones, Raymond Rolon | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (PG), Carl Stewart (SF), Michael Smith (PF), Scott Sikes (C) Carl Dunmire, Christopher Lipe, Raymond Harris, Alvin Haas | |
| 13:01 | West Virginia | Michael Smith connects on the shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Joshua Douglass | 32-39 |
| 12:32 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 32-39 |
| 12:30 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart snags the defensive board | 32-39 |
| 12:23 | West Virginia | Clifford Henderson is called for the reach on Michael Smith - foul #2 on Clifford Henderson, team foul #5 | 32-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Platt (PG), Dennis Jones (PF) Joaquin Jensen, Boyce Usher | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SG) Allen Baugher | |
| 12:10 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Read (SG) Donny Green | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 11:48 | Cincinnati | Paul Read travels with the ball | 32-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donny Green (SG), Raymond Rolon (C) Paul Read, Kevin Ward | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG) Christopher Lipe | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Michael Platt (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donny Green (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Clifford Henderson (fresh) PF - Dennis Jones (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Raymond Rolon (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Carl Stewart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Michael Smith (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Scott Sikes (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:19 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass is open but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 32-39 |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | Michael Smith tips it but misses | 32-39 |
| 11:16 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones pulls down the rebound | 32-39 |
| 10:56 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt's pass is intercepted by Carl Stewart | 32-39 |
| 10:52 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire can't finish the layup | 32-39 |
| 10:50 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes tips it home | 32-41 |
| 10:23 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones is hacked by Scott Sikes - foul #3 on Scott Sikes, team foul #3 | 32-41 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG), Paul Read (SG), Stephen Heal (SF), Kevin Ward (PF), Boyce Usher (C) Michael Platt, Donny Green, Clifford Henderson, Dennis Jones, Raymond Rolon | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 09:59 | Cincinnati | Stephen Heal is fouled on the floor by Joshua Douglass - foul #4 on Joshua Douglass, team foul #4 | 32-41 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones (PF) Boyce Usher | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Raymond Harris (PF) Michael Smith | |
| 09:43 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 35-41 |
| 09:14 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris misses short on a jumper in the lane | 35-41 |
| 09:12 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass gets the offensive rebound | 35-41 |
| 08:55 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes's layup is rejected by Dennis Jones | 35-41 |
| 08:53 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire hits the follow up shot | 35-43 |
| 08:24 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones's floater is tipped away by Raymond Harris | 35-43 |
| 08:22 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes grabs the defensive rebound | 35-43 |
| 07:54 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes connects on the floater in the paint on a nice dish by Carl Dunmire | 35-45 |
| 07:32 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Stephen Heal | 38-45 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Joaquin Jensen (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Read (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stephen Heal (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dennis Jones (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Kevin Ward (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Joshua Douglass (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Carl Stewart (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Raymond Harris (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Scott Sikes (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:09 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris is open but comes up short on the shot from the left block | 38-45 |
| 07:07 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones gets the rebound | 38-45 |
| 06:43 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones's floater is tipped away by Raymond Harris | 38-45 |
| 06:41 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Scott Sikes | 38-45 |
| 06:20 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes is hacked by Kevin Ward - foul #1 on Kevin Ward, team foul #6 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Platt (PG), Sam Kelley (SG), Clifford Henderson (SF), Boyce Usher (PF), Raymond Rolon (C) Joaquin Jensen, Paul Read, Stephen Heal, Dennis Jones, Kevin Ward | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Allen Baugher (SG), Christopher Lipe (SF), Michael Smith (PF), Alvin Haas (C) Joshua Douglass, Carl Stewart, Raymond Harris, Scott Sikes | |
| 06:09 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire is fouled on the floor by Boyce Usher - foul #3 on Boyce Usher, team foul #7 | 38-45 |
| 06:09 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire makes the 1st free throw | 38-46 |
| 06:09 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire makes the 2nd free throw | 38-47 |
| 05:48 | Cincinnati | Sam Kelley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 38-47 |
| 05:46 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe snags the defensive board | 38-47 |
| 05:28 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas misses the fadeaway in the paint but he's fouled by Raymond Rolon - foul #4 on Raymond Rolon, team foul #8 | 38-47 |
| 05:28 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas misses the 1st free throw | 38-47 |
| 05:28 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas makes the 2nd free throw | 38-48 |
| 05:02 | Cincinnati | Sam Kelley connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 40-48 |
| 04:43 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas drills a runner from the left block set up by Allen Baugher | 40-50 |
| 04:19 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Michael Smith - foul #2 on Michael Smith, team foul #5 | 40-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG), Paul Read (SG), Dennis Jones (PF) Michael Platt, Sam Kelley, Boyce Usher | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (PG) Carl Dunmire | |
| 04:19 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson makes the 1st free throw | 41-50 |
| 04:19 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson makes the 2nd free throw | 42-50 |
| 04:01 | West Virginia | Michael Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Platt (PG), Donny Green (SG) Joaquin Jensen, Paul Read | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (SF), Scott Sikes (C) Christopher Lipe, Alvin Haas | |
| 03:36 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane but he's hacked by Joshua Douglass - foul #5 on Joshua Douglass, team foul #6 | 42-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Read (SG) Donny Green | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF) Joshua Douglass | |
| 03:36 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt makes the 1st free throw | 43-50 |
| 03:36 | Cincinnati | Michael Platt misses the 2nd free throw | 43-50 |
| 03:36 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Scott Sikes | 43-50 |
| 03:07 | West Virginia | Dennis Jones steps in front of the Allen Baugher pass | 43-50 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Michael Platt (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Read (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Clifford Henderson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dennis Jones (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Raymond Rolon (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Stewart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Allen Baugher (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) PF - Michael Smith (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Scott Sikes (fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 02:44 | Cincinnati | Scott Sikes swats the layup by Dennis Jones | 43-50 |
| 02:42 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes pulls down the rebound | 43-50 |
| 02:42 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 43-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG), Donny Green (SG), Boyce Usher (PF) Michael Platt, Paul Read, Dennis Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG) Christopher Lipe | |
| 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) | |
| 02:13 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes travels with the ball | 43-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Sam Kelley (SG), Dennis Jones (PF) Donny Green, Boyce Usher | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:01 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Carl Stewart - foul #2 on Carl Stewart, team foul #7 | 43-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Read (SG), Kevin Ward (C) Sam Kelley, Raymond Rolon | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 02:01 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson makes the 1st free throw | 44-50 |
| 02:01 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson makes the 2nd free throw | 45-50 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:42 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes makes the jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Allen Baugher | 45-52 |
| 01:22 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones misses short on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by Carl Stewart - foul #3 on Carl Stewart, team foul #8 | 45-52 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Raymond Rolon (C) Kevin Ward | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:22 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones makes the 1st free throw | 46-52 |
| 01:22 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 46-52 |
| 01:22 | West Virginia | Michael Smith snags the defensive board | 46-52 |
| 00:59 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 46-52 |
| 00:57 | Cincinnati | Paul Read grabs the board | 46-52 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Scott Sikes - foul #4 on Scott Sikes, team foul #9 | 46-52 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen makes the 1st free throw | 47-52 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen makes the 2nd free throw | 48-52 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:39 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher is hacked by Paul Read in the backcourt - foul #2 on Paul Read, team foul #9 | 48-52 |
| 00:39 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher makes the 1st free throw | 48-53 |
| 00:39 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher makes the 2nd free throw | 48-54 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:33 | Cincinnati | Paul Read misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 48-54 |
| 00:32 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes grabs the board | 48-54 |
| 00:30 | West Virginia | Joaquin Jensen is called for the reach on Scott Sikes in the backcourt - foul #2 on Joaquin Jensen, team foul #10 | 48-54 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (PF) Michael Smith | |
| 00:30 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes makes the 1st free throw | 48-55 |
| 00:30 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes makes the 2nd free throw | 48-56 |
| 00:22 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-56 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Smith (PF) Christopher Lipe | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:19 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart is fouled in the backcourt by Joaquin Jensen - foul #3 on Joaquin Jensen, team foul #11 | 48-56 |
| 00:19 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 48-57 |
| 00:19 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 48-58 |
| 00:15 | Cincinnati | Dennis Jones knocks in the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Raymond Rolon | 50-58 |
| 00:12 | West Virginia | Paul Read is called for the reach on Michael Smith in the backcourt - foul #3 on Paul Read, team foul #12 | 50-58 |
| 00:12 | West Virginia | Michael Smith makes the 1st free throw | 50-59 |
| 00:12 | West Virginia | Michael Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 50-60 |
| 00:04 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson is hacked by Carl Stewart - foul #4 on Carl Stewart, team foul #10 | 50-60 |
| 00:04 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson misses the 1st free throw | 50-60 |
| 00:04 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson misses the 2nd free throw | 50-60 |
| 00:04 | West Virginia | Michael Smith grabs the board | 50-60 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire runs out the clock | 50-60 |