| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Charles Fortunato (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Micheal Taylor (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Rex Clark (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Joyce (fresh) C - James Kenney (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - William Merritt (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Dunn (fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Arnwine (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Frederick Webb (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Ilia Zicker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Pitt | Rex Clark inbounds the ball | 35-21 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:48 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato is fouled on the floor by Frederick Webb - foul #2 on Frederick Webb, team foul #1 | 35-21 |
| 19:37 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-21 |
| 19:35 | Pitt | Rex Clark hits the follow up shot | 37-21 |
| 19:19 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 37-21 |
| 19:17 | Pitt | William Joyce snags the defensive board | 37-21 |
| 18:54 | Pitt | Rex Clark is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 37-21 |
| 18:53 | Kentucky | Charles Dunn gets the rebound | 37-21 |
| 18:26 | Kentucky | William Merritt misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 37-21 |
| 18:24 | Pitt | James Kenney grabs the defensive rebound | 37-21 |
| 18:20 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 37-21 |
| 18:19 | Kentucky | John Arnwine snags the defensive board | 37-21 |
| 17:59 | Kentucky | William Merritt misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 37-21 |
| 17:58 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb tips it in | 37-23 |
| 17:48 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 37-23 |
| 17:47 | Pitt | The offensive rebound goes to William Joyce | 37-23 |
| 17:33 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-23 |
| Subs | Pitt | John Wilson (SF), Maurice Kennedy (C) Rex Clark, James Kenney | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Rainey (SG) Charles Dunn | |
| 17:09 | Kentucky | John Arnwine is hacked by John Wilson - foul #1 on John Wilson, team foul #1 | 37-23 |
| 16:57 | Kentucky | John Arnwine knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Richard Rainey | 37-26 |
| 16:44 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato buries a floater from the left side on a nice dish by John Wilson | 39-26 |
| 16:23 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-26 |
| 16:21 | Pitt | William Joyce gets the rebound | 39-26 |
| 16:14 | Pitt | John Wilson hits a floater from the free throw line | 41-26 |
| 15:54 | Kentucky | Richard Rainey double dribbles | 41-26 |
| Subs | Pitt | Rex Clark (PG), Blair Mullinix (SG), James Kenney (C) Charles Fortunato, Micheal Taylor, Maurice Kennedy | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Charles Dunn (PG), Eric Clouse (SF) William Merritt, John Arnwine | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Rex Clark (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. SG - Blair Mullinix (fresh) 4 pts. SF - John Wilson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Joyce (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - James Kenney (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Charles Dunn (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Richard Rainey (fresh) SF - Eric Clouse (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frederick Webb (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. C - Ilia Zicker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:44 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix loses the dribble to Ilia Zicker | 41-26 |
| 15:19 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Charles Dunn | 41-28 |
| 15:04 | Pitt | Rex Clark misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 41-28 |
| 15:02 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb grabs the board | 41-28 |
| 14:33 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb clanks a jump hook from the left block | 41-28 |
| 14:32 | Pitt | William Joyce snags the defensive board | 41-28 |
| 14:15 | Pitt | John Wilson blows the layup but the foul's on Eric Clouse - foul #2 on Eric Clouse, team foul #2 | 41-28 |
| Subs | Pitt | Charles Fortunato (PG), Micheal Taylor (SG), Maurice Kennedy (C) Blair Mullinix, William Joyce, James Kenney | |
| Subs | Kentucky | William Merritt (PG), John Arnwine (SF) Richard Rainey, Eric Clouse | |
| 14:15 | Pitt | John Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 42-28 |
| 14:15 | Pitt | John Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 43-28 |
| 13:59 | Kentucky | Ilia Zicker is hacked by Maurice Kennedy - foul #2 on Maurice Kennedy, team foul #2 | 43-28 |
| Subs | Pitt | Blair Mullinix (SF), Fred Gillespie (PF) Rex Clark, John Wilson | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Eric Clouse (SG), Hedeon Glodowski (PF) Charles Dunn, Frederick Webb | |
| 13:36 | Kentucky | William Merritt knocks in the driving attempt in the lane set up by John Arnwine and the foul's on Charles Fortunato - foul #2 on Charles Fortunato, team foul #3 | 43-30 |
| 13:36 | Kentucky | William Merritt makes the free throw | 43-31 |
| 13:20 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor hits a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Charles Fortunato | 46-31 |
| 12:53 | Kentucky | William Merritt hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 46-31 |
| 12:52 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix gets the rebound | 46-31 |
| 12:32 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix misses badly on a floater from the right side | 46-31 |
| 12:30 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy tips it in | 48-31 |
| 12:05 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse connects on the jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by John Arnwine | 48-33 |
| 11:47 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 48-33 |
| 11:45 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy tips it home | 50-33 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Charles Fortunato (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Micheal Taylor (fairly fresh) 11 pts. SF - Blair Mullinix (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Fred Gillespie (fresh) C - Maurice Kennedy (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - William Merritt (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Eric Clouse (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SF - John Arnwine (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Hedeon Glodowski (fresh) C - Ilia Zicker (tiring) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:18 | Kentucky | John Arnwine misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 50-33 |
| 11:17 | Pitt | Fred Gillespie pulls down the rebound | 50-33 |
| 10:59 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato's fadeaway is rejected by Ilia Zicker | 50-33 |
| 10:57 | Kentucky | John Arnwine grabs the defensive rebound | 50-33 |
| 10:32 | Kentucky | William Merritt hits a jumper from the baseline | 50-35 |
| 10:26 | Pitt | Fred Gillespie is fouled on the floor by Hedeon Glodowski - foul #1 on Hedeon Glodowski, team foul #3 | 50-35 |
| Subs | Pitt | Rex Clark (PG), John Wilson (SF), William Joyce (PF), James Kenney (C) Charles Fortunato, Micheal Taylor, Fred Gillespie, Maurice Kennedy | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Keith Harkness (PG), Charles Dunn (SG), Richard Rainey (SF), Frederick Webb (PF) William Merritt, John Arnwine, Hedeon Glodowski, Ilia Zicker | |
| 10:17 | Pitt | Frederick Webb is called for the reach on William Joyce - foul #3 on Frederick Webb, team foul #4 | 50-35 |
| 10:06 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix misses short on a runner from the right block but he's hacked by Charles Dunn - foul #1 on Charles Dunn, team foul #5 | 50-35 |
| 10:06 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix makes the 1st free throw | 51-35 |
| 10:06 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix makes the 2nd free throw | 52-35 |
| 09:47 | Kentucky | Charles Dunn can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 52-35 |
| 09:46 | Pitt | John Wilson snags the defensive board | 52-35 |
| 09:25 | Pitt | Rex Clark is called for a charge against the doubleteam - foul #2 on Rex Clark, team foul #4 | 52-35 |
| 09:06 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse connects on the runner from close range on a great pass from Charles Dunn | 52-37 |
| 08:49 | Pitt | John Wilson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-37 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | William Merritt (PG), John Arnwine (SF) Keith Harkness, Richard Rainey | |
| 08:29 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block but he's fouled by James Kenney - foul #1 on James Kenney, team foul #5 | 52-37 |
| 08:29 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse makes the 1st free throw | 52-38 |
| 08:29 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse misses the 2nd free throw | 52-38 |
| 08:29 | Pitt | The rebound goes to William Joyce | 52-38 |
| 08:07 | Pitt | John Wilson hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 52-38 |
| 08:06 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse pulls down the rebound | 52-38 |
| 07:44 | Kentucky | James Kenney picks off the pass by Frederick Webb | 52-38 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Rex Clark (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. SG - Blair Mullinix (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - John Wilson (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - William Joyce (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - James Kenney (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - William Merritt (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Dunn (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - John Arnwine (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Frederick Webb (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Eric Clouse (tiring) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix is hacked by Charles Dunn - foul #2 on Charles Dunn, team foul #6 | 52-38 |
| Subs | Pitt | Charles Fortunato (PG), Micheal Taylor (SG), Maurice Kennedy (C) Rex Clark, John Wilson, James Kenney | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Rainey (SG), Ilia Zicker (C) Charles Dunn, Eric Clouse | |
| 07:17 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 52-38 |
| 07:15 | Kentucky | Ilia Zicker snags the defensive board | 52-38 |
| 07:10 | Kentucky | Micheal Taylor takes the ball from Richard Rainey | 52-38 |
| 06:50 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 52-38 |
| 06:48 | Pitt | Blair Mullinix grabs the offensive board | 52-38 |
| 06:35 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 52-38 |
| 06:33 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb snags the defensive board | 52-38 |
| 06:06 | Kentucky | Ilia Zicker loses the dribble to Blair Mullinix | 52-38 |
| 05:51 | Pitt | Frederick Webb steals it from William Joyce | 52-38 |
| 05:26 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb drills a 3 pointer from straight away set up by William Merritt | 52-41 |
| 05:09 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor's pass is intercepted by William Merritt | 52-41 |
| 05:01 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb misses long on a floater from the left wing | 52-41 |
| 04:59 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb misses the tip | 52-41 |
| 04:58 | Kentucky | John Arnwine tips it in | 52-43 |
| 04:44 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-43 |
| Subs | Pitt | Rex Clark (PG), John Wilson (SF), Fred Gillespie (PF), James Kenney (C) Charles Fortunato, Blair Mullinix, William Joyce, Maurice Kennedy | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Keith Harkness (PG), Charles Dunn (SG), William Burke (SF), Eric Clouse (PF), Hedeon Glodowski (C) William Merritt, Richard Rainey, John Arnwine, Frederick Webb, Ilia Zicker | |
| 04:26 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 52-43 |
| 04:24 | Kentucky | Hedeon Glodowski grabs the offensive board | 52-43 |
| 04:07 | Kentucky | Eric Clouse misses short on a runner from close range | 52-43 |
| 04:05 | Pitt | Rex Clark grabs the board | 52-43 |
| 03:54 | Pitt | John Wilson misses long on a runner from the left block | 52-43 |
| 03:53 | Kentucky | William Burke snags the defensive board | 52-43 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:47 | Kentucky | Fred Gillespie is called for the reach on Keith Harkness - foul #3 on Fred Gillespie, team foul #6 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Pitt | Rick Carpenter (SG) Micheal Taylor | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ilia Zicker (C) William Burke | |
| 03:34 | Kentucky | Fred Gillespie is called for the reach on Charles Dunn - foul #4 on Fred Gillespie, team foul #7 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Pitt | Charles Fortunato (PG) Fred Gillespie | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 03:34 | Kentucky | Charles Dunn misses the 1st free throw | 52-43 |
| 03:34 | Pitt | James Kenney pulls down the rebound | 52-43 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Charles Fortunato (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Rick Carpenter (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Rex Clark (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. PF - John Wilson (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - James Kenney (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Keith Harkness (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Charles Dunn (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Eric Clouse (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Hedeon Glodowski (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ilia Zicker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:20 | Pitt | Rex Clark can't connect on a floater from the right side but the foul's on Eric Clouse - foul #3 on Eric Clouse, team foul #7 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Arnwine (SF) Hedeon Glodowski | |
| 03:20 | Pitt | Rex Clark misses the 1st free throw | 52-43 |
| 03:20 | Pitt | Rex Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 52-43 |
| 03:20 | Pitt | James Kenney grabs the offensive board | 52-43 |
| 03:04 | Pitt | James Kenney is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on James Kenney, team foul #8 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Pitt | Blair Mullinix (SG) Rick Carpenter | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 02:51 | Kentucky | John Arnwine misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 52-43 |
| 02:50 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato snags the defensive board | 52-43 |
| 02:50 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-43 |
| Subs | Pitt | Micheal Taylor (SG) Blair Mullinix | |
| Subs | Kentucky | William Merritt (PG), Frederick Webb (PF) Keith Harkness, Eric Clouse | |
| 02:36 | Pitt | Rex Clark connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by John Wilson | 54-43 |
| 02:19 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb misses the easy layup | 54-43 |
| 02:17 | Pitt | James Kenney grabs the board | 54-43 |
| 01:58 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 54-43 |
| 01:57 | Pitt | John Wilson tips it but misses | 54-43 |
| 01:55 | Kentucky | Charles Dunn grabs the board | 54-43 |
| 01:50 | Kentucky | John Arnwine is denied on a layup by James Kenney | 54-43 |
| 01:49 | Kentucky | Frederick Webb tips it back up and in | 54-45 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:30 | Pitt | James Kenney connects on the jumper in the lane and he's fouled by Ilia Zicker - foul #1 on Ilia Zicker, team foul #8 | 56-45 |
| Subs | Pitt | William Joyce (PF) John Wilson | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 01:30 | Pitt | James Kenney misses the free throw | 56-45 |
| 01:30 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Frederick Webb | 56-45 |
| 01:20 | Kentucky | John Arnwine is hacked by William Joyce - foul #2 on William Joyce, team foul #9 | 56-45 |
| 01:20 | Kentucky | John Arnwine makes the 1st free throw | 56-46 |
| 01:20 | Kentucky | John Arnwine misses the 2nd free throw | 56-46 |
| 01:20 | Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Frederick Webb | 56-46 |
| 01:06 | Kentucky | William Merritt knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 56-48 |
| 00:46 | Pitt | Ilia Zicker blocks the jumper by Rex Clark | 56-48 |
| 00:45 | Kentucky | Charles Dunn grabs the defensive rebound | 56-48 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:39 | Kentucky | John Arnwine scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from William Merritt | 56-51 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:36 | Pitt | Charles Dunn is called for the reach on Micheal Taylor in the backcourt - foul #3 on Charles Dunn, team foul #9 | 56-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Rick Carpenter (PG), Blair Mullinix (SF), John Wilson (PF) Charles Fortunato, Rex Clark, William Joyce | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:36 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 57-51 |
| 00:36 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor misses the 2nd free throw | 57-51 |
| 00:36 | Kentucky | Ilia Zicker grabs the defensive rebound | 57-51 |
| 00:30 | Kentucky | William Merritt comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 57-51 |
| 00:28 | Kentucky | John Arnwine grabs the offensive board | 57-51 |
| 00:24 | Kentucky | John Arnwine misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 57-51 |
| 00:22 | Pitt | James Kenney snags the defensive board | 57-51 |
| 00:22 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 57-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Charles Fortunato (PG) Rick Carpenter | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:19 | Pitt | John Wilson is fouled in the backcourt by Charles Dunn - foul #4 on Charles Dunn, team foul #10 | 57-51 |
| 00:19 | Pitt | John Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:19 | Pitt | John Wilson misses the 2nd free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:19 | Kentucky | Ilia Zicker grabs the defensive rebound | 58-51 |
| 00:11 | Kentucky | John Arnwine can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 58-51 |
| 00:10 | Pitt | John Wilson gets the rebound | 58-51 |
| 00:10 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 58-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Rick Carpenter (PG) Charles Fortunato | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:09 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor is fouled in the backcourt by Charles Dunn - foul #5 on Charles Dunn, team foul #11 | 58-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Rainey (SG) Charles Dunn | |
| 00:09 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 59-51 |
| 00:09 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 60-51 |
| 00:03 | Kentucky | Blair Mullinix picks off the pass by John Arnwine | 60-51 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Pitt | Rick Carpenter runs out the clock | 60-51 |