| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Thomas Fenster (fresh) 4 pts. SG - James Lacefield (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ervin Frias (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Kenny Zien (fresh) 4 pts. C - Charles Tomasini (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Camarillo (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Hillery (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jimoh Ahmadi (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Danny Bump (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. C - Jimmy Salter (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias inbounds the ball | 31-38 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| 19:40 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien misses badly on a jumper from the left block | 31-38 |
| 19:38 | West Virginia | Jimoh Ahmadi grabs the board | 31-38 |
| 19:22 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo misses the easy layup but the foul's on Kenny Zien - foul #3 on Kenny Zien, team foul #1 | 31-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Ralph Bradford (PF) Kenny Zien | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Orville Farr (SG), Ronald Riley (C) James Hillery, Jimmy Salter | |
| 19:22 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo misses the 1st free throw | 31-38 |
| 19:22 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo makes the 2nd free throw | 31-39 |
| 19:01 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket but he's hacked by Jimoh Ahmadi - foul #3 on Jimoh Ahmadi, team foul #1 | 31-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Beckman (PG), James Hillery (SG), Harold Gearhart (SF), Richard Flint (C) Carl Camarillo, Orville Farr, Jimoh Ahmadi, Ronald Riley | |
| 19:01 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias makes the 1st free throw | 32-39 |
| 19:01 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias makes the 2nd free throw | 33-39 |
| 18:47 | West Virginia | Ervin Frias is called for the reach on Danny Bump - foul #2 on Ervin Frias, team foul #2 | 33-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo (PG) Robert Beckman | |
| 18:31 | West Virginia | James Hillery misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 33-39 |
| 18:30 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Ervin Frias | 33-39 |
| 18:24 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster is whistled for traveling | 33-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Beckman (PG), Orville Farr (SG), Jimmy Salter (C) Carl Camarillo, James Hillery, Richard Flint | |
| 18:14 | West Virginia | Danny Bump buries a driving attempt from close range | 33-41 |
| 18:00 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias dunks the ball set up by Thomas Fenster | 35-41 |
| 17:42 | West Virginia | Orville Farr knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Danny Bump | 35-43 |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster makes the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from James Lacefield | 37-43 |
| 17:09 | West Virginia | Danny Bump throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-43 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Everett Coulter (SF) Ervin Frias | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo (PG), James Hillery (SG), Richard Flint (C) Robert Beckman, Orville Farr, Jimmy Salter | |
| 16:53 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster makes the runner from the right block on a great pass from Ralph Bradford | 39-43 |
| 16:38 | West Virginia | Ralph Bradford swats the layup by Richard Flint | 39-43 |
| 16:37 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield pulls down the rebound | 39-43 |
| 16:33 | Cincinnati | James Hillery steps in front of the James Lacefield pass | 39-43 |
| 16:08 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo is fouled on the floor by Ralph Bradford - foul #1 on Ralph Bradford, team foul #3 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias (SF), William Schupp (C) James Lacefield, Charles Tomasini | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Darrell Morgan (SF), Jimmy Salter (C) Harold Gearhart, Richard Flint | |
| 15:52 | West Virginia | James Hillery is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on James Hillery, team foul #2 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse (PG), Kenny Zien (PF) Thomas Fenster, Ralph Bradford | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jimoh Ahmadi (SF), Richard Flint (PF), Ronald Riley (C) Darrell Morgan, Danny Bump, Jimmy Salter | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Nathan Morse (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Everett Coulter (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Ervin Frias (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenny Zien (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. C - William Schupp (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Camarillo (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Hillery (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jimoh Ahmadi (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Richard Flint (fresh) 1 pts. C - Ronald Riley (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:30 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 39-43 |
| 15:28 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias hits the follow up shot | 41-43 |
| 15:15 | West Virginia | James Hillery comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 41-43 |
| 15:14 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien grabs the board | 41-43 |
| 15:08 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien lays it in and he's hacked by Ronald Riley - foul #1 on Ronald Riley, team foul #3 | 43-43 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Danny Bump (PF), Jimmy Salter (C) Richard Flint, Ronald Riley | |
| 15:08 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien misses the free throw | 43-43 |
| 15:08 | West Virginia | Danny Bump pulls down the rebound | 43-43 |
| 14:48 | West Virginia | James Hillery scores on a 3 from straight away | 43-46 |
| 14:21 | Cincinnati | Everett Coulter is hacked by Jimmy Salter - foul #2 on Jimmy Salter, team foul #4 | 43-46 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Lacefield (SG), Thomas Fenster (SF), Charles Tomasini (C) Everett Coulter, Ervin Frias, William Schupp | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Beckman (PG), Orville Farr (SG) Carl Camarillo, James Hillery | |
| 14:10 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 43-46 |
| 14:08 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield tips it but misses | 43-46 |
| 14:06 | West Virginia | Danny Bump pulls down the rebound | 43-46 |
| 14:02 | West Virginia | Danny Bump misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 43-46 |
| 14:01 | West Virginia | Jimoh Ahmadi gets the offensive rebound | 43-46 |
| 13:42 | West Virginia | Orville Farr comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 43-46 |
| 13:40 | West Virginia | Robert Beckman grabs the offensive rebound | 43-46 |
| 13:29 | West Virginia | Robert Beckman clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 43-46 |
| 13:27 | West Virginia | Jimmy Salter hits the follow up shot | 43-48 |
| 13:13 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield is hacked by Robert Beckman - foul #1 on Robert Beckman, team foul #5 | 43-48 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Ralph Bradford (PF) Kenny Zien | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo (PG), James Hillery (SG), Richard Flint (C) Robert Beckman, Orville Farr, Jimmy Salter | |
| 12:58 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield is hacked by James Hillery - foul #3 on James Hillery, team foul #6 | 43-48 |
| 12:48 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse makes the floater from the right wing set up by Charles Tomasini | 45-48 |
| 12:31 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 45-48 |
| 12:29 | Cincinnati | Charles Tomasini pulls down the rebound | 45-48 |
| 12:25 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 45-48 |
| 12:23 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Jimoh Ahmadi | 45-48 |
| 12:16 | West Virginia | James Hillery knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away | 45-51 |
| 12:07 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster loses the dribble to Carl Camarillo | 45-51 |
| 12:04 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo can't throw it down | 45-51 |
| 12:02 | Cincinnati | Ralph Bradford snags the defensive board | 45-51 |
| 11:43 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster misses badly on a jumper from the left side but the foul's on Jimoh Ahmadi - foul #4 on Jimoh Ahmadi, team foul #7 | 45-51 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Everett Coulter (SG), Ervin Frias (SF), Kenny Zien (PF), William Schupp (C) Nathan Morse, James Lacefield, Ralph Bradford, Charles Tomasini | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Harold Gearhart (SF), Jimmy Salter (C) Jimoh Ahmadi, Richard Flint | |
| 11:43 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster misses the 1st free throw | 45-51 |
| 11:43 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster makes the 2nd free throw | 46-51 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Thomas Fenster (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Everett Coulter (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Ervin Frias (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Kenny Zien (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - William Schupp (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Camarillo (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Hillery (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Harold Gearhart (fresh) PF - Danny Bump (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Jimmy Salter (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:27 | West Virginia | James Hillery splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 46-51 |
| 11:25 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster pulls down the rebound | 46-51 |
| 11:06 | Cincinnati | William Schupp hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Jimmy Salter - foul #3 on Jimmy Salter, team foul #8 | 46-51 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse (PG) Thomas Fenster | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 11:06 | Cincinnati | William Schupp makes the 1st free throw | 47-51 |
| 11:06 | Cincinnati | William Schupp makes the 2nd free throw | 48-51 |
| 10:49 | West Virginia | Danny Bump misses badly on a fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on Everett Coulter - foul #1 on Everett Coulter, team foul #4 | 48-51 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Beckman (PG), Ronald Riley (C) Carl Camarillo, Jimmy Salter | |
| 10:49 | West Virginia | Danny Bump makes the 1st free throw | 48-52 |
| 10:49 | West Virginia | Danny Bump makes the 2nd free throw | 48-53 |
| 10:40 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias scores on a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Nathan Morse | 50-53 |
| 10:14 | West Virginia | Ronald Riley comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane | 50-53 |
| 10:13 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Harold Gearhart | 50-53 |
| 09:59 | West Virginia | James Hillery can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 50-53 |
| 09:57 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien grabs the board | 50-53 |
| 09:43 | Cincinnati | Harold Gearhart is called for the reach on Ervin Frias - foul #1 on Harold Gearhart, team foul #9 | 50-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Lacefield (SG), Ralph Bradford (PF), Charles Tomasini (C) Everett Coulter, Kenny Zien, William Schupp | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo (PG), Orville Farr (SG), Richard Flint (PF), Jimmy Salter (C) Robert Beckman, James Hillery, Danny Bump, Ronald Riley | |
| 09:43 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias makes the 1st free throw | 51-53 |
| 09:43 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias makes the 2nd free throw | 52-53 |
| 09:26 | West Virginia | Orville Farr misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 52-53 |
| 09:25 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Ralph Bradford | 52-53 |
| 09:20 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Ervin Frias | 55-53 |
| 08:52 | West Virginia | Harold Gearhart is called for traveling | 55-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster (PG), Everett Coulter (SF) Nathan Morse, Ervin Frias | |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Hillery (SG), Darrell Morgan (SF), Danny Bump (PF) Orville Farr, Harold Gearhart, Richard Flint | |
| 08:28 | Cincinnati | Charles Tomasini is hacked by Jimmy Salter - foul #4 on Jimmy Salter, team foul #10 | 55-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Flint (C) Jimmy Salter | |
| 08:28 | Cincinnati | Charles Tomasini makes the 1st free throw | 56-53 |
| 08:28 | Cincinnati | Charles Tomasini makes the 2nd free throw | 57-53 |
| 08:02 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 57-53 |
| 08:00 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-53 |
| 07:50 | West Virginia | Richard Flint clanks a turnaround in the paint | 57-53 |
| 07:48 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield grabs the defensive rebound | 57-53 |
| 07:34 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Thomas Fenster | 60-53 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Thomas Fenster (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Lacefield (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Everett Coulter (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Ralph Bradford (fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Charles Tomasini (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Camarillo (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Hillery (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Darrell Morgan (fresh) PF - Danny Bump (tiring) 11 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Richard Flint (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 07:10 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 60-53 |
| 07:09 | West Virginia | James Hillery hits the follow up shot | 60-55 |
| 06:53 | Cincinnati | Everett Coulter knocks in the fadeaway from the right side set up by Thomas Fenster | 62-55 |
| 06:26 | West Virginia | Richard Flint knocks in the floater from the left block on a nice dish by Darrell Morgan | 62-57 |
| 06:07 | Cincinnati | Everett Coulter is called for traveling | 62-57 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse (PG), Ervin Frias (SF), Kenny Zien (PF), William Schupp (C) James Lacefield, Everett Coulter, Ralph Bradford, Charles Tomasini | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Beckman (PG), Orville Farr (SG), Jimoh Ahmadi (SF), Jimmy Salter (C) Carl Camarillo, James Hillery, Darrell Morgan, Richard Flint | |
| 05:45 | West Virginia | Jimoh Ahmadi misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 62-57 |
| 05:43 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien grabs the board | 62-57 |
| 05:15 | Cincinnati | Thomas Fenster connects on the shot from the right side | 64-57 |
| 04:59 | West Virginia | Danny Bump works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 64-57 |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Thomas Fenster | 64-57 |
| 04:41 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien is called for the offensive foul - foul #4 on Kenny Zien, team foul #5 | 64-57 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Lacefield (SG), Charles Tomasini (C) Thomas Fenster, William Schupp | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo (PG), James Hillery (SG) Robert Beckman, Orville Farr | |
| 04:31 | West Virginia | Jimoh Ahmadi connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Carl Camarillo | 64-59 |
| 04:07 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 64-59 |
| 04:05 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Jimoh Ahmadi | 64-59 |
| 03:44 | West Virginia | James Hillery is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 64-59 |
| 03:42 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias grabs the defensive rebound | 64-59 |
| 03:18 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 64-59 |
| 03:17 | Cincinnati | Kenny Zien grabs the offensive rebound | 64-59 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Nathan Morse (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Lacefield (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ervin Frias (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. PF - Kenny Zien (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Charles Tomasini (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Camarillo (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Hillery (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Jimoh Ahmadi (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. PF - Danny Bump (tiring) 11 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Jimmy Salter (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:08 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 64-59 |
| 03:07 | West Virginia | James Hillery snags the defensive board | 64-59 |
| 02:48 | West Virginia | Kenny Zien blocks the short jumper by Carl Camarillo | 64-59 |
| 02:46 | West Virginia | Carl Camarillo grabs the offensive board | 64-59 |
| 02:30 | West Virginia | Danny Bump buries a shot in the paint on a great pass from Carl Camarillo | 64-61 |
| 02:01 | Cincinnati | Charles Tomasini clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 64-61 |
| 01:59 | Cincinnati | Charles Tomasini grabs the offensive board | 64-61 |
| 01:47 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield is fouled on the floor by Danny Bump - foul #1 on Danny Bump, team foul #11 | 64-61 |
| 01:47 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield makes the 1st free throw | 65-61 |
| 01:47 | Cincinnati | James Lacefield makes the 2nd free throw | 66-61 |
| 01:28 | West Virginia | Jimoh Ahmadi is fouled on the floor by Ervin Frias - foul #3 on Ervin Frias, team foul #6 | 66-61 |
| 01:12 | West Virginia | Jimoh Ahmadi hits a floater from close range | 66-63 |
| 00:58 | Cincinnati | Ervin Frias throws a bad pass out of bounds | 66-63 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| 00:32 | West Virginia | Jimoh Ahmadi drills a fadeaway from the right side | 66-65 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+3) | |
| 00:31 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse is fouled in the backcourt by James Hillery - foul #4 on James Hillery, team foul #12 | 66-65 |
| 00:31 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse makes the 1st free throw | 67-65 |
| 00:31 | Cincinnati | Nathan Morse makes the 2nd free throw | 68-65 |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | James Hillery misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 68-65 |
| 00:01 | West Virginia | Jimmy Salter grabs the offensive rebound | 68-65 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | The clock runs out | 68-65 |