| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Preston Brown (fresh) SG - Nicholas Rhodes (fresh) SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) PF - Patrick Sroczynski (fresh) C - Louis Victory (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dexter Tanner (fresh) SG - Joseph Alberty (fresh) SF - Joel Harwood (fresh) PF - Wendell Shehan (fresh) C - Darren Brooks (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Darren Brooks wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:41 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | West Virginia | Louis Victory gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:11 | West Virginia | Preston Brown clanks a jump hook from the baseline | 0-0 |
| 19:09 | West Virginia | Preston Brown tips it home | 2-0 |
| 19:04 | Cincinnati | Dexter Tanner connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 18:49 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 2-3 |
| 18:47 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski tips it back up and in | 4-3 |
| 18:39 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan is hacked by Preston Brown - foul #1 on Preston Brown, team foul #1 | 4-3 |
| 18:22 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 4-3 |
| 18:20 | West Virginia | Louis Victory grabs the defensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 17:52 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski is fouled on the floor by Dexter Tanner - foul #1 on Dexter Tanner, team foul #1 | 4-3 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Herman Nida (PG), Mark Kang (SG), Dannie Alberts (SF), Darnell Gravel (PF), Robert Owens (C) Dexter Tanner, Joseph Alberty, Joel Harwood, Wendell Shehan, Darren Brooks | |
| 17:36 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-3 |
| 17:18 | Cincinnati | Darnell Gravel drills a driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Mark Kang and he's hacked by Patrick Sroczynski - foul #1 on Patrick Sroczynski, team foul #2 | 4-5 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood (SF) Dannie Alberts | |
| 17:18 | Cincinnati | Darnell Gravel makes the free throw | 4-6 |
| 16:54 | West Virginia | Louis Victory comes up short on the jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Mark Kang - foul #1 on Mark Kang, team foul #2 | 4-6 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Chuck Snell (PG), Dannie Alberts (SF), Frederick Goodrow (C) Herman Nida, Joel Harwood, Robert Owens | |
| 16:54 | West Virginia | Louis Victory makes the 1st free throw | 5-6 |
| 16:54 | West Virginia | Louis Victory makes the 2nd free throw | 6-6 |
| 16:31 | Cincinnati | Dannie Alberts knocks in the floater in the lane on a great pass from Mark Kang | 6-8 |
| 16:02 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski makes the wide open jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Preston Brown | 8-8 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Preston Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Rhodes (fresh) SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) PF - Patrick Sroczynski (fresh) 4 pts. C - Louis Victory (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Chuck Snell (fresh) SG - Mark Kang (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Dannie Alberts (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Darnell Gravel (fresh) 3 pts. C - Frederick Goodrow (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Cincinnati | Dannie Alberts is called for a charge - foul #1 on Dannie Alberts, team foul #3 | 8-8 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dexter Tanner (PG), Joseph Alberty (SG), Joel Harwood (SF), Wendell Shehan (PF), Darren Brooks (C) Chuck Snell, Mark Kang, Dannie Alberts, Darnell Gravel, Frederick Goodrow | |
| 15:08 | West Virginia | Louis Victory banks in the layup | 10-8 |
| 14:59 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 10-8 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (PG), Donn Brooks (C) Preston Brown, Louis Victory | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Herman Nida (PG), Mark Kang (SG), Darnell Gravel (PF), Robert Owens (C) Dexter Tanner, Joseph Alberty, Wendell Shehan, Darren Brooks | |
| 14:36 | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman's pass is intercepted by Herman Nida | 10-8 |
| 14:32 | Cincinnati | Herman Nida lays it up and in | 10-10 |
| 14:13 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman splits the doubleteam and buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Jeremy Freeman | 13-10 |
| 14:06 | Cincinnati | Mark Kang is hacked by Nicholas Rhodes - foul #1 on Nicholas Rhodes, team foul #3 | 13-10 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Preston Brown (PG), William Baer (SF) Nicholas Rhodes, Patrick Sroczynski | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dexter Tanner (PG), Joseph Alberty (SG), Wendell Shehan (PF), Darren Brooks (C) Herman Nida, Mark Kang, Darnell Gravel, Robert Owens | |
| 13:57 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan's pass is intercepted by William Baer | 13-10 |
| 13:47 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 16-10 |
| 13:32 | Cincinnati | Dexter Tanner misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-10 |
| 13:30 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood gets the offensive rebound | 16-10 |
| 13:15 | Cincinnati | Dexter Tanner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 16-10 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski (PF), Louis Victory (C) Roosevelt Waterman, Donn Brooks | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 12:49 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski can't connect on a turnaround from close range | 16-10 |
| 12:47 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski tips it home | 18-10 |
| 12:26 | Cincinnati | Dexter Tanner can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 18-10 |
| 12:25 | Cincinnati | Darren Brooks tips it home | 18-12 |
| 11:59 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Dexter Tanner - foul #2 on Dexter Tanner, team foul #4 | 18-12 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes (SG), Roosevelt Waterman (SF) Preston Brown, William Baer | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Herman Nida (PG), Mark Kang (SG), Darnell Gravel (PF), Robert Owens (C) Dexter Tanner, Joseph Alberty, Wendell Shehan, Darren Brooks | |
| 11:59 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski makes the 1st free throw | 19-12 |
| 11:59 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski makes the 2nd free throw | 20-12 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jeremy Freeman (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Rhodes (fresh) SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Patrick Sroczynski (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Louis Victory (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Herman Nida (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Mark Kang (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Joel Harwood (fairly fresh) PF - Darnell Gravel (fresh) 3 pts. C - Robert Owens (fresh) | |
| 11:40 | Cincinnati | Roosevelt Waterman is called for the reach on Mark Kang - foul #1 on Roosevelt Waterman, team foul #4 | 20-12 |
| 11:25 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood drills a floater from close range | 20-14 |
| 11:02 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 20-14 |
| 11:00 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman tips it back up and in | 22-14 |
| 10:40 | Cincinnati | Robert Owens lays it up and in on a nice dish by Mark Kang | 22-16 |
| 10:11 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-16 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Preston Brown (PG), William Baer (SF), Donn Brooks (C) Jeremy Freeman, Patrick Sroczynski, Louis Victory | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Chuck Snell (PG), Joseph Alberty (SG), Dannie Alberts (SF), Wendell Shehan (PF), Darren Brooks (C) Herman Nida, Mark Kang, Joel Harwood, Darnell Gravel, Robert Owens | |
| 09:50 | Cincinnati | Darren Brooks throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-16 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood (SF) Dannie Alberts | |
| 09:31 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Preston Brown | 24-16 |
| 09:23 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Chuck Snell | 24-18 |
| 09:07 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 24-18 |
| 09:05 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood snags the defensive board | 24-18 |
| 08:45 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan makes the shot from close range set up by Chuck Snell | 24-20 |
| 08:32 | West Virginia | Darren Brooks blocks the jumper by Preston Brown | 24-20 |
| 08:31 | Cincinnati | Darren Brooks gets the rebound | 24-20 |
| 08:10 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Donn Brooks - foul #1 on Donn Brooks, team foul #5 | 24-20 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (SG), Patrick Sroczynski (PF), Louis Victory (C) Nicholas Rhodes, William Baer, Donn Brooks | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Mark Kang (SG), Darnell Gravel (PF), Frederick Goodrow (C) Joseph Alberty, Wendell Shehan, Darren Brooks | |
| 08:10 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood makes the 1st free throw | 24-21 |
| 08:10 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood makes the 2nd free throw | 24-22 |
| 07:50 | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman is whistled for traveling | 24-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Herman Nida (PG), Dannie Alberts (SF) Chuck Snell, Joel Harwood | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Preston Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeremy Freeman (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Roosevelt Waterman (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Patrick Sroczynski (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Louis Victory (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Herman Nida (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Mark Kang (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Dannie Alberts (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Darnell Gravel (fresh) 3 pts. C - Frederick Goodrow (fresh) | |
| 07:32 | Cincinnati | Herman Nida travels with the ball | 24-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Chuck Snell (PG), Darren Brooks (C) Herman Nida, Frederick Goodrow | |
| 07:04 | West Virginia | Preston Brown is fouled on the floor by Chuck Snell - foul #1 on Chuck Snell, team foul #5 | 24-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes (SG), William Baer (SF) Jeremy Freeman, Roosevelt Waterman | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Herman Nida (PG), Joseph Alberty (SG), Joel Harwood (SF), Wendell Shehan (PF), Robert Owens (C) Chuck Snell, Mark Kang, Dannie Alberts, Darnell Gravel, Darren Brooks | |
| 06:50 | West Virginia | William Baer misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 24-22 |
| 06:48 | Cincinnati | Robert Owens snags the defensive board | 24-22 |
| 06:24 | Cincinnati | Herman Nida loses the ball out of bounds | 24-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (PG), Roosevelt Waterman (SF) Preston Brown, William Baer | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Chuck Snell (PG), Mark Kang (SG), Darnell Gravel (PF), Darren Brooks (C) Herman Nida, Joseph Alberty, Wendell Shehan, Robert Owens | |
| 06:13 | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes misses short on an open fadeaway from the right wing | 24-22 |
| 06:11 | Cincinnati | Mark Kang snags the defensive board | 24-22 |
| 06:04 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 24-22 |
| 06:02 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski snags the defensive board | 24-22 |
| 05:43 | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 27-22 |
| 05:18 | Cincinnati | Darnell Gravel hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from close range but he's hacked by Patrick Sroczynski - foul #2 on Patrick Sroczynski, team foul #6 | 27-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Preston Brown (PG) Jeremy Freeman | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Herman Nida (PG), Joseph Alberty (SG), Wendell Shehan (PF), Frederick Goodrow (C) Chuck Snell, Mark Kang, Joel Harwood, Darren Brooks | |
| 05:18 | Cincinnati | Darnell Gravel makes the 1st free throw | 27-23 |
| 05:18 | Cincinnati | Darnell Gravel makes the 2nd free throw | 27-24 |
| 05:01 | West Virginia | Patrick Sroczynski loses the ball out of bounds | 27-24 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Donn Brooks (C) Louis Victory | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood (SF), Robert Owens (C) Darnell Gravel, Frederick Goodrow | |
| 04:37 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 27-27 |
| 04:10 | West Virginia | Robert Owens steps in front of the Preston Brown pass | 27-27 |
| 03:50 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan double dribbles | 27-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (SG), William Baer (SF), Louis Victory (C) Nicholas Rhodes, Roosevelt Waterman, Patrick Sroczynski | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dexter Tanner (PG), Mark Kang (SG), Dannie Alberts (SF), Darnell Gravel (PF), Darren Brooks (C) Herman Nida, Joseph Alberty, Joel Harwood, Wendell Shehan, Robert Owens | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Preston Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeremy Freeman (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Baer (fresh) PF - Donn Brooks (fresh) C - Louis Victory (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dexter Tanner (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Mark Kang (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Dannie Alberts (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Darnell Gravel (fresh) 5 pts. C - Darren Brooks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:25 | West Virginia | William Baer misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 27-27 |
| 03:24 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Darnell Gravel | 27-27 |
| 03:04 | Cincinnati | Louis Victory steps in front of the Darnell Gravel pass | 27-27 |
| 02:40 | West Virginia | Preston Brown buries a jump hook near the basket and the foul's on Dexter Tanner - foul #3 on Dexter Tanner, team foul #6 | 29-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Nicholas Rhodes (SG), Roosevelt Waterman (SF), Patrick Sroczynski (PF) Jeremy Freeman, William Baer, Donn Brooks | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Chuck Snell (PG), Joseph Alberty (SG), Joel Harwood (SF), Wendell Shehan (PF) Dexter Tanner, Mark Kang, Dannie Alberts, Darnell Gravel | |
| 02:40 | West Virginia | Preston Brown makes the free throw | 30-27 |
| 02:32 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 30-27 |
| 02:30 | West Virginia | Louis Victory pulls down the rebound | 30-27 |
| 02:05 | West Virginia | Preston Brown misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Darren Brooks - foul #1 on Darren Brooks, team foul #7 | 30-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Frederick Goodrow (C) Darren Brooks | |
| 02:05 | West Virginia | Preston Brown makes the 1st free throw | 31-27 |
| 02:05 | West Virginia | Preston Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 32-27 |
| 01:46 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan misses the dunk but he's hacked by Preston Brown - foul #2 on Preston Brown, team foul #7 | 32-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeremy Freeman (PG), Donn Brooks (C) Preston Brown, Louis Victory | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Herman Nida (PG), Mark Kang (SG) Chuck Snell, Joseph Alberty | |
| 01:46 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan makes the 1st free throw | 32-28 |
| 01:46 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan makes the 2nd free throw | 32-29 |
| 01:21 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman misses long on a 3 from straight away | 32-29 |
| 01:19 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood grabs the board | 32-29 |
| 01:06 | Cincinnati | Wendell Shehan scores on a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Frederick Goodrow | 32-31 |
| 00:47 | West Virginia | Donn Brooks lays it in set up by Jeremy Freeman | 34-31 |
| 00:32 | Cincinnati | Jeremy Freeman steals it from Joel Harwood | 34-31 |
| 00:27 | West Virginia | Joel Harwood is called for the reach on Roosevelt Waterman - foul #1 on Joel Harwood, team foul #8 | 34-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Baer (SG), Louis Victory (C) Nicholas Rhodes, Donn Brooks | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Chuck Snell (PG), Joseph Alberty (SG), Darnell Gravel (PF), Darren Brooks (C) Herman Nida, Mark Kang, Wendell Shehan, Frederick Goodrow | |
| 00:27 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman makes the 1st free throw | 35-31 |
| 00:27 | West Virginia | Roosevelt Waterman makes the 2nd free throw | 36-31 |
| 00:02 | Cincinnati | Joel Harwood can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 36-31 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Louis Victory grabs the board | 36-31 |