| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - John Holton (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Zettler (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Pringle (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Steven Moore (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Steven Kissner (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Frank Cora (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Earnest Kelley (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Roger Stacks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Gold (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley inbounds the ball | 35-32 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 19:36 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks connects on the open runner from the left block set up by Frank Gold | 35-34 |
| 19:18 | West Virginia | James Zettler misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 35-34 |
| 19:17 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks snags the defensive board | 35-34 |
| 19:13 | Mississippi | Sung Xue misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-34 |
| 19:11 | West Virginia | Steven Moore pulls down the rebound | 35-34 |
| 18:57 | West Virginia | John Holton makes the contested 3pt jumper from the left wing | 38-34 |
| 18:32 | Mississippi | Frank Gold can't connect on an uncontested jumper from the right block | 38-34 |
| 18:30 | West Virginia | James Zettler gets the rebound | 38-34 |
| 18:17 | West Virginia | Steven Moore misses the dunk attempt but he's fouled by Roger Stacks - foul #1 on Roger Stacks, team foul #1 | 38-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener (PG), Timothy Smith (SF), Charles Bergami (C) John Holton, Robert Pringle, Steven Kissner | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), James Collier (C) Frank Cora, Earnest Kelley, Roger Stacks | |
| 18:17 | West Virginia | Steven Moore makes the 1st free throw | 39-34 |
| 18:17 | West Virginia | Steven Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 40-34 |
| 17:53 | Mississippi | Frank Gold lays it in on a nice dish by Giuseppe Greco | 40-36 |
| 17:37 | West Virginia | Charles Bergami buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Steven Zwiener | 42-36 |
| 17:20 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco is hacked by James Zettler - foul #2 on James Zettler, team foul #1 | 42-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joel Foster (PG), Eldon Ward (PF) James Zettler, Steven Moore | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 16:59 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the fadeaway from the right block set up by Sung Xue | 42-38 |
| 16:49 | West Virginia | Eldon Ward clanks a fadeaway from the left block | 42-38 |
| 16:47 | West Virginia | Eldon Ward tips it in | 44-38 |
| 16:45 | Mississippi | James Ridinger is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 44-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Holton (PG), James Zettler (SG), Robert Pringle (SF), Steven Kissner (C) Joel Foster, Steven Zwiener, Timothy Smith, Charles Bergami | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Sung Xue, Frank Gold | |
| 16:28 | West Virginia | Eldon Ward buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by John Holton | 46-38 |
| 16:12 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley can't connect on a runner from close range but he's hacked by Robert Pringle - foul #1 on Robert Pringle, team foul #2 | 46-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Frank Cora (SG), Frank Gold (PF) James Ridinger, Giuseppe Greco, Roger Stacks | |
| 16:12 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley makes the 1st free throw | 46-39 |
| 16:12 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley makes the 2nd free throw | 46-40 |
| 15:55 | West Virginia | James Zettler scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Eldon Ward | 48-40 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - John Holton (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Zettler (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Pringle (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Eldon Ward (fresh) 6 pts. C - Steven Kissner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Frank Cora (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Earnest Kelley (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Frank Gold (fairly fresh) 12 pts. C - James Collier (fairly fresh) 7 pts. | |
| 15:28 | Mississippi | Steven Kissner is called for the reach on James Collier - foul #3 on Steven Kissner, team foul #3 | 48-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joel Foster (PG), Steven Zwiener (SG), Timothy Smith (SF), Steven Moore (PF) John Holton, James Zettler, Robert Pringle, Eldon Ward | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (PG), Alan Colbert (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Sung Xue, Frank Cora, Earnest Kelley, Frank Gold | |
| 15:06 | Mississippi | James Collier is open but misses the lay-in | 48-40 |
| 15:04 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener snags the defensive board | 48-40 |
| 14:58 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Earnest Kelley (SF), Frank Gold (PF) Alan Colbert, Giuseppe Greco, Roger Stacks | |
| 14:32 | Mississippi | James Ridinger is hacked by Steven Moore - foul #2 on Steven Moore, team foul #4 | 48-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Pringle (SF), Charles Bergami (C) Timothy Smith, Steven Kissner | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), Roger Stacks (PF) Sung Xue, Frank Gold | |
| 14:12 | Mississippi | Frank Cora comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by Steven Zwiener - foul #1 on Steven Zwiener, team foul #5 | 48-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Zettler (SG), Eldon Ward (PF) Steven Zwiener, Steven Moore | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), Frank Gold (PF) James Ridinger, Earnest Kelley, Roger Stacks | |
| 14:12 | Mississippi | Frank Cora makes the 1st free throw | 48-41 |
| 14:12 | Mississippi | Frank Cora makes the 2nd free throw | 48-42 |
| 13:54 | West Virginia | Eldon Ward makes the runner from the left block on a nice dish by James Zettler | 50-42 |
| 13:43 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 50-42 |
| 13:41 | Mississippi | James Collier snags the offensive board | 50-42 |
| 13:28 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco misses short on a jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Robert Pringle - foul #2 on Robert Pringle, team foul #6 | 50-42 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Holton (PG), Timothy Smith (SF), Steven Kissner (C) Joel Foster, Robert Pringle, Charles Bergami | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (PG), Earnest Kelley (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Sung Xue, Frank Cora, Frank Gold | |
| 13:28 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco misses the 1st free throw | 50-42 |
| 13:28 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco makes the 2nd free throw | 50-43 |
| 13:12 | West Virginia | Eldon Ward is called for traveling | 50-43 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Moore (PF) Eldon Ward | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Alan Colbert (SG) Giuseppe Greco | |
| 12:47 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks knocks in the shot from close range | 50-45 |
| 12:33 | West Virginia | John Holton misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-45 |
| 12:31 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to John Holton | 50-45 |
| 12:14 | West Virginia | James Zettler is open and scores on a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Timothy Smith | 52-45 |
| 11:47 | Mississippi | James Collier misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 52-45 |
| 11:46 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to James Zettler | 52-45 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - John Holton (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Zettler (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Timothy Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Steven Moore (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Steven Kissner (tiring) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Ridinger (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Alan Colbert (fairly fresh) 3 reb. SF - Earnest Kelley (tiring) 6 pts. PF - Roger Stacks (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - James Collier (tired) 7 pts. | |
| 11:41 | West Virginia | John Holton works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 52-45 |
| 11:39 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks grabs the defensive rebound | 52-45 |
| 11:37 | Mississippi | James Ridinger is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 52-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joel Foster (PG), Steven Zwiener (SG), Robert Pringle (SF), Eldon Ward (PF), Charles Bergami (C) John Holton, James Zettler, Timothy Smith, Steven Moore, Steven Kissner | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Frank Cora (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), Frank Gold (PF) James Ridinger, Alan Colbert, Earnest Kelley, Roger Stacks | |
| 11:22 | West Virginia | Charles Bergami travels with the ball | 52-45 |
| 11:16 | Mississippi | Sung Xue is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #2 on Sung Xue, team foul #2 | 52-45 |
| 10:48 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener makes the runner near the basket on a nice dish by Joel Foster | 54-45 |
| 10:21 | Mississippi | James Collier misses long on a turnaround in the paint | 54-45 |
| 10:19 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener snags the defensive board | 54-45 |
| 10:15 | West Virginia | Frank Cora is called for the reach on Steven Zwiener - foul #3 on Frank Cora, team foul #3 | 54-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Holton (PG) Joel Foster | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (SG), Earnest Kelley (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Frank Cora, Giuseppe Greco, Frank Gold | |
| 10:02 | West Virginia | John Holton works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Steven Zwiener | 57-45 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 09:49 | Mississippi | James Ridinger scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 57-47 |
| 09:32 | West Virginia | Charles Bergami is fouled on the floor by Earnest Kelley - foul #2 on Earnest Kelley, team foul #4 | 57-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Zettler (SG), Timothy Smith (SF), Steven Moore (PF), Steven Kissner (C) Steven Zwiener, Robert Pringle, Eldon Ward, Charles Bergami | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Gold (PF) Roger Stacks | |
| 09:13 | West Virginia | James Zettler misses the jumper from the right side | 57-47 |
| 09:11 | Mississippi | James Ridinger snags the defensive board | 57-47 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | Frank Gold misses short on a runner from the baseline but he's hacked by Steven Moore - foul #3 on Steven Moore, team foul #7 | 57-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Alan Colbert (PG), Frank Cora (SG), Roger Stacks (SF) Sung Xue, James Ridinger, Earnest Kelley | |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the 1st free throw | 57-48 |
| 08:46 | Mississippi | Frank Gold misses the 2nd free throw | 57-48 |
| 08:46 | West Virginia | Steven Kissner pulls down the rebound | 57-48 |
| 08:39 | West Virginia | Alan Colbert takes the ball from John Holton | 57-48 |
| 08:35 | Mississippi | Alan Colbert hits the finger roll | 57-50 |
| 08:29 | West Virginia | John Holton works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side but the foul's on Roger Stacks - foul #2 on Roger Stacks, team foul #5 | 57-50 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eldon Ward (PF) Steven Moore | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Giuseppe Greco (SF) Alan Colbert, Frank Gold | |
| 08:29 | West Virginia | John Holton misses the 1st free throw | 57-50 |
| 08:29 | West Virginia | John Holton misses the 2nd free throw | 57-50 |
| 08:29 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks pulls down the rebound | 57-50 |
| 08:16 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 57-50 |
| 08:14 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco tips it but misses | 57-50 |
| 08:13 | Mississippi | Frank Cora tips it back up and in | 57-52 |
| 08:11 | West Virginia | John Holton is hacked by Sung Xue in the backcourt - foul #3 on Sung Xue, team foul #6 | 57-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joel Foster (PG), Robert Pringle (SF), Charles Bergami (C) John Holton, Timothy Smith, Steven Kissner | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (PG), Earnest Kelley (SF), Frank Gold (PF) Sung Xue, Giuseppe Greco, Roger Stacks | |
| 08:04 | West Virginia | Charles Bergami clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by James Collier - foul #3 on James Collier, team foul #7 | 57-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Earnest Kelley, Frank Gold | |
| 08:04 | West Virginia | Charles Bergami makes the 1st free throw | 58-52 |
| 08:04 | West Virginia | Charles Bergami makes the 2nd free throw | 59-52 |
| 07:40 | Mississippi | James Ridinger hits a jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Roger Stacks | 59-54 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Joel Foster (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Zettler (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Pringle (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Eldon Ward (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Charles Bergami (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - James Ridinger (tiring) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Frank Cora (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SF - Giuseppe Greco (tiring) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Roger Stacks (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - James Collier (very tired) 7 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:19 | West Virginia | Charles Bergami misses badly on a jumper from the baseline | 59-54 |
| 07:17 | Mississippi | James Collier grabs the defensive rebound | 59-54 |
| 06:58 | Mississippi | Giuseppe Greco is called for traveling | 59-54 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Holton (PG), Steven Zwiener (SG), Timothy Smith (SF), Steven Moore (PF), Steven Kissner (C) Joel Foster, James Zettler, Robert Pringle, Eldon Ward, Charles Bergami | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Alan Colbert (SG), Earnest Kelley (SF), Frank Gold (PF) James Ridinger, Frank Cora, Giuseppe Greco, Roger Stacks | |
| 06:35 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener jams the wide open dunk on a great pass from John Holton | 61-54 |
| 06:32 | Mississippi | Earnest Kelley throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 61-54 |
| 06:16 | West Virginia | Earnest Kelley swats the shot by John Holton | 61-54 |
| 06:15 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-54 |
| 06:01 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 61-54 |
| 06:00 | Mississippi | James Collier snags the defensive board | 61-54 |
| 05:57 | Mississippi | John Holton takes the ball from Alan Colbert in the backcourt | 61-54 |
| 05:45 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Timothy Smith | 63-54 |
| 05:16 | Mississippi | Frank Gold hits the finger roll and the foul's on Steven Zwiener - foul #2 on Steven Zwiener, team foul #8 | 63-56 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joel Foster (PG), James Zettler (SG), Robert Pringle (SF), Eldon Ward (PF), Charles Bergami (C) John Holton, Steven Zwiener, Timothy Smith, Steven Moore, Steven Kissner | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (PG), Frank Cora (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), Roger Stacks (PF) Sung Xue, Alan Colbert, Earnest Kelley, James Collier | |
| 05:16 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the free throw | 63-57 |
| 05:00 | West Virginia | Joel Foster is open and scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Robert Pringle | 66-57 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 04:40 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks lays it up and in | 66-59 |
| 04:38 | West Virginia | James Ridinger is called for the reach on Joel Foster in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Ridinger, team foul #8 | 66-59 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Earnest Kelley (SF), James Collier (C) Frank Cora, Giuseppe Greco, Frank Gold | |
| 04:38 | West Virginia | Joel Foster makes the 1st free throw | 67-59 |
| 04:38 | West Virginia | Joel Foster makes the 2nd free throw | 68-59 |
| 04:21 | Mississippi | Sung Xue drills a floater from the right side set up by James Ridinger | 68-61 |
| 04:05 | West Virginia | Earnest Kelley is called for the reach on James Zettler - foul #3 on Earnest Kelley, team foul #9 | 68-61 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener (PG) Joel Foster | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), Frank Gold (C) James Ridinger, Earnest Kelley, James Collier | |
| 04:05 | West Virginia | James Zettler makes the 1st free throw | 69-61 |
| 04:05 | West Virginia | James Zettler makes the 2nd free throw | 70-61 |
| 04:02 | Mississippi | Frank Cora is hacked by James Zettler in the backcourt - foul #3 on James Zettler, team foul #9 | 70-61 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Timothy Smith (SF) Robert Pringle | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (PG), Earnest Kelley (SF) Sung Xue, Giuseppe Greco | |
| 04:02 | Mississippi | Frank Cora makes the 1st free throw | 70-62 |
| 04:02 | Mississippi | Frank Cora makes the 2nd free throw | 70-63 |
| 03:51 | West Virginia | Eldon Ward clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Roger Stacks - foul #3 on Roger Stacks, team foul #10 | 70-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Kissner (C) Charles Bergami | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Giuseppe Greco (SF) James Ridinger, Earnest Kelley | |
| 03:51 | West Virginia | Eldon Ward makes the 1st free throw | 71-63 |
| 03:51 | West Virginia | Eldon Ward makes the 2nd free throw | 72-63 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 03:39 | Mississippi | Frank Cora's pass is intercepted by Steven Zwiener | 72-63 |
| 03:36 | West Virginia | Steven Zwiener lays it up and in | 74-63 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Steven Zwiener (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. 4 stl. SG - James Zettler (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Timothy Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Eldon Ward (fairly fresh) 10 pts. C - Steven Kissner (tiring) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Mississippi | PG - Sung Xue (tired) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Frank Cora (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SF - Giuseppe Greco (tiring) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Roger Stacks (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Frank Gold (tiring) 16 pts. | |
| 03:25 | Mississippi | Frank Cora is whistled for traveling | 74-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Moore (PF) Eldon Ward | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (SG), Earnest Kelley (SF), James Collier (C) Frank Cora, Giuseppe Greco, Frank Gold | |
| 03:18 | West Virginia | Steven Moore misses the floater in the lane | 74-63 |
| 03:16 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks gets the rebound | 74-63 |
| 03:14 | Mississippi | Mississippi calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 74-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Frank Cora (SG), Frank Gold (C) Sung Xue, James Collier | |
| 03:02 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses the fadeaway near the basket | 74-63 |
| 03:01 | West Virginia | Steven Moore grabs the defensive rebound | 74-63 |
| 02:59 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 74-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | John Holton (PG), Eldon Ward (PF) Steven Zwiener, Steven Moore | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Giuseppe Greco (SF), James Collier (C) Frank Cora, Earnest Kelley, Frank Gold | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 02:57 | West Virginia | Timothy Smith makes the wide open shot from the left side on a nice dish by John Holton | 76-63 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 02:41 | Mississippi | James Ridinger misses long on a fadeaway from the right side | 76-63 |
| 02:39 | West Virginia | Steven Kissner snags the defensive board | 76-63 |
| 02:34 | West Virginia | John Holton misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 76-63 |
| 02:32 | West Virginia | Timothy Smith pulls down the offensive rebound | 76-63 |
| 02:20 | West Virginia | John Holton is open and scores on a shot from the left wing on a nice dish by James Zettler | 78-63 |
| 02:16 | Mississippi | Sung Xue throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 78-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Pringle (SF), Charles Bergami (C) Timothy Smith, Steven Kissner | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Alan Colbert (PG), Frank Cora (SG), Earnest Kelley (SF), Frank Gold (PF) Sung Xue, James Ridinger, Giuseppe Greco, Roger Stacks | |
| 01:57 | West Virginia | James Zettler is hacked by James Collier - foul #4 on James Collier, team foul #11 | 78-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Moore (PF), Steven Kissner (C) Eldon Ward, Charles Bergami | |
| Subs | Mississippi | Sung Xue (PG), Roger Stacks (PF) Alan Colbert, James Collier | |
| 01:57 | West Virginia | James Zettler makes the 1st free throw | 79-63 |
| 01:57 | West Virginia | James Zettler misses the 2nd free throw | 79-63 |
| 01:57 | Mississippi | The rebound goes to Roger Stacks | 79-63 |
| 01:54 | Mississippi | Steven Kissner is called for the reach on Frank Gold in the backcourt - foul #4 on Steven Kissner, team foul #10 | 79-63 |
| 01:54 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the 1st free throw | 79-64 |
| 01:54 | Mississippi | Frank Gold makes the 2nd free throw | 79-65 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 01:52 | West Virginia | John Holton is fouled in the backcourt by Sung Xue - foul #4 on Sung Xue, team foul #12 | 79-65 |
| 01:52 | West Virginia | John Holton makes the 1st free throw | 80-65 |
| 01:52 | West Virginia | John Holton misses the 2nd free throw | 80-65 |
| 01:52 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks gets the rebound | 80-65 |
| 01:37 | Mississippi | Frank Cora knocks in the floater from the baseline | 80-67 |
| 01:35 | West Virginia | Steven Kissner is fouled in the backcourt by Sung Xue - foul #5 on Sung Xue, team foul #13 | 80-67 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Mississippi | James Ridinger (PG) Sung Xue | |
| 01:35 | West Virginia | Steven Kissner makes the 1st free throw | 81-67 |
| 01:35 | West Virginia | Steven Kissner misses the 2nd free throw | 81-67 |
| 01:35 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Steven Kissner | 81-67 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 01:17 | West Virginia | Steven Moore throws a bad pass out of bounds | 81-67 |
| 00:55 | Mississippi | Frank Cora comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 81-67 |
| 00:54 | West Virginia | Steven Moore pulls down the rebound | 81-67 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 00:47 | West Virginia | Robert Pringle's pass is intercepted by Roger Stacks | 81-67 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Mississippi | Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 00:41 | Mississippi | James Ridinger is called for traveling | 81-67 |
| 00:39 | West Virginia | James Ridinger is called for the reach on John Holton in the backcourt - foul #3 on James Ridinger, team foul #14 | 81-67 |
| 00:39 | West Virginia | John Holton makes the 1st free throw | 82-67 |
| 00:39 | West Virginia | John Holton makes the 2nd free throw | 83-67 |
| 00:32 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks is open and buries a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by James Ridinger | 83-69 |
| 00:26 | West Virginia | Steven Moore travels with the ball | 83-69 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Steven Kissner - foul #5 on Steven Kissner, team foul #11 | 83-69 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Charles Bergami (C) Steven Kissner | |
| Subs | Mississippi | | |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses the 1st free throw | 83-69 |
| 00:18 | Mississippi | Roger Stacks misses the 2nd free throw | 83-69 |
| 00:18 | West Virginia | Steven Moore grabs the defensive rebound | 83-69 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | John Holton runs out the clock | 83-69 |