| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Kevin Booth (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Joseph Courtois (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Neville Mann (fresh) 2 reb. PF - David South (fresh) 3 pts. C - David McNicholas (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Frank Abramowski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Collins (fresh) 6 pts. SF - David Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Randell Heil (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Angelo Reyes (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Neville Mann inbounds the ball | 22-31 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:46 | Northwestern | David McNicholas comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 22-31 |
| 19:44 | West Virginia | Angelo Reyes grabs the defensive rebound | 22-31 |
| 19:28 | West Virginia | Randell Heil misses long on a jumper from the left side | 22-31 |
| 19:27 | Northwestern | David South pulls down the rebound | 22-31 |
| 19:11 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 22-31 |
| 19:10 | Northwestern | David South misses the tip | 22-31 |
| 19:09 | West Virginia | David Jones gets the rebound | 22-31 |
| 19:05 | West Virginia | David Collins is open but comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 22-31 |
| 19:03 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to David McNicholas | 22-31 |
| 18:49 | Northwestern | Neville Mann's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-31 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas (PG), Daniel Robinson (SG), Paul Becker (PF) Frank Abramowski, David Collins, Randell Heil | |
| 18:24 | West Virginia | David Jones is whistled for traveling | 22-31 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman (SF) David Jones | |
| 17:56 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 22-31 |
| 17:55 | West Virginia | Paul Becker grabs the defensive rebound | 22-31 |
| 17:46 | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas is fouled on the floor by David McNicholas - foul #2 on David McNicholas, team foul #1 | 22-31 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Milton Bigham (PF) David South | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Collins (SG), Randell Heil (PF), Andrew Clark (C) Daniel Robinson, Lawrence Coleman, Paul Becker | |
| 17:30 | West Virginia | David Collins hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 22-34 |
| 17:17 | Northwestern | David McNicholas's pass is intercepted by Randell Heil | 22-34 |
| 16:53 | West Virginia | David Collins misses the 3 from straight away | 22-34 |
| 16:51 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Andrew Clark | 22-34 |
| 16:45 | West Virginia | David Collins knocks in the runner in the lane set up by Angelo Reyes | 22-36 |
| 16:28 | Northwestern | David McNicholas scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Joseph Courtois | 25-36 |
| 16:14 | West Virginia | Neville Mann steals the ball from Randell Heil | 25-36 |
| 16:01 | Northwestern | David McNicholas is hacked by Angelo Reyes - foul #3 on Angelo Reyes, team foul #1 | 25-36 |
| Subs | Northwestern | David South (C) David McNicholas | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Frank Abramowski (PG), Daniel Robinson (SG), David Jones (SF), Paul Becker (PF) Joseph Thomas, David Collins, Angelo Reyes, Randell Heil | |
| 15:42 | Northwestern | Paul Becker is called for the reach on David South - foul #1 on Paul Becker, team foul #2 | 25-36 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona (PF) Joseph Courtois | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Angelo Reyes (C) Andrew Clark | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Kevin Booth (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Milton Bigham (fresh) SF - Neville Mann (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Malcolm Bivona (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - David South (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Frank Abramowski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Daniel Robinson (fresh) 6 pts. SF - David Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Paul Becker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Angelo Reyes (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:32 | Northwestern | Milton Bigham makes the runner near the basket and he's fouled by Angelo Reyes - foul #4 on Angelo Reyes, team foul #3 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Andrew Clark (C) Angelo Reyes | |
| 15:32 | Northwestern | Milton Bigham makes the free throw | 28-36 |
| 15:07 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 28-36 |
| 15:05 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona gets the rebound | 28-36 |
| 14:49 | Northwestern | David South is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on David South, team foul #2 | 28-36 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois (SG) Milton Bigham | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Collins (SG), Lawrence Coleman (SF), Randell Heil (PF) Daniel Robinson, David Jones, Paul Becker | |
| 14:30 | West Virginia | Randell Heil hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 28-36 |
| 14:28 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Malcolm Bivona | 28-36 |
| 14:13 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 28-36 |
| 14:12 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona tips it home | 30-36 |
| 13:52 | West Virginia | Randell Heil hits the finger roll | 30-38 |
| 13:25 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 30-38 |
| 13:24 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona grabs the offensive rebound | 30-38 |
| 13:07 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona is alone and drills a shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Joseph Courtois | 32-38 |
| 12:50 | West Virginia | Randell Heil buries a jumpshot from the right side set up by Andrew Clark | 32-40 |
| 12:41 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt jumper from straight away | 35-40 |
| 12:26 | West Virginia | David Collins misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-40 |
| 12:25 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona snags the defensive board | 35-40 |
| 12:09 | Northwestern | David South throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-40 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Milton Bigham (SG), David McNicholas (C) Joseph Courtois, David South | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas (PG), Daniel Robinson (SG), David Jones (SF), Paul Becker (PF) Frank Abramowski, David Collins, Lawrence Coleman, Andrew Clark | |
| 11:49 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-40 |
| 11:27 | Northwestern | Joseph Thomas is called for the reach on Kevin Booth - foul #2 on Joseph Thomas, team foul #4 | 35-40 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Andrew Clark (C) Randell Heil | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Kevin Booth (tiring) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Milton Bigham (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Neville Mann (tiring) 2 reb. PF - Malcolm Bivona (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. C - David McNicholas (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Joseph Thomas (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Daniel Robinson (fresh) 6 pts. SF - David Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Paul Becker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Clark (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:11 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth's floater is tipped away by Paul Becker | 35-40 |
| 11:10 | West Virginia | David Jones snags the defensive board | 35-40 |
| 10:47 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson is whistled for a carry | 35-40 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois (SG) Malcolm Bivona | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Randell Heil (C) Andrew Clark | |
| 10:27 | Northwestern | Milton Bigham scores on a jumpshot from the right wing | 37-40 |
| 10:14 | West Virginia | David Jones is whistled for traveling | 37-40 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jessie Winters (PG), David Collins (SG), Lawrence Coleman (SF) Joseph Thomas, Daniel Robinson, Randell Heil | |
| 10:07 | Northwestern | David Jones denies the turnaround by David McNicholas | 37-40 |
| 10:05 | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman pulls down the rebound | 37-40 |
| 10:00 | West Virginia | Jessie Winters is alone and drills a 3 from the right wing | 37-43 |
| 09:40 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth hits the finger roll and the foul's on Jessie Winters - foul #1 on Jessie Winters, team foul #5 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona (PF), David South (C) Milton Bigham, David McNicholas | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas (PG), Daniel Robinson (SG), Randell Heil (C) Jessie Winters, David Collins, Lawrence Coleman | |
| 09:40 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth misses the free throw | 39-43 |
| 09:40 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Randell Heil | 39-43 |
| 09:29 | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas knocks in the jumper from the free throw line | 39-45 |
| 09:12 | Northwestern | David Jones steps in front of the David South pass | 39-45 |
| 08:54 | West Virginia | Randell Heil makes the fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Joseph Thomas | 39-47 |
| 08:44 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois's pass is intercepted by David Jones | 39-47 |
| 08:22 | West Virginia | David Jones clanks a turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by David South - foul #4 on David South, team foul #3 | 39-47 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Milton Bigham (PF), David McNicholas (C) Malcolm Bivona, David South | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Frank Abramowski (PG), David Collins (SG), Andrew Clark (C) Joseph Thomas, Daniel Robinson, Randell Heil | |
| 08:22 | West Virginia | David Jones makes the 1st free throw | 39-48 |
| 08:22 | West Virginia | David Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 39-49 |
| 08:15 | Northwestern | David McNicholas scores on a jumper from the baseline and he's hacked by David Jones - foul #1 on David Jones, team foul #6 | 41-49 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman (SF) David Jones | |
| 08:15 | Northwestern | David McNicholas makes the free throw | 42-49 |
| 08:00 | West Virginia | David Collins can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 42-49 |
| 07:59 | West Virginia | Paul Becker misses the tip | 42-49 |
| 07:57 | Northwestern | David McNicholas pulls down the rebound | 42-49 |
| 07:50 | Northwestern | David McNicholas knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Joseph Courtois | 45-49 |
| 07:28 | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman clanks a shot from the right wing but the foul's on Neville Mann - foul #3 on Neville Mann, team foul #4 | 45-49 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona (PF) Kevin Booth | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jessie Winters (PG), David Jones (PF), Angelo Reyes (C) Frank Abramowski, Paul Becker, Andrew Clark | |
| 07:28 | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman misses the 1st free throw | 45-49 |
| 07:28 | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman makes the 2nd free throw | 45-50 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Joseph Courtois (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - Milton Bigham (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Neville Mann (tired) 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Malcolm Bivona (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. C - David McNicholas (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jessie Winters (fresh) 5 pts. SG - David Collins (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Lawrence Coleman (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Jones (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Angelo Reyes (fresh) 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:15 | Northwestern | David Collins steals the ball from Malcolm Bivona | 45-50 |
| 07:00 | West Virginia | David Collins is fouled on the floor by Neville Mann - foul #4 on Neville Mann, team foul #5 | 45-50 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson (SG), Randell Heil (PF) David Collins, Lawrence Coleman | |
| 06:46 | West Virginia | Milton Bigham picks off the pass by Jessie Winters | 45-50 |
| 06:32 | Northwestern | David McNicholas travels with the ball | 45-50 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Kevin Booth (PG), David South (C) Milton Bigham, David McNicholas | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas (PG), David Collins (SG) Jessie Winters, Daniel Robinson | |
| 06:16 | West Virginia | David Jones hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane | 45-50 |
| 06:14 | West Virginia | Randell Heil tips it in | 45-52 |
| 05:45 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway from the right side | 45-52 |
| 05:43 | West Virginia | David Jones gets the rebound | 45-52 |
| 05:28 | West Virginia | David Collins misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 45-52 |
| 05:27 | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas tips it back up and in | 45-54 |
| 05:21 | Northwestern | Neville Mann hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 45-54 |
| 05:19 | West Virginia | Angelo Reyes grabs the defensive rebound | 45-54 |
| 05:05 | West Virginia | David Jones hits a floater from the baseline set up by Randell Heil | 45-56 |
| 04:37 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 45-56 |
| 04:35 | West Virginia | David Collins snags the defensive board | 45-56 |
| 04:31 | West Virginia | David Collins misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-56 |
| 04:29 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona grabs the board | 45-56 |
| 04:21 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 45-56 |
| 04:20 | West Virginia | Angelo Reyes grabs the board | 45-56 |
| 04:00 | West Virginia | David Collins connects on the 3 from the left corner set up by Joseph Thomas | 45-59 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 03:51 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 45-59 |
| 03:49 | West Virginia | David Jones pulls down the rebound | 45-59 |
| 03:31 | West Virginia | David Collins is open but comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-59 |
| 03:30 | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-59 |
| 03:17 | West Virginia | David Collins buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Joseph Thomas | 45-62 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Kevin Booth (tired) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Joseph Courtois (tiring) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Neville Mann (very tired) 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Malcolm Bivona (tiring) 5 pts. 10 reb. 3 pf. C - David South (tiring) 3 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Joseph Thomas (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - David Collins (fairly fresh) 17 pts. SF - David Jones (tiring) 6 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. PF - Randell Heil (tiring) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Angelo Reyes (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 02:59 | Northwestern | Neville Mann misses the driving attempt from the baseline but the foul's on David Jones - foul #2 on David Jones, team foul #7 | 45-62 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Milton Bigham (SG), David McNicholas (C) Joseph Courtois, David South | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jessie Winters (PG), Daniel Robinson (SG), Lawrence Coleman (SF), Paul Becker (PF), Andrew Clark (C) Joseph Thomas, David Collins, David Jones, Randell Heil, Angelo Reyes | |
| 02:59 | Northwestern | Neville Mann makes the 1st free throw | 46-62 |
| 02:59 | Northwestern | Neville Mann misses the 2nd free throw | 46-62 |
| 02:59 | West Virginia | Andrew Clark pulls down the rebound | 46-62 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex 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 (+3) | |
| 02:35 | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman blows the dunk | 46-62 |
| 02:34 | Northwestern | David McNicholas pulls down the rebound | 46-62 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern 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 (+3) | |
| 02:27 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 46-62 |
| 02:26 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Lawrence Coleman | 46-62 |
| 02:01 | West Virginia | Neville Mann is called for the reach on Lawrence Coleman - foul #5 on Neville Mann, team foul #6 | 46-62 |
| Subs | Northwestern | David South (SF) Neville Mann | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:37 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 46-62 |
| 01:36 | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman grabs the offensive rebound | 46-62 |
| 01:12 | West Virginia | Paul Becker misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 46-62 |
| 01:10 | Northwestern | David South gets the rebound | 46-62 |
| 00:57 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth drills a 3 from the left corner | 49-62 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson misses the driving attempt from the left block but the foul's on Milton Bigham - foul #2 on Milton Bigham, team foul #7 | 49-62 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas (PG) Jessie Winters | |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson makes the 1st free throw | 49-63 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson misses the 2nd free throw | 49-63 |
| 00:36 | Northwestern | David McNicholas pulls down the rebound | 49-63 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:32 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 49-63 |
| 00:31 | West Virginia | Lawrence Coleman pulls down the rebound | 49-63 |
| 00:09 | West Virginia | David South is called for the reach on Daniel Robinson - foul #5 on David South, team foul #8 | 49-63 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois (PG) David South | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 00:09 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson makes the 1st free throw | 49-64 |
| 00:09 | West Virginia | Daniel Robinson makes the 2nd free throw | 49-65 |
| 00:05 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois makes the contested jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Malcolm Bivona | 51-65 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Joseph Thomas runs out the clock | 51-65 |