| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jerry Hilliard (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joey Dolan (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Plank (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Christopher Sanders (fresh) 6 pts. C - Anthony Madera (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Baker (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Charles Nixon (fresh) SF - Marco Costa (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Gary Travis (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Fernando Lopez (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa inbounds the ball | 36-26 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 19:38 | Cincinnati | David Baker misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 36-26 |
| 19:37 | West Virginia | Donald Plank gets the rebound | 36-26 |
| 19:31 | West Virginia | Donald Plank can't finish the layup | 36-26 |
| 19:29 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez snags the defensive board | 36-26 |
| 19:00 | Cincinnati | David Baker splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 36-26 |
| 18:59 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez tips it but misses | 36-26 |
| 18:58 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders grabs the board | 36-26 |
| 18:44 | West Virginia | Joey Dolan misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 36-26 |
| 18:43 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Fernando Lopez | 36-26 |
| 18:26 | Cincinnati | David Baker loses the dribble to Christopher Sanders | 36-26 |
| 18:11 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard is fouled on the floor by Charles Nixon - foul #3 on Charles Nixon, team foul #1 | 36-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno (SF) Charles Nixon | |
| 18:02 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders buries a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Jerry Hilliard | 38-26 |
| 17:41 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis is denied on a layup by Donald Plank | 38-26 |
| 17:40 | West Virginia | Donald Plank grabs the board | 38-26 |
| 17:28 | West Virginia | Marco Costa steals it from Jerry Hilliard out of a doubleteam | 38-26 |
| 17:23 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa banks in the layup | 38-28 |
| 17:05 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 38-28 |
| 17:03 | West Virginia | Anthony Madera tips it home | 40-28 |
| 16:38 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa drills a fadeaway from the free throw line | 40-30 |
| 16:26 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders buries a floater in the paint set up by Jerry Hilliard | 42-30 |
| 16:00 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis misses badly on the uncontested pull-up jumper from the left wing | 42-30 |
| 15:58 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Donald Plank | 42-30 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jerry Hilliard (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SG - Joey Dolan (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Plank (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Christopher Sanders (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. C - Anthony Madera (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Baker (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Marco Costa (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Vito Bruno (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Gary Travis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Fernando Lopez (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 15:49 | West Virginia | Joey Dolan is by himself and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Jerry Hilliard out of a doubleteam | 45-30 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 15:34 | Cincinnati | David Baker can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 45-30 |
| 15:32 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders gets the rebound | 45-30 |
| 15:21 | West Virginia | Joey Dolan misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 45-30 |
| 15:20 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis gets the rebound | 45-30 |
| 15:07 | Cincinnati | David Baker misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 45-30 |
| 15:05 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa snags the offensive board | 45-30 |
| 14:51 | Cincinnati | Anthony Madera is called for the reach on Fernando Lopez - foul #1 on Anthony Madera, team foul #1 | 45-30 |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Gallaher (SG), Randolph Morrison (PF), Mark Broadhurst (C) Joey Dolan, Christopher Sanders, Anthony Madera | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Nixon (SG), Bill Pace (SF), Gary Galusha (PF), Ronnie Lambert (C) Marco Costa, Vito Bruno, Gary Travis, Fernando Lopez | |
| 14:33 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha knocks in the turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by David Baker | 45-32 |
| 14:15 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard makes the pull-up jumper from the right side | 47-32 |
| 13:48 | Cincinnati | David Baker hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 47-32 |
| 13:47 | West Virginia | Randolph Morrison snags the defensive board | 47-32 |
| 13:31 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 47-32 |
| 13:29 | West Virginia | Mark Broadhurst tips it in | 49-32 |
| 13:08 | Cincinnati | David Baker double dribbles as he's doubleteamed | 49-32 |
| 13:01 | West Virginia | Donald Plank can't connect on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Charles Nixon - foul #4 on Charles Nixon, team foul #2 | 49-32 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Anthony Madera (C) Mark Broadhurst | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno (SG) Charles Nixon | |
| 13:01 | West Virginia | Donald Plank makes the 1st free throw | 50-32 |
| 13:01 | West Virginia | Donald Plank misses the 2nd free throw | 50-32 |
| 13:01 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha gets the rebound | 50-32 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 12:48 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 50-32 |
| 12:47 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert tips it back up and in | 50-34 |
| 12:31 | West Virginia | David Gallaher misses short on a floater from the right side | 50-34 |
| 12:30 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha grabs the defensive rebound | 50-34 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 12:08 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 50-34 |
| 12:07 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-34 |
| 11:50 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha hits a runner from the left block on a great pass from David Baker | 50-36 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jerry Hilliard (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 5 ast. SG - David Gallaher (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Donald Plank (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Randolph Morrison (fresh) 2 pts. C - Anthony Madera (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Baker (tiring) 14 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Vito Bruno (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bill Pace (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Gary Galusha (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Ronnie Lambert (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:32 | West Virginia | David Gallaher misses long on a floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Ronnie Lambert - foul #1 on Ronnie Lambert, team foul #3 | 50-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joey Dolan (PG), Christopher Sanders (SF) Jerry Hilliard, Donald Plank | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Marco Costa (SG), Gary Travis (PF) David Baker, Gary Galusha | |
| 11:32 | West Virginia | David Gallaher misses the 1st free throw | 50-36 |
| 11:32 | West Virginia | David Gallaher makes the 2nd free throw | 51-36 |
| 11:11 | Cincinnati | Randolph Morrison swats the short shot by Bill Pace | 51-36 |
| 11:09 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert grabs the offensive rebound | 51-36 |
| 10:54 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace misses short on a floater from the left wing | 51-36 |
| 10:53 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders grabs the board | 51-36 |
| 10:29 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders buries a runner from close range | 53-36 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 10:07 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Vito Bruno | 53-39 |
| 09:52 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders is denied on a dunk by Ronnie Lambert | 53-39 |
| 09:51 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis pulls down the rebound | 53-39 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 09:36 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis misses the fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on David Gallaher - foul #2 on David Gallaher, team foul #2 | 53-39 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard (PG), Mark Broadhurst (C) David Gallaher, Anthony Madera | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Baker (PG), Fernando Lopez (C) Vito Bruno, Ronnie Lambert | |
| 09:36 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis makes the 1st free throw | 53-40 |
| 09:36 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis misses the 2nd free throw | 53-40 |
| 09:36 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders pulls down the rebound | 53-40 |
| 09:31 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard buries a jump hook in the paint set up by Joey Dolan | 55-40 |
| 09:20 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez misses the floater from close range | 55-40 |
| 09:18 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Mark Broadhurst | 55-40 |
| 09:01 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-40 |
| 09:00 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis gets the rebound | 55-40 |
| 08:44 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 55-40 |
| 08:42 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez grabs the offensive board | 55-40 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 08:30 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez is whistled for a carry | 55-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha (PF) Gary Travis | |
| 08:02 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders knocks in the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Mark Broadhurst | 57-40 |
| 07:51 | Cincinnati | David Baker is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 57-40 |
| 07:49 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez gets the offensive rebound | 57-40 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jerry Hilliard (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 5 ast. SG - Joey Dolan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Christopher Sanders (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Randolph Morrison (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. C - Mark Broadhurst (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Baker (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Marco Costa (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Bill Pace (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Gary Galusha (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Fernando Lopez (fresh) 7 reb. | |
| 07:28 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha comes up short on the floater from close range | 57-40 |
| 07:27 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Jerry Hilliard | 57-40 |
| 07:03 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 57-40 |
| 07:02 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez pulls down the rebound | 57-40 |
| 06:41 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez can't connect on a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Randolph Morrison - foul #2 on Randolph Morrison, team foul #3 | 57-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Gallaher (SG), Donald Plank (SF), Anthony Madera (C) Joey Dolan, Christopher Sanders, Randolph Morrison | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno (PG), Charles Nixon (SG), Gary Travis (PF) David Baker, Marco Costa, Gary Galusha | |
| 06:41 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez makes the 1st free throw | 57-41 |
| 06:41 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez misses the 2nd free throw | 57-41 |
| 06:41 | West Virginia | Mark Broadhurst grabs the defensive rebound | 57-41 |
| 06:16 | West Virginia | David Gallaher hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 57-41 |
| 06:15 | West Virginia | Anthony Madera misses the tip | 57-41 |
| 06:13 | Cincinnati | Charles Nixon snags the defensive board | 57-41 |
| 05:58 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis clanks a fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on David Gallaher - foul #3 on David Gallaher, team foul #4 | 57-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert (C) Fernando Lopez | |
| 05:58 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis misses the 1st free throw | 57-41 |
| 05:58 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis makes the 2nd free throw | 57-42 |
| 05:40 | West Virginia | David Gallaher is open but misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Ronnie Lambert - foul #2 on Ronnie Lambert, team foul #4 | 57-42 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Randolph Morrison (PF) Mark Broadhurst | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 05:40 | West Virginia | David Gallaher misses the 1st free throw | 57-42 |
| 05:40 | West Virginia | David Gallaher makes the 2nd free throw | 58-42 |
| 05:28 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis comes up short on the floater in the paint | 58-42 |
| 05:27 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis hits the follow up shot | 58-44 |
| 05:10 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from David Gallaher | 61-44 |
| 04:50 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace drills a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Vito Bruno | 61-47 |
| 04:32 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 61-47 |
| 04:30 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis snags the defensive board | 61-47 |
| 04:20 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis hits a turnaround in the paint | 61-49 |
| 04:13 | West Virginia | David Gallaher is open and buries a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Jerry Hilliard out of a doubleteam | 63-49 |
| 04:08 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 63-49 |
| 04:06 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert hits the follow up shot | 63-51 |
| 03:45 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 63-51 |
| 03:44 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Jerry Hilliard | 63-51 |
| 03:44 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-51 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joey Dolan (PG), Christopher Sanders (PF) Jerry Hilliard, Randolph Morrison | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Baker (PG), Marco Costa (SF), Fernando Lopez (C) Vito Bruno, Bill Pace, Ronnie Lambert | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Joey Dolan (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Gallaher (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Donald Plank (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Christopher Sanders (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Anthony Madera (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Baker (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Charles Nixon (fresh) 4 pf. SF - Marco Costa (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Gary Travis (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. C - Fernando Lopez (fresh) 1 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:26 | West Virginia | Fernando Lopez steals the ball from David Gallaher | 63-51 |
| 03:14 | Cincinnati | David Baker makes the contested 3 pointer from straight away set up by Marco Costa | 63-54 |
| 02:58 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders misses the lay-in | 63-54 |
| 02:57 | West Virginia | Christopher Sanders grabs the offensive board | 63-54 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 02:36 | West Virginia | Joey Dolan buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 66-54 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 02:17 | Cincinnati | David Baker splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Marco Costa | 66-57 |
| 01:57 | West Virginia | Joey Dolan buries a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Christopher Sanders | 68-57 |
| 01:34 | Cincinnati | Charles Nixon is hacked by Joey Dolan - foul #2 on Joey Dolan, team foul #5 | 68-57 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard (PG), Randolph Morrison (PF), Mark Broadhurst (C) Joey Dolan, Christopher Sanders, Anthony Madera | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno (PG), Bill Pace (SF), Gary Galusha (PF), Ronnie Lambert (C) David Baker, Charles Nixon, Gary Travis, Fernando Lopez | |
| 01:19 | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno loses the ball out of bounds | 68-57 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:58 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 68-57 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:52 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 68-57 |
| 00:51 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to David Gallaher | 68-57 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:31 | West Virginia | David Gallaher misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 68-57 |
| 00:29 | West Virginia | Donald Plank tips it back up and in | 70-57 |
| 00:23 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa is called for traveling | 70-57 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Jerry Hilliard runs out the clock | 70-57 |