| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Wild (fresh) SG - Quinton Majors (fresh) SF - Jason Wright (fresh) PF - Robert Shannon (fresh) C - Martin Nussbaum (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Johnnie Johnson (fresh) SG - Clarence Hargraves (fresh) SF - Louis Canup (fresh) PF - Thomas Jones (fresh) C - Jeff McCartha (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Jeff McCartha wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 19:46 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves hits the finger roll | 0-2 |
| 19:28 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Louis Canup - foul #1 on Louis Canup, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:28 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright makes the 1st free throw | 1-2 |
| 19:28 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright misses the 2nd free throw | 1-2 |
| 19:28 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Martin Nussbaum | 1-2 |
| 19:14 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 1-2 |
| 19:13 | West Virginia | Louis Canup gets the rebound | 1-2 |
| 19:07 | West Virginia | Jeff McCartha is hacked by Robert Shannon - foul #1 on Robert Shannon, team foul #1 | 1-2 |
| 18:53 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 1-2 |
| 18:51 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors grabs the defensive rebound | 1-2 |
| 18:46 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright knocks in the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Quinton Majors | 3-2 |
| 18:29 | West Virginia | Robert Shannon steals it from Clarence Hargraves | 3-2 |
| 18:14 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright can't connect on an uncontested floater from the left wing | 3-2 |
| 18:12 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Jeff McCartha | 3-2 |
| 18:08 | West Virginia | Louis Canup can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 3-2 |
| 18:06 | West Virginia | Thomas Jones grabs the offensive board | 3-2 |
| 17:46 | West Virginia | Jeff McCartha's pass is intercepted by David Wild | 3-2 |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Robert Shannon hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side but the foul's on Louis Canup - foul #2 on Louis Canup, team foul #2 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel (PG), Luis Bailey (SG), Tommy Howard (SF), Bob Eubank (PF), Robert Sauls (C) Johnnie Johnson, Clarence Hargraves, Louis Canup, Thomas Jones, Jeff McCartha | |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Robert Shannon makes the 1st free throw | 4-2 |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Robert Shannon makes the 2nd free throw | 5-2 |
| 17:07 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank drills a turnaround in the lane set up by Oliver Rommel and he's fouled by Robert Shannon - foul #2 on Robert Shannon, team foul #2 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Haun (PF), Nicholas Bullock (C) Robert Shannon, Martin Nussbaum | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 17:07 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank makes the free throw | 5-5 |
| 17:05 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 5-5 |
| 16:50 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank's layup is rejected by Jason Wright | 5-5 |
| 16:48 | Cincinnati | Robert Haun grabs the board | 5-5 |
| 16:39 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright misses the wide open shot from close range | 5-5 |
| 16:37 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Bullock tips it in | 7-5 |
| 16:31 | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 7-5 |
| 16:29 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Bullock gets the rebound | 7-5 |
| 16:27 | Cincinnati | Oliver Rommel is called for the reach on Robert Haun in the backcourt - foul #1 on Oliver Rommel, team foul #3 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Freddy Hensen (PG), George Lewis (SG), Thad Bernoski (SF) David Wild, Quinton Majors, Jason Wright | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 16:22 | Cincinnati | George Lewis makes the shot from the left side | 9-5 |
| 16:03 | West Virginia | Luis Bailey misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 9-5 |
| 16:01 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Nicholas Bullock | 9-5 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Freddy Hensen (fresh) SG - George Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Thad Bernoski (fresh) PF - Robert Haun (fresh) C - Nicholas Bullock (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Oliver Rommel (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Luis Bailey (fresh) SF - Tommy Howard (fairly fresh) PF - Bob Eubank (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Robert Sauls (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:46 | Cincinnati | Thad Bernoski double dribbles | 9-5 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum (C) Nicholas Bullock | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson (PG), Clarence Hargraves (SG), William Kerr (SF), Thomas Jones (PF), Jeff McCartha (C) Oliver Rommel, Luis Bailey, Tommy Howard, Bob Eubank, Robert Sauls | |
| 15:28 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 9-5 |
| 15:26 | Cincinnati | Thad Bernoski pulls down the rebound | 9-5 |
| 15:23 | Cincinnati | William Kerr steps in front of the Freddy Hensen pass in the backcourt | 9-5 |
| 15:11 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson is fouled on the floor by George Lewis - foul #1 on George Lewis, team foul #3 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Wild (PG), Quinton Majors (SG), Jason Wright (SF), Gregory Long (PF) Freddy Hensen, George Lewis, Thad Bernoski, Robert Haun | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 15:00 | West Virginia | Jeff McCartha hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 9-5 |
| 14:58 | Cincinnati | Gregory Long gets the rebound | 9-5 |
| 14:49 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum misses the shot from the right block but he's fouled by Jeff McCartha - foul #1 on Jeff McCartha, team foul #4 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Luis Bailey (SG) Clarence Hargraves | |
| 14:49 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum misses the 1st free throw | 9-5 |
| 14:49 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum makes the 2nd free throw | 10-5 |
| 14:33 | West Virginia | Thomas Jones misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Gregory Long - foul #1 on Gregory Long, team foul #4 | 10-5 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nicholas Bullock (C) Martin Nussbaum | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Timothy Wilczynski (SF) William Kerr | |
| 14:33 | West Virginia | Thomas Jones misses the 1st free throw | 10-5 |
| 14:33 | West Virginia | Thomas Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 10-6 |
| 14:07 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright is hacked by Timothy Wilczynski - foul #1 on Timothy Wilczynski, team foul #5 | 10-6 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Freddy Hensen (PG), George Lewis (SG) David Wild, Quinton Majors | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel (PG), Tommy Howard (SF), Bob Eubank (PF) Johnnie Johnson, Timothy Wilczynski, Thomas Jones | |
| 14:02 | Cincinnati | George Lewis scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Freddy Hensen | 12-6 |
| 13:44 | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 12-6 |
| 13:42 | West Virginia | Luis Bailey tips it back up and in | 12-8 |
| 13:21 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 12-8 |
| 13:20 | West Virginia | Luis Bailey gets the rebound | 12-8 |
| 13:14 | West Virginia | Luis Bailey misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 12-8 |
| 13:12 | West Virginia | Tommy Howard gets the offensive rebound | 12-8 |
| 12:56 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank loses the ball out of bounds | 12-8 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Wild (PG), Quinton Majors (SG), Thad Bernoski (SF), Robert Haun (PF), Martin Nussbaum (C) Freddy Hensen, George Lewis, Jason Wright, Gregory Long, Nicholas Bullock | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson (PG), Clarence Hargraves (SG), William Kerr (SF), Thomas Jones (PF), Robert Sauls (C) Oliver Rommel, Luis Bailey, Tommy Howard, Bob Eubank, Jeff McCartha | |
| 12:43 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Haun | 15-8 |
| 12:29 | West Virginia | Thad Bernoski takes the ball from William Kerr | 15-8 |
| 12:10 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors loses the dribble to Thomas Jones | 15-8 |
| 12:05 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses badly on a floater from the left block | 15-8 |
| 12:04 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum gets the rebound | 15-8 |
| 11:55 | Cincinnati | David Wild is hacked by Robert Sauls - foul #1 on Robert Sauls, team foul #6 | 15-8 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Timothy Wilczynski (SF), Bob Eubank (PF), Jeff McCartha (C) William Kerr, Thomas Jones, Robert Sauls | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Wild (fresh) SG - Quinton Majors (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thad Bernoski (fresh) PF - Robert Haun (fresh) C - Martin Nussbaum (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Johnnie Johnson (fresh) SG - Clarence Hargraves (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Timothy Wilczynski (fresh) PF - Bob Eubank (fresh) 3 pts. C - Jeff McCartha (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:45 | Cincinnati | Jeff McCartha denies the turnaround by Robert Haun | 15-8 |
| 11:43 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank grabs the board | 15-8 |
| 11:41 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 15-8 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | George Lewis (SG), Nicholas Bullock (C) Quinton Majors, Martin Nussbaum | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel (PG), Tommy Howard (SF) Johnnie Johnson, Timothy Wilczynski | |
| 11:27 | Cincinnati | Robert Haun's fadeaway is rejected by Bob Eubank | 15-8 |
| 11:26 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Bullock hits the follow up shot | 17-8 |
| 11:05 | West Virginia | Jeff McCartha clanks a turnaround from close range | 17-8 |
| 11:04 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Bullock grabs the defensive rebound | 17-8 |
| 10:39 | Cincinnati | Oliver Rommel takes the ball from Robert Haun | 17-8 |
| 10:34 | West Virginia | Tommy Howard hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Oliver Rommel | 17-10 |
| 10:32 | Cincinnati | Clarence Hargraves takes the ball from Thad Bernoski in the backcourt | 17-10 |
| 10:19 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves buries a shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Oliver Rommel | 17-12 |
| 10:04 | Cincinnati | George Lewis is fouled on the floor by Clarence Hargraves - foul #1 on Clarence Hargraves, team foul #7 | 17-12 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors (PG), Jason Wright (SF), Gregory Long (PF), Martin Nussbaum (C) David Wild, Thad Bernoski, Robert Haun, Nicholas Bullock | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson (PG), Luis Bailey (SG), William Kerr (SF), Thomas Jones (PF) Oliver Rommel, Clarence Hargraves, Tommy Howard, Bob Eubank | |
| 10:04 | Cincinnati | George Lewis misses the 1st free throw | 17-12 |
| 10:04 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Gregory Long | 17-12 |
| 09:57 | Cincinnati | George Lewis is open but comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Luis Bailey - foul #1 on Luis Bailey, team foul #8 | 17-12 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Sauls (C) Jeff McCartha | |
| 09:57 | Cincinnati | George Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 18-12 |
| 09:57 | Cincinnati | George Lewis makes the 2nd free throw | 19-12 |
| 09:42 | West Virginia | Luis Bailey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 19-12 |
| 09:41 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Jason Wright | 19-12 |
| 09:37 | Cincinnati | George Lewis throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 19-12 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Freddy Hensen (PG) George Lewis | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 09:26 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 19-12 |
| 09:24 | West Virginia | Robert Sauls tips it back up and in | 19-14 |
| 09:21 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors is hacked by Luis Bailey in the backcourt - foul #2 on Luis Bailey, team foul #9 | 19-14 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves (SG), Timothy Wilczynski (SF), Jeff McCartha (C) Luis Bailey, William Kerr, Robert Sauls | |
| 09:21 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors misses the 1st free throw | 19-14 |
| 09:21 | West Virginia | Thomas Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 19-14 |
| 09:14 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves clanks a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Jason Wright - foul #1 on Jason Wright, team foul #5 | 19-14 |
| 09:14 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses the 1st free throw | 19-14 |
| 09:14 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves makes the 2nd free throw | 19-15 |
| 09:06 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright loses the ball out of bounds | 19-15 |
| 08:55 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Johnnie Johnson | 19-17 |
| 08:44 | Cincinnati | Freddy Hensen connects on the jumpshot from the right side set up by Jason Wright | 21-17 |
| 08:26 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses short on a shot from the left wing | 21-17 |
| 08:25 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Jason Wright | 21-17 |
| 08:08 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 21-17 |
| 08:06 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves gets the rebound | 21-17 |
| 08:01 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves is hacked by Quinton Majors - foul #1 on Quinton Majors, team foul #6 | 21-17 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Wild (PG), Thad Bernoski (SF), Robert Haun (PF), Nicholas Bullock (C) Freddy Hensen, Jason Wright, Gregory Long, Martin Nussbaum | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel (PG), William Kerr (SF), Tommy Howard (PF), Robert Sauls (C) Johnnie Johnson, Timothy Wilczynski, Thomas Jones, Jeff McCartha | |
| 07:46 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 21-17 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Wild (fresh) SG - Quinton Majors (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thad Bernoski (fresh) PF - Robert Haun (fresh) C - Nicholas Bullock (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Oliver Rommel (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Clarence Hargraves (tiring) 7 pts. SF - William Kerr (fresh) PF - Tommy Howard (fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Sauls (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:43 | Cincinnati | William Kerr is called for the reach on David Wild in the backcourt - foul #1 on William Kerr, team foul #10 | 21-17 |
| 07:43 | Cincinnati | David Wild makes the 1st free throw | 22-17 |
| 07:43 | Cincinnati | David Wild makes the 2nd free throw | 23-17 |
| 07:26 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 23-17 |
| 07:25 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Nicholas Bullock | 23-17 |
| 07:11 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors can't connect on an uncontested 3 from straight away | 23-17 |
| 07:09 | Cincinnati | Robert Haun tips it home | 25-17 |
| 06:51 | West Virginia | Tommy Howard misses the floater from the right side | 25-17 |
| 06:50 | Cincinnati | Robert Haun pulls down the rebound | 25-17 |
| 06:40 | Cincinnati | Robert Haun blows the layup but he's hacked by William Kerr - foul #2 on William Kerr, team foul #11 | 25-17 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | George Lewis (SG), Jason Wright (SF), Martin Nussbaum (C) Quinton Majors, Thad Bernoski, Nicholas Bullock | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson (PG), Luis Bailey (SG), Louis Canup (SF), Bob Eubank (PF), Jeff McCartha (C) Oliver Rommel, Clarence Hargraves, William Kerr, Tommy Howard, Robert Sauls | |
| 06:40 | Cincinnati | Robert Haun misses the 1st free throw | 25-17 |
| 06:40 | Cincinnati | Robert Haun makes the 2nd free throw | 26-17 |
| 06:14 | West Virginia | Robert Haun is called for the reach on Bob Eubank - foul #1 on Robert Haun, team foul #7 | 26-17 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Freddy Hensen (PG) David Wild | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 06:14 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank makes the 1st free throw | 26-18 |
| 06:14 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank misses the 2nd free throw | 26-18 |
| 06:14 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Martin Nussbaum | 26-18 |
| 06:12 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright loses the dribble to Louis Canup in the backcourt | 26-18 |
| 06:09 | West Virginia | Louis Canup misses the easy layup | 26-18 |
| 06:07 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum gets the rebound | 26-18 |
| 06:00 | Cincinnati | George Lewis misses badly on the uncontested jumper from the left wing | 26-18 |
| 05:58 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum grabs the offensive rebound | 26-18 |
| 05:45 | Cincinnati | Robert Haun is denied on a layup by Jeff McCartha | 26-18 |
| 05:43 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank gets the rebound | 26-18 |
| 05:38 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 26-18 |
| 05:37 | Cincinnati | Jason Wright grabs the defensive rebound | 26-18 |
| 05:32 | Cincinnati | George Lewis is hacked by Luis Bailey - foul #3 on Luis Bailey, team foul #12 | 26-18 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Wild (PG), Gregory Long (PF) Freddy Hensen, Robert Haun | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel (PG), Clarence Hargraves (SG) Johnnie Johnson, Luis Bailey | |
| 05:32 | Cincinnati | George Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 27-18 |
| 05:32 | Cincinnati | George Lewis misses the 2nd free throw | 27-18 |
| 05:32 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank snags the defensive board | 27-18 |
| 05:12 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 27-18 |
| 05:11 | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel hits the follow up shot | 27-20 |
| 05:02 | Cincinnati | Bob Eubank swats the shot by Martin Nussbaum | 27-20 |
| 05:00 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank pulls down the rebound | 27-20 |
| 04:54 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Jason Wright - foul #2 on Jason Wright, team foul #8 | 27-20 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors (SG), Thad Bernoski (SF), Nicholas Bullock (C) George Lewis, Jason Wright, Martin Nussbaum | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Timothy Wilczynski (SF), Thomas Jones (PF), Robert Sauls (C) Louis Canup, Bob Eubank, Jeff McCartha | |
| 04:54 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves makes the 1st free throw | 27-21 |
| 04:54 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses the 2nd free throw | 27-21 |
| 04:54 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Bullock gets the rebound | 27-21 |
| 04:52 | Cincinnati | Thad Bernoski is fouled in the backcourt by Oliver Rommel - foul #2 on Oliver Rommel, team foul #13 | 27-21 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson (PG) Oliver Rommel | |
| 04:52 | Cincinnati | Thad Bernoski misses the 1st free throw | 27-21 |
| 04:52 | Cincinnati | Thad Bernoski makes the 2nd free throw | 28-21 |
| 04:40 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves scores on a shot from the left wing | 28-23 |
| 04:26 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Thad Bernoski | 31-23 |
| 04:00 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson misses long on a floater from the left wing | 31-23 |
| 03:58 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Thad Bernoski | 31-23 |
| 03:50 | Cincinnati | Gregory Long throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-23 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Freddy Hensen (PG), Robert Shannon (PF) David Wild, Gregory Long | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel (PG), Louis Canup (SG), William Kerr (SF), Tommy Howard (PF), Jeff McCartha (C) Johnnie Johnson, Clarence Hargraves, Timothy Wilczynski, Thomas Jones, Robert Sauls | |
| 03:40 | West Virginia | Louis Canup misses the lay-in but the foul's on Thad Bernoski - foul #1 on Thad Bernoski, team foul #9 | 31-23 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jason Wright (SF), Martin Nussbaum (C) Quinton Majors, Nicholas Bullock | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 03:40 | West Virginia | Louis Canup misses the 1st free throw | 31-23 |
| 03:40 | West Virginia | Louis Canup misses the 2nd free throw | 31-23 |
| 03:40 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum grabs the defensive rebound | 31-23 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Freddy Hensen (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thad Bernoski (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. SF - Jason Wright (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Shannon (fresh) 2 pts. C - Martin Nussbaum (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Oliver Rommel (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Louis Canup (fresh) SF - William Kerr (fresh) PF - Tommy Howard (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jeff McCartha (tiring) 2 blk. | |
| 03:38 | Cincinnati | Louis Canup steps in front of the Jason Wright pass in the backcourt | 31-23 |
| 03:24 | West Virginia | Tommy Howard is denied on a dunk by Martin Nussbaum | 31-23 |
| 03:22 | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel pulls down the offensive rebound | 31-23 |
| 02:58 | West Virginia | Tommy Howard double dribbles | 31-23 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | George Lewis (SG) Thad Bernoski | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Bob Eubank (PF) William Kerr | |
| 02:55 | Cincinnati | Louis Canup steps in front of the Freddy Hensen pass in the backcourt | 31-23 |
| 02:54 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank lays it in on a nice dish by Louis Canup | 31-25 |
| 02:46 | Cincinnati | Robert Shannon misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 31-25 |
| 02:45 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank gets the rebound | 31-25 |
| 02:39 | West Virginia | Louis Canup knocks in the shot from the right wing on a great pass from Oliver Rommel | 31-27 |
| 02:21 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum misses the easy open layup | 31-27 |
| 02:20 | West Virginia | Louis Canup grabs the defensive rebound | 31-27 |
| 02:16 | West Virginia | Bob Eubank drills a jump hook in the lane set up by Oliver Rommel | 31-29 |
| 02:14 | Cincinnati | Louis Canup is called for the reach on George Lewis in the backcourt - foul #3 on Louis Canup, team foul #14 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Wild (PG), Robert Haun (PF), Nicholas Bullock (C) Freddy Hensen, Robert Shannon, Martin Nussbaum | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson (PG), Clarence Hargraves (SG), Timothy Wilczynski (SF), Robert Sauls (C) Oliver Rommel, Louis Canup, Tommy Howard, Jeff McCartha | |
| 02:14 | Cincinnati | George Lewis misses the 1st free throw | 31-29 |
| 02:14 | Cincinnati | George Lewis misses the 2nd free throw | 31-29 |
| 02:14 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Bob Eubank | 31-29 |
| 01:55 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses the jumpshot from the right side | 31-29 |
| 01:54 | Cincinnati | George Lewis snags the defensive board | 31-29 |
| 01:48 | Cincinnati | Clarence Hargraves picks off the pass by Jason Wright | 31-29 |
| 01:45 | West Virginia | Timothy Wilczynski lays it up and in on a great pass from Clarence Hargraves | 31-31 |
| 01:32 | Cincinnati | Timothy Wilczynski picks off the pass by George Lewis | 31-31 |
| 01:16 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves loses the ball out of bounds | 31-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors (SG), Thad Bernoski (SF), Robert Shannon (PF) George Lewis, Jason Wright, Robert Haun | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Kerr (SF), Thomas Jones (PF), Jeff McCartha (C) Timothy Wilczynski, Bob Eubank, Robert Sauls | |
| 01:08 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 31-31 |
| 01:07 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson pulls down the rebound | 31-31 |
| 01:00 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson buries a shot from the left side on a great pass from Clarence Hargraves and the foul's on Thad Bernoski - foul #2 on Thad Bernoski, team foul #10 | 31-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Gregory Long (C) Nicholas Bullock | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:00 | West Virginia | Johnnie Johnson misses the free throw | 31-33 |
| 01:00 | Cincinnati | Gregory Long pulls down the rebound | 31-33 |
| 00:47 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 31-33 |
| 00:46 | Cincinnati | Gregory Long tips it back up and in | 33-33 |
| 00:38 | West Virginia | Jeff McCartha scores on a jump hook from close range and the foul's on David Wild - foul #1 on David Wild, team foul #11 | 33-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum (C) Robert Shannon | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Oliver Rommel (PG), Tommy Howard (PF) Johnnie Johnson, Thomas Jones | |
| 00:38 | West Virginia | Jeff McCartha misses the free throw | 33-35 |
| 00:38 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum grabs the defensive rebound | 33-35 |
| 00:24 | Cincinnati | Quinton Majors misses the easy layup | 33-35 |
| 00:22 | Cincinnati | Martin Nussbaum tips it home | 35-35 |
| 00:01 | West Virginia | Clarence Hargraves misses the dunk | 35-35 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Thad Bernoski gets the rebound | 35-35 |