| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Michael Merrifield (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Lyle Tavares (fresh) 4 pts. PF - William Stokes (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Alex Jackson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Ebbert (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Dewey Carrier (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Duerr (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. PF - Joshua Burke (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - John Blackburn (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | William Duerr inbounds the ball | 22-33 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:34 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert is called for traveling | 22-33 |
| 19:05 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares drills a floater from the baseline set up by Michael Merrifield | 24-33 |
| 18:46 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by William Duerr | 24-36 |
| 18:25 | West Virginia | John Blackburn blocks the jumper by Lawrence Milam | 24-36 |
| 18:23 | West Virginia | William Stokes grabs the offensive board | 24-36 |
| 17:54 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 26-36 |
| 17:37 | Syracuse | Joshua Burke connects on the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from William Duerr | 26-38 |
| 17:21 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares's pass is intercepted by John Blackburn | 26-38 |
| 17:07 | Syracuse | Joshua Burke knocks in the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Daniel Ebbert | 26-40 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 16:45 | West Virginia | William Stokes can't finish the layup but he's fouled by William Duerr - foul #1 on William Duerr, team foul #1 | 26-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mario Klima (SG), James Brown (SF), Ronald Wood (C) Michael Merrifield, Lyle Tavares, Alex Jackson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 16:45 | West Virginia | William Stokes makes the 1st free throw | 27-40 |
| 16:45 | West Virginia | William Stokes misses the 2nd free throw | 27-40 |
| 16:45 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to William Duerr | 27-40 |
| 16:24 | Syracuse | Joshua Burke misses the floater from the left side but the foul's on William Stokes - foul #3 on William Stokes, team foul #1 | 27-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alex Jackson (C) William Stokes | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross (C) John Blackburn | |
| 16:24 | Syracuse | Joshua Burke misses the 1st free throw | 27-40 |
| 16:24 | Syracuse | Joshua Burke makes the 2nd free throw | 27-41 |
| 16:07 | West Virginia | Mario Klima drills a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Lawrence Milam | 29-41 |
| 15:54 | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 29-41 |
| 15:52 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Lawrence Milam | 29-41 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mario Klima (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Brown (fresh) PF - Ronald Wood (fresh) 2 reb. C - Alex Jackson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Ebbert (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dewey Carrier (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Duerr (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. PF - Joshua Burke (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Benjamin Ross (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 15:37 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson blows the layup | 29-41 |
| 15:35 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson tips it home | 31-41 |
| 15:12 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross knocks in the shot from the baseline and he's hacked by Ronald Wood - foul #3 on Ronald Wood, team foul #2 | 31-43 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares (PG), Michael Merrifield (SG), William Stokes (PF) Lawrence Milam, Mario Klima, Alex Jackson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Blackburn (C) Joshua Burke | |
| 15:12 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross misses the free throw | 31-43 |
| 15:12 | West Virginia | William Stokes grabs the defensive rebound | 31-43 |
| 14:43 | West Virginia | William Stokes throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-43 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joshua Burke (PF) Benjamin Ross | |
| 14:22 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Lyle Tavares - foul #1 on Lyle Tavares, team foul #3 | 31-43 |
| 14:22 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert misses the 1st free throw | 31-43 |
| 14:22 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert misses the 2nd free throw | 31-43 |
| 14:22 | West Virginia | William Stokes grabs the board | 31-43 |
| 14:07 | West Virginia | William Stokes can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 31-43 |
| 14:06 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert grabs the board | 31-43 |
| 13:44 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Dewey Carrier | 31-46 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 13:27 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield is hacked by Dewey Carrier - foul #3 on Dewey Carrier, team foul #2 | 31-46 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam (PG), Mario Klima (SF), Alex Jackson (C) Lyle Tavares, James Brown, Ronald Wood | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 13:22 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Daniel Ebbert - foul #3 on Daniel Ebbert, team foul #3 | 31-46 |
| 13:22 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses the 1st free throw | 31-46 |
| 13:22 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses the 2nd free throw | 31-46 |
| 13:22 | Syracuse | Joshua Burke grabs the board | 31-46 |
| 13:03 | Syracuse | William Duerr misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 31-46 |
| 13:01 | West Virginia | Mario Klima gets the rebound | 31-46 |
| 12:39 | West Virginia | William Stokes buries a floater from just outside the lane set up by Lawrence Milam | 33-46 |
| 12:37 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert's pass is intercepted by Lawrence Milam in the backcourt | 33-46 |
| 12:36 | West Virginia | Mario Klima throws it down set up by Lawrence Milam | 35-46 |
| 12:32 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert scores on a 3 from the left wing set up by William Duerr | 35-49 |
| 12:09 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson drills a jump hook near the basket set up by Lawrence Milam and he's hacked by John Blackburn - foul #2 on John Blackburn, team foul #4 | 37-49 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares (SF) Mario Klima | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lee Westmoreland (SG), David Nance (SF), Benjamin Ross (PF), Peter Ingram (C) Dewey Carrier, William Duerr, Joshua Burke, John Blackburn | |
| 12:09 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson makes the free throw | 38-49 |
| 11:54 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 38-49 |
| 11:53 | West Virginia | William Stokes grabs the board | 38-49 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Michael Merrifield (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - Lyle Tavares (fresh) 6 pts. PF - William Stokes (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Alex Jackson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Ebbert (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Lee Westmoreland (fresh) 2 reb. SF - David Nance (fresh) PF - Benjamin Ross (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Peter Ingram (fresh) | |
| 11:40 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam drills a floater near the basket | 40-49 |
| 11:13 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross is fouled on the floor by William Stokes - foul #4 on William Stokes, team foul #4 | 40-49 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mario Klima (SG), James Brown (SF), Ronald Wood (PF) Lawrence Milam, Michael Merrifield, William Stokes | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:56 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross blows the layup but he's hacked by Lyle Tavares - foul #2 on Lyle Tavares, team foul #5 | 40-49 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier (SG), Joshua Burke (PF) David Nance, Peter Ingram | |
| 10:56 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross makes the 1st free throw | 40-50 |
| 10:56 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross misses the 2nd free throw | 40-50 |
| 10:56 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Ronald Wood | 40-50 |
| 10:28 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson loses the dribble to Benjamin Ross | 40-50 |
| 10:12 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 40-50 |
| 10:10 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross tips it but misses | 40-50 |
| 10:08 | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier tips it back up and in | 40-52 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 09:53 | West Virginia | Mario Klima clanks a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Dewey Carrier - foul #4 on Dewey Carrier, team foul #5 | 40-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam (PG) Lyle Tavares | |
| Subs | Syracuse | George Brown (PG), William Duerr (SF), John Blackburn (C) Daniel Ebbert, Dewey Carrier, Benjamin Ross | |
| 09:53 | West Virginia | Mario Klima makes the 1st free throw | 41-52 |
| 09:53 | West Virginia | Mario Klima makes the 2nd free throw | 42-52 |
| 09:43 | Syracuse | Lee Westmoreland misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 42-52 |
| 09:41 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood grabs the board | 42-52 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 09:13 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson can't connect on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Joshua Burke - foul #2 on Joshua Burke, team foul #6 | 42-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield (SG) Mario Klima | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross (PF) Joshua Burke | |
| 09:13 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 43-52 |
| 09:13 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson misses the 2nd free throw | 43-52 |
| 09:13 | West Virginia | James Brown grabs the offensive board | 43-52 |
| 08:44 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 45-52 |
| 08:40 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross is fouled on the floor by Ronald Wood - foul #4 on Ronald Wood, team foul #6 | 45-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Stokes (PF) Ronald Wood | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert (PG) Lee Westmoreland | |
| 08:30 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 45-52 |
| 08:28 | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield snags the defensive board | 45-52 |
| 08:09 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses the floater from the right wing | 45-52 |
| 08:07 | Syracuse | George Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 45-52 |
| 07:54 | Syracuse | Lawrence Milam is called for the reach on George Brown - foul #2 on Lawrence Milam, team foul #7 | 45-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares (SF), Ronald Wood (C) James Brown, Alex Jackson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier (SG), Joshua Burke (PF) Daniel Ebbert, Benjamin Ross | |
| 07:54 | Syracuse | George Brown makes the 1st free throw | 45-53 |
| 07:54 | Syracuse | George Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 45-54 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. SG - Michael Merrifield (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Lyle Tavares (fresh) 6 pts. PF - William Stokes (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. C - Ronald Wood (fresh) 4 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - George Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dewey Carrier (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - William Duerr (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. PF - Joshua Burke (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - John Blackburn (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:29 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 45-54 |
| 07:28 | Syracuse | John Blackburn gets the rebound | 45-54 |
| 07:07 | Syracuse | George Brown can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by William Stokes - foul #5 on William Stokes, team foul #8 | 45-54 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mario Klima (SF), Alex Jackson (C) Lawrence Milam, William Stokes | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 07:07 | Syracuse | George Brown misses the 1st free throw | 45-54 |
| 07:07 | Syracuse | George Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 45-55 |
| 06:44 | West Virginia | Mario Klima comes up short on the jumper from the left wing | 45-55 |
| 06:43 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to William Duerr | 45-55 |
| 06:33 | Syracuse | John Blackburn hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the lane | 45-55 |
| 06:32 | West Virginia | Mario Klima pulls down the rebound | 45-55 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 06:28 | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares comes up short on the fadeaway near the basket | 45-55 |
| 06:26 | West Virginia | Ronald Wood snags the offensive board | 45-55 |
| 06:15 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson misses the shot from the right wing | 45-55 |
| 06:14 | Syracuse | George Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 45-55 |
| 05:59 | Syracuse | John Blackburn is hacked by Alex Jackson - foul #2 on Alex Jackson, team foul #9 | 45-55 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam (PG), James Brown (SF) Lyle Tavares, Michael Merrifield | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert (PG), Lee Westmoreland (SF), Benjamin Ross (PF) George Brown, William Duerr, Joshua Burke | |
| 05:59 | Syracuse | John Blackburn makes the 1st free throw | 45-56 |
| 05:59 | Syracuse | John Blackburn makes the 2nd free throw | 45-57 |
| 05:48 | West Virginia | Benjamin Ross is called for the reach on James Brown - foul #1 on Benjamin Ross, team foul #7 | 45-57 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Peter Ingram (C) John Blackburn | |
| 05:48 | West Virginia | James Brown misses the 1st free throw | 45-57 |
| 05:48 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross grabs the defensive rebound | 45-57 |
| 05:26 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 45-57 |
| 05:25 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson gets the rebound | 45-57 |
| 05:14 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses the easy layup | 45-57 |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert gets the rebound | 45-57 |
| 04:58 | Syracuse | Lee Westmoreland knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Peter Ingram and he's fouled by Ronald Wood - foul #5 on Ronald Wood, team foul #10 | 45-59 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Merrifield (SG), Jordan White (C) Mario Klima, Ronald Wood | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joshua Burke (PF) Peter Ingram | |
| 04:58 | Syracuse | Lee Westmoreland makes the free throw | 45-60 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:42 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson's pass is intercepted by Daniel Ebbert | 45-60 |
| 04:37 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert lays it in | 45-62 |
| 04:21 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 45-62 |
| 04:19 | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier gets the rebound | 45-62 |
| 04:03 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross knocks in the shot from the left block on a great pass from Joshua Burke | 45-64 |
| 03:38 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 45-64 |
| 03:37 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert pulls down the rebound | 45-64 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence Milam (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. SG - Michael Merrifield (fresh) 3 ast. SF - James Brown (fresh) PF - Alex Jackson (tiring) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Jordan White (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Ebbert (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Dewey Carrier (tiring) 3 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Lee Westmoreland (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joshua Burke (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Benjamin Ross (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:08 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross can't finish the layup | 45-64 |
| 03:06 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Jordan White | 45-64 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 02:43 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 45-64 |
| 02:42 | Syracuse | Lee Westmoreland pulls down the rebound | 45-64 |
| 02:20 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross lays it in set up by Daniel Ebbert | 45-66 |
| 01:56 | West Virginia | Daniel Ebbert steals it from Lawrence Milam | 45-66 |
| 01:52 | Syracuse | Lee Westmoreland lays it up and in on a nice dish by Daniel Ebbert | 45-68 |
| 01:37 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam is fouled on the floor by Lee Westmoreland - foul #2 on Lee Westmoreland, team foul #8 | 45-68 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lyle Tavares (PG), Mario Klima (SG) Michael Merrifield, Jordan White | |
| Subs | Syracuse | William Duerr (SF), John Blackburn (C) Lee Westmoreland, Benjamin Ross | |
| 01:37 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam makes the 1st free throw | 46-68 |
| 01:37 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam makes the 2nd free throw | 47-68 |
| 01:14 | Syracuse | John Blackburn can't throw it down but he's fouled by Alex Jackson - foul #3 on Alex Jackson, team foul #11 | 47-68 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jordan White (C) Lyle Tavares | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:14 | Syracuse | John Blackburn makes the 1st free throw | 47-69 |
| 01:14 | Syracuse | John Blackburn makes the 2nd free throw | 47-70 |
| 00:59 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson buries a shot in the lane on a nice dish by Mario Klima | 49-70 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:38 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 49-70 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Alex Jackson grabs the board | 49-70 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:31 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Brown | 51-70 |
| 00:06 | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 51-70 |
| 00:05 | West Virginia | Jordan White grabs the defensive rebound | 51-70 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Lawrence Milam comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 51-70 |