| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ray Overstreet (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Thigpen (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Wallace (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Howin Xue (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Henry Weaver (fresh) PF - Andre Burbach (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Victor White (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver inbounds the ball | 27-31 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:46 | West Virginia | William Lanier misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 27-31 |
| 19:44 | Louisville | Robert Wallace grabs the board | 27-31 |
| 19:18 | Louisville | John Thigpen works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing but the foul's on Melvin Phillips - foul #2 on Melvin Phillips, team foul #1 | 27-31 |
| 19:18 | Louisville | John Thigpen misses the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 19:18 | Louisville | John Thigpen misses the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 19:18 | Louisville | John Thigpen misses the 3rd free throw | 27-31 |
| 19:18 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Andre Burbach | 27-31 |
| 18:59 | West Virginia | William Lanier hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Melvin Phillips | 27-34 |
| 18:36 | Louisville | Robert Wallace is whistled for a carry | 27-34 |
| 18:16 | West Virginia | Victor White is hacked by Howin Xue - foul #2 on Howin Xue, team foul #1 | 27-34 |
| 17:57 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach can't connect on a shot from the baseline | 27-34 |
| 17:55 | Louisville | John Thigpen snags the defensive board | 27-34 |
| 17:35 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is fouled on the floor by Victor White - foul #2 on Victor White, team foul #2 | 27-34 |
| 17:07 | Louisville | Howin Xue scores on a floater from the right side on a nice dish by John Thigpen | 29-34 |
| 16:57 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 29-34 |
| 16:56 | Louisville | Howin Xue gets the rebound | 29-34 |
| 16:31 | Louisville | Howin Xue can't connect on a shot from the left side | 29-34 |
| 16:29 | West Virginia | Victor White grabs the defensive rebound | 29-34 |
| 16:02 | West Virginia | Victor White scores on a jumpshot from the right side set up by William Lanier | 29-36 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ray Overstreet (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Thigpen (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Wallace (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Howin Xue (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SG - Melvin Phillips (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SF - Henry Weaver (fairly fresh) PF - Andre Burbach (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Victor White (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:46 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet can't connect on a jumper from the left side but the foul's on Andre Burbach - foul #2 on Andre Burbach, team foul #3 | 29-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger (PG), Billy McNaughton (SG), David Hunter (SF), Raymond Johnson (C) William Lanier, Melvin Phillips, Henry Weaver, Victor White | |
| 15:46 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet makes the 1st free throw | 30-36 |
| 15:46 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet makes the 2nd free throw | 31-36 |
| 15:28 | West Virginia | David Hunter's pass is intercepted by Howin Xue | 31-36 |
| 15:10 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 31-36 |
| 15:09 | West Virginia | David Hunter snags the defensive board | 31-36 |
| 14:51 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson is hacked by Howin Xue - foul #3 on Howin Xue, team foul #2 | 31-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Henry Weaver (SF) Andre Burbach | |
| 14:36 | West Virginia | David Hunter misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 31-36 |
| 14:35 | Louisville | Robert Wallace gets the rebound | 31-36 |
| 14:30 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 31-36 |
| 14:28 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton grabs the defensive rebound | 31-36 |
| 14:10 | West Virginia | David Hunter hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left block but he's fouled by John Thigpen - foul #2 on John Thigpen, team foul #3 | 31-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Lanier (PG), Melvin Phillips (SG), Victor White (C) Steven Dollinger, Billy McNaughton, Henry Weaver | |
| 14:10 | West Virginia | David Hunter makes the 1st free throw | 31-37 |
| 14:10 | West Virginia | David Hunter makes the 2nd free throw | 31-38 |
| 13:55 | Louisville | Robert Wallace misses badly on a turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by William Lanier - foul #1 on William Lanier, team foul #4 | 31-38 |
| 13:55 | Louisville | Robert Wallace misses the 1st free throw | 31-38 |
| 13:55 | Louisville | Robert Wallace misses the 2nd free throw | 31-38 |
| 13:55 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson pulls down the rebound | 31-38 |
| 13:29 | West Virginia | David Hunter knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Lanier and the foul's on John Thigpen - foul #3 on John Thigpen, team foul #4 | 31-40 |
| 13:29 | West Virginia | David Hunter makes the free throw | 31-41 |
| 13:00 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 31-41 |
| 12:59 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Wallace | 31-41 |
| 12:38 | Louisville | Howin Xue connects on the jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Ray Overstreet | 33-41 |
| 12:18 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 33-41 |
| 12:16 | Louisville | Robert Wallace snags the defensive board | 33-41 |
| 11:59 | Louisville | Robert Wallace clanks a jumper from the left wing | 33-41 |
| 11:58 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips grabs the defensive rebound | 33-41 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ray Overstreet (tiring) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Thigpen (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Robert Wallace (tiring) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Howin Xue (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fresh) 18 pts. 3 ast. SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SF - David Hunter (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Johnson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Victor White (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:44 | West Virginia | David Hunter connects on the jump hook near the basket on a great pass from William Lanier | 33-43 |
| 11:17 | Louisville | Marc Lutz connects on the driving attempt from the left block set up by Ray Overstreet | 35-43 |
| 10:58 | West Virginia | William Lanier knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from David Hunter and he's fouled by John Thigpen - foul #4 on John Thigpen, team foul #5 | 35-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Colburn (PG), Mark Elser (SF), Willard Hensler (PF) Ray Overstreet, John Thigpen, Robert Wallace | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton (SG), Henry Weaver (SF), Andre Burbach (PF) Melvin Phillips, David Hunter, Victor White | |
| 10:58 | West Virginia | William Lanier makes the free throw | 35-46 |
| 10:35 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn connects on the jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Willard Hensler | 37-46 |
| 10:22 | West Virginia | William Lanier comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 37-46 |
| 10:21 | Louisville | Marc Lutz pulls down the rebound | 37-46 |
| 09:55 | Louisville | Marc Lutz scores on a jumper from the left side | 39-46 |
| 09:32 | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson hits the front of the rim on the jumper from close range | 39-46 |
| 09:30 | Louisville | Howin Xue pulls down the rebound | 39-46 |
| 09:10 | Louisville | Howin Xue misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Henry Weaver - foul #3 on Henry Weaver, team foul #5 | 39-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ray Overstreet (PG) Marc Lutz | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips (PG) William Lanier | |
| 09:10 | Louisville | Howin Xue makes the 1st free throw | 40-46 |
| 09:10 | Louisville | Howin Xue makes the 2nd free throw | 41-46 |
| 08:48 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver is hacked by Mark Elser - foul #2 on Mark Elser, team foul #6 | 41-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Wallace (PF) Howin Xue | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Victor White (C) Raymond Johnson | |
| 08:32 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach throws it down set up by Billy McNaughton | 41-48 |
| 08:03 | Louisville | Willard Hensler's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Howin Xue (C) Mark Elser | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Dollinger (PG), David Hunter (PF) Henry Weaver, Andre Burbach | |
| 07:45 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 41-48 |
| 07:44 | West Virginia | Victor White tips it back up and in | 41-50 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ray Overstreet (tiring) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Timothy Colburn (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Willard Hensler (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Robert Wallace (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Howin Xue (tiring) 9 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Steven Dollinger (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SF - Billy McNaughton (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Hunter (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Victor White (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:28 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 41-50 |
| 07:27 | West Virginia | Victor White pulls down the rebound | 41-50 |
| 07:12 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Steven Dollinger and the foul's on Ray Overstreet - foul #1 on Ray Overstreet, team foul #7 | 41-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Thigpen (SF) Howin Xue | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Lanier (PG) Steven Dollinger | |
| 07:12 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton misses the free throw | 41-52 |
| 07:12 | Louisville | Robert Wallace snags the defensive board | 41-52 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 06:47 | Louisville | John Thigpen makes the 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-52 |
| 06:28 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips buries a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by William Lanier | 44-55 |
| 06:25 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet's pass is intercepted by Melvin Phillips in the backcourt | 44-55 |
| 06:22 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips jams it | 44-57 |
| 06:08 | Louisville | Willard Hensler is called for traveling | 44-57 |
| Subs | Louisville | Marc Lutz (SG), Howin Xue (C) Ray Overstreet, Robert Wallace | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Henry Weaver (SF), Andre Burbach (PF), Raymond Johnson (C) Melvin Phillips, David Hunter, Victor White | |
| 05:46 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach throws it down on a nice dish by William Lanier and he's fouled by Marc Lutz - foul #2 on Marc Lutz, team foul #8 | 44-59 |
| 05:46 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach makes the free throw | 44-60 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:34 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is fouled on the floor by Raymond Johnson - foul #2 on Raymond Johnson, team foul #6 | 44-60 |
| 05:25 | Louisville | The short jumper by Howin Xue is denied by Raymond Johnson | 44-60 |
| 05:23 | Louisville | Marc Lutz gets the offensive rebound | 44-60 |
| 05:10 | Louisville | John Thigpen scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 46-60 |
| 04:47 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton scores on a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Andre Burbach | 46-62 |
| 04:30 | Louisville | Marc Lutz comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 46-62 |
| 04:29 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Henry Weaver | 46-62 |
| 04:15 | West Virginia | William Lanier can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 46-62 |
| 04:14 | Louisville | Howin Xue pulls down the rebound | 46-62 |
| 03:57 | Louisville | William Lanier takes the ball from John Thigpen after a doubleteam | 46-62 |
| 03:39 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 46-62 |
| 03:37 | Louisville | Willard Hensler grabs the board | 46-62 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (tiring) 2 pts. SG - Marc Lutz (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Thigpen (tiring) 11 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Willard Hensler (tiring) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Howin Xue (tiring) 9 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - William Lanier (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 6 ast. SG - Billy McNaughton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SF - Henry Weaver (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Andre Burbach (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Raymond Johnson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Louisville | Howin Xue's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-62 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ray Overstreet (PG), Mark Elser (SF), Robert Wallace (PF) Timothy Colburn, John Thigpen, Willard Hensler | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips (PG), David Hunter (SF), Victor White (C) William Lanier, Henry Weaver, Raymond Johnson | |
| 03:16 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Howin Xue - foul #4 on Howin Xue, team foul #9 | 46-62 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Raymond Johnson (PF) Andre Burbach | |
| 03:16 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton misses the 1st free throw | 46-62 |
| 03:16 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton makes the 2nd free throw | 46-63 |
| 03:06 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 46-63 |
| 03:05 | West Virginia | Victor White pulls down the rebound | 46-63 |
| 02:41 | West Virginia | David Hunter throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-63 |
| 02:29 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 46-63 |
| 02:27 | West Virginia | Victor White gets the rebound | 46-63 |
| 02:09 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 46-63 |
| 02:08 | West Virginia | Billy McNaughton gets the offensive rebound | 46-63 |
| 02:00 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Thigpen (SF) Mark Elser | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Lanier (PG), Henry Weaver (SF), Andre Burbach (PF) Billy McNaughton, David Hunter, Raymond Johnson | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:50 | Louisville | John Thigpen evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 46-63 |
| 01:48 | West Virginia | Victor White gets the rebound | 46-63 |
| 01:43 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 46-63 |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Howin Xue gets the rebound | 46-63 |
| 01:23 | Louisville | Ray Overstreet is called for a charge - foul #2 on Ray Overstreet, team foul #10 | 46-63 |
| 01:16 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 46-63 |
| 01:15 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver hits the follow up shot | 46-65 |
| 01:00 | Louisville | John Thigpen's floater is tipped away by Andre Burbach | 46-65 |
| 00:59 | Louisville | Robert Wallace tips it in | 48-65 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle 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 (0) | |
| 00:38 | West Virginia | William Lanier scores on a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Victor White | 48-67 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville 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 (0) | |
| 00:31 | Louisville | John Thigpen hits the finger roll against a doubleteam on a nice dish by Ray Overstreet and the foul's on Victor White - foul #3 on Victor White, team foul #7 | 50-67 |
| 00:31 | Louisville | John Thigpen makes the free throw | 51-67 |
| 00:09 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach is hacked by Ray Overstreet - foul #3 on Ray Overstreet, team foul #11 | 51-67 |
| 00:09 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach makes the 1st free throw | 51-68 |
| 00:09 | West Virginia | Andre Burbach makes the 2nd free throw | 51-69 |
| 00:04 | Louisville | John Thigpen is hacked by Henry Weaver - foul #4 on Henry Weaver, team foul #8 | 51-69 |
| 00:04 | Louisville | John Thigpen misses the 1st free throw | 51-69 |
| 00:04 | West Virginia | Victor White grabs the defensive rebound | 51-69 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | William Lanier runs out the clock | 51-69 |