| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Maurice Zemjanis (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Cesar Castro (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Bryan Sayers (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Hedeon Roblodowski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Wampler (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Melvin Phillips (fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Richard Preston (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Harry Gilyard (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Henry Weaver (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Bryan Sayers inbounds the ball | 21-33 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:41 | Rutgers | Harry Gilyard steps in front of the Cesar Castro pass | 21-33 |
| 19:16 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver knocks in the floater in the paint on a nice dish by Richard Preston | 21-35 |
| 19:02 | Rutgers | Paul Wampler drills a 3pt attempt from straight away | 24-35 |
| 18:35 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips knocks in the jump hook from close range on a great pass from Paul Moorefield | 24-37 |
| 18:20 | Rutgers | Paul Wampler blows the dunk | 24-37 |
| 18:18 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard pulls down the rebound | 24-37 |
| 17:52 | West Virginia | Richard Preston makes the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Henry Weaver | 24-39 |
| 17:36 | Rutgers | Bryan Sayers steps out of bounds on the baseline | 24-39 |
| 17:09 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver banks in the layup on a great pass from Paul Moorefield | 24-41 |
| 17:04 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro misses the lay-in but the foul's on Paul Moorefield - foul #2 on Paul Moorefield, team foul #1 | 24-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Walter Pointer (PF), Terry Morton (C) Hedeon Roblodowski, Paul Wampler | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 17:04 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro makes the 1st free throw | 25-41 |
| 17:04 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro makes the 2nd free throw | 26-41 |
| 16:43 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver comes up short on the turnaround in the lane | 26-41 |
| 16:42 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips tips it home | 26-43 |
| 16:29 | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 26-43 |
| 16:27 | Rutgers | Terry Morton hits the follow up shot | 28-43 |
| 16:14 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-43 |
| 16:13 | Rutgers | Terry Morton snags the defensive board | 28-43 |
| 16:02 | Rutgers | Melvin Phillips steals it from Bryan Sayers | 28-43 |
| 15:59 | West Virginia | Richard Preston hits the finger roll on a great pass from Melvin Phillips | 28-45 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Maurice Zemjanis (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Cesar Castro (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Bryan Sayers (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Walter Pointer (fresh) 5 pts. C - Terry Morton (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Melvin Phillips (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 6 ast. SG - Paul Moorefield (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - Richard Preston (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Harry Gilyard (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Henry Weaver (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 28-45 |
| 15:34 | Rutgers | Walter Pointer tips it home | 30-45 |
| 15:07 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver scores on a 3 from the left corner set up by Harry Gilyard | 30-48 |
| 14:50 | Rutgers | Bryan Sayers makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 32-48 |
| 14:35 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver misses short on a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Bryan Sayers - foul #1 on Bryan Sayers, team foul #1 | 32-48 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jerome Hafer (PG), Lance Carmichael (SG), Hedeon Roblodowski (PF), Paul Wampler (C) Maurice Zemjanis, Cesar Castro, Bryan Sayers, Terry Morton | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher (SG), William Harned (SF), James Johnson (C) Paul Moorefield, Richard Preston, Harry Gilyard | |
| 14:35 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver misses the 1st free throw | 32-48 |
| 14:35 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver makes the 2nd free throw | 32-49 |
| 14:25 | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael misses the floater from the free throw line | 32-49 |
| 14:24 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver grabs the defensive rebound | 32-49 |
| 14:22 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips double dribbles in the backcourt | 32-49 |
| 14:06 | Rutgers | Melvin Phillips picks off the pass by Hedeon Roblodowski | 32-49 |
| 14:03 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips banks in the layup | 32-51 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 13:51 | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael's floater is tipped away by Henry Weaver | 32-51 |
| 13:50 | Rutgers | Hedeon Roblodowski gets the offensive rebound | 32-51 |
| 13:43 | Rutgers | Jerome Hafer misses long on a floater from the right side | 32-51 |
| 13:41 | Rutgers | Hedeon Roblodowski pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-51 |
| 13:33 | Rutgers | Paul Wampler double dribbles | 32-51 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Sammy Tolbert (SF) Walter Pointer | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 13:07 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver misses short on a runner in the paint but he's fouled by Lance Carmichael - foul #1 on Lance Carmichael, team foul #2 | 32-51 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis (PG) Jerome Hafer | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 13:07 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver makes the 1st free throw | 32-52 |
| 13:07 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver misses the 2nd free throw | 32-52 |
| 13:07 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to James Johnson | 32-52 |
| 12:44 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver is fouled on the floor by Hedeon Roblodowski - foul #2 on Hedeon Roblodowski, team foul #3 | 32-52 |
| 12:15 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 32-52 |
| 12:13 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver hits the follow up shot | 32-54 |
| 12:01 | Rutgers | Sammy Tolbert is whistled for a carry | 32-54 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cesar Castro (SG), Bryan Sayers (SF), Terry Morton (C) Lance Carmichael, Sammy Tolbert, Paul Wampler | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield (SG), Richard Preston (SF), Harry Gilyard (PF) Lawrence McClatcher, William Harned, James Johnson | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Maurice Zemjanis (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Cesar Castro (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Bryan Sayers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Hedeon Roblodowski (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Terry Morton (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Melvin Phillips (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Richard Preston (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Harry Gilyard (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Henry Weaver (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:42 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline | 32-54 |
| 11:40 | Rutgers | Hedeon Roblodowski snags the defensive board | 32-54 |
| 11:16 | Rutgers | Bryan Sayers loses the dribble to Paul Moorefield | 32-54 |
| 10:53 | West Virginia | Richard Preston misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 32-54 |
| 10:51 | Rutgers | Bryan Sayers gets the rebound | 32-54 |
| 10:33 | Rutgers | Hedeon Roblodowski clanks a shot from the left wing | 32-54 |
| 10:32 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield pulls down the rebound | 32-54 |
| 10:26 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Paul Moorefield | 32-57 |
| 10:16 | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-57 |
| 09:53 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver misses the easy layup | 35-57 |
| 09:52 | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis gets the rebound | 35-57 |
| 09:48 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 35-57 |
| 09:47 | Rutgers | Bryan Sayers tips it back up and in | 37-57 |
| 09:18 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-57 |
| 09:16 | West Virginia | Richard Preston tips it in | 37-59 |
| 09:04 | Rutgers | Hedeon Roblodowski can't finish the layup | 37-59 |
| 09:02 | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis grabs the offensive board | 37-59 |
| 08:54 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Paul Moorefield - foul #3 on Paul Moorefield, team foul #2 | 37-59 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael (PG), Sammy Tolbert (SF), Walter Pointer (PF), Paul Wampler (C) Maurice Zemjanis, Bryan Sayers, Hedeon Roblodowski, Terry Morton | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher (PG), William Harned (SF), Billy Bryant (PF), James Johnson (C) Melvin Phillips, Richard Preston, Harry Gilyard, Henry Weaver | |
| 08:54 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro makes the 1st free throw | 38-59 |
| 08:54 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro makes the 2nd free throw | 39-59 |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | James Johnson knocks in the runner in the lane set up by Paul Moorefield and the foul's on Paul Wampler - foul #1 on Paul Wampler, team foul #4 | 39-61 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jerome Hafer (PG) Cesar Castro | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | James Johnson makes the free throw | 39-62 |
| 08:25 | Rutgers | Paul Wampler can't connect on a turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by James Johnson - foul #2 on James Johnson, team foul #3 | 39-62 |
| 08:25 | Rutgers | Paul Wampler misses the 1st free throw | 39-62 |
| 08:25 | Rutgers | Paul Wampler misses the 2nd free throw | 39-62 |
| 08:25 | Rutgers | Sammy Tolbert grabs the offensive board | 39-62 |
| 08:04 | Rutgers | Paul Wampler can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 39-62 |
| 08:03 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Billy Bryant | 39-62 |
| 07:58 | West Virginia | Walter Pointer swats the short shot by Lawrence McClatcher | 39-62 |
| 07:57 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield gets the offensive rebound | 39-62 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jerome Hafer (fresh) SG - Lance Carmichael (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Sammy Tolbert (fresh) PF - Walter Pointer (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Paul Wampler (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence McClatcher (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Moorefield (fairly fresh) 5 ast. 3 pf. SF - William Harned (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Billy Bryant (fresh) C - James Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:34 | West Virginia | Billy Bryant is fouled on the floor by Paul Wampler - foul #2 on Paul Wampler, team foul #5 | 39-62 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Terry Morton (PF) Sammy Tolbert | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips (PG) Paul Moorefield | |
| 07:13 | West Virginia | James Johnson can't connect on a jump hook from the left block | 39-62 |
| 07:11 | Rutgers | Walter Pointer grabs the defensive rebound | 39-62 |
| 06:55 | Rutgers | Jerome Hafer is hacked by James Johnson - foul #3 on James Johnson, team foul #4 | 39-62 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis (PG), Cesar Castro (SG), Bryan Sayers (SF) Jerome Hafer, Lance Carmichael, Terry Morton | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (SF), Harry Gilyard (PF) William Harned, Billy Bryant | |
| 06:44 | Rutgers | Richard Preston swats the layup by Cesar Castro | 39-62 |
| 06:43 | Rutgers | Cesar Castro tips it in | 41-62 |
| 06:18 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard can't connect on a turnaround from the left block but he's hacked by Walter Pointer - foul #1 on Walter Pointer, team foul #6 | 41-62 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Terry Morton (C) Paul Wampler | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Henry Weaver (SG) Melvin Phillips | |
| 06:18 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard makes the 1st free throw | 41-63 |
| 06:18 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard makes the 2nd free throw | 41-64 |
| 05:56 | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Henry Weaver - foul #1 on Henry Weaver, team foul #5 | 41-64 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael (SG), Sammy Tolbert (SF), Piao Hong (C) Cesar Castro, Bryan Sayers, Walter Pointer | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 05:56 | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis makes the 1st free throw | 42-64 |
| 05:56 | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis makes the 2nd free throw | 43-64 |
| 05:31 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver hits the finger roll set up by Lawrence McClatcher | 43-66 |
| 05:05 | Rutgers | Sammy Tolbert misses long on an open runner from the right block | 43-66 |
| 05:03 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver grabs the defensive rebound | 43-66 |
| 04:45 | West Virginia | Lance Carmichael picks off the pass by Henry Weaver | 43-66 |
| 04:33 | Rutgers | Sammy Tolbert scores on a floater from the left side | 45-66 |
| 04:04 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver buries a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Lawrence McClatcher | 45-69 |
| 03:45 | Rutgers | Maurice Zemjanis shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 45-69 |
| 03:43 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver grabs the defensive rebound | 45-69 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Maurice Zemjanis (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Lance Carmichael (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Sammy Tolbert (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Terry Morton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Piao Hong (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Lawrence McClatcher (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Henry Weaver (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. SF - Richard Preston (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Harry Gilyard (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - James Johnson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:28 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 45-69 |
| 03:27 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Piao Hong | 45-69 |
| 03:10 | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael misses badly on a shot from the left side but he's hacked by Henry Weaver - foul #2 on Henry Weaver, team foul #6 | 45-69 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jerome Hafer (PG), Walter Pointer (PF) Maurice Zemjanis, Terry Morton | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips (PG), Paul Moorefield (SG), William Harned (SF), Billy Bryant (PF) Lawrence McClatcher, Richard Preston, Harry Gilyard, James Johnson | |
| 03:10 | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael makes the 1st free throw | 46-69 |
| 03:10 | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael misses the 2nd free throw | 46-69 |
| 03:10 | West Virginia | Billy Bryant pulls down the rebound | 46-69 |
| 02:51 | West Virginia | Henry Weaver's pass is intercepted by Walter Pointer | 46-69 |
| 02:28 | Rutgers | Sammy Tolbert can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 46-69 |
| 02:26 | Rutgers | Walter Pointer gets the offensive rebound | 46-69 |
| 02:07 | Rutgers | Sammy Tolbert is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Sammy Tolbert, team foul #7 | 46-69 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Richard Patrick (PG), Terry Morton (C) Sammy Tolbert, Piao Hong | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:45 | West Virginia | William Harned is hacked by Jerome Hafer - foul #1 on Jerome Hafer, team foul #8 | 46-69 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Sammy Tolbert (SF) Richard Patrick | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard (PF) Billy Bryant | |
| 01:45 | West Virginia | William Harned misses the 1st free throw | 46-69 |
| 01:45 | Rutgers | Terry Morton grabs the board | 46-69 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 01:27 | Rutgers | Walter Pointer lays it up and in | 48-69 |
| 00:58 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Paul Moorefield | 48-72 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:51 | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael connects on the jumpshot from the right wing | 50-72 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:30 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips misses badly on a floater from the right side | 50-72 |
| 00:29 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips hits the follow up shot | 50-74 |
| 00:21 | Rutgers | Lance Carmichael throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-74 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (SF) William Harned | |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Melvin Phillips runs out the clock | 50-74 |