| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) SG - Carl Stewart (fresh) SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) PF - Allen Baugher (fresh) C - Alvin Haas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Joaquin Jensen (fresh) SG - Donny Green (fresh) SF - Paul Read (fresh) PF - Daniel Hammond (fresh) C - Roy Worth (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:44 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas misses short on a floater near the basket but he's hacked by Joaquin Jensen - foul #1 on Joaquin Jensen, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:44 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:29 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 2-0 |
| 19:27 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Allen Baugher | 2-0 |
| 19:17 | West Virginia | Roy Worth blocks the short jumper by Alvin Haas | 2-0 |
| 19:16 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth pulls down the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:52 | Cincinnati | Paul Read throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-0 |
| 18:32 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher works out of a doubleteam and scores on a turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Carl Stewart | 4-0 |
| 18:06 | Cincinnati | Paul Read hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 4-0 |
| 18:05 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Allen Baugher | 4-0 |
| 17:56 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 4-0 |
| 17:54 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth snags the defensive board | 4-0 |
| 17:26 | Cincinnati | Paul Read loses the dribble to Christopher Lipe | 4-0 |
| 17:23 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire misses the easy layup | 4-0 |
| 17:22 | Cincinnati | Paul Read grabs the board | 4-0 |
| 16:57 | Cincinnati | Paul Read comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 4-0 |
| 16:56 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth tips it in | 4-2 |
| 16:45 | West Virginia | Joaquin Jensen steals the ball from Carl Dunmire | 4-2 |
| 16:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Read drills a shot in the lane on a nice dish by Donny Green | 4-4 |
| 16:03 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe double dribbles | 4-4 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (SG), Chadwick Webber (SF), Michael Smith (PF), Christopher Yale (C) Carl Stewart, Christopher Lipe, Allen Baugher, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Sam Kelley (PG), Shawn Runyon (SG), Clifford Henderson (SF), Kevin Ward (PF), Boyce Usher (C) Joaquin Jensen, Donny Green, Paul Read, Daniel Hammond, Roy Worth | |
| 15:42 | Cincinnati | A charge is called on Sam Kelley - foul #1 on Sam Kelley, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Allen Baugher (PF) Carl Dunmire | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) SG - Christopher Yale (fresh) SF - Chadwick Webber (fresh) PF - Allen Baugher (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Smith (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Sam Kelley (fresh) SG - Shawn Runyon (fresh) SF - Clifford Henderson (fresh) PF - Kevin Ward (fresh) C - Boyce Usher (fresh) | |
| 15:24 | West Virginia | Sam Kelley is called for the reach on Joshua Douglass - foul #2 on Sam Kelley, team foul #3 | 4-4 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG) Sam Kelley | |
| 15:12 | West Virginia | Boyce Usher blocks the short jumper by Michael Smith | 4-4 |
| 15:10 | West Virginia | Christopher Yale hits the follow up shot | 6-4 |
| 14:55 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson scores on a turnaround in the lane and he's hacked by Chadwick Webber - foul #1 on Chadwick Webber, team foul #1 | 6-6 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG) Allen Baugher | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 14:55 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson makes the free throw | 6-7 |
| 14:47 | West Virginia | Michael Smith clanks a turnaround from the right block | 6-7 |
| 14:45 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire tips it but misses | 6-7 |
| 14:43 | West Virginia | Christopher Yale grabs the offensive rebound | 6-7 |
| 14:38 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire makes the jumper from the right side on a great pass from Chadwick Webber and he's hacked by Clifford Henderson - foul #1 on Clifford Henderson, team foul #4 | 8-7 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF), Alvin Haas (C) Chadwick Webber, Christopher Yale | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Read (PG) Joaquin Jensen | |
| 14:38 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire makes the free throw | 9-7 |
| 14:17 | Cincinnati | Kevin Ward misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 9-7 |
| 14:16 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson hits the follow up shot | 9-9 |
| 14:03 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe banks in the layup on a great pass from Carl Dunmire and the foul's on Boyce Usher - foul #1 on Boyce Usher, team foul #5 | 11-9 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (SG) Joshua Douglass | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG), Roy Worth (C) Paul Read, Boyce Usher | |
| 14:03 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe misses the free throw | 11-9 |
| 14:03 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Kevin Ward | 11-9 |
| 13:41 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson misses the shot from the left side | 11-9 |
| 13:39 | Cincinnati | Kevin Ward tips it in | 11-11 |
| 13:26 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 11-11 |
| 13:24 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth snags the defensive board | 11-11 |
| 12:56 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson is hacked by Alvin Haas - foul #1 on Alvin Haas, team foul #2 | 11-11 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber (SF), Allen Baugher (PF), Christopher Yale (C) Christopher Lipe, Michael Smith, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Read (PG), Donny Green (SG), Roderick McKeown (PF), Boyce Usher (C) Joaquin Jensen, Shawn Runyon, Kevin Ward, Roy Worth | |
| 12:29 | Cincinnati | Roderick McKeown clanks a shot from the left wing | 11-11 |
| 12:28 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire grabs the defensive rebound | 11-11 |
| 12:23 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 11-11 |
| 12:22 | Cincinnati | Boyce Usher grabs the defensive rebound | 11-11 |
| 12:17 | Cincinnati | Paul Read throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 11-11 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (PG) Carl Dunmire | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG), Kevin Ward (PF), Roy Worth (C) Paul Read, Roderick McKeown, Boyce Usher | |
| 12:12 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart banks in the wide open layup | 13-11 |
| 12:01 | Cincinnati | Kevin Ward hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 13-11 |
| 11:59 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher grabs the defensive rebound | 13-11 |
| 11:51 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher misses long on a shot from the right block but he's hacked by Kevin Ward - foul #1 on Kevin Ward, team foul #6 | 13-11 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF), Alvin Haas (C) Carl Stewart, Chadwick Webber | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Roderick McKeown (PF), Boyce Usher (C) Kevin Ward, Roy Worth | |
| 11:51 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher makes the 1st free throw | 14-11 |
| 11:51 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher makes the 2nd free throw | 15-11 |
| 11:22 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen is fouled on the floor by Joshua Douglass - foul #1 on Joshua Douglass, team foul #3 | 15-11 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG) Christopher Yale | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Read (PG), Kevin Ward (PF), Roy Worth (C) Joaquin Jensen, Roderick McKeown, Boyce Usher | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Allen Baugher (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Alvin Haas (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Paul Read (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Donny Green (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Clifford Henderson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Kevin Ward (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Roy Worth (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:11 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 15-11 |
| 11:09 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher grabs the defensive rebound | 15-11 |
| 10:53 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe banks in the layup over the doubleteam set up by Carl Dunmire | 17-11 |
| 10:28 | Cincinnati | Paul Read scores on a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Clifford Henderson | 17-14 |
| 10:16 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 20-14 |
| 09:51 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson knocks in the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Paul Read and the foul's on Alvin Haas - foul #2 on Alvin Haas, team foul #4 | 20-16 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (SG), Chadwick Webber (SF), Michael Smith (PF), Christopher Yale (C) Joshua Douglass, Christopher Lipe, Allen Baugher, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG), Shawn Runyon (SG), Daniel Hammond (PF), Boyce Usher (C) Paul Read, Donny Green, Kevin Ward, Roy Worth | |
| 09:51 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson makes the free throw | 20-17 |
| 09:40 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire makes the 3 pointer from the left wing | 23-17 |
| 09:22 | Cincinnati | Michael Smith steps in front of the Boyce Usher pass | 23-17 |
| 09:01 | West Virginia | Michael Smith scores on a shot in the lane and the foul's on Clifford Henderson - foul #2 on Clifford Henderson, team foul #7 | 25-17 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donny Green (SG), Paul Read (SF), Roderick McKeown (PF), Roy Worth (C) Shawn Runyon, Clifford Henderson, Daniel Hammond, Boyce Usher | |
| 09:01 | West Virginia | Michael Smith makes the free throw | 26-17 |
| 08:46 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 26-17 |
| 08:44 | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber snags the defensive board | 26-17 |
| 08:40 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 26-17 |
| 08:39 | Cincinnati | Paul Read snags the defensive board | 26-17 |
| 08:31 | Cincinnati | Paul Read comes up short on the shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Chadwick Webber - foul #2 on Chadwick Webber, team foul #5 | 26-17 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF), Allen Baugher (PF) Chadwick Webber, Christopher Yale | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Shawn Runyon (SG), Daniel Hammond (PF) Donny Green, Roderick McKeown | |
| 08:31 | Cincinnati | Paul Read makes the 1st free throw | 26-18 |
| 08:31 | Cincinnati | Paul Read makes the 2nd free throw | 26-19 |
| 08:05 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart is fouled on the floor by Joaquin Jensen - foul #2 on Joaquin Jensen, team foul #8 | 26-19 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (PG) Carl Dunmire | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donny Green (SG), Roderick McKeown (PF), Boyce Usher (C) Joaquin Jensen, Daniel Hammond, Roy Worth | |
| 08:05 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 27-19 |
| 08:05 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 28-19 |
| 07:45 | Cincinnati | Paul Read hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Boyce Usher | 28-22 |
| 07:37 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass double dribbles | 28-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Daniel Hammond (PF), Roy Worth (C) Roderick McKeown, Boyce Usher | |
| 07:24 | Cincinnati | Paul Read can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 28-22 |
| 07:22 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Donny Green | 28-22 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) SG - Carl Stewart (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Allen Baugher (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Smith (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Paul Read (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donny Green (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Shawn Runyon (fresh) PF - Daniel Hammond (fresh) C - Roy Worth (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:05 | Cincinnati | Shawn Runyon is hacked by Joshua Douglass - foul #2 on Joshua Douglass, team foul #6 | 28-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG), Christopher Yale (C) Joshua Douglass, Michael Smith | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kevin Ward (PF) Daniel Hammond | |
| 06:50 | Cincinnati | Paul Read comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 28-22 |
| 06:49 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Carl Stewart | 28-22 |
| 06:35 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block | 28-22 |
| 06:33 | Cincinnati | Paul Read pulls down the rebound | 28-22 |
| 06:16 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth is fouled on the floor by Allen Baugher - foul #1 on Allen Baugher, team foul #7 | 28-22 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (SG), Chadwick Webber (SF), Alvin Haas (C) Carl Stewart, Christopher Lipe, Allen Baugher | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Daniel Hammond (PF), Boyce Usher (C) Shawn Runyon, Kevin Ward | |
| 06:16 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth makes the 1st free throw | 28-23 |
| 06:16 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth makes the 2nd free throw | 28-24 |
| 06:08 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire misses long on a 3 from straight away | 28-24 |
| 06:07 | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-24 |
| 05:52 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-24 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Smith (PF) Christopher Yale | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen (PG), Kevin Ward (PF) Roy Worth, Daniel Hammond | |
| 05:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Read misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner but he's fouled by Chadwick Webber - foul #3 on Chadwick Webber, team foul #8 | 28-24 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF) Chadwick Webber | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Daniel Hammond (PF), Roy Worth (C) Kevin Ward, Boyce Usher | |
| 05:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Read makes the 1st free throw | 28-25 |
| 05:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Read makes the 2nd free throw | 28-26 |
| 05:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Read misses the 3rd free throw | 28-26 |
| 05:23 | West Virginia | Michael Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 28-26 |
| 05:16 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas's fadeaway is rejected by Daniel Hammond | 28-26 |
| 05:15 | Cincinnati | Daniel Hammond grabs the defensive rebound | 28-26 |
| 04:52 | Cincinnati | Paul Read clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-26 |
| 04:50 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas snags the defensive board | 28-26 |
| 04:34 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire misses short on a jumper from the left side | 28-26 |
| 04:32 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas tips it in | 30-26 |
| 04:04 | Cincinnati | Paul Read clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 30-26 |
| 04:02 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Michael Smith | 30-26 |
| 03:40 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire connects on the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Christopher Lipe | 32-26 |
| 03:18 | Cincinnati | Daniel Hammond misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Michael Smith - foul #1 on Michael Smith, team foul #9 | 32-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (SG), Christopher Yale (SF), Allen Baugher (PF) Carl Dunmire, Christopher Lipe, Michael Smith | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Sam Kelley (SG), Clifford Henderson (SF), Boyce Usher (C) Donny Green, Paul Read, Roy Worth | |
| 03:18 | Cincinnati | Daniel Hammond makes the 1st free throw | 32-27 |
| 03:18 | Cincinnati | Daniel Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 32-28 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) SG - Carl Stewart (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Christopher Yale (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Allen Baugher (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Alvin Haas (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Joaquin Jensen (fresh) SG - Sam Kelley (fresh) SF - Clifford Henderson (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Daniel Hammond (fresh) 2 pts. C - Boyce Usher (fresh) | |
| 02:59 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas connects on the pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Carl Stewart | 34-28 |
| 02:37 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen travels with the ball | 34-28 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG) Joshua Douglass | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kevin Ward (PF) Daniel Hammond | |
| 02:12 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher knocks in the fadeaway from the baseline | 36-28 |
| 01:47 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 36-31 |
| 01:42 | West Virginia | Kevin Ward takes the ball from Carl Stewart | 36-31 |
| 01:21 | Cincinnati | Clifford Henderson is called for 5 seconds | 36-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF), Michael Smith (C) Christopher Yale, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Roy Worth (C) Boyce Usher | |
| 00:59 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart is fouled on the floor by Sam Kelley - foul #3 on Sam Kelley, team foul #9 | 36-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (PG) Carl Dunmire | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Shawn Runyon (SG), Roderick McKeown (PF) Sam Kelley, Kevin Ward | |
| 00:59 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart misses the 1st free throw | 36-31 |
| 00:59 | Cincinnati | Roderick McKeown pulls down the rebound | 36-31 |
| 00:44 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Shawn Runyon | 36-34 |
| 00:31 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe is fouled on the floor by Clifford Henderson - foul #3 on Clifford Henderson, team foul #10 | 36-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Yale (SG) Carl Stewart | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donny Green (SG), Kevin Ward (PF) Clifford Henderson, Roderick McKeown | |
| 00:31 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe misses the 1st free throw | 36-34 |
| 00:31 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe makes the 2nd free throw | 37-34 |
| 00:11 | Cincinnati | Michael Smith is called for the reach on Roy Worth - foul #2 on Michael Smith, team foul #10 | 37-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG) Allen Baugher | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Read (SF), Roderick McKeown (PF) Donny Green, Kevin Ward | |
| 00:11 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth misses the 1st free throw | 37-34 |
| 00:11 | Cincinnati | Roy Worth makes the 2nd free throw | 37-35 |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 37-35 |
| 00:01 | West Virginia | Christopher Yale tips it in | 39-35 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Joaquin Jensen misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 39-35 |