| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Jason Mitchell (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Igor Jarnutowski (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. SF - George Flanagan (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Kevin Mayeski (fresh) 5 reb. C - Joseph Juan (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 9 pts. SF - David Hart (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Hershel Tackitt (fresh) 4 pts. C - George Carrigan (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | David Hart inbounds the ball | 29-42 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:55 | West Virginia | Kevin Mayeski picks off the pass by Grady Wotring in the backcourt | 29-42 |
| 19:39 | Niagara | Hershel Tackitt swats the short shot by Joseph Juan | 29-42 |
| 19:37 | Niagara | Kevin Mayeski grabs the offensive board | 29-42 |
| 19:14 | Niagara | George Carrigan swats the short shot by Kevin Mayeski | 29-42 |
| 19:13 | Niagara | Kevin Mayeski grabs the offensive board | 29-42 |
| 19:03 | Niagara | Jason Mitchell scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 32-42 |
| 18:41 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt attempt from the left wing | 32-42 |
| 18:39 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring hits the follow up shot | 32-44 |
| 18:26 | Niagara | Kevin Mayeski banks in the layup and he's hacked by Grady Wotring - foul #2 on Grady Wotring, team foul #1 | 34-44 |
| Subs | Niagara | Ken Gose (SG), Don Harper (SF), Stephen Clemmer (C) Igor Jarnutowski, George Flanagan, Joseph Juan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters (PF) Hershel Tackitt | |
| 18:26 | Niagara | Kevin Mayeski makes the free throw | 35-44 |
| 18:24 | West Virginia | David Hart is hacked by Jason Mitchell in the backcourt - foul #2 on Jason Mitchell, team foul #1 | 35-44 |
| 18:08 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters clanks a floater near the basket but he's hacked by Kevin Mayeski - foul #2 on Kevin Mayeski, team foul #2 | 35-44 |
| Subs | Niagara | Albert McWhirt (C) Kevin Mayeski | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Santos Cherry (C) George Carrigan | |
| 18:08 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters misses the 1st free throw | 35-44 |
| 18:08 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters makes the 2nd free throw | 35-45 |
| 17:48 | Niagara | Jeffrey Peters steps in front of the Albert McWhirt pass | 35-45 |
| 17:25 | West Virginia | Ken Gose is called for the reach on Dragan Meleski - foul #2 on Ken Gose, team foul #3 | 35-45 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jon Meyers (PG), Igor Jarnutowski (SG) Jason Mitchell, Don Harper | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alex Osborne (SG), Jesse Back (SF) Dragan Meleski, David Hart | |
| 17:04 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters connects on the open floater from the right block set up by Grady Wotring | 35-47 |
| 16:53 | Niagara | Stephen Clemmer misses badly on a jumper from close range | 35-47 |
| 16:52 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry snags the defensive board | 35-47 |
| 16:34 | West Virginia | Jesse Back clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 35-47 |
| 16:33 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry hits the follow up shot | 35-49 |
| 16:13 | Niagara | Albert McWhirt is whistled for traveling | 35-49 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jason Mitchell (PG), Don Harper (SG), George Flanagan (SF), Kevin Mayeski (PF), Joseph Juan (C) Jon Meyers, Igor Jarnutowski, Ken Gose, Stephen Clemmer, Albert McWhirt | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Hart (PG), Dragan Meleski (SG), Hershel Tackitt (PF), George Carrigan (C) Grady Wotring, Alex Osborne, Jeffrey Peters, Santos Cherry | |
| 15:52 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski is open but comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 35-49 |
| 15:51 | Niagara | Kevin Mayeski snags the defensive board | 35-49 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Jason Mitchell (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Don Harper (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - George Flanagan (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Kevin Mayeski (fresh) 3 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. C - Joseph Juan (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - David Hart (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Jesse Back (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Hershel Tackitt (fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. C - George Carrigan (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:28 | Niagara | George Flanagan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-49 |
| Subs | Niagara | William Otey (SF) George Flanagan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 15:23 | West Virginia | David Hart is hacked by Jason Mitchell in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jason Mitchell, team foul #4 | 35-49 |
| 15:12 | West Virginia | David Hart misses badly on a runner near the basket | 35-49 |
| 15:10 | Niagara | Joseph Juan gets the rebound | 35-49 |
| 14:50 | Niagara | William Otey misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 35-49 |
| 14:48 | Niagara | William Otey snags the offensive board | 35-49 |
| 14:30 | Niagara | William Otey comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 35-49 |
| 14:29 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt gets the rebound | 35-49 |
| 14:23 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt misses short on a fadeaway from the right side | 35-49 |
| 14:21 | Niagara | William Otey gets the rebound | 35-49 |
| 14:12 | Niagara | Joseph Juan buries a shot from the right block set up by Don Harper | 37-49 |
| 13:56 | West Virginia | Jesse Back knocks in the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by George Carrigan | 37-51 |
| 13:40 | Niagara | Jason Mitchell makes the fadeaway from the left wing | 39-51 |
| 13:17 | West Virginia | David Hart is hacked by Jason Mitchell - foul #4 on Jason Mitchell, team foul #5 | 39-51 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jon Meyers (PG), Igor Jarnutowski (SG), Ken Gose (SF), George Flanagan (PF), Stephen Clemmer (C) Jason Mitchell, Don Harper, William Otey, Kevin Mayeski, Joseph Juan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG), Alex Osborne (SG), Jeffrey Peters (PF), Santos Cherry (C) David Hart, Dragan Meleski, Hershel Tackitt, George Carrigan | |
| 12:58 | West Virginia | Jesse Back knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Grady Wotring | 39-54 |
| 12:41 | Niagara | Ken Gose misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-54 |
| 12:39 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters pulls down the rebound | 39-54 |
| 12:13 | West Virginia | Jesse Back is by himself and knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Jeffrey Peters | 39-57 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 11:58 | Niagara | Ken Gose comes up short on the shot from the right side | 39-57 |
| 11:57 | Niagara | Ken Gose grabs the offensive rebound | 39-57 |
| 11:44 | Niagara | Jeffrey Peters steals it from Stephen Clemmer | 39-57 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Jon Meyers (fairly fresh) SG - Igor Jarnutowski (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. SF - Ken Gose (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - George Flanagan (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Stephen Clemmer (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 4 pts. 7 ast. SG - Alex Osborne (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Jesse Back (fairly fresh) 14 pts. PF - Jeffrey Peters (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Santos Cherry (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:26 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne buries a 3 from the right wing set up by Grady Wotring | 39-60 |
| 11:16 | Niagara | Stephen Clemmer's pass is intercepted by Jeffrey Peters | 39-60 |
| 11:14 | West Virginia | George Flanagan picks off the pass by Grady Wotring in the backcourt | 39-60 |
| 11:09 | Niagara | Igor Jarnutowski drills a floater from the right side on a great pass from Jon Meyers | 41-60 |
| 11:02 | West Virginia | Jesse Back's pass is intercepted by Igor Jarnutowski in the backcourt | 41-60 |
| 10:47 | Niagara | Jon Meyers comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 41-60 |
| 10:46 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters pulls down the rebound | 41-60 |
| 10:41 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-60 |
| Subs | Niagara | William Otey (SF), Kevin Mayeski (PF), Albert McWhirt (C) Ken Gose, George Flanagan, Stephen Clemmer | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG), David Hart (SF), George Carrigan (C) Alex Osborne, Jesse Back, Santos Cherry | |
| 10:24 | Niagara | William Otey drills a floater from the free throw line | 43-60 |
| 10:05 | West Virginia | David Hart hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt attempt from the right corner | 43-60 |
| 10:04 | Niagara | Kevin Mayeski grabs the defensive rebound | 43-60 |
| 09:51 | Niagara | William Otey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-60 |
| Subs | Niagara | Don Harper (SG) Igor Jarnutowski | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt (PF) Grady Wotring | |
| 09:29 | West Virginia | David Hart is open and buries a jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Dragan Meleski | 43-62 |
| 09:20 | Niagara | Don Harper is hacked by Dragan Meleski - foul #1 on Dragan Meleski, team foul #2 | 43-62 |
| Subs | Niagara | George Flanagan (PG) Jon Meyers | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (SF) Jeffrey Peters | |
| 09:13 | Niagara | Hershel Tackitt swats the short shot by William Otey | 43-62 |
| 09:11 | Niagara | Albert McWhirt tips it back up and in | 45-62 |
| 08:53 | West Virginia | George Carrigan misses the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Albert McWhirt - foul #2 on Albert McWhirt, team foul #6 | 45-62 |
| Subs | Niagara | Joseph Juan (C) Albert McWhirt | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 08:53 | West Virginia | George Carrigan makes the 1st free throw | 45-63 |
| 08:53 | West Virginia | George Carrigan makes the 2nd free throw | 45-64 |
| 08:44 | Niagara | George Flanagan misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 45-64 |
| 08:42 | West Virginia | George Carrigan grabs the board | 45-64 |
| 08:36 | West Virginia | David Hart can't connect on a runner in the paint but he's fouled by George Flanagan - foul #3 on George Flanagan, team foul #7 | 45-64 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters (PF) George Carrigan | |
| 08:36 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 1st free throw | 45-65 |
| 08:36 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 45-66 |
| 08:12 | Niagara | Joseph Juan misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 45-66 |
| 08:11 | West Virginia | David Hart grabs the defensive rebound | 45-66 |
| 07:57 | West Virginia | David Hart is open and lays it up and in on a nice dish by Dragan Meleski | 45-68 |
| 07:38 | Niagara | William Otey is hacked by Jesse Back - foul #2 on Jesse Back, team foul #3 | 45-68 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jason Mitchell (PG), Ken Gose (SG) George Flanagan, Don Harper | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG), Alex Osborne (SG), Stephen Carney (PF), Santos Cherry (C) David Hart, Dragan Meleski, Jesse Back, Hershel Tackitt | |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Jason Mitchell (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Ken Gose (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - William Otey (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Kevin Mayeski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 9 reb. 2 stl. C - Joseph Juan (fairly fresh) 7 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 4 pts. 8 ast. SG - Alex Osborne (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Jeffrey Peters (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 3 stl. PF - Stephen Carney (fresh) 2 pts. C - Santos Cherry (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:20 | Niagara | Jason Mitchell can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-68 |
| 07:18 | Niagara | Kevin Mayeski pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-68 |
| 07:07 | Niagara | Jeffrey Peters is called for the reach on William Otey - foul #2 on Jeffrey Peters, team foul #4 | 45-68 |
| Subs | Niagara | Stephen Clemmer (PF), Albert McWhirt (C) Kevin Mayeski, Joseph Juan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Hart (SF), George Carrigan (C) Jeffrey Peters, Santos Cherry | |
| 06:52 | Niagara | George Carrigan steals it from Ken Gose | 45-68 |
| 06:48 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring is fouled in the backcourt by William Otey - foul #4 on William Otey, team foul #8 | 45-68 |
| 06:48 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring misses the 1st free throw | 45-68 |
| 06:48 | Niagara | William Otey grabs the defensive rebound | 45-68 |
| 06:40 | Niagara | Albert McWhirt is hacked by George Carrigan - foul #2 on George Carrigan, team foul #5 | 45-68 |
| Subs | Niagara | Igor Jarnutowski (SG) William Otey | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (SF) David Hart | |
| 06:28 | Niagara | Igor Jarnutowski misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 45-68 |
| 06:26 | West Virginia | George Carrigan gets the rebound | 45-68 |
| 06:08 | West Virginia | Jesse Back misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-68 |
| 06:06 | Niagara | Igor Jarnutowski grabs the defensive rebound | 45-68 |
| 05:43 | Niagara | Ken Gose banks in the layup | 47-68 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring is fouled in the backcourt by Ken Gose - foul #3 on Ken Gose, team foul #9 | 47-68 |
| Subs | Niagara | William Otey (SF), Kevin Mayeski (PF), Joseph Juan (C) Ken Gose, Stephen Clemmer, Albert McWhirt | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG), Jeffrey Peters (PF), Santos Cherry (C) Alex Osborne, Stephen Carney, George Carrigan | |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring makes the 1st free throw | 47-69 |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring misses the 2nd free throw | 47-69 |
| 05:41 | Niagara | Joseph Juan pulls down the rebound | 47-69 |
| 05:30 | Niagara | Dragan Meleski steals the ball from Jason Mitchell | 47-69 |
| 05:05 | West Virginia | Jesse Back is alone and drills a floater from the right side on a nice dish by Grady Wotring | 47-71 |
| 04:53 | Niagara | Joseph Juan connects on the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Igor Jarnutowski | 49-71 |
| 04:47 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry's pass is intercepted by Igor Jarnutowski in the backcourt | 49-71 |
| 04:28 | Niagara | Jason Mitchell misses badly on a floater from the left side | 49-71 |
| 04:26 | West Virginia | Jesse Back pulls down the rebound | 49-71 |
| 04:22 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 49-71 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jon Meyers (PG), Don Harper (SG), Ken Gose (SF), George Flanagan (PF), Stephen Clemmer (C) Jason Mitchell, Igor Jarnutowski, William Otey, Kevin Mayeski, Joseph Juan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Hart (SF), Hershel Tackitt (PF) Jesse Back, Jeffrey Peters | |
| 04:17 | Niagara | George Flanagan's floater is knocked away by Hershel Tackitt | 49-71 |
| 04:16 | West Virginia | David Hart pulls down the rebound | 49-71 |
| 03:51 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt misses long on a driving attempt in the paint but he's fouled by Don Harper - foul #1 on Don Harper, team foul #10 | 49-71 |
| Subs | Niagara | Albert McWhirt (C) Stephen Clemmer | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alex Osborne (SG), George Carrigan (C) Grady Wotring, Santos Cherry | |
| 03:51 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt makes the 1st free throw | 49-72 |
| 03:51 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt makes the 2nd free throw | 49-73 |
| 03:42 | Niagara | Jon Meyers travels with the ball | 49-73 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:16 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt lays it up and in on a nice dish by Alex Osborne | 49-75 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Jon Meyers (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Don Harper (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Ken Gose (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - George Flanagan (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Albert McWhirt (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Dragan Meleski (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Alex Osborne (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Hart (fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Hershel Tackitt (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 4 blk. C - George Carrigan (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:02 | Niagara | Ken Gose's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-75 |
| Subs | Niagara | Stephen Clemmer (C) Ken Gose | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (SF) Dragan Meleski | |
| 02:57 | West Virginia | David Hart is fouled in the backcourt by George Flanagan - foul #4 on George Flanagan, team foul #11 | 49-75 |
| Subs | Niagara | Ken Gose (SG) Don Harper | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 02:57 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 1st free throw | 49-76 |
| 02:57 | West Virginia | David Hart misses the 2nd free throw | 49-76 |
| 02:57 | Niagara | Stephen Clemmer snags the defensive board | 49-76 |
| 02:46 | Niagara | Ken Gose misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 49-76 |
| 02:44 | Niagara | Ken Gose tips it home | 51-76 |
| 02:15 | West Virginia | David Hart is by himself and knocks in the driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Alex Osborne | 51-78 |
| 01:56 | Niagara | Jon Meyers hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 51-78 |
| 01:55 | Niagara | George Flanagan tips it but misses | 51-78 |
| 01:54 | West Virginia | David Hart gets the rebound | 51-78 |
| 01:35 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne misses the wide open floater from the free throw line | 51-78 |
| 01:33 | Niagara | Albert McWhirt grabs the board | 51-78 |
| 01:28 | Niagara | Ken Gose hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 53-78 |
| 01:26 | West Virginia | David Hart is hacked by George Flanagan in the backcourt - foul #5 on George Flanagan, team foul #12 | 53-78 |
| Subs | Niagara | Don Harper (SF) George Flanagan | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG), Dragan Meleski (SG) Alex Osborne, Jesse Back | |
| 01:26 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 1st free throw | 53-79 |
| 01:26 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 53-80 |
| 01:11 | Niagara | Don Harper scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Ken Gose | 56-80 |
| 00:44 | West Virginia | David Hart drills a runner from close range on a great pass from Dragan Meleski | 56-82 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:40 | Niagara | Albert McWhirt throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-82 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | Ken Gose picks off the pass by Hershel Tackitt | 56-82 |
| 00:09 | Niagara | Don Harper misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 56-82 |
| 00:07 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski grabs the defensive rebound | 56-82 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring runs out the clock | 56-82 |