| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Hart (fresh) 8 pts. PF - John Parise (fresh) 3 reb. C - Hershel Tackitt (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Charles Fortunato (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Beyers (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - William Joyce (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Kenney (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Maurice Kennedy (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Pitt | William Joyce inbounds the ball | 25-18 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:37 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy misses long on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by John Parise - foul #3 on John Parise, team foul #1 | 25-18 |
| 19:37 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy makes the 1st free throw | 25-19 |
| 19:37 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy makes the 2nd free throw | 25-20 |
| 19:15 | West Virginia | David Hart scores on a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Grady Wotring | 27-20 |
| 19:01 | Pitt | James Kenney is whistled for traveling | 27-20 |
| 18:35 | West Virginia | David Hart hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 27-20 |
| 18:34 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy grabs the board | 27-20 |
| 18:05 | Pitt | William Joyce can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 27-20 |
| 18:04 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring pulls down the rebound | 27-20 |
| 17:58 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt makes the jump hook from the baseline | 29-20 |
| 17:33 | Pitt | William Joyce buries a jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Charles Fortunato and the foul's on Hershel Tackitt - foul #3 on Hershel Tackitt, team foul #2 | 29-22 |
| 17:33 | Pitt | William Joyce makes the free throw | 29-23 |
| 17:06 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt is whistled for a carry | 29-23 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Fred Gillespie (PF) James Kenney | |
| 16:42 | Pitt | William Joyce misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 29-23 |
| 16:41 | Pitt | William Joyce tips it back up and in | 29-25 |
| 16:21 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski misses the jumper from the free throw line | 29-25 |
| 16:19 | Pitt | James Beyers grabs the board | 29-25 |
| 15:58 | Pitt | Fred Gillespie loses the ball out of bounds | 29-25 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jimmy Rugg (PF) John Parise | |
| Subs | Pitt | Micheal Taylor (SG), Keith McIver (C) James Beyers, Maurice Kennedy | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Hart (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Jimmy Rugg (fresh) C - Hershel Tackitt (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Charles Fortunato (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Micheal Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. SF - William Joyce (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Fred Gillespie (fresh) 3 reb. C - Keith McIver (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:31 | West Virginia | David Hart double dribbles | 29-25 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Brian Wade (SG) Dragan Meleski | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Kenney (PF) Fred Gillespie | |
| 15:07 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato can't finish the layup | 29-25 |
| 15:05 | West Virginia | Brian Wade pulls down the rebound | 29-25 |
| 14:43 | West Virginia | David Hart scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 32-25 |
| 14:23 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 32-25 |
| 14:22 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt snags the defensive board | 32-25 |
| 14:05 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Grady Wotring | 34-25 |
| 13:39 | Pitt | Keith McIver is fouled on the floor by Hershel Tackitt - foul #4 on Hershel Tackitt, team foul #3 | 34-25 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG), John Parise (PF), Carlos Wilson (C) Grady Wotring, Brian Wade, Hershel Tackitt | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Beyers (SG), Fred Gillespie (PF), Maurice Kennedy (C) Charles Fortunato, James Kenney, Keith McIver | |
| 13:18 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 34-25 |
| 13:17 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Jimmy Rugg | 34-25 |
| 12:49 | West Virginia | David Hart knocks in the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Dragan Meleski | 36-25 |
| 12:35 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy hits a shot from the right wing on a great pass from James Beyers | 36-27 |
| 12:17 | West Virginia | Carlos Wilson loses the ball out of bounds | 36-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG), Hershel Tackitt (C) Jimmy Rugg, Carlos Wilson | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Kenney (PF) William Joyce | |
| 12:04 | Pitt | James Beyers is fouled on the floor by John Parise - foul #4 on John Parise, team foul #4 | 36-27 |
| 11:45 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-27 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - David Hart (fairly fresh) 17 pts. PF - John Parise (fresh) 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Hershel Tackitt (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Micheal Taylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - James Beyers (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Fred Gillespie (fresh) 3 reb. PF - James Kenney (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Maurice Kennedy (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:18 | West Virginia | David Hart's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 36-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Charles Fortunato (PG) Micheal Taylor | |
| 10:55 | Pitt | James Kenney scores on a turnaround from the right block and he's fouled by John Parise - foul #5 on John Parise, team foul #5 | 36-29 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Brian Wade (PF) John Parise | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 10:55 | Pitt | James Kenney makes the free throw | 36-30 |
| 10:26 | West Virginia | Fred Gillespie denies the turnaround by Dragan Meleski | 36-30 |
| 10:25 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Dragan Meleski | 36-30 |
| 10:14 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Grady Wotring | 39-30 |
| 09:54 | Pitt | James Kenney misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 39-30 |
| 09:52 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato misses the tip | 39-30 |
| 09:50 | Pitt | James Kenney tips it back up and in | 39-32 |
| 09:34 | West Virginia | David Hart can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 39-32 |
| 09:32 | Pitt | James Kenney grabs the defensive rebound | 39-32 |
| 09:14 | Pitt | James Kenney blows the layup | 39-32 |
| 09:13 | Pitt | James Kenney grabs the offensive rebound | 39-32 |
| 08:56 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy's layup is rejected by Hershel Tackitt | 39-32 |
| 08:54 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt gets the rebound | 39-32 |
| 08:38 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt is hacked by Maurice Kennedy - foul #1 on Maurice Kennedy, team foul #1 | 39-32 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Terry Fraise (SG), Jimmy Rugg (PF), Carlos Wilson (C) Dragan Meleski, David Hart, Hershel Tackitt | |
| Subs | Pitt | Micheal Taylor (SG), William Joyce (SF), Keith McIver (C) James Beyers, Fred Gillespie, Maurice Kennedy | |
| 08:26 | West Virginia | Brian Wade misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 39-32 |
| 08:25 | West Virginia | Carlos Wilson grabs the offensive board | 39-32 |
| 08:06 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring travels with the ball | 39-32 |
| 07:46 | Pitt | James Kenney knocks in the shot in the lane set up by Keith McIver | 39-34 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Terry Fraise (fresh) SF - Brian Wade (fresh) PF - Jimmy Rugg (fresh) C - Carlos Wilson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Charles Fortunato (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Micheal Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. SF - William Joyce (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Kenney (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - Keith McIver (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:23 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring comes up short on the jump hook from close range | 39-34 |
| 07:21 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Charles Fortunato | 39-34 |
| 06:58 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 39-34 |
| 06:57 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring snags the defensive board | 39-34 |
| 06:38 | West Virginia | Terry Fraise misses the easy layup | 39-34 |
| 06:37 | West Virginia | Jimmy Rugg can't tip it in | 39-34 |
| 06:36 | Pitt | James Kenney grabs the board | 39-34 |
| 06:08 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-34 |
| 06:06 | Pitt | William Joyce misses the tip | 39-34 |
| 06:05 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor hits the follow up shot | 39-36 |
| 05:49 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring misses short on a floater from the right side | 39-36 |
| 05:47 | Pitt | The rebound goes to James Kenney | 39-36 |
| 05:31 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 39-36 |
| 05:29 | Pitt | James Kenney gets the offensive rebound | 39-36 |
| 05:29 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 39-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG), David Hart (SF), Hershel Tackitt (C) Terry Fraise, Brian Wade, Carlos Wilson | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Beyers (SG), Fred Gillespie (PF), Maurice Kennedy (C) Charles Fortunato, James Kenney, Keith McIver | |
| 05:08 | Pitt | James Beyers misses the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Jimmy Rugg - foul #1 on Jimmy Rugg, team foul #6 | 39-36 |
| 05:08 | Pitt | James Beyers misses the 1st free throw | 39-36 |
| 05:08 | Pitt | James Beyers makes the 2nd free throw | 39-37 |
| 04:47 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt misses the easy layup | 39-37 |
| 04:45 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt grabs the offensive rebound | 39-37 |
| 04:18 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt's floater is tipped away by Fred Gillespie | 39-37 |
| 04:16 | Pitt | The rebound goes to William Joyce | 39-37 |
| 04:10 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor is fouled on the floor by Hershel Tackitt - foul #5 on Hershel Tackitt, team foul #7 | 39-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Brian Wade (PF), Carlos Wilson (C) Jimmy Rugg, Hershel Tackitt | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 04:10 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 39-38 |
| 04:10 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor misses the 2nd free throw | 39-38 |
| 04:10 | West Virginia | Carlos Wilson snags the defensive board | 39-38 |
| 04:10 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 39-38 |
| 03:56 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 39-38 |
| 03:55 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy snags the defensive board | 39-38 |
| 03:33 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-38 |
| 03:31 | Pitt | Fred Gillespie can't tip it in | 39-38 |
| 03:30 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring gets the rebound | 39-38 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - David Hart (fresh) 17 pts. PF - Brian Wade (fresh) C - Carlos Wilson (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Micheal Taylor (fresh) 9 pts. SG - James Beyers (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - William Joyce (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Fred Gillespie (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Maurice Kennedy (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:06 | West Virginia | David Hart buries a turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Dragan Meleski | 41-38 |
| 02:55 | Pitt | Fred Gillespie loses the ball out of bounds | 41-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jimmy Rugg (PF) Brian Wade | |
| Subs | Pitt | Charles Fortunato (PG) Micheal Taylor | |
| 02:50 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 41-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Kenney (PF) Fred Gillespie | |
| 02:33 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski scores on a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Carlos Wilson | 43-38 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:13 | Pitt | William Joyce comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 43-38 |
| 02:12 | Pitt | James Kenney snags the offensive board | 43-38 |
| 01:58 | Pitt | Charles Fortunato misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 43-38 |
| 01:56 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy pulls down the offensive rebound | 43-38 |
| 01:41 | Pitt | James Beyers can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 43-38 |
| 01:39 | West Virginia | Carlos Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 43-38 |
| 01:39 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 43-38 |
| 01:15 | West Virginia | James Kenney swats the shot by David Hart | 43-38 |
| 01:13 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring hits the follow up shot | 45-38 |
| 00:57 | Pitt | James Beyers misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 45-38 |
| 00:55 | Pitt | William Joyce hits the follow up shot | 45-40 |
| 00:55 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 remaining) | 45-40 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:54 | West Virginia | Charles Fortunato is called for the reach on David Hart in the backcourt - foul #2 on Charles Fortunato, team foul #2 | 45-40 |
| 00:53 | West Virginia | James Beyers is called for the reach on Dragan Meleski - foul #4 on James Beyers, team foul #3 | 45-40 |
| 00:52 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring is hacked by William Joyce - foul #3 on William Joyce, team foul #4 | 45-40 |
| 00:50 | West Virginia | James Kenney is called for the reach on David Hart - foul #1 on James Kenney, team foul #5 | 45-40 |
| 00:47 | West Virginia | James Beyers is called for the reach on Dragan Meleski - foul #5 on James Beyers, team foul #6 | 45-40 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Micheal Taylor (SG) James Beyers | |
| 00:45 | West Virginia | William Joyce is called for the reach on David Hart - foul #4 on William Joyce, team foul #7 | 45-40 |
| 00:45 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 1st free throw | 46-40 |
| 00:45 | West Virginia | David Hart misses the 2nd free throw | 46-40 |
| 00:45 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy gets the rebound | 46-40 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:40 | Pitt | Maurice Kennedy clanks a driving attempt from the right block | 46-40 |
| 00:38 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring grabs the defensive rebound | 46-40 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+3) | |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring is hacked by Charles Fortunato in the backcourt - foul #3 on Charles Fortunato, team foul #8 | 46-40 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring makes the 1st free throw | 47-40 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring makes the 2nd free throw | 48-40 |
| 00:31 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor is fouled on the floor by Grady Wotring - foul #1 on Grady Wotring, team foul #8 | 48-40 |
| 00:31 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 48-41 |
| 00:31 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 48-42 |
| 00:28 | West Virginia | Charles Fortunato is called for the reach on Grady Wotring in the backcourt - foul #4 on Charles Fortunato, team foul #9 | 48-42 |
| 00:28 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring makes the 1st free throw | 49-42 |
| 00:28 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring makes the 2nd free throw | 50-42 |
| 00:22 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor buries a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Charles Fortunato | 50-45 |
| 00:22 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 remaining) | 50-45 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:21 | West Virginia | David Hart is fouled in the backcourt by Charles Fortunato - foul #5 on Charles Fortunato, team foul #10 | 50-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Bryan Albrecht (SG) Charles Fortunato | |
| 00:21 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 1st free throw | 51-45 |
| 00:21 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 52-45 |
| 00:19 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 52-45 |
| 00:15 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by James Kenney | 52-48 |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | Micheal Taylor is called for the reach on Grady Wotring in the backcourt - foul #3 on Micheal Taylor, team foul #11 | 52-48 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Brian Wade (PF) Jimmy Rugg | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring misses the 1st free throw | 52-48 |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring misses the 2nd free throw | 52-48 |
| 00:13 | Pitt | James Kenney gets the rebound | 52-48 |
| 00:09 | Pitt | Micheal Taylor knocks in the 3 from the right wing set up by Bryan Albrecht | 52-51 |
| 00:09 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a :30 timeout (none remaining) | 52-51 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jimmy Rugg (PF) Brian Wade | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 00:07 | West Virginia | Bryan Albrecht is called for the reach on Dragan Meleski in the backcourt - foul #1 on Bryan Albrecht, team foul #12 | 52-51 |
| 00:07 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski makes the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 00:07 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski makes the 2nd free throw | 54-51 |
| 00:07 | Pitt | Pitt calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 2 full remaining) | 54-51 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:02 | Pitt | William Joyce can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 54-51 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Jimmy Rugg gets the rebound | 54-51 |