| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grant McInnes (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Dee (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Bruce Durrah (fresh) PF - Albert Mayeski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Zachery Slomkowski (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Russell Wilson (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Don Palomares (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Thomas (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jason Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - William Sample (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas inbounds the ball | 19-38 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:35 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas drills a jumper from the right side | 19-40 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:28 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski drills a 3 from the right wing | 22-40 |
| 19:19 | Buffalo | Jason Taylor hits a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Robert Thomas | 22-42 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 18:57 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski clanks a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Russell Wilson - foul #1 on Russell Wilson, team foul #1 | 22-42 |
| 18:57 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski makes the 1st free throw | 23-42 |
| 18:57 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski misses the 2nd free throw | 23-42 |
| 18:57 | Buffalo | William Sample pulls down the rebound | 23-42 |
| 18:47 | Buffalo | Russell Wilson is called for traveling | 23-42 |
| 18:30 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Robert Thomas - foul #2 on Robert Thomas, team foul #2 | 23-42 |
| 18:30 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah makes the 1st free throw | 24-42 |
| 18:30 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah makes the 2nd free throw | 25-42 |
| 18:17 | Buffalo | Jason Taylor is whistled for a carry | 25-42 |
| 17:59 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah lays it in | 27-42 |
| 17:37 | Buffalo | Russell Wilson can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 27-42 |
| 17:35 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski gets the rebound | 27-42 |
| 17:30 | West Virginia | Mark Dee misses the fadeaway from the left side | 27-42 |
| 17:29 | Buffalo | Don Palomares pulls down the rebound | 27-42 |
| 17:08 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 27-42 |
| 17:07 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski snags the defensive board | 27-42 |
| 17:02 | West Virginia | Grant McInnes hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 27-42 |
| 17:01 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas pulls down the rebound | 27-42 |
| 16:41 | Buffalo | Don Palomares connects on the jumper from the right block on a nice dish by Russell Wilson | 27-44 |
| 16:25 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah misses the runner from the right block but the foul's on Robert Thomas - foul #3 on Robert Thomas, team foul #3 | 27-44 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz (PG), Eugene Brady (SG), David Matteson (PF), Orville Ottinger (C) Grant McInnes, Mark Dee, Albert Mayeski, Zachery Slomkowski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant (PG), Karl Bohannon (SG), Andrew Childers (SF), Mike Horn (PF), David Sechrist (C) Russell Wilson, Don Palomares, Robert Thomas, Jason Taylor, William Sample | |
| 16:25 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah misses the 1st free throw | 27-44 |
| 16:25 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah makes the 2nd free throw | 28-44 |
| 16:08 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 28-44 |
| 16:07 | Buffalo | Mike Horn hits the follow up shot | 28-46 |
| 15:45 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah is fouled on the floor by Andrew Childers - foul #1 on Andrew Childers, team foul #4 | 28-46 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson (SF) Bruce Durrah | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Hal Schwartz (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Eugene Brady (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - Floyd Wilson (fresh) PF - David Matteson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Orville Ottinger (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Karl Oliphant (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Karl Bohannon (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Andrew Childers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mike Horn (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. C - David Sechrist (fresh) | |
| 15:33 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Eugene Brady | 31-46 |
| 15:20 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 31-46 |
| 15:18 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Eugene Brady | 31-46 |
| 15:14 | West Virginia | Eugene Brady misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Mike Horn - foul #2 on Mike Horn, team foul #5 | 31-46 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | William Sample (C) David Sechrist | |
| 15:14 | West Virginia | Eugene Brady makes the 1st free throw | 32-46 |
| 15:14 | West Virginia | Eugene Brady makes the 2nd free throw | 33-46 |
| 14:57 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant drills a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Andrew Childers | 33-49 |
| 14:35 | West Virginia | Eugene Brady scores on a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Hal Schwartz | 35-49 |
| 14:18 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant misses the 3 from the left wing | 35-49 |
| 14:16 | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger grabs the defensive rebound | 35-49 |
| 14:11 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 35-49 |
| 14:10 | Buffalo | Mike Horn pulls down the rebound | 35-49 |
| 14:00 | Buffalo | Andrew Childers is called for traveling | 35-49 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grant McInnes (PG), Mark Dee (SG), Albert Mayeski (PF), Zachery Slomkowski (C) Hal Schwartz, Floyd Wilson, David Matteson, Orville Ottinger | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Russell Wilson (PG), Don Palomares (SG), Robert Thomas (SF), Jason Taylor (PF) Karl Oliphant, Karl Bohannon, Andrew Childers, Mike Horn | |
| 13:50 | West Virginia | Mark Dee connects on the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Grant McInnes | 38-49 |
| 13:21 | Buffalo | Albert Mayeski steals it from Don Palomares | 38-49 |
| 13:06 | West Virginia | Russell Wilson steals it from Eugene Brady | 38-49 |
| 13:03 | Buffalo | Don Palomares lays it in on a nice dish by Russell Wilson | 38-51 |
| 12:57 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski buries a jumper from the right block set up by Mark Dee | 40-51 |
| 12:52 | Buffalo | William Sample's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-51 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah (SF) Eugene Brady | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Mike Horn (C) William Sample | |
| 12:37 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 40-51 |
| 12:36 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 40-51 |
| 12:13 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas hits a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Don Palomares | 40-54 |
| 12:06 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski's floater is tipped away by Jason Taylor | 40-54 |
| 12:05 | Buffalo | Mike Horn grabs the defensive rebound | 40-54 |
| 11:40 | Buffalo | Jason Taylor lays it in set up by Russell Wilson | 40-56 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grant McInnes (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Dee (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bruce Durrah (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Albert Mayeski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Zachery Slomkowski (fairly fresh) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Russell Wilson (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Don Palomares (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Thomas (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Jason Taylor (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. C - Mike Horn (fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:30 | West Virginia | Russell Wilson is called for the reach on Grant McInnes - foul #2 on Russell Wilson, team foul #6 | 40-56 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz (SG), David Matteson (PF), Orville Ottinger (C) Mark Dee, Albert Mayeski, Zachery Slomkowski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andrew Childers (SF), William Sample (C) Robert Thomas, Jason Taylor | |
| 11:13 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 40-56 |
| 11:11 | Buffalo | Andrew Childers pulls down the rebound | 40-56 |
| 10:54 | Buffalo | William Sample misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 40-56 |
| 10:53 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz grabs the board | 40-56 |
| 10:49 | West Virginia | William Sample steps in front of the Hal Schwartz pass | 40-56 |
| 10:30 | Buffalo | Andrew Childers is hacked by Bruce Durrah - foul #2 on Bruce Durrah, team foul #1 | 40-56 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eugene Brady (SG) Grant McInnes | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant (PG), Karl Bohannon (SG), David Sechrist (PF) Russell Wilson, Don Palomares, Mike Horn | |
| 10:25 | Buffalo | William Sample can't throw it down | 40-56 |
| 10:24 | West Virginia | David Matteson snags the defensive board | 40-56 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 10:12 | West Virginia | Eugene Brady misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 40-56 |
| 10:10 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah tips it back up and in | 42-56 |
| 09:47 | Buffalo | David Matteson is called for the reach on Karl Bohannon - foul #1 on David Matteson, team foul #2 | 42-56 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson (SF), Albert Mayeski (PF) Bruce Durrah, Orville Ottinger | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Robert Thomas (SF), Jason Taylor (PF) Andrew Childers, David Sechrist | |
| 09:36 | Buffalo | The jumper by Robert Thomas is denied by Eugene Brady | 42-56 |
| 09:34 | West Virginia | David Matteson pulls down the rebound | 42-56 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 09:17 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz loses the ball out of bounds | 42-56 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mark Dee (SG), Zachery Slomkowski (C) Floyd Wilson, David Matteson | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Mike Horn (C) William Sample | |
| 08:58 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-56 |
| 08:56 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski snags the defensive board | 42-56 |
| 08:52 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 42-56 |
| 08:51 | Buffalo | Karl Bohannon grabs the board | 42-56 |
| 08:29 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas misses short on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Mark Dee - foul #3 on Mark Dee, team foul #3 | 42-56 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grant McInnes (PG), Bruce Durrah (SF), David Matteson (PF) Hal Schwartz, Eugene Brady, Albert Mayeski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Russell Wilson (PG), Don Palomares (SG) Karl Oliphant, Karl Bohannon | |
| 08:29 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas misses the 1st free throw | 42-56 |
| 08:29 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 42-57 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 08:06 | West Virginia | Mark Dee is whistled for a charge - foul #4 on Mark Dee, team foul #4 | 42-57 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Rafael Sandoval (SG), Orville Ottinger (C) Mark Dee, Zachery Slomkowski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | William Sample (C) Mike Horn | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 07:44 | Buffalo | Jason Taylor hits a runner from the left block on a nice dish by Russell Wilson and the foul's on David Matteson - foul #2 on David Matteson, team foul #5 | 42-59 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eugene Brady (SG) Rafael Sandoval | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andrew Childers (SF) Robert Thomas | |
| 07:44 | Buffalo | Jason Taylor makes the free throw | 42-60 |
| 07:28 | West Virginia | Bruce Durrah buries a jumpshot from the left side | 44-60 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grant McInnes (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eugene Brady (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SF - Bruce Durrah (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Matteson (fresh) 4 reb. C - Orville Ottinger (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Russell Wilson (fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. SG - Don Palomares (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Andrew Childers (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jason Taylor (fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. C - William Sample (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:06 | Buffalo | Russell Wilson connects on the jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Don Palomares | 44-62 |
| 06:42 | West Virginia | David Matteson is denied on a layup by William Sample | 44-62 |
| 06:41 | Buffalo | William Sample gets the rebound | 44-62 |
| 06:22 | Buffalo | Andrew Childers drills a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Jason Taylor | 44-64 |
| 06:18 | West Virginia | Eugene Brady knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Bruce Durrah | 46-64 |
| 05:54 | Buffalo | William Sample misses the pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Orville Ottinger - foul #1 on Orville Ottinger, team foul #6 | 46-64 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz (PG), Mark Dee (SG), Floyd Wilson (SF), Albert Mayeski (PF), Zachery Slomkowski (C) Grant McInnes, Eugene Brady, Bruce Durrah, David Matteson, Orville Ottinger | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Karl Bohannon (SG), Robert Thomas (SF), Mike Horn (PF) Don Palomares, Andrew Childers, Jason Taylor | |
| 05:54 | Buffalo | William Sample makes the 1st free throw | 46-65 |
| 05:54 | Buffalo | William Sample makes the 2nd free throw | 46-66 |
| 05:52 | West Virginia | Russell Wilson picks off the pass by Hal Schwartz in the backcourt | 46-66 |
| 05:51 | Buffalo | Karl Bohannon banks in the layup on a nice dish by Russell Wilson | 46-68 |
| 05:34 | West Virginia | Mike Horn blocks the short jumper by Albert Mayeski | 46-68 |
| 05:33 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Dee | 46-68 |
| 05:18 | West Virginia | Mark Dee hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 46-68 |
| 05:16 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski hits the follow up shot | 48-68 |
| 04:47 | Buffalo | Mike Horn can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 48-68 |
| 04:46 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson grabs the board | 48-68 |
| 04:39 | West Virginia | Mark Dee misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 48-68 |
| 04:38 | Buffalo | Robert Thomas grabs the board | 48-68 |
| 04:21 | Buffalo | Zachery Slomkowski picks off the pass by Mike Horn | 48-68 |
| 04:11 | West Virginia | Mark Dee makes the shot from the right side and he's fouled by Karl Bohannon - foul #2 on Karl Bohannon, team foul #7 | 50-68 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eugene Brady (SF), David Matteson (PF), Robert Lauritzen (C) Floyd Wilson, Albert Mayeski, Zachery Slomkowski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant (PG), Andrew Childers (SF), David Sechrist (C) Russell Wilson, Robert Thomas, William Sample | |
| 04:11 | West Virginia | Mark Dee makes the free throw | 51-68 |
| 03:54 | Buffalo | David Sechrist comes up short on the fadeaway in the paint but he's hacked by Robert Lauritzen - foul #1 on Robert Lauritzen, team foul #7 | 51-68 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Rafael Sandoval (SF), Orville Ottinger (C) Mark Dee, Robert Lauritzen | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 03:54 | Buffalo | David Sechrist makes the 1st free throw | 51-69 |
| 03:54 | Buffalo | David Sechrist misses the 2nd free throw | 51-69 |
| 03:54 | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger pulls down the rebound | 51-69 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:45 | West Virginia | Rafael Sandoval throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-69 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:20 | Buffalo | David Matteson denies the turnaround by David Sechrist | 51-69 |
| 03:18 | West Virginia | Rafael Sandoval pulls down the rebound | 51-69 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Hal Schwartz (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Eugene Brady (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. SF - Rafael Sandoval (fresh) PF - David Matteson (fresh) 4 reb. C - Orville Ottinger (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Karl Oliphant (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Karl Bohannon (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Andrew Childers (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Mike Horn (fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. C - David Sechrist (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 03:13 | West Virginia | Rafael Sandoval can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 51-69 |
| 03:12 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Mike Horn | 51-69 |
| 03:10 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant's pass is intercepted by Hal Schwartz in the backcourt | 51-69 |
| 03:03 | West Virginia | Mike Horn swats the layup by David Matteson | 51-69 |
| 03:01 | Buffalo | Andrew Childers snags the defensive board | 51-69 |
| 02:44 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant comes up short on the jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Orville Ottinger - foul #2 on Orville Ottinger, team foul #8 | 51-69 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson (SF), Robert Lauritzen (C) Hal Schwartz, Orville Ottinger | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Richard Ashe (SG) Karl Bohannon | |
| 02:44 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant makes the 1st free throw | 51-70 |
| 02:44 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant makes the 2nd free throw | 51-71 |
| 02:34 | West Virginia | Rafael Sandoval connects on the jumper in the lane | 53-71 |
| 02:08 | Buffalo | David Matteson steps in front of the Richard Ashe pass | 53-71 |
| 01:56 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 53-71 |
| 01:54 | West Virginia | Robert Lauritzen grabs the offensive rebound | 53-71 |
| 01:40 | West Virginia | Rafael Sandoval knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing | 56-71 |
| 01:12 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant misses the shot from close range | 56-71 |
| 01:10 | West Virginia | David Matteson pulls down the rebound | 56-71 |
| 01:05 | West Virginia | Rafael Sandoval throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-71 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz (PG), Orville Ottinger (C) Rafael Sandoval, Robert Lauritzen | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Karl Bohannon (SG) Richard Ashe | |
| 00:41 | Buffalo | Orville Ottinger takes the ball from Karl Oliphant | 56-71 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:37 | West Virginia | Karl Oliphant steals the ball from Orville Ottinger | 56-71 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:17 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant buries a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Andrew Childers | 56-73 |
| 00:10 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 56-73 |
| 00:09 | Buffalo | Mike Horn grabs the board | 56-73 |
| 00:00 | Buffalo | Karl Oliphant runs out the clock | 56-73 |