| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Higgins (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Hal Schwartz (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Floyd Wilson (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Albert Mayeski (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Zachery Slomkowski (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Darren Blaise (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Everett Kinney (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Dikembe Abdo (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. PF - Alphonse Marino (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Haddix (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo inbounds the ball | 29-31 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:47 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo misses long on a turnaround near the basket | 29-31 |
| 19:46 | Illinois | Robert Haddix gets the offensive rebound | 29-31 |
| 19:33 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block | 29-31 |
| 19:32 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino misses the tip | 29-31 |
| 19:31 | Illinois | Robert Haddix grabs the offensive rebound | 29-31 |
| 19:20 | Illinois | Darren Blaise is hacked by Richard Higgins - foul #1 on Richard Higgins, team foul #1 | 29-31 |
| 19:04 | Illinois | Everett Kinney misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 29-31 |
| 19:03 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski pulls down the rebound | 29-31 |
| 18:56 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski can't connect on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Alphonse Marino - foul #1 on Alphonse Marino, team foul #1 | 29-31 |
| 18:56 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski misses the 1st free throw | 29-31 |
| 18:56 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski misses the 2nd free throw | 29-31 |
| 18:56 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino pulls down the rebound | 29-31 |
| 18:34 | Illinois | Darren Blaise scores on a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Everett Kinney | 29-33 |
| 18:29 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski is hacked by Alphonse Marino - foul #2 on Alphonse Marino, team foul #2 | 29-33 |
| 18:19 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 29-33 |
| 18:18 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz tips it back up and in | 31-33 |
| 18:00 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo makes the shot from the baseline set up by Darren Blaise and he's hacked by Zachery Slomkowski - foul #3 on Zachery Slomkowski, team foul #2 | 31-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Matteson (C) Zachery Slomkowski | |
| Subs | Illinois | Jessie Biddle (PF) Alphonse Marino | |
| 18:00 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo makes the free throw | 31-36 |
| 17:43 | West Virginia | Robert Haddix swats the short shot by David Matteson | 31-36 |
| 17:41 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo grabs the board | 31-36 |
| 17:26 | Illinois | Everett Kinney misses short on a jumper from the left block but he's hacked by David Matteson - foul #1 on David Matteson, team foul #3 | 31-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grant McInnes (PG), Mark Dee (SG), Eugene Brady (SF), Orville Ottinger (C) Richard Higgins, Hal Schwartz, Floyd Wilson, Albert Mayeski | |
| Subs | Illinois | Brad Wynne (PG), Dobromierz Lakowski (SF), Harry Gill (C) Darren Blaise, Dikembe Abdo, Robert Haddix | |
| 17:26 | Illinois | Everett Kinney makes the 1st free throw | 31-37 |
| 17:26 | Illinois | Everett Kinney makes the 2nd free throw | 31-38 |
| 17:06 | West Virginia | David Matteson is fouled on the floor by Brad Wynne - foul #2 on Brad Wynne, team foul #3 | 31-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Raul Martin (SF) Everett Kinney | |
| 16:53 | West Virginia | Eugene Brady clanks a jumper from the right side | 31-38 |
| 16:52 | West Virginia | David Matteson snags the offensive board | 31-38 |
| 16:29 | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger makes the turnaround from the left block | 33-38 |
| 16:13 | Illinois | 3 seconds is called on Dobromierz Lakowski | 33-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Higgins (PG), Hal Schwartz (SG) Grant McInnes, Mark Dee | |
| Subs | Illinois | Darren Blaise (PG), Dikembe Abdo (SF), Alphonse Marino (PF) Brad Wynne, Raul Martin, Harry Gill | |
| 16:01 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 35-38 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Higgins (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Hal Schwartz (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eugene Brady (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Matteson (fresh) 3 reb. C - Orville Ottinger (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Darren Blaise (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Dobromierz Lakowski (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Dikembe Abdo (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - Alphonse Marino (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Jessie Biddle (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle misses long on a turnaround from the baseline | 35-38 |
| 15:33 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins grabs the board | 35-38 |
| 15:29 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz clanks a fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Alphonse Marino - foul #3 on Alphonse Marino, team foul #4 | 35-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson (SF), Albert Mayeski (PF), Zachery Slomkowski (C) Eugene Brady, David Matteson, Orville Ottinger | |
| Subs | Illinois | Robert Haddix (C) Jessie Biddle | |
| 15:29 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz makes the 1st free throw | 36-38 |
| 15:29 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz makes the 2nd free throw | 37-38 |
| 15:27 | Illinois | Richard Higgins is called for the reach on Darren Blaise in the backcourt - foul #2 on Richard Higgins, team foul #4 | 37-38 |
| 15:16 | Illinois | Robert Haddix drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Alphonse Marino | 37-41 |
| 15:12 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Alphonse Marino - foul #4 on Alphonse Marino, team foul #5 | 37-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Everett Kinney (SG), Harry Gill (PF) Dobromierz Lakowski, Alphonse Marino | |
| 15:12 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses the 1st free throw | 37-41 |
| 15:12 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses the 2nd free throw | 37-41 |
| 15:12 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo grabs the board | 37-41 |
| 14:51 | Illinois | Everett Kinney is hacked by Hal Schwartz - foul #2 on Hal Schwartz, team foul #5 | 37-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grant McInnes (PG) Richard Higgins | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 14:32 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo drills a fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Darren Blaise | 37-43 |
| 14:11 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-43 |
| 14:09 | Illinois | Everett Kinney grabs the defensive rebound | 37-43 |
| 13:51 | Illinois | Robert Haddix banks in the layup on a nice dish by Everett Kinney | 37-45 |
| 13:25 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz is fouled on the floor by Robert Haddix - foul #3 on Robert Haddix, team foul #6 | 37-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Higgins (PG), Eugene Brady (SF), David Matteson (PF) Hal Schwartz, Floyd Wilson, Albert Mayeski | |
| Subs | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski (PG), Brad Wynne (SG), Raul Martin (SF), Jessie Biddle (PF), Russell Jarrard (C) Darren Blaise, Everett Kinney, Dikembe Abdo, Harry Gill, Robert Haddix | |
| 13:07 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger (C) Zachery Slomkowski | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 12:45 | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 37-45 |
| 12:43 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to David Matteson | 37-45 |
| 12:36 | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger misses the lay-in but the foul's on Jessie Biddle - foul #1 on Jessie Biddle, team foul #7 | 37-45 |
| 12:36 | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger makes the 1st free throw | 38-45 |
| 12:36 | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger misses the 2nd free throw | 38-45 |
| 12:36 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle gets the rebound | 38-45 |
| 12:07 | Illinois | Raul Martin scores on a jumper near the basket set up by Brad Wynne | 38-47 |
| 11:51 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins drills a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Grant McInnes | 40-47 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Higgins (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Grant McInnes (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Eugene Brady (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Orville Ottinger (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - David Matteson (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Dobromierz Lakowski (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Brad Wynne (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Raul Martin (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jessie Biddle (fresh) 4 reb. C - Russell Jarrard (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:28 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 40-47 |
| 11:27 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins snags the defensive board | 40-47 |
| 11:23 | West Virginia | Eugene Brady misses the turnaround from the left block | 40-47 |
| 11:21 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Higgins | 40-47 |
| 10:55 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 40-47 |
| 10:53 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle grabs the board | 40-47 |
| 10:48 | Illinois | Richard Higgins takes the ball from Brad Wynne | 40-47 |
| 10:41 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 40-47 |
| 10:39 | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger hits the follow up shot | 42-47 |
| 10:26 | Illinois | Russell Jarrard's floater is tipped away by David Matteson | 42-47 |
| 10:24 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to David Matteson | 42-47 |
| 10:18 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins hits a driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Eugene Brady and the foul's on Dobromierz Lakowski - foul #1 on Dobromierz Lakowski, team foul #8 | 44-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz (SG), Floyd Wilson (SF), Albert Mayeski (PF), Zachery Slomkowski (C) Grant McInnes, Eugene Brady, Orville Ottinger, David Matteson | |
| Subs | Illinois | Darren Blaise (PG), Everett Kinney (SG), Dikembe Abdo (SF), Harry Gill (PF), Robert Haddix (C) Dobromierz Lakowski, Brad Wynne, Raul Martin, Jessie Biddle, Russell Jarrard | |
| 10:18 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins makes the free throw | 45-47 |
| 10:05 | Illinois | Robert Haddix blows the layup | 45-47 |
| 10:04 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz pulls down the rebound | 45-47 |
| 09:59 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski makes the 3 from the left corner | 48-47 |
| 09:50 | Illinois | Everett Kinney makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 48-49 |
| 09:36 | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz misses long on a jumper from the right side | 48-49 |
| 09:35 | Illinois | Everett Kinney grabs the board | 48-49 |
| 09:13 | Illinois | Everett Kinney is fouled on the floor by Hal Schwartz - foul #3 on Hal Schwartz, team foul #6 | 48-49 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mark Dee (PG) Richard Higgins | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 08:55 | Illinois | Darren Blaise connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 48-52 |
| 08:40 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson blows the dunk but he's fouled by Robert Haddix - foul #4 on Robert Haddix, team foul #9 | 48-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Jessie Biddle (PF), Russell Jarrard (C) Harry Gill, Robert Haddix | |
| 08:40 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 49-52 |
| 08:40 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 50-52 |
| 08:25 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle comes up short on the shot near the basket but the foul's on Albert Mayeski - foul #1 on Albert Mayeski, team foul #7 | 50-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grant McInnes (PG) Mark Dee | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 08:25 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle makes the 1st free throw | 50-53 |
| 08:25 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle misses the 2nd free throw | 50-53 |
| 08:25 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski gets the rebound | 50-53 |
| 08:13 | West Virginia | Dikembe Abdo steals it from Hal Schwartz | 50-53 |
| 08:09 | Illinois | Everett Kinney can't finish the layup | 50-53 |
| 08:07 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski gets the rebound | 50-53 |
| 08:02 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-53 |
| 08:00 | Illinois | Everett Kinney grabs the board | 50-53 |
| 07:41 | Illinois | Everett Kinney connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 50-56 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grant McInnes (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Hal Schwartz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Floyd Wilson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Albert Mayeski (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Zachery Slomkowski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Darren Blaise (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Everett Kinney (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dikembe Abdo (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. PF - Jessie Biddle (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - Russell Jarrard (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:36 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson connects on the jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Hal Schwartz | 52-56 |
| 07:23 | Illinois | Russell Jarrard misses the 3 from the left corner | 52-56 |
| 07:22 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo tips it in | 52-58 |
| 06:55 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Dikembe Abdo - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdo, team foul #10 | 52-58 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mark Dee (SG), David Matteson (PF), Orville Ottinger (C) Hal Schwartz, Albert Mayeski, Zachery Slomkowski | |
| Subs | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski (PG), Brad Wynne (SG), Raul Martin (SF), Alphonse Marino (PF), Robert Haddix (C) Darren Blaise, Everett Kinney, Dikembe Abdo, Jessie Biddle, Russell Jarrard | |
| 06:55 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson misses the 1st free throw | 52-58 |
| 06:55 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 53-58 |
| 06:37 | Illinois | Robert Haddix scores on a jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Brad Wynne | 53-60 |
| 06:21 | West Virginia | David Matteson misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 53-60 |
| 06:20 | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski grabs the board | 53-60 |
| 06:16 | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski is whistled for traveling | 53-60 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Higgins (PG), Eugene Brady (SF) Grant McInnes, Floyd Wilson | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 06:04 | West Virginia | Mark Dee knocks in the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Richard Higgins | 55-60 |
| 05:43 | Illinois | Richard Higgins picks off the pass by Alphonse Marino | 55-60 |
| 05:39 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins jams it | 57-60 |
| 05:29 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino hits the finger roll set up by Brad Wynne and he's fouled by David Matteson - foul #2 on David Matteson, team foul #8 | 57-62 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Darren Blaise (PG), Jessie Biddle (SF) Brad Wynne, Raul Martin | |
| 05:29 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino makes the free throw | 57-63 |
| 05:21 | West Virginia | Orville Ottinger makes the driving attempt from close range set up by Richard Higgins | 59-63 |
| 05:05 | Illinois | Darren Blaise misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 59-63 |
| 05:04 | West Virginia | Mark Dee grabs the defensive rebound | 59-63 |
| 04:58 | West Virginia | Mark Dee misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 59-63 |
| 04:57 | West Virginia | David Matteson tips it back up and in | 61-63 |
| 04:38 | Illinois | Jessie Biddle comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 61-63 |
| 04:36 | Illinois | Robert Haddix snags the offensive board | 61-63 |
| 04:24 | Illinois | Robert Haddix misses the lay-in | 61-63 |
| 04:22 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Mark Dee | 61-63 |
| 04:17 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses the jumpshot from the left side | 61-63 |
| 04:15 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Alphonse Marino | 61-63 |
| 04:07 | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 61-63 |
| 04:06 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins pulls down the rebound | 61-63 |
| 04:01 | West Virginia | Dobromierz Lakowski is called for the reach on Richard Higgins - foul #2 on Dobromierz Lakowski, team foul #11 | 61-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Hal Schwartz (SG), Albert Mayeski (PF), Zachery Slomkowski (C) Mark Dee, David Matteson, Orville Ottinger | |
| Subs | Illinois | Everett Kinney (SG), Dikembe Abdo (SF), Harry Gill (PF), Russell Jarrard (C) Dobromierz Lakowski, Jessie Biddle, Alphonse Marino, Robert Haddix | |
| 04:01 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses the 1st free throw | 61-63 |
| 04:01 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses the 2nd free throw | 61-63 |
| 04:01 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Harry Gill | 61-63 |
| 03:46 | Illinois | Russell Jarrard misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Hal Schwartz - foul #4 on Hal Schwartz, team foul #9 | 61-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grant McInnes (PG), Floyd Wilson (SF) Richard Higgins, Eugene Brady | |
| Subs | Illinois | Brad Wynne (PG) Darren Blaise | |
| 03:46 | Illinois | Russell Jarrard makes the 1st free throw | 61-64 |
| 03:46 | Illinois | Russell Jarrard makes the 2nd free throw | 61-65 |
| 03:31 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 61-65 |
| 03:29 | Illinois | Russell Jarrard grabs the board | 61-65 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grant McInnes (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Hal Schwartz (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Floyd Wilson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Albert Mayeski (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Zachery Slomkowski (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Brad Wynne (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Everett Kinney (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dikembe Abdo (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. PF - Harry Gill (fresh) 2 reb. C - Russell Jarrard (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:06 | Illinois | Harry Gill is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Harry Gill, team foul #12 | 61-65 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski (PG) Brad Wynne | |
| 02:38 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski is denied on a layup by Russell Jarrard | 61-65 |
| 02:37 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Everett Kinney | 61-65 |
| 02:37 | Illinois | Illinois calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-65 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Higgins (PG) Grant McInnes | |
| Subs | Illinois | Darren Blaise (PG), Alphonse Marino (PF), Robert Haddix (C) Dobromierz Lakowski, Harry Gill, Russell Jarrard | |
| 02:19 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo is hacked by Hal Schwartz - foul #5 on Hal Schwartz, team foul #10 | 61-65 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grant McInnes (SG) Hal Schwartz | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 02:19 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo misses the 1st free throw | 61-65 |
| 02:19 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo misses the 2nd free throw | 61-65 |
| 02:19 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 61-65 |
| 01:56 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Grant McInnes | 63-65 |
| 01:51 | Illinois | Robert Haddix misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 63-65 |
| 01:49 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins gets the rebound | 63-65 |
| 01:44 | West Virginia | Grant McInnes buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Richard Higgins | 65-65 |
| 01:29 | Illinois | Everett Kinney hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 65-65 |
| 01:27 | Illinois | Alphonse Marino tips it but misses | 65-65 |
| 01:26 | West Virginia | Albert Mayeski gets the rebound | 65-65 |
| 01:20 | West Virginia | Robert Haddix blocks the jumper by Richard Higgins | 65-65 |
| 01:19 | Illinois | Everett Kinney pulls down the rebound | 65-65 |
| 01:12 | Illinois | Robert Haddix makes the jump hook from the baseline set up by Darren Blaise | 65-67 |
| 00:54 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins comes up short on the shot from the right side | 65-67 |
| 00:52 | Illinois | Robert Haddix snags the defensive board | 65-67 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:30 | Illinois | Dikembe Abdo clanks a shot in the lane | 65-67 |
| 00:29 | West Virginia | Zachery Slomkowski gets the rebound | 65-67 |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Floyd Wilson clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 65-67 |
| 00:23 | Illinois | Everett Kinney snags the defensive board | 65-67 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:22 | Illinois | Everett Kinney is fouled in the backcourt by Richard Higgins - foul #3 on Richard Higgins, team foul #11 | 65-67 |
| 00:22 | Illinois | Everett Kinney makes the 1st free throw | 65-68 |
| 00:22 | Illinois | Everett Kinney misses the 2nd free throw | 65-68 |
| 00:22 | Illinois | Robert Haddix grabs the offensive board | 65-68 |
| 00:20 | Illinois | Zachery Slomkowski is called for the reach on Robert Haddix - foul #4 on Zachery Slomkowski, team foul #12 | 65-68 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Dobromierz Lakowski (SF) Dikembe Abdo | |
| 00:20 | Illinois | Robert Haddix makes the 1st free throw | 65-69 |
| 00:20 | Illinois | Robert Haddix makes the 2nd free throw | 65-70 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:14 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 65-70 |
| 00:13 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Robert Haddix | 65-70 |
| 00:12 | Illinois | Richard Higgins is called for the reach on Robert Haddix in the backcourt - foul #4 on Richard Higgins, team foul #13 | 65-70 |
| 00:12 | Illinois | Robert Haddix makes the 1st free throw | 65-71 |
| 00:12 | Illinois | Robert Haddix makes the 2nd free throw | 65-72 |
| 00:08 | West Virginia | Richard Higgins misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 65-72 |
| 00:07 | Illinois | Everett Kinney grabs the board | 65-72 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Illinois | Darren Blaise runs out the clock | 65-72 |