| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Larry Corbitt (fresh) SG - Brian Barnett (fresh) SF - Olin Czlapinski (fresh) PF - John Teeters (fresh) C - Jason Charles (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Neal (fresh) SG - Terrence Edwards (fresh) SF - Ricky Marrs (fresh) PF - Victor Blasingame (fresh) C - Paul Haynes (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:37 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards comes up short on the floater from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:35 | Southern Mississippi | Jason Charles grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:14 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:12 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Ricky Marrs | 0-0 |
| 19:09 | West Virginia | John Teeters steps in front of the Richard Neal pass in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 18:50 | Southern Mississippi | Olin Czlapinski misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Ricky Marrs - foul #1 on Ricky Marrs, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:50 | Southern Mississippi | Olin Czlapinski makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 18:50 | Southern Mississippi | Olin Czlapinski misses the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 18:50 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs snags the defensive board | 1-0 |
| 18:38 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards is fouled on the floor by Jason Charles - foul #1 on Jason Charles, team foul #1 | 1-0 |
| 18:21 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Brian Barnett - foul #1 on Brian Barnett, team foul #2 | 1-0 |
| 18:21 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards misses the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 18:21 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards makes the 2nd free throw | 1-1 |
| 17:59 | Southern Mississippi | Olin Czlapinski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 1-1 |
| 17:57 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt hits the follow up shot | 3-1 |
| 17:42 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame can't connect on an uncontested shot from the right wing | 3-1 |
| 17:40 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters grabs the defensive rebound | 3-1 |
| 17:30 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 6-1 |
| 17:28 | West Virginia | Brian Barnett is called for the reach on Terrence Edwards in the backcourt - foul #2 on Brian Barnett, team foul #3 | 6-1 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff (SG) Brian Barnett | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs (SG), Clyde Lane (SF), Lee Belmonte (PF), Randy Fralick (C) Terrence Edwards, Ricky Marrs, Victor Blasingame, Paul Haynes | |
| 17:06 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 6-1 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams (PF) John Teeters | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 16:50 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 6-1 |
| 16:48 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs grabs the board | 6-1 |
| 16:43 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 6-1 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Lovato (SG), William Grant (SF), Christopher Kohn (C) Larry Corbitt, Olin Czlapinski, Jason Charles | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart (SG) Richard Neal | |
| 16:30 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams is whistled for traveling | 6-1 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards (SG) Kenneth Stewart | |
| 16:10 | West Virginia | Randy Fralick clanks a floater near the basket but the foul's on William Grant - foul #1 on William Grant, team foul #4 | 6-1 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters (PF) Christopher Kohn | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs (SF) Clyde Lane | |
| 16:10 | West Virginia | Randy Fralick makes the 1st free throw | 6-2 |
| 16:10 | West Virginia | Randy Fralick makes the 2nd free throw | 6-3 |
| 15:55 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams misses badly on a shot from the right block | 6-3 |
| 15:54 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte grabs the defensive rebound | 6-3 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Dennis Huff (fresh) SG - William Lovato (fresh) SF - William Grant (fresh) PF - John Teeters (fresh) 3 pts. C - Todd Williams (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jonathan Griggs (fresh) SG - Terrence Edwards (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Ricky Marrs (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Randy Fralick (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Lee Belmonte (fresh) | |
| 15:50 | West Virginia | Todd Williams steps in front of the Terrence Edwards pass | 6-3 |
| 15:25 | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 6-3 |
| 15:24 | Southern Mississippi | William Grant tips it home | 8-3 |
| 15:07 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 8-3 |
| 15:06 | Southern Mississippi | William Lovato grabs the defensive rebound | 8-3 |
| 14:50 | Southern Mississippi | William Lovato loses the dribble to Jonathan Griggs | 8-3 |
| 14:39 | West Virginia | Dennis Huff is called for the reach on Jonathan Griggs - foul #1 on Dennis Huff, team foul #5 | 8-3 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt (PG), Olin Czlapinski (SF), Travis Vidaurri (PF), Jason Charles (C) William Lovato, William Grant, John Teeters, Todd Williams | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Neal (PG), Kenneth Stewart (SG), Clyde Lane (SF), Victor Blasingame (PF), Paul Haynes (C) Jonathan Griggs, Terrence Edwards, Ricky Marrs, Randy Fralick, Lee Belmonte | |
| 14:21 | West Virginia | Paul Haynes can't connect on an uncontested floater from close range | 8-3 |
| 14:20 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart gets the offensive rebound | 8-3 |
| 14:01 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart is alone and drills a shot from the left wing | 8-5 |
| 13:43 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Travis Vidaurri | 11-5 |
| 13:18 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart loses the dribble to Jason Charles | 11-5 |
| 12:55 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Vidaurri throws a bad pass out of bounds | 11-5 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Grant (SG), John Teeters (PF) Dennis Huff, Travis Vidaurri | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards (SG), Ricky Marrs (SF), Alex Munn (C) Kenneth Stewart, Clyde Lane, Paul Haynes | |
| 12:53 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards is fouled in the backcourt by Jason Charles - foul #2 on Jason Charles, team foul #6 | 11-5 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams (C) Jason Charles | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 12:44 | West Virginia | Alex Munn comes up short on the floater from the right side but the foul's on Todd Williams - foul #1 on Todd Williams, team foul #7 | 11-5 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Lovato (SG) William Grant | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 12:44 | West Virginia | Alex Munn misses the 1st free throw | 11-5 |
| 12:44 | West Virginia | Alex Munn misses the 2nd free throw | 11-5 |
| 12:44 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Ricky Marrs | 11-5 |
| 12:27 | West Virginia | Richard Neal misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 11-5 |
| 12:25 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams gets the rebound | 11-5 |
| 12:18 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt travels with the ball | 11-5 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Grant (SF) Olin Czlapinski | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Haynes (C) Victor Blasingame | |
| 12:04 | West Virginia | Richard Neal buries a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Paul Haynes | 11-8 |
| 11:51 | Southern Mississippi | William Grant comes up short on the runner in the paint | 11-8 |
| 11:49 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs grabs the board | 11-8 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Larry Corbitt (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - William Lovato (fresh) SF - William Grant (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Teeters (fresh) 3 pts. C - Todd Williams (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Neal (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Terrence Edwards (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Ricky Marrs (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Alex Munn (fresh) C - Paul Haynes (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:46 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 11-8 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Christopher Kohn (C) John Teeters | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs (PG) Richard Neal | |
| 11:32 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by William Grant | 14-8 |
| 11:06 | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 14-8 |
| 11:04 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs snags the offensive board | 14-8 |
| 10:50 | West Virginia | Larry Corbitt steals the ball from Terrence Edwards | 14-8 |
| 10:47 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt blows the layup | 14-8 |
| 10:45 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards snags the defensive board | 14-8 |
| 10:43 | West Virginia | William Lovato takes the ball from Terrence Edwards in the backcourt | 14-8 |
| 10:19 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 17-8 |
| 09:54 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs drills a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Terrence Edwards | 17-10 |
| 09:40 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams drills a runner from close range on a nice dish by Larry Corbitt | 19-10 |
| 09:16 | West Virginia | Todd Williams steals the ball from Jonathan Griggs | 19-10 |
| 09:04 | Southern Mississippi | William Lovato misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 19-10 |
| 09:02 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams tips it in | 21-10 |
| 08:57 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 21-10 |
| 08:55 | Southern Mississippi | William Grant grabs the board | 21-10 |
| 08:48 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt is fouled on the floor by Jonathan Griggs - foul #1 on Jonathan Griggs, team foul #2 | 21-10 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff (SG), Olin Czlapinski (SF), John Teeters (PF) William Lovato, William Grant, Christopher Kohn | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Neal (PG), Kenneth Stewart (SG), Clyde Lane (SF), Victor Blasingame (PF), Lee Belmonte (C) Jonathan Griggs, Terrence Edwards, Ricky Marrs, Alex Munn, Paul Haynes | |
| 08:36 | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 21-10 |
| 08:35 | West Virginia | Clyde Lane pulls down the rebound | 21-10 |
| 08:31 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 21-10 |
| 08:14 | Southern Mississippi | Lee Belmonte takes the ball from Olin Czlapinski | 21-10 |
| 07:52 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte can't connect on a shot from the left block | 21-10 |
| 07:50 | West Virginia | Richard Neal tips it but misses | 21-10 |
| 07:48 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Olin Czlapinski | 21-10 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Larry Corbitt (tiring) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dennis Huff (fresh) SF - Olin Czlapinski (fresh) 1 pts. PF - John Teeters (fresh) 3 pts. C - Todd Williams (tiring) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Neal (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Kenneth Stewart (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Clyde Lane (fresh) PF - Victor Blasingame (fresh) C - Lee Belmonte (fresh) | |
| 07:36 | Southern Mississippi | Clyde Lane picks off the pass by Dennis Huff | 21-10 |
| 07:32 | West Virginia | Richard Neal comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 21-10 |
| 07:30 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte tips it but misses | 21-10 |
| 07:29 | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff pulls down the rebound | 21-10 |
| 07:10 | Southern Mississippi | Olin Czlapinski can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 21-10 |
| 07:09 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams snags the offensive board | 21-10 |
| 07:02 | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Olin Czlapinski | 24-10 |
| 06:47 | West Virginia | Victor Blasingame jams it on a great pass from Clyde Lane | 24-12 |
| 06:24 | Southern Mississippi | Olin Czlapinski scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 27-12 |
| 06:01 | West Virginia | Clyde Lane comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 27-12 |
| 06:00 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Olin Czlapinski | 27-12 |
| 05:39 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 27-12 |
| 05:37 | West Virginia | Lee Belmonte grabs the defensive rebound | 27-12 |
| 05:29 | West Virginia | Richard Neal misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 27-12 |
| 05:27 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters snags the defensive board | 27-12 |
| 05:03 | Southern Mississippi | Todd Williams misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 27-12 |
| 05:02 | Southern Mississippi | Olin Czlapinski pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-12 |
| 04:44 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters misses the jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Victor Blasingame - foul #1 on Victor Blasingame, team foul #3 | 27-12 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Grant (PG), William Lovato (SG), Travis Vidaurri (SF), Christopher Kohn (C) Larry Corbitt, Dennis Huff, Olin Czlapinski, Todd Williams | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs (PG), Terrence Edwards (SG), Ricky Marrs (SF), Randy Fralick (PF), Paul Haynes (C) Richard Neal, Kenneth Stewart, Clyde Lane, Victor Blasingame, Lee Belmonte | |
| 04:44 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters makes the 1st free throw | 28-12 |
| 04:44 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters makes the 2nd free throw | 29-12 |
| 04:19 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-12 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff (SG) John Teeters | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 04:06 | Southern Mississippi | Terrence Edwards is called for the reach on William Grant - foul #1 on Terrence Edwards, team foul #4 | 29-12 |
| 03:53 | Southern Mississippi | William Lovato is fouled on the floor by Paul Haynes - foul #1 on Paul Haynes, team foul #5 | 29-12 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Brian Barnett (SG), Jason Charles (C) Dennis Huff, Christopher Kohn | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 03:36 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Vidaurri misses short on a turnaround from the left block but the foul's on Paul Haynes - foul #2 on Paul Haynes, team foul #6 | 29-12 |
| 03:36 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Vidaurri misses the 1st free throw | 29-12 |
| 03:36 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Vidaurri makes the 2nd free throw | 30-12 |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - William Lovato (fairly fresh) SG - Brian Barnett (fresh) SF - William Grant (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Travis Vidaurri (fresh) 1 pts. C - Jason Charles (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Jonathan Griggs (fresh) SG - Terrence Edwards (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ricky Marrs (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Randy Fralick (fresh) 2 pts. C - Paul Haynes (fairly fresh) | |
| 03:22 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards steps out of bounds on the baseline | 30-12 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Olin Czlapinski (SF) William Lovato | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alex Munn (PF) Randy Fralick | |
| 02:58 | Southern Mississippi | Ricky Marrs steps in front of the Brian Barnett pass | 30-12 |
| 02:55 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards is fouled in the backcourt by Brian Barnett - foul #3 on Brian Barnett, team foul #8 | 30-12 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt (PG), Dennis Huff (SG), John Teeters (PF) William Grant, Brian Barnett, Travis Vidaurri | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Neal (PG), Victor Blasingame (PF) Jonathan Griggs, Paul Haynes | |
| 02:55 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards misses the 1st free throw | 30-12 |
| 02:55 | Southern Mississippi | Jason Charles grabs the defensive rebound | 30-12 |
| 02:39 | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Larry Corbitt | 33-12 |
| 02:23 | West Virginia | Alex Munn's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-12 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Haynes (C) Alex Munn | |
| 02:14 | Southern Mississippi | Dennis Huff can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 33-12 |
| 02:13 | Southern Mississippi | Jason Charles hits the follow up shot | 35-12 |
| 01:56 | West Virginia | Terrence Edwards misses the wide open jumper from the left side | 35-12 |
| 01:54 | Southern Mississippi | Jason Charles pulls down the rebound | 35-12 |
| 01:32 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt misses long on a shot from the left wing | 35-12 |
| 01:30 | West Virginia | Richard Neal grabs the defensive rebound | 35-12 |
| 01:10 | West Virginia | Ricky Marrs misses the wide open jumpshot from just outside the lane | 35-12 |
| 01:09 | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt pulls down the rebound | 35-12 |
| 00:51 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters is fouled on the floor by Victor Blasingame - foul #2 on Victor Blasingame, team foul #7 | 35-12 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Grant (PG), William Lovato (SG), Travis Vidaurri (SF), Christopher Kohn (C) Larry Corbitt, Dennis Huff, Olin Czlapinski, Jason Charles | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jonathan Griggs (SF), Randy Fralick (C) Ricky Marrs, Paul Haynes | |
| 00:51 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters makes the 1st free throw | 36-12 |
| 00:51 | Southern Mississippi | John Teeters makes the 2nd free throw | 37-12 |
| 00:35 | West Virginia | Richard Neal can't connect on an uncontested shot from close range | 37-12 |
| 00:33 | Southern Mississippi | William Grant pulls down the rebound | 37-12 |
| 00:23 | Southern Mississippi | William Grant clanks a turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Richard Neal - foul #1 on Richard Neal, team foul #8 | 37-12 |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Larry Corbitt (PG) John Teeters | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart (SG), Clyde Lane (SF), Alex Munn (C) Richard Neal, Terrence Edwards, Victor Blasingame | |
| 00:23 | Southern Mississippi | William Grant makes the 1st free throw | 38-12 |
| 00:23 | Southern Mississippi | William Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 39-12 |
| 00:19 | West Virginia | William Lovato steps in front of the Jonathan Griggs pass in the backcourt | 39-12 |
| 00:16 | Southern Mississippi | William Lovato banks in the layup | 41-12 |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart is hacked by William Lovato in the backcourt - foul #1 on William Lovato, team foul #9 | 41-12 |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 41-13 |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart misses the 2nd free throw | 41-13 |
| 00:13 | Southern Mississippi | William Lovato grabs the board | 41-13 |
| 00:01 | Southern Mississippi | Kenneth Stewart steals it from Christopher Kohn | 41-13 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Kenneth Stewart misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 41-13 |