| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Travis Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Halls (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Coles (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Daniel Ellison (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - William Garner (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Dwight Wurm (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Scott Farnsworth (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Angel Perez (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - James Criner (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth inbounds the ball | 38-23 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:47 | Southern Mississippi | Angel Perez misses the lay-in | 38-23 |
| 19:46 | West Virginia | Richard Robinson grabs the defensive rebound | 38-23 |
| 19:41 | West Virginia | Charles Halls drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Richard Coles | 41-23 |
| 19:19 | Southern Mississippi | Angel Perez connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by William Garner | 41-26 |
| 19:14 | West Virginia | Travis Smith can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 41-26 |
| 19:12 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to Dwight Wurm | 41-26 |
| 18:51 | Southern Mississippi | Daniel Ellison is called for the reach on Scott Farnsworth - foul #1 on Daniel Ellison, team foul #1 | 41-26 |
| 18:36 | Southern Mississippi | William Garner is fouled on the floor by Travis Smith - foul #1 on Travis Smith, team foul #2 | 41-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Gene Nowak (PF) Daniel Ellison | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts (SG), Frank Guffey (SF), David Booth (PF), Stephen Andrews (C) Dwight Wurm, Scott Farnsworth, Angel Perez, James Criner | |
| 18:18 | Southern Mississippi | William Garner is whistled for traveling | 41-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Gregory Brown (PG), Steven Reed (SF), Eric Gil (C) Travis Smith, Richard Coles, Richard Robinson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas (SG) William Garner | |
| 18:00 | West Virginia | Eric Gil is open and scores on a floater from close range on a nice dish by Charles Halls | 43-26 |
| 17:35 | Southern Mississippi | David Booth misses the easy layup | 43-26 |
| 17:33 | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas tips it but misses | 43-26 |
| 17:31 | West Virginia | Steven Reed gets the rebound | 43-26 |
| 17:29 | West Virginia | Bob Thomas takes the ball from Steven Reed in the backcourt | 43-26 |
| 17:11 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 43-26 |
| 17:09 | West Virginia | Eric Gil grabs the defensive rebound | 43-26 |
| 17:04 | West Virginia | Steven Reed is hacked by Frank Guffey - foul #2 on Frank Guffey, team foul #1 | 43-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Travis Smith (PG), Richard Coles (SF), Daniel Ellison (PF) Charles Halls, Steven Reed, Gene Nowak | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Garner (PG), Dwight Wurm (SG), Scott Farnsworth (SF), Angel Perez (PF), James Criner (C) Travis Roberts, Bob Thomas, Frank Guffey, David Booth, Stephen Andrews | |
| 16:58 | West Virginia | Eric Gil blows the dunk | 43-26 |
| 16:56 | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm snags the defensive board | 43-26 |
| 16:36 | Southern Mississippi | Angel Perez comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 43-26 |
| 16:34 | West Virginia | Travis Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 43-26 |
| 16:29 | West Virginia | Travis Smith can't connect on an uncontested floater from the free throw line | 43-26 |
| 16:28 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth grabs the board | 43-26 |
| 16:24 | Southern Mississippi | William Garner is hacked by Daniel Ellison - foul #2 on Daniel Ellison, team foul #3 | 43-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Robinson (C) Eric Gil | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 16:17 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 43-26 |
| 16:15 | West Virginia | Daniel Ellison grabs the defensive rebound | 43-26 |
| 16:12 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown is hacked by Dwight Wurm in the backcourt - foul #1 on Dwight Wurm, team foul #2 | 43-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Larry Millard (SG) Gregory Brown | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 15:58 | West Virginia | Larry Millard misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 43-26 |
| 15:56 | Southern Mississippi | James Criner pulls down the rebound | 43-26 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Travis Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Larry Millard (fresh) 4 pts. 3 stl. SF - Richard Coles (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Daniel Ellison (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - William Garner (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Dwight Wurm (fairly fresh) 4 reb. SF - Scott Farnsworth (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Angel Perez (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - James Criner (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:51 | Southern Mississippi | James Criner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Adrian Plascencia (PG), Steven Reed (SF) Travis Smith, Richard Coles | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Arthur Harkey (SG), Bob Thomas (SF), Stephen Andrews (C) Dwight Wurm, Scott Farnsworth, James Criner | |
| 15:34 | West Virginia | Larry Millard hits a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Adrian Plascencia | 45-26 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 15:21 | Southern Mississippi | Arthur Harkey comes up short on the shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Larry Millard - foul #2 on Larry Millard, team foul #4 | 45-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Gregory Brown (PG), Charles Halls (SG), Gene Nowak (PF) Adrian Plascencia, Larry Millard, Daniel Ellison | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts (PG), Frank Guffey (SF), David Booth (PF) William Garner, Bob Thomas, Angel Perez | |
| 15:21 | Southern Mississippi | Arthur Harkey misses the 1st free throw | 45-26 |
| 15:21 | Southern Mississippi | Arthur Harkey makes the 2nd free throw | 45-27 |
| 14:54 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Stephen Andrews - foul #1 on Stephen Andrews, team foul #3 | 45-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Travis Smith (PG) Richard Robinson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth (SF) Stephen Andrews | |
| 14:54 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown makes the 1st free throw | 46-27 |
| 14:54 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 47-27 |
| 14:39 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 47-27 |
| 14:37 | Southern Mississippi | David Booth grabs the offensive board | 47-27 |
| 14:26 | Southern Mississippi | Frank Guffey is fouled on the floor by Travis Smith - foul #2 on Travis Smith, team foul #5 | 47-27 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Coles (SF) Gene Nowak | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm (SG), Angel Perez (PF), James Criner (C) Arthur Harkey, Frank Guffey, David Booth | |
| 14:19 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth drills a shot near the basket set up by Travis Roberts | 47-29 |
| 14:04 | West Virginia | Angel Perez swats the shot by Steven Reed | 47-29 |
| 14:02 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth pulls down the rebound | 47-29 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 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 (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 13:54 | Southern Mississippi | Angel Perez misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 47-29 |
| 13:53 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts misses the tip | 47-29 |
| 13:51 | Southern Mississippi | James Criner tips it back up and in | 47-31 |
| 13:49 | West Virginia | Travis Smith loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 47-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Larry Millard (PG), Eric Gil (PF), Richard Robinson (C) Travis Smith, Steven Reed, Gregory Brown | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Garner (PG), Bob Thomas (SF) Travis Roberts, Scott Farnsworth | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 13:33 | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 47-31 |
| 13:32 | West Virginia | Charles Halls pulls down the rebound | 47-31 |
| 13:30 | West Virginia | Richard Coles is hacked by Bob Thomas in the backcourt - foul #2 on Bob Thomas, team foul #4 | 47-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Adrian Plascencia (PG) Charles Halls | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Arthur Harkey (SG), Stephen Andrews (C) Dwight Wurm, James Criner | |
| 13:15 | West Virginia | Richard Robinson hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 47-31 |
| 13:14 | West Virginia | Richard Robinson snags the offensive board | 47-31 |
| 12:59 | West Virginia | Eric Gil misses the fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Angel Perez - foul #1 on Angel Perez, team foul #5 | 47-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jack Reger (SF), Daniel Ellison (PF) Richard Coles, Richard Robinson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Frank Guffey (SF), David Booth (PF) Arthur Harkey, Angel Perez | |
| 12:59 | West Virginia | Eric Gil makes the 1st free throw | 48-31 |
| 12:59 | West Virginia | Eric Gil makes the 2nd free throw | 49-31 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 12:49 | Southern Mississippi | Frank Guffey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Reed (SF), Gene Nowak (C) Jack Reger, Eric Gil | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 12:28 | West Virginia | Steven Reed throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Travis Smith (PG), Charles Halls (SG), Gregory Brown (SF) Adrian Plascencia, Larry Millard, Steven Reed | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Arthur Harkey (SG), Scott Farnsworth (SF), James Criner (C) Bob Thomas, David Booth, Stephen Andrews | |
| 12:15 | Southern Mississippi | James Criner's pass is intercepted by Gene Nowak | 49-31 |
| 12:06 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown drills a floater from the left side on a nice dish by Charles Halls and he's fouled by Frank Guffey - foul #3 on Frank Guffey, team foul #6 | 51-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Reed (PF), Richard Robinson (C) Daniel Ellison, Gene Nowak | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm (SG), David Booth (PF) Arthur Harkey, Frank Guffey | |
| 12:06 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown makes the free throw | 52-31 |
| 11:41 | Southern Mississippi | David Booth can't connect on a runner in the lane | 52-31 |
| 11:39 | West Virginia | Richard Robinson gets the rebound | 52-31 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Travis Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Halls (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Gregory Brown (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Steven Reed (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Richard Robinson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - William Garner (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Dwight Wurm (fresh) 4 reb. SF - Scott Farnsworth (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - David Booth (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - James Criner (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:35 | West Virginia | David Booth takes the ball from Travis Smith | 52-31 |
| 11:31 | Southern Mississippi | William Garner travels in the backcourt | 52-31 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Coles (SF), Eric Gil (PF) Steven Reed, Richard Robinson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts (PG) William Garner | |
| 11:20 | West Virginia | Richard Coles is denied on a layup by David Booth | 52-31 |
| 11:18 | Southern Mississippi | David Booth snags the defensive board | 52-31 |
| 11:12 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts misses long on a turnaround from the left block | 52-31 |
| 11:11 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown snags the defensive board | 52-31 |
| 11:05 | West Virginia | Charles Halls misses the wide open 3pt jumper from the left wing | 52-31 |
| 11:03 | Southern Mississippi | The rebound goes to David Booth | 52-31 |
| 10:52 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth scores on a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by James Criner | 52-34 |
| 10:49 | West Virginia | Charles Halls is fouled in the backcourt by Scott Farnsworth - foul #1 on Scott Farnsworth, team foul #7 | 52-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Larry Millard (PG), Daniel Ellison (PF), Gene Nowak (C) Travis Smith, Eric Gil, Gregory Brown | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Arthur Harkey (SG), Bob Thomas (SF), Frank Guffey (PF), Stephen Andrews (C) Dwight Wurm, Scott Farnsworth, David Booth, James Criner | |
| 10:49 | West Virginia | Charles Halls makes the 1st free throw | 53-34 |
| 10:49 | West Virginia | Charles Halls makes the 2nd free throw | 54-34 |
| 10:36 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts is fouled on the floor by Gene Nowak - foul #3 on Gene Nowak, team foul #6 | 54-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Reed (SG) Charles Halls | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 10:27 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 54-37 |
| 10:11 | West Virginia | Gene Nowak knocks in the turnaround in the lane | 56-37 |
| 09:53 | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Gregory Brown (PG), Richard Robinson (C) Richard Coles, Gene Nowak | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Garner (PG), Angel Perez (PF) Travis Roberts, Frank Guffey | |
| 09:46 | West Virginia | Daniel Ellison is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Daniel Ellison, team foul #7 | 56-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | James Criner (C) Stephen Andrews | |
| 09:37 | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eric Gil (PF) Daniel Ellison | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth (SF) Bob Thomas | |
| 09:18 | West Virginia | A charge is called on Richard Robinson - foul #2 on Richard Robinson, team foul #8 | 56-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Travis Smith (PG), Charles Halls (SG) Larry Millard, Steven Reed | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm (SG) Arthur Harkey | |
| 08:58 | Southern Mississippi | James Criner is fouled on the floor by Richard Robinson - foul #3 on Richard Robinson, team foul #9 | 56-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Daniel Ellison (PF) Eric Gil | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 08:58 | Southern Mississippi | James Criner makes the 1st free throw | 56-38 |
| 08:58 | Southern Mississippi | James Criner makes the 2nd free throw | 56-39 |
| 08:56 | West Virginia | Charles Halls travels in the backcourt | 56-39 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Reed (PF) Daniel Ellison | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | David Booth (C) James Criner | |
| 08:43 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 56-39 |
| 08:41 | Southern Mississippi | Angel Perez grabs the offensive rebound | 56-39 |
| 08:31 | Southern Mississippi | Angel Perez connects on the 3 from the right corner set up by Dwight Wurm | 56-42 |
| 08:27 | West Virginia | Travis Smith connects on the open 3pt shot from straight away set up by Charles Halls | 59-42 |
| 08:18 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth buries a driving attempt in the lane set up by Angel Perez | 59-44 |
| 08:16 | West Virginia | Travis Smith's pass is intercepted by Dwight Wurm in the backcourt | 59-44 |
| 08:06 | Southern Mississippi | Angel Perez misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 59-44 |
| 08:04 | West Virginia | Richard Robinson pulls down the rebound | 59-44 |
| 07:58 | West Virginia | Charles Halls misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 59-44 |
| 07:57 | Southern Mississippi | David Booth grabs the board | 59-44 |
| 07:37 | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm connects on the 3 pointer from straight away | 59-47 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Travis Smith (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Halls (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. SF - Gregory Brown (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Steven Reed (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Richard Robinson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 11 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - William Garner (tiring) 3 ast. SG - Dwight Wurm (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. SF - Scott Farnsworth (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. PF - Angel Perez (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - David Booth (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:35 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown is hacked by Dwight Wurm in the backcourt - foul #2 on Dwight Wurm, team foul #8 | 59-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Larry Millard (SG), Richard Coles (SF), Daniel Ellison (PF), Gene Nowak (C) Travis Smith, Charles Halls, Steven Reed, Richard Robinson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts (PG), Arthur Harkey (SG), Bob Thomas (SF), Frank Guffey (PF), Stephen Andrews (C) William Garner, Dwight Wurm, Scott Farnsworth, Angel Perez, David Booth | |
| 07:35 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown makes the 1st free throw | 60-47 |
| 07:35 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 60-47 |
| 07:35 | West Virginia | Gene Nowak grabs the offensive board | 60-47 |
| 07:16 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 60-47 |
| 07:14 | Southern Mississippi | Stephen Andrews pulls down the rebound | 60-47 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 07:01 | Southern Mississippi | Stephen Andrews blows the layup | 60-47 |
| 07:00 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown gets the rebound | 60-47 |
| 06:58 | West Virginia | Larry Millard is fouled in the backcourt by Frank Guffey - foul #4 on Frank Guffey, team foul #9 | 60-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Adrian Plascencia (PG) Gregory Brown | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 06:58 | West Virginia | Larry Millard makes the 1st free throw | 61-47 |
| 06:58 | West Virginia | Larry Millard makes the 2nd free throw | 62-47 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 06:41 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 62-47 |
| 06:39 | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas tips it in | 62-49 |
| 06:34 | West Virginia | Larry Millard can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 62-49 |
| 06:32 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts grabs the defensive rebound | 62-49 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 06:16 | Southern Mississippi | Frank Guffey comes up short on the jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Larry Millard - foul #3 on Larry Millard, team foul #10 | 62-49 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Charles Halls (SG), Steven Reed (PF), Eric Gil (C) Adrian Plascencia, Daniel Ellison, Gene Nowak | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | William Garner (PG), Angel Perez (PF), James Criner (C) Travis Roberts, Bob Thomas, Stephen Andrews | |
| 06:16 | Southern Mississippi | Frank Guffey misses the 1st free throw | 62-49 |
| 06:16 | Southern Mississippi | Frank Guffey misses the 2nd free throw | 62-49 |
| 06:16 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Richard Coles | 62-49 |
| 05:56 | West Virginia | Charles Halls drills a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Steven Reed and the foul's on William Garner - foul #1 on William Garner, team foul #10 | 64-49 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Robinson (C) Richard Coles | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth (SF) Frank Guffey | |
| 05:56 | West Virginia | Charles Halls makes the free throw | 65-49 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 05:36 | Southern Mississippi | William Garner misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 65-49 |
| 05:34 | Southern Mississippi | Arthur Harkey grabs the offensive board | 65-49 |
| 05:23 | Southern Mississippi | Angel Perez misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 65-49 |
| 05:21 | West Virginia | Richard Robinson grabs the defensive rebound | 65-49 |
| 05:17 | West Virginia | Larry Millard connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Robinson | 68-49 |
| 05:03 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth lays it up and in on a nice dish by William Garner and he's hacked by Larry Millard - foul #4 on Larry Millard, team foul #11 | 68-51 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Travis Smith (PG), Jack Reger (SF), Daniel Ellison (PF) Larry Millard, Steven Reed, Eric Gil | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm (PG), Bob Thomas (SG), David Booth (PF), Stephen Andrews (C) William Garner, Arthur Harkey, Angel Perez, James Criner | |
| 05:03 | Southern Mississippi | Scott Farnsworth makes the free throw | 68-52 |
| 04:47 | West Virginia | Travis Smith travels with the ball | 68-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Coles (SF) Jack Reger | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts (PG) Scott Farnsworth | |
| 04:28 | Southern Mississippi | Stephen Andrews clanks a 3 from straight away | 68-52 |
| 04:26 | West Virginia | Richard Coles gets the rebound | 68-52 |
| 04:10 | West Virginia | Charles Halls hits a wide open 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Travis Smith | 71-52 |
| 04:01 | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 71-52 |
| 03:59 | West Virginia | Daniel Ellison gets the rebound | 71-52 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 03:56 | West Virginia | Travis Smith loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 71-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Adrian Plascencia (PG), Gregory Brown (SG), Jack Reger (SF), Steven Reed (PF), Gene Nowak (C) Travis Smith, Charles Halls, Richard Coles, Daniel Ellison, Richard Robinson | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Frank Guffey (SF) Bob Thomas | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 03:41 | Southern Mississippi | Stephen Andrews hits a fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by Frank Guffey and the foul's on Gregory Brown - foul #1 on Gregory Brown, team foul #12 | 71-54 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eric Gil (C) Jack Reger | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 03:41 | Southern Mississippi | Stephen Andrews makes the free throw | 71-55 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Adrian Plascencia (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Gregory Brown (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Steven Reed (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Gene Nowak (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Eric Gil (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Mississippi | PG - Travis Roberts (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dwight Wurm (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. SF - Frank Guffey (fresh) 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - David Booth (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. C - Stephen Andrews (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:15 | West Virginia | Steven Reed hits a 3 from straight away set up by Adrian Plascencia | 74-55 |
| 03:03 | Southern Mississippi | Frank Guffey lays it in on a nice dish by Dwight Wurm | 74-57 |
| 02:50 | West Virginia | Gene Nowak comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 74-57 |
| 02:48 | Southern Mississippi | David Booth snags the defensive board | 74-57 |
| 02:43 | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Gregory Brown - foul #2 on Gregory Brown, team foul #13 | 74-57 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Larry Millard (SG), Jack Reger (SF) Adrian Plascencia, Eric Gil | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas (SF) David Booth | |
| 02:43 | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm misses the 1st free throw | 74-57 |
| 02:43 | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm makes the 2nd free throw | 74-58 |
| 02:29 | West Virginia | Steven Reed buries a jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Gregory Brown and the foul's on Frank Guffey - foul #5 on Frank Guffey, team foul #11 | 76-58 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | David Booth (PF) Frank Guffey | |
| 02:29 | West Virginia | Steven Reed misses the free throw | 76-58 |
| 02:29 | Southern Mississippi | David Booth grabs the board | 76-58 |
| 02:21 | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas makes the driving attempt near the basket and the foul's on Jack Reger - foul #1 on Jack Reger, team foul #14 | 76-60 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eric Gil (C) Steven Reed | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| 02:21 | Southern Mississippi | Bob Thomas makes the free throw | 76-61 |
| 02:19 | West Virginia | Eric Gil is fouled in the backcourt by Stephen Andrews - foul #2 on Stephen Andrews, team foul #12 | 76-61 |
| 02:19 | West Virginia | Eric Gil makes the 1st free throw | 77-61 |
| 02:19 | West Virginia | Eric Gil misses the 2nd free throw | 77-61 |
| 02:19 | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm pulls down the rebound | 77-61 |
| 02:10 | Southern Mississippi | Travis Roberts misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 77-61 |
| 02:08 | West Virginia | Jack Reger pulls down the rebound | 77-61 |
| 02:06 | West Virginia | Gene Nowak is called for the offensive foul in the backcourt - foul #4 on Gene Nowak, team foul #15 | 77-61 |
| 01:50 | Southern Mississippi | Dwight Wurm comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 77-61 |
| 01:49 | Southern Mississippi | The offensive rebound goes to Stephen Andrews | 77-61 |
| 01:37 | Southern Mississippi | Stephen Andrews scores on a jumper from close range set up by Dwight Wurm | 77-63 |
| 01:13 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown is wide open but clanks a 3 from straight away | 77-63 |
| 01:12 | West Virginia | Gene Nowak grabs the offensive board | 77-63 |
| 00:59 | West Virginia | Larry Millard throws a bad pass out of bounds | 77-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Steven Reed (SF) Jack Reger | |
| Subs | Southern Mississippi | | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:52 | Southern Mississippi | Gregory Brown steps in front of the Stephen Andrews pass | 77-63 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Gene Nowak clanks a runner from the right block | 77-63 |
| 00:24 | West Virginia | Gene Nowak snags the offensive board | 77-63 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Gregory Brown runs out the clock | 77-63 |