| Lineup | UMass | PG - Michael Green (fresh) SG - Lewis Dotson (fresh) SF - Zoran Suminski (fresh) PF - Jean Buchanan (fresh) C - Gabriel Mancini (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Wayne Henry (fresh) SG - John Rosen (fresh) SF - Craig Gould (fresh) PF - Steve Lipton (fresh) C - William Jones (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rhode Island | Wayne Henry wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:40 | Rhode Island | John Rosen travels with the ball | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | UMass | Jean Buchanan misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:21 | Rhode Island | Craig Gould grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:15 | Rhode Island | William Jones misses long on a jump hook near the basket | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | UMass | Jean Buchanan snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:08 | UMass | Lewis Dotson drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Michael Green | 2-0 |
| 18:43 | Rhode Island | Jean Buchanan denies the turnaround by Steve Lipton | 2-0 |
| 18:42 | UMass | Michael Green pulls down the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:37 | UMass | Gabriel Mancini makes the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Zoran Suminski | 5-0 |
| 18:15 | Rhode Island | William Jones's fadeaway is rejected by Jean Buchanan | 5-0 |
| 18:14 | UMass | Jean Buchanan gets the rebound | 5-0 |
| 18:09 | UMass | John Rosen steps in front of the Michael Green pass | 5-0 |
| 17:54 | Rhode Island | John Rosen is called for traveling | 5-0 |
| 17:38 | UMass | Lewis Dotson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 5-0 |
| 17:36 | UMass | Michael Green gets the offensive rebound | 5-0 |
| 17:23 | UMass | Michael Green scores on a shot from the left wing set up by Zoran Suminski and the foul's on Steve Lipton - foul #1 on Steve Lipton, team foul #1 | 7-0 |
| Subs | UMass | Yul Wen (C) Gabriel Mancini | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Thomas Stone (SF), Chris Elzey (PF) Craig Gould, Steve Lipton | |
| 17:23 | UMass | Michael Green makes the free throw | 8-0 |
| 17:08 | Rhode Island | William Jones lays it up and in set up by Wayne Henry and he's hacked by Jean Buchanan - foul #1 on Jean Buchanan, team foul #1 | 8-2 |
| Subs | UMass | Dikembe Dare (SG) Lewis Dotson | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Chi Chin (PG) Wayne Henry | |
| 17:08 | Rhode Island | William Jones makes the free throw | 8-3 |
| 17:06 | UMass | Michael Green's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 8-3 |
| 16:58 | Rhode Island | John Rosen drills a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Chi Chin | 8-6 |
| 16:54 | UMass | Zoran Suminski blows the layup | 8-6 |
| 16:52 | UMass | Dikembe Dare can't tip it in | 8-6 |
| 16:50 | UMass | Yul Wen pulls down the offensive rebound | 8-6 |
| 16:31 | UMass | Chi Chin is called for the reach on Michael Green - foul #1 on Chi Chin, team foul #2 | 8-6 |
| Subs | UMass | Robert Roybal (SF), Gregory Gagnon (C) Zoran Suminski, Jean Buchanan | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jason Charles (SF), Stephen Mulvihill (C) John Rosen, William Jones | |
| 16:21 | UMass | Robert Roybal can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 8-6 |
| 16:20 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill grabs the board | 8-6 |
| 16:06 | Rhode Island | Thomas Stone clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 8-6 |
| 16:04 | Rhode Island | Chi Chin tips it back up and in | 8-8 |
| 15:45 | UMass | Robert Roybal's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 8-8 |
| Subs | UMass | Lewis Dotson (SG), Pavel Roblodowski (SF), Gabriel Mancini (C) Michael Green, Dikembe Dare, Gregory Gagnon | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Wayne Henry (PG), Craig Gould (SF), Steve Lipton (PF) Chi Chin, Jason Charles, Chris Elzey | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Robert Roybal (fresh) SG - Lewis Dotson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Pavel Roblodowski (fresh) PF - Yul Wen (fresh) C - Gabriel Mancini (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Wayne Henry (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Stone (fresh) SF - Craig Gould (fresh) PF - Steve Lipton (fresh) C - Stephen Mulvihill (fresh) | |
| 15:29 | Rhode Island | Wayne Henry knocks in the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Steve Lipton | 8-10 |
| 15:03 | UMass | Robert Roybal can't connect on a turnaround from the right block | 8-10 |
| 15:02 | Rhode Island | Thomas Stone pulls down the rebound | 8-10 |
| 14:47 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill scores on a turnaround from the right block set up by Craig Gould | 8-12 |
| 14:22 | UMass | Yul Wen lays it up and in | 10-12 |
| 14:04 | Rhode Island | Steve Lipton drills a 3pt jumper from straight away | 10-15 |
| 13:53 | UMass | Pavel Roblodowski travels with the ball | 10-15 |
| Subs | UMass | Michael Green (PG), Dikembe Dare (SG), Zoran Suminski (SF), Jean Buchanan (PF), Gregory Gagnon (C) Robert Roybal, Lewis Dotson, Pavel Roblodowski, Yul Wen, Gabriel Mancini | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Rosen (SG), Jason Charles (SF), Chris Elzey (PF), William Jones (C) Thomas Stone, Craig Gould, Steve Lipton, Stephen Mulvihill | |
| 13:30 | Rhode Island | William Jones drills a driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Wayne Henry | 10-17 |
| 13:20 | UMass | Dikembe Dare misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 10-17 |
| 13:18 | Rhode Island | Chris Elzey grabs the defensive rebound | 10-17 |
| 12:51 | Rhode Island | John Rosen comes up short on the jumper from the left wing | 10-17 |
| 12:50 | UMass | The rebound goes to Zoran Suminski | 10-17 |
| 12:44 | UMass | Michael Green misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 10-17 |
| 12:43 | Rhode Island | William Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 10-17 |
| 12:20 | Rhode Island | Chris Elzey comes up short on the jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Jean Buchanan - foul #2 on Jean Buchanan, team foul #2 | 10-17 |
| Subs | UMass | Lewis Dotson (SG), Gabriel Mancini (C) Dikembe Dare, Jean Buchanan | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Chi Chin (PG) Wayne Henry | |
| 12:20 | Rhode Island | Chris Elzey makes the 1st free throw | 10-18 |
| 12:20 | Rhode Island | Chris Elzey makes the 2nd free throw | 10-19 |
| 12:00 | UMass | Zoran Suminski comes up short on the floater from the right block | 10-19 |
| 11:59 | Rhode Island | Chris Elzey grabs the board | 10-19 |
| 11:39 | Rhode Island | Gregory Gagnon steals it from Chi Chin | 10-19 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Michael Green (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lewis Dotson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Zoran Suminski (fresh) PF - Gregory Gagnon (fresh) C - Gabriel Mancini (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Chi Chin (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Rosen (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jason Charles (fresh) PF - Chris Elzey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Jones (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 11:28 | UMass | Lewis Dotson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 10-19 |
| 11:26 | Rhode Island | William Jones grabs the board | 10-19 |
| 11:15 | Rhode Island | William Jones banks in the layup on a nice dish by Jason Charles and the foul's on Michael Green - foul #1 on Michael Green, team foul #3 | 10-21 |
| Subs | UMass | Yul Wen (PF) Gregory Gagnon | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Craig Gould (SF), Steve Lipton (PF) Jason Charles, Chris Elzey | |
| 11:15 | Rhode Island | William Jones makes the free throw | 10-22 |
| 10:54 | UMass | William Jones steals it from Zoran Suminski | 10-22 |
| 10:41 | Rhode Island | Craig Gould hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Zoran Suminski - foul #1 on Zoran Suminski, team foul #4 | 10-22 |
| Subs | UMass | Robert Roybal (PG), Dikembe Dare (SG), Pavel Roblodowski (SF), Richard Harner (C) Michael Green, Lewis Dotson, Zoran Suminski, Gabriel Mancini | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Wayne Henry (PG), Thomas Stone (SG), Stephen Mulvihill (C) Chi Chin, John Rosen, William Jones | |
| 10:41 | Rhode Island | Craig Gould makes the 1st free throw | 10-23 |
| 10:41 | Rhode Island | Craig Gould makes the 2nd free throw | 10-24 |
| 10:29 | UMass | Richard Harner is called for 3 seconds | 10-24 |
| 10:20 | Rhode Island | Dikembe Dare is called for the reach on Thomas Stone - foul #1 on Dikembe Dare, team foul #5 | 10-24 |
| Subs | UMass | Gregory Gagnon (C) Richard Harner | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 10:11 | Rhode Island | Steve Lipton misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 10-24 |
| 10:10 | UMass | Pavel Roblodowski gets the rebound | 10-24 |
| 10:06 | UMass | Steve Lipton takes the ball from Pavel Roblodowski | 10-24 |
| 09:49 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 10-24 |
| 09:47 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill misses the tip | 10-24 |
| 09:46 | UMass | Yul Wen grabs the defensive rebound | 10-24 |
| 09:42 | UMass | Yul Wen misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 10-24 |
| 09:41 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Stephen Mulvihill | 10-24 |
| 09:34 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill's floater is tipped away by Yul Wen | 10-24 |
| 09:32 | Rhode Island | Steve Lipton hits the follow up shot | 10-26 |
| 09:19 | UMass | Yul Wen can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 10-26 |
| 09:17 | Rhode Island | Craig Gould grabs the board | 10-26 |
| 09:04 | Rhode Island | Craig Gould is fouled on the floor by Pavel Roblodowski - foul #1 on Pavel Roblodowski, team foul #6 | 10-26 |
| Subs | UMass | Michael Green (PG), Lewis Dotson (SG), Zoran Suminski (SF), Gabriel Mancini (C) Robert Roybal, Dikembe Dare, Pavel Roblodowski, Yul Wen | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Rosen (SG), Chris Elzey (PF), William Jones (C) Craig Gould, Steve Lipton, Stephen Mulvihill | |
| 08:50 | Rhode Island | Thomas Stone is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Thomas Stone, team foul #3 | 10-26 |
| Subs | UMass | Yul Wen (PF) Gregory Gagnon | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Chi Chin (PG) Wayne Henry | |
| 08:40 | UMass | Gabriel Mancini connects on the floater from the right wing | 12-26 |
| 08:15 | Rhode Island | William Jones travels with the ball | 12-26 |
| Subs | UMass | Robert Roybal (PF) Yul Wen | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jason Charles (SF) Thomas Stone | |
| 07:56 | UMass | Robert Roybal misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 12-26 |
| 07:55 | UMass | Gabriel Mancini hits the follow up shot | 14-26 |
| 07:39 | Rhode Island | William Jones's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Roybal | 14-26 |
| 07:38 | Rhode Island | William Jones hits the follow up shot | 14-28 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Michael Green (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lewis Dotson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Zoran Suminski (fresh) PF - Robert Roybal (fresh) C - Gabriel Mancini (fairly fresh) 7 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Chi Chin (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Rosen (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jason Charles (fresh) PF - Chris Elzey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Jones (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:16 | UMass | Gabriel Mancini misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 14-28 |
| 07:14 | UMass | Zoran Suminski hits the follow up shot | 16-28 |
| 07:02 | Rhode Island | John Rosen makes the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Chris Elzey | 16-31 |
| 06:37 | UMass | Zoran Suminski lays it in and he's hacked by Chi Chin - foul #2 on Chi Chin, team foul #4 | 18-31 |
| Subs | UMass | Dikembe Dare (SG), Yul Wen (PF), Gregory Gagnon (C) Lewis Dotson, Robert Roybal, Gabriel Mancini | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Wayne Henry (PG), Craig Gould (SF), Steve Lipton (PF) Chi Chin, Jason Charles, Chris Elzey | |
| 06:37 | UMass | Zoran Suminski makes the free throw | 19-31 |
| 06:17 | Rhode Island | Michael Green picks off the pass by John Rosen | 19-31 |
| 06:04 | UMass | Michael Green is fouled on the floor by Wayne Henry - foul #1 on Wayne Henry, team foul #5 | 19-31 |
| Subs | UMass | Robert Roybal (PG), Pavel Roblodowski (SF) Michael Green, Zoran Suminski | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Thomas Stone (SG), Stephen Mulvihill (C) John Rosen, William Jones | |
| 05:43 | UMass | Yul Wen's fadeaway is rejected by Stephen Mulvihill | 19-31 |
| 05:42 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill grabs the board | 19-31 |
| 05:36 | Rhode Island | Steve Lipton knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 19-34 |
| 05:29 | UMass | Yul Wen can't connect on a jumper in the paint | 19-34 |
| 05:28 | Rhode Island | Wayne Henry snags the defensive board | 19-34 |
| 05:05 | Rhode Island | Yul Wen takes the ball from Steve Lipton | 19-34 |
| 04:59 | UMass | Robert Roybal hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 19-34 |
| 04:57 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill pulls down the rebound | 19-34 |
| 04:50 | Rhode Island | Wayne Henry knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Craig Gould | 19-37 |
| 04:30 | UMass | Gregory Gagnon can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 19-37 |
| 04:29 | UMass | Yul Wen grabs the offensive rebound | 19-37 |
| 04:10 | UMass | Gregory Gagnon is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Gregory Gagnon, team foul #7 | 19-37 |
| Subs | UMass | Michael Green (PG), Lewis Dotson (SG), Zoran Suminski (SF), Richard Harner (C) Robert Roybal, Dikembe Dare, Pavel Roblodowski, Gregory Gagnon | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Rosen (SG), Chris Elzey (PF), William Jones (C) Craig Gould, Steve Lipton, Stephen Mulvihill | |
| 03:47 | Rhode Island | William Jones lays it up and in on a great pass from Chris Elzey | 19-39 |
| 03:22 | UMass | Yul Wen misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 19-39 |
| 03:20 | UMass | Richard Harner snags the offensive board | 19-39 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Michael Green (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lewis Dotson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Zoran Suminski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Yul Wen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Harner (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Wayne Henry (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Rosen (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Thomas Stone (fairly fresh) PF - Chris Elzey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Jones (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:13 | UMass | Richard Harner misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 19-39 |
| 03:12 | UMass | Yul Wen tips it home | 21-39 |
| 02:55 | Rhode Island | Thomas Stone lays it in set up by John Rosen | 21-41 |
| 02:37 | UMass | Richard Harner's layup is rejected by Chris Elzey | 21-41 |
| 02:35 | Rhode Island | Chris Elzey snags the defensive board | 21-41 |
| 02:12 | Rhode Island | Thomas Stone connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Wayne Henry | 21-44 |
| 01:58 | UMass | Zoran Suminski hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Chris Elzey - foul #1 on Chris Elzey, team foul #6 | 21-44 |
| Subs | UMass | Dikembe Dare (SG), Jean Buchanan (PF), Gabriel Mancini (C) Lewis Dotson, Yul Wen, Richard Harner | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Chi Chin (PG), Craig Gould (SF), Steve Lipton (PF) Wayne Henry, Thomas Stone, Chris Elzey | |
| 01:58 | UMass | Zoran Suminski misses the 1st free throw | 21-44 |
| 01:58 | UMass | Zoran Suminski makes the 2nd free throw | 22-44 |
| 01:36 | Rhode Island | Dikembe Dare is called for the reach on John Rosen - foul #2 on Dikembe Dare, team foul #8 | 22-44 |
| 01:36 | Rhode Island | John Rosen makes the 1st free throw | 22-45 |
| 01:36 | Rhode Island | John Rosen makes the 2nd free throw | 22-46 |
| 01:29 | UMass | Michael Green misses the 3 from the left wing | 22-46 |
| 01:28 | UMass | Jean Buchanan tips it back up and in | 24-46 |
| 01:06 | Rhode Island | William Jones clanks a runner from the baseline | 24-46 |
| 01:05 | UMass | Jean Buchanan grabs the board | 24-46 |
| 01:00 | UMass | Dikembe Dare hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 24-46 |
| 00:58 | UMass | Jean Buchanan grabs the offensive rebound | 24-46 |
| 00:46 | UMass | Dikembe Dare double dribbles | 24-46 |
| Subs | UMass | Robert Roybal (PG), Lewis Dotson (SG), Pavel Roblodowski (SF) Michael Green, Dikembe Dare, Zoran Suminski | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Joseph Parker (SG), Stephen Mulvihill (C) John Rosen, William Jones | |
| 00:24 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill buries a runner in the paint on a nice dish by Chi Chin and he's hacked by Gabriel Mancini - foul #1 on Gabriel Mancini, team foul #9 | 24-48 |
| 00:24 | Rhode Island | Stephen Mulvihill makes the free throw | 24-49 |
| 00:01 | UMass | Pavel Roblodowski travels with the ball | 24-49 |
| Subs | UMass | Gregory Gagnon (C) Gabriel Mancini | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Wayne Henry (PG), Jason Charles (SF), Chris Elzey (PF) Chi Chin, Craig Gould, Steve Lipton | |
| 00:00 | Rhode Island | Joseph Parker misses the halfcourt shot | 24-49 |