| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - David Huggins (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Joseph Langlois (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jack Frias (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Mike Donovan (fresh) 8 pts. C - James Hartley (fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ante Banowski (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Taube (fresh) 1 pts. SF - David Carr (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Wilton (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Clark (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Jack Frias inbounds the ball | 30-20 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:35 | Syracuse | Jack Frias misses the easy layup | 30-20 |
| 19:34 | St. John's | Ante Banowski gets the rebound | 30-20 |
| 19:08 | St. John's | Ante Banowski misses the shot from the right side | 30-20 |
| 19:07 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Jack Frias | 30-20 |
| 18:51 | Syracuse | Jack Frias hits a driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Mike Donovan | 32-20 |
| 18:22 | St. John's | David Carr drills a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Charles Taube and the foul's on James Hartley - foul #2 on James Hartley, team foul #1 | 32-22 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frank Brickner (SG), Eddie Williams (SF), Stjepan Frankowski (PF) Joseph Langlois, Mike Donovan, James Hartley | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 18:22 | St. John's | David Carr makes the free throw | 32-23 |
| 18:02 | Syracuse | Frank Brickner is fouled on the floor by Charles Taube - foul #1 on Charles Taube, team foul #1 | 32-23 |
| 17:47 | Syracuse | Charles Taube steals it from Eddie Williams | 32-23 |
| 17:25 | St. John's | Charles Taube knocks in the jumpshot from the left side set up by Michael Clark | 32-25 |
| 17:12 | Syracuse | Stjepan Frankowski hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 32-25 |
| 17:10 | St. John's | Charles Wilton pulls down the rebound | 32-25 |
| 16:46 | St. John's | Michael Clark makes the 3pt shot from the left corner | 32-28 |
| 16:21 | Syracuse | Ante Banowski steals it from David Huggins | 32-28 |
| 15:58 | St. John's | Michael Clark comes up short on the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Stjepan Frankowski - foul #2 on Stjepan Frankowski, team foul #2 | 32-28 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois (SG), Mike Donovan (PF), James Hartley (C) David Huggins, Stjepan Frankowski, Jack Frias | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Grammer (PG), Mark Alexander (SG) Ante Banowski, Charles Taube | |
| 15:58 | St. John's | Michael Clark makes the 1st free throw | 32-29 |
| 15:58 | St. John's | Michael Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 32-29 |
| 15:58 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Mike Donovan | 32-29 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Frank Brickner (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Joseph Langlois (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eddie Williams (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Mike Donovan (fresh) 8 pts. C - James Hartley (fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Grammer (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Mark Alexander (fresh) 2 ast. SF - David Carr (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Wilton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Michael Clark (fairly fresh) 9 pts. | |
| 15:53 | Syracuse | Michael Clark steals the ball from Frank Brickner | 32-29 |
| 15:34 | St. John's | Robert Grammer connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Mark Alexander | 32-32 |
| 15:12 | Syracuse | Mike Donovan is hacked by David Carr - foul #1 on David Carr, team foul #2 | 32-32 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Huggins (PG), Stjepan Frankowski (SF), Jack Frias (C) Frank Brickner, Eddie Williams, James Hartley | |
| Subs | St. John's | Marin Lubelski (C) Michael Clark | |
| 14:52 | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois comes up short on the jumper from the right block | 32-32 |
| 14:51 | St. John's | Charles Wilton gets the rebound | 32-32 |
| 14:28 | St. John's | David Carr can't connect on a runner near the basket but he's fouled by Stjepan Frankowski - foul #3 on Stjepan Frankowski, team foul #3 | 32-32 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frank Brickner (PG), Eddie Williams (SF), James Hartley (C) David Huggins, Stjepan Frankowski, Jack Frias | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ante Banowski (PG) Mark Alexander | |
| 14:28 | St. John's | David Carr makes the 1st free throw | 32-33 |
| 14:28 | St. John's | David Carr makes the 2nd free throw | 32-34 |
| 14:02 | Syracuse | Eddie Williams can't finish the layup | 32-34 |
| 14:00 | Syracuse | James Hartley grabs the offensive rebound | 32-34 |
| 13:43 | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois loses the ball out of bounds | 32-34 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Huggins (PG), Jack Frias (C) Frank Brickner, James Hartley | |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Taube (SG) Robert Grammer | |
| 13:22 | St. John's | Charles Wilton's pass is intercepted by Eddie Williams | 32-34 |
| 12:56 | Syracuse | Eddie Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 32-34 |
| 12:55 | Syracuse | Jack Frias tips it but misses | 32-34 |
| 12:53 | St. John's | Charles Wilton pulls down the rebound | 32-34 |
| 12:34 | St. John's | Charles Taube misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-34 |
| 12:33 | Syracuse | David Huggins gets the rebound | 32-34 |
| 12:28 | Syracuse | Mike Donovan is fouled on the floor by Marin Lubelski - foul #1 on Marin Lubelski, team foul #3 | 32-34 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frank Brickner (SG), Stjepan Frankowski (SF), James Hartley (C) Joseph Langlois, Eddie Williams, Mike Donovan | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Grammer (PG), Allen Lankford (SF), Michael Clark (C) Ante Banowski, David Carr, Marin Lubelski | |
| 12:16 | Syracuse | David Huggins misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 32-34 |
| 12:15 | St. John's | Charles Taube pulls down the rebound | 32-34 |
| 11:57 | St. John's | Charles Taube knocks in the 3 from the left wing | 32-37 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - David Huggins (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Frank Brickner (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Stjepan Frankowski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Jack Frias (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - James Hartley (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Grammer (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Charles Taube (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Allen Lankford (fresh) PF - Charles Wilton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Michael Clark (fresh) 9 pts. | |
| 11:35 | Syracuse | David Huggins is fouled on the floor by Allen Lankford - foul #2 on Allen Lankford, team foul #4 | 32-37 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois (SG), Eddie Williams (SF), Mike Donovan (PF) David Huggins, Stjepan Frankowski, Jack Frias | |
| Subs | St. John's | Mark Alexander (SG), Jeffrey Genao (PF) Charles Taube, Charles Wilton | |
| 11:25 | Syracuse | Eddie Williams drills a 3pt shot from the left wing | 35-37 |
| 10:56 | St. John's | Allen Lankford's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-37 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Huggins (PG), Stjepan Frankowski (SF), Jack Frias (C) Joseph Langlois, Eddie Williams, James Hartley | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ante Banowski (PG), David Carr (SF) Mark Alexander, Allen Lankford | |
| 10:32 | Syracuse | Jack Frias clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 35-37 |
| 10:31 | St. John's | David Carr pulls down the rebound | 35-37 |
| 10:05 | St. John's | Michael Clark misses the lay-in | 35-37 |
| 10:04 | Syracuse | Frank Brickner gets the rebound | 35-37 |
| 09:38 | Syracuse | David Huggins throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-37 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois (SG), Eddie Williams (SF), James Hartley (C) Frank Brickner, Stjepan Frankowski, Mike Donovan | |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Taube (SG), Charles Wilton (PF), Marin Lubelski (C) Robert Grammer, Jeffrey Genao, Michael Clark | |
| 09:18 | St. John's | Charles Wilton's dunk attempt is rejected by Jack Frias | 35-37 |
| 09:16 | St. John's | Charles Wilton hits the follow up shot | 35-39 |
| 08:56 | Syracuse | Eddie Williams drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Joseph Langlois | 38-39 |
| 08:28 | St. John's | Charles Taube comes up short on the jumper near the basket but the foul's on Jack Frias - foul #2 on Jack Frias, team foul #4 | 38-39 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frank Brickner (PG), Mike Donovan (PF) David Huggins, Jack Frias | |
| Subs | St. John's | Allen Lankford (SF) David Carr | |
| 08:28 | St. John's | Charles Taube makes the 1st free throw | 38-40 |
| 08:28 | St. John's | Charles Taube misses the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 08:28 | St. John's | Marin Lubelski grabs the offensive rebound | 38-40 |
| 08:12 | St. John's | Marin Lubelski hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 38-40 |
| 08:10 | Syracuse | Eddie Williams grabs the board | 38-40 |
| 07:41 | Syracuse | Eddie Williams clanks a 3 from straight away | 38-40 |
| 07:40 | Syracuse | Frank Brickner pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-40 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Frank Brickner (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Joseph Langlois (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Eddie Williams (fresh) 13 pts. PF - Mike Donovan (fresh) 8 pts. C - James Hartley (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ante Banowski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Taube (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Allen Lankford (fresh) PF - Charles Wilton (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. C - Marin Lubelski (fresh) | |
| 07:28 | Syracuse | Frank Brickner scores on a runner in the paint on a great pass from Eddie Williams and the foul's on Charles Wilton - foul #2 on Charles Wilton, team foul #5 | 40-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Huggins (PG), Stjepan Frankowski (SF), Jack Frias (C) Joseph Langlois, Eddie Williams, James Hartley | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Grammer (PG), Mark Alexander (SG), Michael Clark (C) Ante Banowski, Charles Taube, Marin Lubelski | |
| 07:28 | Syracuse | Frank Brickner makes the free throw | 41-40 |
| 07:11 | St. John's | Robert Grammer misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Jack Frias - foul #3 on Jack Frias, team foul #5 | 41-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois (SG) Frank Brickner | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 07:11 | St. John's | Robert Grammer misses the 1st free throw | 41-40 |
| 07:11 | St. John's | Robert Grammer makes the 2nd free throw | 41-41 |
| 06:42 | Syracuse | Jack Frias misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 41-41 |
| 06:40 | Syracuse | Stjepan Frankowski can't tip it in | 41-41 |
| 06:38 | St. John's | Michael Clark grabs the defensive rebound | 41-41 |
| 06:23 | St. John's | Mark Alexander drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Grammer | 41-44 |
| 06:06 | Syracuse | David Huggins is hacked by Robert Grammer - foul #1 on Robert Grammer, team foul #6 | 41-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frank Brickner (SG), Eddie Williams (SF), James Hartley (C) Joseph Langlois, Stjepan Frankowski, Mike Donovan | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ante Banowski (PG), David Carr (SF) Mark Alexander, Allen Lankford | |
| 05:46 | Syracuse | James Hartley is hacked by Michael Clark - foul #2 on Michael Clark, team foul #7 | 41-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Stjepan Frankowski (SF) Jack Frias | |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Taube (SG), Jeffrey Genao (PF) Robert Grammer, Charles Wilton | |
| 05:46 | Syracuse | James Hartley misses the 1st free throw | 41-44 |
| 05:46 | St. John's | Michael Clark grabs the board | 41-44 |
| 05:17 | St. John's | Michael Clark clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 41-44 |
| 05:16 | Syracuse | Stjepan Frankowski gets the rebound | 41-44 |
| 04:52 | Syracuse | Frank Brickner is fouled on the floor by Charles Taube - foul #2 on Charles Taube, team foul #8 | 41-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois (SG), Mike Donovan (PF), Jack Frias (C) David Huggins, Stjepan Frankowski, James Hartley | |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Wilton (PF), Marin Lubelski (C) Jeffrey Genao, Michael Clark | |
| 04:52 | Syracuse | Frank Brickner misses the 1st free throw | 41-44 |
| 04:52 | St. John's | Marin Lubelski snags the defensive board | 41-44 |
| 04:38 | St. John's | Ante Banowski throws it down set up by David Carr | 41-46 |
| 04:33 | Syracuse | Frank Brickner scores on a jumper from the free throw line set up by Mike Donovan | 43-46 |
| 04:07 | St. John's | Charles Wilton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Huggins (PG), Stjepan Frankowski (SF) Frank Brickner, Eddie Williams | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Grammer (PG) Ante Banowski | |
| 03:46 | Syracuse | David Huggins buries a driving attempt from the right block set up by Jack Frias and he's hacked by Robert Grammer - foul #2 on Robert Grammer, team foul #9 | 45-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Eddie Williams (PF), James Hartley (C) Stjepan Frankowski, Mike Donovan | |
| Subs | St. John's | Mark Alexander (SG) Charles Taube | |
| 03:46 | Syracuse | David Huggins misses the free throw | 45-46 |
| 03:46 | St. John's | Charles Wilton grabs the defensive rebound | 45-46 |
| 03:18 | St. John's | Robert Grammer's fadeaway is rejected by James Hartley | 45-46 |
| 03:17 | Syracuse | Jack Frias pulls down the rebound | 45-46 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - David Huggins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Joseph Langlois (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jack Frias (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. PF - Eddie Williams (fresh) 13 pts. C - James Hartley (fresh) 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Grammer (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Alexander (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Carr (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charles Wilton (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 9 reb. C - Marin Lubelski (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:00 | Syracuse | David Huggins misses badly on a jumper from the left block | 45-46 |
| 02:59 | St. John's | David Carr grabs the defensive rebound | 45-46 |
| 02:59 | St. John's | St. John's calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 45-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frank Brickner (SG), Stjepan Frankowski (SF), Mike Donovan (PF) Joseph Langlois, Eddie Williams, James Hartley | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ante Banowski (PG), Charles Taube (SG), Michael Clark (C) Robert Grammer, Mark Alexander, Marin Lubelski | |
| 02:30 | St. John's | Michael Clark hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing but the foul's on Jack Frias - foul #4 on Jack Frias, team foul #6 | 45-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois (SG), Eddie Williams (SF) David Huggins, Stjepan Frankowski | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 02:30 | St. John's | Michael Clark makes the 1st free throw | 45-47 |
| 02:30 | St. John's | Michael Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 45-47 |
| 02:30 | Syracuse | Jack Frias grabs the defensive rebound | 45-47 |
| 02:04 | Syracuse | Jack Frias clanks a 3 from straight away | 45-47 |
| 02:03 | St. John's | Charles Taube gets the rebound | 45-47 |
| 01:58 | St. John's | The jump hook by Ante Banowski is blocked by Mike Donovan | 45-47 |
| 01:57 | Syracuse | Mike Donovan gets the rebound | 45-47 |
| 01:31 | Syracuse | Eddie Williams scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Frank Brickner | 48-47 |
| 01:16 | St. John's | Ante Banowski connects on the floater from the left side | 48-49 |
| 00:55 | Syracuse | Eddie Williams is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Eddie Williams, team foul #7 | 48-49 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Huggins (PG), James Hartley (C) Frank Brickner, Eddie Williams | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:34 | St. John's | David Carr knocks in the jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Charles Taube | 48-51 |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Mike Donovan blows the layup | 48-51 |
| 00:13 | St. John's | Michael Clark grabs the board | 48-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:11 | St. John's | Michael Clark is fouled in the backcourt by David Huggins - foul #3 on David Huggins, team foul #8 | 48-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Grammer (SG), Mark Alexander (SF) Charles Taube, David Carr | |
| 00:11 | St. John's | Michael Clark makes the 1st free throw | 48-52 |
| 00:11 | St. John's | Michael Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 48-53 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:05 | Syracuse | Joseph Langlois misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 48-53 |
| 00:03 | St. John's | Michael Clark gets the rebound | 48-53 |
| 00:03 | St. John's | St. John's calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 48-53 |
| 00:02 | St. John's | David Huggins is called for the reach on Mark Alexander in the backcourt - foul #4 on David Huggins, team foul #9 | 48-53 |
| 00:02 | St. John's | Mark Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 48-54 |
| 00:02 | St. John's | Mark Alexander misses the 2nd free throw | 48-54 |
| 00:02 | Syracuse | James Hartley grabs the board | 48-54 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | James Hartley can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 48-54 |