| Lineup | St. John's (MN) | PG - Frank Kangas (fresh) SG - John McElhone (fresh) SF - Craig Banks (fresh) PF - James Delatorre (fresh) C - Junior Green (fresh) | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Mark Glass (fresh) SG - Eric Lightfoot (fresh) SF - Virgil Pemberton (fresh) PF - Dario Converse (fresh) C - Terry Sheehan (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | St. John's (MN) | St. John's (MN) is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | N. Carolina Wesleyan | N. Carolina Wesleyan is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:44 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas misses badly on a floater from the left side but he's hacked by Eric Lightfoot - foul #1 on Eric Lightfoot, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:44 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas misses the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:44 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | The rebound goes to Virgil Pemberton | 1-0 |
| 19:18 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse is called for 5 seconds | 1-0 |
| 19:02 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 1-0 |
| 19:00 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan gets the rebound | 1-0 |
| 18:43 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse connects on the floater in the paint on a nice dish by Mark Glass | 1-2 |
| 18:24 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre can't connect on a driving attempt in the paint | 1-2 |
| 18:22 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre hits the follow up shot | 3-2 |
| 18:08 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton knocks in the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Eric Lightfoot | 3-4 |
| 17:56 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 3-4 |
| 17:54 | St. John's (MN) | The offensive rebound goes to James Delatorre | 3-4 |
| 17:39 | St. John's (MN) | Craig Banks buries a jumpshot from the left wing set up by James Delatorre | 5-4 |
| 17:21 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Craig Banks - foul #1 on Craig Banks, team foul #1 | 5-4 |
| 17:21 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton makes the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 17:21 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton makes the 2nd free throw | 5-6 |
| 17:07 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas connects on the floater from the free throw line set up by Craig Banks | 7-6 |
| 16:50 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse misses short on a turnaround from close range but the foul's on James Delatorre - foul #1 on James Delatorre, team foul #2 | 7-6 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | Donald Wardlow (SG) John McElhone | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | | |
| 16:50 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 16:50 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse misses the 2nd free throw | 7-7 |
| 16:50 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre pulls down the rebound | 7-7 |
| 16:42 | St. John's (MN) | Dario Converse steals it from Craig Banks | 7-7 |
| 16:24 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton blows the layup | 7-7 |
| 16:22 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | The offensive rebound goes to Virgil Pemberton | 7-7 |
| 16:17 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton misses badly on a shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Craig Banks - foul #2 on Craig Banks, team foul #3 | 7-7 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | Michael Mamudoski (SF), Wesley Strunk (PF), Jason Johnson (C) Craig Banks, James Delatorre, Junior Green | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | | |
| 16:17 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton makes the 1st free throw | 7-8 |
| 16:17 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton misses the 2nd free throw | 7-8 |
| 16:17 | St. John's (MN) | The rebound goes to Jason Johnson | 7-8 |
| 15:57 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas double dribbles | 7-8 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst (C) Terry Sheehan | |
| Lineup | St. John's (MN) | PG - Frank Kangas (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Donald Wardlow (fresh) SF - Michael Mamudoski (fresh) PF - Wesley Strunk (fresh) C - Jason Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Mark Glass (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Eric Lightfoot (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Virgil Pemberton (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dario Converse (fresh) 3 pts. C - Bob Durst (fresh) | |
| 15:45 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 7-8 |
| 15:43 | St. John's (MN) | Donald Wardlow grabs the board | 7-8 |
| 15:38 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 7-8 |
| 15:37 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton snags the defensive board | 7-8 |
| 15:25 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Virgil Pemberton | 7-11 |
| 15:01 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Donald Wardlow | 10-11 |
| 14:41 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst scores on a floater from the right side on a great pass from Virgil Pemberton | 10-13 |
| 14:26 | St. John's (MN) | Jason Johnson misses the jumper from the left side | 10-13 |
| 14:25 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | The rebound goes to Virgil Pemberton | 10-13 |
| 14:12 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 10-13 |
| 14:10 | St. John's (MN) | The rebound goes to Wesley Strunk | 10-13 |
| 13:52 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas buries a 3 from the left corner set up by Donald Wardlow | 13-13 |
| 13:28 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst misses the lay-in | 13-13 |
| 13:26 | St. John's (MN) | Jason Johnson grabs the board | 13-13 |
| 13:06 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Jason Johnson | 15-13 |
| 12:57 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst clanks a floater from close range but he's hacked by Jason Johnson - foul #1 on Jason Johnson, team foul #4 | 15-13 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | Fred Poulin (PG), John McElhone (SG), Ernest Scholl (SF), James Delatorre (PF), Junior Green (C) Frank Kangas, Donald Wardlow, Michael Mamudoski, Wesley Strunk, Jason Johnson | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joe Mattox (PG), Robert Rosol (SG), Frank Coon (SF), Terry Sheehan (C) Mark Glass, Eric Lightfoot, Virgil Pemberton, Dario Converse | |
| 12:57 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst makes the 1st free throw | 15-14 |
| 12:57 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst makes the 2nd free throw | 15-15 |
| 12:43 | St. John's (MN) | Fred Poulin misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 15-15 |
| 12:41 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Frank Coon snags the defensive board | 15-15 |
| 12:31 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan is fouled on the floor by John McElhone - foul #1 on John McElhone, team foul #5 | 15-15 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | John Shepherd (PF) Bob Durst | |
| 12:18 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Robert Rosol misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 15-15 |
| 12:16 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | The offensive rebound goes to John Shepherd | 15-15 |
| 11:58 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan scores on a fadeaway from the right block set up by Robert Rosol | 15-17 |
| Lineup | St. John's (MN) | PG - Fred Poulin (fresh) SG - John McElhone (fresh) SF - Ernest Scholl (fresh) PF - James Delatorre (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Junior Green (fresh) | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Joe Mattox (fresh) SG - Robert Rosol (fresh) SF - Frank Coon (fresh) PF - John Shepherd (fresh) C - Terry Sheehan (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:38 | St. John's (MN) | Robert Rosol picks off the pass by James Delatorre | 15-17 |
| 11:35 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joe Mattox lays it up and in on a great pass from Robert Rosol | 15-19 |
| 11:12 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 15-19 |
| 11:11 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green tips it but misses | 15-19 |
| 11:10 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre tips it home | 17-19 |
| 10:43 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Robert Rosol misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 17-19 |
| 10:41 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | John Shepherd pulls down the offensive rebound | 17-19 |
| 10:30 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Fred Poulin steals it from Frank Coon | 17-19 |
| 10:27 | St. John's (MN) | Ernest Scholl lays it in on a nice dish by Fred Poulin | 19-19 |
| 10:12 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | The jumper by Joe Mattox is denied by James Delatorre | 19-19 |
| 10:11 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre snags the defensive board | 19-19 |
| 09:53 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 19-19 |
| 09:51 | St. John's (MN) | The offensive rebound goes to James Delatorre | 19-19 |
| 09:46 | St. John's (MN) | Fred Poulin knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from John McElhone | 22-19 |
| 09:28 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan lays it in on a nice dish by Robert Rosol | 22-21 |
| 09:20 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Joe Mattox - foul #1 on Joe Mattox, team foul #2 | 22-21 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas (PG), Donald Wardlow (SG), Michael Mamudoski (SF), Wesley Strunk (PF) Fred Poulin, John McElhone, Ernest Scholl, James Delatorre | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Mark Glass (PG), Eric Lightfoot (SG), Virgil Pemberton (SF), Dario Converse (PF), Bob Durst (C) Joe Mattox, Robert Rosol, Frank Coon, John Shepherd, Terry Sheehan | |
| 09:20 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green makes the 1st free throw | 23-21 |
| 09:20 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green makes the 2nd free throw | 24-21 |
| 09:03 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Junior Green swats the layup by Dario Converse | 24-21 |
| 09:02 | St. John's (MN) | Donald Wardlow gets the rebound | 24-21 |
| 08:41 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas misses short on a floater from the left wing | 24-21 |
| 08:39 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | The rebound goes to Virgil Pemberton | 24-21 |
| 08:11 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst misses the floater from the right wing | 24-21 |
| 08:09 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton misses the tip | 24-21 |
| 08:07 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green grabs the defensive rebound | 24-21 |
| 07:48 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green is called for a charge - foul #1 on Junior Green, team foul #6 | 24-21 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre (PF) Junior Green | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | | |
| Lineup | St. John's (MN) | PG - Frank Kangas (fresh) 11 pts. SG - Donald Wardlow (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Michael Mamudoski (fresh) PF - James Delatorre (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Wesley Strunk (fresh) | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Mark Glass (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Eric Lightfoot (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Virgil Pemberton (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. PF - Dario Converse (fresh) 3 pts. C - Bob Durst (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:33 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot is whistled for traveling | 24-21 |
| 07:12 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket but the foul's on Dario Converse - foul #1 on Dario Converse, team foul #3 | 24-21 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | John McElhone (SG) Donald Wardlow | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan (C) Bob Durst | |
| 07:12 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre makes the 1st free throw | 25-21 |
| 07:12 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre makes the 2nd free throw | 26-21 |
| 06:55 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse connects on the turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Eric Lightfoot | 26-23 |
| 06:42 | St. John's (MN) | Wesley Strunk comes up short on the shot near the basket | 26-23 |
| 06:41 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas gets the offensive rebound | 26-23 |
| 06:28 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 26-23 |
| 06:26 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot pulls down the rebound | 26-23 |
| 06:21 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse connects on the turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Mark Glass | 26-25 |
| 06:05 | St. John's (MN) | Michael Mamudoski can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 26-25 |
| 06:03 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan snags the defensive board | 26-25 |
| 05:59 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 26-25 |
| 05:57 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan snags the offensive board | 26-25 |
| 05:46 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton loses the dribble to Frank Kangas | 26-25 |
| 05:43 | St. John's (MN) | Michael Mamudoski can't finish the layup | 26-25 |
| 05:42 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan pulls down the rebound | 26-25 |
| 05:31 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton misses badly on a jump hook from close range but he's fouled by Michael Mamudoski - foul #1 on Michael Mamudoski, team foul #7 | 26-25 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | Fred Poulin (PG), Donald Wardlow (SG), Ernest Scholl (SF), Jason Johnson (C) Frank Kangas, John McElhone, Michael Mamudoski, Wesley Strunk | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Joe Mattox (PG), Robert Rosol (SG), Bob Durst (PF), John Shepherd (C) Mark Glass, Eric Lightfoot, Dario Converse, Terry Sheehan | |
| 05:31 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton makes the 1st free throw | 26-26 |
| 05:31 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton makes the 2nd free throw | 26-27 |
| 05:18 | St. John's (MN) | Robert Rosol is called for the reach on Donald Wardlow - foul #1 on Robert Rosol, team foul #4 | 26-27 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green (C) James Delatorre | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Frank Coon (SF) Virgil Pemberton | |
| 05:09 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 26-27 |
| 05:07 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst grabs the board | 26-27 |
| 04:52 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Jason Johnson - foul #2 on Jason Johnson, team foul #8 | 26-27 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre (PF) Jason Johnson | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | | |
| 04:52 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst misses the 1st free throw | 26-27 |
| 04:52 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst misses the 2nd free throw | 26-27 |
| 04:52 | St. John's (MN) | Junior Green gets the rebound | 26-27 |
| 04:32 | St. John's (MN) | Fred Poulin hits a turnaround from close range | 28-27 |
| 04:14 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | John Shepherd misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 28-27 |
| 04:13 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst snags the offensive board | 28-27 |
| 04:00 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Bob Durst loses the dribble to Donald Wardlow | 28-27 |
| 03:40 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre misses the lay-in | 28-27 |
| 03:38 | St. John's (MN) | James Delatorre gets the offensive rebound | 28-27 |
| Lineup | St. John's (MN) | PG - Fred Poulin (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Wardlow (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Ernest Scholl (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Delatorre (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - Junior Green (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | N. Carolina Wesleyan | PG - Joe Mattox (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Rosol (fresh) SF - Frank Coon (fresh) PF - Bob Durst (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - John Shepherd (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:26 | St. John's (MN) | Fred Poulin connects on the jumper from the right wing and he's hacked by Bob Durst - foul #1 on Bob Durst, team foul #5 | 30-27 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | John McElhone (SG), Craig Banks (SF), Wesley Strunk (PF), Jason Johnson (C) Donald Wardlow, Ernest Scholl, James Delatorre, Junior Green | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Mark Glass (PG), Eric Lightfoot (SG), Virgil Pemberton (SF), Dario Converse (PF), Terry Sheehan (C) Joe Mattox, Robert Rosol, Frank Coon, Bob Durst, John Shepherd | |
| 03:26 | St. John's (MN) | Fred Poulin makes the free throw | 31-27 |
| 03:07 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 31-27 |
| 03:05 | St. John's (MN) | Wesley Strunk snags the defensive board | 31-27 |
| 02:55 | St. John's (MN) | John McElhone misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 31-27 |
| 02:54 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton grabs the board | 31-27 |
| 02:48 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 31-27 |
| 02:46 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Virgil Pemberton snags the offensive board | 31-27 |
| 02:30 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot is hacked by Fred Poulin - foul #1 on Fred Poulin, team foul #9 | 31-27 |
| Subs | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas (PG) Fred Poulin | |
| Subs | N. Carolina Wesleyan | | |
| 02:30 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot misses the 1st free throw | 31-27 |
| 02:30 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan grabs the offensive board | 31-27 |
| 02:20 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Dario Converse | 31-30 |
| 02:09 | St. John's (MN) | Jason Johnson comes up short on the jumper from close range but he's hacked by Terry Sheehan - foul #1 on Terry Sheehan, team foul #6 | 31-30 |
| 02:09 | St. John's (MN) | Jason Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 32-30 |
| 02:09 | St. John's (MN) | Jason Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 33-30 |
| 01:54 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Terry Sheehan knocks in the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Virgil Pemberton | 33-32 |
| 01:36 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Jason Johnson | 35-32 |
| 01:11 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Dario Converse drills a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Mark Glass | 35-35 |
| 00:59 | St. John's (MN) | Craig Banks buries a driving attempt from the left block | 37-35 |
| 00:46 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Eric Lightfoot makes the 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Mark Glass | 37-38 |
| 00:28 | St. John's (MN) | Frank Kangas buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Jason Johnson | 40-38 |
| 00:03 | N. Carolina Wesleyan | Mark Glass misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 40-38 |
| 00:02 | St. John's (MN) | The rebound goes to Craig Banks | 40-38 |
| 00:00 | St. John's (MN) | Craig Banks misses long on a fullcourt shot | 40-38 |