| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Brandon Anderson (fresh) SG - Robert Bondurant (fresh) SF - Mark Baron (fresh) PF - Nicholas Crow (fresh) C - Duane Creasy (fresh) | |
| Lineup | C. Connecticut State | PG - Mark Davis (fresh) SG - Lee Kempinski (fresh) SF - Jordan Williams (fresh) PF - Willard Cooper (fresh) C - Lewis Edwards (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Alabama | Duane Creasy wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | C. Connecticut State | C. Connecticut State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:45 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow clanks a turnaround in the paint but he's hacked by Willard Cooper - foul #1 on Willard Cooper, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow makes the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:32 | C. Connecticut State | Willard Cooper hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Jordan Williams | 1-2 |
| 19:15 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow hits the finger roll set up by Mark Baron and he's hacked by Willard Cooper - foul #2 on Willard Cooper, team foul #2 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Donald Page (PF) Willard Cooper | |
| 19:15 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow makes the free throw | 4-2 |
| 18:54 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski's floater is tipped away by Duane Creasy | 4-2 |
| 18:52 | Alabama | Duane Creasy snags the defensive board | 4-2 |
| 18:24 | Alabama | Duane Creasy dunks the ball | 6-2 |
| 18:01 | C. Connecticut State | Mark Davis hits a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 6-4 |
| 17:47 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket | 6-4 |
| 17:45 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow grabs the offensive board | 6-4 |
| 17:32 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow is fouled on the floor by Jordan Williams - foul #1 on Jordan Williams, team foul #3 | 6-4 |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman (SG) Robert Bondurant | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | | |
| 17:09 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson makes the shot from the left wing | 8-4 |
| 16:52 | C. Connecticut State | Lewis Edwards is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Lewis Edwards, team foul #4 | 8-4 |
| Subs | Alabama | Todd Schaffner (PG), James Holloway (PF), Dustin Barker (C) Brandon Anderson, Nicholas Crow, Duane Creasy | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | | |
| 16:38 | Alabama | Mark Baron knocks in the jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Todd Schaffner | 10-4 |
| 16:28 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 10-4 |
| 16:27 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Mark Baron | 10-4 |
| 16:09 | Alabama | James Holloway hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 10-4 |
| 16:07 | Alabama | Dustin Barker misses the tip | 10-4 |
| 16:06 | C. Connecticut State | Jordan Williams pulls down the rebound | 10-4 |
| 15:48 | C. Connecticut State | Donald Page can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Kenneth Merryman - foul #1 on Kenneth Merryman, team foul #1 | 10-4 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brandon Anderson (PG), Robert Bondurant (SG), Nicholas Crow (PF), Duane Creasy (C) Todd Schaffner, Kenneth Merryman, Mark Baron, Dustin Barker | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins (PG), Colton Quigley (SF), Daniel Nicholas (C) Mark Davis, Jordan Williams, Lewis Edwards | |
| 15:48 | C. Connecticut State | Donald Page makes the 1st free throw | 10-5 |
| 15:48 | C. Connecticut State | Donald Page makes the 2nd free throw | 10-6 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Brandon Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Bondurant (fresh) SF - James Holloway (fresh) PF - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 4 pts. C - Duane Creasy (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | C. Connecticut State | PG - Michael Perkins (fresh) SG - Lee Kempinski (fairly fresh) SF - Colton Quigley (fresh) PF - Donald Page (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Daniel Nicholas (fresh) | |
| 15:32 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant knocks in the fadeaway in the lane set up by James Holloway | 12-6 |
| 15:10 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-6 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Mark Davis (PG), Booker Holt (PF) Lee Kempinski, Donald Page | |
| 14:50 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 12-6 |
| 14:49 | Alabama | James Holloway can't tip it in | 12-6 |
| 14:48 | C. Connecticut State | Daniel Nicholas grabs the defensive rebound | 12-6 |
| 14:44 | C. Connecticut State | Duane Creasy blocks the short jumper by Colton Quigley | 12-6 |
| 14:43 | C. Connecticut State | Colton Quigley snags the offensive board | 12-6 |
| 14:26 | C. Connecticut State | Colton Quigley hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right block | 12-6 |
| 14:24 | C. Connecticut State | Daniel Nicholas grabs the offensive board | 12-6 |
| 14:15 | C. Connecticut State | Booker Holt hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block but he's fouled by Duane Creasy - foul #1 on Duane Creasy, team foul #2 | 12-6 |
| Subs | Alabama | Mark Baron (SF) James Holloway | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Jordan Williams (SF), Lewis Edwards (C) Mark Davis, Daniel Nicholas | |
| 14:15 | C. Connecticut State | Booker Holt makes the 1st free throw | 12-7 |
| 14:15 | C. Connecticut State | Booker Holt makes the 2nd free throw | 12-8 |
| 14:00 | Alabama | Mark Baron scores on a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Brandon Anderson | 14-8 |
| 13:40 | C. Connecticut State | Mark Baron steals it from Booker Holt | 14-8 |
| 13:21 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson buries a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Bondurant and the foul's on Booker Holt - foul #1 on Booker Holt, team foul #5 | 16-8 |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman (SG), Dustin Barker (PF), George Mole (C) Robert Bondurant, Nicholas Crow, Duane Creasy | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski (SG), Donald Page (PF) Colton Quigley, Booker Holt | |
| 13:21 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson makes the free throw | 17-8 |
| 13:07 | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Donald Page | 17-11 |
| 12:44 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson is hacked by Michael Perkins - foul #1 on Michael Perkins, team foul #6 | 17-11 |
| Subs | Alabama | Todd Schaffner (PG) Brandon Anderson | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Mark Davis (PG) Michael Perkins | |
| 12:16 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman clanks a 3 from the left wing | 17-11 |
| 12:15 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman grabs the offensive rebound | 17-11 |
| 11:59 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-11 |
| 11:40 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski blows the layup but the foul's on Dustin Barker - foul #1 on Dustin Barker, team foul #3 | 20-11 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brandon Anderson (PG), Robert Bondurant (SG), James Holloway (SF), Nicholas Crow (PF), Duane Creasy (C) Todd Schaffner, Kenneth Merryman, Mark Baron, Dustin Barker, George Mole | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Colton Quigley (SF), Daniel Nicholas (C) Jordan Williams, Lewis Edwards | |
| 11:40 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski misses the 1st free throw | 20-11 |
| 11:40 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski makes the 2nd free throw | 20-12 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Brandon Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Bondurant (fresh) 2 pts. SF - James Holloway (fresh) PF - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 4 pts. C - Duane Creasy (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | C. Connecticut State | PG - Mark Davis (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Lee Kempinski (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Colton Quigley (fresh) PF - Donald Page (fresh) 2 pts. C - Daniel Nicholas (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Alabama | Duane Creasy misses badly on a shot from the left side | 20-12 |
| 11:27 | C. Connecticut State | Mark Davis snags the defensive board | 20-12 |
| 11:12 | C. Connecticut State | Donald Page misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-12 |
| 11:10 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Robert Bondurant | 20-12 |
| 10:46 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant misses short on a fadeaway from the left block but the foul's on Lee Kempinski - foul #1 on Lee Kempinski, team foul #7 | 20-12 |
| Subs | Alabama | Mark Baron (SF) James Holloway | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins (SG), Booker Holt (PF) Lee Kempinski, Donald Page | |
| 10:46 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant misses the 1st free throw | 20-12 |
| 10:46 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant makes the 2nd free throw | 21-12 |
| 10:29 | C. Connecticut State | Daniel Nicholas makes the turnaround from the left block and he's hacked by Duane Creasy - foul #2 on Duane Creasy, team foul #4 | 21-14 |
| Subs | Alabama | Dustin Barker (C) Duane Creasy | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | | |
| 10:29 | C. Connecticut State | Daniel Nicholas makes the free throw | 21-15 |
| 10:09 | Alabama | Mark Baron comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 21-15 |
| 10:07 | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins pulls down the rebound | 21-15 |
| 09:57 | C. Connecticut State | Booker Holt loses the ball out of bounds | 21-15 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Jordan Williams (SF), Lewis Edwards (C) Mark Davis, Daniel Nicholas | |
| 09:31 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow loses the ball out of bounds | 21-15 |
| Subs | Alabama | Todd Schaffner (PG), Kenneth Merryman (SG) Brandon Anderson, Robert Bondurant | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | | |
| 09:17 | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins is hacked by Todd Schaffner - foul #1 on Todd Schaffner, team foul #5 | 21-15 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski (SG) Booker Holt | |
| 09:04 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 21-15 |
| 09:03 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow snags the defensive board | 21-15 |
| 08:38 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman is whistled for traveling | 21-15 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brandon Anderson (PG), James Holloway (PF), George Mole (C) Todd Schaffner, Nicholas Crow, Dustin Barker | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Donald Page (PF) Colton Quigley | |
| 08:24 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 21-17 |
| 08:00 | Alabama | James Holloway clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Donald Page - foul #1 on Donald Page, team foul #8 | 21-17 |
| Subs | Alabama | Robert Bondurant (SF) Mark Baron | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Mark Davis (PG), Booker Holt (SF), Daniel Nicholas (C) Michael Perkins, Jordan Williams, Lewis Edwards | |
| 08:00 | Alabama | James Holloway makes the 1st free throw | 22-17 |
| 08:00 | Alabama | James Holloway makes the 2nd free throw | 23-17 |
| 07:42 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Mark Davis | 23-19 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Brandon Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Merryman (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Bondurant (fresh) 3 pts. PF - James Holloway (fresh) 2 pts. C - George Mole (fresh) | |
| Lineup | C. Connecticut State | PG - Mark Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lee Kempinski (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Booker Holt (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Donald Page (fresh) 2 pts. C - Daniel Nicholas (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson can't connect on a floater from the left side | 23-19 |
| 07:12 | Alabama | James Holloway tips it back up and in | 25-19 |
| 06:57 | C. Connecticut State | Daniel Nicholas is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Daniel Nicholas, team foul #9 | 25-19 |
| Subs | Alabama | Nicholas Crow (PF), Dustin Barker (C) Kenneth Merryman, George Mole | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins (SG), Colton Quigley (SF), Lewis Edwards (C) Lee Kempinski, Booker Holt, Daniel Nicholas | |
| 06:31 | Alabama | Michael Perkins takes the ball from Robert Bondurant | 25-19 |
| 06:24 | C. Connecticut State | Mark Davis misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 25-19 |
| 06:23 | Alabama | James Holloway grabs the defensive rebound | 25-19 |
| 06:05 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant makes the jump hook in the lane set up by Brandon Anderson | 27-19 |
| 05:55 | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins makes the shot from just outside the lane set up by Colton Quigley | 27-21 |
| 05:33 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant scores on a floater from the right wing set up by Brandon Anderson | 29-21 |
| 05:18 | C. Connecticut State | Colton Quigley clanks a jumper from the right side | 29-21 |
| 05:16 | C. Connecticut State | Colton Quigley hits the follow up shot | 29-23 |
| 04:53 | Alabama | James Holloway connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Dustin Barker | 31-23 |
| 04:40 | C. Connecticut State | Donald Page is called for a backcourt violation | 31-23 |
| Subs | Alabama | Todd Schaffner (PG), Kenneth Merryman (SG), Mark Baron (SF), George Mole (C) Brandon Anderson, Robert Bondurant, James Holloway, Dustin Barker | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski (SG), Jordan Williams (SF), Daniel Nicholas (C) Michael Perkins, Donald Page, Lewis Edwards | |
| 04:16 | Alabama | Daniel Nicholas denies the turnaround by Mark Baron | 31-23 |
| 04:14 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow gets the offensive rebound | 31-23 |
| 03:45 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow comes up short on the runner from the baseline | 31-23 |
| 03:44 | C. Connecticut State | Jordan Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 31-23 |
| 03:38 | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 31-23 |
| 03:37 | Alabama | George Mole grabs the defensive rebound | 31-23 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Todd Schaffner (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Merryman (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Mark Baron (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Nicholas Crow (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - George Mole (fresh) | |
| Lineup | C. Connecticut State | PG - Mark Davis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lee Kempinski (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Jordan Williams (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Colton Quigley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Daniel Nicholas (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:16 | Alabama | Mark Baron misses badly on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by Mark Davis - foul #1 on Mark Davis, team foul #10 | 31-23 |
| Subs | Alabama | Duane Creasy (C) Nicholas Crow | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins (PG), Willard Cooper (PF) Mark Davis, Colton Quigley | |
| 03:16 | Alabama | Mark Baron makes the 1st free throw | 32-23 |
| 03:16 | Alabama | Mark Baron makes the 2nd free throw | 33-23 |
| 02:56 | C. Connecticut State | Duane Creasy blocks the short jumper by Willard Cooper | 33-23 |
| 02:54 | Alabama | Mark Baron grabs the defensive rebound | 33-23 |
| 02:35 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 33-23 |
| 02:34 | C. Connecticut State | The rebound goes to Willard Cooper | 33-23 |
| 02:11 | C. Connecticut State | Jordan Williams can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 33-23 |
| 02:10 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Todd Schaffner | 33-23 |
| 01:45 | Alabama | George Mole connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Kenneth Merryman | 35-23 |
| 01:32 | C. Connecticut State | Michael Perkins's pass is intercepted by Kenneth Merryman | 35-23 |
| 01:29 | Alabama | Todd Schaffner lays it up and in on a great pass from Kenneth Merryman | 37-23 |
| 01:06 | C. Connecticut State | Willard Cooper loses the dribble to George Mole | 37-23 |
| 01:02 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing but the foul's on Daniel Nicholas - foul #2 on Daniel Nicholas, team foul #11 | 37-23 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brandon Anderson (PG), Robert Bondurant (SF), Nicholas Crow (PF) Todd Schaffner, Mark Baron, George Mole | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Donald Page (PG), Colton Quigley (SF), Lewis Edwards (C) Lee Kempinski, Jordan Williams, Daniel Nicholas | |
| 01:02 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman misses the 1st free throw | 37-23 |
| 01:02 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman misses the 2nd free throw | 37-23 |
| 01:02 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman makes the 3rd free throw | 38-23 |
| 00:51 | C. Connecticut State | Colton Quigley scores on a jumper in the lane set up by Donald Page and he's fouled by Duane Creasy - foul #3 on Duane Creasy, team foul #6 | 38-25 |
| Subs | Alabama | James Holloway (SF), Dustin Barker (C) Kenneth Merryman, Duane Creasy | |
| Subs | C. Connecticut State | Lee Kempinski (SG) Michael Perkins | |
| 00:51 | C. Connecticut State | Colton Quigley makes the free throw | 38-26 |
| 00:29 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 38-26 |
| 00:27 | C. Connecticut State | Lewis Edwards snags the defensive board | 38-26 |
| 00:05 | C. Connecticut State | Lewis Edwards can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 38-26 |
| 00:04 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow pulls down the rebound | 38-26 |
| 00:00 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 38-26 |