| Lineup | Akron | PG - Shen Tang (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Ragsdale (fresh) 2 pts. 6 ast. SF - Eric Wilkinson (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Thomas Crum (fresh) 6 pts. C - Donald Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Phil Folks (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sonny William (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Dwayne Godfrey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Glenn Brabham (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - John Klein (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson inbounds the ball | 30-34 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:42 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 30-34 |
| 19:40 | Akron | Donald Lee can't tip it in | 30-34 |
| 19:38 | Marist | Glenn Brabham grabs the defensive rebound | 30-34 |
| 19:20 | Marist | Glenn Brabham hits the finger roll set up by Sonny William | 30-36 |
| 18:59 | Akron | James Ragsdale throws a bad pass out of bounds | 30-36 |
| 18:37 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 30-36 |
| 18:36 | Akron | Donald Lee gets the rebound | 30-36 |
| 18:25 | Akron | John Klein denies the turnaround by Eric Wilkinson | 30-36 |
| 18:23 | Akron | Donald Lee grabs the offensive rebound | 30-36 |
| 18:12 | Akron | James Ragsdale hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 30-36 |
| 18:11 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey snags the defensive board | 30-36 |
| 17:52 | Marist | Glenn Brabham misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 30-36 |
| 17:51 | Marist | The offensive rebound goes to Glenn Brabham | 30-36 |
| 17:29 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey is denied on a dunk by Thomas Crum | 30-36 |
| 17:28 | Akron | Donald Lee pulls down the rebound | 30-36 |
| 17:18 | Akron | James Ragsdale comes up short on the driving attempt in the paint but the foul's on Dwayne Godfrey - foul #3 on Dwayne Godfrey, team foul #1 | 30-36 |
| Subs | Akron | Alan Tay (PG), Augustus Stromski (PF), Richard Sims (C) Shen Tang, Thomas Crum, Donald Lee | |
| Subs | Marist | Eric Teets (PG), Sean Mitchell (SG), James Spencer (PF), Stephen Rosas (C) Phil Folks, Sonny William, Dwayne Godfrey, Glenn Brabham | |
| 17:18 | Akron | James Ragsdale makes the 1st free throw | 31-36 |
| 17:18 | Akron | James Ragsdale makes the 2nd free throw | 32-36 |
| 16:57 | Marist | Stephen Rosas is fouled on the floor by James Ragsdale - foul #2 on James Ragsdale, team foul #1 | 32-36 |
| Subs | Akron | Alberto Luna (SG), Leon Tyree (C) James Ragsdale, Eric Wilkinson | |
| Subs | Marist | Mark Phillips (SG) John Klein | |
| 16:44 | Marist | James Spencer buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Mark Phillips | 32-39 |
| 16:21 | Akron | Richard Sims drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Alan Tay | 35-39 |
| 15:59 | Marist | Sean Mitchell misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 35-39 |
| 15:58 | Akron | Alberto Luna pulls down the rebound | 35-39 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Alan Tay (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Alberto Luna (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard Sims (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Augustus Stromski (fresh) 3 reb. C - Leon Tyree (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Sean Mitchell (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Phillips (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Eric Teets (fresh) PF - James Spencer (fresh) 5 pts. C - Stephen Rosas (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:51 | Akron | Stephen Rosas is called for the reach on Leon Tyree - foul #1 on Stephen Rosas, team foul #2 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Akron | Shen Tang (PG), James Ragsdale (SG), Eric Wilkinson (SF), Thomas Crum (PF), Donald Lee (C) Alan Tay, Alberto Luna, Richard Sims, Augustus Stromski, Leon Tyree | |
| Subs | Marist | Phil Folks (PG), Sonny William (SG), Dwayne Godfrey (SF), Glenn Brabham (PF), Gene Servantes (C) Sean Mitchell, Mark Phillips, Eric Teets, James Spencer, Stephen Rosas | |
| 15:35 | Akron | James Ragsdale misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 35-39 |
| 15:33 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey snags the defensive board | 35-39 |
| 15:16 | Marist | Sonny William can't connect on a floater from close range but he's fouled by James Ragsdale - foul #3 on James Ragsdale, team foul #2 | 35-39 |
| 15:16 | Marist | Sonny William makes the 1st free throw | 35-40 |
| 15:16 | Marist | Sonny William misses the 2nd free throw | 35-40 |
| 15:16 | Marist | The offensive rebound goes to Glenn Brabham | 35-40 |
| 14:59 | Marist | Phil Folks is called for traveling | 35-40 |
| 14:40 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson comes up short on the jumper from close range but he's fouled by Gene Servantes - foul #4 on Gene Servantes, team foul #3 | 35-40 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Marist | John Klein (C) Gene Servantes | |
| 14:40 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson misses the 1st free throw | 35-40 |
| 14:40 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson misses the 2nd free throw | 35-40 |
| 14:40 | Marist | Glenn Brabham grabs the board | 35-40 |
| 14:25 | Marist | Glenn Brabham's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-40 |
| 14:10 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Shen Tang | 38-40 |
| 13:56 | Marist | Glenn Brabham clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 38-40 |
| 13:54 | Akron | Donald Lee pulls down the rebound | 38-40 |
| 13:34 | Akron | James Ragsdale drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Shen Tang | 40-40 |
| 13:24 | Marist | John Klein throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-40 |
| Subs | Akron | Alan Tay (PG), Alberto Luna (SG), Richard Sims (SF), Augustus Stromski (PF), Leon Tyree (C) Shen Tang, James Ragsdale, Eric Wilkinson, Thomas Crum, Donald Lee | |
| Subs | Marist | Eric Teets (PG), Sean Mitchell (SG), James Spencer (PF), Stephen Rosas (C) Phil Folks, Sonny William, Dwayne Godfrey, Glenn Brabham | |
| 13:01 | Akron | Alberto Luna double dribbles | 40-40 |
| 12:39 | Marist | Eric Teets clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 40-40 |
| 12:38 | Marist | Sean Mitchell grabs the offensive rebound | 40-40 |
| 12:24 | Marist | John Klein lays it in on a great pass from James Spencer | 40-42 |
| 12:05 | Akron | Eric Teets is called for the reach on Alan Tay - foul #2 on Eric Teets, team foul #4 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Akron | Eric Wilkinson (SF), Thomas Crum (PF), Donald Lee (C) Richard Sims, Augustus Stromski, Leon Tyree | |
| Subs | Marist | Glenn Brabham (PF) James Spencer | |
| 11:48 | Akron | Alberto Luna comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Sean Mitchell - foul #1 on Sean Mitchell, team foul #5 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Akron | Shen Tang (PG) Alan Tay | |
| Subs | Marist | Sonny William (SG) Stephen Rosas | |
| 11:48 | Akron | Alberto Luna makes the 1st free throw | 41-42 |
| 11:48 | Akron | Alberto Luna makes the 2nd free throw | 42-42 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Shen Tang (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Alberto Luna (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Eric Wilkinson (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Thomas Crum (fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. C - Donald Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Sean Mitchell (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sonny William (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Teets (fresh) PF - Glenn Brabham (fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - John Klein (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:33 | Marist | John Klein hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 42-42 |
| 11:32 | Akron | The rebound goes to Thomas Crum | 42-42 |
| 11:23 | Akron | Shen Tang is fouled on the floor by Sonny William - foul #2 on Sonny William, team foul #6 | 42-42 |
| Subs | Akron | James Ragsdale (SG) Alberto Luna | |
| Subs | Marist | Phil Folks (PG), Dwayne Godfrey (SF), Stephen Rosas (C) Sean Mitchell, Eric Teets, John Klein | |
| 11:08 | Akron | James Ragsdale scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Shen Tang | 45-42 |
| 10:53 | Marist | Glenn Brabham misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Thomas Crum - foul #1 on Thomas Crum, team foul #3 | 45-42 |
| 10:53 | Marist | Glenn Brabham makes the 1st free throw | 45-43 |
| 10:53 | Marist | Glenn Brabham makes the 2nd free throw | 45-44 |
| 10:43 | Akron | James Ragsdale drills a jumper from the right block | 47-44 |
| 10:19 | Marist | Eric Wilkinson denies the turnaround by Stephen Rosas | 47-44 |
| 10:18 | Akron | The rebound goes to James Ragsdale | 47-44 |
| 09:57 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson knocks in the floater in the paint on a great pass from Donald Lee | 49-44 |
| 09:47 | Marist | Stephen Rosas misses the jumper from the right side | 49-44 |
| 09:45 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson pulls down the rebound | 49-44 |
| 09:43 | Akron | Phil Folks is called for the reach on Shen Tang in the backcourt - foul #1 on Phil Folks, team foul #7 | 49-44 |
| Subs | Akron | Richard Sims (SF), Augustus Stromski (PF), Leon Tyree (C) Eric Wilkinson, Thomas Crum, Donald Lee | |
| Subs | Marist | Sean Mitchell (SG), Eric Teets (SF), John Klein (PF) Sonny William, Dwayne Godfrey, Glenn Brabham | |
| 09:43 | Akron | Shen Tang makes the 1st free throw | 50-44 |
| 09:43 | Akron | Shen Tang makes the 2nd free throw | 51-44 |
| 09:36 | Marist | Eric Teets clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 51-44 |
| 09:34 | Akron | The rebound goes to Augustus Stromski | 51-44 |
| 09:10 | Akron | James Ragsdale misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 51-44 |
| 09:08 | Marist | John Klein grabs the board | 51-44 |
| 08:54 | Marist | Phil Folks misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 51-44 |
| 08:52 | Akron | Richard Sims gets the rebound | 51-44 |
| 08:48 | Akron | Richard Sims throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-44 |
| Subs | Akron | Alan Tay (PG), Alberto Luna (SG), Eric Wilkinson (SF) Shen Tang, James Ragsdale, Leon Tyree | |
| Subs | Marist | Mark Phillips (SG), James Spencer (PF) Phil Folks, Stephen Rosas | |
| 08:33 | Marist | Sean Mitchell clanks a shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Alberto Luna - foul #1 on Alberto Luna, team foul #4 | 51-44 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey (SF) Mark Phillips | |
| 08:33 | Marist | Sean Mitchell makes the 1st free throw | 51-45 |
| 08:33 | Marist | Sean Mitchell makes the 2nd free throw | 51-46 |
| 08:19 | Akron | Alberto Luna misses the dunk but he's hacked by Eric Teets - foul #3 on Eric Teets, team foul #8 | 51-46 |
| Subs | Akron | Thomas Crum (PF), Donald Lee (C) Augustus Stromski, Richard Sims | |
| Subs | Marist | Sonny William (SG), Glenn Brabham (PF) Sean Mitchell, James Spencer | |
| 08:19 | Akron | Alberto Luna makes the 1st free throw | 52-46 |
| 08:19 | Akron | Alberto Luna makes the 2nd free throw | 53-46 |
| 08:12 | Marist | Glenn Brabham misses long on a floater from the left side | 53-46 |
| 08:11 | Marist | John Klein hits the follow up shot | 53-48 |
| 08:05 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson misses the jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Dwayne Godfrey - foul #4 on Dwayne Godfrey, team foul #9 | 53-48 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Marist | Sean Mitchell (PG) Dwayne Godfrey | |
| 08:05 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson makes the 1st free throw | 54-48 |
| 08:05 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson makes the 2nd free throw | 55-48 |
| 07:46 | Marist | Eric Teets clanks a jumper from the right side | 55-48 |
| 07:45 | Akron | The rebound goes to Thomas Crum | 55-48 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Alan Tay (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Alberto Luna (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Eric Wilkinson (fresh) 15 pts. PF - Thomas Crum (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Sean Mitchell (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sonny William (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Teets (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Glenn Brabham (fresh) 13 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - John Klein (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:40 | Akron | Alberto Luna hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Eric Wilkinson | 58-48 |
| 07:26 | Marist | Sonny William misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 58-48 |
| 07:24 | Marist | Eric Teets misses the tip | 58-48 |
| 07:22 | Marist | John Klein can't tip it in | 58-48 |
| 07:21 | Akron | Alan Tay grabs the defensive rebound | 58-48 |
| 07:03 | Akron | Alan Tay misses the 3 from straight away | 58-48 |
| 07:01 | Akron | Donald Lee tips it back up and in | 60-48 |
| 06:36 | Marist | Eric Teets scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 60-51 |
| 06:30 | Akron | Donald Lee can't finish the layup | 60-51 |
| 06:28 | Akron | Donald Lee tips it home | 62-51 |
| 06:02 | Marist | Donald Lee blocks the short jumper by John Klein | 62-51 |
| 06:01 | Akron | Alan Tay pulls down the rebound | 62-51 |
| 05:57 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 62-51 |
| 05:56 | Akron | Alberto Luna grabs the offensive board | 62-51 |
| 05:35 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 62-51 |
| 05:34 | Marist | Glenn Brabham gets the rebound | 62-51 |
| 05:34 | Marist | Marist calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-51 |
| Subs | Akron | Shen Tang (PG), James Ragsdale (SG) Alan Tay, Alberto Luna | |
| Subs | Marist | Phil Folks (PG), Dwayne Godfrey (SF), Gene Servantes (C) Sean Mitchell, Eric Teets, John Klein | |
| 05:22 | Marist | Gene Servantes clanks a 3 from the right corner | 62-51 |
| 05:20 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson grabs the board | 62-51 |
| 05:15 | Akron | James Ragsdale misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 62-51 |
| 05:14 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey snags the defensive board | 62-51 |
| 04:55 | Marist | Glenn Brabham knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Dwayne Godfrey | 62-53 |
| 04:36 | Akron | Eric Wilkinson can't finish the layup | 62-53 |
| 04:35 | Marist | Glenn Brabham snags the defensive board | 62-53 |
| 04:28 | Marist | Sonny William throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-53 |
| Subs | Akron | Richard Sims (SF), Augustus Stromski (PF), Leon Tyree (C) Eric Wilkinson, Thomas Crum, Donald Lee | |
| Subs | Marist | Eric Teets (SG), John Klein (PF) Sonny William, Glenn Brabham | |
| 04:14 | Akron | Augustus Stromski lays it in | 64-53 |
| 03:57 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-53 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:28 | Akron | Leon Tyree knocks in the jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Shen Tang | 66-53 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Shen Tang (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. SG - James Ragsdale (fresh) 11 pts. 6 ast. 3 pf. SF - Richard Sims (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Augustus Stromski (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Leon Tyree (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Phil Folks (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eric Teets (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Dwayne Godfrey (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. PF - John Klein (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Gene Servantes (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:20 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Leon Tyree - foul #2 on Leon Tyree, team foul #5 | 66-53 |
| Subs | Akron | Eric Wilkinson (SF) Leon Tyree | |
| Subs | Marist | | |
| 03:20 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey misses the 1st free throw | 66-53 |
| 03:20 | Marist | Dwayne Godfrey makes the 2nd free throw | 66-54 |
| 02:54 | Akron | Gene Servantes takes the ball from Eric Wilkinson | 66-54 |
| 02:54 | Marist | Marist calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 66-54 |
| Subs | Akron | Thomas Crum (PF), Donald Lee (C) Augustus Stromski, Richard Sims | |
| Subs | Marist | Sonny William (SG), Glenn Brabham (PF) Eric Teets, John Klein | |
| 02:39 | Marist | Shen Tang takes the ball from Gene Servantes | 66-54 |
| 02:25 | Akron | Donald Lee connects on the turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Shen Tang | 68-54 |
| 02:17 | Marist | Phil Folks is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Phil Folks, team foul #10 | 68-54 |
| Subs | Akron | Alan Tay (PG), Alberto Luna (SG), Richard Sims (SF), Augustus Stromski (PF), Leon Tyree (C) Shen Tang, James Ragsdale, Eric Wilkinson, Thomas Crum, Donald Lee | |
| Subs | Marist | Eric Teets (PG), Sean Mitchell (SG), John Klein (SF), James Spencer (PF), Stephen Rosas (C) Phil Folks, Sonny William, Dwayne Godfrey, Glenn Brabham, Gene Servantes | |
| 01:52 | Akron | Alan Tay buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 71-54 |
| 01:34 | Marist | Leon Tyree denies the turnaround by Eric Teets | 71-54 |
| 01:33 | Marist | James Spencer tips it back up and in | 71-56 |
| 01:07 | Akron | Richard Sims scores on a driving attempt from the left block set up by Alan Tay and he's hacked by James Spencer - foul #1 on James Spencer, team foul #11 | 73-56 |
| 01:07 | Akron | Richard Sims makes the free throw | 74-56 |
| 00:45 | Marist | James Spencer misses badly on a jump hook near the basket | 74-56 |
| 00:44 | Akron | Alberto Luna pulls down the rebound | 74-56 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:20 | Akron | Alberto Luna misses the jumper from the left side | 74-56 |
| 00:19 | Marist | Stephen Rosas grabs the board | 74-56 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:17 | Marist | Eric Teets travels in the backcourt | 74-56 |
| 00:00 | Akron | Alan Tay runs out the clock | 74-56 |