| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Patrick James (fresh) SG - Theodore O'Dell (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Carroll (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Murphy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Bernard Llanas (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - James Bingham (fresh) SG - Willie Ross (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - George Kelly (fresh) 6 pts. PF - William Danner (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Micheal Kelly (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Buffalo | George Kelly inbounds the ball | 31-33 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:37 | Buffalo | Paul Murphy is called for the reach on George Kelly - foul #3 on Paul Murphy, team foul #1 | 31-33 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Robert Muth (PF) Paul Murphy | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 19:20 | Buffalo | George Kelly connects on the 3 from the right corner | 31-36 |
| 18:58 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas blows the layup but he's hacked by James Bingham - foul #1 on James Bingham, team foul #1 | 31-36 |
| 18:58 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas makes the 1st free throw | 32-36 |
| 18:58 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas misses the 2nd free throw | 32-36 |
| 18:58 | Buffalo | William Danner gets the rebound | 32-36 |
| 18:33 | Buffalo | James Bingham makes the shot in the lane on a great pass from Willie Ross | 32-38 |
| 18:18 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas misses long on a runner in the lane | 32-38 |
| 18:16 | Buffalo | William Danner snags the defensive board | 32-38 |
| 18:11 | Buffalo | Willie Ross is fouled on the floor by Theodore O'Dell - foul #3 on Theodore O'Dell, team foul #2 | 32-38 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel (SG) Theodore O'Dell | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 17:50 | Buffalo | George Kelly scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by James Bingham | 32-40 |
| 17:29 | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel comes up short on the runner from close range but he's hacked by Willie Ross - foul #3 on Willie Ross, team foul #2 | 32-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris (SG), Roger Binette (C) Patrick James, Bernard Llanas | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Blake Canada (SG), Edwin Coe (PF), Kevin Howard (C) Willie Ross, William Danner, Micheal Kelly | |
| 17:29 | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel makes the 1st free throw | 33-40 |
| 17:29 | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel makes the 2nd free throw | 34-40 |
| 17:07 | Buffalo | Daniel Harris steals it from James Bingham | 34-40 |
| 16:50 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Coe is called for the reach on Robert Muth - foul #1 on Edwin Coe, team foul #3 | 34-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Houston Burrows (SG), Nicholas Brown (PF) Donald Carroll, Robert Muth | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Steven Brown (PG) George Kelly | |
| 16:34 | Gardner-Webb | Roger Binette makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Houston Burrows | 37-40 |
| 16:09 | Buffalo | Blake Canada loses the ball out of bounds | 37-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Patrick James (PG), Bernard Llanas (C) Houston Burrows, Roger Binette | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Steven Wilks (SF), William Danner (PF), Micheal Kelly (C) James Bingham, Edwin Coe, Kevin Howard | |
| 15:42 | Gardner-Webb | Nicholas Brown misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 37-40 |
| 15:40 | Buffalo | Blake Canada pulls down the rebound | 37-40 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Patrick James (fresh) SG - Brian Curiel (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Daniel Harris (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nicholas Brown (fresh) 4 reb. C - Bernard Llanas (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Steven Brown (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Blake Canada (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. SF - Steven Wilks (fresh) 3 pts. PF - William Danner (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Micheal Kelly (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:18 | Buffalo | William Danner connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Steven Brown | 37-43 |
| 15:04 | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel is denied on a dunk by Micheal Kelly | 37-43 |
| 15:03 | Buffalo | William Danner snags the defensive board | 37-43 |
| 14:42 | Buffalo | William Danner clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 37-43 |
| 14:41 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly grabs the offensive board | 37-43 |
| 14:28 | Buffalo | William Danner makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Steven Brown | 37-45 |
| 14:04 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas misses the jumper from the left block | 37-45 |
| 14:02 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly snags the defensive board | 37-45 |
| 13:55 | Buffalo | William Danner misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 37-45 |
| 13:54 | Gardner-Webb | Patrick James grabs the defensive rebound | 37-45 |
| 13:38 | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-45 |
| 13:36 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly grabs the defensive rebound | 37-45 |
| 13:16 | Buffalo | Steven Brown is hacked by Patrick James - foul #3 on Patrick James, team foul #3 | 37-45 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Theodore O'Dell (SG), Donald Carroll (SF), Paul Murphy (PF), Robert Muth (C) Brian Curiel, Daniel Harris, Nicholas Brown, Bernard Llanas | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG), Willie Ross (SG), George Kelly (SF), Edwin Coe (PF), Kevin Howard (C) Steven Brown, Blake Canada, Steven Wilks, William Danner, Micheal Kelly | |
| 12:56 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Willie Ross | 37-48 |
| 12:35 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Murphy misses short on a driving attempt in the paint but he's hacked by Edwin Coe - foul #2 on Edwin Coe, team foul #4 | 37-48 |
| 12:35 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Murphy makes the 1st free throw | 38-48 |
| 12:35 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Murphy makes the 2nd free throw | 39-48 |
| 12:21 | Buffalo | Patrick James steals the ball from Willie Ross | 39-48 |
| 12:10 | Gardner-Webb | Theodore O'Dell makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Patrick James | 42-48 |
| 11:54 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Edwin Coe | 42-50 |
| 11:36 | Gardner-Webb | Theodore O'Dell clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 42-50 |
| 11:34 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Murphy grabs the offensive rebound | 42-50 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Patrick James (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Theodore O'Dell (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Donald Carroll (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Murphy (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Muth (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Willie Ross (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - George Kelly (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Edwin Coe (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Howard (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Gardner-Webb | Theodore O'Dell drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Patrick James | 45-50 |
| 10:53 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf misses short on a 3 from straight away | 45-50 |
| 10:51 | Gardner-Webb | Donald Carroll grabs the defensive rebound | 45-50 |
| 10:37 | Gardner-Webb | Theodore O'Dell misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 45-50 |
| 10:35 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard gets the rebound | 45-50 |
| 10:10 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard can't finish the layup | 45-50 |
| 10:09 | Buffalo | George Kelly grabs the offensive rebound | 45-50 |
| 09:57 | Buffalo | Willie Ross knocks in the turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Cary Woolf | 45-52 |
| 09:33 | Gardner-Webb | Robert Muth banks in the layup on a great pass from Patrick James | 47-52 |
| 09:28 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf hits the finger roll | 47-54 |
| 09:16 | Gardner-Webb | Patrick James throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-54 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel (PG), Houston Burrows (SG), Daniel Harris (SF), Nicholas Brown (PF), Bernard Llanas (C) Patrick James, Theodore O'Dell, Donald Carroll, Paul Murphy, Robert Muth | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Steven Brown (PG), James Bingham (SG), Blake Canada (SF), William Danner (PF), Micheal Kelly (C) Cary Woolf, Willie Ross, George Kelly, Edwin Coe, Kevin Howard | |
| 08:58 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly makes the jumpshot from the right wing set up by Steven Brown and the foul's on Bernard Llanas - foul #1 on Bernard Llanas, team foul #4 | 47-56 |
| 08:58 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly makes the free throw | 47-57 |
| 08:33 | Gardner-Webb | Houston Burrows can't finish the layup | 47-57 |
| 08:31 | Gardner-Webb | The offensive rebound goes to Houston Burrows | 47-57 |
| 08:24 | Gardner-Webb | The short jumper by Brian Curiel is denied by James Bingham | 47-57 |
| 08:23 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to James Bingham | 47-57 |
| 08:08 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-57 |
| 07:56 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas hits a floater in the paint on a nice dish by Brian Curiel | 49-57 |
| 07:53 | Buffalo | Steven Brown loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 49-57 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Theodore O'Dell (SG) Houston Burrows | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG), Willie Ross (SG) Steven Brown, James Bingham | |
| 07:41 | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel double dribbles | 49-57 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Paul Murphy (PF) Nicholas Brown | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 07:23 | Buffalo | Blake Canada misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Daniel Harris - foul #1 on Daniel Harris, team foul #5 | 49-57 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Donald Carroll (SF) Daniel Harris | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 07:23 | Buffalo | Blake Canada makes the 1st free throw | 49-58 |
| 07:23 | Buffalo | Blake Canada makes the 2nd free throw | 49-59 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Brian Curiel (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Theodore O'Dell (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Donald Carroll (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Paul Murphy (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Bernard Llanas (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Willie Ross (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - Blake Canada (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - William Danner (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Micheal Kelly (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 07:11 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas clanks a shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Cary Woolf - foul #4 on Cary Woolf, team foul #5 | 49-59 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | George Kelly (SF) Blake Canada | |
| 07:11 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas misses the 1st free throw | 49-59 |
| 07:11 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas misses the 2nd free throw | 49-59 |
| 07:11 | Buffalo | William Danner grabs the defensive rebound | 49-59 |
| 06:45 | Buffalo | Willie Ross buries a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Cary Woolf | 49-62 |
| 06:22 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 49-62 |
| 06:21 | Gardner-Webb | Donald Carroll grabs the offensive rebound | 49-62 |
| 06:09 | Gardner-Webb | Donald Carroll is fouled on the floor by William Danner - foul #2 on William Danner, team foul #6 | 49-62 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris (PG), Houston Burrows (SG), Robert Muth (C) Brian Curiel, Theodore O'Dell, Bernard Llanas | |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Bingham (PG), Blake Canada (SG), Edwin Coe (PF), Kevin Howard (C) Cary Woolf, Willie Ross, William Danner, Micheal Kelly | |
| 05:49 | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris is hacked by James Bingham - foul #2 on James Bingham, team foul #7 | 49-62 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Roger Binette (C) Paul Murphy | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 05:49 | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris makes the 1st free throw | 50-62 |
| 05:49 | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 51-62 |
| 05:32 | Buffalo | James Bingham can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 51-62 |
| 05:30 | Gardner-Webb | Roger Binette grabs the board | 51-62 |
| 05:14 | Gardner-Webb | Donald Carroll knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Daniel Harris | 53-62 |
| 04:59 | Buffalo | James Bingham comes up short on the floater from close range but he's fouled by Daniel Harris - foul #2 on Daniel Harris, team foul #6 | 53-62 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel (PG), Theodore O'Dell (SG) Houston Burrows, Donald Carroll | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Willie Ross (SG) George Kelly | |
| 04:59 | Buffalo | James Bingham makes the 1st free throw | 53-63 |
| 04:59 | Buffalo | James Bingham misses the 2nd free throw | 53-63 |
| 04:59 | Gardner-Webb | Roger Binette gets the rebound | 53-63 |
| 04:55 | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Daniel Harris, team foul #7 | 53-63 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG) James Bingham | |
| 04:43 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 53-63 |
| 04:41 | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris grabs the defensive rebound | 53-63 |
| 04:34 | Gardner-Webb | Cary Woolf picks off the pass by Robert Muth | 53-63 |
| 04:31 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf hits the finger roll | 53-65 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:27 | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-65 |
| 04:26 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Blake Canada | 53-65 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:03 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 53-65 |
| 04:01 | Gardner-Webb | The rebound goes to Roger Binette | 53-65 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:54 | Gardner-Webb | Edwin Coe is called for the reach on Brian Curiel - foul #3 on Edwin Coe, team foul #8 | 53-65 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Paul Murphy (PF), Bernard Llanas (C) Robert Muth, Roger Binette | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Steven Wilks (SF), William Danner (PF), Micheal Kelly (C) Blake Canada, Edwin Coe, Kevin Howard | |
| 03:54 | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel makes the 1st free throw | 54-65 |
| 03:54 | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel makes the 2nd free throw | 55-65 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:34 | Buffalo | Willie Ross misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 55-65 |
| 03:33 | Buffalo | William Danner tips it in | 55-67 |
| 03:23 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas banks in the layup set up by Brian Curiel | 57-67 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Brian Curiel (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Theodore O'Dell (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Daniel Harris (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Paul Murphy (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Bernard Llanas (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fresh) 14 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - Willie Ross (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - Steven Wilks (fresh) 3 pts. PF - William Danner (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. C - Micheal Kelly (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:01 | Buffalo | Brian Curiel is called for the reach on Cary Woolf - foul #1 on Brian Curiel, team foul #8 | 57-67 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Patrick James (PG), Donald Carroll (SF) Brian Curiel, Daniel Harris | |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Bingham (SG), George Kelly (SF) Willie Ross, Steven Wilks | |
| 03:01 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf misses the 1st free throw | 57-67 |
| 03:01 | Gardner-Webb | Bernard Llanas snags the defensive board | 57-67 |
| 02:55 | Gardner-Webb | Patrick James misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 57-67 |
| 02:54 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly snags the defensive board | 57-67 |
| 02:33 | Buffalo | James Bingham hits a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Cary Woolf | 57-70 |
| 02:24 | Gardner-Webb | Theodore O'Dell misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 57-70 |
| 02:22 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly snags the defensive board | 57-70 |
| 01:57 | Buffalo | George Kelly drills a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Cary Woolf | 57-73 |
| 01:40 | Gardner-Webb | Donald Carroll is hacked by William Danner - foul #3 on William Danner, team foul #9 | 57-73 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Brian Curiel (PG), Daniel Harris (SG), Robert Muth (PF), Roger Binette (C) Patrick James, Theodore O'Dell, Paul Murphy, Bernard Llanas | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Steven Brown (PG), Blake Canada (SF), Edwin Coe (PF), Kevin Howard (C) Cary Woolf, George Kelly, William Danner, Micheal Kelly | |
| 01:40 | Gardner-Webb | Donald Carroll makes the 1st free throw | 58-73 |
| 01:40 | Gardner-Webb | Donald Carroll makes the 2nd free throw | 59-73 |
| 01:12 | Buffalo | Steven Brown is whistled for a carry | 59-73 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Nicholas Brown (SF) Donald Carroll | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 00:58 | Gardner-Webb | Nicholas Brown's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-73 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:35 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe drills a shot near the basket | 59-75 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:29 | Gardner-Webb | Daniel Harris scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 62-75 |
| 00:00 | Buffalo | Steven Brown runs out the clock | 62-75 |