| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Peter Leduc (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jim Tracy (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Bigham (fresh) PF - George Parker (fresh) 3 pts. C - William Kimzey (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Thomas Stewart (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Richard Dallas (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Harold Stevens (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Victor Riddle (fresh) 9 pts. C - Stanley Moore (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | St. Joseph's | Harold Stevens inbounds the ball | 37-41 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:36 | St. Joseph's | Jim Tracy takes the ball from Victor Riddle | 37-41 |
| 19:16 | East Carolina | William Kimzey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 37-41 |
| 19:14 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc tips it home | 39-41 |
| 18:50 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas misses the shot from the left block | 39-41 |
| 18:48 | East Carolina | George Parker snags the defensive board | 39-41 |
| 18:34 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 39-41 |
| 18:33 | East Carolina | William Kimzey tips it home | 41-41 |
| 18:04 | St. Joseph's | Harold Stevens misses long on a floater from the left side | 41-41 |
| 18:03 | St. Joseph's | Harold Stevens misses the tip | 41-41 |
| 18:02 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas tips it in | 41-43 |
| 17:51 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy makes the floater from the right wing on a great pass from James Bigham and the foul's on Richard Dallas - foul #2 on Richard Dallas, team foul #1 | 43-43 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Terry Fite (PF) George Parker | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 17:51 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy makes the free throw | 44-43 |
| 17:30 | St. Joseph's | William Kimzey is called for the reach on Thomas Stewart - foul #2 on William Kimzey, team foul #1 | 44-43 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jim Comerford (SG), Kendall Bills (SF), Tim Carriere (C) Jim Tracy, James Bigham, William Kimzey | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Wesley Parks (C) Victor Riddle | |
| 17:09 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Thomas Stewart | 44-46 |
| 16:55 | East Carolina | Terry Fite scores on a jumper in the lane on a great pass from Kendall Bills and he's hacked by Wesley Parks - foul #1 on Wesley Parks, team foul #2 | 46-46 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Victor Plummer (PG) Peter Leduc | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 16:55 | East Carolina | Terry Fite makes the free throw | 47-46 |
| 16:40 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas clanks a shot from the left side | 47-46 |
| 16:39 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore tips it back up and in | 47-48 |
| 16:33 | East Carolina | Jim Comerford throws it down on a nice dish by Victor Plummer | 49-48 |
| 16:12 | St. Joseph's | Wesley Parks comes up short on the shot from close range | 49-48 |
| 16:11 | East Carolina | Terry Fite gets the rebound | 49-48 |
| 16:04 | East Carolina | Jim Comerford buries a jumper from close range on a nice dish by Victor Plummer | 51-48 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Victor Plummer (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jim Comerford (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. SF - Kendall Bills (fresh) PF - Terry Fite (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Tim Carriere (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Thomas Stewart (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Richard Dallas (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Harold Stevens (tiring) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Stanley Moore (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Wesley Parks (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 15:44 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas hits a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Stewart | 51-50 |
| 15:22 | East Carolina | Tim Carriere loses the dribble to Thomas Stewart | 51-50 |
| 15:19 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart lays it up and in | 51-52 |
| 15:12 | East Carolina | Kendall Bills misses the 3 from the right corner but the foul's on Richard Dallas - foul #3 on Richard Dallas, team foul #3 | 51-52 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Peter Leduc (PG), Jim Tracy (SG), George Parker (PF), William Kimzey (C) Victor Plummer, Jim Comerford, Terry Fite, Tim Carriere | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Louis Blackmon (PG), Victor Riddle (PF) Thomas Stewart, Wesley Parks | |
| 15:12 | East Carolina | Kendall Bills misses the 1st free throw | 51-52 |
| 15:12 | East Carolina | Kendall Bills misses the 2nd free throw | 51-52 |
| 15:12 | East Carolina | Kendall Bills makes the 3rd free throw | 52-52 |
| 14:47 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas drills a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Stanley Moore and he's hacked by George Parker - foul #1 on George Parker, team foul #2 | 52-54 |
| Subs | East Carolina | James Bigham (SF) Kendall Bills | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 14:47 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas makes the free throw | 52-55 |
| 14:31 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 52-55 |
| 14:30 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas grabs the defensive rebound | 52-55 |
| 14:13 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 52-55 |
| 14:12 | East Carolina | George Parker pulls down the rebound | 52-55 |
| 14:06 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 52-55 |
| 14:04 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Stanley Moore | 52-55 |
| 13:48 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 52-55 |
| 13:47 | East Carolina | William Kimzey snags the defensive board | 52-55 |
| 13:23 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-55 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart (PG), Wesley Parks (C) Louis Blackmon, Stanley Moore | |
| 13:20 | St. Joseph's | Peter Leduc picks off the pass by Thomas Stewart in the backcourt | 52-55 |
| 13:08 | East Carolina | Victor Riddle is called for the reach on James Bigham - foul #2 on Victor Riddle, team foul #4 | 52-55 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Terry Fite (PF) George Parker | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 12:52 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy is fouled on the floor by Richard Dallas - foul #4 on Richard Dallas, team foul #5 | 52-55 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Victor Plummer (PG), Jim Comerford (SG), Tim Carriere (C) Peter Leduc, Jim Tracy, William Kimzey | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 12:33 | East Carolina | Tim Carriere is hacked by Thomas Stewart - foul #2 on Thomas Stewart, team foul #6 | 52-55 |
| 12:21 | East Carolina | James Bigham scores on a jumper from the right block | 54-55 |
| 12:01 | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle is called for 3 seconds | 54-55 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Kendall Bills (SF), George Parker (PF) James Bigham, Tim Carriere | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Victor Plummer (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jim Comerford (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. SF - Kendall Bills (fresh) 1 pts. PF - George Parker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Terry Fite (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Thomas Stewart (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Richard Dallas (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SF - Harold Stevens (tired) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Victor Riddle (fairly fresh) 9 pts. C - Wesley Parks (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 11:43 | East Carolina | Jim Comerford connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 56-55 |
| 11:14 | St. Joseph's | Richard Dallas makes the turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Thomas Stewart | 56-57 |
| 11:05 | East Carolina | Terry Fite comes up short on the floater from the left block | 56-57 |
| 11:03 | East Carolina | George Parker grabs the offensive rebound | 56-57 |
| 10:42 | East Carolina | Jim Comerford misses long on a floater in the lane | 56-57 |
| 10:41 | St. Joseph's | Wesley Parks gets the rebound | 56-57 |
| 10:18 | St. Joseph's | Terry Fite picks off the pass by Richard Dallas | 56-57 |
| 10:13 | East Carolina | Richard Dallas is called for the reach on Jim Comerford - foul #5 on Richard Dallas, team foul #7 | 56-57 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Peter Leduc (PG), Jim Tracy (SG), James Bigham (SF), William Kimzey (C) Victor Plummer, Kendall Bills, George Parker, Terry Fite | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Louis Blackmon (PG), Lawrence Millard (SG), Stanley Moore (C) Thomas Stewart, Richard Dallas, Wesley Parks | |
| 10:13 | East Carolina | Jim Comerford makes the 1st free throw | 57-57 |
| 10:13 | East Carolina | Jim Comerford makes the 2nd free throw | 58-57 |
| 09:53 | St. Joseph's | Harold Stevens misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 58-57 |
| 09:52 | East Carolina | James Bigham grabs the board | 58-57 |
| 09:36 | East Carolina | James Bigham is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on James Bigham, team foul #3 | 58-57 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tim Carriere (PF) Jim Comerford | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 09:18 | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 58-57 |
| 09:16 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy snags the defensive board | 58-57 |
| 09:10 | East Carolina | William Kimzey is fouled on the floor by Louis Blackmon - foul #1 on Louis Blackmon, team foul #8 | 58-57 |
| 09:10 | East Carolina | William Kimzey misses the 1st free throw | 58-57 |
| 09:10 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Stanley Moore | 58-57 |
| 08:42 | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 58-57 |
| 08:41 | St. Joseph's | The offensive rebound goes to Stanley Moore | 58-57 |
| 08:18 | St. Joseph's | Louis Blackmon is hacked by James Bigham - foul #3 on James Bigham, team foul #4 | 58-57 |
| Subs | East Carolina | George Parker (PF) Tim Carriere | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart (PG) Louis Blackmon | |
| 08:00 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart buries a 3 from the right corner | 58-60 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Peter Leduc (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Jim Tracy (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Bigham (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - George Parker (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - William Kimzey (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Thomas Stewart (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Lawrence Millard (fresh) SF - Harold Stevens (tired) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Victor Riddle (tiring) 9 pts. C - Stanley Moore (fresh) 4 pts. 10 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:33 | East Carolina | James Bigham scores on a driving attempt in the lane | 60-60 |
| 07:12 | St. Joseph's | George Parker steps in front of the Victor Riddle pass | 60-60 |
| 07:10 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc is hacked by Thomas Stewart in the backcourt - foul #3 on Thomas Stewart, team foul #9 | 60-60 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jim Comerford (SG), Kendall Bills (SF), Terry Fite (C) Jim Tracy, James Bigham, William Kimzey | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Louis Blackmon (SG), Wesley Parks (C) Lawrence Millard, Victor Riddle | |
| 07:10 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc makes the 1st free throw | 61-60 |
| 07:10 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc makes the 2nd free throw | 62-60 |
| 06:49 | St. Joseph's | Harold Stevens is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Harold Stevens, team foul #10 | 62-60 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Victor Plummer (PG), Tim Carriere (C) Peter Leduc, George Parker | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 06:31 | East Carolina | Kendall Bills makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Terry Fite | 65-60 |
| 06:02 | St. Joseph's | Terry Fite blocks the jumper by Harold Stevens | 65-60 |
| 06:00 | East Carolina | Kendall Bills grabs the board | 65-60 |
| 05:56 | East Carolina | Victor Plummer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 65-60 |
| 05:38 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore connects on the 3 from the right corner | 65-63 |
| 05:20 | East Carolina | Tim Carriere misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Wesley Parks - foul #2 on Wesley Parks, team foul #11 | 65-63 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Peter Leduc (PG), Jim Tracy (SG), James Bigham (SF), George Parker (PF) Victor Plummer, Jim Comerford, Kendall Bills, Terry Fite | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Millard (SG), Victor Riddle (PF) Louis Blackmon, Wesley Parks | |
| 05:20 | East Carolina | Tim Carriere makes the 1st free throw | 66-63 |
| 05:20 | East Carolina | Tim Carriere makes the 2nd free throw | 67-63 |
| 04:58 | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 67-63 |
| 04:57 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore tips it in | 67-65 |
| 04:41 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 67-65 |
| 04:39 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore gets the rebound | 67-65 |
| 04:10 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 67-67 |
| 03:57 | East Carolina | Tim Carriere misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 67-67 |
| 03:55 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Thomas Stewart | 67-67 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Peter Leduc (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Jim Tracy (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Bigham (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - George Parker (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Tim Carriere (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Thomas Stewart (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 ast. 3 pf. SG - Lawrence Millard (fresh) SF - Harold Stevens (very tired) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Victor Riddle (tiring) 9 pts. C - Stanley Moore (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 12 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:51 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 67-67 |
| Subs | East Carolina | William Kimzey (C) Tim Carriere | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Louis Blackmon (PG), Wesley Parks (C) Thomas Stewart, Stanley Moore | |
| 03:26 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc misses the fadeaway from the right side | 67-67 |
| 03:24 | East Carolina | William Kimzey grabs the offensive board | 67-67 |
| 03:11 | East Carolina | Wesley Parks blocks the short jumper by Peter Leduc | 67-67 |
| 03:10 | St. Joseph's | Wesley Parks grabs the defensive rebound | 67-67 |
| 02:44 | St. Joseph's | Harold Stevens hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 67-67 |
| 02:43 | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle hits the follow up shot | 67-69 |
| 02:28 | East Carolina | George Parker comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 67-69 |
| 02:26 | East Carolina | James Bigham grabs the offensive board | 67-69 |
| 02:06 | East Carolina | George Parker misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 67-69 |
| 02:05 | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle gets the rebound | 67-69 |
| 02:05 | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 67-69 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Terry Fite (PF) George Parker | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart (PG), Stanley Moore (PF) Louis Blackmon, Victor Riddle | |
| 01:48 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 67-69 |
| 01:47 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy grabs the defensive rebound | 67-69 |
| 01:32 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side but the foul's on Lawrence Millard - foul #1 on Lawrence Millard, team foul #12 | 67-69 |
| Subs | East Carolina | George Parker (PF) Terry Fite | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle (PF) Wesley Parks | |
| 01:32 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy misses the 1st free throw | 67-69 |
| 01:32 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy makes the 2nd free throw | 68-69 |
| 01:03 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 68-69 |
| 01:01 | St. Joseph's | The offensive rebound goes to Stanley Moore | 68-69 |
| 00:41 | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas Stewart | 68-72 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:35 | East Carolina | James Bigham's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 68-72 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Wesley Parks (C) Victor Riddle | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:33 | St. Joseph's | Peter Leduc is called for the reach on Thomas Stewart in the backcourt - foul #2 on Peter Leduc, team foul #5 | 68-72 |
| 00:32 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart is hacked by Jim Tracy - foul #1 on Jim Tracy, team foul #6 | 68-72 |
| 00:29 | St. Joseph's | Peter Leduc is called for the reach on Stanley Moore - foul #3 on Peter Leduc, team foul #7 | 68-72 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Victor Riddle (PF) Lawrence Millard | |
| 00:29 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore makes the 1st free throw | 68-73 |
| 00:29 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 68-73 |
| 00:29 | East Carolina | George Parker snags the defensive board | 68-73 |
| 00:22 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 68-73 |
| 00:21 | East Carolina | William Kimzey pulls down the offensive rebound | 68-73 |
| 00:19 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy hits a 3pt shot from the right wing | 71-73 |
| 00:17 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart is hacked by Peter Leduc in the backcourt - foul #4 on Peter Leduc, team foul #8 | 71-73 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Louis Blackmon (PG) Wesley Parks | |
| 00:17 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 71-74 |
| 00:17 | St. Joseph's | Thomas Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 71-75 |
| 00:10 | East Carolina | Louis Blackmon is called for the reach on Peter Leduc - foul #2 on Louis Blackmon, team foul #13 | 71-75 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Lawrence Millard (SG) Louis Blackmon | |
| 00:10 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc misses the 1st free throw | 71-75 |
| 00:10 | East Carolina | Peter Leduc makes the 2nd free throw | 72-75 |
| 00:08 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore is fouled in the backcourt by Jim Tracy - foul #2 on Jim Tracy, team foul #9 | 72-75 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Wesley Parks (C) Lawrence Millard | |
| 00:08 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore makes the 1st free throw | 72-76 |
| 00:08 | St. Joseph's | Stanley Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 72-77 |
| 00:02 | East Carolina | Jim Tracy misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 72-77 |
| 00:00 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Wesley Parks | 72-77 |