| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Robert Linker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Gleason (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Jerry Reich (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Knight (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Coy Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Princeton | PG - Donald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Karl Bowman (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Roy Lewis (fresh) 4 pts. PF - John King (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Story (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Columbia | Jerry Reich inbounds the ball | 23-33 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Princeton | Princeton is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:40 | Columbia | Donald Smith is called for the reach on Jerry Reich - foul #1 on Donald Smith, team foul #1 | 23-33 |
| 19:27 | Columbia | Donald Gleason clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 23-33 |
| 19:26 | Columbia | The offensive rebound goes to David Knight | 23-33 |
| 19:10 | Columbia | Donald Gleason hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 23-33 |
| 19:08 | Princeton | Karl Bowman gets the rebound | 23-33 |
| 18:54 | Princeton | Roy Lewis hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket | 23-33 |
| 18:52 | Columbia | Jerry Reich gets the rebound | 23-33 |
| 18:38 | Columbia | John King blocks the short jumper by Robert Linker | 23-33 |
| 18:36 | Princeton | The rebound goes to Roy Lewis | 23-33 |
| 18:20 | Princeton | Andrew Story makes the floater near the basket set up by Donald Smith and he's hacked by Coy Johnson - foul #1 on Coy Johnson, team foul #1 | 23-35 |
| 18:20 | Princeton | Andrew Story misses the free throw | 23-35 |
| 18:20 | Columbia | David Knight grabs the defensive rebound | 23-35 |
| 17:51 | Columbia | Robert Linker misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 23-35 |
| 17:49 | Princeton | Andrew Story grabs the board | 23-35 |
| 17:29 | Princeton | John King throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-35 |
| Subs | Columbia | Richard Deady (PF) David Knight | |
| Subs | Princeton | Stephen McCullough (SF), Robert Short (PF), Antonio Klein (C) Roy Lewis, John King, Andrew Story | |
| 17:02 | Columbia | Robert Linker misses long on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on Robert Short - foul #2 on Robert Short, team foul #2 | 23-35 |
| Subs | Columbia | Lewis Northrop (C) Coy Johnson | |
| Subs | Princeton | Michael Wark (PG) Donald Smith | |
| 17:02 | Columbia | Robert Linker makes the 1st free throw | 24-35 |
| 17:02 | Columbia | Robert Linker makes the 2nd free throw | 25-35 |
| 16:47 | Princeton | Michael Wark hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 25-35 |
| 16:46 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Richard Deady | 25-35 |
| 16:20 | Columbia | Donald Gleason is hacked by Karl Bowman - foul #2 on Karl Bowman, team foul #3 | 25-35 |
| Subs | Columbia | Sergio Lopez (PG), Kenneth Mabe (SG), John Bernabe (SF) Robert Linker, Donald Gleason, Jerry Reich | |
| Subs | Princeton | John King (PF), Andrew Story (C) Karl Bowman, Antonio Klein | |
| 16:03 | Columbia | Kenneth Mabe clanks a jumper from the left side | 25-35 |
| 16:01 | Princeton | Andrew Story snags the defensive board | 25-35 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Sergio Lopez (fresh) SG - Kenneth Mabe (fresh) SF - John Bernabe (fresh) PF - Richard Deady (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Lewis Northrop (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Princeton | PG - Stephen McCullough (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Wark (fresh) SF - Robert Short (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - John King (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Story (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:48 | Princeton | Robert Short scores on a driving attempt from close range set up by Stephen McCullough | 25-37 |
| 15:28 | Columbia | Richard Deady misses long on a jump hook near the basket | 25-37 |
| 15:26 | Columbia | Richard Deady gets the offensive rebound | 25-37 |
| 15:20 | Columbia | Richard Deady drills a jumpshot from the free throw line | 27-37 |
| 15:07 | Princeton | John King comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 27-37 |
| 15:05 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough grabs the offensive board | 27-37 |
| 14:51 | Princeton | Lewis Northrop steals the ball from John King | 27-37 |
| 14:34 | Columbia | Sergio Lopez misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-37 |
| 14:33 | Columbia | John Bernabe gets the offensive rebound | 27-37 |
| 14:08 | Columbia | Robert Short is called for the reach on Sergio Lopez - foul #3 on Robert Short, team foul #4 | 27-37 |
| Subs | Columbia | Robert Linker (PG), Donald Gleason (SG), Jerry Reich (SF), David Knight (PF), Coy Johnson (C) Sergio Lopez, Kenneth Mabe, John Bernabe, Richard Deady, Lewis Northrop | |
| Subs | Princeton | Donald Smith (PG), Karl Bowman (SG), Roy Lewis (SF), Nicholas Dodd (PF), Antonio Klein (C) Stephen McCullough, Michael Wark, Robert Short, John King, Andrew Story | |
| 13:52 | Columbia | David Knight loses the ball out of bounds | 27-37 |
| 13:43 | Princeton | Karl Bowman can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 27-37 |
| 13:41 | Princeton | The offensive rebound goes to Nicholas Dodd | 27-37 |
| 13:29 | Princeton | Robert Linker steals it from Roy Lewis | 27-37 |
| 13:16 | Columbia | David Knight misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 27-37 |
| 13:15 | Princeton | Donald Smith pulls down the rebound | 27-37 |
| 13:10 | Princeton | Karl Bowman knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Donald Smith and the foul's on Donald Gleason - foul #3 on Donald Gleason, team foul #2 | 27-40 |
| 13:10 | Princeton | Karl Bowman makes the free throw | 27-41 |
| 13:08 | Columbia | Donald Smith is called for the reach on Robert Linker in the backcourt - foul #2 on Donald Smith, team foul #5 | 27-41 |
| 12:46 | Columbia | Jerry Reich is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 27-41 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | Princeton | Robert Short (PF) Nicholas Dodd | |
| 12:32 | Princeton | Robert Short makes the jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Karl Bowman and he's fouled by Robert Linker - foul #3 on Robert Linker, team foul #3 | 27-43 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | Princeton | Andrew Story (C) Antonio Klein | |
| 12:32 | Princeton | Robert Short misses the free throw | 27-43 |
| 12:32 | Columbia | David Knight gets the rebound | 27-43 |
| 12:03 | Columbia | Roy Lewis steals the ball from David Knight | 27-43 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Robert Linker (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Donald Gleason (fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jerry Reich (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Knight (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. C - Coy Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Princeton | PG - Donald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Karl Bowman (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Roy Lewis (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Robert Short (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Andrew Story (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:50 | Princeton | Donald Smith makes the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Roy Lewis | 27-45 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Princeton | Princeton is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 11:33 | Columbia | Donald Gleason makes the runner in the paint set up by Robert Linker | 29-45 |
| 11:11 | Princeton | Karl Bowman knocks in the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Andrew Story | 29-47 |
| 11:05 | Columbia | Coy Johnson banks in the layup | 31-47 |
| 10:37 | Princeton | Robert Short knocks in the fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Donald Smith | 31-49 |
| 10:24 | Columbia | Jerry Reich misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Roy Lewis - foul #2 on Roy Lewis, team foul #6 | 31-49 |
| Subs | Columbia | Sergio Lopez (PG), Kenneth Mabe (SG), Richard Deady (PF), Lewis Northrop (C) Robert Linker, Donald Gleason, David Knight, Coy Johnson | |
| Subs | Princeton | Stephen McCullough (PG), Michael Wark (SG), David Viola (SF), John King (PF), Antonio Klein (C) Donald Smith, Karl Bowman, Roy Lewis, Robert Short, Andrew Story | |
| 10:24 | Columbia | Jerry Reich makes the 1st free throw | 32-49 |
| 10:24 | Columbia | Jerry Reich makes the 2nd free throw | 33-49 |
| 10:11 | Princeton | Antonio Klein clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 33-49 |
| 10:10 | Princeton | David Viola can't tip it in | 33-49 |
| 10:08 | Princeton | David Viola tips it in | 33-51 |
| 09:49 | Columbia | Jerry Reich double dribbles | 33-51 |
| Subs | Columbia | John Bernabe (SF) Jerry Reich | |
| Subs | Princeton | | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Princeton | Princeton is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 09:33 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 33-51 |
| 09:31 | Columbia | Richard Deady snags the defensive board | 33-51 |
| 09:12 | Columbia | Sergio Lopez knocks in the shot from the free throw line and the foul's on Stephen McCullough - foul #1 on Stephen McCullough, team foul #7 | 35-51 |
| Subs | Columbia | Donald Gleason (SG) Kenneth Mabe | |
| Subs | Princeton | Karl Bowman (SG), Robert Short (SF) Michael Wark, David Viola | |
| 09:12 | Columbia | Sergio Lopez misses the free throw | 35-51 |
| 09:12 | Princeton | Antonio Klein snags the defensive board | 35-51 |
| 08:47 | Princeton | Antonio Klein clanks a turnaround in the lane but the foul's on John Bernabe - foul #3 on John Bernabe, team foul #4 | 35-51 |
| Subs | Columbia | Robert Linker (PG) Sergio Lopez | |
| Subs | Princeton | Donald Smith (PG) Robert Short | |
| 08:47 | Princeton | Antonio Klein misses the 1st free throw | 35-51 |
| 08:47 | Princeton | Antonio Klein makes the 2nd free throw | 35-52 |
| 08:31 | Columbia | Richard Deady misses the easy layup but he's fouled by John King - foul #2 on John King, team foul #8 | 35-52 |
| Subs | Columbia | Jerry Reich (SF), Coy Johnson (C) John Bernabe, Lewis Northrop | |
| Subs | Princeton | Andrew Story (C) Antonio Klein | |
| 08:31 | Columbia | Richard Deady misses the 1st free throw | 35-52 |
| 08:31 | Columbia | Richard Deady makes the 2nd free throw | 36-52 |
| 08:11 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough double dribbles | 36-52 |
| 07:55 | Columbia | Richard Deady misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 36-52 |
| 07:54 | Princeton | Karl Bowman grabs the board | 36-52 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Robert Linker (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Donald Gleason (fresh) 12 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jerry Reich (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Richard Deady (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. C - Coy Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Princeton | PG - Donald Smith (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Karl Bowman (fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. SF - Stephen McCullough (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - John King (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Story (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Princeton | John King misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 36-52 |
| 07:31 | Columbia | Coy Johnson gets the rebound | 36-52 |
| 07:26 | Columbia | Donald Gleason clanks a shot from the left wing | 36-52 |
| 07:24 | Princeton | Donald Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 36-52 |
| 07:01 | Princeton | Karl Bowman knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 36-55 |
| 06:53 | Columbia | Coy Johnson misses badly on a floater from the right side | 36-55 |
| 06:52 | Princeton | Karl Bowman grabs the defensive rebound | 36-55 |
| 06:26 | Princeton | Donald Smith is hacked by Robert Linker - foul #4 on Robert Linker, team foul #5 | 36-55 |
| Subs | Columbia | Sergio Lopez (SG), David Knight (PF), Lewis Northrop (C) Donald Gleason, Richard Deady, Coy Johnson | |
| Subs | Princeton | Michael Wark (SG), Roy Lewis (SF), Robert Short (PF), Antonio Klein (C) Karl Bowman, Stephen McCullough, John King, Andrew Story | |
| 06:05 | Princeton | Michael Wark misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 36-55 |
| 06:03 | Princeton | Donald Smith tips it back up and in | 36-57 |
| 05:43 | Columbia | Sergio Lopez misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 36-57 |
| 05:42 | Princeton | Roy Lewis gets the rebound | 36-57 |
| 05:23 | Princeton | Michael Wark is hacked by Robert Linker - foul #5 on Robert Linker, team foul #6 | 36-57 |
| Subs | Columbia | Kenneth Mabe (SG), John Bernabe (SF), Paul Smith (C) Robert Linker, Jerry Reich, David Knight | |
| Subs | Princeton | Stephen McCullough (SG), David Viola (SF) Donald Smith, Roy Lewis | |
| 05:01 | Princeton | David Viola's fadeaway is rejected by Lewis Northrop | 36-57 |
| 04:59 | Columbia | Paul Smith gets the rebound | 36-57 |
| 04:44 | Columbia | John Bernabe misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 36-57 |
| 04:43 | Princeton | Robert Short grabs the board | 36-57 |
| 04:20 | Princeton | Antonio Klein clanks a shot from the baseline but he's fouled by Paul Smith - foul #1 on Paul Smith, team foul #7 | 36-57 |
| Subs | Columbia | Richard Deady (PF) Paul Smith | |
| Subs | Princeton | | |
| 04:20 | Princeton | Antonio Klein makes the 1st free throw | 36-58 |
| 04:20 | Princeton | Antonio Klein makes the 2nd free throw | 36-59 |
| 04:09 | Columbia | Lewis Northrop comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket | 36-59 |
| 04:07 | Princeton | Antonio Klein snags the defensive board | 36-59 |
| 03:45 | Princeton | Robert Short lays it in on a great pass from Michael Wark | 36-61 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Sergio Lopez (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Kenneth Mabe (fresh) SF - John Bernabe (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Richard Deady (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. C - Lewis Northrop (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Princeton | PG - Michael Wark (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Stephen McCullough (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - David Viola (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Robert Short (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Antonio Klein (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Princeton | Princeton is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:23 | Columbia | John Bernabe misses the floater from the right wing | 36-61 |
| 03:22 | Columbia | John Bernabe pulls down the offensive rebound | 36-61 |
| 03:16 | Columbia | Richard Deady's floater is tipped away by David Viola | 36-61 |
| 03:15 | Columbia | Lewis Northrop tips it in | 38-61 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Princeton | Princeton is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:52 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough drills a jumpshot from the left side set up by David Viola and he's fouled by Richard Deady - foul #3 on Richard Deady, team foul #8 | 38-63 |
| Subs | Columbia | Robert Robinson (SF), Paul Smith (C) John Bernabe, Lewis Northrop | |
| Subs | Princeton | Nicholas Dodd (PF), William Gipson (C) David Viola, Antonio Klein | |
| 02:52 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough misses the free throw | 38-63 |
| 02:52 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Paul Smith | 38-63 |
| 02:40 | Columbia | Paul Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 38-63 |
| Subs | Columbia | John Bernabe (SF) Kenneth Mabe | |
| Subs | Princeton | | |
| 02:20 | Princeton | Richard Deady takes the ball from Stephen McCullough | 38-63 |
| 02:10 | Columbia | Sergio Lopez scores on a jumpshot from the left side set up by Robert Robinson | 40-63 |
| 01:51 | Princeton | Robert Robinson is called for the reach on Michael Wark - foul #1 on Robert Robinson, team foul #9 | 40-63 |
| Subs | Columbia | Kenneth Mabe (SG), Lewis Northrop (C) Robert Robinson, Paul Smith | |
| Subs | Princeton | David Viola (SF), Antonio Klein (C) Nicholas Dodd, William Gipson | |
| 01:51 | Princeton | Michael Wark makes the 1st free throw | 40-64 |
| 01:51 | Princeton | Michael Wark misses the 2nd free throw | 40-64 |
| 01:51 | Columbia | Lewis Northrop grabs the defensive rebound | 40-64 |
| 01:40 | Columbia | Lewis Northrop knocks in the 3 from the left wing | 43-64 |
| 01:11 | Princeton | Michael Wark connects on the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Short | 43-66 |
| 00:54 | Columbia | Lewis Northrop drills a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from John Bernabe and the foul's on Robert Short - foul #4 on Robert Short, team foul #9 | 45-66 |
| 00:54 | Columbia | Lewis Northrop makes the free throw | 46-66 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Princeton | Princeton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:32 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough misses badly on a jumper from the left block but the foul's on Sergio Lopez - foul #1 on Sergio Lopez, team foul #10 | 46-66 |
| 00:32 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough makes the 1st free throw | 46-67 |
| 00:32 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough makes the 2nd free throw | 46-68 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Princeton | Princeton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:25 | Columbia | Richard Deady clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Robert Short - foul #5 on Robert Short, team foul #10 | 46-68 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | Princeton | Nicholas Dodd (PF) Robert Short | |
| 00:25 | Columbia | Richard Deady misses the 1st free throw | 46-68 |
| 00:25 | Columbia | Richard Deady makes the 2nd free throw | 47-68 |
| 00:00 | Princeton | Stephen McCullough runs out the clock | 47-68 |