| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Salvador Gonzales (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Charles Franks (fresh) 1 pts. SF - David Heidel (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jonathan Blackmon (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - John Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Jerome Reed (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Alfred Blackburn (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Thomas Woods (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - John Moczulski (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Steven Masters (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Tulane | Thomas Woods inbounds the ball | 33-34 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| 19:50 | Tulane | Steven Masters misses long on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by John Thomas - foul #2 on John Thomas, team foul #1 | 33-34 |
| 19:50 | Tulane | Steven Masters misses the 1st free throw | 33-34 |
| 19:50 | Tulane | Steven Masters makes the 2nd free throw | 33-35 |
| 19:33 | UTEP | Charles Franks throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-35 |
| 19:31 | Tulane | Jerome Reed double dribbles in the backcourt | 33-35 |
| 19:10 | UTEP | John Moczulski takes the ball from John Thomas | 33-35 |
| 18:52 | Tulane | John Thomas steps in front of the John Moczulski pass | 33-35 |
| 18:38 | UTEP | David Heidel connects on the fadeaway from the left wing | 35-35 |
| 18:23 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn misses the runner in the paint but he's hacked by John Thomas - foul #3 on John Thomas, team foul #2 | 35-35 |
| Subs | UTEP | Alfredo Gallo (C) John Thomas | |
| Subs | Tulane | | |
| 18:23 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn misses the 1st free throw | 35-35 |
| 18:23 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn makes the 2nd free throw | 35-36 |
| 17:59 | UTEP | Charles Franks loses the dribble to Thomas Woods | 35-36 |
| 17:37 | Tulane | Thomas Woods is whistled for traveling | 35-36 |
| 17:11 | UTEP | Alfred Blackburn steps in front of the Salvador Gonzales pass | 35-36 |
| 17:08 | Tulane | Jerome Reed banks in the layup set up by Alfred Blackburn | 35-38 |
| 16:48 | UTEP | Alfredo Gallo misses the lay-in | 35-38 |
| 16:46 | UTEP | Alfredo Gallo tips it but misses | 35-38 |
| 16:45 | UTEP | The offensive rebound goes to Salvador Gonzales | 35-38 |
| 16:33 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon splits the doubleteam and buries a pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by David Heidel | 37-38 |
| 16:13 | Tulane | Jerome Reed hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 37-38 |
| 16:11 | Tulane | Steven Masters gets the offensive rebound | 37-38 |
| 15:59 | Tulane | Thomas Woods misses short on a floater from the left block but he's fouled by David Heidel - foul #1 on David Heidel, team foul #3 | 37-38 |
| Subs | UTEP | James Whitehead (PG), Dikembe Abdelal (SG), Ray Smith (SF), Terry Bowman (PF), John Thomas (C) Salvador Gonzales, Charles Franks, David Heidel, Jonathan Blackmon, Alfredo Gallo | |
| Subs | Tulane | Dean Lucero (PG), Lee Cathcart (SG), Virgil Vaughn (PF), James Brown (C) Jerome Reed, Alfred Blackburn, John Moczulski, Steven Masters | |
| 15:59 | Tulane | Thomas Woods misses the 1st free throw | 37-38 |
| 15:59 | Tulane | Thomas Woods misses the 2nd free throw | 37-38 |
| 15:59 | UTEP | The rebound goes to John Thomas | 37-38 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - James Whitehead (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdelal (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Ray Smith (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Terry Bowman (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - John Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Dean Lucero (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lee Cathcart (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Thomas Woods (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Virgil Vaughn (fresh) 4 pts. C - James Brown (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | UTEP | John Thomas is fouled on the floor by Virgil Vaughn - foul #2 on Virgil Vaughn, team foul #1 | 37-38 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Tulane | David Stroud (SF) Thomas Woods | |
| 15:24 | UTEP | Dikembe Abdelal misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 37-38 |
| 15:23 | Tulane | James Brown grabs the board | 37-38 |
| 15:03 | Tulane | David Stroud drills a 3 from straight away set up by Virgil Vaughn | 37-41 |
| 14:37 | UTEP | Terry Bowman knocks in the turnaround from the baseline and he's fouled by Virgil Vaughn - foul #3 on Virgil Vaughn, team foul #2 | 39-41 |
| Subs | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales (PG) James Whitehead | |
| Subs | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn (SG) Lee Cathcart | |
| 14:37 | UTEP | Terry Bowman makes the free throw | 40-41 |
| 14:20 | Tulane | Virgil Vaughn misses the turnaround near the basket but he's hacked by Terry Bowman - foul #2 on Terry Bowman, team foul #4 | 40-41 |
| Subs | UTEP | Charles Franks (SG), Jonathan Blackmon (PF) Dikembe Abdelal, Terry Bowman | |
| Subs | Tulane | Jerome Reed (PG), Thomas Woods (SF) Dean Lucero, David Stroud | |
| 14:20 | Tulane | Virgil Vaughn misses the 1st free throw | 40-41 |
| 14:20 | Tulane | Virgil Vaughn makes the 2nd free throw | 40-42 |
| 14:09 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales comes up short on the floater from the left side but he's fouled by James Brown - foul #1 on James Brown, team foul #3 | 40-42 |
| 14:09 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales makes the 1st free throw | 41-42 |
| 14:09 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales makes the 2nd free throw | 42-42 |
| 13:41 | Tulane | Jonathan Blackmon takes the ball from James Brown | 42-42 |
| 13:32 | UTEP | John Thomas drills a fadeaway from the left wing and he's fouled by Jerome Reed - foul #3 on Jerome Reed, team foul #4 | 44-42 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Tulane | John Moczulski (PF), Steven Masters (C) Virgil Vaughn, James Brown | |
| 13:32 | UTEP | John Thomas makes the free throw | 45-42 |
| 13:19 | Tulane | Thomas Woods hits the finger roll | 45-44 |
| 13:12 | UTEP | Steven Masters is called for the reach on Salvador Gonzales - foul #1 on Steven Masters, team foul #5 | 45-44 |
| Subs | UTEP | David Heidel (SF), Alfredo Gallo (C) Ray Smith, John Thomas | |
| Subs | Tulane | | |
| 13:00 | UTEP | Charles Franks buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Salvador Gonzales | 48-44 |
| 12:40 | Tulane | Thomas Woods knocks in the 3 from the left corner set up by Jerome Reed | 48-47 |
| 12:20 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales misses short on a jumper from the baseline | 48-47 |
| 12:19 | Tulane | Thomas Woods pulls down the rebound | 48-47 |
| 11:57 | Tulane | Jerome Reed misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 48-47 |
| 11:56 | UTEP | The rebound goes to Jonathan Blackmon | 48-47 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Salvador Gonzales (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Franks (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - David Heidel (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jonathan Blackmon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Alfredo Gallo (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Jerome Reed (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Alfred Blackburn (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SF - Thomas Woods (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. PF - John Moczulski (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Steven Masters (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:41 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales is fouled on the floor by Steven Masters - foul #2 on Steven Masters, team foul #6 | 48-47 |
| Subs | UTEP | James Whitehead (PG), Dikembe Abdelal (SG), Ray Smith (SF), John Thomas (C) Salvador Gonzales, Charles Franks, David Heidel, Jonathan Blackmon | |
| Subs | Tulane | Dean Lucero (PG), David Stroud (SF), Virgil Vaughn (PF), James Brown (C) Jerome Reed, Thomas Woods, John Moczulski, Steven Masters | |
| 11:27 | UTEP | Alfredo Gallo makes the floater from the baseline set up by James Whitehead and he's hacked by Virgil Vaughn - foul #4 on Virgil Vaughn, team foul #7 | 50-47 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Tulane | Steven Masters (C) Virgil Vaughn | |
| 11:27 | UTEP | Alfredo Gallo makes the free throw | 51-47 |
| 11:02 | Tulane | Steven Masters loses the dribble to John Thomas | 51-47 |
| 10:47 | UTEP | Alfredo Gallo jams it | 53-47 |
| 10:30 | Tulane | Steven Masters misses badly on a fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on John Thomas - foul #4 on John Thomas, team foul #5 | 53-47 |
| Subs | UTEP | Charles Franks (SG), Jonathan Blackmon (PF), Terry Bowman (C) Dikembe Abdelal, Alfredo Gallo, John Thomas | |
| Subs | Tulane | Lee Cathcart (SG), Thomas Woods (SF), John Moczulski (PF) Alfred Blackburn, David Stroud, James Brown | |
| 10:30 | Tulane | Steven Masters makes the 1st free throw | 53-48 |
| 10:30 | Tulane | Steven Masters makes the 2nd free throw | 53-49 |
| 10:10 | UTEP | Thomas Woods takes the ball from Terry Bowman | 53-49 |
| 09:41 | Tulane | Dean Lucero makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas Woods | 53-52 |
| 09:14 | UTEP | Terry Bowman clanks a jump hook in the lane | 53-52 |
| 09:12 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon hits the follow up shot | 55-52 |
| 08:53 | Tulane | Dean Lucero can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 55-52 |
| 08:52 | UTEP | Terry Bowman snags the defensive board | 55-52 |
| 08:24 | UTEP | James Whitehead double dribbles | 55-52 |
| Subs | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales (PG), Dikembe Abdelal (SG), David Heidel (SF), Alfredo Gallo (PF) James Whitehead, Charles Franks, Ray Smith, Jonathan Blackmon | |
| Subs | Tulane | Jerome Reed (PG), Alfred Blackburn (SG), James Brown (C) Dean Lucero, Lee Cathcart, Steven Masters | |
| 07:57 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn loses the dribble to Alfredo Gallo | 55-52 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Salvador Gonzales (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdelal (fresh) 5 pts. SF - David Heidel (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Alfredo Gallo (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Terry Bowman (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Jerome Reed (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Alfred Blackburn (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SF - Thomas Woods (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - John Moczulski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - James Brown (fresh) | |
| 07:46 | UTEP | Alfredo Gallo double dribbles | 55-52 |
| Subs | UTEP | John Thomas (C) Terry Bowman | |
| Subs | Tulane | Virgil Vaughn (PF) John Moczulski | |
| 07:24 | Tulane | David Heidel denies the turnaround by James Brown | 55-52 |
| 07:23 | Tulane | The offensive rebound goes to Virgil Vaughn | 55-52 |
| 07:04 | Tulane | Jerome Reed loses the ball out of bounds | 55-52 |
| Subs | UTEP | Charles Franks (SG), Jonathan Blackmon (PF) Dikembe Abdelal, Alfredo Gallo | |
| Subs | Tulane | David Stroud (SF) Thomas Woods | |
| 06:50 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales misses the lay-in | 55-52 |
| 06:48 | UTEP | John Thomas grabs the offensive board | 55-52 |
| 06:33 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 55-52 |
| 06:32 | UTEP | The offensive rebound goes to Jonathan Blackmon | 55-52 |
| 06:10 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 55-52 |
| 06:08 | Tulane | David Stroud gets the rebound | 55-52 |
| 05:49 | Tulane | Jerome Reed hits a jumpshot from the left side and the foul's on Salvador Gonzales - foul #3 on Salvador Gonzales, team foul #6 | 55-54 |
| Subs | UTEP | Ray Smith (SF) David Heidel | |
| Subs | Tulane | Thomas Woods (SF), John Moczulski (PF) David Stroud, James Brown | |
| 05:49 | Tulane | Jerome Reed misses the free throw | 55-54 |
| 05:49 | UTEP | John Thomas pulls down the rebound | 55-54 |
| 05:28 | UTEP | Charles Franks drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Salvador Gonzales | 57-54 |
| 05:06 | Tulane | John Moczulski misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 57-54 |
| 05:05 | Tulane | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Woods | 57-54 |
| 04:43 | Tulane | Charles Franks takes the ball from Virgil Vaughn | 57-54 |
| 04:38 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales hits the finger roll set up by Charles Franks | 59-54 |
| 04:34 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas Woods | 59-56 |
| 04:30 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon splits the doubleteam and buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Salvador Gonzales | 62-56 |
| 04:04 | Tulane | John Moczulski comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 62-56 |
| 04:02 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn tips it in | 62-58 |
| 03:38 | UTEP | Ray Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-58 |
| Subs | UTEP | James Whitehead (PG), Dikembe Abdelal (SG), David Heidel (SF), Alfredo Gallo (PF), Terry Bowman (C) Salvador Gonzales, Charles Franks, Ray Smith, Jonathan Blackmon, John Thomas | |
| Subs | Tulane | Dean Lucero (PG), Lee Cathcart (SG), James Brown (PF), Steven Masters (C) Jerome Reed, Alfred Blackburn, John Moczulski, Virgil Vaughn | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - James Whitehead (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdelal (fresh) 5 pts. SF - David Heidel (fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. PF - Alfredo Gallo (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Terry Bowman (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tulane | PG - Dean Lucero (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lee Cathcart (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Thomas Woods (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - James Brown (fresh) C - Steven Masters (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:27 | Tulane | Steven Masters knocks in the floater from just outside the lane | 62-60 |
| 03:09 | UTEP | Terry Bowman buries a jumpshot from the right wing | 64-60 |
| 02:44 | Tulane | Dean Lucero comes up short on the floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by James Whitehead - foul #1 on James Whitehead, team foul #7 | 64-60 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn (SG), David Stroud (SF) Lee Cathcart, Thomas Woods | |
| 02:44 | Tulane | Dean Lucero makes the 1st free throw | 64-61 |
| 02:44 | Tulane | Dean Lucero makes the 2nd free throw | 64-62 |
| 02:42 | UTEP | UTEP calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 64-62 |
| Subs | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales (PG), Charles Franks (SG), Ray Smith (SF), Jonathan Blackmon (PF), John Thomas (C) James Whitehead, Dikembe Abdelal, David Heidel, Alfredo Gallo, Terry Bowman | |
| Subs | Tulane | Jerome Reed (PG), Thomas Woods (SF), John Moczulski (PF) Dean Lucero, David Stroud, James Brown | |
| 02:29 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 64-62 |
| 02:27 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon grabs the offensive board | 64-62 |
| 02:16 | UTEP | Charles Franks can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 64-62 |
| 02:15 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn pulls down the rebound | 64-62 |
| 02:00 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn misses long on a shot in the lane | 64-62 |
| 01:58 | UTEP | Ray Smith pulls down the rebound | 64-62 |
| 01:42 | UTEP | John Thomas can't throw it down | 64-62 |
| 01:41 | UTEP | John Thomas snags the offensive board | 64-62 |
| 01:12 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 66-62 |
| 00:53 | Tulane | Jerome Reed misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 66-62 |
| 00:52 | Tulane | Thomas Woods pulls down the offensive rebound | 66-62 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 00:43 | Tulane | Jerome Reed is called for traveling | 66-62 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| 00:41 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales is fouled in the backcourt by Jerome Reed - foul #4 on Jerome Reed, team foul #8 | 66-62 |
| 00:41 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales makes the 1st free throw | 67-62 |
| 00:41 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales makes the 2nd free throw | 68-62 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| 00:35 | Tulane | Thomas Woods misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 68-62 |
| 00:34 | UTEP | John Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 68-62 |
| 00:33 | UTEP | John Thomas is fouled in the backcourt by Jerome Reed - foul #5 on Jerome Reed, team foul #9 | 68-62 |
| Subs | UTEP | James Whitehead (PG) Salvador Gonzales | |
| Subs | Tulane | Dean Lucero (PG) Jerome Reed | |
| 00:33 | UTEP | John Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 69-62 |
| 00:33 | UTEP | John Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 70-62 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| 00:27 | Tulane | John Moczulski misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 70-62 |
| 00:25 | Tulane | Dean Lucero grabs the offensive board | 70-62 |
| 00:22 | Tulane | John Moczulski clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 70-62 |
| 00:21 | UTEP | John Thomas pulls down the rebound | 70-62 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:18 | UTEP | Dean Lucero is called for the reach on John Thomas in the backcourt - foul #1 on Dean Lucero, team foul #10 | 70-62 |
| Subs | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales (PG) James Whitehead | |
| Subs | Tulane | | |
| 00:18 | UTEP | John Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 71-62 |
| 00:18 | UTEP | John Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 72-62 |
| 00:11 | Tulane | Alfred Blackburn comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 72-62 |
| 00:09 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales snags the defensive board | 72-62 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tulane | Tulane is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:00 | UTEP | Salvador Gonzales runs out the clock | 72-62 |