| Lineup | BYU | PG - Eric McCorey (fresh) SG - Garland Clark (fresh) SF - David Scharff (fresh) PF - Lorenzo Stapp (fresh) C - Floyd McQueen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Jeff Nelson (fresh) SG - Dee Dyer (fresh) SF - Howard Remmers (fresh) PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) C - Randy Richter (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | TCU | Randy Richter wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | TCU | TCU is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:43 | TCU | Howard Remmers throws a bad pass out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:17 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:15 | TCU | Howard Remmers snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:58 | TCU | Dee Dyer is hacked by Garland Clark - foul #1 on Garland Clark, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:38 | TCU | Floyd McQueen blocks the short jumper by Dee Dyer | 0-0 |
| 18:36 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 18:31 | BYU | Garland Clark is fouled on the floor by Dee Dyer - foul #1 on Dee Dyer, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:16 | BYU | Floyd McQueen lays it in | 2-0 |
| 18:10 | TCU | Dee Dyer can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 18:09 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp grabs the defensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:03 | BYU | Eric McCorey double dribbles | 2-0 |
| 17:35 | TCU | Dee Dyer's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-0 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Robert Hoar (PG), Scott McCrimmon (SG), James Clark (PF), Dwight Brown (C) Jeff Nelson, Dee Dyer, Samuel McGee, Randy Richter | |
| 17:22 | BYU | Garland Clark scores on a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Eric McCorey | 4-0 |
| 17:03 | TCU | Robert Hoar buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Howard Remmers | 4-3 |
| 16:50 | BYU | Garland Clark misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 4-3 |
| 16:48 | TCU | Howard Remmers snags the defensive board | 4-3 |
| 16:34 | TCU | Robert Hoar misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 4-3 |
| 16:32 | BYU | Garland Clark grabs the board | 4-3 |
| 16:14 | BYU | Floyd McQueen's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-3 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Samuel McGee (PF), Randy Richter (C) Howard Remmers, Dwight Brown | |
| 15:57 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon makes the jump hook near the basket on a nice dish by Robert Hoar | 4-5 |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Eric McCorey (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Garland Clark (fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Scharff (fresh) PF - Lorenzo Stapp (fresh) 2 reb. C - Floyd McQueen (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Robert Hoar (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Scott McCrimmon (fresh) 2 pts. SF - James Clark (fresh) PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) C - Randy Richter (fresh) | |
| 15:36 | BYU | Floyd McQueen misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Randy Richter - foul #1 on Randy Richter, team foul #2 | 4-5 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Blair (PG), Michael Holzer (PF) Eric McCorey, Lorenzo Stapp | |
| Subs | TCU | Jeff Nelson (PG), Dwight Brown (C) James Clark, Randy Richter | |
| 15:36 | BYU | Floyd McQueen makes the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 15:36 | BYU | Floyd McQueen makes the 2nd free throw | 6-5 |
| 15:12 | TCU | Jeff Nelson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Michael Blair - foul #1 on Michael Blair, team foul #2 | 6-5 |
| Subs | BYU | Thomas King (SG), Larry Lee (SF), Phillip Eyre (C) Garland Clark, David Scharff, Floyd McQueen | |
| Subs | TCU | Dee Dyer (SG), James Clark (PF), Randy Richter (C) Scott McCrimmon, Samuel McGee, Dwight Brown | |
| 15:12 | TCU | Jeff Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 6-6 |
| 15:12 | TCU | Jeff Nelson makes the 2nd free throw | 6-7 |
| 15:03 | BYU | Michael Holzer misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 6-7 |
| 15:02 | BYU | Phillip Eyre grabs the offensive board | 6-7 |
| 14:44 | BYU | Larry Lee comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing but he's hacked by James Clark - foul #1 on James Clark, team foul #3 | 6-7 |
| Subs | BYU | Eric McCorey (PG) Michael Blair | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (PG), Samuel McGee (PF), Dwight Brown (C) Jeff Nelson, James Clark, Randy Richter | |
| 14:44 | BYU | Larry Lee makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 14:44 | BYU | Larry Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 8-7 |
| 14:44 | BYU | Larry Lee makes the 3rd free throw | 9-7 |
| 14:18 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Dee Dyer | 9-10 |
| 14:14 | BYU | Eric McCorey misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 9-10 |
| 14:12 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon grabs the board | 9-10 |
| 13:57 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon drills a jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Dee Dyer | 9-12 |
| 13:52 | BYU | Eric McCorey can't connect on a shot from the right wing but the foul's on Robert Hoar - foul #1 on Robert Hoar, team foul #4 | 9-12 |
| Subs | BYU | Garland Clark (SG), David Scharff (SF), Lorenzo Stapp (PF), Floyd McQueen (C) Thomas King, Larry Lee, Michael Holzer, Phillip Eyre | |
| Subs | TCU | Jeff Nelson (PG), Howard Remmers (SF), James Clark (PF), Randy Richter (C) Dee Dyer, Robert Hoar, Samuel McGee, Dwight Brown | |
| 13:52 | BYU | Eric McCorey makes the 1st free throw | 10-12 |
| 13:52 | BYU | Eric McCorey misses the 2nd free throw | 10-12 |
| 13:52 | TCU | James Clark gets the rebound | 10-12 |
| 13:43 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Scott McCrimmon, team foul #5 | 10-12 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Robert Hoar (PG) Jeff Nelson | |
| 13:30 | BYU | Robert Hoar is called for the reach on David Scharff - foul #2 on Robert Hoar, team foul #6 | 10-12 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Jeff Nelson (PG), Samuel McGee (PF) Robert Hoar, James Clark | |
| 13:09 | BYU | The short jumper by Lorenzo Stapp is denied by Samuel McGee | 10-12 |
| 13:07 | TCU | Howard Remmers snags the defensive board | 10-12 |
| 13:05 | TCU | Garland Clark steals it from Jeff Nelson in the backcourt | 10-12 |
| 12:45 | BYU | Floyd McQueen hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 10-12 |
| 12:44 | TCU | Howard Remmers gets the rebound | 10-12 |
| 12:39 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 10-12 |
| 12:38 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp grabs the defensive rebound | 10-12 |
| 12:32 | BYU | Floyd McQueen misses the easy layup | 10-12 |
| 12:30 | BYU | Garland Clark tips it home | 12-12 |
| 12:13 | TCU | Randy Richter lays it in on a great pass from Howard Remmers | 12-14 |
| 11:54 | BYU | David Scharff makes the floater from the right side on a nice dish by Eric McCorey | 14-14 |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Eric McCorey (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Garland Clark (fresh) 4 pts. SF - David Scharff (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Lorenzo Stapp (fresh) 3 reb. C - Floyd McQueen (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Jeff Nelson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Scott McCrimmon (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Howard Remmers (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) C - Randy Richter (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:32 | TCU | David Scharff takes the ball from Jeff Nelson | 14-14 |
| 11:29 | BYU | Eric McCorey banks in the layup on a nice dish by David Scharff | 16-14 |
| 11:14 | TCU | Howard Remmers clanks a runner from the right block but he's fouled by Lorenzo Stapp - foul #1 on Lorenzo Stapp, team foul #3 | 16-14 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Blair (PG), Thomas King (SG), Larry Lee (SF), Michael Holzer (PF), Phillip Eyre (C) Eric McCorey, Garland Clark, David Scharff, Lorenzo Stapp, Floyd McQueen | |
| Subs | TCU | Dee Dyer (SG), James Clark (PF), Dwight Brown (C) Scott McCrimmon, Samuel McGee, Randy Richter | |
| 11:14 | TCU | Howard Remmers misses the 1st free throw | 16-14 |
| 11:14 | TCU | Howard Remmers makes the 2nd free throw | 16-15 |
| 10:52 | BYU | Michael Blair double dribbles | 16-15 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Randy Richter (C) Howard Remmers | |
| 10:39 | TCU | Randy Richter hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Jeff Nelson | 16-17 |
| 10:22 | BYU | Thomas King comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Jeff Nelson - foul #1 on Jeff Nelson, team foul #7 | 16-17 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (PG), Samuel McGee (PF) Jeff Nelson, Randy Richter | |
| 10:22 | BYU | Thomas King makes the 1st free throw | 17-17 |
| 10:22 | BYU | Thomas King makes the 2nd free throw | 18-17 |
| 09:55 | TCU | Michael Blair is called for the reach on James Clark - foul #2 on Michael Blair, team foul #4 | 18-17 |
| Subs | BYU | Garland Clark (SG) Michael Blair | |
| Subs | TCU | Jeff Nelson (PG), Howard Remmers (SF), Randy Richter (C) Scott McCrimmon, Samuel McGee, Dwight Brown | |
| 09:39 | TCU | Dee Dyer scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by James Clark | 18-19 |
| 09:19 | BYU | Michael Holzer scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing and he's hacked by James Clark - foul #2 on James Clark, team foul #8 | 20-19 |
| Subs | BYU | David Scharff (SF), Floyd McQueen (C) Larry Lee, Phillip Eyre | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (PG), Samuel McGee (PF), Dwight Brown (C) Jeff Nelson, James Clark, Randy Richter | |
| 09:19 | BYU | Michael Holzer makes the free throw | 21-19 |
| 09:05 | TCU | Howard Remmers misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 21-19 |
| 09:03 | TCU | The offensive rebound goes to Scott McCrimmon | 21-19 |
| 08:50 | TCU | Dee Dyer misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 21-19 |
| 08:49 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon gets the offensive rebound | 21-19 |
| 08:39 | TCU | Dee Dyer is fouled on the floor by Thomas King - foul #1 on Thomas King, team foul #5 | 21-19 |
| Subs | BYU | Eric McCorey (PG), Lorenzo Stapp (PF) Thomas King, Michael Holzer | |
| Subs | TCU | Jeff Nelson (PG), Randy Richter (C) Scott McCrimmon, Dwight Brown | |
| 08:19 | TCU | Samuel McGee misses the jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Floyd McQueen - foul #1 on Floyd McQueen, team foul #6 | 21-19 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (PG) Jeff Nelson | |
| 08:19 | TCU | Samuel McGee makes the 1st free throw | 21-20 |
| 08:19 | TCU | Samuel McGee misses the 2nd free throw | 21-20 |
| 08:19 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp pulls down the rebound | 21-20 |
| 08:15 | BYU | Garland Clark drills a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Eric McCorey and he's hacked by Dee Dyer - foul #2 on Dee Dyer, team foul #9 | 23-20 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Jeff Nelson (PG), Dwight Brown (PF) Dee Dyer, Samuel McGee | |
| 08:15 | BYU | Garland Clark makes the free throw | 24-20 |
| 07:54 | TCU | Randy Richter misses the dunk but he's hacked by Eric McCorey - foul #1 on Eric McCorey, team foul #7 | 24-20 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Samuel McGee (PF) Dwight Brown | |
| 07:54 | TCU | Randy Richter makes the 1st free throw | 24-21 |
| 07:54 | TCU | Randy Richter makes the 2nd free throw | 24-22 |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Eric McCorey (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Garland Clark (fresh) 7 pts. SF - David Scharff (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Lorenzo Stapp (fresh) 4 reb. C - Floyd McQueen (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Jeff Nelson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Scott McCrimmon (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Howard Remmers (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) 1 pts. C - Randy Richter (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 07:32 | BYU | David Scharff is called for a backcourt violation | 24-22 |
| Subs | BYU | Thomas King (SG) Garland Clark | |
| Subs | TCU | Dwight Brown (C) Randy Richter | |
| 07:05 | TCU | Dwight Brown misses the lay-in | 24-22 |
| 07:03 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp snags the defensive board | 24-22 |
| 06:57 | BYU | David Scharff is fouled on the floor by Dwight Brown - foul #1 on Dwight Brown, team foul #10 | 24-22 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Holzer (C) Floyd McQueen | |
| Subs | TCU | Randy Richter (C) Dwight Brown | |
| 06:57 | BYU | David Scharff makes the 1st free throw | 25-22 |
| 06:57 | BYU | David Scharff makes the 2nd free throw | 26-22 |
| 06:39 | TCU | Howard Remmers clanks a floater from the baseline | 26-22 |
| 06:38 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp pulls down the rebound | 26-22 |
| 06:32 | BYU | David Scharff loses the ball out of bounds | 26-22 |
| Subs | BYU | Garland Clark (SG), Larry Lee (SF) Eric McCorey, David Scharff | |
| Subs | TCU | Dwight Brown (PF) Samuel McGee | |
| 06:24 | TCU | Lorenzo Stapp denies the turnaround by Jeff Nelson | 26-22 |
| 06:23 | TCU | Howard Remmers hits the follow up shot | 26-24 |
| 06:09 | BYU | Thomas King throws a bad pass out of bounds | 26-24 |
| Subs | BYU | Toby Ray (PG), Phillip Eyre (C) Thomas King, Lorenzo Stapp | |
| Subs | TCU | Samuel McGee (PF) Dwight Brown | |
| 05:47 | TCU | Randy Richter can't finish the layup | 26-24 |
| 05:45 | BYU | The rebound goes to Larry Lee | 26-24 |
| 05:38 | BYU | Garland Clark can't connect on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Scott McCrimmon - foul #2 on Scott McCrimmon, team foul #11 | 26-24 |
| Subs | BYU | Floyd McQueen (C) Phillip Eyre | |
| Subs | TCU | Dee Dyer (SG) Scott McCrimmon | |
| 05:38 | BYU | Garland Clark makes the 1st free throw | 27-24 |
| 05:38 | BYU | Garland Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 28-24 |
| 05:19 | TCU | Howard Remmers hits a shot from the left side on a great pass from Jeff Nelson | 28-26 |
| 04:57 | BYU | Randy Richter takes the ball from Michael Holzer | 28-26 |
| 04:38 | TCU | Larry Lee steals it from Howard Remmers | 28-26 |
| 04:11 | BYU | Toby Ray misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 28-26 |
| 04:09 | BYU | Floyd McQueen tips it back up and in | 30-26 |
| 03:52 | TCU | Howard Remmers scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Jeff Nelson | 30-29 |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Toby Ray (fresh) SG - Garland Clark (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Larry Lee (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Michael Holzer (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Floyd McQueen (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Jeff Nelson (tiring) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dee Dyer (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Howard Remmers (tiring) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Samuel McGee (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Randy Richter (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 03:37 | BYU | Toby Ray's layup is rejected by Randy Richter | 30-29 |
| 03:36 | BYU | Michael Holzer tips it home | 32-29 |
| 03:22 | TCU | Howard Remmers blows the layup | 32-29 |
| 03:21 | TCU | Howard Remmers pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-29 |
| 03:11 | TCU | Michael Holzer takes the ball from Samuel McGee | 32-29 |
| 03:01 | BYU | Michael Holzer blows the layup but the foul's on Samuel McGee - foul #1 on Samuel McGee, team foul #12 | 32-29 |
| Subs | BYU | Eric McCorey (PG), Thomas King (SG), David Scharff (SF), Lorenzo Stapp (PF) Toby Ray, Garland Clark, Larry Lee, Floyd McQueen | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (PG), Robert Hoar (SF), James Clark (PF), Dwight Brown (C) Jeff Nelson, Howard Remmers, Samuel McGee, Randy Richter | |
| 03:01 | BYU | Michael Holzer makes the 1st free throw | 33-29 |
| 03:01 | BYU | Michael Holzer makes the 2nd free throw | 34-29 |
| 02:48 | TCU | James Clark misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 34-29 |
| 02:47 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp grabs the board | 34-29 |
| 02:27 | BYU | Scott McCrimmon takes the ball from Thomas King | 34-29 |
| 02:23 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon lays it in | 34-31 |
| 02:02 | BYU | Thomas King clanks a 3 from the left wing | 34-31 |
| 02:01 | TCU | Dwight Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 34-31 |
| 01:47 | TCU | Lorenzo Stapp is called for the reach on James Clark - foul #2 on Lorenzo Stapp, team foul #8 | 34-31 |
| Subs | BYU | Phillip Eyre (C) Michael Holzer | |
| Subs | TCU | Samuel McGee (PF) Scott McCrimmon | |
| 01:47 | TCU | James Clark misses the 1st free throw | 34-31 |
| 01:47 | BYU | Thomas King grabs the board | 34-31 |
| 01:43 | BYU | Eric McCorey is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Hoar - foul #3 on Robert Hoar, team foul #13 | 34-31 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (PG), Randy Richter (C) Robert Hoar, Samuel McGee | |
| 01:43 | BYU | Eric McCorey makes the 1st free throw | 35-31 |
| 01:43 | BYU | Eric McCorey misses the 2nd free throw | 35-31 |
| 01:43 | TCU | Dwight Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 35-31 |
| 01:19 | TCU | James Clark misses the dunk attempt | 35-31 |
| 01:17 | BYU | Eric McCorey pulls down the rebound | 35-31 |
| 01:01 | BYU | David Scharff misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-31 |
| 01:00 | TCU | Dwight Brown grabs the board | 35-31 |
| 00:55 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Randy Richter | 35-33 |
| 00:39 | BYU | Phillip Eyre's pass is intercepted by Dwight Brown | 35-33 |
| 00:20 | TCU | James Clark is fouled on the floor by David Scharff - foul #1 on David Scharff, team foul #9 | 35-33 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Blair (PG), Garland Clark (SG), Larry Lee (SF), Floyd McQueen (C) Eric McCorey, Thomas King, David Scharff, Lorenzo Stapp | |
| Subs | TCU | Jeff Nelson (PG), Howard Remmers (SG), Samuel McGee (PF) Scott McCrimmon, Dee Dyer, Dwight Brown | |
| 00:20 | TCU | James Clark misses the 1st free throw | 35-33 |
| 00:20 | BYU | Floyd McQueen grabs the defensive rebound | 35-33 |
| 00:02 | BYU | Randy Richter is called for the reach on Floyd McQueen - foul #2 on Randy Richter, team foul #14 | 35-33 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (PG), Dee Dyer (SG), Dwight Brown (C) Jeff Nelson, Howard Remmers, Randy Richter | |
| 00:02 | BYU | Floyd McQueen misses the 1st free throw | 35-33 |
| 00:02 | BYU | Floyd McQueen makes the 2nd free throw | 36-33 |
| 00:00 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon misses the halfcourt shot | 36-33 |