| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Heath Cordell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Frank Rhodes (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Stevenson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Jim Rumph (fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. C - Edward Caldwell (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Barry Cantrell (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Matthew Duplantis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Nathan Burke (fresh) 2 pts. 3 stl. PF - Bernard Potter (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Ronnie Loyd (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke inbounds the ball | 33-34 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:47 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell is fouled on the floor by Charles Stevenson - foul #3 on Charles Stevenson, team foul #1 | 33-34 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Kris Dean (SF) Charles Stevenson | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| 19:32 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 33-34 |
| 19:30 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter tips it in | 33-36 |
| 19:21 | UC Irvine | Kris Dean hits the finger roll set up by Heath Cordell | 35-36 |
| 19:00 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket | 35-36 |
| 18:59 | UC Irvine | Edward Caldwell gets the rebound | 35-36 |
| 18:54 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 35-36 |
| 18:53 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph snags the offensive board | 35-36 |
| 18:36 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner but he's hacked by Barry Cantrell - foul #1 on Barry Cantrell, team foul #1 | 35-36 |
| 18:36 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes makes the 1st free throw | 36-36 |
| 18:36 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes makes the 2nd free throw | 37-36 |
| 18:36 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes makes the 3rd free throw | 38-36 |
| 18:13 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell buries a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Matthew Duplantis | 38-38 |
| 18:01 | UC Irvine | Edward Caldwell misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 38-38 |
| 18:00 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter snags the defensive board | 38-38 |
| 17:42 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 38-38 |
| 17:41 | New Mexico State | The offensive rebound goes to Bernard Potter | 38-38 |
| 17:25 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke is called for a charge - foul #1 on Nathan Burke, team foul #2 | 38-38 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Sean Hyder (PF) Jim Rumph | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| 17:14 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 38-38 |
| 17:12 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke gets the rebound | 38-38 |
| 17:00 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 38-38 |
| 16:59 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-38 |
| 16:47 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell is hacked by Heath Cordell - foul #1 on Heath Cordell, team foul #2 | 38-38 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa (PG), James Swopes (SF) Heath Cordell, Kris Dean | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Fred Sullivan (PG), William Wong (PF), Gregory Denton (C) Barry Cantrell, Bernard Potter, Ronnie Loyd | |
| 16:37 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 38-40 |
| 16:15 | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 38-40 |
| 16:14 | UC Irvine | The offensive rebound goes to Edward Caldwell | 38-40 |
| 16:02 | UC Irvine | Sean Hyder's layup is rejected by Gregory Denton | 38-40 |
| 16:01 | New Mexico State | William Wong pulls down the rebound | 38-40 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Justin Hinojosa (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Frank Rhodes (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Swopes (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Sean Hyder (fresh) C - Edward Caldwell (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Fred Sullivan (fresh) SG - Matthew Duplantis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Nathan Burke (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - William Wong (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Gregory Denton (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:50 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke misses long on a fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by Edward Caldwell - foul #3 on Edward Caldwell, team foul #3 | 38-40 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson (SF), Jim Rumph (PF), Clark Jett (C) Frank Rhodes, Sean Hyder, Edward Caldwell | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Jared Douthit (SG) Matthew Duplantis | |
| 15:50 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke misses the 1st free throw | 38-40 |
| 15:50 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke misses the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 15:50 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph gets the rebound | 38-40 |
| 15:33 | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa misses long on a driving attempt from the right block | 38-40 |
| 15:31 | New Mexico State | Gregory Denton gets the rebound | 38-40 |
| 15:02 | New Mexico State | Gregory Denton is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Gregory Denton, team foul #3 | 38-40 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell (PG) James Swopes | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell (PG), Bernard Potter (PF), Ronnie Loyd (C) Jared Douthit, Nathan Burke, Gregory Denton | |
| 14:41 | UC Irvine | The jump hook by Clark Jett is blocked by William Wong | 38-40 |
| 14:39 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd grabs the board | 38-40 |
| 14:16 | New Mexico State | Fred Sullivan is called for a charge - foul #3 on Fred Sullivan, team foul #4 | 38-40 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes (SG), Edward Caldwell (C) Justin Hinojosa, Clark Jett | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis (SG) Fred Sullivan | |
| 14:01 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 38-40 |
| 14:00 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd pulls down the rebound | 38-40 |
| 13:42 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis scores on a jumper from close range set up by William Wong | 38-42 |
| 13:18 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 38-42 |
| 13:16 | New Mexico State | William Wong snags the defensive board | 38-42 |
| 12:57 | New Mexico State | William Wong misses badly on a floater from the right side | 38-42 |
| 12:56 | New Mexico State | William Wong tips it but misses | 38-42 |
| 12:55 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph pulls down the rebound | 38-42 |
| 12:43 | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson's pass is intercepted by Ronnie Loyd | 38-42 |
| 12:24 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from William Wong | 38-44 |
| 12:16 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph misses the easy layup | 38-44 |
| 12:15 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph snags the offensive board | 38-44 |
| 11:57 | UC Irvine | Edward Caldwell drills a fadeaway in the lane | 40-44 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Heath Cordell (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Frank Rhodes (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Stevenson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jim Rumph (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Edward Caldwell (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Barry Cantrell (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - Matthew Duplantis (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Wong (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Bernard Potter (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. C - Ronnie Loyd (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:41 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 40-44 |
| 11:39 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd tips it back up and in | 40-46 |
| 11:25 | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by William Wong - foul #2 on William Wong, team foul #5 | 40-46 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa (PG), Clark Jett (PF), Kris Dean (C) Heath Cordell, Jim Rumph, Edward Caldwell | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Fred Sullivan (PG), Jared Douthit (SG), Nathan Burke (SF), Steve Baxley (PF), Gregory Denton (C) Barry Cantrell, Matthew Duplantis, William Wong, Bernard Potter, Ronnie Loyd | |
| 11:25 | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson makes the 1st free throw | 41-46 |
| 11:25 | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson misses the 2nd free throw | 41-46 |
| 11:25 | New Mexico State | Steve Baxley grabs the board | 41-46 |
| 11:01 | New Mexico State | Jared Douthit connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Fred Sullivan | 41-49 |
| 10:46 | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Justin Hinojosa, team foul #4 | 41-49 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Swopes (SF), Sean Hyder (PF) Frank Rhodes, Charles Stevenson | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| 10:29 | New Mexico State | Kris Dean is called for the reach on Fred Sullivan - foul #1 on Kris Dean, team foul #5 | 41-49 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Edward Caldwell (C) Sean Hyder | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis (SG) Jared Douthit | |
| 10:18 | New Mexico State | A charge is called on Fred Sullivan - foul #4 on Fred Sullivan, team foul #6 | 41-49 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Jared Douthit (PG) Fred Sullivan | |
| 09:56 | UC Irvine | Nathan Burke takes the ball from James Swopes | 41-49 |
| 09:41 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-49 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell (PG), Frank Rhodes (SG) Justin Hinojosa, James Swopes | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| 09:22 | UC Irvine | Kris Dean buries a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Edward Caldwell | 43-49 |
| 09:05 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Nathan Burke | 43-52 |
| 08:49 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing and he's fouled by Jared Douthit - foul #3 on Jared Douthit, team foul #7 | 45-52 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Sean Hyder (PF) Clark Jett | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell (PG), Bernard Potter (PF), Ronnie Loyd (C) Jared Douthit, Steve Baxley, Gregory Denton | |
| 08:49 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell makes the free throw | 46-52 |
| 08:33 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd hits a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Barry Cantrell and he's fouled by Edward Caldwell - foul #4 on Edward Caldwell, team foul #6 | 46-54 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Swopes (SF), Justin Hinojosa (C) Kris Dean, Edward Caldwell | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Donald Peake (SG) Matthew Duplantis | |
| 08:33 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd makes the free throw | 46-55 |
| 08:09 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell knocks in the jumper from the right wing | 48-55 |
| 07:46 | New Mexico State | Donald Peake misses long on a jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by Frank Rhodes - foul #2 on Frank Rhodes, team foul #7 | 48-55 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson (SF), Jim Rumph (PF), Edward Caldwell (C) James Swopes, Sean Hyder, Justin Hinojosa | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | William Wong (SF) Nathan Burke | |
| 07:46 | New Mexico State | Donald Peake makes the 1st free throw | 48-56 |
| 07:46 | New Mexico State | Donald Peake misses the 2nd free throw | 48-56 |
| 07:46 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph grabs the defensive rebound | 48-56 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Heath Cordell (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Frank Rhodes (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Stevenson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jim Rumph (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Edward Caldwell (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Barry Cantrell (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Peake (fresh) 1 pts. SF - William Wong (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Bernard Potter (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. C - Ronnie Loyd (fresh) 14 pts. 10 reb. | |
| 07:27 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph comes up short on the turnaround in the lane but he's hacked by Bernard Potter - foul #3 on Bernard Potter, team foul #8 | 48-56 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis (SG) Donald Peake | |
| 07:27 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph makes the 1st free throw | 49-56 |
| 07:27 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph misses the 2nd free throw | 49-56 |
| 07:27 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd pulls down the rebound | 49-56 |
| 07:04 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell is fouled on the floor by Charles Stevenson - foul #4 on Charles Stevenson, team foul #8 | 49-56 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa (PG), Kris Dean (SG) Heath Cordell, Frank Rhodes | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| 07:04 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell makes the 1st free throw | 49-57 |
| 07:04 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell makes the 2nd free throw | 49-58 |
| 06:36 | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa scores on a floater from the left block set up by Edward Caldwell | 51-58 |
| 06:16 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 51-58 |
| 06:15 | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson grabs the board | 51-58 |
| 06:02 | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 54-58 |
| 05:44 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter can't connect on a fadeaway in the lane | 54-58 |
| 05:43 | UC Irvine | Edward Caldwell snags the defensive board | 54-58 |
| 05:29 | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 56-58 |
| 05:03 | New Mexico State | William Wong knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away | 56-61 |
| 05:03 | UC Irvine | UC Irvine calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-61 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell (PG), Frank Rhodes (SG) Justin Hinojosa, Kris Dean | |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke (SF) William Wong | |
| 04:44 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph clanks a 3 from the right corner | 56-61 |
| 04:43 | UC Irvine | Charles Stevenson pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-61 |
| 04:31 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 56-61 |
| 04:30 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell tips it home | 58-61 |
| 04:08 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell comes up short on the shot from the left side | 58-61 |
| 04:07 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter tips it back up and in | 58-63 |
| 03:50 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Heath Cordell | 61-63 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Heath Cordell (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Frank Rhodes (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Stevenson (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Jim Rumph (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Edward Caldwell (fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Barry Cantrell (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matthew Duplantis (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Nathan Burke (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 4 stl. PF - Bernard Potter (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. C - Ronnie Loyd (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 11 reb. | |
| 03:29 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 61-63 |
| 03:27 | UC Irvine | Edward Caldwell grabs the board | 61-63 |
| 03:22 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes misses the fadeaway from the left side | 61-63 |
| 03:20 | UC Irvine | Jim Rumph tips it back up and in | 63-63 |
| 03:04 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 63-63 |
| 03:02 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke grabs the offensive board | 63-63 |
| 02:48 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke misses the fadeaway from the right block | 63-63 |
| 02:47 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter grabs the offensive rebound | 63-63 |
| 02:29 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Matthew Duplantis | 63-65 |
| 02:08 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Heath Cordell | 65-65 |
| 01:56 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell is fouled on the floor by Frank Rhodes - foul #3 on Frank Rhodes, team foul #9 | 65-65 |
| 01:56 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell makes the 1st free throw | 65-66 |
| 01:56 | New Mexico State | Barry Cantrell makes the 2nd free throw | 65-67 |
| 01:45 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 68-67 |
| 01:34 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis is fouled on the floor by Frank Rhodes - foul #4 on Frank Rhodes, team foul #10 | 68-67 |
| 01:34 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis makes the 1st free throw | 68-68 |
| 01:34 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis makes the 2nd free throw | 68-69 |
| 01:24 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Jim Rumph | 71-69 |
| 01:03 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter is fouled on the floor by Jim Rumph - foul #2 on Jim Rumph, team foul #11 | 71-69 |
| 01:03 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter misses the 1st free throw | 71-69 |
| 01:03 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter misses the 2nd free throw | 71-69 |
| 01:03 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Jim Rumph | 71-69 |
| 00:44 | UC Irvine | Barry Cantrell is called for the reach on Heath Cordell - foul #2 on Barry Cantrell, team foul #9 | 71-69 |
| 00:44 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell makes the 1st free throw | 72-69 |
| 00:44 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell misses the 2nd free throw | 72-69 |
| 00:44 | New Mexico State | Bernard Potter snags the defensive board | 72-69 |
| 00:27 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd loses the dribble to Heath Cordell | 72-69 |
| 00:24 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell banks in the layup | 74-69 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:17 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke drills a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Barry Cantrell | 74-72 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:14 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell is hacked by Matthew Duplantis in the backcourt - foul #1 on Matthew Duplantis, team foul #10 | 74-72 |
| 00:14 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell makes the 1st free throw | 75-72 |
| 00:14 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell makes the 2nd free throw | 76-72 |
| 00:09 | New Mexico State | Matthew Duplantis clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 76-72 |
| 00:08 | New Mexico State | Nathan Burke snags the offensive board | 76-72 |
| 00:04 | New Mexico State | Ronnie Loyd clanks a 3 from straight away | 76-72 |
| 00:02 | UC Irvine | Edward Caldwell grabs the defensive rebound | 76-72 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | UC Irvine | Edward Caldwell runs out the clock | 76-72 |