| Lineup | LSU | PG - Don Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Justin Burk (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Fontaine (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Franklin Busby (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Gary Stanley (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Don Batten (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Haldeman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Fred Peterson (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Lee Kugler (fresh) 6 pts. C - Moshe Petrovic (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Robert Fontaine inbounds the ball | 21-25 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| 19:39 | LSU | Franklin Busby hits a fadeaway from the left wing and he's hacked by Lee Kugler - foul #1 on Lee Kugler, team foul #1 | 23-25 |
| 19:39 | LSU | Franklin Busby makes the free throw | 24-25 |
| 19:32 | South Carolina | Don Batten drills a jumpshot from the left wing | 24-27 |
| 19:30 | LSU | Lee Kugler is called for the reach on Franklin Busby in the backcourt - foul #2 on Lee Kugler, team foul #2 | 24-27 |
| 19:12 | LSU | Robert Fontaine misses long on a jumper from the right block | 24-27 |
| 19:11 | South Carolina | Fred Peterson grabs the board | 24-27 |
| 18:56 | South Carolina | Robert Fontaine takes the ball from William Haldeman | 24-27 |
| 18:52 | LSU | Justin Burk banks in the layup set up by Robert Fontaine | 26-27 |
| 18:35 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic misses long on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Gary Stanley - foul #1 on Gary Stanley, team foul #1 | 26-27 |
| 18:35 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic makes the 1st free throw | 26-28 |
| 18:35 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic misses the 2nd free throw | 26-28 |
| 18:35 | LSU | Franklin Busby pulls down the rebound | 26-28 |
| 18:07 | LSU | Justin Burk knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Fontaine | 29-28 |
| 17:59 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the lane but he's hacked by Don Williams - foul #2 on Don Williams, team foul #2 | 29-28 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Decarlo (PG), Jeffrey Brammer (SG), Adam Shuff (SF), Dennis Matzke (C) Don Williams, Justin Burk, Robert Fontaine, Gary Stanley | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 17:59 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler misses the 1st free throw | 29-28 |
| 17:59 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler makes the 2nd free throw | 29-29 |
| 17:30 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer is whistled for a carry | 29-29 |
| 17:11 | South Carolina | Fred Peterson is hacked by Adam Shuff - foul #1 on Adam Shuff, team foul #3 | 29-29 |
| 17:01 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic misses badly on the uncontested pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 29-29 |
| 16:59 | LSU | Robert Decarlo gets the rebound | 29-29 |
| 16:44 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer's pass is intercepted by Moshe Petrovic | 29-29 |
| 16:26 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-29 |
| Subs | LSU | Don Williams (PG), Justin Burk (SG), Robert Fontaine (SF), Gary Stanley (C) Robert Decarlo, Jeffrey Brammer, Adam Shuff, Franklin Busby | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Daniel Levinthal (PF), Stephen Vetter (C) Lee Kugler, Moshe Petrovic | |
| 16:12 | LSU | Robert Fontaine misses long on an open jumper from the right side | 29-29 |
| 16:10 | South Carolina | Stephen Vetter gets the rebound | 29-29 |
| 15:54 | South Carolina | Don Batten hits a pull-up jumper from the left side | 29-31 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Don Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Justin Burk (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Robert Fontaine (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Dennis Matzke (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Gary Stanley (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Don Batten (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Haldeman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Fred Peterson (tiring) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Daniel Levinthal (fresh) C - Stephen Vetter (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:32 | LSU | Daniel Levinthal blocks the jumper by Robert Fontaine | 29-31 |
| 15:30 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Stephen Vetter | 29-31 |
| 15:25 | South Carolina | Don Batten misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 29-31 |
| 15:24 | LSU | The rebound goes to Robert Fontaine | 29-31 |
| 15:02 | LSU | Robert Fontaine makes the driving attempt from the right block set up by Gary Stanley | 31-31 |
| 14:39 | South Carolina | Gary Stanley steals the ball from Fred Peterson | 31-31 |
| 14:19 | LSU | Don Williams misses the jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Daniel Levinthal - foul #3 on Daniel Levinthal, team foul #3 | 31-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer (SG), Adam Shuff (SF), Franklin Busby (PF) Justin Burk, Robert Fontaine, Gary Stanley | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alan Bell (PG), Glen Brown (SG), Ronald Libby (SF), Lee Kugler (PF), Moshe Petrovic (C) Don Batten, William Haldeman, Fred Peterson, Daniel Levinthal, Stephen Vetter | |
| 14:19 | LSU | Don Williams misses the 1st free throw | 31-31 |
| 14:19 | LSU | Don Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 31-31 |
| 14:19 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic gets the rebound | 31-31 |
| 14:01 | South Carolina | Glen Brown misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 31-31 |
| 14:00 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler tips it in | 31-33 |
| 13:37 | LSU | Adam Shuff loses the dribble to Moshe Petrovic | 31-33 |
| 13:22 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic loses the ball out of bounds | 31-33 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Decarlo (PG), Gary Stanley (C) Don Williams, Dennis Matzke | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Daniel Levinthal (PF), Stephen Vetter (C) Lee Kugler, Moshe Petrovic | |
| 12:59 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer is fouled on the floor by Ronald Libby - foul #2 on Ronald Libby, team foul #4 | 31-33 |
| 12:36 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer misses the easy layup but the foul's on Alan Bell - foul #1 on Alan Bell, team foul #5 | 31-33 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Fontaine (SF) Adam Shuff | |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Haldeman (SG) Glen Brown | |
| 12:36 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer makes the 1st free throw | 32-33 |
| 12:36 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer makes the 2nd free throw | 33-33 |
| 12:13 | South Carolina | William Haldeman loses the dribble to Franklin Busby | 33-33 |
| 12:08 | LSU | Daniel Levinthal steps in front of the Robert Fontaine pass in the backcourt | 33-33 |
| 11:41 | South Carolina | Alan Bell misses the easy layup | 33-33 |
| 11:39 | LSU | Franklin Busby pulls down the rebound | 33-33 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Decarlo (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jeffrey Brammer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Fontaine (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Franklin Busby (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Gary Stanley (tiring) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Alan Bell (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Haldeman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Ronald Libby (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Daniel Levinthal (fairly fresh) 2 blk. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Stephen Vetter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:18 | LSU | Franklin Busby hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Gary Stanley | 35-33 |
| 11:08 | South Carolina | William Haldeman hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 35-33 |
| 11:07 | South Carolina | Stephen Vetter grabs the offensive rebound | 35-33 |
| 10:52 | South Carolina | Ronald Libby is fouled on the floor by Robert Decarlo - foul #3 on Robert Decarlo, team foul #4 | 35-33 |
| Subs | LSU | Justin Burk (SG), Adam Shuff (SF), Dennis Matzke (C) Robert Decarlo, Robert Fontaine, Gary Stanley | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Don Batten (PG), Fred Peterson (SF), Lee Kugler (PF), Moshe Petrovic (C) William Haldeman, Ronald Libby, Daniel Levinthal, Stephen Vetter | |
| 10:35 | South Carolina | Dennis Matzke steps in front of the Lee Kugler pass | 35-33 |
| 10:19 | LSU | Adam Shuff scores on a floater from the right block on a great pass from Franklin Busby | 37-33 |
| 10:10 | South Carolina | Alan Bell clanks a shot from the right side | 37-33 |
| 10:08 | LSU | Franklin Busby pulls down the rebound | 37-33 |
| 10:05 | LSU | Alan Bell steps in front of the Dennis Matzke pass in the backcourt | 37-33 |
| 09:49 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler clanks a shot near the basket | 37-33 |
| 09:48 | LSU | Dennis Matzke snags the defensive board | 37-33 |
| 09:44 | LSU | Justin Burk's pass is intercepted by Don Batten in the backcourt | 37-33 |
| 09:41 | South Carolina | Alan Bell can't finish the layup | 37-33 |
| 09:40 | LSU | Justin Burk snags the defensive board | 37-33 |
| 09:12 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 37-33 |
| 09:10 | LSU | Dennis Matzke tips it back up and in | 39-33 |
| 09:03 | South Carolina | Alan Bell misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 39-33 |
| 09:02 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic misses the tip | 39-33 |
| 09:00 | LSU | Adam Shuff grabs the board | 39-33 |
| 08:38 | LSU | Justin Burk clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 39-33 |
| 08:36 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic grabs the board | 39-33 |
| 08:24 | South Carolina | Alan Bell misses short on a turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by Justin Burk - foul #2 on Justin Burk, team foul #5 | 39-33 |
| Subs | LSU | Don Williams (PG), Robert Decarlo (SG), Robert Fontaine (SF), Gary Stanley (C) Jeffrey Brammer, Justin Burk, Adam Shuff, Franklin Busby | |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Haldeman (SG), Ronald Libby (SF), Daniel Levinthal (PF), Stephen Vetter (C) Don Batten, Fred Peterson, Lee Kugler, Moshe Petrovic | |
| 08:24 | South Carolina | Alan Bell makes the 1st free throw | 39-34 |
| 08:24 | South Carolina | Alan Bell makes the 2nd free throw | 39-35 |
| 08:21 | LSU | Alan Bell is called for the reach on Don Williams in the backcourt - foul #2 on Alan Bell, team foul #6 | 39-35 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Glen Brown (PG) Alan Bell | |
| 08:07 | LSU | Robert Fontaine can't connect on an uncontested 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-35 |
| 08:06 | LSU | Don Williams pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-35 |
| 07:55 | LSU | Robert Decarlo double dribbles | 39-35 |
| 07:37 | South Carolina | Glen Brown makes the 3 from the left wing | 39-38 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Don Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Decarlo (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Robert Fontaine (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Dennis Matzke (tiring) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Gary Stanley (tiring) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Glen Brown (fresh) 3 pts. SG - William Haldeman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Ronald Libby (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Daniel Levinthal (fairly fresh) 2 blk. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Stephen Vetter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:11 | LSU | Gary Stanley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-38 |
| Subs | LSU | Franklin Busby (PF) Dennis Matzke | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 07:00 | South Carolina | Stephen Vetter is fouled on the floor by Robert Fontaine - foul #1 on Robert Fontaine, team foul #6 | 39-38 |
| Subs | LSU | Justin Burk (SG) Robert Decarlo | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lee Kugler (PF), Moshe Petrovic (C) Daniel Levinthal, Stephen Vetter | |
| 06:35 | South Carolina | William Haldeman is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on William Haldeman, team foul #7 | 39-38 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Mattson (PG) Don Williams | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Don Batten (PG), Fred Peterson (SF) Glen Brown, Ronald Libby | |
| 06:15 | LSU | Justin Burk misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 39-38 |
| 06:13 | South Carolina | William Haldeman snags the defensive board | 39-38 |
| 05:51 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the jumpshot from the left side set up by Moshe Petrovic | 39-40 |
| 05:24 | LSU | Franklin Busby misses long on a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Fred Peterson - foul #2 on Fred Peterson, team foul #8 | 39-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Don Williams (PG), Jeffrey Brammer (SG), Adam Shuff (C) Robert Mattson, Justin Burk, Gary Stanley | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alan Bell (PG), Ronald Libby (SF), Daniel Levinthal (PF), Stephen Vetter (C) Don Batten, Fred Peterson, Lee Kugler, Moshe Petrovic | |
| 05:24 | LSU | Franklin Busby makes the 1st free throw | 40-40 |
| 05:24 | LSU | Franklin Busby misses the 2nd free throw | 40-40 |
| 05:24 | South Carolina | Daniel Levinthal pulls down the rebound | 40-40 |
| 04:55 | South Carolina | Alan Bell connects on the jumpshot from the left wing set up by Ronald Libby | 40-42 |
| 04:26 | LSU | Adam Shuff can't throw it down but he's fouled by Stephen Vetter - foul #2 on Stephen Vetter, team foul #9 | 40-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Decarlo (PG), Dennis Matzke (C) Don Williams, Franklin Busby | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Glen Brown (SG) William Haldeman | |
| 04:26 | LSU | Adam Shuff misses the 1st free throw | 40-42 |
| 04:26 | LSU | Adam Shuff makes the 2nd free throw | 41-42 |
| 04:06 | South Carolina | Alan Bell hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 41-42 |
| 04:04 | LSU | The rebound goes to Robert Fontaine | 41-42 |
| 03:59 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer's pass is intercepted by Glen Brown in the backcourt | 41-42 |
| 03:46 | South Carolina | Daniel Levinthal misses the lay-in | 41-42 |
| 03:44 | LSU | Robert Decarlo pulls down the rebound | 41-42 |
| 03:22 | LSU | Jeffrey Brammer misses badly on a turnaround from the left block | 41-42 |
| 03:20 | LSU | Dennis Matzke tips it home | 43-42 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Decarlo (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jeffrey Brammer (tiring) 2 pts. SF - Robert Fontaine (tiring) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Adam Shuff (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Dennis Matzke (tiring) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Alan Bell (tiring) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Glen Brown (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ronald Libby (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Daniel Levinthal (tiring) 2 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Stephen Vetter (tiring) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:07 | South Carolina | The short jumper by Stephen Vetter is denied by Dennis Matzke | 43-42 |
| 03:06 | South Carolina | Ronald Libby tips it in | 43-44 |
| 03:00 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 43-44 |
| Subs | LSU | Don Williams (PG), Justin Burk (SG), Franklin Busby (PF) Robert Decarlo, Jeffrey Brammer, Adam Shuff | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Don Batten (PG), William Haldeman (SG), Fred Peterson (SF), Lee Kugler (PF), Moshe Petrovic (C) Alan Bell, Glen Brown, Ronald Libby, Daniel Levinthal, Stephen Vetter | |
| 02:42 | LSU | Don Williams loses the ball out of bounds | 43-44 |
| 02:22 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Moshe Petrovic | 43-46 |
| 02:00 | LSU | Robert Fontaine knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Don Williams | 46-46 |
| 01:40 | South Carolina | Fred Peterson comes up short on the runner from close range | 46-46 |
| 01:38 | LSU | Franklin Busby grabs the board | 46-46 |
| 01:19 | LSU | Franklin Busby buries a fadeaway from the left wing | 48-46 |
| 01:02 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 48-46 |
| 01:00 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-46 |
| 00:41 | South Carolina | Moshe Petrovic drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by William Haldeman | 48-48 |
| 00:37 | LSU | William Haldeman steals the ball from Franklin Busby in the backcourt | 48-48 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| 00:15 | South Carolina | Don Batten misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by Dennis Matzke - foul #4 on Dennis Matzke, team foul #7 | 48-48 |
| 00:15 | South Carolina | Don Batten makes the 1st free throw | 48-49 |
| 00:15 | South Carolina | Don Batten misses the 2nd free throw | 48-49 |
| 00:15 | LSU | The rebound goes to Dennis Matzke | 48-49 |
| 00:06 | LSU | Robert Fontaine misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side but the foul's on Fred Peterson - foul #3 on Fred Peterson, team foul #10 | 48-49 |
| Subs | LSU | Gary Stanley (C) Dennis Matzke | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 00:06 | LSU | Robert Fontaine makes the 1st free throw | 49-49 |
| 00:06 | LSU | Robert Fontaine makes the 2nd free throw | 50-49 |
| 00:06 | South Carolina | South Carolina calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 50-49 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| 00:02 | South Carolina | Lee Kugler misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 50-49 |
| 00:01 | LSU | Franklin Busby grabs the board | 50-49 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:00 | LSU | Franklin Busby runs out the clock | 50-49 |