| Lineup | BYU | PG - Eric McCorey (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Garland Clark (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Scharff (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Lorenzo Stapp (fresh) 2 reb. C - Floyd McQueen (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Daniel Bender (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SG - Richard Wertz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Branch (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mitchell Mandel (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - David Dorsey (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | BYU | David Scharff inbounds the ball | 37-41 |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:48 | BYU | Floyd McQueen double dribbles | 37-41 |
| 19:28 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Richard Wertz | 37-44 |
| 19:11 | BYU | James Branch is called for the reach on David Scharff - foul #1 on James Branch, team foul #1 | 37-44 |
| 18:55 | BYU | Floyd McQueen buries a turnaround in the lane set up by Eric McCorey | 39-44 |
| 18:37 | San Diego State | Richard Wertz loses the ball out of bounds | 39-44 |
| 18:28 | BYU | David Scharff misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 39-44 |
| 18:26 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel gets the rebound | 39-44 |
| 18:21 | San Diego State | David Scharff steps in front of the Daniel Bender pass | 39-44 |
| 18:08 | BYU | David Scharff connects on the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Eric McCorey | 41-44 |
| 17:53 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 41-46 |
| 17:48 | BYU | Eric McCorey misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 41-46 |
| 17:47 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-46 |
| 17:37 | BYU | David Dorsey is called for the reach on Eric McCorey - foul #1 on David Dorsey, team foul #2 | 41-46 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Christopher Snavely (C) David Dorsey | |
| 17:23 | BYU | Eric McCorey is fouled on the floor by James Branch - foul #2 on James Branch, team foul #3 | 41-46 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Holzer (PF) Lorenzo Stapp | |
| Subs | San Diego State | William James (SG) Richard Wertz | |
| 17:04 | BYU | David Scharff clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Mitchell Mandel - foul #1 on Mitchell Mandel, team foul #4 | 41-46 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Blair (PG), Phillip Eyre (C) Eric McCorey, Floyd McQueen | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Fred Blazek (C) Mitchell Mandel | |
| 17:04 | BYU | David Scharff misses the 1st free throw | 41-46 |
| 17:04 | BYU | David Scharff makes the 2nd free throw | 42-46 |
| 16:49 | San Diego State | Garland Clark takes the ball from Fred Blazek | 42-46 |
| 16:45 | BYU | Michael Blair throws it down on a great pass from Garland Clark | 44-46 |
| 16:35 | San Diego State | Garland Clark is called for the reach on Daniel Bender - foul #1 on Garland Clark, team foul #1 | 44-46 |
| Subs | BYU | Thomas King (SG), Larry Lee (SF) Garland Clark, David Scharff | |
| Subs | San Diego State | David Ogara (SG), David Dorsey (PF) Daniel Bender, James Branch | |
| 16:15 | San Diego State | The jump hook by Fred Blazek is blocked by Michael Holzer | 44-46 |
| 16:14 | BYU | Larry Lee grabs the board | 44-46 |
| 16:09 | BYU | Thomas King is fouled on the floor by David Dorsey - foul #2 on David Dorsey, team foul #5 | 44-46 |
| Subs | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp (PF) Phillip Eyre | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Richard Wertz (SG), Mitchell Mandel (PF) David Ogara, Christopher Snavely | |
| 15:55 | BYU | Richard Wertz steps in front of the Lorenzo Stapp pass | 44-46 |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Michael Blair (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas King (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Larry Lee (fresh) PF - Lorenzo Stapp (fresh) 3 reb. C - Michael Holzer (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - William James (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Wertz (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Fred Blazek (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Mitchell Mandel (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - David Dorsey (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:28 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 44-46 |
| 15:26 | BYU | Michael Holzer snags the defensive board | 44-46 |
| 15:05 | BYU | Larry Lee misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 44-46 |
| 15:04 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp tips it back up and in | 46-46 |
| 14:41 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 46-46 |
| 14:39 | San Diego State | David Dorsey hits the follow up shot | 46-48 |
| 14:20 | BYU | Michael Holzer can't connect on a floater in the lane | 46-48 |
| 14:19 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Mitchell Mandel | 46-48 |
| 13:55 | San Diego State | Fred Blazek hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the lane | 46-48 |
| 13:53 | San Diego State | The offensive rebound goes to Mitchell Mandel | 46-48 |
| 13:33 | San Diego State | Michael Holzer is called for the reach on William James - foul #2 on Michael Holzer, team foul #2 | 46-48 |
| Subs | BYU | Eric McCorey (PG), Garland Clark (SG), David Scharff (SF), Phillip Eyre (PF), Floyd McQueen (C) Michael Blair, Thomas King, Larry Lee, Lorenzo Stapp, Michael Holzer | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Bender (PG), David Ogara (SG), James Branch (SF), Christopher Snavely (PF), Miroslav Zaitlin (C) William James, Richard Wertz, Fred Blazek, Mitchell Mandel, David Dorsey | |
| 13:19 | San Diego State | Christopher Snavely misses short on a jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Phillip Eyre - foul #1 on Phillip Eyre, team foul #3 | 46-48 |
| 13:19 | San Diego State | Christopher Snavely misses the 1st free throw | 46-48 |
| 13:19 | San Diego State | Christopher Snavely makes the 2nd free throw | 46-49 |
| 13:02 | BYU | Garland Clark hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by David Scharff | 48-49 |
| 12:50 | San Diego State | Miroslav Zaitlin comes up short on the jumper in the paint | 48-49 |
| 12:49 | BYU | Garland Clark grabs the board | 48-49 |
| 12:42 | BYU | Garland Clark is hacked by David Ogara - foul #2 on David Ogara, team foul #6 | 48-49 |
| 12:20 | BYU | David Scharff's pass is intercepted by David Ogara | 48-49 |
| 11:59 | San Diego State | David Ogara loses the dribble to Garland Clark | 48-49 |
| 11:55 | BYU | David Scharff lays it up and in on a nice dish by Garland Clark | 50-49 |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Eric McCorey (fresh) 6 pts. 7 ast. SG - Garland Clark (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Scharff (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Phillip Eyre (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Floyd McQueen (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Daniel Bender (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SG - David Ogara (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Branch (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Christopher Snavely (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Miroslav Zaitlin (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:26 | San Diego State | David Ogara loses the dribble to Floyd McQueen | 50-49 |
| 11:20 | BYU | Garland Clark misses badly on a jumper in the lane but he's hacked by Christopher Snavely - foul #2 on Christopher Snavely, team foul #7 | 50-49 |
| Subs | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp (PF) Phillip Eyre | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Richard Wertz (SG), Mitchell Mandel (PF) David Ogara, Christopher Snavely | |
| 11:20 | BYU | Garland Clark misses the 1st free throw | 50-49 |
| 11:20 | BYU | Garland Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 51-49 |
| 11:00 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel clanks a turnaround from the left block but he's hacked by Floyd McQueen - foul #3 on Floyd McQueen, team foul #4 | 51-49 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | San Diego State | David Dorsey (C) Miroslav Zaitlin | |
| 11:00 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses the 1st free throw | 51-49 |
| 11:00 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses the 2nd free throw | 51-49 |
| 11:00 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp snags the defensive board | 51-49 |
| 10:37 | BYU | Floyd McQueen is hacked by David Dorsey - foul #3 on David Dorsey, team foul #8 | 51-49 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Blair (PG), Thomas King (SF) Eric McCorey, David Scharff | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 10:37 | BYU | Floyd McQueen misses the 1st free throw | 51-49 |
| 10:37 | San Diego State | David Dorsey grabs the defensive rebound | 51-49 |
| 10:14 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Michael Blair - foul #1 on Michael Blair, team foul #5 | 51-49 |
| Subs | BYU | Larry Lee (SF), Michael Holzer (C) Garland Clark, Floyd McQueen | |
| Subs | San Diego State | William James (SF) James Branch | |
| 10:14 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender misses the 1st free throw | 51-49 |
| 10:14 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender makes the 2nd free throw | 51-50 |
| 09:57 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing but the foul's on Mitchell Mandel - foul #2 on Mitchell Mandel, team foul #9 | 51-50 |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Fred Blazek (SF), Miroslav Zaitlin (C) Daniel Bender, David Dorsey | |
| 09:57 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp makes the 1st free throw | 52-50 |
| 09:57 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp makes the 2nd free throw | 53-50 |
| 09:44 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel's pass is intercepted by Larry Lee | 53-50 |
| 09:27 | BYU | Larry Lee misses short on a jumper from the left wing | 53-50 |
| 09:25 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel pulls down the rebound | 53-50 |
| 09:10 | San Diego State | Fred Blazek knocks in the fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by William James and he's hacked by Lorenzo Stapp - foul #1 on Lorenzo Stapp, team foul #6 | 53-52 |
| Subs | BYU | Eric McCorey (PG), Garland Clark (SG), David Scharff (SF), Phillip Eyre (C) Michael Blair, Thomas King, Larry Lee, Lorenzo Stapp | |
| Subs | San Diego State | James Branch (SF) William James | |
| 09:10 | San Diego State | Fred Blazek misses the free throw | 53-52 |
| 09:10 | BYU | Phillip Eyre grabs the board | 53-52 |
| 08:55 | BYU | Garland Clark connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 56-52 |
| 08:35 | San Diego State | James Branch hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 56-52 |
| 08:33 | San Diego State | Miroslav Zaitlin grabs the offensive board | 56-52 |
| 08:19 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel lays it up and in on a nice dish by Miroslav Zaitlin | 56-54 |
| 08:15 | BYU | Michael Holzer lays it up and in set up by Eric McCorey | 58-54 |
| 07:58 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Fred Blazek | 58-57 |
| 07:43 | BYU | Phillip Eyre drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Garland Clark | 61-57 |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Eric McCorey (fresh) 6 pts. 8 ast. SG - Garland Clark (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Scharff (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Michael Holzer (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Phillip Eyre (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Fred Blazek (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Wertz (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Branch (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mitchell Mandel (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 8 reb. C - Miroslav Zaitlin (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:27 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel is hacked by Phillip Eyre - foul #2 on Phillip Eyre, team foul #7 | 61-57 |
| Subs | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp (PF), Floyd McQueen (C) Michael Holzer, Phillip Eyre | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Bender (PG), William James (SG), David Dorsey (C) Fred Blazek, Richard Wertz, Miroslav Zaitlin | |
| 07:27 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel makes the 1st free throw | 61-58 |
| 07:27 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel makes the 2nd free throw | 61-59 |
| 07:02 | BYU | David Scharff hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 61-59 |
| 07:00 | BYU | David Scharff gets the offensive rebound | 61-59 |
| 06:43 | BYU | Garland Clark misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 61-59 |
| 06:42 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel grabs the board | 61-59 |
| 06:15 | San Diego State | James Branch drills a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Daniel Bender | 61-62 |
| 06:05 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-62 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Blair (PG), Thomas King (SG), Larry Lee (SF) Eric McCorey, Garland Clark, David Scharff | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Fred Blazek (SF), Christopher Snavely (C) James Branch, Mitchell Mandel | |
| 05:41 | San Diego State | Michael Blair steps in front of the Christopher Snavely pass | 61-62 |
| 05:35 | BYU | Floyd McQueen drills a runner near the basket on a great pass from Larry Lee | 63-62 |
| 05:13 | San Diego State | Fred Blazek hits a jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Daniel Bender | 63-64 |
| 05:02 | BYU | Thomas King knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Larry Lee | 66-64 |
| 04:57 | San Diego State | Fred Blazek makes the driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Daniel Bender | 66-66 |
| 04:34 | BYU | Larry Lee hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 66-66 |
| 04:32 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender snags the defensive board | 66-66 |
| 04:27 | San Diego State | San Diego State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 66-66 |
| Subs | BYU | Eric McCorey (PG), Garland Clark (SG), David Scharff (SF) Michael Blair, Thomas King, Larry Lee | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Richard Wertz (SG), James Branch (SF), Mitchell Mandel (PF), Miroslav Zaitlin (C) William James, Fred Blazek, David Dorsey, Christopher Snavely | |
| 04:08 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Lorenzo Stapp - foul #2 on Lorenzo Stapp, team foul #8 | 66-66 |
| 04:08 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses the 1st free throw | 66-66 |
| 04:08 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel makes the 2nd free throw | 66-67 |
| 03:52 | BYU | Garland Clark connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Eric McCorey | 69-67 |
| 03:50 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender is fouled in the backcourt by Eric McCorey - foul #2 on Eric McCorey, team foul #9 | 69-67 |
| 03:50 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender misses the 1st free throw | 69-67 |
| 03:50 | BYU | The rebound goes to Floyd McQueen | 69-67 |
| 03:27 | BYU | Garland Clark scores on a driving attempt from close range set up by Eric McCorey | 71-67 |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - Eric McCorey (fresh) 6 pts. 10 ast. SG - Garland Clark (fresh) 14 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Scharff (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Lorenzo Stapp (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Floyd McQueen (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Daniel Bender (fresh) 6 pts. 7 ast. 3 stl. SG - Richard Wertz (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Branch (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mitchell Mandel (fresh) 17 pts. 9 reb. C - Miroslav Zaitlin (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:05 | San Diego State | Richard Wertz misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 71-67 |
| 03:03 | BYU | Floyd McQueen pulls down the rebound | 71-67 |
| 02:49 | BYU | Eric McCorey connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Garland Clark | 73-67 |
| 02:30 | San Diego State | Floyd McQueen is called for the reach on Mitchell Mandel - foul #4 on Floyd McQueen, team foul #10 | 73-67 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Holzer (PF) Lorenzo Stapp | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 02:30 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel makes the 1st free throw | 73-68 |
| 02:30 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel makes the 2nd free throw | 73-69 |
| 02:09 | BYU | Mitchell Mandel blocks the jumper by Garland Clark | 73-69 |
| 02:07 | San Diego State | Miroslav Zaitlin grabs the defensive rebound | 73-69 |
| 01:53 | San Diego State | Richard Wertz can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 73-69 |
| 01:52 | San Diego State | Miroslav Zaitlin can't tip it in | 73-69 |
| 01:50 | San Diego State | The offensive rebound goes to Miroslav Zaitlin | 73-69 |
| 01:38 | San Diego State | James Branch comes up short on the floater from the left block but the foul's on David Scharff - foul #2 on David Scharff, team foul #11 | 73-69 |
| Subs | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp (PF) Michael Holzer | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 01:38 | San Diego State | James Branch makes the 1st free throw | 73-70 |
| 01:38 | San Diego State | James Branch makes the 2nd free throw | 73-71 |
| 01:29 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp comes up short on the turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by Mitchell Mandel - foul #3 on Mitchell Mandel, team foul #10 | 73-71 |
| 01:29 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp makes the 1st free throw | 74-71 |
| 01:29 | BYU | Lorenzo Stapp makes the 2nd free throw | 75-71 |
| 01:09 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel can't connect on a shot from the right block but he's fouled by Lorenzo Stapp - foul #3 on Lorenzo Stapp, team foul #12 | 75-71 |
| 01:09 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel makes the 1st free throw | 75-72 |
| 01:09 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel makes the 2nd free throw | 75-73 |
| 00:54 | BYU | David Scharff's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 75-73 |
| 00:26 | San Diego State | Richard Wertz misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 75-73 |
| 00:25 | BYU | The rebound goes to Floyd McQueen | 75-73 |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:22 | BYU | Floyd McQueen is hacked by Daniel Bender in the backcourt - foul #1 on Daniel Bender, team foul #11 | 75-73 |
| 00:22 | BYU | Floyd McQueen makes the 1st free throw | 76-73 |
| 00:22 | BYU | Floyd McQueen makes the 2nd free throw | 77-73 |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:17 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 77-73 |
| 00:16 | BYU | Floyd McQueen snags the defensive board | 77-73 |
| 00:13 | BYU | Floyd McQueen is fouled in the backcourt by Daniel Bender - foul #2 on Daniel Bender, team foul #12 | 77-73 |
| Subs | BYU | Michael Blair (PG) Eric McCorey | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 00:13 | BYU | Floyd McQueen makes the 1st free throw | 78-73 |
| 00:13 | BYU | Floyd McQueen misses the 2nd free throw | 78-73 |
| 00:13 | San Diego State | Miroslav Zaitlin snags the defensive board | 78-73 |
| 00:08 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 78-73 |
| 00:07 | BYU | The rebound goes to David Scharff | 78-73 |
| 00:06 | BYU | David Scharff is fouled in the backcourt by Daniel Bender - foul #3 on Daniel Bender, team foul #13 | 78-73 |
| 00:06 | BYU | David Scharff misses the 1st free throw | 78-73 |
| 00:06 | BYU | David Scharff makes the 2nd free throw | 79-73 |
| 00:00 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel hits a 3pt shot from the right wing | 79-76 |