| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Richard Morris (fresh) SG - Benjamin Ball (fresh) SF - Howard Bennett (fresh) PF - Jonathan Mobley (fresh) C - Tomas Bowman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Stanford | PG - Robert Washington (fresh) SG - John Bourdon (fresh) SF - Casimir Myslinski (fresh) PF - Clark Squires (fresh) C - Loren McDuffie (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Stanford | Loren McDuffie wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Stanford | Stanford is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:45 | Stanford | John Bourdon is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Stanford | Clark Squires pulls down the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:18 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 0-2 |
| 19:00 | Syracuse | Howard Bennett buries a floater from close range | 2-2 |
| 18:31 | Stanford | John Bourdon shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Benjamin Ball - foul #1 on Benjamin Ball, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 18:31 | Stanford | John Bourdon misses the 1st free throw | 2-2 |
| 18:31 | Stanford | John Bourdon makes the 2nd free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:04 | Syracuse | Howard Bennett misses short on a floater from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 18:02 | Stanford | Clark Squires pulls down the rebound | 2-3 |
| 17:33 | Stanford | John Bourdon's pass out of the doubleteam is intercepted by Tomas Bowman | 2-3 |
| 17:10 | Syracuse | Richard Morris drills a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Benjamin Ball | 4-3 |
| 16:56 | Stanford | John Bourdon works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Robert Washington | 4-6 |
| 16:33 | Syracuse | Loren McDuffie steals the ball from Jonathan Mobley | 4-6 |
| 16:04 | Stanford | Loren McDuffie is called for traveling | 4-6 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Richard Morris (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Benjamin Ball (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Howard Bennett (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jonathan Mobley (fresh) C - Tomas Bowman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Stanford | PG - Robert Washington (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Bourdon (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Casimir Myslinski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Clark Squires (fresh) 2 reb. C - Loren McDuffie (fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ball connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Richard Morris | 6-6 |
| 15:15 | Stanford | Clark Squires's pass is intercepted by Benjamin Ball | 6-6 |
| 15:03 | Syracuse | Richard Morris buries a shot from the right side | 8-6 |
| 14:39 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 8-6 |
| 14:38 | Syracuse | Howard Bennett pulls down the rebound | 8-6 |
| 14:18 | Syracuse | Richard Morris misses long on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on John Bourdon - foul #1 on John Bourdon, team foul #1 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Stanford | Ronald Jones (C) Loren McDuffie | |
| 14:18 | Syracuse | Richard Morris makes the 1st free throw | 9-6 |
| 14:18 | Syracuse | Richard Morris makes the 2nd free throw | 10-6 |
| 13:55 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski is wide open but clanks a jumper from the left side | 10-6 |
| 13:54 | Stanford | Ronald Jones snags the offensive board | 10-6 |
| 13:37 | Stanford | John Bourdon misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 10-6 |
| 13:35 | Syracuse | Jonathan Mobley gets the rebound | 10-6 |
| 13:24 | Syracuse | Richard Morris clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 10-6 |
| 13:22 | Syracuse | Tomas Bowman tips it home | 12-6 |
| 12:59 | Stanford | John Bourdon connects on the jumper from the free throw line | 12-8 |
| 12:39 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ball misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 12-8 |
| 12:38 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski grabs the defensive rebound | 12-8 |
| 12:14 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski clanks a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Howard Bennett - foul #1 on Howard Bennett, team foul #2 | 12-8 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs (SF), Peter Bad (PF), Lloyd Remley (C) Howard Bennett, Jonathan Mobley, Tomas Bowman | |
| Subs | Stanford | Greg Meier (PG), Wayne Evans (SG), Loren McDuffie (C) Robert Washington, John Bourdon, Clark Squires | |
| 12:14 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski misses the 1st free throw | 12-8 |
| 12:14 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski makes the 2nd free throw | 12-9 |
| 11:56 | Syracuse | Richard Morris's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 12-9 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Derrick Fong (PF) Benjamin Ball | |
| Subs | Stanford | John Bourdon (SG) Casimir Myslinski | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Richard Morris (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffrey Fuchs (fresh) SF - Peter Bad (fresh) PF - Derrick Fong (fresh) C - Lloyd Remley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Stanford | PG - Greg Meier (fresh) SG - John Bourdon (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Wayne Evans (fresh) PF - Ronald Jones (fresh) C - Loren McDuffie (fresh) | |
| 11:27 | Stanford | Peter Bad denies the turnaround by Wayne Evans | 12-9 |
| 11:26 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong grabs the board | 12-9 |
| 11:21 | Syracuse | Richard Morris comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 12-9 |
| 11:19 | Syracuse | Lloyd Remley pulls down the offensive rebound | 12-9 |
| 11:08 | Syracuse | Lloyd Remley misses badly on a shot in the lane but he's hacked by Loren McDuffie - foul #1 on Loren McDuffie, team foul #2 | 12-9 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Norman Thomas (PG), Benjamin Ball (SG) Richard Morris, Derrick Fong | |
| Subs | Stanford | | |
| 11:08 | Syracuse | Lloyd Remley makes the 1st free throw | 13-9 |
| 11:08 | Syracuse | Lloyd Remley misses the 2nd free throw | 13-9 |
| 11:08 | Stanford | The rebound goes to Ronald Jones | 13-9 |
| 10:47 | Stanford | Wayne Evans hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 13-9 |
| 10:45 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Lloyd Remley | 13-9 |
| 10:21 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ball comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 13-9 |
| 10:19 | Stanford | Loren McDuffie grabs the board | 13-9 |
| 09:55 | Stanford | John Bourdon misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 13-9 |
| 09:54 | Stanford | Ronald Jones gets the offensive rebound | 13-9 |
| 09:38 | Stanford | Wayne Evans drills a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from John Bourdon and he's hacked by Norman Thomas - foul #1 on Norman Thomas, team foul #3 | 13-11 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Morris (PG), Howard Bennett (SF), Jonathan Mobley (PF), Tomas Bowman (C) Norman Thomas, Jeffrey Fuchs, Peter Bad, Lloyd Remley | |
| Subs | Stanford | Robert Washington (PG), Casimir Myslinski (SF), Clark Squires (PF) Greg Meier, John Bourdon, Ronald Jones | |
| 09:38 | Stanford | Wayne Evans makes the free throw | 13-12 |
| 09:09 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ball is fouled on the floor by Wayne Evans - foul #1 on Wayne Evans, team foul #3 | 13-12 |
| 08:52 | Syracuse | Howard Bennett knocks in the fadeaway from the left side set up by Benjamin Ball | 15-12 |
| 08:30 | Stanford | Benjamin Ball is called for the reach on Casimir Myslinski - foul #2 on Benjamin Ball, team foul #4 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs (SG) Benjamin Ball | |
| Subs | Stanford | | |
| 08:08 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski is hacked by Howard Bennett - foul #2 on Howard Bennett, team foul #5 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Peter Bad (SF) Howard Bennett | |
| Subs | Stanford | John Bourdon (SG) Wayne Evans | |
| 07:46 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Peter Bad - foul #1 on Peter Bad, team foul #6 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Stanford | Ronald Jones (C) Loren McDuffie | |
| 07:46 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski makes the 1st free throw | 15-13 |
| 07:46 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski makes the 2nd free throw | 15-14 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Richard Morris (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffrey Fuchs (fresh) SF - Peter Bad (fresh) PF - Jonathan Mobley (fresh) C - Tomas Bowman (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Stanford | PG - Robert Washington (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Bourdon (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Casimir Myslinski (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clark Squires (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ronald Jones (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:17 | Syracuse | Jonathan Mobley hits a runner from the right block set up by Peter Bad | 17-14 |
| 06:57 | Stanford | Clark Squires's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 17-14 |
| 06:32 | Syracuse | Jonathan Mobley hits the finger roll | 19-14 |
| 06:10 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from close range | 19-14 |
| 06:08 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Jonathan Mobley | 19-14 |
| 05:41 | Syracuse | Jonathan Mobley's pass is intercepted by John Bourdon | 19-14 |
| 05:14 | Stanford | Clark Squires is hacked by Jonathan Mobley - foul #1 on Jonathan Mobley, team foul #7 | 19-14 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Remley (C) Jonathan Mobley | |
| Subs | Stanford | Wayne Evans (SF), Loren McDuffie (C) Casimir Myslinski, Ronald Jones | |
| 05:14 | Stanford | Clark Squires misses the 1st free throw | 19-14 |
| 05:14 | Stanford | Loren McDuffie pulls down the offensive rebound | 19-14 |
| 04:57 | Stanford | Wayne Evans scores on a fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Clark Squires | 19-16 |
| 04:41 | Syracuse | Richard Morris hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Lloyd Remley | 22-16 |
| 04:12 | Stanford | John Bourdon drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Robert Washington | 22-19 |
| 03:48 | Syracuse | Richard Morris can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 22-19 |
| 03:47 | Stanford | John Bourdon pulls down the rebound | 22-19 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Richard Morris (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffrey Fuchs (fairly fresh) SF - Peter Bad (fresh) PF - Tomas Bowman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Lloyd Remley (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Stanford | PG - Robert Washington (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - John Bourdon (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Wayne Evans (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clark Squires (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Loren McDuffie (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:28 | Stanford | John Bourdon splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 22-19 |
| 03:27 | Syracuse | Tomas Bowman grabs the defensive rebound | 22-19 |
| 03:16 | Syracuse | Richard Morris makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 25-19 |
| 02:54 | Stanford | John Bourdon's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 25-19 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Benjamin Ball (SG), Howard Bennett (SF), Jonathan Mobley (PF) Jeffrey Fuchs, Peter Bad, Tomas Bowman | |
| Subs | Stanford | Greg Meier (PG), Casimir Myslinski (SF), Ronald Jones (PF) Robert Washington, John Bourdon, Clark Squires | |
| 02:31 | Syracuse | Richard Morris can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 25-19 |
| 02:29 | Stanford | The rebound goes to Casimir Myslinski | 25-19 |
| 02:08 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski misses short on a turnaround from the right block | 25-19 |
| 02:06 | Syracuse | Jonathan Mobley grabs the board | 25-19 |
| 01:40 | Syracuse | Richard Morris misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 25-19 |
| 01:38 | Syracuse | Jonathan Mobley tips it in | 27-19 |
| 01:10 | Stanford | Casimir Myslinski knocks in the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Wayne Evans | 27-21 |
| 00:49 | Syracuse | Lloyd Remley knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side | 29-21 |
| 00:26 | Stanford | Greg Meier's fadeaway is rejected by Jonathan Mobley | 29-21 |
| 00:24 | Stanford | Ronald Jones pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-21 |
| 00:03 | Stanford | Wayne Evans clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 29-21 |
| 00:02 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ball snags the defensive board | 29-21 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ball comes up short on the fullcourt shot | 29-21 |