| Lineup | Penn | PG - Kevin Hart (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Gilkey (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Alan Arrington (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dennis Noonan (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Bradley Bauer (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Linwood Coffman (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gregg Roberts (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Douglas Wegner (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Ronald Hahn (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Luther Simone (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Penn | Alan Arrington inbounds the ball | 37-30 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:51 | Penn | Bradley Bauer misses the fadeaway from the right wing | 37-30 |
| 19:50 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn grabs the defensive rebound | 37-30 |
| 19:22 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone is called for 3 seconds | 37-30 |
| 19:05 | Penn | Bradley Bauer knocks in the shot from the left side on a nice dish by Kevin Hart | 39-30 |
| 18:38 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone blows the layup | 39-30 |
| 18:37 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts hits the follow up shot | 39-32 |
| 18:22 | Penn | Bradley Bauer is whistled for traveling | 39-32 |
| Subs | Penn | Raymond Honore (PF) Dennis Noonan | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 18:14 | Cincinnati | Douglas Wegner makes the jumper from close range set up by Ronald Hahn | 39-34 |
| 18:08 | Penn | Bradley Bauer misses the lay-in | 39-34 |
| 18:06 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone snags the defensive board | 39-34 |
| 17:54 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 39-34 |
| 17:52 | Penn | The rebound goes to Bradley Bauer | 39-34 |
| 17:48 | Penn | Raymond Honore travels with the ball | 39-34 |
| Subs | Penn | Dennis Noonan (PF) Raymond Honore | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 17:24 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Linwood Coffman | 39-36 |
| 17:07 | Penn | Ronald Hahn picks off the pass by Alan Arrington | 39-36 |
| 16:54 | Cincinnati | Dennis Noonan is called for the reach on Gregg Roberts - foul #2 on Dennis Noonan, team foul #1 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Penn | Roderick Kinard (PG), Charles Albert (SG), David Tijerina (SF), Raymond Honore (PF) Kevin Hart, John Gilkey, Alan Arrington, Dennis Noonan | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Perry Stovall (SF) Douglas Wegner | |
| 16:43 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Linwood Coffman | 39-38 |
| 16:32 | Penn | Bradley Bauer connects on the shot from the left wing and he's fouled by Luther Simone - foul #3 on Luther Simone, team foul #1 | 41-38 |
| Subs | Penn | Kevin Hart (PG), John Gilkey (SG), Alan Arrington (SF), Dennis Noonan (PF) Roderick Kinard, Charles Albert, David Tijerina, Raymond Honore | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 16:32 | Penn | Bradley Bauer misses the free throw | 41-38 |
| 16:32 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts gets the rebound | 41-38 |
| 16:09 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn drills a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Gregg Roberts | 41-40 |
| 15:53 | Penn | Bradley Bauer misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 41-40 |
| 15:51 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn grabs the board | 41-40 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Kevin Hart (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Gilkey (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Alan Arrington (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dennis Noonan (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Bradley Bauer (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Linwood Coffman (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Gregg Roberts (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Perry Stovall (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ronald Hahn (tiring) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Luther Simone (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:32 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts misses the jumper from the baseline but the foul's on John Gilkey - foul #1 on John Gilkey, team foul #2 | 41-40 |
| Subs | Penn | Roderick Kinard (PG), Charles Albert (SG), David Tijerina (SF), Raymond Honore (PF) Kevin Hart, John Gilkey, Alan Arrington, Dennis Noonan | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 15:32 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts makes the 1st free throw | 41-41 |
| 15:32 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts misses the 2nd free throw | 41-41 |
| 15:32 | Penn | The rebound goes to Raymond Honore | 41-41 |
| 15:25 | Penn | Ronald Hahn denies the turnaround by David Tijerina | 41-41 |
| 15:23 | Penn | Charles Albert snags the offensive board | 41-41 |
| 15:10 | Penn | Raymond Honore misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 41-41 |
| 15:09 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Linwood Coffman | 41-41 |
| 15:00 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-41 |
| Subs | Penn | Kevin Hart (PG), John Gilkey (SG), Alan Arrington (SF) Roderick Kinard, Charles Albert, David Tijerina | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Douglas Wegner (SF) Perry Stovall | |
| 14:41 | Penn | Bradley Bauer misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 41-41 |
| 14:39 | Penn | John Gilkey tips it back up and in | 43-41 |
| 14:18 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 43-41 |
| 14:17 | Penn | Raymond Honore pulls down the rebound | 43-41 |
| 14:03 | Penn | Bradley Bauer lays it in on a nice dish by Kevin Hart | 45-41 |
| 13:44 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-41 |
| Subs | Penn | Roderick Kinard (PG), Charles Albert (SG), David Tijerina (SF), Dennis Noonan (PF) Kevin Hart, John Gilkey, Alan Arrington, Raymond Honore | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 13:24 | Penn | David Tijerina drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Roderick Kinard | 47-41 |
| 13:20 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone lays it in on a great pass from Linwood Coffman | 47-43 |
| 13:02 | Penn | David Tijerina buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Roderick Kinard | 50-43 |
| 12:50 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts is hacked by David Tijerina - foul #1 on David Tijerina, team foul #3 | 50-43 |
| Subs | Penn | Kevin Hart (PG), John Gilkey (SG), Alan Arrington (SF) Roderick Kinard, Charles Albert, David Tijerina | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Stewart (PG), Perry Stovall (SF) Linwood Coffman, Douglas Wegner | |
| 12:37 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone comes up short on the floater from the left block but he's hacked by John Gilkey - foul #2 on John Gilkey, team foul #4 | 50-43 |
| 12:37 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone makes the 1st free throw | 50-44 |
| 12:37 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone misses the 2nd free throw | 50-44 |
| 12:37 | Penn | Bradley Bauer gets the rebound | 50-44 |
| 12:31 | Penn | Bradley Bauer buries a driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Kevin Hart | 52-44 |
| 12:10 | Cincinnati | Paul Stewart hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on Dennis Noonan - foul #3 on Dennis Noonan, team foul #5 | 52-44 |
| Subs | Penn | Raymond Honore (C) Bradley Bauer | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Jensen (SG) Gregg Roberts | |
| 12:10 | Cincinnati | Paul Stewart misses the 1st free throw | 52-44 |
| 12:10 | Cincinnati | Paul Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 52-45 |
| 11:59 | Penn | Raymond Honore hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 52-45 |
| 11:57 | Cincinnati | Carl Jensen gets the rebound | 52-45 |
| 11:45 | Cincinnati | Carl Jensen comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 52-45 |
| 11:44 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Ronald Hahn | 52-45 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Kevin Hart (fresh) 2 pts. 6 ast. SG - John Gilkey (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alan Arrington (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dennis Noonan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Raymond Honore (fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Paul Stewart (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Carl Jensen (fresh) SF - Perry Stovall (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ronald Hahn (tired) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Luther Simone (tired) 5 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:29 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn clanks a floater from the right block but he's fouled by Dennis Noonan - foul #4 on Dennis Noonan, team foul #6 | 52-45 |
| Subs | Penn | Roderick Kinard (PG), Charles Albert (SG), David Tijerina (SF), Bradley Bauer (C) Kevin Hart, John Gilkey, Alan Arrington, Dennis Noonan | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman (PG), Douglas Wegner (SF) Paul Stewart, Perry Stovall | |
| 11:29 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn misses the 1st free throw | 52-45 |
| 11:29 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn makes the 2nd free throw | 52-46 |
| 11:07 | Penn | Raymond Honore comes up short on the jumper from the left block | 52-46 |
| 11:06 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Luther Simone | 52-46 |
| 11:01 | Cincinnati | Carl Jensen clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 52-46 |
| 11:00 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone grabs the offensive board | 52-46 |
| 10:48 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn lays it up and in | 52-48 |
| 10:26 | Penn | Charles Albert comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 52-48 |
| 10:25 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone grabs the defensive rebound | 52-48 |
| 10:17 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman misses badly on a floater from the right side | 52-48 |
| 10:16 | Penn | Roderick Kinard grabs the board | 52-48 |
| 09:57 | Penn | Bradley Bauer is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Bradley Bauer, team foul #7 | 52-48 |
| Subs | Penn | Kevin Hart (PG), John Gilkey (SG), Alan Arrington (SF), Mike Newlin (PF) Roderick Kinard, Charles Albert, David Tijerina, Raymond Honore | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts (SG), Perry Stovall (SF) Carl Jensen, Douglas Wegner | |
| 09:38 | Cincinnati | Mike Newlin is called for the reach on Ronald Hahn - foul #1 on Mike Newlin, team foul #8 | 52-48 |
| Subs | Penn | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Stewart (PG) Linwood Coffman | |
| 09:38 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn makes the 1st free throw | 52-49 |
| 09:38 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn makes the 2nd free throw | 52-50 |
| 09:21 | Penn | Kevin Hart buries a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Bradley Bauer | 55-50 |
| 09:09 | Cincinnati | Perry Stovall misses long on a jumpshot from the left side | 55-50 |
| 09:07 | Penn | Bradley Bauer grabs the board | 55-50 |
| 08:47 | Penn | Bradley Bauer misses long on a floater in the lane but the foul's on Luther Simone - foul #4 on Luther Simone, team foul #2 | 55-50 |
| Subs | Penn | Raymond Honore (PF) Mike Newlin | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Douglas Wegner (SF) Perry Stovall | |
| 08:47 | Penn | Bradley Bauer makes the 1st free throw | 56-50 |
| 08:47 | Penn | Bradley Bauer makes the 2nd free throw | 57-50 |
| 08:33 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts misses the fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by John Gilkey - foul #3 on John Gilkey, team foul #9 | 57-50 |
| Subs | Penn | Mike Newlin (C) Bradley Bauer | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman (PG), Carl Jensen (SG) Paul Stewart, Luther Simone | |
| 08:33 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts misses the 1st free throw | 57-50 |
| 08:33 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts makes the 2nd free throw | 57-51 |
| 08:14 | Penn | Mike Newlin can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 57-51 |
| 08:13 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn grabs the defensive rebound | 57-51 |
| 07:58 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 57-51 |
| 07:57 | Penn | The rebound goes to Alan Arrington | 57-51 |
| 07:42 | Penn | Raymond Honore hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 57-51 |
| 07:40 | Penn | John Gilkey grabs the offensive rebound | 57-51 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Kevin Hart (fresh) 5 pts. 6 ast. SG - John Gilkey (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Alan Arrington (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Honore (fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. C - Mike Newlin (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Linwood Coffman (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Carl Jensen (fresh) SF - Douglas Wegner (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ronald Hahn (tired) 13 pts. 8 reb. C - Gregg Roberts (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. | |
| 07:26 | Penn | Raymond Honore lays it up and in on a nice dish by John Gilkey and he's fouled by Ronald Hahn - foul #3 on Ronald Hahn, team foul #3 | 59-51 |
| Subs | Penn | Roderick Kinard (PG), Charles Albert (SG), David Tijerina (SF), Dennis Noonan (PF) Kevin Hart, John Gilkey, Alan Arrington, Mike Newlin | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Perry Stovall (SF), Luther Simone (C) Carl Jensen, Douglas Wegner | |
| 07:26 | Penn | Raymond Honore makes the free throw | 60-51 |
| 07:09 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 60-51 |
| 07:08 | Penn | Dennis Noonan grabs the board | 60-51 |
| 06:42 | Penn | David Tijerina is hacked by Linwood Coffman - foul #2 on Linwood Coffman, team foul #4 | 60-51 |
| Subs | Penn | Kevin Hart (PG), John Gilkey (SG), Alan Arrington (SF), Bradley Bauer (C) Roderick Kinard, Charles Albert, David Tijerina, Raymond Honore | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Stewart (PG) Linwood Coffman | |
| 06:34 | Penn | Alan Arrington is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Alan Arrington, team foul #10 | 60-51 |
| 06:12 | Cincinnati | Perry Stovall buries a jumpshot from the right side | 60-53 |
| 05:58 | Penn | Bradley Bauer lays it up and in set up by John Gilkey | 62-53 |
| 05:41 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 62-53 |
| 05:40 | Penn | Dennis Noonan pulls down the rebound | 62-53 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:25 | Penn | Bradley Bauer clanks a floater from the left side | 62-53 |
| 05:23 | Cincinnati | Luther Simone gets the rebound | 62-53 |
| 05:10 | Cincinnati | Dennis Noonan swats the shot by Luther Simone | 62-53 |
| 05:08 | Penn | Bradley Bauer pulls down the rebound | 62-53 |
| 04:40 | Penn | Kevin Hart is hacked by Luther Simone - foul #5 on Luther Simone, team foul #5 | 62-53 |
| Subs | Penn | Roderick Kinard (PG), Charles Albert (SG), David Tijerina (SF) Kevin Hart, John Gilkey, Alan Arrington | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman (PG), Carl Jensen (SG), Douglas Wegner (SF), Clarence Berke (C) Paul Stewart, Gregg Roberts, Perry Stovall, Luther Simone | |
| 04:27 | Penn | Roderick Kinard hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 62-53 |
| 04:26 | Cincinnati | Clarence Berke gets the rebound | 62-53 |
| 04:05 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 62-53 |
| 04:03 | Cincinnati | Clarence Berke hits the follow up shot | 62-55 |
| 03:41 | Penn | David Tijerina misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 62-55 |
| 03:39 | Cincinnati | Carl Jensen grabs the defensive rebound | 62-55 |
| Lineup | Penn | PG - Roderick Kinard (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Charles Albert (fresh) 3 pts. SF - David Tijerina (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Dennis Noonan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Bradley Bauer (tiring) 22 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Linwood Coffman (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Carl Jensen (fresh) SF - Douglas Wegner (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ronald Hahn (very tired) 13 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. C - Clarence Berke (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:20 | Cincinnati | The short jumper by Ronald Hahn is denied by Dennis Noonan | 62-55 |
| 03:18 | Penn | Bradley Bauer snags the defensive board | 62-55 |
| 03:18 | Penn | Penn calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-55 |
| Subs | Penn | Kevin Hart (PG), John Gilkey (SG), Alan Arrington (SF), Raymond Honore (C) Roderick Kinard, Charles Albert, David Tijerina, Bradley Bauer | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts (SG) Carl Jensen | |
| 02:57 | Penn | Raymond Honore buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by John Gilkey | 64-55 |
| 02:49 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 64-55 |
| 02:48 | Penn | Raymond Honore pulls down the rebound | 64-55 |
| 02:26 | Penn | Raymond Honore comes up short on the turnaround from the right block | 64-55 |
| 02:25 | Penn | John Gilkey tips it back up and in | 66-55 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:18 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 66-55 |
| 02:17 | Penn | Raymond Honore pulls down the rebound | 66-55 |
| 02:12 | Penn | Kevin Hart misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 66-55 |
| 02:10 | Penn | Dennis Noonan tips it in | 68-55 |
| 01:58 | Cincinnati | John Gilkey steals the ball from Ronald Hahn | 68-55 |
| 01:54 | Penn | Alan Arrington banks in the layup on a great pass from John Gilkey | 70-55 |
| 01:43 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 70-55 |
| 01:42 | Cincinnati | Linwood Coffman tips it in | 70-57 |
| 01:19 | Penn | Raymond Honore misses long on a jump hook from the right block | 70-57 |
| 01:18 | Penn | Alan Arrington gets the offensive rebound | 70-57 |
| 01:00 | Penn | Raymond Honore misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 70-57 |
| 00:58 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts grabs the board | 70-57 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:52 | Cincinnati | Gregg Roberts can't finish the layup | 70-57 |
| 00:51 | Penn | Kevin Hart pulls down the rebound | 70-57 |
| Game Plan | Penn | Penn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:23 | Penn | Kevin Hart's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 70-57 |
| Subs | Penn | Bradley Bauer (C) Raymond Honore | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Stewart (PG), Carl Jensen (SG) Linwood Coffman, Gregg Roberts | |
| 00:19 | Cincinnati | Ronald Hahn is called for traveling | 70-57 |
| 00:00 | Penn | Kevin Hart runs out the clock | 70-57 |