| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Jerome Brumbelow (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Campbell (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Henry Broadhurst (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Micheal Nixon (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Ronald Thornton (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Glenn Lyons (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Terry Casarez (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Christopher Youngblood (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Jeremy Alexander (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Joshua Opitz (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | San Diego State | Christopher Youngblood inbounds the ball | 33-40 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 33-40 |
| 19:41 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon pulls down the rebound | 33-40 |
| 19:22 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon buries a driving attempt near the basket and he's hacked by Jeremy Alexander - foul #1 on Jeremy Alexander, team foul #1 | 35-40 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Paul Kettle (SF) Henry Broadhurst | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 19:22 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon makes the free throw | 36-40 |
| 19:06 | San Diego State | Christopher Youngblood misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-40 |
| 19:05 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton grabs the defensive rebound | 36-40 |
| 18:42 | Buffalo | James Campbell scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Micheal Nixon | 39-40 |
| 18:22 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-40 |
| 18:21 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Ronald Thornton | 39-40 |
| 17:54 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Jerome Brumbelow | 41-40 |
| 17:42 | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons loses the dribble to Jerome Brumbelow | 41-40 |
| 17:17 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon comes up short on the fadeaway from the baseline | 41-40 |
| 17:16 | San Diego State | Jeremy Alexander grabs the board | 41-40 |
| 16:50 | San Diego State | Joshua Opitz scores on a runner from close range on a nice dish by Jeremy Alexander | 41-42 |
| 16:39 | Buffalo | Paul Kettle connects on the floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Micheal Nixon | 43-42 |
| 16:25 | San Diego State | Joshua Opitz hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 43-42 |
| 16:24 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Micheal Nixon | 43-42 |
| 15:59 | Buffalo | Paul Kettle loses the dribble to Terry Casarez | 43-42 |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Jerome Brumbelow (fairly fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Campbell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Paul Kettle (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Micheal Nixon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Ronald Thornton (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Glenn Lyons (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Terry Casarez (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Christopher Youngblood (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Jeremy Alexander (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Joshua Opitz (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:52 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 43-42 |
| 15:50 | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons hits the follow up shot | 43-44 |
| 15:25 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by James Campbell | 45-44 |
| 15:11 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez is fouled on the floor by James Campbell - foul #3 on James Campbell, team foul #1 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Buffalo | David Mitchell (SG), Henry Broadhurst (SF), Daniel Mershon (C) James Campbell, Paul Kettle, Ronald Thornton | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski (PG), William Morris (SG), Gary Segundo (SF), Lino Glinski (PF), Jon Long (C) Glenn Lyons, Terry Casarez, Christopher Youngblood, Jeremy Alexander, Joshua Opitz | |
| 15:04 | San Diego State | Lino Glinski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-44 |
| 14:39 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon hits the front of the rim on the runner from close range | 45-44 |
| 14:38 | San Diego State | Lino Glinski grabs the defensive rebound | 45-44 |
| 14:32 | San Diego State | William Morris hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 45-44 |
| 14:31 | Buffalo | Jerome Brumbelow grabs the board | 45-44 |
| 14:07 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon's pass is intercepted by William Morris | 45-44 |
| 13:44 | San Diego State | Jon Long banks in the layup | 45-46 |
| 13:20 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon can't connect on a runner near the basket but he's fouled by Jon Long - foul #2 on Jon Long, team foul #2 | 45-46 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andre Yazzie (PG), James Campbell (SG), Ronald Thornton (C) Jerome Brumbelow, David Mitchell, Daniel Mershon | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Terry Casarez (SG) William Morris | |
| 13:20 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon misses the 1st free throw | 45-46 |
| 13:20 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon makes the 2nd free throw | 46-46 |
| 12:54 | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 46-46 |
| 12:52 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Ronald Thornton | 46-46 |
| 12:31 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Zlatko Czartoryski - foul #1 on Zlatko Czartoryski, team foul #3 | 46-46 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Jerome Brumbelow (PG), Paul Kettle (SF), James Ball (PF) Andre Yazzie, James Campbell, Henry Broadhurst | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons (PG), Christopher Youngblood (SF), Jeremy Alexander (PF), Joshua Opitz (C) Zlatko Czartoryski, Gary Segundo, Lino Glinski, Jon Long | |
| 12:31 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon makes the 1st free throw | 47-46 |
| 12:31 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon makes the 2nd free throw | 48-46 |
| 12:20 | San Diego State | Christopher Youngblood drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Joshua Opitz | 48-49 |
| 11:53 | Buffalo | Paul Kettle comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 48-49 |
| 11:51 | San Diego State | Jeremy Alexander grabs the defensive rebound | 48-49 |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Jerome Brumbelow (tiring) 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Micheal Nixon (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. SF - Paul Kettle (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Ball (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Ronald Thornton (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Glenn Lyons (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Terry Casarez (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Christopher Youngblood (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Jeremy Alexander (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. C - Joshua Opitz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:35 | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons is hacked by James Ball - foul #2 on James Ball, team foul #2 | 48-49 |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Campbell (SG), Henry Broadhurst (SF) Paul Kettle, James Ball | |
| Subs | San Diego State | William Morris (SG) Terry Casarez | |
| 11:25 | San Diego State | Jeremy Alexander misses the fadeaway from the right block | 48-49 |
| 11:23 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton grabs the board | 48-49 |
| 11:03 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton drills a jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Jerome Brumbelow and he's hacked by Joshua Opitz - foul #3 on Joshua Opitz, team foul #4 | 50-49 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andre Yazzie (PG), Paul Kettle (SF) Jerome Brumbelow, Henry Broadhurst | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski (SG), Gary Segundo (SF), Lino Glinski (PF), Jon Long (C) William Morris, Christopher Youngblood, Jeremy Alexander, Joshua Opitz | |
| 11:03 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton misses the free throw | 50-49 |
| 11:03 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Jon Long | 50-49 |
| 10:45 | San Diego State | Gary Segundo misses the shot from the left wing | 50-49 |
| 10:44 | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski gets the offensive rebound | 50-49 |
| 10:28 | San Diego State | Andre Yazzie is called for the reach on Jon Long - foul #2 on Andre Yazzie, team foul #3 | 50-49 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Jerome Brumbelow (PG), David Mitchell (SG), Henry Broadhurst (SF) Andre Yazzie, James Campbell, Paul Kettle | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Terry Casarez (SG) Zlatko Czartoryski | |
| 10:04 | San Diego State | Gary Segundo scores on a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Glenn Lyons | 50-51 |
| 09:46 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Ronald Thornton | 52-51 |
| 09:32 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez connects on the open 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Gary Segundo | 52-54 |
| 09:28 | Buffalo | David Mitchell comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-54 |
| 09:26 | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons pulls down the rebound | 52-54 |
| 09:09 | San Diego State | Jon Long comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 52-54 |
| 09:08 | Buffalo | Henry Broadhurst grabs the board | 52-54 |
| 08:51 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton misses the easy layup but the foul's on Jon Long - foul #3 on Jon Long, team foul #5 | 52-54 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andre Yazzie (PG), James Campbell (SG), Paul Kettle (SF) Jerome Brumbelow, David Mitchell, Henry Broadhurst | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski (PG), Christopher Youngblood (SF), Jeremy Alexander (PF), Joshua Opitz (C) Glenn Lyons, Gary Segundo, Lino Glinski, Jon Long | |
| 08:51 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton misses the 1st free throw | 52-54 |
| 08:51 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton misses the 2nd free throw | 52-54 |
| 08:51 | San Diego State | Christopher Youngblood grabs the defensive rebound | 52-54 |
| 08:36 | San Diego State | Christopher Youngblood hits a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Zlatko Czartoryski | 52-56 |
| 08:20 | Buffalo | Paul Kettle clanks a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Terry Casarez - foul #2 on Terry Casarez, team foul #6 | 52-56 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Jerome Brumbelow (PG), Daniel Mershon (C) Andre Yazzie, Ronald Thornton | |
| Subs | San Diego State | William Morris (SG) Terry Casarez | |
| 08:20 | Buffalo | Paul Kettle makes the 1st free throw | 53-56 |
| 08:20 | Buffalo | Paul Kettle makes the 2nd free throw | 54-56 |
| 08:06 | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by William Morris | 54-59 |
| 07:46 | Buffalo | Christopher Youngblood steals it from Paul Kettle | 54-59 |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Jerome Brumbelow (tiring) 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Campbell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Paul Kettle (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Micheal Nixon (tiring) 16 pts. 6 reb. C - Daniel Mershon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Zlatko Czartoryski (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Morris (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Christopher Youngblood (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Jeremy Alexander (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. C - Joshua Opitz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:29 | San Diego State | Christopher Youngblood hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 54-59 |
| 07:28 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon pulls down the rebound | 54-59 |
| 07:23 | Buffalo | James Campbell misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 54-59 |
| 07:22 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Jeremy Alexander | 54-59 |
| 07:04 | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski hits a 3pt shot from the right wing | 54-62 |
| 06:43 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 54-62 |
| 06:42 | San Diego State | Joshua Opitz gets the rebound | 54-62 |
| 06:28 | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski connects on the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Morris | 54-64 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:05 | Buffalo | Micheal Nixon can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 54-64 |
| 06:04 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Jeremy Alexander | 54-64 |
| 06:00 | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 54-64 |
| 05:58 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Micheal Nixon | 54-64 |
| 05:35 | Buffalo | James Campbell scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Jerome Brumbelow | 57-64 |
| 05:35 | San Diego State | San Diego State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-64 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andre Yazzie (PG), David Mitchell (SG), Henry Broadhurst (SF), Ronald Thornton (C) Jerome Brumbelow, James Campbell, Paul Kettle, Daniel Mershon | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons (PG), Terry Casarez (SG), Gary Segundo (SF), Lino Glinski (C) Zlatko Czartoryski, William Morris, Christopher Youngblood, Joshua Opitz | |
| 05:12 | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons can't connect on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Andre Yazzie - foul #3 on Andre Yazzie, team foul #4 | 57-64 |
| 05:12 | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons makes the 1st free throw | 57-65 |
| 05:12 | San Diego State | Glenn Lyons makes the 2nd free throw | 57-66 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:50 | Buffalo | David Mitchell double dribbles | 57-66 |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Campbell (SG), James Ball (PF) David Mitchell, Micheal Nixon | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Jon Long (C) Jeremy Alexander | |
| 04:28 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 57-66 |
| 04:27 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton grabs the board | 57-66 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:21 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton buries a jumper from the left wing | 59-66 |
| 03:58 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez is open and buries a 3 pointer from the right wing | 59-69 |
| 03:37 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton is whistled for traveling | 59-69 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Jerome Brumbelow (PG), David Mitchell (SG), Paul Kettle (SF), Micheal Nixon (PF) Andre Yazzie, James Campbell, Henry Broadhurst, James Ball | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Christopher Youngblood (SF), Jeremy Alexander (PF), Joshua Opitz (C) Gary Segundo, Lino Glinski, Jon Long | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Jerome Brumbelow (tiring) 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - David Mitchell (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Paul Kettle (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Micheal Nixon (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 8 reb. C - Ronald Thornton (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Glenn Lyons (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Terry Casarez (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SF - Christopher Youngblood (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Jeremy Alexander (fresh) 10 pts. 9 reb. C - Joshua Opitz (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:18 | San Diego State | Jeremy Alexander misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 59-69 |
| 03:16 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez tips it in | 59-71 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:58 | Buffalo | David Mitchell is whistled for traveling | 59-71 |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Campbell (SG) David Mitchell | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 02:42 | San Diego State | Terry Casarez throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-71 |
| Subs | Buffalo | David Mitchell (SG) James Campbell | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski (PG), William Morris (SG) Glenn Lyons, Terry Casarez | |
| 02:24 | Buffalo | Ronald Thornton loses the ball out of bounds | 59-71 |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andre Yazzie (PG), James Ball (PF), Joseph Heineman (C) Jerome Brumbelow, Micheal Nixon, Ronald Thornton | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Lino Glinski (PF) Jeremy Alexander | |
| 02:09 | San Diego State | Joshua Opitz is fouled on the floor by James Ball - foul #3 on James Ball, team foul #5 | 59-71 |
| 02:04 | San Diego State | Lino Glinski makes the contested driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Christopher Youngblood | 59-73 |
| 01:47 | Buffalo | Paul Kettle clanks a runner from the baseline | 59-73 |
| 01:46 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Lino Glinski | 59-73 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:20 | San Diego State | Joshua Opitz makes the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Zlatko Czartoryski | 59-75 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:03 | Buffalo | James Ball's pass is intercepted by Joshua Opitz | 59-75 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:35 | San Diego State | Christopher Youngblood lays it in on a nice dish by Lino Glinski | 59-77 |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:28 | Buffalo | David Mitchell knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away | 62-77 |
| 00:00 | San Diego State | Zlatko Czartoryski runs out the clock | 62-77 |