| Lineup | Temple | PG - Dana Finck (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Truesdale (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Antonio Dodds (fresh) 7 pts. PF - William Applin (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Claud Zellner (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Ronald Lawrence (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Jackson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dikembe Banda (fresh) 4 reb. C - Andres Moretti (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Temple | Antonio Dodds inbounds the ball | 26-25 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:48 | Temple | Antonio Dodds's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-25 |
| 19:30 | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence is hacked by Dana Finck - foul #3 on Dana Finck, team foul #1 | 26-25 |
| Subs | Temple | Donald Colangelo (PG) Dana Finck | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 19:17 | Rhode Island | Zlatko Zukowsky comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 26-25 |
| 19:16 | Rhode Island | Zlatko Zukowsky snags the offensive board | 26-25 |
| 19:05 | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence blows the layup over the doubleteam but the foul's on William Applin - foul #1 on William Applin, team foul #2 | 26-25 |
| 19:05 | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence makes the 1st free throw | 26-26 |
| 19:05 | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence misses the 2nd free throw | 26-26 |
| 19:05 | Temple | Claud Zellner gets the rebound | 26-26 |
| 18:54 | Temple | William Applin is denied on a layup by Andres Moretti | 26-26 |
| 18:52 | Temple | William Applin grabs the offensive board | 26-26 |
| 18:39 | Temple | William Applin is called for traveling | 26-26 |
| 18:23 | Rhode Island | Dikembe Banda misses the easy open layup | 26-26 |
| 18:22 | Rhode Island | Andres Moretti grabs the offensive rebound | 26-26 |
| 18:08 | Rhode Island | William Applin is called for the reach on Dikembe Banda - foul #2 on William Applin, team foul #3 | 26-26 |
| 17:47 | Rhode Island | Michael Jackson evades the doubleteam and hits a shot from close range on a nice dish by Ronald Lawrence | 26-28 |
| 17:29 | Temple | William Applin hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 26-28 |
| 17:28 | Temple | Thomas Truesdale gets the offensive rebound | 26-28 |
| 17:14 | Temple | Antonio Dodds comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 26-28 |
| 17:13 | Rhode Island | Andres Moretti grabs the board | 26-28 |
| 17:07 | Rhode Island | Michael Jackson misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 26-28 |
| 17:05 | Temple | Claud Zellner grabs the defensive rebound | 26-28 |
| 16:46 | Temple | William Applin lays it up and in on a nice dish by Donald Colangelo | 28-28 |
| 16:26 | Rhode Island | Zlatko Zukowsky buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Michael Jackson | 28-31 |
| 16:07 | Temple | William Applin hits a fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Thomas Truesdale | 30-31 |
| 15:54 | Rhode Island | Zlatko Zukowsky is wide open and dunks the ball | 30-33 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Donald Colangelo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Truesdale (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Antonio Dodds (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - William Applin (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Claud Zellner (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Ronald Lawrence (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Zlatko Zukowsky (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Jackson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dikembe Banda (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Andres Moretti (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:32 | Temple | Claud Zellner misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 30-33 |
| 15:30 | Rhode Island | Michael Jackson grabs the board | 30-33 |
| 15:07 | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence is hacked by Thomas Truesdale - foul #3 on Thomas Truesdale, team foul #4 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Temple | Rodger Dennis (SG), Richard Mack (PF), Randy Croy (C) Thomas Truesdale, William Applin, Claud Zellner | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rick Doane (PG), Reuben Price (SG), Ming-Hoa Chu (SF), Steven Hammes (PF), Jamie Kimberlin (C) Ronald Lawrence, Zlatko Zukowsky, Michael Jackson, Dikembe Banda, Andres Moretti | |
| 14:47 | Rhode Island | Rick Doane drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 30-36 |
| 14:28 | Temple | Antonio Dodds makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Rodger Dennis | 32-36 |
| 14:04 | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Rick Doane | 32-39 |
| 13:41 | Temple | Donald Colangelo can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-39 |
| 13:39 | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes grabs the board | 32-39 |
| 13:29 | Rhode Island | Rick Doane buries a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Jamie Kimberlin | 32-42 |
| 13:03 | Temple | Richard Mack is called for traveling | 32-42 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Mile Zahniser (SF) Jamie Kimberlin | |
| 12:49 | Rhode Island | Ming-Hoa Chu scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Rick Doane | 32-45 |
| 12:35 | Temple | Antonio Dodds connects on the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Richard Mack | 34-45 |
| 12:12 | Rhode Island | Mile Zahniser misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-45 |
| 12:10 | Rhode Island | Ming-Hoa Chu snags the offensive board | 34-45 |
| 12:05 | Rhode Island | A charge is called on Mile Zahniser - foul #2 on Mile Zahniser, team foul #1 | 34-45 |
| Subs | Temple | William Applin (PF), Claud Zellner (C) Richard Mack, Randy Croy | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence (PG), Michael Jackson (SF), Dikembe Banda (PF), Andres Moretti (C) Rick Doane, Mile Zahniser, Steven Hammes, Ming-Hoa Chu | |
| 11:48 | Temple | William Applin hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Ronald Lawrence - foul #2 on Ronald Lawrence, team foul #2 | 34-45 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Mile Zahniser (SG) Reuben Price | |
| 11:48 | Temple | William Applin misses the 1st free throw | 34-45 |
| 11:48 | Temple | William Applin makes the 2nd free throw | 35-45 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Donald Colangelo (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rodger Dennis (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Antonio Dodds (tiring) 11 pts. PF - William Applin (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Claud Zellner (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Ronald Lawrence (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mile Zahniser (fresh) SF - Michael Jackson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dikembe Banda (fresh) 4 reb. C - Andres Moretti (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:33 | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Michael Jackson | 35-47 |
| 11:19 | Temple | William Applin hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Donald Colangelo | 37-47 |
| 10:51 | Rhode Island | Andres Moretti hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right block | 37-47 |
| 10:50 | Temple | Claud Zellner snags the defensive board | 37-47 |
| 10:36 | Temple | William Applin hits a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 39-47 |
| 10:18 | Rhode Island | Michael Jackson lays it up and in on a great pass from Mile Zahniser | 39-49 |
| 09:56 | Temple | William Applin lays it up and in | 41-49 |
| 09:41 | Rhode Island | Andres Moretti hits a wide open driving attempt from the right block set up by Ronald Lawrence | 41-51 |
| 09:34 | Temple | Antonio Dodds drills a shot from the right side | 43-51 |
| 09:23 | Rhode Island | Dikembe Banda's pass is intercepted by Rodger Dennis | 43-51 |
| 09:07 | Temple | Dikembe Banda steps in front of the Claud Zellner pass | 43-51 |
| 08:52 | Rhode Island | Michael Jackson connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Ronald Lawrence | 43-53 |
| 08:37 | Temple | Donald Colangelo can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 43-53 |
| 08:35 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Michael Jackson | 43-53 |
| 08:26 | Rhode Island | Andres Moretti is called for traveling | 43-53 |
| Subs | Temple | Dana Finck (PG), Thomas Truesdale (SG), Richard Mack (PF), Randy Croy (C) Donald Colangelo, Antonio Dodds, William Applin, Claud Zellner | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rick Doane (PG), Zlatko Zukowsky (SG), Ming-Hoa Chu (SF), Steven Hammes (PF), Jamie Kimberlin (C) Ronald Lawrence, Mile Zahniser, Michael Jackson, Dikembe Banda, Andres Moretti | |
| 08:05 | Temple | Rodger Dennis loses the dribble to Rick Doane | 43-53 |
| 07:51 | Rhode Island | Ming-Hoa Chu hits a shot from the left block on a nice dish by Rick Doane | 43-55 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Dana Finck (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Thomas Truesdale (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Rodger Dennis (tiring) 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Richard Mack (fresh) C - Randy Croy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Rick Doane (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. SG - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ming-Hoa Chu (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Steven Hammes (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Jamie Kimberlin (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:29 | Temple | Rodger Dennis is hacked by Jamie Kimberlin - foul #1 on Jamie Kimberlin, team foul #3 | 43-55 |
| Subs | Temple | Antonio Dodds (SF) Rodger Dennis | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 07:14 | Temple | Randy Croy clanks a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Jamie Kimberlin - foul #2 on Jamie Kimberlin, team foul #4 | 43-55 |
| 07:14 | Temple | Randy Croy makes the 1st free throw | 44-55 |
| 07:14 | Temple | Randy Croy makes the 2nd free throw | 45-55 |
| 06:56 | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes makes the fadeaway from the baseline | 45-57 |
| 06:47 | Temple | Dana Finck misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 45-57 |
| 06:45 | Temple | Thomas Truesdale misses the tip | 45-57 |
| 06:44 | Rhode Island | Jamie Kimberlin grabs the board | 45-57 |
| 06:29 | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes hits the finger roll and he's fouled by Richard Mack - foul #1 on Richard Mack, team foul #5 | 45-59 |
| Subs | Temple | William Applin (PF) Richard Mack | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence (PG), Michael Jackson (SF) Rick Doane, Ming-Hoa Chu | |
| 06:29 | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes makes the free throw | 45-60 |
| 06:05 | Temple | Thomas Truesdale's pass is intercepted by Zlatko Zukowsky | 45-60 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:45 | Rhode Island | Zlatko Zukowsky hits the easy wide open finger roll set up by Ronald Lawrence | 45-62 |
| 05:36 | Temple | Randy Croy misses the jumper from the free throw line | 45-62 |
| 05:34 | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes snags the defensive board | 45-62 |
| 05:09 | Rhode Island | Jamie Kimberlin can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Randy Croy - foul #1 on Randy Croy, team foul #6 | 45-62 |
| Subs | Temple | Donald Colangelo (SG), Rodger Dennis (SF), Claud Zellner (C) Thomas Truesdale, Antonio Dodds, Randy Croy | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rick Doane (SG), Dikembe Banda (PF) Zlatko Zukowsky, Steven Hammes | |
| 05:09 | Rhode Island | Jamie Kimberlin misses the 1st free throw | 45-62 |
| 05:09 | Rhode Island | Jamie Kimberlin misses the 2nd free throw | 45-62 |
| 05:09 | Temple | William Applin pulls down the rebound | 45-62 |
| 04:46 | Temple | William Applin misses badly on a jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Rick Doane - foul #2 on Rick Doane, team foul #5 | 45-62 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Andres Moretti (C) Jamie Kimberlin | |
| 04:46 | Temple | William Applin makes the 1st free throw | 46-62 |
| 04:46 | Temple | William Applin makes the 2nd free throw | 47-62 |
| 04:41 | Rhode Island | Ronald Lawrence is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 47-62 |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Mack (PF) William Applin | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 04:27 | Temple | Dikembe Banda is called for the reach on Richard Mack - foul #1 on Dikembe Banda, team foul #6 | 47-62 |
| Subs | Temple | Thomas Truesdale (SG) Dana Finck | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 04:13 | Temple | Donald Colangelo throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-62 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Ming-Hoa Chu (SF) Michael Jackson | |
| 03:53 | Rhode Island | Ming-Hoa Chu double dribbles | 47-62 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Reuben Price (SG) Ronald Lawrence | |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:41 | Temple | Richard Mack is hacked by Dikembe Banda - foul #2 on Dikembe Banda, team foul #7 | 47-62 |
| Subs | Temple | Randy Croy (C) Claud Zellner | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeff Marchetti (PG), Mile Zahniser (SF) Dikembe Banda, Andres Moretti | |
| 03:41 | Temple | Richard Mack misses the 1st free throw | 47-62 |
| 03:41 | Rhode Island | Reuben Price grabs the defensive rebound | 47-62 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Donald Colangelo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Truesdale (fairly fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Rodger Dennis (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Richard Mack (fresh) C - Randy Croy (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Jeff Marchetti (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Rick Doane (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. SF - Mile Zahniser (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Ming-Hoa Chu (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Reuben Price (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:15 | Rhode Island | Rodger Dennis is called for the reach on Reuben Price - foul #1 on Rodger Dennis, team foul #7 | 47-62 |
| 03:15 | Rhode Island | Reuben Price makes the 1st free throw | 47-63 |
| 03:15 | Rhode Island | Reuben Price misses the 2nd free throw | 47-63 |
| 03:15 | Temple | Randy Croy grabs the board | 47-63 |
| 03:04 | Temple | Rodger Dennis scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Thomas Truesdale | 50-63 |
| 02:44 | Rhode Island | Ming-Hoa Chu knocks in the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Jeff Marchetti | 50-65 |
| 02:30 | Temple | Richard Mack is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Richard Mack, team foul #8 | 50-65 |
| Subs | Temple | Dana Finck (PG) Thomas Truesdale | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes (PF) Rick Doane | |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:29 | Rhode Island | Donald Colangelo is called for the reach on Reuben Price in the backcourt - foul #2 on Donald Colangelo, team foul #9 | 50-65 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rick Doane (SG) Ming-Hoa Chu | |
| 02:29 | Rhode Island | Reuben Price misses the 1st free throw | 50-65 |
| 02:29 | Temple | Randy Croy grabs the defensive rebound | 50-65 |
| 02:09 | Temple | Mile Zahniser steals it from Rodger Dennis | 50-65 |
| 02:05 | Rhode Island | Rick Doane banks in the layup set up by Mile Zahniser | 50-67 |
| 01:54 | Temple | Dana Finck misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 50-67 |
| 01:52 | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes grabs the board | 50-67 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:26 | Rhode Island | Steven Hammes's fadeaway is rejected by Randy Croy | 50-67 |
| 01:24 | Temple | Richard Mack pulls down the rebound | 50-67 |
| 01:10 | Temple | Randy Croy loses the dribble to Steven Hammes | 50-67 |
| 00:52 | Rhode Island | Reuben Price is fouled on the floor by Randy Croy - foul #2 on Randy Croy, team foul #10 | 50-67 |
| Subs | Temple | Thomas Truesdale (SG) Dana Finck | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Ming-Hoa Chu (SF), Jamie Kimberlin (C) Jeff Marchetti, Mile Zahniser | |
| 00:52 | Rhode Island | Reuben Price makes the 1st free throw | 50-68 |
| 00:52 | Rhode Island | Reuben Price misses the 2nd free throw | 50-68 |
| 00:52 | Temple | Randy Croy grabs the board | 50-68 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:44 | Temple | Ming-Hoa Chu blocks the short jumper by Randy Croy | 50-68 |
| 00:42 | Temple | Thomas Truesdale grabs the offensive rebound | 50-68 |
| 00:39 | Temple | Donald Colangelo double dribbles | 50-68 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:16 | Rhode Island | Ming-Hoa Chu misses long on a floater in the paint | 50-68 |
| 00:14 | Rhode Island | Reuben Price gets the offensive rebound | 50-68 |
| 00:00 | Rhode Island | Rick Doane runs out the clock | 50-68 |