| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Alex Risner (fresh) SG - James Johnson (fresh) SF - Eddie Sizemore (fresh) PF - Leroy Stanley (fresh) C - Lester Durocher (fresh) | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Scott Horton (fresh) SG - Ryan Duval (fresh) SF - Willie Caulder (fresh) PF - Oscar Black (fresh) C - Blake Schwemm (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:44 | New Mexico | Willie Caulder clanks a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Eddie Sizemore - foul #1 on Eddie Sizemore, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | New Mexico | Willie Caulder makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:44 | New Mexico | Willie Caulder misses the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:44 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Leroy Stanley | 0-1 |
| 19:32 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley buries a 3 from the right corner | 3-1 |
| 19:17 | New Mexico | Ryan Duval comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 3-1 |
| 19:15 | San Diego State | Eddie Sizemore gets the rebound | 3-1 |
| 18:46 | San Diego State | Alex Risner loses the ball out of bounds | 3-1 |
| 18:30 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm makes the jumper in the lane set up by Scott Horton | 3-3 |
| 18:11 | San Diego State | James Johnson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 3-3 |
| 18:10 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm pulls down the rebound | 3-3 |
| 17:47 | New Mexico | Scott Horton is fouled on the floor by Eddie Sizemore - foul #2 on Eddie Sizemore, team foul #2 | 3-3 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Bernard Doran (SF), Patrick Robinson (C) Eddie Sizemore, Lester Durocher | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Victor Golumski (PG), Basil Thornley (SG), Harold Carlile (SF), Josef Kacerski (PF), Christopher Turner (C) Scott Horton, Ryan Duval, Willie Caulder, Oscar Black, Blake Schwemm | |
| 17:36 | New Mexico | Patrick Robinson blocks the short jumper by Christopher Turner | 3-3 |
| 17:34 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley grabs the board | 3-3 |
| 17:30 | San Diego State | Alex Risner throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 3-3 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond (SG) James Johnson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 17:15 | New Mexico | Harold Carlile's fadeaway is rejected by Patrick Robinson | 3-3 |
| 17:14 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Bernard Doran | 3-3 |
| 16:58 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 3-3 |
| 16:56 | New Mexico | Basil Thornley grabs the board | 3-3 |
| 16:28 | New Mexico | Basil Thornley misses the fadeaway from the right side | 3-3 |
| 16:27 | San Diego State | Patrick Robinson grabs the board | 3-3 |
| 16:05 | San Diego State | Alex Risner makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Leroy Stanley | 5-3 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Alex Risner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ryan Osmond (fresh) SF - Bernard Doran (fresh) PF - Leroy Stanley (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Patrick Robinson (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Victor Golumski (fairly fresh) SG - Basil Thornley (fairly fresh) SF - Harold Carlile (fairly fresh) PF - Josef Kacerski (fairly fresh) C - Christopher Turner (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:50 | New Mexico | Victor Golumski blows the layup | 5-3 |
| 15:49 | New Mexico | Christopher Turner grabs the offensive rebound | 5-3 |
| 15:44 | New Mexico | Josef Kacerski drills a floater from the right side on a nice dish by Victor Golumski | 5-5 |
| 15:41 | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond is hacked by Basil Thornley in the backcourt - foul #1 on Basil Thornley, team foul #1 | 5-5 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Larry Prisco (PG), James Johnson (SG), Gregory Lee (SF), Michael Lavery (PF), Lester Durocher (C) Alex Risner, Ryan Osmond, Bernard Doran, Leroy Stanley, Patrick Robinson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Scott Horton (PG), Ryan Duval (SG), Willie Caulder (SF), Oscar Black (PF), Blake Schwemm (C) Victor Golumski, Basil Thornley, Harold Carlile, Josef Kacerski, Christopher Turner | |
| 15:36 | San Diego State | Larry Prisco is hacked by Scott Horton - foul #1 on Scott Horton, team foul #2 | 5-5 |
| 15:25 | San Diego State | James Johnson hits a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Larry Prisco | 8-5 |
| 15:10 | New Mexico | Scott Horton misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 8-5 |
| 15:09 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm can't tip it in | 8-5 |
| 15:07 | New Mexico | Willie Caulder gets the offensive rebound | 8-5 |
| 14:50 | New Mexico | Ryan Duval is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Ryan Duval, team foul #3 | 8-5 |
| 14:29 | San Diego State | Larry Prisco comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 8-5 |
| 14:28 | San Diego State | Lester Durocher gets the offensive rebound | 8-5 |
| 14:08 | San Diego State | Lester Durocher clanks a jumper from the right side | 8-5 |
| 14:07 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm gets the rebound | 8-5 |
| 13:46 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Blake Schwemm, team foul #4 | 8-5 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Alex Risner (PG), Ryan Osmond (SG), Bernard Doran (SF), Leroy Stanley (PF), Patrick Robinson (C) Larry Prisco, James Johnson, Gregory Lee, Michael Lavery, Lester Durocher | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Victor Golumski (PG), Harold Carlile (SF), Josef Kacerski (PF) Scott Horton, Willie Caulder, Oscar Black | |
| 13:34 | San Diego State | Alex Risner misses the jumper from the left wing | 8-5 |
| 13:33 | San Diego State | Patrick Robinson grabs the offensive rebound | 8-5 |
| 13:20 | San Diego State | Alex Risner misses short on a shot from the left side but the foul's on Ryan Duval - foul #2 on Ryan Duval, team foul #5 | 8-5 |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Basil Thornley (SG), Christopher Turner (C) Ryan Duval, Blake Schwemm | |
| 13:20 | San Diego State | Alex Risner makes the 1st free throw | 9-5 |
| 13:20 | San Diego State | Alex Risner misses the 2nd free throw | 9-5 |
| 13:20 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Christopher Turner | 9-5 |
| 13:03 | New Mexico | Victor Golumski makes the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Christopher Turner | 9-8 |
| 12:49 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 9-8 |
| 12:47 | New Mexico | Victor Golumski snags the defensive board | 9-8 |
| 12:34 | New Mexico | Josef Kacerski misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 9-8 |
| 12:32 | New Mexico | Josef Kacerski grabs the offensive board | 9-8 |
| 12:18 | New Mexico | Basil Thornley clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 9-8 |
| 12:17 | San Diego State | Bernard Doran gets the rebound | 9-8 |
| 12:13 | San Diego State | Bernard Doran is fouled in the backcourt by Victor Golumski - foul #1 on Victor Golumski, team foul #6 | 9-8 |
| Subs | San Diego State | James Johnson (SG), Larry Prisco (SF) Ryan Osmond, Leroy Stanley | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Scott Horton (PG), Willie Caulder (SF), Oscar Black (PF), Blake Schwemm (C) Victor Golumski, Harold Carlile, Josef Kacerski, Christopher Turner | |
| 12:02 | San Diego State | James Johnson makes the jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Alex Risner | 11-8 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Alex Risner (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Larry Prisco (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Bernard Doran (fresh) 2 reb. C - Patrick Robinson (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Scott Horton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Basil Thornley (fairly fresh) SF - Willie Caulder (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Oscar Black (fresh) C - Blake Schwemm (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:48 | New Mexico | Willie Caulder knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Basil Thornley | 11-10 |
| 11:31 | San Diego State | Patrick Robinson drills a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Bernard Doran | 13-10 |
| 11:16 | New Mexico | Scott Horton can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 13-10 |
| 11:14 | San Diego State | Patrick Robinson snags the defensive board | 13-10 |
| 11:04 | San Diego State | Bernard Doran misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 13-10 |
| 11:02 | San Diego State | Alex Risner pulls down the offensive rebound | 13-10 |
| 10:50 | San Diego State | Bernard Doran drills a driving attempt from the left block | 15-10 |
| 10:28 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm connects on the floater near the basket set up by Basil Thornley | 15-12 |
| 10:09 | San Diego State | Willie Caulder picks off the pass by Patrick Robinson | 15-12 |
| 10:06 | New Mexico | Willie Caulder blows the layup | 15-12 |
| 10:04 | New Mexico | Oscar Black gets the offensive rebound | 15-12 |
| 09:55 | New Mexico | Basil Thornley hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Patrick Robinson - foul #1 on Patrick Robinson, team foul #3 | 15-12 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Mike Reynolds (PG), Ryan Osmond (SG), Gregory Lee (SF), Leroy Stanley (PF), Lester Durocher (C) Alex Risner, James Johnson, Larry Prisco, Bernard Doran, Patrick Robinson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Victor Golumski (PG), Harold Carlile (SF), Josef Kacerski (PF), Christopher Turner (C) Scott Horton, Willie Caulder, Oscar Black, Blake Schwemm | |
| 09:55 | New Mexico | Basil Thornley makes the 1st free throw | 15-13 |
| 09:55 | New Mexico | Basil Thornley makes the 2nd free throw | 15-14 |
| 09:38 | San Diego State | Lester Durocher hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 15-14 |
| 09:37 | San Diego State | Lester Durocher tips it home | 17-14 |
| 09:21 | New Mexico | Christopher Turner throws it down set up by Harold Carlile and he's fouled by Leroy Stanley - foul #1 on Leroy Stanley, team foul #4 | 17-16 |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Scott Horton (PG) Basil Thornley | |
| 09:21 | New Mexico | Christopher Turner makes the free throw | 17-17 |
| 09:17 | San Diego State | Scott Horton takes the ball from Mike Reynolds in the backcourt | 17-17 |
| 09:05 | New Mexico | Ryan Osmond takes the ball from Christopher Turner | 17-17 |
| 09:02 | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond slams it home | 19-17 |
| 08:48 | New Mexico | Ryan Osmond is called for the reach on Victor Golumski - foul #1 on Ryan Osmond, team foul #5 | 19-17 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Larry Prisco (PG) Mike Reynolds | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Willie Caulder (SF), Oscar Black (PF) Harold Carlile, Josef Kacerski | |
| 08:34 | New Mexico | Scott Horton can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 19-17 |
| 08:32 | San Diego State | Larry Prisco grabs the defensive rebound | 19-17 |
| 08:15 | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond is fouled on the floor by Victor Golumski - foul #2 on Victor Golumski, team foul #7 | 19-17 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Michael Lavery (C) Lester Durocher | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Basil Thornley (SG), Blake Schwemm (C) Victor Golumski, Christopher Turner | |
| 08:15 | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond makes the 1st free throw | 20-17 |
| 08:15 | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond misses the 2nd free throw | 20-17 |
| 08:15 | New Mexico | Basil Thornley snags the defensive board | 20-17 |
| 07:54 | New Mexico | Oscar Black loses the dribble to Leroy Stanley | 20-17 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Larry Prisco (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ryan Osmond (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Gregory Lee (fairly fresh) PF - Leroy Stanley (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Lavery (fresh) | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Scott Horton (tiring) 1 ast. SG - Basil Thornley (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Willie Caulder (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Oscar Black (fairly fresh) C - Blake Schwemm (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:29 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley clanks a runner in the paint but he's fouled by Oscar Black - foul #1 on Oscar Black, team foul #8 | 20-17 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Alex Risner (PG), James Johnson (SG), Bernard Doran (SF), Patrick Robinson (C) Larry Prisco, Ryan Osmond, Gregory Lee, Michael Lavery | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Harold Carlile (SF), Josef Kacerski (PF) Willie Caulder, Oscar Black | |
| 07:29 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley misses the 1st free throw | 20-17 |
| 07:29 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley makes the 2nd free throw | 21-17 |
| 07:05 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm misses short on a fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Patrick Robinson - foul #2 on Patrick Robinson, team foul #6 | 21-17 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Michael Lavery (PF), Lester Durocher (C) Leroy Stanley, Patrick Robinson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 07:05 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm makes the 1st free throw | 21-18 |
| 07:05 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm makes the 2nd free throw | 21-19 |
| 06:43 | San Diego State | Bernard Doran is open but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 21-19 |
| 06:42 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm snags the defensive board | 21-19 |
| 06:27 | New Mexico | Alex Risner picks off the pass by Basil Thornley | 21-19 |
| 06:22 | San Diego State | Bernard Doran clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 21-19 |
| 06:21 | San Diego State | Michael Lavery pulls down the offensive rebound | 21-19 |
| 06:03 | San Diego State | James Johnson misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 21-19 |
| 06:01 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Scott Horton | 21-19 |
| 05:50 | New Mexico | James Johnson picks off the pass by Blake Schwemm | 21-19 |
| 05:46 | San Diego State | James Johnson throws it down | 23-19 |
| 05:31 | New Mexico | Harold Carlile can't connect on a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Bernard Doran - foul #1 on Bernard Doran, team foul #7 | 23-19 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond (SG), Larry Prisco (SF), Leroy Stanley (PF) James Johnson, Bernard Doran, Lester Durocher | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Willie Caulder (PG), Oscar Black (PF), Christopher Turner (C) Scott Horton, Josef Kacerski, Blake Schwemm | |
| 05:31 | New Mexico | Harold Carlile misses the 1st free throw | 23-19 |
| 05:31 | New Mexico | Harold Carlile misses the 2nd free throw | 23-19 |
| 05:31 | San Diego State | Michael Lavery pulls down the rebound | 23-19 |
| 05:25 | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond connects on the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Michael Lavery | 25-19 |
| 05:06 | New Mexico | Alex Risner steals the ball from Basil Thornley | 25-19 |
| 04:47 | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 25-19 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Gregory Lee (SF), Lester Durocher (C) Alex Risner, Michael Lavery | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Scott Horton (PG) Harold Carlile | |
| 04:42 | New Mexico | Scott Horton is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #2 on Scott Horton, team foul #9 | 25-19 |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Harold Carlile (SF) Scott Horton | |
| 04:23 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley is by himself and knocks in the jumper from the left block set up by Larry Prisco | 27-19 |
| 04:17 | New Mexico | Christopher Turner connects on the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Oscar Black | 27-21 |
| 04:08 | San Diego State | Lester Durocher is alone and drills a shot from the right block set up by Larry Prisco | 29-21 |
| 03:51 | New Mexico | Oscar Black misses badly on a jumper from the right side | 29-21 |
| 03:50 | San Diego State | Leroy Stanley grabs the board | 29-21 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Larry Prisco (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Ryan Osmond (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Gregory Lee (fresh) PF - Leroy Stanley (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Lester Durocher (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Willie Caulder (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Basil Thornley (tired) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Harold Carlile (tiring) PF - Oscar Black (tiring) C - Christopher Turner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:39 | San Diego State | Larry Prisco clanks a jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Willie Caulder - foul #1 on Willie Caulder, team foul #10 | 29-21 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Mike Reynolds (SG), Eddie Sizemore (SF), Bernard Doran (PF), Patrick Robinson (C) Ryan Osmond, Gregory Lee, Leroy Stanley, Lester Durocher | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Victor Golumski (PG), Ryan Duval (SG), Josef Kacerski (PF), Blake Schwemm (C) Basil Thornley, Harold Carlile, Oscar Black, Christopher Turner | |
| 03:39 | San Diego State | Larry Prisco makes the 1st free throw | 30-21 |
| 03:39 | San Diego State | Larry Prisco makes the 2nd free throw | 31-21 |
| 03:27 | New Mexico | The jumper by Willie Caulder is denied by Patrick Robinson | 31-21 |
| 03:25 | New Mexico | The offensive rebound goes to Willie Caulder | 31-21 |
| 03:09 | New Mexico | Victor Golumski is hacked by Larry Prisco - foul #1 on Larry Prisco, team foul #8 | 31-21 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Alex Risner (PG), James Johnson (SG) Larry Prisco, Mike Reynolds | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 03:09 | New Mexico | Victor Golumski makes the 1st free throw | 31-22 |
| 03:09 | New Mexico | Victor Golumski makes the 2nd free throw | 31-23 |
| 02:59 | San Diego State | Patrick Robinson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-23 |
| 02:32 | New Mexico | Willie Caulder drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Victor Golumski | 31-26 |
| 02:09 | San Diego State | Eddie Sizemore misses short on an open pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 31-26 |
| 02:08 | New Mexico | Josef Kacerski pulls down the rebound | 31-26 |
| 01:40 | New Mexico | Blake Schwemm misses long on a runner near the basket | 31-26 |
| 01:39 | San Diego State | Eddie Sizemore gets the rebound | 31-26 |
| 01:17 | San Diego State | Patrick Robinson misses the fadeaway near the basket | 31-26 |
| 01:15 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Blake Schwemm | 31-26 |
| 01:11 | New Mexico | Victor Golumski misses badly on a jumper from the right side | 31-26 |
| 01:09 | San Diego State | Patrick Robinson pulls down the rebound | 31-26 |
| 01:05 | San Diego State | Alex Risner is fouled in the backcourt by Ryan Duval - foul #3 on Ryan Duval, team foul #11 | 31-26 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Ryan Osmond (SG), Larry Prisco (SF), Leroy Stanley (PF), Michael Lavery (C) James Johnson, Eddie Sizemore, Bernard Doran, Patrick Robinson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Scott Horton (PG), Oscar Black (PF), Christopher Turner (C) Ryan Duval, Josef Kacerski, Blake Schwemm | |
| 01:05 | San Diego State | Alex Risner makes the 1st free throw | 32-26 |
| 01:05 | San Diego State | Alex Risner makes the 2nd free throw | 33-26 |
| 00:55 | New Mexico | Scott Horton is fouled on the floor by Ryan Osmond - foul #2 on Ryan Osmond, team foul #9 | 33-26 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Gregory Lee (SF) Alex Risner | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 00:55 | New Mexico | Scott Horton makes the 1st free throw | 33-27 |
| 00:55 | New Mexico | Scott Horton makes the 2nd free throw | 33-28 |
| 00:52 | San Diego State | Willie Caulder is called for the reach on Larry Prisco in the backcourt - foul #2 on Willie Caulder, team foul #12 | 33-28 |
| 00:52 | San Diego State | Larry Prisco makes the 1st free throw | 34-28 |
| 00:52 | San Diego State | Larry Prisco makes the 2nd free throw | 35-28 |
| 00:31 | New Mexico | Christopher Turner is fouled on the floor by Michael Lavery - foul #1 on Michael Lavery, team foul #10 | 35-28 |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Harold Carlile (SF) Willie Caulder | |
| 00:31 | New Mexico | Christopher Turner makes the 1st free throw | 35-29 |
| 00:31 | New Mexico | Christopher Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 35-30 |
| 00:27 | San Diego State | Gregory Lee is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #1 on Gregory Lee, team foul #11 | 35-30 |
| 00:04 | New Mexico | Harold Carlile comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 35-30 |
| 00:03 | New Mexico | Oscar Black grabs the offensive board | 35-30 |
| 00:01 | New Mexico | Scott Horton's layup is rejected by Leroy Stanley | 35-30 |
| 00:00 | New Mexico | Harold Carlile grabs the offensive rebound | 35-30 |