| Lineup | Oklahoma | PG - Marvin Harrison (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jack Popa (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joel Donahue (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Gleason (fresh) C - Mark Smith (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Lawrence Holleman (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Richard Brown (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Frank Hay (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ronald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. C - William Watkins (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Santa Clara | Frank Hay inbounds the ball | 37-26 |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:34 | Santa Clara | Richard Brown misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 37-26 |
| 19:32 | Santa Clara | William Watkins tips it in | 37-28 |
| 19:12 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Marvin Harrison | 40-28 |
| 18:58 | Santa Clara | Frank Hay misses the easy layup | 40-28 |
| 18:57 | Oklahoma | Mark Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 40-28 |
| 18:55 | Oklahoma | Richard Brown steals the ball from Marvin Harrison in the backcourt | 40-28 |
| 18:39 | Santa Clara | Frank Hay is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Frank Hay, team foul #1 | 40-28 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones (PF) James Gleason | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| 18:17 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa hits a wide open runner from the baseline set up by Marvin Harrison | 42-28 |
| 18:00 | Santa Clara | Frank Hay is hacked by Mark Smith - foul #1 on Mark Smith, team foul #1 | 42-28 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | George Beard (PG), Rick Mercer (C) Marvin Harrison, Mark Smith | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Dennis Fleshman (PG), Gary Cranor (SF), Roger Gardner (PF), Carlos Foust (C) Lawrence Holleman, Frank Hay, Ronald Smith, William Watkins | |
| 17:51 | Santa Clara | Richard Brown knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Dennis Fleshman | 42-31 |
| 17:45 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa buries a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by George Beard | 45-31 |
| 17:33 | Santa Clara | Carlos Foust misses long on a 3 from straight away | 45-31 |
| 17:32 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones snags the defensive board | 45-31 |
| 17:30 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa is hacked by Richard Brown in the backcourt - foul #2 on Richard Brown, team foul #2 | 45-31 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Joseph Ross (SG) Richard Brown | |
| 17:11 | Oklahoma | George Beard can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 45-31 |
| 17:09 | Oklahoma | Joel Donahue hits the follow up shot | 47-31 |
| 16:51 | Santa Clara | Gary Cranor throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-31 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | James Gleason (PF), Mark Smith (C) Anthony Jones, Rick Mercer | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Frank Hay (SF), William Watkins (C) Gary Cranor, Carlos Foust | |
| 16:28 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa misses the 3 from the right corner | 47-31 |
| 16:26 | Santa Clara | Roger Gardner grabs the defensive rebound | 47-31 |
| 16:12 | Santa Clara | William Watkins connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 47-33 |
| 15:43 | Oklahoma | Joel Donahue hits the finger roll | 49-33 |
| Lineup | Oklahoma | PG - George Beard (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jack Popa (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joel Donahue (tiring) 6 pts. PF - James Gleason (fairly fresh) C - Mark Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Dennis Fleshman (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Ross (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Hay (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Roger Gardner (fairly fresh) C - William Watkins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:25 | Santa Clara | Frank Hay can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 49-33 |
| 15:23 | Santa Clara | The offensive rebound goes to William Watkins | 49-33 |
| 15:11 | Santa Clara | Frank Hay misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 49-33 |
| 15:09 | Oklahoma | Mark Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 49-33 |
| 14:40 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Joel Donahue | 52-33 |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 14:34 | Santa Clara | Joseph Ross hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 52-33 |
| 14:33 | Oklahoma | James Gleason grabs the board | 52-33 |
| 14:07 | Oklahoma | George Beard travels with the ball | 52-33 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison (PG), Anthony Jones (PF), Rick Mercer (C) George Beard, James Gleason, Mark Smith | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Lawrence Holleman (PG), Richard Brown (SG), Gary Cranor (SF), Ronald Smith (PF), Carlos Foust (C) Dennis Fleshman, Joseph Ross, Frank Hay, Roger Gardner, William Watkins | |
| 13:45 | Santa Clara | Gary Cranor is fouled on the floor by Rick Mercer - foul #1 on Rick Mercer, team foul #2 | 52-33 |
| 13:33 | Santa Clara | Gary Cranor misses the jumper from the free throw line | 52-33 |
| 13:31 | Oklahoma | Joel Donahue gets the rebound | 52-33 |
| 13:07 | Oklahoma | Joel Donahue's pass is intercepted by Richard Brown | 52-33 |
| 13:02 | Santa Clara | Gary Cranor lays it in on a great pass from Richard Brown | 52-35 |
| 12:58 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison is called for a charge in the backcourt - foul #2 on Marvin Harrison, team foul #3 | 52-35 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | James Gleason (SF) Joel Donahue | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Raymond Alba (SF) Gary Cranor | |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 12:46 | Santa Clara | Richard Brown misses the jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Jack Popa - foul #2 on Jack Popa, team foul #4 | 52-35 |
| 12:46 | Santa Clara | Richard Brown makes the 1st free throw | 52-36 |
| 12:46 | Santa Clara | Richard Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 52-37 |
| 12:21 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-37 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Mark Smith (C) Rick Mercer | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Kevin Brown (PG), Frank Hay (SF), William Watkins (C) Lawrence Holleman, Ronald Smith, Carlos Foust | |
| 12:09 | Santa Clara | William Watkins throws it down | 52-39 |
| 11:48 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones double dribbles | 52-39 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Joel Donahue (SF) James Gleason | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| 11:23 | Santa Clara | Richard Brown drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 52-41 |
| Lineup | Oklahoma | PG - Marvin Harrison (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jack Popa (tiring) 18 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joel Donahue (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Anthony Jones (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Mark Smith (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) SG - Richard Brown (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Frank Hay (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Alba (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Watkins (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 10:55 | Oklahoma | Joel Donahue is hacked by Frank Hay - foul #3 on Frank Hay, team foul #3 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | James Gleason (PF), Rick Mercer (C) Anthony Jones, Mark Smith | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Lawrence Holleman (PG), Joseph Ross (SG), Gary Cranor (SF), Ronald Smith (PF), Carlos Foust (C) Kevin Brown, Richard Brown, Frank Hay, Raymond Alba, William Watkins | |
| 10:33 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 52-41 |
| 10:31 | Oklahoma | Rick Mercer tips it in | 54-41 |
| 10:13 | Santa Clara | Carlos Foust comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 54-41 |
| 10:11 | Santa Clara | Ronald Smith tips it home | 54-43 |
| 10:05 | Oklahoma | Joel Donahue's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 54-43 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | George Beard (PG), Anthony Jones (PF) Marvin Harrison, Joel Donahue | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| 09:56 | Santa Clara | Joseph Ross buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 54-46 |
| 09:54 | Oklahoma | Lawrence Holleman is called for the reach on George Beard in the backcourt - foul #2 on Lawrence Holleman, team foul #4 | 54-46 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Mark Smith (C) Rick Mercer | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Dennis Fleshman (SF), Raymond Alba (PF) Gary Cranor, Ronald Smith | |
| 09:36 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt jumper from the right wing | 54-46 |
| 09:35 | Santa Clara | Raymond Alba snags the defensive board | 54-46 |
| 09:08 | Santa Clara | Raymond Alba clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 54-46 |
| 09:07 | Oklahoma | Mark Smith snags the defensive board | 54-46 |
| 09:05 | Oklahoma | Joseph Ross is called for the reach on Jack Popa in the backcourt - foul #1 on Joseph Ross, team foul #5 | 54-46 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison (SG), Joel Donahue (SF) Jack Popa, James Gleason | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Richard Brown (SG), Frank Hay (SF), Roger Gardner (C) Lawrence Holleman, Joseph Ross, Carlos Foust | |
| 08:46 | Oklahoma | George Beard misses the wide open fadeaway jumper from the right side | 54-46 |
| 08:44 | Santa Clara | Raymond Alba pulls down the rebound | 54-46 |
| 08:27 | Santa Clara | Marvin Harrison steals the ball from Roger Gardner | 54-46 |
| 08:08 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison is fouled on the floor by Roger Gardner - foul #1 on Roger Gardner, team foul #6 | 54-46 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Jack Popa (SG), Rick Mercer (C) George Beard, Mark Smith | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Kevin Brown (PG), Gary Cranor (SF), Ronald Smith (PF), William Watkins (C) Dennis Fleshman, Frank Hay, Raymond Alba, Roger Gardner | |
| 07:46 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones clanks a floater in the lane | 54-46 |
| 07:44 | Santa Clara | Ronald Smith pulls down the rebound | 54-46 |
| 07:16 | Santa Clara | Gary Cranor hits a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Kevin Brown | 54-49 |
| Lineup | Oklahoma | PG - Marvin Harrison (tiring) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jack Popa (tired) 18 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joel Donahue (tired) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Anthony Jones (tiring) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Rick Mercer (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Kevin Brown (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Richard Brown (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gary Cranor (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Ronald Smith (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - William Watkins (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 06:54 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Joel Donahue | 57-49 |
| 06:25 | Santa Clara | Gary Cranor comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 57-49 |
| 06:24 | Oklahoma | Rick Mercer grabs the defensive rebound | 57-49 |
| 05:55 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Anthony Jones | 60-49 |
| 05:55 | Santa Clara | Santa Clara calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-49 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | George Beard (PG), James Gleason (SF), Mark Smith (PF) Marvin Harrison, Joel Donahue, Anthony Jones | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Lawrence Holleman (PG), Frank Hay (SF) Kevin Brown, Gary Cranor | |
| 05:33 | Santa Clara | Frank Hay misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 60-49 |
| 05:32 | Oklahoma | George Beard gets the rebound | 60-49 |
| 05:28 | Oklahoma | George Beard is hacked by Lawrence Holleman in the backcourt - foul #3 on Lawrence Holleman, team foul #7 | 60-49 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Joel Donahue (SF) Rick Mercer | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Roger Gardner (PF) Ronald Smith | |
| 05:28 | Oklahoma | George Beard makes the 1st free throw | 61-49 |
| 05:28 | Oklahoma | George Beard makes the 2nd free throw | 62-49 |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 05:17 | Santa Clara | Roger Gardner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 62-49 |
| 05:15 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 62-49 |
| 05:04 | Santa Clara | Richard Brown buries a turnaround in the paint set up by Lawrence Holleman | 62-51 |
| 04:42 | Oklahoma | George Beard's layup is rejected by Roger Gardner | 62-51 |
| 04:41 | Santa Clara | The rebound goes to William Watkins | 62-51 |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 04:25 | Santa Clara | Jack Popa is called for the reach on Richard Brown - foul #3 on Jack Popa, team foul #5 | 62-51 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison (SG), Rick Mercer (C) Jack Popa, Joel Donahue | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Dennis Fleshman (SG), Ronald Smith (PF) Richard Brown, William Watkins | |
| 04:04 | Santa Clara | Marvin Harrison is called for the reach on Dennis Fleshman - foul #3 on Marvin Harrison, team foul #6 | 62-51 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Joseph Ross (SG), Raymond Alba (SF), Carlos Foust (C) Lawrence Holleman, Frank Hay, Roger Gardner | |
| 03:43 | Santa Clara | The refs have stopped play. Ronald Smith is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. He's holding his ankle. It's questionable as to whether he can play with that kind of injury. | 62-51 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones (PF) Mark Smith | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Kevin Brown (PG) Ronald Smith | |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 03:35 | Santa Clara | Joseph Ross misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 62-51 |
| 03:33 | Oklahoma | James Gleason gets the rebound | 62-51 |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 03:16 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Dennis Fleshman - foul #1 on Dennis Fleshman, team foul #8 | 62-51 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Jack Popa (SG), Mark Smith (C) George Beard, Rick Mercer | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Richard Brown (SG) Kevin Brown | |
| 03:16 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones misses the 1st free throw | 62-51 |
| 03:16 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 63-51 |
| Lineup | Oklahoma | PG - Marvin Harrison (tiring) 7 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jack Popa (tired) 24 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - James Gleason (tired) 2 reb. PF - Anthony Jones (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Mark Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Joseph Ross (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Brown (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Dennis Fleshman (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Raymond Alba (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Carlos Foust (fresh) | |
| 02:57 | Santa Clara | Dennis Fleshman misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 63-51 |
| 02:55 | Oklahoma | The rebound goes to Marvin Harrison | 63-51 |
| 02:33 | Oklahoma | Jack Popa misses the wide open 3 pointer from the left corner | 63-51 |
| 02:32 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones tips it in | 65-51 |
| 02:08 | Santa Clara | Dennis Fleshman's pass is intercepted by Anthony Jones | 65-51 |
| 01:48 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison is hacked by Joseph Ross - foul #2 on Joseph Ross, team foul #9 | 65-51 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | George Beard (PG), Joel Donahue (SF), Rick Mercer (C) Jack Popa, James Gleason, Mark Smith | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Gary Cranor (SF), Roger Gardner (PF) Richard Brown, Raymond Alba | |
| 01:48 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison misses the 1st free throw | 65-51 |
| 01:48 | Santa Clara | Carlos Foust grabs the board | 65-51 |
| 01:44 | Santa Clara | Roger Gardner is denied on a dunk by Rick Mercer | 65-51 |
| 01:43 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones pulls down the rebound | 65-51 |
| 01:18 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison is fouled on the floor by Roger Gardner - foul #2 on Roger Gardner, team foul #10 | 65-51 |
| 01:18 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison misses the 1st free throw | 65-51 |
| 01:18 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison misses the 2nd free throw | 65-51 |
| 01:18 | Oklahoma | Anthony Jones grabs the offensive board | 65-51 |
| 00:54 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison is wide open but clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 65-51 |
| 00:52 | Santa Clara | The rebound goes to Joseph Ross | 65-51 |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:45 | Santa Clara | Dennis Fleshman connects on the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Joseph Ross | 65-54 |
| Game Plan | Oklahoma | Oklahoma is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:24 | Oklahoma | Marvin Harrison is whistled for traveling | 65-54 |
| Subs | Oklahoma | Jack Popa (SG) Marvin Harrison | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| 00:16 | Santa Clara | Roger Gardner's pass is intercepted by Joel Donahue | 65-54 |
| 00:00 | Oklahoma | George Beard runs out the clock | 65-54 |