| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Jimmy Finke (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Nicholas Gregory (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Everett Fields (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 2 reb. C - Edgar Davis (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Robert Fusco (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Raymond Reid (fresh) 13 pts. SF - Theodore Robinson (fresh) PF - Vernon Harris (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson inbounds the ball | 35-24 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:37 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford misses the shot from the right wing but the foul's on Edgar Davis - foul #2 on Edgar Davis, team foul #1 | 35-24 |
| 19:37 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford misses the 1st free throw | 35-24 |
| 19:37 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford makes the 2nd free throw | 35-25 |
| 19:19 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory is called for 5 seconds | 35-25 |
| 18:50 | Louisville | Vernon Harris is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Vernon Harris, team foul #1 | 35-25 |
| 18:29 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 38-25 |
| 18:08 | Louisville | Robert Fusco is fouled on the floor by Edgar Davis - foul #3 on Edgar Davis, team foul #2 | 38-25 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth (C) Edgar Davis | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 17:44 | Louisville | Robert Fusco is open and buries a fadeaway from the right side | 38-27 |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields knocks in the floater from the right wing set up by Nicholas Gregory | 40-27 |
| 17:03 | Louisville | Robert Fusco misses short on a jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Jimmy Finke - foul #2 on Jimmy Finke, team foul #3 | 40-27 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor (SG), Allen Sines (SF), Jesse Ricca (PF) Nicholas Gregory, Everett Fields, Ernest Gibbs | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 17:03 | Louisville | Robert Fusco makes the 1st free throw | 40-28 |
| 17:03 | Louisville | Robert Fusco makes the 2nd free throw | 40-29 |
| 16:55 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke connects on the floater from the right block | 42-29 |
| 16:31 | Louisville | Raymond Reid travels with the ball | 42-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG) Jimmy Finke | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 16:21 | Cincinnati | Raymond Reid is called for the reach on Carl Plum - foul #2 on Raymond Reid, team foul #2 | 42-29 |
| 16:15 | Cincinnati | Vernon Harris steals the ball from Joseph Neth | 42-29 |
| 15:57 | Louisville | Robert Fusco's pass is intercepted by Carl Plum | 42-29 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) SG - Kelly Taylor (fresh) SF - Allen Sines (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jesse Ricca (fresh) C - Joseph Neth (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Robert Fusco (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Raymond Reid (fairly fresh) 13 pts. SF - Theodore Robinson (fairly fresh) PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:47 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines scores on a shot from the right wing | 44-29 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 15:26 | Louisville | Raymond Reid splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Fusco | 44-32 |
| 15:15 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines buries a driving attempt from the left block and he's fouled by Theodore Robinson - foul #3 on Theodore Robinson, team foul #3 | 46-32 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Nicholas Gregory (SG), Ernest Gibbs (PF), Edgar Davis (C) Carl Plum, Kelly Taylor, Jesse Ricca, Joseph Neth | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 15:15 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines makes the free throw | 47-32 |
| 14:55 | Louisville | Robert Fusco makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 47-35 |
| 14:38 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 47-35 |
| 14:36 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford grabs the defensive rebound | 47-35 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 14:15 | Louisville | Robert Fusco loses the dribble to Jimmy Finke | 47-35 |
| 14:12 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory jams it on a great pass from Jimmy Finke | 49-35 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 13:57 | Louisville | Vernon Harris's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Everett Fields (SF) Allen Sines | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney (SF) Theodore Robinson | |
| 13:47 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory misses long on a 3 from straight away | 49-35 |
| 13:45 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford pulls down the rebound | 49-35 |
| 13:24 | Louisville | Raymond Reid is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 49-35 |
| 13:22 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs gets the rebound | 49-35 |
| 13:16 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory is whistled for a carry | 49-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth (C) Edgar Davis | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (PG), James Wilson (PF) Raymond Reid, Vernon Harris | |
| 12:58 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney drills a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Robert Fusco | 49-37 |
| 12:43 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields connects on the shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Ernest Gibbs | 51-37 |
| 12:26 | Louisville | Ernest Gibbs blocks the jumper by James Wilson | 51-37 |
| 12:24 | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth snags the defensive board | 51-37 |
| 12:19 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Everett Fields | 54-37 |
| 12:03 | Louisville | Donald Fuhr is fouled on the floor by Jimmy Finke - foul #3 on Jimmy Finke, team foul #4 | 54-37 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG), Kelly Taylor (SG), Edgar Davis (C) Jimmy Finke, Nicholas Gregory, Ernest Gibbs | |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Reid (SG), Theodore Robinson (SF), Vernon Harris (PF) Robert Fusco, Jeffery Maloney, Marcus Stradford | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 11:45 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Donald Fuhr | 54-40 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) SG - Kelly Taylor (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fresh) 18 pts. 4 reb. PF - Joseph Neth (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Edgar Davis (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Donald Fuhr (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Raymond Reid (fairly fresh) 16 pts. SF - Theodore Robinson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - James Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:16 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields comes up short on the fadeaway near the basket but he's fouled by Raymond Reid - foul #3 on Raymond Reid, team foul #4 | 54-40 |
| 11:16 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the 1st free throw | 55-40 |
| 11:16 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses the 2nd free throw | 55-40 |
| 11:16 | Louisville | James Wilson pulls down the rebound | 55-40 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 10:57 | Louisville | James Wilson loses the dribble to Everett Fields | 55-40 |
| 10:38 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields is hacked by Vernon Harris - foul #2 on Vernon Harris, team foul #5 | 55-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Nicholas Gregory (SG), Allen Sines (SF), Jesse Ricca (PF) Carl Plum, Kelly Taylor, Everett Fields, Edgar Davis | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Fusco (PG), Marcus Stradford (C) Donald Fuhr, James Wilson | |
| 10:22 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines can't throw it down | 55-40 |
| 10:21 | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-40 |
| 10:07 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke lays it in on a nice dish by Allen Sines | 57-40 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 10:00 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford scores on a jumper from the baseline | 57-42 |
| 09:52 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 57-42 |
| 09:51 | Louisville | Vernon Harris grabs the board | 57-42 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 09:30 | Louisville | Raymond Reid splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 57-42 |
| 09:29 | Cincinnati | Jesse Ricca gets the rebound | 57-42 |
| 09:20 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines can't finish the layup | 57-42 |
| 09:19 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson pulls down the rebound | 57-42 |
| 09:09 | Louisville | Robert Fusco drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Raymond Reid | 57-45 |
| 08:59 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory buries a fadeaway from the right wing | 59-45 |
| 08:36 | Louisville | Robert Fusco misses the dunk | 59-45 |
| 08:35 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford grabs the offensive rebound | 59-45 |
| 08:14 | Louisville | Raymond Reid's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-45 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG), Kelly Taylor (SG), Everett Fields (SF), Ernest Gibbs (PF), Edgar Davis (C) Jimmy Finke, Nicholas Gregory, Allen Sines, Jesse Ricca, Joseph Neth | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (PG), Jeffery Maloney (SF), James Wilson (PF) Robert Fusco, Theodore Robinson, Vernon Harris | |
| 08:07 | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor is hacked by James Wilson - foul #1 on James Wilson, team foul #6 | 59-45 |
| 08:00 | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor is fouled on the floor by Raymond Reid - foul #4 on Raymond Reid, team foul #7 | 59-45 |
| 08:00 | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 60-45 |
| 08:00 | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor misses the 2nd free throw | 60-45 |
| 08:00 | Louisville | James Wilson gets the rebound | 60-45 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 07:37 | Louisville | Raymond Reid misses short on a floater from the right wing | 60-45 |
| 07:36 | Louisville | Donald Fuhr pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-45 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) SG - Kelly Taylor (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Everett Fields (fresh) 19 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 3 reb. C - Edgar Davis (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Donald Fuhr (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Raymond Reid (tiring) 16 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Jeffery Maloney (fresh) 7 pts. PF - James Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (tiring) 5 pts. 10 reb. | |
| 07:27 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford scores on a jump hook near the basket set up by Raymond Reid | 60-47 |
| 07:07 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields can't finish the layup | 60-47 |
| 07:05 | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-47 |
| 06:53 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields is hacked by Jeffery Maloney - foul #1 on Jeffery Maloney, team foul #8 | 60-47 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Nicholas Gregory (SG) Carl Plum, Kelly Taylor | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Fusco (SG), Vernon Harris (PF) Raymond Reid, Marcus Stradford | |
| 06:53 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the 1st free throw | 61-47 |
| 06:53 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the 2nd free throw | 62-47 |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Robert Fusco splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 62-47 |
| 06:29 | Louisville | James Wilson pulls down the offensive rebound | 62-47 |
| 06:09 | Louisville | Robert Fusco throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-47 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth (C) Edgar Davis | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 05:54 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 62-47 |
| 05:36 | Louisville | James Wilson clanks a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Joseph Neth - foul #2 on Joseph Neth, team foul #5 | 62-47 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Allen Sines (SF), Jesse Ricca (PF) Everett Fields, Ernest Gibbs | |
| Subs | Louisville | Theodore Robinson (SF), Marcus Stradford (C) Donald Fuhr, Vernon Harris | |
| 05:36 | Louisville | James Wilson misses the 1st free throw | 62-47 |
| 05:36 | Louisville | James Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 62-48 |
| 05:27 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 64-48 |
| 05:20 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 64-48 |
| 05:18 | Louisville | James Wilson can't tip it in | 64-48 |
| 05:17 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney gets the offensive rebound | 64-48 |
| 05:07 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson drills a shot from the left wing | 64-50 |
| 05:04 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 64-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor (SG) Nicholas Gregory | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 04:48 | Louisville | Allen Sines steals the ball from Robert Fusco | 64-50 |
| 04:40 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines misses short on a runner from the right block | 64-50 |
| 04:39 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford grabs the board | 64-50 |
| 04:28 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 64-50 |
| 04:27 | Louisville | Robert Fusco can't tip it in | 64-50 |
| 04:25 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney snags the offensive board | 64-50 |
| 04:05 | Louisville | Robert Fusco comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 64-50 |
| 04:03 | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth grabs the defensive rebound | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:57 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines clanks a floater in the lane | 64-50 |
| 03:56 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney gets the rebound | 64-50 |
| 03:50 | Louisville | Robert Fusco splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 64-50 |
| 03:48 | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth snags the defensive board | 64-50 |
| 03:43 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's hacked by Jeffery Maloney - foul #2 on Jeffery Maloney, team foul #9 | 64-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG), Nicholas Gregory (SG), Ernest Gibbs (PF), Edgar Davis (C) Jimmy Finke, Kelly Taylor, Jesse Ricca, Joseph Neth | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (PG), Raymond Reid (SG), Vernon Harris (PF) Robert Fusco, Theodore Robinson, Marcus Stradford | |
| 03:43 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines makes the 1st free throw | 65-50 |
| 03:43 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines makes the 2nd free throw | 66-50 |
| 03:20 | Louisville | Raymond Reid works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 66-50 |
| 03:18 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Vernon Harris | 66-50 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) SG - Nicholas Gregory (fresh) 21 pts. 2 ast. SF - Allen Sines (fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 3 reb. C - Edgar Davis (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Donald Fuhr (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Raymond Reid (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Jeffery Maloney (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. C - James Wilson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Louisville | Raymond Reid is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 66-50 |
| 03:12 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs grabs the defensive rebound | 66-50 |
| 02:51 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines misses short on a floater from the right wing | 66-50 |
| 02:50 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney grabs the defensive rebound | 66-50 |
| 02:40 | Louisville | Allen Sines is called for the reach on Jeffery Maloney - foul #2 on Allen Sines, team foul #6 | 66-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Everett Fields (SF) Carl Plum, Allen Sines | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 02:22 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 66-50 |
| 02:20 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs gets the rebound | 66-50 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:00 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields is fouled on the floor by James Wilson - foul #2 on James Wilson, team foul #10 | 66-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Marcus Stradford (C) Vernon Harris | |
| 02:00 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the 1st free throw | 67-50 |
| 02:00 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses the 2nd free throw | 67-50 |
| 02:00 | Louisville | James Wilson gets the rebound | 67-50 |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford is denied on a dunk by Ernest Gibbs | 67-50 |
| 01:46 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields snags the defensive board | 67-50 |
| 01:23 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 67-50 |
| 01:22 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields gets the offensive rebound | 67-50 |
| 01:06 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side | 69-50 |
| 01:02 | Louisville | Raymond Reid scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by James Wilson | 69-53 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint but he's fouled by James Wilson - foul #3 on James Wilson, team foul #11 | 69-53 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke makes the 1st free throw | 70-53 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke makes the 2nd free throw | 71-53 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:34 | Louisville | Raymond Reid misses the 3 from the left corner | 71-53 |
| 00:32 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney grabs the offensive board | 71-53 |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Raymond Reid works out of a doubleteam and scores on a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Jeffery Maloney | 71-55 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke runs out the clock | 71-55 |