| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. PF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 2 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Lavoie (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jesse Lawley (fresh) 3 pts. SF - William Wallace (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Michael Thayer (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Eddie Thomas (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang inbounds the ball | 24-29 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:34 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 24-29 |
| 19:32 | Louisville | William Wallace grabs the defensive rebound | 24-29 |
| 19:06 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley loses the dribble to Maurice Lokken | 24-29 |
| 18:45 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 24-29 |
| 18:43 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 24-29 |
| 18:36 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 24-29 |
| 18:35 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Dikembe Abdullah | 24-29 |
| 18:10 | Cincinnati | Eddie Thomas is called for the reach on Dean Canterbury - foul #2 on Eddie Thomas, team foul #1 | 24-29 |
| 17:54 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 24-29 |
| 17:52 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley grabs the board | 24-29 |
| 17:29 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 24-29 |
| 17:27 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken pulls down the rebound | 24-29 |
| 16:58 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses the dunk | 24-29 |
| 16:57 | Louisville | William Wallace grabs the defensive rebound | 24-29 |
| 16:34 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 24-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Vernon (SF) Xiaoping Huang | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Whittle (SF), Donald Stark (PF) William Wallace, Michael Thayer | |
| 16:05 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz clanks a 3 from the left corner | 24-29 |
| 16:04 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury tips it in | 26-29 |
| 16:01 | Louisville | William Lavoie is fouled in the backcourt by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #1 | 26-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG) Dikembe Abdullah | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 15:40 | Louisville | Maurice Lokken steals it from Jesse Lawley | 26-29 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) SG - Robert Zentz (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Vernon (fresh) PF - Maurice Lokken (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Lavoie (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jesse Lawley (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Whittle (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Donald Stark (fresh) 1 pts. C - Eddie Thomas (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:23 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 26-29 |
| 15:21 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas gets the rebound | 26-29 |
| 15:08 | Louisville | The pull-up jumper by William Lavoie is blocked by James Vernon | 26-29 |
| 15:07 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas can't tip it in | 26-29 |
| 15:06 | Cincinnati | James Vernon pulls down the rebound | 26-29 |
| 14:50 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses the jumper from the right block but the foul's on Robert Whittle - foul #2 on Robert Whittle, team foul #2 | 26-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), Xiaoping Huang (SF), Paul Dunneback (PF) Bojan Wolinski, Robert Zentz, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Luis Williams (SG), William Wallace (SF), Michael Thayer (PF), Lamont Mallory (C) William Lavoie, Jesse Lawley, Robert Whittle, Donald Stark, Eddie Thomas | |
| 14:50 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses the 1st free throw | 26-29 |
| 14:50 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 2nd free throw | 27-29 |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Michael Thayer misses the floater from the left block but he's fouled by James Vernon - foul #1 on James Vernon, team foul #2 | 27-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury (C) Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Michael Thayer makes the 1st free throw | 27-30 |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Michael Thayer makes the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 14:08 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses short on a shot from the right side | 27-31 |
| 14:07 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury snags the offensive board | 27-31 |
| 13:38 | Cincinnati | James Vernon misses badly on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Michael Thayer - foul #2 on Michael Thayer, team foul #3 | 27-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Lavoie (PG), Jesse Lawley (SG), Eddie Thomas (C) Warren Schneider, Luis Williams, Lamont Mallory | |
| 13:38 | Cincinnati | James Vernon misses the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 13:38 | Cincinnati | James Vernon misses the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 13:38 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley gets the rebound | 27-31 |
| 13:21 | Louisville | Michael Thayer misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 27-31 |
| 13:19 | Louisville | Michael Thayer pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-31 |
| 13:05 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 27-34 |
| 12:41 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback is fouled on the floor by Michael Thayer - foul #3 on Michael Thayer, team foul #4 | 27-34 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (SG) James Vernon | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:19 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 27-34 |
| 12:18 | Louisville | William Wallace snags the defensive board | 27-34 |
| 11:57 | Louisville | William Lavoie is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #3 | 27-34 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Maurice Lokken (C) Dikembe Abdullah, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Whittle (SF) William Wallace | |
| 11:46 | Louisville | William Lavoie drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Robert Whittle | 27-37 |
| 11:17 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 27-37 |
| 11:15 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Dunneback | 27-37 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Lavoie (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jesse Lawley (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Robert Whittle (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Thayer (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Eddie Thomas (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 10:56 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits a jumper from the left side | 29-37 |
| 10:33 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 29-37 |
| 10:32 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley hits the follow up shot | 29-39 |
| 10:11 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the shot from the right wing | 29-39 |
| 10:09 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas pulls down the rebound | 29-39 |
| 10:03 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 29-39 |
| 10:01 | Louisville | William Lavoie snags the offensive board | 29-39 |
| 09:53 | Louisville | Robert Whittle is fouled on the floor by Paul Dunneback - foul #4 on Paul Dunneback, team foul #4 | 29-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), James Vernon (SF), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Xiaoping Huang, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Luis Williams (SG), William Wallace (SF), Donald Stark (PF), Lamont Mallory (C) William Lavoie, Jesse Lawley, Robert Whittle, Michael Thayer, Eddie Thomas | |
| 09:37 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory drills a floater from the right block on a great pass from Warren Schneider | 29-41 |
| 09:15 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Robert Zentz | 32-41 |
| 08:57 | Louisville | Dean Canterbury swats the shot by Warren Schneider | 32-41 |
| 08:55 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah grabs the defensive rebound | 32-41 |
| 08:33 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury blows the layup | 32-41 |
| 08:31 | Louisville | Warren Schneider grabs the board | 32-41 |
| 08:27 | Louisville | Warren Schneider is whistled for a carry | 32-41 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Lavoie (PG), Jesse Lawley (SG), Eddie Thomas (C) Warren Schneider, Luis Williams, Lamont Mallory | |
| 08:09 | Cincinnati | William Wallace is called for the reach on Robert Zentz - foul #1 on William Wallace, team foul #5 | 32-41 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang (SF) Robert Zentz | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 07:47 | Cincinnati | Eddie Thomas takes the ball from Dean Canterbury | 32-41 |
| 07:45 | Louisville | William Lavoie is fouled in the backcourt by James Vernon - foul #2 on James Vernon, team foul #5 | 32-41 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback (PF) Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Thayer (PF) Donald Stark | |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Xiaoping Huang blocks the 3 pointer from the right wing by William Lavoie | 32-41 |
| 07:23 | Louisville | Michael Thayer grabs the offensive rebound | 32-41 |
| 07:13 | Louisville | William Wallace is whistled for a carry | 32-41 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Vernon (fresh) SF - Xiaoping Huang (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Lavoie (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jesse Lawley (fresh) 8 pts. SF - William Wallace (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. PF - Michael Thayer (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Eddie Thomas (fresh) 6 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 06:51 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses long on a runner from the right block | 32-41 |
| 06:49 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang tips it in | 34-41 |
| 06:40 | Louisville | William Wallace drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by William Lavoie | 34-44 |
| 06:13 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury is hacked by Eddie Thomas - foul #3 on Eddie Thomas, team foul #6 | 34-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (SG), Maurice Lokken (C) Xiaoping Huang, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Whittle (SF) William Wallace | |
| 06:00 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback banks in the layup | 36-44 |
| 05:40 | Louisville | Michael Thayer knocks in the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from William Lavoie | 36-46 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback banks in the layup and the foul's on Michael Thayer - foul #4 on Michael Thayer, team foul #7 | 38-46 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Xiaoping Huang (SF) Dikembe Abdullah, James Vernon | |
| Subs | Louisville | Luis Williams (SG), Donald Stark (PF) Jesse Lawley, Michael Thayer | |
| 05:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the free throw | 38-46 |
| 05:23 | Louisville | Donald Stark gets the rebound | 38-46 |
| 05:05 | Louisville | William Lavoie misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 38-46 |
| 05:03 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang pulls down the rebound | 38-46 |
| 04:42 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 38-46 |
| 04:41 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 38-46 |
| 04:22 | Louisville | Paul Dunneback swats the short shot by Robert Whittle | 38-46 |
| 04:21 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-46 |
| 04:03 | Louisville | Donald Stark knocks in the fadeaway from the left side | 38-48 |
| 03:56 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits a floater from the right wing | 40-48 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:35 | Louisville | Luis Williams misses badly on a driving attempt from the right block | 40-48 |
| 03:33 | Louisville | Robert Whittle can't tip it in | 40-48 |
| 03:32 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback grabs the defensive rebound | 40-48 |
| 03:26 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang hits the front of the rim on the shot in the paint but the foul's on Donald Stark - foul #1 on Donald Stark, team foul #8 | 40-48 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Jesse Lawley (SG), William Wallace (SF), Michael Thayer (PF), Lamont Mallory (C) William Lavoie, Luis Williams, Robert Whittle, Donald Stark, Eddie Thomas | |
| 03:26 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang misses the 1st free throw | 40-48 |
| 03:26 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang makes the 2nd free throw | 41-48 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:02 | Louisville | Jesse Lawley buries a 3 pointer from the left corner | 41-51 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Warren Schneider (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jesse Lawley (fresh) 11 pts. SF - William Wallace (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. PF - Michael Thayer (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Lamont Mallory (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 02:44 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away | 44-51 |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 44-51 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (PF) Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Lavoie (PG), Eddie Thomas (C) Warren Schneider, Lamont Mallory | |
| 02:19 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas lays it up and in | 44-53 |
| 02:02 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses the 3 pointer from straight away but he's hacked by William Lavoie - foul #1 on William Lavoie, team foul #9 | 44-53 |
| 02:02 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 1st free throw | 45-53 |
| 02:02 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 2nd free throw | 46-53 |
| 02:02 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 3rd free throw | 47-53 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Maurice Lokken - foul #2 on Maurice Lokken, team foul #6 | 47-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback (PF) Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 47-54 |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 47-54 |
| 01:41 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback snags the defensive board | 47-54 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 01:21 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 47-54 |
| 01:20 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang tips it home | 49-54 |
| 00:59 | Louisville | William Wallace loses the dribble to Dean Canterbury | 49-54 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:53 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury makes the floater from the right block | 51-54 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:28 | Louisville | Michael Thayer misses the shot from the right side | 51-54 |
| 00:27 | Louisville | Michael Thayer tips it in | 51-56 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:20 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 51-56 |
| 00:19 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas pulls down the rebound | 51-56 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:17 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas is hacked by Dikembe Abdullah in the backcourt - foul #3 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #7 | 51-56 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Stark (PF) Michael Thayer | |
| 00:17 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 51-57 |
| 00:17 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 51-58 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:12 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses the 3 from the right wing | 51-58 |
| 00:11 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz gets the offensive rebound | 51-58 |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-58 |
| 00:07 | Louisville | Eddie Thomas grabs the board | 51-58 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:00 | Louisville | William Lavoie runs out the clock | 51-58 |