| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Abel Reed (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Heath Suggs (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Maurice Keith (fresh) 8 pts. PF - James Wenskoski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Randall Hooker (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Arthur Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jim Crawford (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jonathan Gillette (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - David Wooten (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Notre Dame | Jim Crawford inbounds the ball | 31-28 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:35 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 31-28 |
| 19:33 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith pulls down the rebound | 31-28 |
| 19:28 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 31-28 |
| 19:27 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney grabs the defensive rebound | 31-28 |
| 19:01 | Notre Dame | Heath Suggs is called for the reach on Arthur Brown - foul #2 on Heath Suggs, team foul #1 | 31-28 |
| 18:42 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 31-30 |
| 18:21 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs buries a jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Abel Reed | 33-30 |
| 17:56 | Notre Dame | Jim Crawford is fouled on the floor by Maurice Keith - foul #1 on Maurice Keith, team foul #2 | 33-30 |
| 17:32 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown connects on the driving attempt from the baseline set up by Jeremy Greaney and he's hacked by Heath Suggs - foul #3 on Heath Suggs, team foul #3 | 33-32 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Robert Herman (SG) Heath Suggs | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 17:32 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown makes the free throw | 33-33 |
| 17:10 | East Carolina | Robert Herman misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 33-33 |
| 17:09 | Notre Dame | David Wooten grabs the board | 33-33 |
| 16:47 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses short on a shot from the baseline but he's hacked by Robert Herman - foul #2 on Robert Herman, team foul #4 | 33-33 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mikel Stroinski (SG), David Ervin (SF), Bobby Young (PF), William Carbone (C) Abel Reed, Maurice Keith, James Wenskoski, Randall Hooker | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 16:47 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses the 1st free throw | 33-33 |
| 16:47 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses the 2nd free throw | 33-33 |
| 16:47 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette snags the offensive board | 33-33 |
| 16:33 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette clanks a floater from close range | 33-33 |
| 16:31 | East Carolina | William Carbone gets the rebound | 33-33 |
| 16:24 | East Carolina | Robert Herman loses the dribble to Arthur Brown | 33-33 |
| 16:19 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney lays it up and in on a great pass from Arthur Brown | 33-35 |
| 16:00 | East Carolina | David Ervin is hacked by Jim Crawford - foul #1 on Jim Crawford, team foul #1 | 33-35 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Heath Suggs (SG) Bobby Young | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Mikel Stroinski (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Heath Suggs (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Robert Herman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - William Carbone (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - David Ervin (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Arthur Brown (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jim Crawford (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jonathan Gillette (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - David Wooten (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:44 | East Carolina | Jim Crawford steps in front of the Heath Suggs pass | 33-35 |
| 15:15 | Notre Dame | Jim Crawford is fouled on the floor by Mikel Stroinski - foul #1 on Mikel Stroinski, team foul #5 | 33-35 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Abel Reed (PG), Maurice Keith (SF), James Wenskoski (PF), Randall Hooker (C) Mikel Stroinski, Robert Herman, William Carbone, David Ervin | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 14:58 | Notre Dame | Heath Suggs steps in front of the Jonathan Gillette pass | 33-35 |
| 14:42 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Jim Crawford - foul #2 on Jim Crawford, team foul #2 | 33-35 |
| 14:42 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs misses the 1st free throw | 33-35 |
| 14:42 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs misses the 2nd free throw | 33-35 |
| 14:42 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette grabs the board | 33-35 |
| 14:22 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette comes up short on the floater from the baseline | 33-35 |
| 14:20 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith snags the defensive board | 33-35 |
| 14:15 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 33-35 |
| 14:13 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to David Wooten | 33-35 |
| 13:46 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette is denied on a dunk by Maurice Keith | 33-35 |
| 13:45 | East Carolina | James Wenskoski grabs the board | 33-35 |
| 13:39 | East Carolina | Abel Reed misses long on a jumper from the left side | 33-35 |
| 13:38 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette snags the defensive board | 33-35 |
| 13:32 | Notre Dame | Maurice Keith swats the layup by Jeremy Greaney | 33-35 |
| 13:31 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette tips it in | 33-37 |
| 13:26 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs misses the driving attempt near the basket but the foul's on Jeremy Greaney - foul #1 on Jeremy Greaney, team foul #3 | 33-37 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Frederick (C) David Wooten | |
| 13:26 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs makes the 1st free throw | 34-37 |
| 13:26 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs makes the 2nd free throw | 35-37 |
| 13:08 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown double dribbles | 35-37 |
| Subs | East Carolina | William Carbone (PF), David Ervin (C) James Wenskoski, Randall Hooker | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 12:50 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 35-37 |
| 12:48 | Notre Dame | Douglas Frederick snags the defensive board | 35-37 |
| 12:19 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney is fouled on the floor by Heath Suggs - foul #4 on Heath Suggs, team foul #6 | 35-37 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Robert Herman (PG), Mikel Stroinski (SG), Bobby Young (PF) Abel Reed, Heath Suggs, Maurice Keith | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Foster (PG), David Wooten (C) Arthur Brown, Douglas Frederick | |
| 12:03 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the floater in the lane set up by Jim Crawford and the foul's on Bobby Young - foul #1 on Bobby Young, team foul #7 | 35-39 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Randall Hooker (C) Bobby Young | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 12:03 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the free throw | 35-40 |
| 11:42 | East Carolina | Robert Herman misses short on a driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by James Foster - foul #2 on James Foster, team foul #4 | 35-40 |
| Subs | East Carolina | James Wenskoski (PF) William Carbone | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ernest Dexter (SF) Jim Crawford | |
| 11:42 | East Carolina | Robert Herman makes the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 11:42 | East Carolina | Robert Herman makes the 2nd free throw | 37-40 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Robert Herman (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mikel Stroinski (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Ervin (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Wenskoski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Randall Hooker (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - James Foster (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ernest Dexter (fresh) PF - Jonathan Gillette (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - David Wooten (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:18 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette dunks the ball | 37-42 |
| 10:55 | East Carolina | David Ervin lays it in set up by Robert Herman and he's fouled by Ernest Dexter - foul #1 on Ernest Dexter, team foul #5 | 39-42 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Abel Reed (PG) Mikel Stroinski | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown (PG), Douglas Frederick (C) Jeremy Greaney, David Wooten | |
| 10:55 | East Carolina | David Ervin makes the free throw | 40-42 |
| 10:26 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette comes up short on the runner from the left block | 40-42 |
| 10:24 | East Carolina | Abel Reed snags the defensive board | 40-42 |
| 10:16 | East Carolina | Douglas Frederick is called for the reach on James Wenskoski - foul #3 on Douglas Frederick, team foul #6 | 40-42 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Maurice Keith (SF), William Carbone (C) David Ervin, Randall Hooker | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jim Crawford (PF) Jonathan Gillette | |
| 10:01 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 40-42 |
| 09:59 | East Carolina | James Wenskoski hits the follow up shot | 42-42 |
| 09:35 | Notre Dame | James Foster misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 42-42 |
| 09:34 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith snags the defensive board | 42-42 |
| 09:29 | East Carolina | Abel Reed buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Maurice Keith | 45-42 |
| 09:03 | Notre Dame | James Foster's dunk attempt is rejected by William Carbone | 45-42 |
| 09:01 | East Carolina | Robert Herman grabs the defensive rebound | 45-42 |
| 08:55 | East Carolina | Robert Herman is hacked by James Foster - foul #3 on James Foster, team foul #7 | 45-42 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Randall Hooker (C) James Wenskoski | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney (SG), Jonathan Gillette (PF), David Wooten (C) James Foster, Ernest Dexter, Douglas Frederick | |
| 08:55 | East Carolina | Robert Herman makes the 1st free throw | 46-42 |
| 08:55 | East Carolina | Robert Herman makes the 2nd free throw | 47-42 |
| 08:32 | Notre Dame | Randall Hooker is called for the reach on Jonathan Gillette - foul #3 on Randall Hooker, team foul #8 | 47-42 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mikel Stroinski (SG) Robert Herman | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Foster (PG) Arthur Brown | |
| 08:32 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the 1st free throw | 47-43 |
| 08:32 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the 2nd free throw | 47-44 |
| 08:19 | East Carolina | Randall Hooker is fouled on the floor by David Wooten - foul #1 on David Wooten, team foul #8 | 47-44 |
| 08:19 | East Carolina | Randall Hooker makes the 1st free throw | 48-44 |
| 08:19 | East Carolina | Randall Hooker makes the 2nd free throw | 49-44 |
| 07:53 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette's layup is rejected by Randall Hooker | 49-44 |
| 07:51 | Notre Dame | The offensive rebound goes to David Wooten | 49-44 |
| 07:32 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the runner from the right block | 49-46 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Abel Reed (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mikel Stroinski (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Maurice Keith (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - William Carbone (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Randall Hooker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - James Foster (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jim Crawford (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jonathan Gillette (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. C - David Wooten (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:18 | East Carolina | Abel Reed misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 49-46 |
| 07:16 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney snags the defensive board | 49-46 |
| 06:47 | Notre Dame | Randall Hooker steps in front of the David Wooten pass | 49-46 |
| 06:41 | East Carolina | Jonathan Gillette takes the ball from William Carbone | 49-46 |
| 06:20 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block but he's hacked by Mikel Stroinski - foul #2 on Mikel Stroinski, team foul #9 | 49-46 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Heath Suggs (SG), Robert Herman (SF), James Wenskoski (PF), David Ervin (C) Abel Reed, Maurice Keith, William Carbone, Randall Hooker | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown (PG), Ernest Dexter (SF), Douglas Frederick (C) James Foster, Jim Crawford, David Wooten | |
| 06:20 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the 1st free throw | 49-47 |
| 06:20 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the 2nd free throw | 49-48 |
| 05:59 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 51-48 |
| 05:36 | Notre Dame | David Ervin denies the turnaround by Jonathan Gillette | 51-48 |
| 05:34 | Notre Dame | Douglas Frederick gets the offensive rebound | 51-48 |
| 05:16 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette hits a driving attempt from the baseline set up by Arthur Brown and he's hacked by James Wenskoski - foul #1 on James Wenskoski, team foul #10 | 51-50 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Bobby Young (SF) Mikel Stroinski | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Foster (SG), David Wooten (C) Jeremy Greaney, Douglas Frederick | |
| 05:16 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses the free throw | 51-50 |
| 05:16 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to James Wenskoski | 51-50 |
| 04:48 | East Carolina | James Wenskoski loses the dribble to Arthur Brown | 51-50 |
| 04:44 | Notre Dame | James Foster banks in the layup set up by Arthur Brown | 51-52 |
| 04:40 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs's pass is intercepted by Jonathan Gillette | 51-52 |
| 04:11 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette's floater is tipped away by James Wenskoski | 51-52 |
| 04:10 | East Carolina | Bobby Young pulls down the rebound | 51-52 |
| 04:04 | East Carolina | David Wooten steals it from Bobby Young | 51-52 |
| 03:36 | Notre Dame | David Wooten comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 51-52 |
| 03:35 | East Carolina | James Wenskoski snags the defensive board | 51-52 |
| 03:35 | East Carolina | East Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-52 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Abel Reed (PG), Maurice Keith (SF), Randall Hooker (C) Robert Herman, Bobby Young, David Ervin | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney (SG), Jim Crawford (SF) James Foster, Ernest Dexter | |
| 03:21 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith double dribbles | 51-52 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Abel Reed (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Heath Suggs (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Maurice Keith (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - James Wenskoski (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Randall Hooker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Arthur Brown (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jim Crawford (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jonathan Gillette (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 6 reb. 3 stl. C - David Wooten (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-52 |
| 03:08 | Notre Dame | David Wooten tips it but misses | 51-52 |
| 03:06 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown tips it in | 51-54 |
| 03:03 | East Carolina | Abel Reed double dribbles in the backcourt | 51-54 |
| 02:43 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Jim Crawford | 51-57 |
| 02:26 | East Carolina | Randall Hooker misses long on a jumper from the right side but the foul's on David Wooten - foul #2 on David Wooten, team foul #9 | 51-57 |
| 02:26 | East Carolina | Randall Hooker makes the 1st free throw | 52-57 |
| 02:26 | East Carolina | Randall Hooker makes the 2nd free throw | 53-57 |
| 02:04 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses badly on a shot from the left side | 53-57 |
| 02:02 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith snags the defensive board | 53-57 |
| 01:58 | East Carolina | Maurice Keith banks in the layup | 55-57 |
| 01:34 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney knocks in the jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Arthur Brown | 55-59 |
| 01:17 | East Carolina | Heath Suggs scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Abel Reed | 58-59 |
| 00:48 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 58-59 |
| 00:47 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Heath Suggs | 58-59 |
| 00:41 | East Carolina | James Wenskoski drills a runner from the baseline | 60-59 |
| 00:22 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette clanks a fadeaway near the basket | 60-59 |
| 00:21 | Notre Dame | David Wooten pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-59 |
| 00:09 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney is fouled on the floor by Heath Suggs - foul #5 on Heath Suggs, team foul #11 | 60-59 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Robert Herman (SG) Heath Suggs | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 00:09 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney makes the 1st free throw | 60-60 |
| 00:09 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney makes the 2nd free throw | 60-61 |
| 00:09 | East Carolina | East Carolina calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-61 |
| 00:04 | East Carolina | Abel Reed scores on a fadeaway from the baseline set up by James Wenskoski and he's fouled by David Wooten - foul #3 on David Wooten, team foul #10 | 62-61 |
| 00:04 | East Carolina | Abel Reed makes the free throw | 63-61 |
| 00:04 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 63-61 |
| 00:00 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 63-61 |