| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Reginald Barr (fresh) SG - Leroy Weise (fresh) SF - Willie Edmonson (fresh) PF - Robert Merritt (fresh) C - John Wilson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Utah State | PG - James Morgan (fresh) SG - Gary Radford (fresh) SF - Robert Brown (fresh) PF - James Davis (fresh) C - Clifton Self (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | UC Irvine | Robert Merritt wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Utah State | Utah State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:38 | UC Irvine | Robert Merritt misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | UC Irvine | John Wilson misses the tip | 0-0 |
| 19:34 | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise gets the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:21 | UC Irvine | Robert Merritt hits the follow up shot | 2-0 |
| 19:17 | Utah State | Robert Merritt blocks the short jumper by Gary Radford | 2-0 |
| 19:15 | Utah State | Robert Brown snags the offensive board | 2-0 |
| 19:03 | Utah State | John Wilson swats the short shot by James Davis | 2-0 |
| 19:02 | Utah State | Gary Radford tips it but misses | 2-0 |
| 19:00 | Utah State | Robert Brown snags the offensive board | 2-0 |
| 18:54 | Utah State | Clifton Self hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket but he's hacked by Robert Merritt - foul #1 on Robert Merritt, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:54 | Utah State | Clifton Self makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 18:54 | Utah State | Clifton Self makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 18:36 | UC Irvine | Willie Edmonson knocks in the fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Reginald Barr | 4-2 |
| 18:22 | Utah State | Gary Radford hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 4-2 |
| 18:21 | Utah State | Clifton Self grabs the offensive rebound | 4-2 |
| 18:08 | Utah State | James Davis misses short on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Robert Merritt - foul #2 on Robert Merritt, team foul #2 | 4-2 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps (PF) Robert Merritt | |
| Subs | Utah State | | |
| 18:08 | Utah State | James Davis makes the 1st free throw | 4-3 |
| 18:08 | Utah State | James Davis misses the 2nd free throw | 4-3 |
| 18:08 | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps snags the defensive board | 4-3 |
| 17:48 | UC Irvine | John Wilson misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 4-3 |
| 17:47 | UC Irvine | John Wilson grabs the offensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 17:23 | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps loses the dribble to James Morgan | 4-3 |
| 17:09 | Utah State | Clifton Self connects on the jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Brown | 4-5 |
| 16:57 | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps is called for a charge - foul #1 on Billy Phelps, team foul #3 | 4-5 |
| 16:45 | Utah State | Robert Brown knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from James Davis | 4-7 |
| 16:27 | UC Irvine | John Wilson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-7 |
| 16:16 | Utah State | James Morgan buries a driving attempt in the paint on a nice dish by Robert Brown | 4-9 |
| 16:02 | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise hits a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Willie Edmonson | 7-9 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Reginald Barr (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Leroy Weise (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Willie Edmonson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Billy Phelps (fresh) C - John Wilson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Utah State | PG - James Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Gary Radford (fresh) SF - Robert Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Davis (fresh) 1 pts. C - Clifton Self (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:49 | Utah State | James Davis makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by James Morgan | 7-11 |
| 15:42 | UC Irvine | Gary Radford is called for the reach on Leroy Weise - foul #1 on Gary Radford, team foul #1 | 7-11 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Newsome (SF), Kenneth Palmeri (C) Willie Edmonson, John Wilson | |
| Subs | Utah State | | |
| 15:23 | UC Irvine | Reginald Barr buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Kenneth Palmeri | 10-11 |
| 15:10 | Utah State | James Davis misses the dunk attempt | 10-11 |
| 15:08 | UC Irvine | James Newsome snags the defensive board | 10-11 |
| 14:53 | UC Irvine | Clifton Self is called for the reach on Kenneth Palmeri - foul #1 on Clifton Self, team foul #2 | 10-11 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Oscar Legault (SG), Robert Stanberry (SF) Reginald Barr, Leroy Weise | |
| Subs | Utah State | | |
| 14:33 | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps misses short on a fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on James Davis - foul #1 on James Davis, team foul #3 | 10-11 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | John Wilson (C) Kenneth Palmeri | |
| Subs | Utah State | Jason Jewett (SG), Eric Farrior (C) Gary Radford, Clifton Self | |
| 14:33 | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps makes the 1st free throw | 11-11 |
| 14:33 | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps makes the 2nd free throw | 12-11 |
| 14:14 | Utah State | Oscar Legault steals the ball from Robert Brown | 12-11 |
| 13:52 | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps lays it in | 14-11 |
| 13:49 | Utah State | James Newsome is called for the reach on James Morgan in the backcourt - foul #1 on James Newsome, team foul #4 | 14-11 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise (SG), Willie Edmonson (SF), Kenneth Palmeri (PF) Oscar Legault, Robert Stanberry, Billy Phelps | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Neilson (PG), Christopher Dodd (SF), Scott Beam (PF) James Morgan, Robert Brown, James Davis | |
| 13:38 | Utah State | Jason Jewett scores on a jumper from the free throw line set up by James Neilson | 14-13 |
| 13:26 | UC Irvine | James Newsome is hacked by Jason Jewett - foul #1 on Jason Jewett, team foul #4 | 14-13 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Reginald Barr (PG) James Newsome | |
| Subs | Utah State | Gary Radford (PG), Clifton Self (C) James Neilson, Eric Farrior | |
| 13:15 | UC Irvine | Willie Edmonson clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Gary Radford - foul #2 on Gary Radford, team foul #5 | 14-13 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Neilson (PG) Gary Radford | |
| 13:15 | UC Irvine | Willie Edmonson misses the 1st free throw | 14-13 |
| 13:15 | UC Irvine | Willie Edmonson makes the 2nd free throw | 15-13 |
| 13:08 | Utah State | Scott Beam drills a jump hook from the left block on a great pass from Clifton Self | 15-15 |
| 12:42 | UC Irvine | Clifton Self steps in front of the Leroy Weise pass | 15-15 |
| 12:33 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd knocks in the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from James Neilson | 15-17 |
| 12:10 | UC Irvine | Willie Edmonson can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 15-17 |
| 12:09 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd grabs the board | 15-17 |
| 12:05 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd lays it up and in on a great pass from Jason Jewett and he's fouled by John Wilson - foul #1 on John Wilson, team foul #5 | 15-19 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Billy Phelps (PF) John Wilson | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Morgan (PG), James Davis (PF) James Neilson, Scott Beam | |
| 12:05 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd makes the free throw | 15-20 |
| 11:58 | UC Irvine | Reginald Barr throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-20 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Newsome (SG), Oscar Legault (SF) Leroy Weise, Willie Edmonson | |
| Subs | Utah State | Robert Brown (SF) Christopher Dodd | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Reginald Barr (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Newsome (fresh) SF - Oscar Legault (fresh) PF - Billy Phelps (fresh) 4 pts. C - Kenneth Palmeri (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Utah State | PG - James Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jason Jewett (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Davis (fresh) 3 pts. C - Clifton Self (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:41 | Utah State | James Morgan misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on Kenneth Palmeri - foul #1 on Kenneth Palmeri, team foul #6 | 15-20 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Robert Stanberry (SF) Reginald Barr | |
| Subs | Utah State | Eric Farrior (C) Clifton Self | |
| 11:41 | Utah State | James Morgan misses the 1st free throw | 15-20 |
| 11:41 | Utah State | James Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 15-21 |
| 11:33 | UC Irvine | James Newsome comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 15-21 |
| 11:31 | Utah State | James Davis snags the defensive board | 15-21 |
| 11:26 | Utah State | Jason Jewett clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 15-21 |
| 11:24 | UC Irvine | James Newsome snags the defensive board | 15-21 |
| 11:06 | UC Irvine | Oscar Legault connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Kenneth Palmeri | 17-21 |
| 10:56 | Utah State | Billy Phelps is called for the reach on James Davis - foul #2 on Billy Phelps, team foul #7 | 17-21 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise (SG) Billy Phelps | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Neilson (SG) Jason Jewett | |
| 10:56 | Utah State | James Davis makes the 1st free throw | 17-22 |
| 10:56 | Utah State | James Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 17-23 |
| 10:38 | UC Irvine | Robert Stanberry blows the dunk | 17-23 |
| 10:36 | Utah State | Robert Brown grabs the board | 17-23 |
| 10:31 | Utah State | James Davis makes the runner from the left block | 17-25 |
| 10:22 | UC Irvine | Oscar Legault is fouled on the floor by James Davis - foul #2 on James Davis, team foul #6 | 17-25 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Reginald Barr (PG), Willie Edmonson (SF), John Wilson (C) James Newsome, Oscar Legault, Kenneth Palmeri | |
| Subs | Utah State | Scott Beam (PF), Clifton Self (C) James Davis, Eric Farrior | |
| 10:06 | UC Irvine | Reginald Barr's pass is intercepted by Clifton Self | 17-25 |
| 09:54 | Utah State | Robert Brown lays it in | 17-27 |
| 09:35 | UC Irvine | Robert Brown denies the turnaround by Leroy Weise | 17-27 |
| 09:34 | Utah State | Clifton Self grabs the board | 17-27 |
| 09:29 | Utah State | James Morgan knocks in the jumper from the right wing on a great pass from James Neilson and he's fouled by John Wilson - foul #2 on John Wilson, team foul #8 | 17-29 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Newsome (C) John Wilson | |
| Subs | Utah State | Jason Jewett (SG) James Neilson | |
| 09:29 | Utah State | James Morgan makes the free throw | 17-30 |
| 09:13 | UC Irvine | Willie Edmonson connects on the turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Robert Stanberry | 19-30 |
| 09:03 | Utah State | Robert Brown is hacked by Robert Stanberry - foul #1 on Robert Stanberry, team foul #9 | 19-30 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Oscar Legault (SG), Kenneth Palmeri (PF) Leroy Weise, Robert Stanberry | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Neilson (PG) James Morgan | |
| 09:03 | Utah State | Robert Brown makes the 1st free throw | 19-31 |
| 09:03 | Utah State | Robert Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 19-32 |
| 08:41 | UC Irvine | Oscar Legault's pass is intercepted by Jason Jewett | 19-32 |
| 08:24 | Utah State | Reginald Barr is called for the reach on James Neilson - foul #1 on Reginald Barr, team foul #10 | 19-32 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gene Carr (SG) Willie Edmonson | |
| Subs | Utah State | Christopher Dodd (SF), Eric Farrior (C) Robert Brown, Clifton Self | |
| 08:24 | Utah State | James Neilson makes the 1st free throw | 19-33 |
| 08:24 | Utah State | James Neilson misses the 2nd free throw | 19-33 |
| 08:24 | UC Irvine | James Newsome snags the defensive board | 19-33 |
| 08:07 | UC Irvine | Gene Carr misses the fadeaway from the right wing | 19-33 |
| 08:06 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd grabs the board | 19-33 |
| 07:53 | Utah State | Jason Jewett hits a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by James Neilson | 19-36 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Reginald Barr (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gene Carr (fresh) SF - Oscar Legault (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kenneth Palmeri (fresh) C - James Newsome (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Utah State | PG - James Neilson (fresh) 1 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jason Jewett (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Christopher Dodd (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Scott Beam (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eric Farrior (fresh) | |
| 07:38 | UC Irvine | Reginald Barr hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 19-36 |
| 07:37 | UC Irvine | Oscar Legault tips it in | 21-36 |
| 07:22 | Utah State | Scott Beam connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from James Neilson | 21-38 |
| 07:01 | UC Irvine | James Newsome's fadeaway is rejected by Christopher Dodd | 21-38 |
| 07:00 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd pulls down the rebound | 21-38 |
| 06:51 | Utah State | Scott Beam can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 21-38 |
| 06:49 | UC Irvine | Gene Carr gets the rebound | 21-38 |
| 06:32 | UC Irvine | Kenneth Palmeri comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 21-38 |
| 06:31 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd pulls down the rebound | 21-38 |
| 06:20 | Utah State | Jason Jewett misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 21-38 |
| 06:18 | UC Irvine | Kenneth Palmeri grabs the board | 21-38 |
| 06:12 | UC Irvine | Kenneth Palmeri hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 21-38 |
| 06:11 | Utah State | Eric Farrior grabs the defensive rebound | 21-38 |
| 06:06 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd is whistled for traveling | 21-38 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise (SG), Willie Edmonson (SF), Robert Stanberry (PF) Gene Carr, Oscar Legault, James Newsome | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Morgan (PG), Walter Chase (SG), Robert Brown (SF), Clifton Self (C) James Neilson, Jason Jewett, Scott Beam, Eric Farrior | |
| 05:48 | UC Irvine | Kenneth Palmeri double dribbles | 21-38 |
| 05:33 | Utah State | Robert Brown drills a shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Walter Chase and he's hacked by Leroy Weise - foul #1 on Leroy Weise, team foul #11 | 21-40 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | Utah State | Scott Beam (PF) Christopher Dodd | |
| 05:33 | Utah State | Robert Brown makes the free throw | 21-41 |
| 05:20 | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 21-41 |
| 05:18 | Utah State | Scott Beam gets the rebound | 21-41 |
| 05:08 | Utah State | Clifton Self clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 21-41 |
| 05:07 | Utah State | Clifton Self hits the follow up shot | 21-43 |
| 04:57 | UC Irvine | James Morgan picks off the pass by Willie Edmonson | 21-43 |
| 04:41 | Utah State | Scott Beam makes the fadeaway in the lane | 21-45 |
| 04:27 | UC Irvine | Willie Edmonson connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Leroy Weise | 23-45 |
| 04:15 | Utah State | Scott Beam is whistled for a carry | 23-45 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gene Carr (PG), Oscar Legault (SF), James Newsome (C) Reginald Barr, Willie Edmonson, Kenneth Palmeri | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Neilson (SG), Christopher Dodd (PF) Walter Chase, Scott Beam | |
| 04:02 | UC Irvine | Oscar Legault misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 23-45 |
| 04:00 | Utah State | James Morgan snags the defensive board | 23-45 |
| 03:52 | Utah State | Oscar Legault is called for the reach on James Neilson - foul #1 on Oscar Legault, team foul #12 | 23-45 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Robert Merritt (PF), John Wilson (C) Gene Carr, Robert Stanberry | |
| Subs | Utah State | Gary Radford (SG), James Davis (PF) James Morgan, Christopher Dodd | |
| 03:52 | Utah State | James Neilson misses the 1st free throw | 23-45 |
| 03:52 | Utah State | James Neilson misses the 2nd free throw | 23-45 |
| 03:52 | UC Irvine | John Wilson gets the rebound | 23-45 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - James Newsome (fresh) SG - Leroy Weise (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Oscar Legault (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Robert Merritt (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Wilson (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Utah State | PG - James Neilson (fresh) 1 pts. 5 ast. SG - Gary Radford (fresh) SF - Robert Brown (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Davis (fresh) 7 pts. C - Clifton Self (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:42 | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise is whistled for a carry | 23-45 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | Utah State | Eric Farrior (C) Clifton Self | |
| 03:21 | Utah State | James Davis banks in the layup | 23-47 |
| 03:12 | UC Irvine | Robert Merritt misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 23-47 |
| 03:11 | Utah State | Eric Farrior gets the rebound | 23-47 |
| 02:53 | Utah State | James Davis comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 23-47 |
| 02:51 | UC Irvine | Robert Merritt gets the rebound | 23-47 |
| 02:45 | UC Irvine | James Newsome misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing but the foul's on James Neilson - foul #1 on James Neilson, team foul #7 | 23-47 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Willie Edmonson (SF) Leroy Weise | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Morgan (PG), Christopher Dodd (SF) James Neilson, Robert Brown | |
| 02:45 | UC Irvine | James Newsome makes the 1st free throw | 24-47 |
| 02:45 | UC Irvine | James Newsome misses the 2nd free throw | 24-47 |
| 02:45 | Utah State | Gary Radford grabs the defensive rebound | 24-47 |
| 02:32 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd banks in the layup on a great pass from Gary Radford | 24-49 |
| 02:16 | UC Irvine | Christopher Dodd picks off the pass by Willie Edmonson | 24-49 |
| 02:13 | Utah State | Gary Radford lays it up and in on a great pass from Christopher Dodd | 24-51 |
| 01:55 | UC Irvine | James Newsome hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 24-51 |
| 01:54 | UC Irvine | James Newsome tips it back up and in | 26-51 |
| 01:37 | Utah State | Christopher Dodd drills a jumper from just outside the lane | 26-53 |
| 01:15 | UC Irvine | James Newsome is fouled on the floor by James Morgan - foul #1 on James Morgan, team foul #8 | 26-53 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise (SG), Robert Stanberry (SF), Billy Phelps (PF), Kenneth Palmeri (C) Oscar Legault, Willie Edmonson, Robert Merritt, John Wilson | |
| Subs | Utah State | Jason Jewett (SG), Robert Brown (SF), Scott Beam (PF), Clifton Self (C) Gary Radford, Christopher Dodd, James Davis, Eric Farrior | |
| 01:15 | UC Irvine | James Newsome misses the 1st free throw | 26-53 |
| 01:15 | Utah State | Clifton Self snags the defensive board | 26-53 |
| 01:00 | Utah State | Kenneth Palmeri steals the ball from Jason Jewett | 26-53 |
| 00:49 | UC Irvine | Robert Stanberry misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 26-53 |
| 00:47 | Utah State | Scott Beam grabs the board | 26-53 |
| 00:42 | Utah State | Jason Jewett makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by James Morgan | 26-56 |
| 00:28 | UC Irvine | Robert Stanberry double dribbles | 26-56 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gene Carr (PG) James Newsome | |
| Subs | Utah State | James Neilson (PG) James Morgan | |
| 00:03 | Utah State | Scott Beam clanks a floater from the left block | 26-56 |
| 00:01 | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise pulls down the rebound | 26-56 |
| 00:00 | UC Irvine | Leroy Weise misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 26-56 |