| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Knudson (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Early (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Johnny Wall (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Raymond Isom (fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. C - Michael McDermott (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Ruben Strain (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jonathan Wood (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Walter Durbin (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Scott (fresh) 4 reb. C - Charles Lewis (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | South Florida | Walter Durbin inbounds the ball | 32-43 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Florida | South Florida is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:43 | South Florida | Ruben Strain can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 32-43 |
| 19:41 | LSU | Johnny Wall snags the defensive board | 32-43 |
| 19:20 | LSU | Raymond Isom hits a fadeaway in the paint and he's fouled by Michael Scott - foul #1 on Michael Scott, team foul #1 | 34-43 |
| 19:20 | LSU | Raymond Isom makes the free throw | 35-43 |
| 19:07 | South Florida | Walter Durbin double dribbles | 35-43 |
| 18:51 | LSU | John Early is called for traveling | 35-43 |
| 18:29 | South Florida | Walter Durbin is denied on a layup by Raymond Isom | 35-43 |
| 18:28 | LSU | Michael McDermott snags the defensive board | 35-43 |
| 18:11 | LSU | Raymond Isom misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 35-43 |
| 18:10 | LSU | Johnny Wall gets the offensive rebound | 35-43 |
| 18:01 | LSU | Raymond Isom misses short on a floater from the right wing | 35-43 |
| 18:00 | South Florida | Charles Lewis grabs the board | 35-43 |
| 17:41 | South Florida | Ruben Strain buries a 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-46 |
| 17:39 | LSU | Charles Lewis steals the ball from Johnny Wall in the backcourt | 35-46 |
| 17:27 | South Florida | Jonathan Wood hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 35-46 |
| 17:25 | LSU | Raymond Isom snags the defensive board | 35-46 |
| 17:03 | LSU | Johnny Wall hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-46 |
| 17:02 | LSU | Raymond Isom tips it in | 37-46 |
| 16:44 | South Florida | Michael Scott misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-46 |
| 16:43 | South Florida | Walter Durbin tips it in | 37-48 |
| 16:29 | LSU | John Early knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from James Knudson | 40-48 |
| 16:09 | South Florida | Walter Durbin's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-48 |
| Subs | LSU | Aaron Griffith (PG), Daniel Foushee (SG), Peter Gadomski (SF), James Poythress (PF) James Knudson, John Early, Johnny Wall, Raymond Isom | |
| Subs | South Florida | Edward Dubay (PG), Yevgeny Petrov (SG), Harry Daniels (SF), Thomas Brewer (PF), Gary Biggs (C) Ruben Strain, Jonathan Wood, Walter Durbin, Michael Scott, Charles Lewis | |
| 15:58 | LSU | James Poythress misses the easy layup | 40-48 |
| 15:57 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to James Poythress | 40-48 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Aaron Griffith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Daniel Foushee (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Peter Gadomski (fresh) PF - James Poythress (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael McDermott (tiring) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Edward Dubay (fresh) 2 reb. SG - Yevgeny Petrov (fresh) SF - Harry Daniels (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Thomas Brewer (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Gary Biggs (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:43 | LSU | Harry Daniels picks off the pass by James Poythress | 40-48 |
| 15:26 | South Florida | Harry Daniels misses short on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Peter Gadomski - foul #1 on Peter Gadomski, team foul #1 | 40-48 |
| Subs | LSU | Raymond Isom (C) Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | South Florida | John Baptiste (PG) Yevgeny Petrov | |
| 15:26 | South Florida | Harry Daniels makes the 1st free throw | 40-49 |
| 15:26 | South Florida | Harry Daniels misses the 2nd free throw | 40-49 |
| 15:26 | LSU | Daniel Foushee gets the rebound | 40-49 |
| 15:19 | LSU | Peter Gadomski knocks in the jump hook from close range on a great pass from Daniel Foushee | 42-49 |
| 15:16 | South Florida | Aaron Griffith steals it from John Baptiste in the backcourt | 42-49 |
| 15:13 | LSU | Peter Gadomski misses the easy layup | 42-49 |
| 15:11 | South Florida | Harry Daniels grabs the defensive rebound | 42-49 |
| 14:46 | South Florida | Harry Daniels throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-49 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Yevgeny Petrov (SG), Michael Scott (PF), William Gallagher (C) Edward Dubay, Thomas Brewer, Gary Biggs | |
| 14:37 | LSU | Michael Scott steals the ball from Daniel Foushee | 42-49 |
| 14:21 | South Florida | William Gallagher is whistled for a carry | 42-49 |
| Subs | LSU | John Early (SG), Johnny Wall (SF) Daniel Foushee, Peter Gadomski | |
| Subs | South Florida | Walter Durbin (SF) Harry Daniels | |
| 13:58 | LSU | Johnny Wall makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Aaron Griffith | 45-49 |
| 13:39 | South Florida | Walter Durbin can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 45-49 |
| 13:38 | LSU | Raymond Isom gets the rebound | 45-49 |
| 13:33 | LSU | John Early lays it up and in on a nice dish by Aaron Griffith and he's hacked by Yevgeny Petrov - foul #1 on Yevgeny Petrov, team foul #2 | 47-49 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (PG), Michael McDermott (C) Aaron Griffith, James Poythress | |
| Subs | South Florida | Ruben Strain (PG), Jonathan Wood (SG), Edward Dubay (SF), Thomas Brewer (PF), Charles Lewis (C) John Baptiste, Yevgeny Petrov, Walter Durbin, Michael Scott, William Gallagher | |
| 13:33 | LSU | John Early misses the free throw | 47-49 |
| 13:33 | South Florida | Charles Lewis gets the rebound | 47-49 |
| 13:20 | South Florida | Charles Lewis scores on a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Ruben Strain | 47-51 |
| 13:02 | LSU | John Early can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 47-51 |
| 13:01 | South Florida | Thomas Brewer snags the defensive board | 47-51 |
| 12:47 | South Florida | Thomas Brewer scores on a driving attempt from the right block set up by Charles Lewis | 47-53 |
| 12:24 | LSU | Michael McDermott is hacked by Jonathan Wood - foul #2 on Jonathan Wood, team foul #3 | 47-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Daniel Foushee (SG), Peter Gadomski (SF), James Poythress (PF) John Early, Johnny Wall, Raymond Isom | |
| Subs | South Florida | Yevgeny Petrov (SG), Harry Daniels (SF), Michael Scott (PF), Gary Biggs (C) Jonathan Wood, Edward Dubay, Thomas Brewer, Charles Lewis | |
| 12:06 | LSU | James Knudson misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 47-53 |
| 12:05 | South Florida | Ruben Strain pulls down the rebound | 47-53 |
| 12:00 | South Florida | The jumper by Ruben Strain is denied by James Poythress | 47-53 |
| 11:58 | LSU | James Poythress snags the defensive board | 47-53 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Knudson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Daniel Foushee (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Peter Gadomski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Poythress (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael McDermott (tiring) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Ruben Strain (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Yevgeny Petrov (fresh) SF - Harry Daniels (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Michael Scott (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Gary Biggs (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:37 | LSU | James Poythress connects on the fadeaway from the baseline set up by Daniel Foushee and he's fouled by Michael Scott - foul #2 on Michael Scott, team foul #4 | 49-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Aaron Griffith (PG) James Knudson | |
| Subs | South Florida | John Baptiste (PG), William Gallagher (C) Ruben Strain, Gary Biggs | |
| 11:37 | LSU | James Poythress makes the free throw | 50-53 |
| 11:19 | South Florida | William Gallagher drills a shot from the left wing on a nice dish by John Baptiste | 50-55 |
| 10:59 | LSU | James Poythress knocks in the driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by Daniel Foushee | 52-55 |
| 10:42 | South Florida | William Gallagher lays it up and in set up by Harry Daniels | 52-57 |
| 10:40 | LSU | James Poythress is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 52-57 |
| Subs | LSU | John Early (SG), Johnny Wall (SF), Raymond Isom (PF) Daniel Foushee, Peter Gadomski, Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | South Florida | Jonathan Wood (SG), Walter Durbin (SF), Thomas Brewer (PF), Charles Lewis (C) Yevgeny Petrov, Harry Daniels, Michael Scott, William Gallagher | |
| 10:27 | South Florida | Jonathan Wood misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by James Poythress - foul #2 on James Poythress, team foul #2 | 52-57 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Ruben Strain (PG) John Baptiste | |
| 10:27 | South Florida | Jonathan Wood misses the 1st free throw | 52-57 |
| 10:27 | South Florida | Jonathan Wood makes the 2nd free throw | 52-58 |
| 10:12 | LSU | John Early lays it up and in | 54-58 |
| 10:05 | South Florida | The jump hook by Ruben Strain is blocked by Johnny Wall | 54-58 |
| 10:03 | LSU | James Poythress grabs the defensive rebound | 54-58 |
| 09:47 | LSU | John Early scores on a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Johnny Wall | 57-58 |
| 09:28 | South Florida | Walter Durbin knocks in the floater from the free throw line set up by Ruben Strain | 57-60 |
| 09:05 | LSU | Raymond Isom clanks a driving attempt from the left block | 57-60 |
| 09:04 | South Florida | Thomas Brewer pulls down the rebound | 57-60 |
| 08:58 | South Florida | Walter Durbin blows the layup but the foul's on Aaron Griffith - foul #1 on Aaron Griffith, team foul #3 | 57-60 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (PG), Daniel Foushee (SG), Peter Gadomski (SF), Michael McDermott (C) Aaron Griffith, John Early, Johnny Wall, James Poythress | |
| Subs | South Florida | John Baptiste (PG), Harry Daniels (SG), Gary Biggs (PF), William Gallagher (C) Ruben Strain, Jonathan Wood, Thomas Brewer, Charles Lewis | |
| 08:58 | South Florida | Walter Durbin makes the 1st free throw | 57-61 |
| 08:58 | South Florida | Walter Durbin makes the 2nd free throw | 57-62 |
| 08:45 | LSU | Raymond Isom can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 57-62 |
| 08:44 | LSU | Raymond Isom gets the offensive rebound | 57-62 |
| 08:32 | LSU | Daniel Foushee hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on John Baptiste - foul #4 on John Baptiste, team foul #5 | 57-62 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Ruben Strain (PG), Edward Dubay (SF) John Baptiste, Walter Durbin | |
| 08:32 | LSU | Daniel Foushee makes the 1st free throw | 58-62 |
| 08:32 | LSU | Daniel Foushee makes the 2nd free throw | 59-62 |
| 08:04 | South Florida | William Gallagher misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 59-62 |
| 08:03 | South Florida | Gary Biggs hits the follow up shot | 59-64 |
| 08:01 | LSU | Harry Daniels is called for the reach on Daniel Foushee in the backcourt - foul #2 on Harry Daniels, team foul #6 | 59-64 |
| Subs | LSU | James Poythress (C) Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | South Florida | Yevgeny Petrov (SG), Michael Scott (PF) Ruben Strain, William Gallagher | |
| 07:52 | LSU | Peter Gadomski scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 62-64 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Knudson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Daniel Foushee (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Peter Gadomski (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Raymond Isom (tiring) 20 pts. 11 reb. C - James Poythress (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Edward Dubay (fresh) 2 reb. SG - Yevgeny Petrov (fresh) SF - Harry Daniels (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Michael Scott (fresh) 4 reb. C - Gary Biggs (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:29 | South Florida | Harry Daniels misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 62-64 |
| 07:28 | LSU | Raymond Isom snags the defensive board | 62-64 |
| 07:16 | LSU | James Poythress comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 62-64 |
| 07:14 | South Florida | Michael Scott gets the rebound | 62-64 |
| 06:50 | South Florida | Harry Daniels misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 62-64 |
| 06:48 | South Florida | Michael Scott pulls down the offensive rebound | 62-64 |
| 06:35 | South Florida | Gary Biggs can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 62-64 |
| 06:34 | LSU | James Poythress snags the defensive board | 62-64 |
| 06:08 | LSU | Gary Biggs steals it from Peter Gadomski | 62-64 |
| 06:04 | South Florida | Edward Dubay knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 62-67 |
| 05:44 | LSU | Raymond Isom is open and scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by James Knudson | 64-67 |
| 05:44 | South Florida | South Florida calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 64-67 |
| Subs | LSU | Aaron Griffith (PG), John Early (SG), Johnny Wall (SF), Michael McDermott (C) James Knudson, Daniel Foushee, Peter Gadomski, Raymond Isom | |
| Subs | South Florida | Ruben Strain (PG), Jonathan Wood (SG), Walter Durbin (SF), Charles Lewis (C) Edward Dubay, Yevgeny Petrov, Harry Daniels, Gary Biggs | |
| 05:23 | South Florida | Walter Durbin misses the dunk attempt | 64-67 |
| 05:21 | LSU | James Poythress grabs the defensive rebound | 64-67 |
| 05:07 | LSU | John Early is open and scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Michael McDermott | 67-67 |
| 04:52 | South Florida | Aaron Griffith steps in front of the Charles Lewis pass | 67-67 |
| 04:48 | LSU | Aaron Griffith hits the finger roll | 69-67 |
| 04:34 | South Florida | Michael Scott can't connect on a runner near the basket but he's fouled by James Poythress - foul #3 on James Poythress, team foul #4 | 69-67 |
| Subs | LSU | Peter Gadomski (SF) James Poythress | |
| Subs | South Florida | | |
| 04:34 | South Florida | Michael Scott makes the 1st free throw | 69-68 |
| 04:34 | South Florida | Michael Scott misses the 2nd free throw | 69-68 |
| 04:34 | LSU | Johnny Wall pulls down the rebound | 69-68 |
| 04:32 | LSU | Walter Durbin is called for the reach on John Early in the backcourt - foul #2 on Walter Durbin, team foul #7 | 69-68 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Thomas Brewer (PF) Michael Scott | |
| 04:32 | LSU | John Early makes the 1st free throw | 70-68 |
| 04:32 | LSU | John Early makes the 2nd free throw | 71-68 |
| 04:17 | South Florida | Thomas Brewer is fouled on the floor by John Early - foul #3 on John Early, team foul #5 | 71-68 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Harry Daniels (SG) Jonathan Wood | |
| 04:00 | South Florida | Walter Durbin comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 71-68 |
| 03:59 | South Florida | Thomas Brewer grabs the offensive board | 71-68 |
| 03:49 | South Florida | Michael McDermott is called for the reach on Thomas Brewer - foul #4 on Michael McDermott, team foul #6 | 71-68 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (PG), Daniel Foushee (SG), Raymond Isom (PF) Aaron Griffith, John Early, Johnny Wall | |
| Subs | South Florida | John Baptiste (PG), Edward Dubay (SF), William Gallagher (C) Ruben Strain, Walter Durbin, Charles Lewis | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Knudson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Daniel Foushee (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Peter Gadomski (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Raymond Isom (tiring) 22 pts. 12 reb. C - Michael McDermott (tired) 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - John Baptiste (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Harry Daniels (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Edward Dubay (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Brewer (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - William Gallagher (fresh) 9 pts. | |
| 03:28 | South Florida | William Gallagher is hacked by Raymond Isom - foul #2 on Raymond Isom, team foul #7 | 71-68 |
| Subs | LSU | Johnny Wall (SF), James Poythress (C) Peter Gadomski, Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | South Florida | | |
| 03:28 | South Florida | William Gallagher makes the 1st free throw | 71-69 |
| 03:28 | South Florida | William Gallagher makes the 2nd free throw | 71-70 |
| 03:13 | LSU | Harry Daniels steals the ball from Johnny Wall | 71-70 |
| 03:04 | South Florida | John Baptiste loses the dribble to Johnny Wall | 71-70 |
| 03:02 | LSU | James Knudson is hacked by John Baptiste in the backcourt - foul #5 on John Baptiste, team foul #8 | 71-70 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Ruben Strain (PG), Jonathan Wood (SG), Michael Scott (PF) John Baptiste, Harry Daniels, Thomas Brewer | |
| 03:02 | LSU | James Knudson makes the 1st free throw | 72-70 |
| 03:02 | LSU | James Knudson makes the 2nd free throw | 73-70 |
| 03:00 | South Florida | South Florida calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 73-70 |
| Subs | LSU | John Early (SG), Peter Gadomski (SF) Daniel Foushee, James Poythress | |
| Subs | South Florida | Walter Durbin (SF), Charles Lewis (C) Edward Dubay, William Gallagher | |
| 02:48 | South Florida | Charles Lewis comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block | 73-70 |
| 02:46 | LSU | John Early pulls down the rebound | 73-70 |
| 02:26 | LSU | Charles Lewis is called for the reach on John Early - foul #2 on Charles Lewis, team foul #9 | 73-70 |
| 02:26 | LSU | John Early makes the 1st free throw | 74-70 |
| 02:26 | LSU | John Early makes the 2nd free throw | 75-70 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | South Florida | South Florida is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 02:04 | South Florida | Ruben Strain knocks in the floater from the free throw line | 75-72 |
| 01:45 | LSU | John Early misses the wide open fadeaway from the left block | 75-72 |
| 01:44 | LSU | John Early pulls down the offensive rebound | 75-72 |
| 01:34 | LSU | Johnny Wall double dribbles | 75-72 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael McDermott (C) Peter Gadomski | |
| Subs | South Florida | | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Florida | South Florida is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 01:19 | South Florida | Michael Scott steps out of bounds on the baseline | 75-72 |
| 01:08 | LSU | John Early is hacked by Walter Durbin - foul #3 on Walter Durbin, team foul #10 | 75-72 |
| 01:08 | LSU | John Early makes the 1st free throw | 76-72 |
| 01:08 | LSU | John Early makes the 2nd free throw | 77-72 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | South Florida | South Florida is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 00:40 | South Florida | Charles Lewis hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left block | 77-72 |
| 00:39 | South Florida | Jonathan Wood tips it back up and in | 77-74 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | South Florida | South Florida is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 00:10 | LSU | James Knudson drills a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Raymond Isom | 79-74 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | South Florida | South Florida is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 00:04 | South Florida | Jonathan Wood misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 79-74 |
| 00:02 | LSU | Johnny Wall grabs the defensive rebound | 79-74 |
| 00:00 | LSU | Johnny Wall runs out the clock | 79-74 |