| Lineup | LSU | PG - Trevor Downs (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronnie Bailey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SF - Milton Kocher (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Victor Moskowitz (fresh) 2 pts. C - Rodney Crawford (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Huynh (fresh) 10 pts. 3 stl. SG - Michael Brown (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Troy Curtis (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Lupe Vasquez (fresh) 2 reb. C - Antony Rossi (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Milton Kocher inbounds the ball | 33-32 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:45 | LSU | Rodney Crawford hits the finger roll | 35-32 |
| 19:38 | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh drills a jumper from the left side | 35-34 |
| 19:17 | LSU | Antony Rossi steals the ball from Ronnie Bailey | 35-34 |
| 18:49 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 35-34 |
| 18:48 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis tips it home | 35-36 |
| 18:40 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz connects on the jump hook in the lane set up by Trevor Downs | 37-36 |
| 18:15 | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez's fadeaway is rejected by Victor Moskowitz | 37-36 |
| 18:13 | LSU | Rodney Crawford gets the rebound | 37-36 |
| 18:06 | LSU | Rodney Crawford hits a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Victor Moskowitz | 39-36 |
| 17:47 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis misses long on a shot from the right block | 39-36 |
| 17:45 | LSU | Trevor Downs pulls down the rebound | 39-36 |
| 17:39 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Lupe Vasquez - foul #3 on Lupe Vasquez, team foul #1 | 39-36 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Harrell (PG), Larry Meads (SG), Matthew Alexander (SF), Frank Henning (PF) Christopher Huynh, Michael Brown, Troy Curtis, Lupe Vasquez | |
| 17:39 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz makes the 1st free throw | 40-36 |
| 17:39 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses the 2nd free throw | 40-36 |
| 17:39 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz grabs the offensive rebound | 40-36 |
| 17:22 | LSU | Rodney Crawford makes the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Milton Kocher | 42-36 |
| 17:00 | South Carolina | Frank Henning loses the ball out of bounds | 42-36 |
| Subs | LSU | Clinton Ragland (PG), Richard Segura (SF), Robin Arango (PF), Terry Brunswick (C) Trevor Downs, Milton Kocher, Victor Moskowitz, Rodney Crawford | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Rafael Pineiro (PF) Frank Henning | |
| 16:45 | LSU | Richard Segura clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-36 |
| 16:43 | South Carolina | Rafael Pineiro grabs the board | 42-36 |
| 16:14 | South Carolina | Matthew Alexander misses long on a shot from the right wing | 42-36 |
| 16:13 | LSU | Terry Brunswick snags the defensive board | 42-36 |
| 15:48 | LSU | Richard Segura misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 42-36 |
| 15:47 | South Carolina | Robert Harrell snags the defensive board | 42-36 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Clinton Ragland (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ronnie Bailey (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SF - Richard Segura (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robin Arango (fresh) 2 pts. C - Terry Brunswick (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Robert Harrell (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Larry Meads (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Matthew Alexander (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Rafael Pineiro (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Antony Rossi (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:18 | South Carolina | Rafael Pineiro drills a jumper from the baseline | 42-38 |
| 14:57 | LSU | Robert Harrell is called for the reach on Terry Brunswick - foul #3 on Robert Harrell, team foul #2 | 42-38 |
| Subs | LSU | Trevor Downs (PG), Milton Kocher (SF), Victor Moskowitz (PF), Rodney Crawford (C) Ronnie Bailey, Richard Segura, Robin Arango, Terry Brunswick | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Brown (SG), Troy Curtis (SF), Lupe Vasquez (PF), Frank Henning (C) Larry Meads, Matthew Alexander, Rafael Pineiro, Antony Rossi | |
| 14:44 | LSU | Rodney Crawford's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-38 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Antony Rossi (C) Frank Henning | |
| 14:33 | South Carolina | Michael Brown comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-38 |
| 14:31 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz gets the rebound | 42-38 |
| 14:17 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses long on a fadeaway from the left block | 42-38 |
| 14:16 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz tips it back up and in | 44-38 |
| 14:04 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis drills a driving attempt from close range | 44-40 |
| 13:52 | LSU | Rodney Crawford loses the ball out of bounds | 44-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Segura (SG) Clinton Ragland | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Matthew Alexander (SF), Frank Henning (C) Troy Curtis, Antony Rossi | |
| 13:30 | South Carolina | Michael Brown is hacked by Rodney Crawford - foul #3 on Rodney Crawford, team foul #1 | 44-40 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh (PG), Troy Curtis (SF) Robert Harrell, Matthew Alexander | |
| 13:10 | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez is denied on a layup by Victor Moskowitz | 44-40 |
| 13:09 | LSU | The rebound goes to Milton Kocher | 44-40 |
| 12:55 | LSU | 3 seconds is called on Milton Kocher | 44-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Ronnie Bailey (SG) Richard Segura | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Harrell (PG), Larry Meads (SG), Matthew Alexander (SF), Antony Rossi (C) Christopher Huynh, Michael Brown, Troy Curtis, Frank Henning | |
| 12:31 | South Carolina | Robert Harrell buries a shot from close range | 44-42 |
| 12:11 | LSU | Milton Kocher misses badly on a shot from the left side | 44-42 |
| 12:09 | South Carolina | Matthew Alexander grabs the defensive rebound | 44-42 |
| 11:42 | South Carolina | A charge is called on Antony Rossi - foul #3 on Antony Rossi, team foul #3 | 44-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Clinton Ragland (PG), Richard Segura (SF), Robin Arango (PF), Terry Brunswick (C) Trevor Downs, Milton Kocher, Victor Moskowitz, Rodney Crawford | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh (PG), Michael Brown (SG), Troy Curtis (SF), Rafael Pineiro (C) Robert Harrell, Larry Meads, Matthew Alexander, Antony Rossi | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Clinton Ragland (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ronnie Bailey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SF - Richard Segura (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robin Arango (fresh) 2 pts. C - Terry Brunswick (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Huynh (fresh) 12 pts. 3 stl. SG - Michael Brown (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Troy Curtis (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Lupe Vasquez (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Rafael Pineiro (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:28 | LSU | Richard Segura misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 44-42 |
| 11:26 | South Carolina | Rafael Pineiro pulls down the rebound | 44-42 |
| 11:05 | South Carolina | Robin Arango is called for the reach on Michael Brown - foul #1 on Robin Arango, team foul #2 | 44-42 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Frank Henning (C) Rafael Pineiro | |
| 10:45 | South Carolina | Frank Henning's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-42 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Antony Rossi (C) Frank Henning | |
| 10:19 | LSU | Robin Arango misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 44-42 |
| 10:17 | South Carolina | Antony Rossi grabs the board | 44-42 |
| 10:02 | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 44-42 |
| 10:00 | LSU | Terry Brunswick gets the rebound | 44-42 |
| 09:44 | LSU | Robin Arango misses short on a runner from the right block | 44-42 |
| 09:42 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis grabs the board | 44-42 |
| 09:23 | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez scores on a shot from close range on a great pass from Christopher Huynh and he's fouled by Clinton Ragland - foul #1 on Clinton Ragland, team foul #3 | 44-44 |
| Subs | LSU | Trevor Downs (PG), Milton Kocher (SF), Victor Moskowitz (PF), Rodney Crawford (C) Ronnie Bailey, Richard Segura, Robin Arango, Terry Brunswick | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Harrell (PG), Larry Meads (SG), Matthew Alexander (SF), Frank Henning (C) Christopher Huynh, Michael Brown, Troy Curtis, Antony Rossi | |
| 09:23 | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez makes the free throw | 44-45 |
| 09:13 | LSU | Clinton Ragland is hacked by Larry Meads - foul #1 on Larry Meads, team foul #4 | 44-45 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Rafael Pineiro (C) Frank Henning | |
| 09:05 | LSU | Rodney Crawford misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Larry Meads - foul #2 on Larry Meads, team foul #5 | 44-45 |
| 09:05 | LSU | Rodney Crawford makes the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 09:05 | LSU | Rodney Crawford misses the 2nd free throw | 45-45 |
| 09:05 | LSU | Milton Kocher grabs the offensive rebound | 45-45 |
| 09:00 | LSU | Clinton Ragland misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 45-45 |
| 08:58 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Matthew Alexander | 45-45 |
| 08:31 | South Carolina | Larry Meads is whistled for traveling | 45-45 |
| Subs | LSU | Ronnie Bailey (SG) Clinton Ragland | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Troy Curtis (SF), Frank Henning (C) Matthew Alexander, Rafael Pineiro | |
| 08:15 | LSU | Larry Meads is called for the reach on Ronnie Bailey - foul #3 on Larry Meads, team foul #6 | 45-45 |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Segura (SG) Ronnie Bailey | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh (PG), Michael Brown (SG), Antony Rossi (C) Robert Harrell, Larry Meads, Frank Henning | |
| 08:10 | LSU | Rodney Crawford hits a floater from the left block on a great pass from Richard Segura | 47-45 |
| 07:41 | South Carolina | Richard Segura steals it from Michael Brown | 47-45 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Trevor Downs (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Segura (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Milton Kocher (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. PF - Victor Moskowitz (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. C - Rodney Crawford (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Huynh (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Michael Brown (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Troy Curtis (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Lupe Vasquez (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Antony Rossi (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:15 | LSU | Trevor Downs clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but the foul's on Michael Brown - foul #1 on Michael Brown, team foul #7 | 47-45 |
| Subs | LSU | Ronnie Bailey (SG) Richard Segura | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Harrell (PG), Larry Meads (SG), Matthew Alexander (SF), Frank Henning (C) Christopher Huynh, Michael Brown, Troy Curtis, Antony Rossi | |
| 07:15 | LSU | Trevor Downs misses the 1st free throw | 47-45 |
| 07:15 | LSU | Trevor Downs misses the 2nd free throw | 47-45 |
| 07:15 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz snags the offensive board | 47-45 |
| 06:57 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 47-45 |
| 06:56 | LSU | Rodney Crawford pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-45 |
| 06:33 | LSU | Milton Kocher hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the left block | 47-45 |
| 06:32 | South Carolina | Matthew Alexander grabs the board | 47-45 |
| 06:08 | South Carolina | Matthew Alexander dunks the ball on a nice dish by Larry Meads | 47-47 |
| 05:58 | LSU | Trevor Downs makes the shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Victor Moskowitz | 49-47 |
| 05:34 | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez drills a turnaround from the baseline | 49-49 |
| 05:11 | LSU | Trevor Downs clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 49-49 |
| 05:10 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Lupe Vasquez | 49-49 |
| 05:04 | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez is called for a charge - foul #4 on Lupe Vasquez, team foul #8 | 49-49 |
| Subs | LSU | Clinton Ragland (PG), Richard Segura (SF), Robin Arango (PF), Terry Brunswick (C) Trevor Downs, Milton Kocher, Victor Moskowitz, Rodney Crawford | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh (PG), Michael Brown (SG), Troy Curtis (SF), Antony Rossi (C) Robert Harrell, Larry Meads, Matthew Alexander, Frank Henning | |
| 04:49 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 49-49 |
| 04:47 | LSU | Terry Brunswick tips it in | 51-49 |
| 04:33 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 51-49 |
| 04:31 | LSU | Terry Brunswick grabs the board | 51-49 |
| 04:10 | LSU | Richard Segura throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-49 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lawrence Ball (PF), Rafael Pineiro (C) Lupe Vasquez, Antony Rossi | |
| 03:45 | South Carolina | Robin Arango is called for the reach on Christopher Huynh - foul #2 on Robin Arango, team foul #4 | 51-49 |
| Subs | LSU | Trevor Downs (PG) Ronnie Bailey | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez (PF), Antony Rossi (C) Lawrence Ball, Rafael Pineiro | |
| 03:26 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Richard Segura - foul #1 on Richard Segura, team foul #5 | 51-49 |
| Subs | LSU | Milton Kocher (SF) Richard Segura | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lawrence Ball (PF), Rafael Pineiro (C) Lupe Vasquez, Antony Rossi | |
| 03:26 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis misses the 1st free throw | 51-49 |
| 03:26 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis makes the 2nd free throw | 51-50 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Trevor Downs (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Clinton Ragland (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Milton Kocher (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. PF - Robin Arango (fresh) 2 pts. C - Terry Brunswick (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Huynh (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Michael Brown (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Troy Curtis (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Lawrence Ball (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Rafael Pineiro (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:05 | LSU | Robin Arango's pass is intercepted by Lawrence Ball | 51-50 |
| 02:36 | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Robin Arango - foul #3 on Robin Arango, team foul #6 | 51-50 |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Segura (SG), Victor Moskowitz (PF), Rodney Crawford (C) Trevor Downs, Robin Arango, Terry Brunswick | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Larry Meads (SG), Matthew Alexander (SF), Lupe Vasquez (PF), Antony Rossi (C) Michael Brown, Troy Curtis, Lawrence Ball, Rafael Pineiro | |
| 02:36 | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh makes the 1st free throw | 51-51 |
| 02:36 | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh misses the 2nd free throw | 51-51 |
| 02:36 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz gets the rebound | 51-51 |
| 02:36 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-51 |
| 02:29 | LSU | Richard Segura buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Milton Kocher | 54-51 |
| 02:00 | South Carolina | Matthew Alexander loses the dribble to Richard Segura | 54-51 |
| 02:00 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 54-51 |
| Subs | LSU | Trevor Downs (PG), Ronnie Bailey (SG) Clinton Ragland, Richard Segura | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Brown (SG), Troy Curtis (SF) Larry Meads, Matthew Alexander | |
| 01:43 | LSU | Trevor Downs knocks in the fadeaway from the right side | 56-51 |
| 01:22 | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez buries a fadeaway from the left wing set up by Michael Brown | 56-53 |
| 01:05 | LSU | Ronnie Bailey misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 56-53 |
| 01:03 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz tips it in | 58-53 |
| 00:40 | South Carolina | Milton Kocher is called for the reach on Troy Curtis - foul #1 on Milton Kocher, team foul #7 | 58-53 |
| 00:40 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis misses the 1st free throw | 58-53 |
| 00:40 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz grabs the board | 58-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:38 | LSU | Christopher Huynh is called for the reach on Victor Moskowitz in the backcourt - foul #2 on Christopher Huynh, team foul #9 | 58-53 |
| 00:38 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz makes the 1st free throw | 59-53 |
| 00:38 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz makes the 2nd free throw | 60-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+5) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:32 | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 60-53 |
| 00:31 | LSU | The rebound goes to Victor Moskowitz | 60-53 |
| 00:28 | LSU | Christopher Huynh is called for the reach on Victor Moskowitz in the backcourt - foul #3 on Christopher Huynh, team foul #10 | 60-53 |
| 00:28 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses the 1st free throw | 60-53 |
| 00:28 | LSU | Victor Moskowitz misses the 2nd free throw | 60-53 |
| 00:28 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Lupe Vasquez | 60-53 |
| 00:22 | South Carolina | Christopher Huynh's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 60-53 |
| 00:21 | LSU | Trevor Downs is fouled in the backcourt by Christopher Huynh - foul #4 on Christopher Huynh, team foul #11 | 60-53 |
| 00:21 | LSU | Trevor Downs misses the 1st free throw | 60-53 |
| 00:21 | LSU | Trevor Downs misses the 2nd free throw | 60-53 |
| 00:21 | South Carolina | Lupe Vasquez snags the defensive board | 60-53 |
| 00:16 | South Carolina | Michael Brown misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 60-53 |
| 00:14 | South Carolina | Michael Brown grabs the offensive board | 60-53 |
| 00:12 | South Carolina | Michael Brown misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 60-53 |
| 00:11 | LSU | Rodney Crawford snags the defensive board | 60-53 |
| 00:08 | LSU | Christopher Huynh is called for the reach on Rodney Crawford in the backcourt - foul #5 on Christopher Huynh, team foul #12 | 60-53 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Harrell (PG) Christopher Huynh | |
| 00:08 | LSU | Rodney Crawford misses the 1st free throw | 60-53 |
| 00:08 | LSU | Rodney Crawford makes the 2nd free throw | 61-53 |
| 00:04 | South Carolina | Robert Harrell drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 61-56 |
| 00:03 | LSU | Trevor Downs is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Harrell - foul #4 on Robert Harrell, team foul #13 | 61-56 |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Segura (SF), Robin Arango (PF) Milton Kocher, Victor Moskowitz | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 00:03 | LSU | Trevor Downs misses the 1st free throw | 61-56 |
| 00:03 | LSU | Trevor Downs makes the 2nd free throw | 62-56 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | Troy Curtis comes up short on the halfcourt shot | 62-56 |