| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fresh) SG - Lawrence Tucker (fresh) SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) PF - Clarence Page (fresh) C - Ernie Taylor (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - Jeffery Winters (fresh) SG - Daniel Johnson (fresh) SF - Xing-Fu Chia (fresh) PF - Tom Currey (fresh) C - Williams Johnson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Temple | Ernie Taylor wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Pepperdine | Pepperdine is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:56 | Temple | Tom Currey steps in front of the Eugene Danner pass in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:39 | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia clanks a 3 from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Pepperdine | Williams Johnson grabs the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:19 | Pepperdine | Daniel Johnson makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Tom Currey | 0-3 |
| 18:50 | Temple | Clarence Page misses the floater from the right block | 0-3 |
| 18:48 | Pepperdine | Daniel Johnson snags the defensive board | 0-3 |
| 18:30 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey misses the lay-in | 0-3 |
| 18:28 | Temple | Eugene Danner snags the defensive board | 0-3 |
| 18:26 | Temple | Eugene Danner is hacked by Jeffery Winters in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jeffery Winters, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| 18:04 | Temple | Ernie Taylor hits the front of the rim on the wide open shot from the left side | 0-3 |
| 18:02 | Pepperdine | Daniel Johnson pulls down the rebound | 0-3 |
| 17:56 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey scores on a floater from the left block and the foul's on Richard Osborne - foul #1 on Richard Osborne, team foul #1 | 0-5 |
| Subs | Temple | John Masters (PG), Joel Brown (SF), Robert Griffin (PF), Burton Lee (C) Richard Osborne, Eugene Danner, Clarence Page, Ernie Taylor | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | | |
| 17:56 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey makes the free throw | 0-6 |
| 17:30 | Temple | Robert Griffin misses long on an open fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 0-6 |
| 17:29 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey gets the rebound | 0-6 |
| 17:06 | Pepperdine | Daniel Johnson is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Daniel Johnson, team foul #2 | 0-6 |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG) Lawrence Tucker | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson (PG), Joseph Garland (SG), Rick Ellison (C) Jeffery Winters, Daniel Johnson, Williams Johnson | |
| 16:43 | Temple | Robert Griffin misses badly on a jumper from the left block | 0-6 |
| 16:41 | Temple | Joel Brown pulls down the offensive rebound | 0-6 |
| 16:20 | Temple | John Masters buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Burton Lee | 3-6 |
| 16:08 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey is whistled for a carry | 3-6 |
| Subs | Temple | Lawrence Tucker (SG), Eugene Danner (SF), Clarence Page (PF), Ernie Taylor (C) Richard Osborne, Joel Brown, Robert Griffin, Burton Lee | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder (SF), Brian Driscoll (PF) Xing-Fu Chia, Tom Currey | |
| 15:45 | Temple | Brian Driscoll picks off the pass by Lawrence Tucker | 3-6 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - John Masters (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Lawrence Tucker (fairly fresh) SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) PF - Clarence Page (fresh) C - Ernie Taylor (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - Billy Johnson (fresh) SG - Joseph Garland (fresh) SF - Barry Schroeder (fresh) PF - Brian Driscoll (fresh) C - Rick Ellison (fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Pepperdine | John Masters takes the ball from Billy Johnson in the backcourt | 3-6 |
| 15:42 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker banks in the layup set up by John Masters | 5-6 |
| 15:18 | Pepperdine | Brian Driscoll misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 5-6 |
| 15:16 | Temple | Ernie Taylor snags the defensive board | 5-6 |
| 14:56 | Temple | Eugene Danner jams it on a great pass from Ernie Taylor | 7-6 |
| 14:44 | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder misses the shot from close range but the foul's on John Masters - foul #1 on John Masters, team foul #2 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG) Lawrence Tucker | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Jeffery Winters (PG), Daniel Johnson (SG), Tom Currey (PF), Williams Johnson (C) Billy Johnson, Joseph Garland, Brian Driscoll, Rick Ellison | |
| 14:44 | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 14:44 | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder makes the 2nd free throw | 7-8 |
| 14:15 | Temple | John Masters is open but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 7-8 |
| 14:14 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey grabs the defensive rebound | 7-8 |
| 13:58 | Pepperdine | Williams Johnson misses the jump hook from the right block | 7-8 |
| 13:57 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey tips it back up and in | 7-10 |
| 13:44 | Temple | Ernie Taylor blows the layup | 7-10 |
| 13:42 | Temple | Eugene Danner grabs the offensive rebound | 7-10 |
| 13:20 | Temple | Eugene Danner scores on a shot from the baseline on a great pass from Richard Osborne and he's hacked by Williams Johnson - foul #1 on Williams Johnson, team foul #3 | 9-10 |
| Subs | Temple | Lawrence Tucker (SG), Robert Griffin (PF), Joel Brown (C) John Masters, Clarence Page, Ernie Taylor | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia (SF), Brian Driscoll (PF) Barry Schroeder, Tom Currey | |
| 13:20 | Temple | Eugene Danner makes the free throw | 10-10 |
| 13:13 | Pepperdine | Jeffery Winters is fouled on the floor by Richard Osborne - foul #2 on Richard Osborne, team foul #3 | 10-10 |
| Subs | Temple | John Masters (PG), Burton Lee (C) Richard Osborne, Eugene Danner | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | | |
| 12:59 | Pepperdine | Jeffery Winters's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 10-10 |
| Subs | Temple | Ernie Taylor (C) Burton Lee | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | | |
| 12:57 | Temple | Joel Brown is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 10-10 |
| 12:52 | Pepperdine | Jeffery Winters clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 10-10 |
| 12:51 | Temple | Robert Griffin pulls down the rebound | 10-10 |
| 12:39 | Temple | John Masters hits a turnaround from the right block | 12-10 |
| 12:14 | Pepperdine | Daniel Johnson misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 12-10 |
| 12:12 | Temple | Joel Brown pulls down the rebound | 12-10 |
| 11:51 | Temple | Joel Brown comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 12-10 |
| 11:49 | Pepperdine | Daniel Johnson grabs the board | 12-10 |
| 11:30 | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 12-10 |
| 11:29 | Temple | Robert Griffin snags the defensive board | 12-10 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - John Masters (tiring) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lawrence Tucker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joel Brown (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Griffin (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Ernie Taylor (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - Jeffery Winters (tiring) SG - Daniel Johnson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Xing-Fu Chia (fresh) PF - Brian Driscoll (fairly fresh) C - Williams Johnson (tiring) | |
| 11:05 | Temple | Robert Griffin can't finish the layup | 12-10 |
| 11:03 | Temple | Ernie Taylor tips it back up and in | 14-10 |
| 10:48 | Pepperdine | Jeffery Winters can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 14-10 |
| 10:47 | Temple | Ernie Taylor gets the rebound | 14-10 |
| 10:21 | Temple | Robert Griffin makes the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Lawrence Tucker and he's fouled by Jeffery Winters - foul #2 on Jeffery Winters, team foul #4 | 16-10 |
| Subs | Temple | Eugene Danner (SF), Clarence Page (PF), Burton Lee (C) John Masters, Joel Brown, Ernie Taylor | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson (PG), Joseph Garland (SG), Barry Schroeder (SF), Tom Currey (PF), Rick Ellison (C) Jeffery Winters, Daniel Johnson, Xing-Fu Chia, Brian Driscoll, Williams Johnson | |
| 10:21 | Temple | Robert Griffin misses the free throw | 16-10 |
| 10:21 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey gets the rebound | 16-10 |
| 10:02 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey can't connect on a jump hook from the right block | 16-10 |
| 10:01 | Pepperdine | Joseph Garland pulls down the offensive rebound | 16-10 |
| 09:46 | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder misses long on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Eugene Danner - foul #1 on Eugene Danner, team foul #4 | 16-10 |
| Subs | Temple | John Masters (PG) Robert Griffin | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | | |
| 09:46 | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder makes the 1st free throw | 16-11 |
| 09:46 | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder makes the 2nd free throw | 16-12 |
| 09:27 | Temple | John Masters misses badly on a shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Tom Currey - foul #1 on Tom Currey, team foul #5 | 16-12 |
| 09:27 | Temple | John Masters makes the 1st free throw | 17-12 |
| 09:27 | Temple | John Masters makes the 2nd free throw | 18-12 |
| 09:11 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey's pass is intercepted by Lawrence Tucker | 18-12 |
| 09:09 | Temple | Barry Schroeder steals the ball from Lawrence Tucker in the backcourt | 18-12 |
| 08:52 | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson is whistled for a carry | 18-12 |
| Subs | Temple | Ernie Taylor (C) Burton Lee | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Daniel Johnson (SG), Xing-Fu Chia (SF) Joseph Garland, Barry Schroeder | |
| 08:28 | Temple | Eugene Danner misses the floater from the baseline | 18-12 |
| 08:27 | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson gets the rebound | 18-12 |
| 08:05 | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson's floater is tipped away by Clarence Page | 18-12 |
| 08:04 | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson hits the follow up shot | 18-14 |
| 07:47 | Temple | Clarence Page is hacked by Billy Johnson - foul #1 on Billy Johnson, team foul #6 | 18-14 |
| Subs | Temple | Joel Brown (C) Ernie Taylor | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Williams Johnson (C) Rick Ellison | |
| 07:31 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker is open and scores on a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Joel Brown and the foul's on Daniel Johnson - foul #2 on Daniel Johnson, team foul #7 | 20-14 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Joseph Garland (SG) Daniel Johnson | |
| 07:31 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker misses the free throw | 20-14 |
| 07:31 | Pepperdine | Williams Johnson pulls down the rebound | 20-14 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - John Masters (tiring) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lawrence Tucker (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eugene Danner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Clarence Page (fairly fresh) C - Joel Brown (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - Billy Johnson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SG - Joseph Garland (fresh) SF - Xing-Fu Chia (fairly fresh) PF - Tom Currey (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Williams Johnson (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| 07:17 | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson drills a driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from Xing-Fu Chia and he's fouled by Lawrence Tucker - foul #1 on Lawrence Tucker, team foul #5 | 20-16 |
| Subs | Temple | Ernie Taylor (C) Joel Brown | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder (SF), Brian Driscoll (PF) Xing-Fu Chia, Tom Currey | |
| 07:17 | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson makes the free throw | 20-17 |
| 06:56 | Temple | Clarence Page buries a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by John Masters | 22-17 |
| 06:45 | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 22-17 |
| 06:44 | Pepperdine | Barry Schroeder can't tip it in | 22-17 |
| 06:43 | Temple | Clarence Page grabs the board | 22-17 |
| 06:22 | Temple | Eugene Danner is open but comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 22-17 |
| 06:21 | Temple | Ernie Taylor tips it back up and in | 24-17 |
| 06:12 | Pepperdine | John Masters is called for the reach on Billy Johnson - foul #2 on John Masters, team foul #6 | 24-17 |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG), Joel Brown (C) Lawrence Tucker, Ernie Taylor | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia (SF), Tom Currey (PF), Rick Ellison (C) Billy Johnson, Brian Driscoll, Williams Johnson | |
| 05:59 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey connects on the shot from the left block on a nice dish by Joseph Garland | 24-19 |
| 05:30 | Temple | John Masters's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 24-19 |
| Subs | Temple | Lawrence Tucker (SG), Robert Griffin (PF), Ernie Taylor (C) John Masters, Clarence Page, Joel Brown | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson (SG) Joseph Garland | |
| 05:17 | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia is fouled on the floor by Richard Osborne - foul #3 on Richard Osborne, team foul #7 | 24-19 |
| Subs | Temple | John Masters (PG), Joel Brown (SF), Clarence Page (PF) Richard Osborne, Eugene Danner, Robert Griffin | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | | |
| 05:17 | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia makes the 1st free throw | 24-20 |
| 05:17 | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia misses the 2nd free throw | 24-20 |
| 05:17 | Temple | Ernie Taylor gets the rebound | 24-20 |
| 04:56 | Temple | Lawrence Tucker misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 24-20 |
| 04:55 | Pepperdine | Rick Ellison grabs the board | 24-20 |
| 04:43 | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia is hacked by Joel Brown - foul #1 on Joel Brown, team foul #8 | 24-20 |
| Subs | Temple | Eugene Danner (SF), Robert Griffin (PF), Burton Lee (C) Joel Brown, Clarence Page, Ernie Taylor | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Joseph Garland (SG), Brian Driscoll (C) Barry Schroeder, Rick Ellison | |
| 04:43 | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia misses the 1st free throw | 24-20 |
| 04:43 | Temple | Burton Lee gets the rebound | 24-20 |
| 04:21 | Temple | John Masters misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 24-20 |
| 04:19 | Pepperdine | The rebound goes to Billy Johnson | 24-20 |
| 04:01 | Pepperdine | Joseph Garland scores on a shot from the baseline on a great pass from Brian Driscoll | 24-22 |
| 03:36 | Temple | Eugene Danner double dribbles | 24-22 |
| Subs | Temple | Joel Brown (SF), Clarence Page (PF), Ernie Taylor (C) Eugene Danner, Robert Griffin, Burton Lee | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Jeffery Winters (PG), Daniel Johnson (SG), Williams Johnson (C) Billy Johnson, Joseph Garland, Brian Driscoll | |
| 03:18 | Pepperdine | Tom Currey misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 24-22 |
| 03:16 | Temple | Joel Brown grabs the board | 24-22 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - John Masters (tired) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Tucker (tired) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joel Brown (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Clarence Page (tiring) 2 pts. C - Ernie Taylor (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - Jeffery Winters (fresh) SG - Daniel Johnson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Xing-Fu Chia (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Tom Currey (tiring) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Williams Johnson (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| 03:02 | Temple | Clarence Page misses short on a shot in the paint but he's fouled by Daniel Johnson - foul #3 on Daniel Johnson, team foul #8 | 24-22 |
| Subs | Temple | Eugene Danner (SF), Robert Griffin (PF) John Masters, Joel Brown | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Joseph Garland (SG) Daniel Johnson | |
| 03:02 | Temple | Clarence Page makes the 1st free throw | 25-22 |
| 03:02 | Temple | Clarence Page makes the 2nd free throw | 26-22 |
| 02:59 | Pepperdine | Clarence Page steals the ball from Jeffery Winters in the backcourt | 26-22 |
| 02:47 | Temple | Eugene Danner buries a jumper from the left wing | 28-22 |
| 02:30 | Pepperdine | Joseph Garland lays it up and in on a nice dish by Jeffery Winters | 28-24 |
| 02:09 | Temple | Robert Griffin hits a jumper from close range | 30-24 |
| 01:40 | Pepperdine | Williams Johnson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-24 |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG), John Masters (SG), Joel Brown (SF) Lawrence Tucker, Eugene Danner, Robert Griffin | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Billy Johnson (SG), Barry Schroeder (SF), Brian Driscoll (PF), Rick Ellison (C) Joseph Garland, Xing-Fu Chia, Tom Currey, Williams Johnson | |
| 01:31 | Temple | John Masters's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-24 |
| 01:15 | Pepperdine | Jeffery Winters clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 30-24 |
| 01:13 | Temple | Joel Brown gets the rebound | 30-24 |
| 00:57 | Temple | Billy Johnson is called for the reach on John Masters - foul #2 on Billy Johnson, team foul #9 | 30-24 |
| Subs | Temple | Lawrence Tucker (SG), Eugene Danner (SF) Richard Osborne, Ernie Taylor | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia (SF) Barry Schroeder | |
| 00:57 | Temple | John Masters makes the 1st free throw | 31-24 |
| 00:57 | Temple | John Masters makes the 2nd free throw | 32-24 |
| 00:44 | Pepperdine | Xing-Fu Chia makes the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Jeffery Winters | 32-26 |
| 00:27 | Temple | Joel Brown misses long on a shot from the right block | 32-26 |
| 00:25 | Pepperdine | The rebound goes to Brian Driscoll | 32-26 |
| 00:00 | Pepperdine | Jeffery Winters connects on the fadeaway from the left wing | 32-28 |