| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Nicholas Gregory (fresh) SG - Donald Quinn (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fresh) PF - Allen Sines (fresh) C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Ronnie Schrom (fresh) SG - Sterling Horvath (fresh) SF - Thomas Adams (fresh) PF - Thomas Urbina (fresh) C - Don Espana (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Grambling State | Grambling State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:48 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | Grambling State | The rebound goes to Sterling Horvath | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Grambling State | Donald Quinn is called for the reach on Thomas Urbina - foul #1 on Donald Quinn, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:11 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath scores on a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Thomas Adams | 0-3 |
| 18:56 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory hits a 3 from the left wing set up by Everett Fields | 3-3 |
| 18:28 | Grambling State | Don Espana lays it up and in and he's hacked by Donald Quinn - foul #2 on Donald Quinn, team foul #2 | 3-5 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor (SG) Donald Quinn | |
| Subs | Grambling State | | |
| 18:28 | Grambling State | Don Espana makes the free throw | 3-6 |
| 18:16 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs buries a fadeaway from the left side | 5-6 |
| 17:51 | Grambling State | Don Espana misses the easy layup | 5-6 |
| 17:49 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory grabs the defensive rebound | 5-6 |
| 17:29 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines's floater is tipped away by Don Espana | 5-6 |
| 17:28 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields can't tip it in | 5-6 |
| 17:27 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields hits the follow up shot | 7-6 |
| 17:12 | Grambling State | Ronnie Schrom drills a 3 from the left corner | 7-9 |
| 16:56 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 7-9 |
| 16:54 | Grambling State | Thomas Urbina pulls down the rebound | 7-9 |
| 16:38 | Grambling State | Ronnie Schrom drills a floater from just outside the lane | 7-11 |
| 16:20 | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor loses the ball out of bounds | 7-11 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Carl Plum (SG), Joseph Neth (PF), Edgar Davis (C) Nicholas Gregory, Everett Fields, Allen Sines, Ernest Gibbs | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Ronald Demps (PG), Daniel Davis (SF), Donald Hulme (PF), John Shuler (C) Ronnie Schrom, Thomas Adams, Thomas Urbina, Don Espana | |
| 15:52 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 7-13 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Jimmy Finke (fresh) SG - Carl Plum (fresh) SF - Kelly Taylor (fresh) PF - Joseph Neth (fresh) C - Edgar Davis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Ronald Demps (fresh) SG - Sterling Horvath (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Daniel Davis (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Donald Hulme (fresh) C - John Shuler (fresh) | |
| 15:45 | Cincinnati | John Shuler swats the layup by Jimmy Finke | 7-13 |
| 15:43 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Jimmy Finke | 7-13 |
| 15:29 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke can't finish the layup | 7-13 |
| 15:27 | Grambling State | John Shuler grabs the defensive rebound | 7-13 |
| 15:12 | Grambling State | Ronald Demps misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Jimmy Finke - foul #1 on Jimmy Finke, team foul #3 | 7-13 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory (SG), Everett Fields (SF), Allen Sines (PF) Carl Plum, Kelly Taylor, Joseph Neth | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Ronnie Schrom (PG) Sterling Horvath | |
| 15:12 | Grambling State | Ronald Demps makes the 1st free throw | 7-14 |
| 15:12 | Grambling State | Ronald Demps makes the 2nd free throw | 7-15 |
| 15:01 | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis double dribbles | 7-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs (C) Edgar Davis | |
| Subs | Grambling State | | |
| 14:52 | Grambling State | Ronald Demps loses the dribble to Allen Sines | 7-15 |
| 14:39 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses short on a runner in the paint | 7-15 |
| 14:38 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs hits the follow up shot | 9-15 |
| 14:21 | Grambling State | Ronnie Schrom is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Ronnie Schrom, team foul #1 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Thomas Adams (SF) Ronald Demps | |
| 13:54 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Schrom is called for the reach on Allen Sines - foul #2 on Ronnie Schrom, team foul #2 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor (SG) Jimmy Finke | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath (SG) Ronnie Schrom | |
| 13:40 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 9-15 |
| 13:38 | Grambling State | John Shuler grabs the board | 9-15 |
| 13:26 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 9-15 |
| 13:25 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines snags the defensive board | 9-15 |
| 13:17 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the lane | 9-15 |
| 13:16 | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor snags the offensive board | 9-15 |
| 13:11 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 9-15 |
| 13:09 | Grambling State | The rebound goes to Sterling Horvath | 9-15 |
| 12:53 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis misses the shot from the left wing | 9-15 |
| 12:52 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields gets the rebound | 9-15 |
| 12:44 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields is called for traveling | 9-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Carl Plum (SG), Joseph Neth (PF), Edgar Davis (C) Nicholas Gregory, Everett Fields, Allen Sines, Ernest Gibbs | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Ronald Demps (SG), Thomas Urbina (PF), Don Espana (C) Sterling Horvath, Donald Hulme, John Shuler | |
| 12:23 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 9-15 |
| 12:21 | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth gets the rebound | 9-15 |
| 12:16 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke loses the ball out of bounds | 9-15 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Everett Fields (SF) Kelly Taylor | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath (SG), John Shuler (C) Thomas Adams, Don Espana | |
| 11:55 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 9-15 |
| 11:53 | Grambling State | Thomas Urbina tips it but misses | 9-15 |
| 11:51 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath tips it in | 9-17 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Jimmy Finke (fresh) SG - Carl Plum (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Joseph Neth (fresh) C - Edgar Davis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Ronald Demps (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Sterling Horvath (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Daniel Davis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Thomas Urbina (fresh) 2 reb. C - John Shuler (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:33 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke hits a fadeaway from the right side set up by Edgar Davis and the foul's on John Shuler - foul #1 on John Shuler, team foul #3 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory (SG), Allen Sines (SF) Carl Plum, Everett Fields | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Thomas Adams (SF), Donald Hulme (PF) Daniel Davis, John Shuler | |
| 11:33 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke misses the free throw | 11-17 |
| 11:33 | Grambling State | The rebound goes to Donald Hulme | 11-17 |
| 11:18 | Grambling State | The pull-up jumper by Sterling Horvath is blocked by Edgar Davis | 11-17 |
| 11:17 | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth snags the defensive board | 11-17 |
| 11:01 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 11-17 |
| 11:00 | Grambling State | Ronald Demps pulls down the rebound | 11-17 |
| 10:44 | Grambling State | Allen Sines is called for the reach on Thomas Urbina - foul #1 on Allen Sines, team foul #4 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor (SG), Ernest Gibbs (C) Jimmy Finke, Edgar Davis | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Daniel Davis (PG), John Shuler (PF), Don Espana (C) Ronald Demps, Donald Hulme, Thomas Urbina | |
| 10:34 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis clanks a jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Nicholas Gregory - foul #1 on Nicholas Gregory, team foul #5 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Everett Fields (SF) Joseph Neth | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Thomas Urbina (PF) John Shuler | |
| 10:34 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis misses the 1st free throw | 11-17 |
| 10:34 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 11-18 |
| 10:26 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory is hacked by Sterling Horvath - foul #1 on Sterling Horvath, team foul #4 | 11-18 |
| 10:15 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 11-18 |
| 10:14 | Grambling State | The rebound goes to Thomas Urbina | 11-18 |
| 10:01 | Grambling State | Don Espana is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Don Espana, team foul #5 | 11-18 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Ronald Demps (PG), John Shuler (PF) Sterling Horvath, Thomas Urbina | |
| 09:42 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields throws it down and he's hacked by Daniel Davis - foul #1 on Daniel Davis, team foul #6 | 13-18 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth (PF) Allen Sines | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath (SG), Donald Hulme (PF), Thomas Urbina (C) Daniel Davis, John Shuler, Don Espana | |
| 09:42 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the free throw | 14-18 |
| 09:19 | Grambling State | Thomas Adams double dribbles | 14-18 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG) Nicholas Gregory | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Daniel Davis (PG), John Shuler (PF), Don Espana (C) Ronald Demps, Donald Hulme, Thomas Urbina | |
| 09:07 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields knocks in the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Ernest Gibbs | 16-18 |
| 08:52 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis is hacked by Jimmy Finke - foul #2 on Jimmy Finke, team foul #6 | 16-18 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Samuel Marson (PG), Carl Plum (SG) Jimmy Finke, Kelly Taylor | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Ronald Demps (PG), Donald Hulme (PF), Thomas Urbina (C) Thomas Adams, John Shuler, Don Espana | |
| 08:34 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 16-18 |
| 08:33 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath snags the offensive board | 16-18 |
| 08:14 | Grambling State | Samuel Marson steals it from Sterling Horvath | 16-18 |
| 08:03 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields scores on a jumpshot from the left side and the foul's on Donald Hulme - foul #1 on Donald Hulme, team foul #7 | 18-18 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory (PG), Allen Sines (PF), Edgar Davis (C) Samuel Marson, Joseph Neth, Ernest Gibbs | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Thomas Adams (SF), John Shuler (PF), Don Espana (C) Ronald Demps, Donald Hulme, Thomas Urbina | |
| 08:03 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses the free throw | 18-18 |
| 08:03 | Grambling State | Don Espana grabs the defensive rebound | 18-18 |
| 07:48 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath misses the floater from the right wing | 18-18 |
| 07:46 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Allen Sines | 18-18 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Nicholas Gregory (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Carl Plum (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Allen Sines (fresh) 2 reb. C - Edgar Davis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Daniel Davis (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Sterling Horvath (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Thomas Adams (fairly fresh) PF - John Shuler (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Don Espana (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:32 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 18-18 |
| 07:31 | Grambling State | Thomas Adams grabs the defensive rebound | 18-18 |
| 07:27 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Daniel Davis | 18-21 |
| 07:19 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines loses the ball out of bounds | 18-21 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor (SG), Joseph Neth (PF) Carl Plum, Everett Fields | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Ronald Demps (PG), Donald Hulme (PF), Thomas Urbina (C) Daniel Davis, John Shuler, Don Espana | |
| 06:56 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 18-21 |
| 06:54 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Joseph Neth | 18-21 |
| 06:48 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 18-21 |
| 06:46 | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis can't tip it in | 18-21 |
| 06:44 | Grambling State | Thomas Urbina gets the rebound | 18-21 |
| 06:35 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 18-21 |
| 06:34 | Grambling State | Thomas Urbina tips it back up and in | 18-23 |
| 06:18 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 18-23 |
| 06:16 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines gets the offensive rebound | 18-23 |
| 06:06 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 21-23 |
| 05:59 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 21-23 |
| 05:58 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Joseph Neth | 21-23 |
| 05:54 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 21-23 |
| 05:53 | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis tips it but misses | 21-23 |
| 05:51 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath grabs the board | 21-23 |
| 05:32 | Grambling State | Ronald Demps hits a shot from the right wing | 21-25 |
| 05:16 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner but the foul's on Donald Hulme - foul #2 on Donald Hulme, team foul #8 | 21-25 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (SG), Everett Fields (SF), Ernest Gibbs (C) Kelly Taylor, Allen Sines, Edgar Davis | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Daniel Davis (PG), John Shuler (PF), Don Espana (C) Ronald Demps, Donald Hulme, Thomas Urbina | |
| 05:16 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory makes the 1st free throw | 22-25 |
| 05:16 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory makes the 2nd free throw | 23-25 |
| 05:16 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory misses the 3rd free throw | 23-25 |
| 05:16 | Grambling State | John Shuler snags the defensive board | 23-25 |
| 05:08 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath makes the jumpshot from the right wing and the foul's on Ernest Gibbs - foul #1 on Ernest Gibbs, team foul #7 | 23-27 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Samuel Marson (PG) Nicholas Gregory | |
| Subs | Grambling State | | |
| 05:08 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath makes the free throw | 23-28 |
| 05:00 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Everett Fields, team foul #8 | 23-28 |
| 04:36 | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath hits a 3pt attempt from straight away | 23-31 |
| 04:17 | Cincinnati | Don Espana is called for the reach on Everett Fields - foul #2 on Don Espana, team foul #9 | 23-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Allen Sines (PF) Joseph Neth | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Thomas Urbina (C) Don Espana | |
| 04:17 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the 1st free throw | 24-31 |
| 04:17 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses the 2nd free throw | 24-31 |
| 04:17 | Grambling State | John Shuler grabs the defensive rebound | 24-31 |
| 04:06 | Grambling State | Allen Sines steps in front of the Sterling Horvath pass | 24-31 |
| 03:46 | Cincinnati | Sterling Horvath takes the ball from Samuel Marson | 24-31 |
| 03:43 | Grambling State | Thomas Adams blows the dunk | 24-31 |
| 03:41 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields grabs the defensive rebound | 24-31 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Samuel Marson (fresh) SG - Carl Plum (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Allen Sines (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Grambling State | PG - Daniel Davis (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Sterling Horvath (fairly fresh) 14 pts. SF - Thomas Adams (tiring) PF - John Shuler (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Thomas Urbina (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:28 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines makes the floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Samuel Marson and he's fouled by John Shuler - foul #2 on John Shuler, team foul #10 | 26-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory (PG), Donald Quinn (SG), Joseph Neth (PF) Samuel Marson, Carl Plum, Everett Fields | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Ronnie Schrom (PG), Ronald Demps (SG), Don Espana (C) Sterling Horvath, Thomas Adams, Thomas Urbina | |
| 03:28 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines misses the free throw | 26-31 |
| 03:28 | Grambling State | Daniel Davis snags the defensive board | 26-31 |
| 02:59 | Grambling State | Nicholas Gregory takes the ball from John Shuler | 26-31 |
| 02:39 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 26-31 |
| 02:37 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs snags the offensive board | 26-31 |
| 02:28 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn misses short on a driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by John Shuler - foul #3 on John Shuler, team foul #11 | 26-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Everett Fields (SF), Edgar Davis (C) Allen Sines, Ernest Gibbs | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Sterling Horvath (SG), Thomas Adams (SF), Thomas Urbina (PF) Ronald Demps, Daniel Davis, John Shuler | |
| 02:28 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn makes the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 02:28 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn misses the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 02:28 | Grambling State | Thomas Urbina snags the defensive board | 27-31 |
| 02:10 | Grambling State | Ronnie Schrom can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 27-31 |
| 02:09 | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth gets the rebound | 27-31 |
| 01:50 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Grambling State | Donald Hulme (PF) Don Espana | |
| 01:23 | Grambling State | Thomas Adams knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Ronnie Schrom | 27-33 |
| 01:06 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields buries a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Donald Quinn | 29-33 |
| 00:49 | Grambling State | Ronnie Schrom connects on the jumpshot from the right side set up by Sterling Horvath | 29-35 |
| 00:24 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 29-35 |
| 00:22 | Grambling State | Thomas Urbina gets the rebound | 29-35 |
| 00:16 | Grambling State | Ronnie Schrom misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 29-35 |
| 00:15 | Grambling State | Donald Hulme tips it back up and in | 29-37 |
| 00:01 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory makes the 3pt shot from straight away | 32-37 |
| 00:00 | Grambling State | Thomas Adams misses long on a fullcourt shot | 32-37 |