| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Clayton (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Donald Adams (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ronald Rochon (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Louis Borja (fresh) 5 reb. C - Carl Krawczyk (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - Patrick Daniels (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Christopher Montgomery (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Eddie Livesay (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Cecil Harding (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Tyus (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Ronald Rochon inbounds the ball | 31-37 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | San Jose State | San Jose State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:45 | LSU | Donald Adams is hacked by Robert Tyus - foul #3 on Robert Tyus, team foul #1 | 31-37 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Gary Ridout (C) Robert Tyus | |
| 19:30 | LSU | Donald Adams knocks in the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Ronald Rochon | 34-37 |
| 19:04 | San Jose State | Donald Adams steps in front of the Christopher Montgomery pass | 34-37 |
| 18:59 | LSU | Donald Adams is hacked by Christopher Montgomery - foul #2 on Christopher Montgomery, team foul #2 | 34-37 |
| 18:40 | LSU | Louis Borja can't finish the layup | 34-37 |
| 18:38 | LSU | Louis Borja grabs the offensive board | 34-37 |
| 18:33 | LSU | Ronald Rochon comes up short on the jump hook in the paint but he's fouled by Eddie Livesay - foul #3 on Eddie Livesay, team foul #3 | 34-37 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Merlin Degraff (SF) Eddie Livesay | |
| 18:33 | LSU | Ronald Rochon makes the 1st free throw | 35-37 |
| 18:33 | LSU | Ronald Rochon makes the 2nd free throw | 36-37 |
| 18:20 | San Jose State | Ronald Rochon takes the ball from Merlin Degraff | 36-37 |
| 18:02 | LSU | Merlin Degraff steps in front of the Carl Krawczyk pass | 36-37 |
| 17:46 | San Jose State | Cecil Harding misses short on a driving attempt from the right block | 36-37 |
| 17:44 | LSU | Louis Borja snags the defensive board | 36-37 |
| 17:25 | LSU | James Clayton misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 36-37 |
| 17:24 | San Jose State | Merlin Degraff grabs the defensive rebound | 36-37 |
| 17:02 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout is fouled on the floor by Donald Adams - foul #1 on Donald Adams, team foul #1 | 36-37 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | William Karle (C) Gary Ridout | |
| 16:45 | San Jose State | Louis Borja picks off the pass by William Karle | 36-37 |
| 16:22 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk misses short on a shot in the paint but the foul's on William Karle - foul #3 on William Karle, team foul #4 | 36-37 |
| Subs | LSU | Steven Kinman (SG), Frank Lopes (PF) James Clayton, Louis Borja | |
| Subs | San Jose State | William Goris (PF), Gary Ridout (C) Cecil Harding, William Karle | |
| 16:22 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk makes the 1st free throw | 37-37 |
| 16:22 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk misses the 2nd free throw | 37-37 |
| 16:22 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout grabs the board | 37-37 |
| 16:16 | San Jose State | Donald Adams steals it from Gary Ridout | 37-37 |
| 16:01 | LSU | Steven Kinman scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Donald Adams | 40-37 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Donald Adams (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Steven Kinman (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Ronald Rochon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Frank Lopes (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Carl Krawczyk (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - Patrick Daniels (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - Christopher Montgomery (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Merlin Degraff (fresh) 8 pts. PF - William Goris (fresh) C - Gary Ridout (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:41 | San Jose State | William Goris is hacked by Carl Krawczyk - foul #4 on Carl Krawczyk, team foul #2 | 40-37 |
| Subs | LSU | Frank Laurel (C) Carl Krawczyk | |
| Subs | San Jose State | William Karle (PG), Eddie Livesay (SF), Robert Tyus (PF), Mark Thomas (C) Patrick Daniels, Christopher Montgomery, William Goris, Gary Ridout | |
| 15:22 | San Jose State | Mark Thomas drills a shot from the left block set up by Eddie Livesay | 40-39 |
| 15:09 | LSU | Ronald Rochon connects on the jumper from the left block | 42-39 |
| 14:51 | San Jose State | Mark Thomas is called for traveling | 42-39 |
| Subs | LSU | James Clayton (PG), Louis Borja (PF) Steven Kinman, Frank Laurel | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Cecil Harding (PF) Robert Tyus | |
| 14:38 | LSU | James Clayton comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 42-39 |
| 14:37 | San Jose State | Mark Thomas pulls down the rebound | 42-39 |
| 14:21 | San Jose State | William Karle misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on James Clayton - foul #4 on James Clayton, team foul #3 | 42-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Steven Kinman (SG) James Clayton | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Christopher Montgomery (SG) Merlin Degraff | |
| 14:21 | San Jose State | William Karle makes the 1st free throw | 42-40 |
| 14:21 | San Jose State | William Karle makes the 2nd free throw | 42-41 |
| 13:53 | LSU | Steven Kinman misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 42-41 |
| 13:51 | San Jose State | William Karle gets the rebound | 42-41 |
| 13:36 | San Jose State | William Karle hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Mark Thomas | 42-44 |
| 13:13 | LSU | Steven Kinman hits a turnaround from the right block set up by Ronald Rochon | 44-44 |
| 12:52 | San Jose State | William Karle hits a jumper from the left wing | 44-46 |
| 12:44 | LSU | Frank Lopes comes up short on the jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Mark Thomas - foul #4 on Mark Thomas, team foul #5 | 44-46 |
| Subs | LSU | James Clayton (PG), Carl Krawczyk (C) Steven Kinman, Louis Borja | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Patrick Daniels (PG), Robert Tyus (C) William Karle, Mark Thomas | |
| 12:44 | LSU | Frank Lopes misses the 1st free throw | 44-46 |
| 12:44 | LSU | Frank Lopes misses the 2nd free throw | 44-46 |
| 12:44 | San Jose State | Cecil Harding pulls down the rebound | 44-46 |
| 12:20 | San Jose State | Cecil Harding is whistled for a carry | 44-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Frank Laurel (SF) Ronald Rochon | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Gary Ridout (C) Cecil Harding | |
| 11:55 | LSU | Donald Adams hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Eddie Livesay - foul #4 on Eddie Livesay, team foul #6 | 44-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Louis Borja (PF) Frank Lopes | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Merlin Degraff (SF) Eddie Livesay | |
| 11:55 | LSU | Donald Adams makes the 1st free throw | 45-46 |
| 11:55 | LSU | Donald Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 46-46 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Clayton (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Donald Adams (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Frank Laurel (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Louis Borja (fresh) 7 reb. C - Carl Krawczyk (fresh) 5 pts. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - Patrick Daniels (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Christopher Montgomery (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Merlin Degraff (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Robert Tyus (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. C - Gary Ridout (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:32 | San Jose State | Patrick Daniels misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 46-46 |
| 11:30 | LSU | Frank Laurel gets the rebound | 46-46 |
| 11:24 | LSU | Donald Adams hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 46-46 |
| 11:22 | LSU | Louis Borja tips it home | 48-46 |
| 11:12 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout loses the dribble to Louis Borja | 48-46 |
| 10:54 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 48-46 |
| 10:53 | San Jose State | Robert Tyus grabs the defensive rebound | 48-46 |
| 10:35 | San Jose State | Robert Tyus's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Ronald Rochon (SF) Frank Laurel | |
| Subs | San Jose State | William Karle (SG), Cecil Harding (PF) Christopher Montgomery, Gary Ridout | |
| 10:14 | LSU | Donald Adams connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by James Clayton | 50-46 |
| 09:55 | San Jose State | Cecil Harding's floater is tipped away by Louis Borja | 50-46 |
| 09:54 | LSU | James Clayton pulls down the rebound | 50-46 |
| 09:44 | LSU | James Clayton drills a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Donald Adams | 53-46 |
| 09:31 | San Jose State | Merlin Degraff comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-46 |
| 09:30 | LSU | James Clayton grabs the board | 53-46 |
| 09:13 | LSU | James Clayton knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Ronald Rochon | 56-46 |
| 08:55 | San Jose State | Merlin Degraff can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 56-46 |
| 08:54 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk snags the defensive board | 56-46 |
| 08:49 | LSU | James Clayton misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 56-46 |
| 08:47 | LSU | Louis Borja snags the offensive board | 56-46 |
| 08:36 | LSU | James Clayton is called for a moving pick - foul #5 on James Clayton, team foul #4 | 56-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Steven Kinman (PG), Frank Laurel (SF), Frank Lopes (PF) James Clayton, Donald Adams, Louis Borja | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Christopher Montgomery (SG), Gary Ridout (C) Patrick Daniels, Robert Tyus | |
| 08:18 | San Jose State | Merlin Degraff misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-46 |
| 08:16 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk snags the defensive board | 56-46 |
| 07:57 | LSU | Steven Kinman is hacked by William Karle - foul #4 on William Karle, team foul #7 | 56-46 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Eddie Livesay (SF), Mark Thomas (C) Merlin Degraff, Gary Ridout | |
| 07:57 | LSU | Steven Kinman misses the 1st free throw | 56-46 |
| 07:57 | San Jose State | Cecil Harding snags the defensive board | 56-46 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Steven Kinman (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Ronald Rochon (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Frank Laurel (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frank Lopes (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Carl Krawczyk (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - William Karle (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Christopher Montgomery (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Eddie Livesay (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. PF - Cecil Harding (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Mark Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:44 | San Jose State | William Karle drills a fadeaway from the right side | 56-48 |
| 07:31 | LSU | Steven Kinman comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-48 |
| 07:30 | San Jose State | The rebound goes to Eddie Livesay | 56-48 |
| 07:17 | San Jose State | Cecil Harding hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket | 56-48 |
| 07:15 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk grabs the board | 56-48 |
| 07:03 | LSU | Ronald Rochon connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Frank Laurel | 58-48 |
| 06:51 | San Jose State | Eddie Livesay clanks a shot from the left side | 58-48 |
| 06:50 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk gets the rebound | 58-48 |
| 06:44 | LSU | Frank Laurel hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 58-48 |
| 06:42 | LSU | Frank Lopes tips it home | 60-48 |
| 06:28 | San Jose State | William Karle hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 60-48 |
| 06:26 | LSU | Frank Lopes gets the rebound | 60-48 |
| 06:10 | LSU | Frank Lopes misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Cecil Harding - foul #1 on Cecil Harding, team foul #8 | 60-48 |
| Subs | LSU | Donald Adams (PG), Louis Borja (PF) Ronald Rochon, Frank Laurel | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Patrick Daniels (PG), Robert Tyus (PF) William Karle, Cecil Harding | |
| 06:10 | LSU | Frank Lopes misses the 1st free throw | 60-48 |
| 06:10 | LSU | Frank Lopes misses the 2nd free throw | 60-48 |
| 06:10 | San Jose State | Eddie Livesay pulls down the rebound | 60-48 |
| 05:59 | San Jose State | Robert Tyus misses long on a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Donald Adams - foul #2 on Donald Adams, team foul #5 | 60-48 |
| 05:59 | San Jose State | Robert Tyus makes the 1st free throw | 60-49 |
| 05:59 | San Jose State | Robert Tyus makes the 2nd free throw | 60-50 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | San Jose State | San Jose State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 05:38 | LSU | Christopher Montgomery takes the ball from Donald Adams | 60-50 |
| 05:15 | San Jose State | Eddie Livesay misses the jumper from the left side | 60-50 |
| 05:14 | San Jose State | The offensive rebound goes to Patrick Daniels | 60-50 |
| 05:02 | San Jose State | Patrick Daniels misses the jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Donald Adams - foul #3 on Donald Adams, team foul #6 | 60-50 |
| Subs | LSU | Frank Laurel (SF) Carl Krawczyk | |
| Subs | San Jose State | | |
| 05:02 | San Jose State | Patrick Daniels makes the 1st free throw | 60-51 |
| 05:02 | San Jose State | Patrick Daniels makes the 2nd free throw | 60-52 |
| 04:36 | LSU | Frank Lopes misses short on a driving attempt in the lane | 60-52 |
| 04:35 | San Jose State | Patrick Daniels grabs the board | 60-52 |
| 04:17 | San Jose State | Mark Thomas hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Frank Laurel - foul #2 on Frank Laurel, team foul #7 | 60-52 |
| Subs | LSU | Ronald Rochon (SF) Frank Laurel | |
| Subs | San Jose State | William Karle (SG), Cecil Harding (PF) Christopher Montgomery, Robert Tyus | |
| 04:17 | San Jose State | Mark Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 60-53 |
| 04:17 | San Jose State | Mark Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 60-53 |
| 04:17 | LSU | Louis Borja grabs the defensive rebound | 60-53 |
| 03:48 | LSU | Steven Kinman makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line and the foul's on Cecil Harding - foul #2 on Cecil Harding, team foul #9 | 62-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Carl Krawczyk (C) Frank Lopes | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Merlin Degraff (SF), Gary Ridout (C) Eddie Livesay, Mark Thomas | |
| 03:48 | LSU | Steven Kinman makes the free throw | 63-53 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Steven Kinman (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SG - Donald Adams (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Ronald Rochon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. PF - Louis Borja (fresh) 2 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Carl Krawczyk (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | San Jose State | PG - Patrick Daniels (fresh) 8 pts. SG - William Karle (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - Merlin Degraff (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Cecil Harding (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Gary Ridout (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | San Jose State | San Jose State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 03:32 | San Jose State | William Karle clanks a runner from the left block | 63-53 |
| 03:30 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk grabs the defensive rebound | 63-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | San Jose State | San Jose State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:07 | LSU | Louis Borja is hacked by Gary Ridout - foul #1 on Gary Ridout, team foul #10 | 63-53 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Christopher Montgomery (SG), Eddie Livesay (SF) William Karle, Merlin Degraff | |
| 03:07 | LSU | Louis Borja misses the 1st free throw | 63-53 |
| 03:07 | LSU | Louis Borja makes the 2nd free throw | 64-53 |
| 02:56 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout clanks a jump hook from the baseline | 64-53 |
| 02:54 | San Jose State | Christopher Montgomery hits the follow up shot | 64-55 |
| 02:40 | LSU | Ronald Rochon's floater is tipped away by Gary Ridout | 64-55 |
| 02:39 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk hits the follow up shot | 66-55 |
| 02:23 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout is hacked by Carl Krawczyk - foul #5 on Carl Krawczyk, team foul #8 | 66-55 |
| Subs | LSU | Frank Lopes (PF), Frank Laurel (C) Louis Borja, Carl Krawczyk | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Carl Simmons (PG), William Karle (SG), Merlin Degraff (SF), Robert Tyus (C) Patrick Daniels, Christopher Montgomery, Eddie Livesay, Cecil Harding | |
| 02:23 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout makes the 1st free throw | 66-56 |
| 02:23 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout misses the 2nd free throw | 66-56 |
| 02:23 | LSU | The rebound goes to Frank Laurel | 66-56 |
| 02:23 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 66-56 |
| 01:58 | LSU | Donald Adams comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 66-56 |
| 01:57 | LSU | Frank Lopes grabs the offensive rebound | 66-56 |
| 01:37 | LSU | Frank Lopes hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 66-56 |
| 01:35 | LSU | Frank Lopes tips it but misses | 66-56 |
| 01:33 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout gets the rebound | 66-56 |
| 01:19 | San Jose State | Merlin Degraff's fadeaway is rejected by Frank Lopes | 66-56 |
| 01:18 | LSU | Frank Lopes pulls down the rebound | 66-56 |
| 00:49 | LSU | Ronald Rochon misses short on a jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Merlin Degraff - foul #1 on Merlin Degraff, team foul #11 | 66-56 |
| Subs | LSU | Louis Borja (PF) Frank Laurel | |
| Subs | San Jose State | | |
| 00:49 | LSU | Ronald Rochon misses the 1st free throw | 66-56 |
| 00:49 | LSU | Ronald Rochon misses the 2nd free throw | 66-56 |
| 00:49 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout pulls down the rebound | 66-56 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | San Jose State | San Jose State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:43 | San Jose State | William Karle hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 66-56 |
| 00:42 | San Jose State | Gary Ridout can't tip it in | 66-56 |
| 00:40 | LSU | Louis Borja gets the rebound | 66-56 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | San Jose State | San Jose State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:11 | LSU | William Karle steals it from Frank Lopes | 66-56 |
| 00:06 | San Jose State | Carl Simmons connects on the floater from the left wing | 66-58 |
| 00:06 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 66-58 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | San Jose State | Patrick Daniels (PG), Christopher Montgomery (SG), Eddie Livesay (SF), Cecil Harding (PF), Mark Thomas (C) Carl Simmons, William Karle, Merlin Degraff, Robert Tyus, Gary Ridout | |
| 00:00 | LSU | Donald Adams runs out the clock | 66-58 |