| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Porfirio Romano (fresh) SG - Dima Lisowski (fresh) SF - Randy Rhodes (fresh) PF - Ralph Coppinger (fresh) C - Kurt Hadden (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Stephan Klem (fresh) SG - Patrick McGreevy (fresh) SF - Wallace Malasky (fresh) PF - Andrew Fenton (fresh) C - Robert Ames (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Denver | Patrick McGreevy wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | Denver | Stephan Klem misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 19:39 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:21 | Niagara | Stephan Klem steps in front of the Kurt Hadden pass | 0-0 |
| 19:18 | Denver | Stephan Klem lays it up and in | 0-2 |
| 18:56 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 0-2 |
| 18:55 | Denver | Andrew Fenton grabs the board | 0-2 |
| 18:32 | Denver | Patrick McGreevy is open but comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 0-2 |
| 18:31 | Denver | Andrew Fenton tips it home | 0-4 |
| 18:11 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Robert Ames - foul #1 on Robert Ames, team foul #1 | 0-4 |
| 18:11 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden makes the 1st free throw | 1-4 |
| 18:11 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden makes the 2nd free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:09 | Denver | Stephan Klem loses the dribble to Porfirio Romano in the backcourt | 2-4 |
| 18:01 | Niagara | Dima Lisowski knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Randy Rhodes | 5-4 |
| 17:45 | Denver | Kurt Hadden is called for the reach on Wallace Malasky - foul #1 on Kurt Hadden, team foul #1 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Niagara | Brian Simeon (SF), Pete Hall (C) Randy Rhodes, Kurt Hadden | |
| Subs | Denver | Thomas Oropeza (PG), Jasper Winn (SG), Bobby Harris (SF), William Dry (PF), Raymond Thomas (C) Stephan Klem, Patrick McGreevy, Wallace Malasky, Andrew Fenton, Robert Ames | |
| 17:40 | Denver | Jasper Winn misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 5-4 |
| 17:39 | Niagara | The rebound goes to Ralph Coppinger | 5-4 |
| 17:34 | Niagara | Brian Simeon buries a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Porfirio Romano | 7-4 |
| 17:18 | Denver | Thomas Oropeza drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Bobby Harris | 7-6 |
| 17:02 | Niagara | Ralph Coppinger can't throw it down but he's hacked by Thomas Oropeza - foul #1 on Thomas Oropeza, team foul #2 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Niagara | Marcus Whittier (PG), Edward Kong (C) Porfirio Romano, Dima Lisowski | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 17:02 | Niagara | Ralph Coppinger makes the 1st free throw | 8-6 |
| 17:02 | Niagara | Ralph Coppinger misses the 2nd free throw | 8-6 |
| 17:02 | Niagara | Brian Simeon grabs the offensive rebound | 8-6 |
| 16:51 | Niagara | Pete Hall misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Thomas Oropeza - foul #2 on Thomas Oropeza, team foul #3 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Niagara | Gary Gullette (SF) Ralph Coppinger | |
| Subs | Denver | Jeffery Higbee (PG) Thomas Oropeza | |
| 16:51 | Niagara | Pete Hall makes the 1st free throw | 9-6 |
| 16:51 | Niagara | Pete Hall misses the 2nd free throw | 9-6 |
| 16:51 | Denver | Jasper Winn pulls down the rebound | 9-6 |
| 16:33 | Denver | Jeffery Higbee is open but comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 9-6 |
| 16:32 | Niagara | Edward Kong pulls down the rebound | 9-6 |
| 16:17 | Niagara | Gary Gullette makes the jumpshot from the right side | 11-6 |
| 16:00 | Denver | Jeffery Higbee misses the easy layup | 11-6 |
| 15:58 | Denver | Jasper Winn snags the offensive board | 11-6 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Marcus Whittier (fresh) SG - Brian Simeon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gary Gullette (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Pete Hall (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Edward Kong (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Jeffery Higbee (fresh) SG - Jasper Winn (fresh) SF - Bobby Harris (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - William Dry (fairly fresh) C - Raymond Thomas (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:47 | Denver | Pete Hall steals the ball from Bobby Harris | 11-6 |
| 15:22 | Niagara | Brian Simeon is fouled on the floor by Raymond Thomas - foul #1 on Raymond Thomas, team foul #4 | 11-6 |
| Subs | Niagara | Porfirio Romano (PG), Dima Lisowski (SG), Randy Rhodes (SF), Ralph Coppinger (PF), Kurt Hadden (C) Marcus Whittier, Brian Simeon, Gary Gullette, Pete Hall, Edward Kong | |
| Subs | Denver | Stephan Klem (PG), Patrick McGreevy (SG), Wallace Malasky (SF), Andrew Fenton (PF), Robert Ames (C) Jeffery Higbee, Jasper Winn, Bobby Harris, William Dry, Raymond Thomas | |
| 15:08 | Niagara | Andrew Fenton is called for the reach on Porfirio Romano - foul #1 on Andrew Fenton, team foul #5 | 11-6 |
| 14:59 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Dima Lisowski | 14-6 |
| 14:56 | Denver | Patrick McGreevy is fouled in the backcourt by Dima Lisowski - foul #1 on Dima Lisowski, team foul #2 | 14-6 |
| 14:42 | Denver | Robert Ames hits the finger roll | 14-8 |
| 14:20 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden misses long on a driving attempt in the paint | 14-8 |
| 14:18 | Denver | Andrew Fenton grabs the board | 14-8 |
| 14:16 | Denver | Stephan Klem travels in the backcourt | 14-8 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Denver | Jasper Winn (C) Robert Ames | |
| 13:58 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden connects on the runner in the lane on a great pass from Porfirio Romano and the foul's on Jasper Winn - foul #1 on Jasper Winn, team foul #6 | 16-8 |
| Subs | Niagara | Gary Gullette (SF), Edward Kong (PF) Randy Rhodes, Ralph Coppinger | |
| Subs | Denver | Robert Ames (C) Stephan Klem | |
| 13:58 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden makes the free throw | 17-8 |
| 13:37 | Denver | Andrew Fenton connects on the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Patrick McGreevy | 17-10 |
| 13:32 | Niagara | Porfirio Romano throws a bad pass out of bounds | 17-10 |
| Subs | Niagara | Ralph Coppinger (PF) Kurt Hadden | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 13:19 | Denver | Wallace Malasky is fouled on the floor by Ralph Coppinger - foul #1 on Ralph Coppinger, team foul #3 | 17-10 |
| Subs | Niagara | Brian Simeon (PF) Ralph Coppinger | |
| Subs | Denver | Jeffery Higbee (PG), Bobby Harris (SF) Patrick McGreevy, Wallace Malasky | |
| 13:10 | Denver | Andrew Fenton misses the jumper in the lane | 17-10 |
| 13:08 | Denver | Robert Ames grabs the offensive rebound | 17-10 |
| 13:00 | Denver | Andrew Fenton misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Dima Lisowski - foul #2 on Dima Lisowski, team foul #4 | 17-10 |
| Subs | Niagara | Kevin Coleman (PG), Marcus Whittier (SG), Kurt Hadden (C) Porfirio Romano, Dima Lisowski, Edward Kong | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 13:00 | Denver | Andrew Fenton makes the 1st free throw | 17-11 |
| 13:00 | Denver | Andrew Fenton makes the 2nd free throw | 17-12 |
| 12:47 | Niagara | Gary Gullette drills a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Kurt Hadden | 20-12 |
| 12:44 | Denver | Bobby Harris is hacked by Marcus Whittier in the backcourt - foul #1 on Marcus Whittier, team foul #5 | 20-12 |
| Subs | Niagara | Randy Rhodes (SF), Pete Hall (C) Gary Gullette, Kurt Hadden | |
| Subs | Denver | Stephan Klem (PG), Patrick McGreevy (SG), Raymond Thomas (C) Jeffery Higbee, Jasper Winn, Robert Ames | |
| 12:33 | Denver | Stephan Klem is fouled on the floor by Pete Hall - foul #1 on Pete Hall, team foul #6 | 20-12 |
| Subs | Niagara | Ralph Coppinger (PF) Brian Simeon | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 12:11 | Denver | Stephan Klem lays it in on a nice dish by Patrick McGreevy | 20-14 |
| 11:56 | Niagara | Pete Hall scores on a fadeaway from the right wing | 22-14 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Kevin Coleman (fresh) SG - Marcus Whittier (fresh) SF - Randy Rhodes (fresh) PF - Ralph Coppinger (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Pete Hall (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Stephan Klem (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Patrick McGreevy (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Bobby Harris (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Andrew Fenton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Thomas (fresh) | |
| 11:32 | Denver | Andrew Fenton buries a jump hook from the right block | 22-16 |
| 11:05 | Niagara | Ralph Coppinger's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-16 |
| Subs | Niagara | Porfirio Romano (PG), Brian Simeon (SG), Gary Gullette (SF), Edward Kong (PF), Kurt Hadden (C) Kevin Coleman, Marcus Whittier, Randy Rhodes, Ralph Coppinger, Pete Hall | |
| Subs | Denver | Jeffery Higbee (PG), Jasper Winn (SG), Wallace Malasky (SF), William Dry (PF), Robert Ames (C) Stephan Klem, Patrick McGreevy, Bobby Harris, Andrew Fenton, Raymond Thomas | |
| 11:03 | Denver | William Dry's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 22-16 |
| 10:49 | Niagara | Brian Simeon makes the driving attempt from the baseline and he's fouled by William Dry - foul #1 on William Dry, team foul #7 | 24-16 |
| 10:49 | Niagara | Brian Simeon makes the free throw | 25-16 |
| 10:40 | Denver | Jasper Winn connects on the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Jeffery Higbee | 25-18 |
| 10:24 | Niagara | Gary Gullette loses the dribble to Jasper Winn | 25-18 |
| 10:21 | Denver | Jasper Winn lays it up and in | 25-20 |
| 10:02 | Niagara | Porfirio Romano connects on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 27-20 |
| 09:48 | Denver | William Dry misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 27-20 |
| 09:46 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden grabs the defensive rebound | 27-20 |
| 09:31 | Niagara | Porfirio Romano travels with the ball | 27-20 |
| Subs | Niagara | Marcus Whittier (SG), Randy Rhodes (SF), Ralph Coppinger (PF) Brian Simeon, Gary Gullette, Edward Kong | |
| Subs | Denver | Patrick McGreevy (SG), Andrew Fenton (PF) William Dry, Robert Ames | |
| 09:11 | Denver | Patrick McGreevy is called for 5 seconds | 27-20 |
| Subs | Niagara | Kevin Coleman (PG) Porfirio Romano | |
| Subs | Denver | Raymond Thomas (C) Jeffery Higbee | |
| 09:04 | Niagara | Kevin Coleman misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Jasper Winn - foul #2 on Jasper Winn, team foul #8 | 27-20 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Denver | Stephan Klem (PG) Jasper Winn | |
| 09:04 | Niagara | Kevin Coleman makes the 1st free throw | 28-20 |
| 09:04 | Niagara | Kevin Coleman misses the 2nd free throw | 28-20 |
| 09:04 | Denver | Raymond Thomas pulls down the rebound | 28-20 |
| 08:43 | Denver | Stephan Klem misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 28-20 |
| 08:42 | Denver | Patrick McGreevy hits the follow up shot | 28-22 |
| 08:29 | Niagara | Randy Rhodes makes the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Marcus Whittier | 31-22 |
| 08:24 | Denver | Stephan Klem misses the lay-in but the foul's on Kevin Coleman - foul #1 on Kevin Coleman, team foul #7 | 31-22 |
| Subs | Niagara | Porfirio Romano (PG), Brian Simeon (SG), Pete Hall (C) Kevin Coleman, Marcus Whittier, Kurt Hadden | |
| Subs | Denver | Bobby Harris (SF) Wallace Malasky | |
| 08:24 | Denver | Stephan Klem misses the 1st free throw | 31-22 |
| 08:24 | Denver | Stephan Klem makes the 2nd free throw | 31-23 |
| 08:17 | Niagara | Porfirio Romano misses the jumper from the right side | 31-23 |
| 08:16 | Denver | Raymond Thomas grabs the board | 31-23 |
| 07:54 | Denver | Raymond Thomas is wide open but clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 31-23 |
| 07:52 | Niagara | Brian Simeon grabs the board | 31-23 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Porfirio Romano (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brian Simeon (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. SF - Randy Rhodes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Ralph Coppinger (tiring) 1 pts. C - Pete Hall (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Stephan Klem (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Patrick McGreevy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bobby Harris (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Andrew Fenton (tiring) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Thomas (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:29 | Niagara | Brian Simeon hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 31-23 |
| 07:28 | Denver | Andrew Fenton grabs the defensive rebound | 31-23 |
| 06:59 | Denver | Patrick McGreevy misses short on a 3 from straight away | 31-23 |
| 06:57 | Niagara | The rebound goes to Randy Rhodes | 31-23 |
| 06:44 | Niagara | Ralph Coppinger is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Ralph Coppinger, team foul #8 | 31-23 |
| Subs | Niagara | Kevin Coleman (PG), Marcus Whittier (SG), Gary Gullette (SF), Edward Kong (C) Porfirio Romano, Randy Rhodes, Ralph Coppinger, Pete Hall | |
| Subs | Denver | Jeffery Higbee (PG), Wallace Malasky (SF), William Dry (PF), Robert Ames (C) Stephan Klem, Bobby Harris, Andrew Fenton, Raymond Thomas | |
| 06:26 | Denver | Wallace Malasky can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Kevin Coleman - foul #2 on Kevin Coleman, team foul #9 | 31-23 |
| Subs | Niagara | Porfirio Romano (PG) Kevin Coleman | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 06:26 | Denver | Wallace Malasky makes the 1st free throw | 31-24 |
| 06:26 | Denver | Wallace Malasky makes the 2nd free throw | 31-25 |
| 06:03 | Niagara | Brian Simeon can't connect on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Robert Ames - foul #2 on Robert Ames, team foul #9 | 31-25 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Denver | Raymond Thomas (C) Robert Ames | |
| 06:03 | Niagara | Brian Simeon misses the 1st free throw | 31-25 |
| 06:03 | Niagara | Brian Simeon misses the 2nd free throw | 31-25 |
| 06:03 | Niagara | Edward Kong pulls down the offensive rebound | 31-25 |
| 05:42 | Niagara | Brian Simeon makes the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Porfirio Romano | 33-25 |
| 05:25 | Denver | Jeffery Higbee clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 33-25 |
| 05:23 | Niagara | Marcus Whittier grabs the board | 33-25 |
| 05:01 | Niagara | Gary Gullette clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 33-25 |
| 04:59 | Niagara | Edward Kong can't tip it in | 33-25 |
| 04:58 | Niagara | Brian Simeon grabs the offensive board | 33-25 |
| 04:41 | Niagara | Edward Kong knocks in the turnaround near the basket and he's hacked by Raymond Thomas - foul #2 on Raymond Thomas, team foul #10 | 35-25 |
| Subs | Niagara | Randy Rhodes (SF), Kurt Hadden (C) Gary Gullette, Brian Simeon | |
| Subs | Denver | Bobby Harris (SF), Andrew Fenton (PF), Jasper Winn (C) Wallace Malasky, William Dry, Raymond Thomas | |
| 04:41 | Niagara | Edward Kong makes the free throw | 36-25 |
| 04:19 | Denver | Andrew Fenton's fadeaway is rejected by Edward Kong | 36-25 |
| 04:18 | Niagara | Marcus Whittier grabs the defensive rebound | 36-25 |
| 04:12 | Niagara | Porfirio Romano loses the ball out of bounds | 36-25 |
| Subs | Niagara | Pete Hall (PF) Edward Kong | |
| Subs | Denver | Stephan Klem (PG) Jeffery Higbee | |
| 03:53 | Denver | Patrick McGreevy connects on the open 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Stephan Klem | 36-28 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Porfirio Romano (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Marcus Whittier (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Randy Rhodes (tiring) 3 pts. PF - Pete Hall (fresh) 3 pts. C - Kurt Hadden (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Stephan Klem (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Patrick McGreevy (tiring) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bobby Harris (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Andrew Fenton (tiring) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Jasper Winn (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:35 | Niagara | Pete Hall misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 36-28 |
| 03:33 | Denver | Stephan Klem gets the rebound | 36-28 |
| 03:15 | Denver | Randy Rhodes picks off the pass by Jasper Winn | 36-28 |
| 03:01 | Niagara | Kurt Hadden comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 36-28 |
| 03:00 | Denver | Andrew Fenton grabs the defensive rebound | 36-28 |
| 02:57 | Denver | Pete Hall steps in front of the Patrick McGreevy pass in the backcourt | 36-28 |
| 02:43 | Niagara | Pete Hall scores on a jumper from just outside the lane | 38-28 |
| 02:38 | Denver | Porfirio Romano is called for the reach on Stephan Klem in the backcourt - foul #1 on Porfirio Romano, team foul #10 | 38-28 |
| Subs | Niagara | Kevin Coleman (PG), Dima Lisowski (SG), Gary Gullette (SF), Ralph Coppinger (PF) Porfirio Romano, Marcus Whittier, Randy Rhodes, Pete Hall | |
| Subs | Denver | Thomas Oropeza (SG), Wallace Malasky (SF), William Dry (PF) Patrick McGreevy, Bobby Harris, Andrew Fenton | |
| 02:38 | Denver | Stephan Klem makes the 1st free throw | 38-29 |
| 02:38 | Denver | Stephan Klem makes the 2nd free throw | 38-30 |
| 02:21 | Niagara | Dima Lisowski connects on the shot from the left wing set up by Kevin Coleman | 40-30 |
| 02:19 | Denver | Jasper Winn is hacked by Kurt Hadden in the backcourt - foul #2 on Kurt Hadden, team foul #11 | 40-30 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Denver | Robert Ames (C) Stephan Klem | |
| 02:19 | Denver | Jasper Winn makes the 1st free throw | 40-31 |
| 02:19 | Denver | Jasper Winn makes the 2nd free throw | 40-32 |
| 01:55 | Niagara | Dima Lisowski connects on the jumpshot from the right wing | 42-32 |
| 01:38 | Denver | Robert Ames loses the ball out of bounds | 42-32 |
| Subs | Niagara | Brian Simeon (SF), Pete Hall (C) Gary Gullette, Kurt Hadden | |
| Subs | Denver | Jeffery Higbee (PG), Andrew Fenton (PF) Jasper Winn, William Dry | |
| 01:27 | Niagara | Dima Lisowski scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Pete Hall | 45-32 |
| 01:09 | Denver | Jeffery Higbee hits a floater in the paint | 45-34 |
| 00:50 | Niagara | Dima Lisowski is called for traveling | 45-34 |
| Subs | Niagara | Porfirio Romano (PG), Edward Kong (C) Kevin Coleman, Pete Hall | |
| Subs | Denver | Bobby Harris (SF) Wallace Malasky | |
| 00:39 | Denver | Thomas Oropeza drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Jeffery Higbee | 45-37 |
| 00:24 | Niagara | Brian Simeon can't connect on a turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by Bobby Harris - foul #1 on Bobby Harris, team foul #11 | 45-37 |
| Subs | Niagara | Gary Gullette (SF) Ralph Coppinger | |
| Subs | Denver | Jasper Winn (SG), Raymond Thomas (C) Thomas Oropeza, Robert Ames | |
| 00:24 | Niagara | Brian Simeon makes the 1st free throw | 46-37 |
| 00:24 | Niagara | Brian Simeon makes the 2nd free throw | 47-37 |
| 00:02 | Denver | Raymond Thomas is open and scores on a floater from the right block | 47-39 |
| 00:00 | Niagara | Porfirio Romano clanks a fullcourt shot | 47-39 |