| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fresh) SG - Oscar Hernandez (fresh) SF - William Pittman (fresh) PF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) C - James Mayne (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:45 | South Carolina | James Mayne clanks a fadeaway from the left block | 0-0 |
| 19:43 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | LSU | Michael Carson is hacked by William Pittman - foul #1 on William Pittman, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Oscar Hernandez - foul #1 on Oscar Hernandez, team foul #2 | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:20 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 2nd free throw | 0-2 |
| 19:02 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes hits a shot from close range | 2-2 |
| 18:39 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt blows the dunk | 2-2 |
| 18:37 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt tips it back up and in | 2-4 |
| 18:31 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez loses the dribble to Michael Meinhardt | 2-4 |
| 18:11 | LSU | William Pittman steps in front of the Bradley Ziegenbein pass | 2-4 |
| 17:53 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Wei-Quo Meng | 5-4 |
| 17:29 | LSU | Michael Carson travels with the ball | 5-4 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (PG), Ivan Derezinski (SG), David Harrison (SF), Gilberto Molina (C) Wei-Quo Meng, Oscar Hernandez, William Pittman, James Mayne | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 17:07 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 5-4 |
| 17:05 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes hits the follow up shot | 7-4 |
| 16:41 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt drills a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Nicholas Moore | 7-6 |
| 16:23 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 7-6 |
| 16:21 | LSU | Dana Renteria gets the rebound | 7-6 |
| 16:03 | LSU | Leonard Barnes steps in front of the Michael Meinhardt pass | 7-6 |
| 15:51 | South Carolina | Bradley Ziegenbein swats the layup by Gilberto Molina | 7-6 |
| 15:50 | South Carolina | David Harrison tips it home | 9-6 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Carlos Winters (fresh) SG - Ivan Derezinski (fresh) SF - David Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leonard Barnes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Gilberto Molina (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | LSU | Michael Carson is hacked by Carlos Winters - foul #1 on Carlos Winters, team foul #3 | 9-6 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), Oscar Hernandez (SG), William Pittman (SF), James Mayne (C) Carlos Winters, Ivan Derezinski, David Harrison, Leonard Barnes | |
| Subs | LSU | Timothy Lewis (SF), Charles Flynt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| 15:16 | LSU | Timothy Lewis lays it in | 9-8 |
| 14:55 | South Carolina | Timothy Lewis picks off the pass by Gilberto Molina | 9-8 |
| 14:52 | LSU | Michael Carson hits the finger roll set up by Timothy Lewis | 9-10 |
| 14:34 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Barry Baldwin - foul #1 on Barry Baldwin, team foul #1 | 9-10 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (SG) Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG), Jimmy Rockey (SG), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Michael Carson, Dana Renteria, Barry Baldwin | |
| 14:34 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng makes the 1st free throw | 10-10 |
| 14:34 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng makes the 2nd free throw | 11-10 |
| 14:16 | LSU | Jimmy Rockey is fouled on the floor by Carlos Winters - foul #2 on Carlos Winters, team foul #4 | 11-10 |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Baily (SG) Carlos Winters | |
| Subs | LSU | Nicholas Moore (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF) Timothy Lewis, Charles Flynt | |
| 13:47 | LSU | Todd Pollard connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Michael Meinhardt | 11-12 |
| 13:36 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 14-12 |
| 13:11 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 14-12 |
| 13:09 | South Carolina | James Mayne grabs the board | 14-12 |
| 13:05 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez misses long on a floater from the left wing | 14-12 |
| 13:04 | LSU | Nicholas Moore grabs the board | 14-12 |
| 12:43 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 14-14 |
| 12:36 | South Carolina | James Mayne connects on the 3 from the left wing | 17-14 |
| 12:22 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt's pass is intercepted by William Pittman | 17-14 |
| 12:07 | South Carolina | James Mayne hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block | 17-14 |
| 12:05 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt grabs the defensive rebound | 17-14 |
| 11:49 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein slams it home on a great pass from Todd Pollard | 17-16 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Baily (fresh) SF - Oscar Hernandez (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - William Pittman (fairly fresh) 2 stl. C - James Mayne (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Todd Pollard (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jimmy Rockey (fresh) SF - Nicholas Moore (fairly fresh) PF - Michael Meinhardt (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:45 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng is hacked by Todd Pollard in the backcourt - foul #1 on Todd Pollard, team foul #2 | 17-16 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (PG), David Harrison (SF), Leonard Barnes (PF), Gilberto Molina (C) Wei-Quo Meng, Oscar Hernandez, William Pittman, James Mayne | |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG), Dana Renteria (SG), Timothy Lewis (SF), Charles Flynt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Todd Pollard, Jimmy Rockey, Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| 11:33 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina can't finish the layup | 17-16 |
| 11:32 | LSU | Timothy Lewis gets the rebound | 17-16 |
| 11:03 | LSU | Barry Baldwin misses badly on a driving attempt from the left block but he's fouled by David Harrison - foul #1 on David Harrison, team foul #5 | 17-16 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez (SG), William Pittman (SF) William Baily, David Harrison | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 11:03 | LSU | Barry Baldwin misses the 1st free throw | 17-16 |
| 11:03 | LSU | Barry Baldwin makes the 2nd free throw | 17-17 |
| 10:54 | South Carolina | Charles Flynt is called for the reach on Oscar Hernandez - foul #1 on Charles Flynt, team foul #3 | 17-17 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), James Mayne (C) Oscar Hernandez, Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 10:49 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes comes up short on the runner from close range | 17-17 |
| 10:47 | South Carolina | James Mayne grabs the offensive board | 17-17 |
| 10:28 | South Carolina | James Mayne can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Dana Renteria - foul #1 on Dana Renteria, team foul #4 | 17-17 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez (SG), David Harrison (SF) Ivan Derezinski, William Pittman | |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Meinhardt (PF) Charles Flynt | |
| 10:28 | South Carolina | James Mayne makes the 1st free throw | 18-17 |
| 10:28 | South Carolina | James Mayne makes the 2nd free throw | 19-17 |
| 10:10 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt can't connect on a turnaround in the lane but the foul's on Oscar Hernandez - foul #2 on Oscar Hernandez, team foul #6 | 19-17 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (SG), William Pittman (SF), Gilberto Molina (C) Oscar Hernandez, David Harrison, James Mayne | |
| Subs | LSU | Nicholas Moore (SF), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Timothy Lewis, Barry Baldwin | |
| 10:10 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt misses the 1st free throw | 19-17 |
| 10:10 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 2nd free throw | 19-18 |
| 10:01 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Wei-Quo Meng, team foul #7 | 19-18 |
| 09:45 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt buries a floater from the left wing set up by Michael Carson | 19-20 |
| 09:39 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski misses badly on a jumper in the paint | 19-20 |
| 09:37 | LSU | Dana Renteria snags the defensive board | 19-20 |
| 09:17 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt comes up short on the floater from the right side | 19-20 |
| 09:16 | LSU | Dana Renteria grabs the offensive board | 19-20 |
| 09:01 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block but the foul's on William Pittman - foul #2 on William Pittman, team foul #8 | 19-20 |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Baily (SG), David Harrison (SF), James Mayne (C) Ivan Derezinski, William Pittman, Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 09:01 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein makes the 1st free throw | 19-21 |
| 09:01 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein makes the 2nd free throw | 19-22 |
| 08:43 | South Carolina | William Baily misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 19-22 |
| 08:42 | South Carolina | David Harrison gets the offensive rebound | 19-22 |
| 08:29 | South Carolina | Nicholas Moore takes the ball from James Mayne | 19-22 |
| 08:01 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt knocks in the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Dana Renteria | 19-24 |
| 07:45 | South Carolina | Bradley Ziegenbein swats the shot by William Baily | 19-24 |
| 07:44 | LSU | Nicholas Moore pulls down the rebound | 19-24 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Baily (fresh) SF - David Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Leonard Barnes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - James Mayne (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Moore (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 07:39 | LSU | Dana Renteria hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing but he's hacked by James Mayne - foul #1 on James Mayne, team foul #9 | 19-24 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (SG), Gilberto Molina (PF) William Baily, David Harrison | |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG), Timothy Lewis (SF), Charles Flynt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Michael Carson, Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| 07:39 | LSU | Dana Renteria makes the 1st free throw | 19-25 |
| 07:39 | LSU | Dana Renteria makes the 2nd free throw | 19-26 |
| 07:24 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski misses short on a jumper from close range | 19-26 |
| 07:23 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski grabs the offensive board | 19-26 |
| 07:18 | South Carolina | Todd Pollard takes the ball from Ivan Derezinski | 19-26 |
| 06:50 | LSU | Timothy Lewis hits a fadeaway from the left wing | 19-28 |
| 06:43 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 19-28 |
| 06:41 | LSU | Charles Flynt gets the rebound | 19-28 |
| 06:20 | LSU | Timothy Lewis blows the dunk | 19-28 |
| 06:19 | South Carolina | James Mayne snags the defensive board | 19-28 |
| 05:50 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski is whistled for traveling | 19-28 |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Baily (SG), David Harrison (SF) Ivan Derezinski, Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG), Nicholas Moore (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Dana Renteria, Timothy Lewis, Charles Flynt, Barry Baldwin | |
| 05:29 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the jumper near the basket on a great pass from Michael Carson | 19-30 |
| 05:26 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 19-30 |
| 05:13 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt scores on a jumper in the paint set up by Todd Pollard | 19-32 |
| 04:48 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng hits a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from David Harrison | 21-32 |
| 04:46 | LSU | William Baily picks off the pass by Michael Carson in the backcourt | 21-32 |
| 04:35 | South Carolina | James Mayne knocks in the turnaround in the paint and he's hacked by Bradley Ziegenbein - foul #1 on Bradley Ziegenbein, team foul #5 | 23-32 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (PG), Gilberto Molina (PF) Wei-Quo Meng, David Harrison | |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (SG) Todd Pollard | |
| 04:35 | South Carolina | James Mayne misses the free throw | 23-32 |
| 04:35 | LSU | The rebound goes to Michael Meinhardt | 23-32 |
| 04:10 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein's fadeaway is rejected by James Mayne | 23-32 |
| 04:08 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Leonard Barnes | 23-32 |
| 03:51 | South Carolina | James Mayne misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 23-32 |
| 03:50 | LSU | Michael Carson gets the rebound | 23-32 |
| 03:36 | LSU | Michael Carson drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Nicholas Moore | 23-34 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Ivan Derezinski (fresh) SG - William Baily (fresh) SF - Leonard Barnes (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gilberto Molina (fresh) C - James Mayne (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jimmy Rockey (fresh) SF - Nicholas Moore (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 03:19 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina is fouled on the floor by Michael Meinhardt - foul #1 on Michael Meinhardt, team foul #6 | 23-34 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (PG), Oscar Hernandez (SG), William Pittman (SF) Ivan Derezinski, William Baily, James Mayne | |
| Subs | LSU | Dana Renteria (SG), Timothy Lewis (SF), Charles Flynt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Jimmy Rockey, Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| 03:14 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes misses the turnaround from the baseline but he's hacked by Timothy Lewis - foul #1 on Timothy Lewis, team foul #7 | 23-34 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Mayne (C) Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 03:14 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 24-34 |
| 03:14 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes makes the 2nd free throw | 25-34 |
| 02:54 | LSU | Leonard Barnes steps in front of the Timothy Lewis pass | 25-34 |
| 02:44 | South Carolina | Dana Renteria takes the ball from Oscar Hernandez | 25-34 |
| 02:41 | LSU | Michael Carson banks in the layup on a great pass from Dana Renteria | 25-36 |
| 02:31 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes is hacked by Charles Flynt - foul #2 on Charles Flynt, team foul #8 | 25-36 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina (C) James Mayne | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 02:31 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes misses the 1st free throw | 25-36 |
| 02:31 | LSU | Charles Flynt pulls down the rebound | 25-36 |
| 02:04 | LSU | Timothy Lewis misses the jumper from the left wing | 25-36 |
| 02:03 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes pulls down the rebound | 25-36 |
| 01:53 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Carlos Winters, team foul #10 | 25-36 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), David Harrison (SF), James Mayne (C) Carlos Winters, Leonard Barnes, Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG), Nicholas Moore (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Michael Carson, Timothy Lewis, Charles Flynt, Barry Baldwin | |
| 01:30 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt misses badly on a fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by William Pittman - foul #3 on William Pittman, team foul #11 | 25-36 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina (PF) William Pittman | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 01:30 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 1st free throw | 25-37 |
| 01:30 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 2nd free throw | 25-38 |
| 01:16 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 25-38 |
| 01:15 | LSU | The rebound goes to Michael Meinhardt | 25-38 |
| 00:56 | LSU | The short jumper by Michael Meinhardt is denied by Gilberto Molina | 25-38 |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to James Mayne | 25-38 |
| 00:32 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 25-38 |
| 00:31 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina tips it but misses | 25-38 |
| 00:30 | LSU | Todd Pollard grabs the board | 25-38 |
| 00:03 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 25-38 |
| 00:01 | LSU | Todd Pollard gets the offensive rebound | 25-38 |
| 00:00 | LSU | The clock runs out | 25-38 |