| Lineup | Niagara | PG - John Dunn (fresh) SG - Jack Lyons (fresh) SF - Austin Rausch (fresh) PF - Homer Teske (fresh) C - Oliver Watts (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Michael King (fresh) SG - Neal Banks (fresh) SF - Raymond Batchelor (fresh) PF - Louis Adams (fresh) C - Charlie Kopec (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Niagara | Oliver Watts wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nicholls State | Nicholls State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:36 | Niagara | Neal Banks picks off the pass by John Dunn | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor hits the finger roll on a great pass from Neal Banks | 0-2 |
| 19:19 | Niagara | Oliver Watts misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Charlie Kopec - foul #1 on Charlie Kopec, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:19 | Niagara | Oliver Watts makes the 1st free throw | 1-2 |
| 19:19 | Niagara | Oliver Watts makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 19:04 | Nicholls State | Neal Banks misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 2-2 |
| 19:03 | Niagara | John Dunn grabs the defensive rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:46 | Niagara | Austin Rausch comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 2-2 |
| 18:44 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:41 | Nicholls State | Jack Lyons picks off the pass by Neal Banks in the backcourt | 2-2 |
| 18:23 | Niagara | Oliver Watts misses short on a 3 from straight away | 2-2 |
| 18:22 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams grabs the defensive rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:18 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 2-2 |
| 18:17 | Niagara | Oliver Watts grabs the defensive rebound | 2-2 |
| 17:53 | Niagara | Austin Rausch loses the ball out of bounds | 2-2 |
| Subs | Niagara | Sylvester Ash (PG), Jerry Tew (SG), Carl Thompson (SF), Columbus Pickett (PF), Joshua Willette (C) John Dunn, Jack Lyons, Austin Rausch, Homer Teske, Oliver Watts | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood (SG), Wayne Osborne (SF), Nelson Hoffman (PF), Conrad Porter (C) Neal Banks, Raymond Batchelor, Louis Adams, Charlie Kopec | |
| 17:51 | Nicholls State | Sylvester Ash is called for the reach on Michael King in the backcourt - foul #1 on Sylvester Ash, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 17:30 | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter misses short on a driving attempt near the basket | 2-2 |
| 17:28 | Niagara | Joshua Willette grabs the board | 2-2 |
| 17:22 | Niagara | Wayne Osborne steals the ball from Carl Thompson | 2-2 |
| 17:17 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne blows the layup | 2-2 |
| 17:15 | Niagara | Jerry Tew pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 16:50 | Niagara | Jerry Tew hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Kenneth Lockwood - foul #1 on Kenneth Lockwood, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Dunn (PG), Jack Lyons (SG) Sylvester Ash, Columbus Pickett | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers (PG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Louis Adams (PF) Michael King, Nelson Hoffman, Conrad Porter | |
| 16:50 | Niagara | Jerry Tew misses the 1st free throw | 2-2 |
| 16:50 | Niagara | Jerry Tew makes the 2nd free throw | 3-2 |
| 16:30 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams buries a runner from the baseline on a great pass from Raymond Batchelor and he's fouled by Jack Lyons - foul #1 on Jack Lyons, team foul #2 | 3-4 |
| Subs | Niagara | Austin Rausch (SF), Homer Teske (PF), Irving Kelly (C) Carl Thompson, Jerry Tew, Joshua Willette | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Emory Tilley (SG), Charlie Kopec (C) Kenneth Lockwood, Wayne Osborne | |
| 16:30 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams makes the free throw | 3-5 |
| 16:17 | Niagara | Austin Rausch buries a runner in the paint | 5-5 |
| 16:05 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers buries a 3 pointer from the left corner | 5-8 |
| 15:51 | Niagara | Emory Tilley is called for the reach on Jack Lyons - foul #1 on Emory Tilley, team foul #3 | 5-8 |
| Subs | Niagara | Sylvester Ash (SG), Columbus Pickett (PF) Jack Lyons, Homer Teske | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Neal Banks (SG), Matthew Beardsley (SF), Nelson Hoffman (PF) Emory Tilley, Raymond Batchelor, Louis Adams | |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - John Dunn (fairly fresh) SG - Sylvester Ash (fresh) SF - Austin Rausch (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Columbus Pickett (fresh) C - Irving Kelly (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Jeffery Fellers (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Neal Banks (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Matthew Beardsley (fresh) PF - Nelson Hoffman (fresh) C - Charlie Kopec (fresh) | |
| 15:32 | Niagara | John Dunn makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Austin Rausch | 8-8 |
| 15:12 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers knocks in the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Neal Banks | 8-10 |
| 14:56 | Niagara | John Dunn makes the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Sylvester Ash | 11-10 |
| 14:32 | Nicholls State | John Dunn is called for the reach on Neal Banks - foul #1 on John Dunn, team foul #3 | 11-10 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jack Lyons (SG), Carl Thompson (SF), Jerry Tew (PF), Oliver Watts (C) Sylvester Ash, Austin Rausch, Columbus Pickett, Irving Kelly | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Michael King (PG), Kenneth Lockwood (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Louis Adams (PF), Wayne Osborne (C) Jeffery Fellers, Neal Banks, Matthew Beardsley, Nelson Hoffman, Charlie Kopec | |
| 14:14 | Nicholls State | Michael King misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 11-10 |
| 14:13 | Nicholls State | Raymond Batchelor grabs the offensive rebound | 11-10 |
| 13:55 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Michael King | 11-13 |
| 13:35 | Niagara | John Dunn connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Jerry Tew | 13-13 |
| 13:30 | Nicholls State | Michael King throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 13-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | Homer Teske (PF) John Dunn | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter (C) Louis Adams | |
| 13:23 | Niagara | Oliver Watts is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Oliver Watts, team foul #4 | 13-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman (C) Conrad Porter | |
| 13:07 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood hits a wide open 3pt jumper from the left wing | 13-16 |
| 12:43 | Niagara | Oliver Watts can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 13-16 |
| 12:41 | Niagara | The offensive rebound goes to Oliver Watts | 13-16 |
| 12:23 | Niagara | Jerry Tew clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 13-16 |
| 12:21 | Niagara | Carl Thompson grabs the offensive rebound | 13-16 |
| 12:08 | Niagara | Raymond Batchelor steals it from Jerry Tew | 13-16 |
| 11:51 | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by Raymond Batchelor | 13-18 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Carl Thompson (fairly fresh) SG - Jack Lyons (fairly fresh) SF - Jerry Tew (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Homer Teske (fairly fresh) C - Oliver Watts (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Michael King (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Lockwood (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Raymond Batchelor (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Wayne Osborne (fairly fresh) C - Nelson Hoffman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:36 | Niagara | Jack Lyons hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 13-18 |
| 11:35 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne pulls down the rebound | 13-18 |
| 11:18 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Wayne Osborne, team foul #4 | 13-18 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Dunn (PG), Sylvester Ash (SG), Austin Rausch (SF), Columbus Pickett (PF), Joshua Willette (C) Carl Thompson, Jack Lyons, Jerry Tew, Homer Teske, Oliver Watts | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers (PG), Neal Banks (SG), Matthew Beardsley (SF), Louis Adams (PF), Charlie Kopec (C) Michael King, Kenneth Lockwood, Raymond Batchelor, Wayne Osborne, Nelson Hoffman | |
| 10:52 | Niagara | Sylvester Ash misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing but the foul's on Neal Banks - foul #1 on Neal Banks, team foul #5 | 13-18 |
| 10:52 | Niagara | Sylvester Ash makes the 1st free throw | 14-18 |
| 10:52 | Niagara | Sylvester Ash misses the 2nd free throw | 14-18 |
| 10:52 | Niagara | Sylvester Ash makes the 3rd free throw | 15-18 |
| 10:31 | Nicholls State | Matthew Beardsley misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 15-18 |
| 10:30 | Nicholls State | The offensive rebound goes to Charlie Kopec | 15-18 |
| 10:09 | Nicholls State | Matthew Beardsley misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 15-18 |
| 10:08 | Niagara | The rebound goes to Joshua Willette | 15-18 |
| 10:01 | Niagara | Columbus Pickett is whistled for a carry | 15-18 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jack Lyons (SG) John Dunn | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | | |
| 09:45 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers is whistled for a carry | 15-18 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Dunn (PG), Homer Teske (PF), Irving Kelly (C) Sylvester Ash, Columbus Pickett, Joshua Willette | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Emory Tilley (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF) Neal Banks, Matthew Beardsley | |
| 09:26 | Niagara | Austin Rausch comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline | 15-18 |
| 09:25 | Niagara | Austin Rausch can't tip it in | 15-18 |
| 09:23 | Nicholls State | The rebound goes to Emory Tilley | 15-18 |
| 09:10 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec lays it in | 15-20 |
| 08:50 | Niagara | Jack Lyons is hacked by Raymond Batchelor - foul #1 on Raymond Batchelor, team foul #6 | 15-20 |
| Subs | Niagara | Sylvester Ash (PG), Columbus Pickett (PF) John Dunn, Homer Teske | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Michael King (PG), Wayne Osborne (SF), Nelson Hoffman (PF), Conrad Porter (C) Jeffery Fellers, Raymond Batchelor, Louis Adams, Charlie Kopec | |
| 08:39 | Niagara | Jack Lyons drills a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Sylvester Ash | 17-20 |
| 08:17 | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 17-20 |
| 08:15 | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman tips it in | 17-22 |
| 07:52 | Niagara | Irving Kelly can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 17-22 |
| 07:51 | Nicholls State | Michael King pulls down the rebound | 17-22 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Sylvester Ash (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jack Lyons (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Austin Rausch (tiring) 2 pts. PF - Columbus Pickett (fairly fresh) C - Irving Kelly (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Michael King (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Emory Tilley (fairly fresh) SF - Wayne Osborne (fresh) PF - Nelson Hoffman (fresh) 4 pts. C - Conrad Porter (fresh) | |
| 07:46 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne is open but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 17-22 |
| 07:44 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne gets the offensive rebound | 17-22 |
| 07:34 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne hits a wide open jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Nelson Hoffman | 17-24 |
| 07:14 | Niagara | Jack Lyons can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 17-24 |
| 07:12 | Nicholls State | Wayne Osborne grabs the board | 17-24 |
| 06:50 | Nicholls State | Irving Kelly blocks the jumper by Wayne Osborne | 17-24 |
| 06:49 | Niagara | Columbus Pickett grabs the defensive rebound | 17-24 |
| 06:30 | Niagara | Jack Lyons lays it in and he's hacked by Wayne Osborne - foul #2 on Wayne Osborne, team foul #7 | 19-24 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Dunn (PG), Carl Thompson (SF), Homer Teske (PF), Oliver Watts (C) Sylvester Ash, Austin Rausch, Columbus Pickett, Irving Kelly | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers (PG), Neal Banks (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Louis Adams (PF), Charlie Kopec (C) Michael King, Emory Tilley, Wayne Osborne, Nelson Hoffman, Conrad Porter | |
| 06:30 | Niagara | Jack Lyons misses the free throw | 19-24 |
| 06:30 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec gets the rebound | 19-24 |
| 06:12 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 19-24 |
| 06:10 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec misses the tip | 19-24 |
| 06:08 | Niagara | Homer Teske grabs the defensive rebound | 19-24 |
| 05:50 | Niagara | Jack Lyons hits a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Carl Thompson | 22-24 |
| 05:41 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams is open and buries a driving attempt from the left block | 22-26 |
| 05:27 | Niagara | Carl Thompson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 22-26 |
| 05:25 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers gets the rebound | 22-26 |
| 04:59 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams is whistled for traveling | 22-26 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jerry Tew (SG), Joshua Willette (C) Jack Lyons, Oliver Watts | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Michael King (PG), Kenneth Lockwood (SG), Matthew Beardsley (SF) Jeffery Fellers, Neal Banks, Raymond Batchelor | |
| 04:44 | Niagara | Jerry Tew comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 22-26 |
| 04:42 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams gets the rebound | 22-26 |
| 04:31 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec connects on the runner from the left block set up by Michael King | 22-28 |
| 04:24 | Niagara | Matthew Beardsley picks off the pass by John Dunn | 22-28 |
| 04:06 | Nicholls State | Michael King is denied on a layup by Homer Teske | 22-28 |
| 04:05 | Niagara | John Dunn pulls down the rebound | 22-28 |
| 03:42 | Niagara | Jerry Tew's pass is intercepted by Charlie Kopec | 22-28 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - John Dunn (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - Jerry Tew (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Carl Thompson (fairly fresh) PF - Homer Teske (fairly fresh) C - Joshua Willette (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nicholls State | PG - Michael King (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Kenneth Lockwood (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Matthew Beardsley (fresh) PF - Louis Adams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Charlie Kopec (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:30 | Nicholls State | Louis Adams misses the jump hook from the right block | 22-28 |
| 03:29 | Niagara | Jerry Tew grabs the board | 22-28 |
| 03:25 | Niagara | Kenneth Lockwood steals the ball from John Dunn | 22-28 |
| 03:20 | Nicholls State | John Dunn is called for the reach on Michael King in the backcourt - foul #2 on John Dunn, team foul #5 | 22-28 |
| Subs | Niagara | Sylvester Ash (SG), Austin Rausch (SF), Columbus Pickett (PF), Oliver Watts (C) Jerry Tew, Carl Thompson, Homer Teske, Joshua Willette | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers (PG), Neal Banks (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Wayne Osborne (PF), Nelson Hoffman (C) Michael King, Kenneth Lockwood, Matthew Beardsley, Louis Adams, Charlie Kopec | |
| 03:10 | Nicholls State | Jeffery Fellers misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 22-28 |
| 03:08 | Nicholls State | Neal Banks tips it home | 22-30 |
| 03:00 | Niagara | John Dunn comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 22-30 |
| 02:58 | Nicholls State | Neal Banks gets the rebound | 22-30 |
| 02:34 | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman hits a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Raymond Batchelor | 22-32 |
| 02:17 | Niagara | Nelson Hoffman is called for the reach on Columbus Pickett - foul #1 on Nelson Hoffman, team foul #8 | 22-32 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jack Lyons (SG), Irving Kelly (C) John Dunn, Oliver Watts | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood (SG) Neal Banks | |
| 02:17 | Niagara | Columbus Pickett makes the 1st free throw | 23-32 |
| 02:17 | Niagara | Columbus Pickett misses the 2nd free throw | 23-32 |
| 02:17 | Nicholls State | Nelson Hoffman grabs the defensive rebound | 23-32 |
| 02:13 | Nicholls State | Kenneth Lockwood buries a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Jeffery Fellers | 23-34 |
| 01:56 | Niagara | Sylvester Ash connects on the fadeaway from the baseline set up by Irving Kelly | 25-34 |
| 01:54 | Nicholls State | Sylvester Ash is called for the reach on Wayne Osborne in the backcourt - foul #2 on Sylvester Ash, team foul #6 | 25-34 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jerry Tew (PF), Joshua Willette (C) Columbus Pickett, Irving Kelly | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter (C) Raymond Batchelor | |
| 01:35 | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Sylvester Ash - foul #3 on Sylvester Ash, team foul #7 | 25-34 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Dunn (PG), Carl Thompson (SF) Sylvester Ash, Austin Rausch | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Michael King (PG), Matthew Beardsley (SF), Louis Adams (PF) Jeffery Fellers, Wayne Osborne, Nelson Hoffman | |
| 01:35 | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter makes the 1st free throw | 25-35 |
| 01:35 | Nicholls State | Conrad Porter makes the 2nd free throw | 25-36 |
| 01:18 | Niagara | Joshua Willette hits a shot near the basket | 27-36 |
| 01:01 | Nicholls State | Jack Lyons steals the ball from Kenneth Lockwood | 27-36 |
| 00:45 | Niagara | Carl Thompson hits a floater in the paint on a nice dish by John Dunn | 29-36 |
| 00:43 | Nicholls State | John Dunn steps in front of the Matthew Beardsley pass in the backcourt | 29-36 |
| 00:27 | Niagara | John Dunn is hacked by Michael King - foul #1 on Michael King, team foul #9 | 29-36 |
| Subs | Niagara | Columbus Pickett (SF), Homer Teske (PF), Oliver Watts (C) Carl Thompson, Jerry Tew, Joshua Willette | |
| Subs | Nicholls State | Emory Tilley (PG), Neal Banks (SG), Raymond Batchelor (SF), Wayne Osborne (PF), Charlie Kopec (C) Michael King, Kenneth Lockwood, Matthew Beardsley, Louis Adams, Conrad Porter | |
| 00:27 | Niagara | John Dunn makes the 1st free throw | 30-36 |
| 00:27 | Niagara | John Dunn misses the 2nd free throw | 30-36 |
| 00:27 | Nicholls State | The rebound goes to Charlie Kopec | 30-36 |
| 00:00 | Nicholls State | Charlie Kopec blows the layup | 30-36 |