| Lineup | Fairfield | PG - Vincent Domingue (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Boyd Miler (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. SF - Edward Clifton (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Thiessen (fresh) C - Craig Brown (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Terence Conger (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Sanders (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Randall Soule (fresh) PF - William Schwarze (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Timothy Purpura (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Fairfield | Edward Clifton inbounds the ball | 34-33 |
| Game Plan | Fairfield | Fairfield is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 34-33 |
| 19:40 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Timothy Purpura | 34-33 |
| 19:18 | Southern Cal | Vincent Domingue is called for the reach on Terence Conger - foul #2 on Vincent Domingue, team foul #1 | 34-33 |
| 19:00 | Southern Cal | Edward Clifton is called for the reach on Randall Soule - foul #1 on Edward Clifton, team foul #2 | 34-33 |
| 18:44 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule misses long on a turnaround from close range but he's hacked by Craig Brown - foul #2 on Craig Brown, team foul #3 | 34-33 |
| 18:44 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule makes the 1st free throw | 34-34 |
| 18:44 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule makes the 2nd free throw | 34-35 |
| 18:30 | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue misses badly on a jumper from the right side | 34-35 |
| 18:29 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Timothy Purpura | 34-35 |
| 18:06 | Southern Cal | Kenneth Thiessen swats the dunk try by Timothy Purpura | 34-35 |
| 18:04 | Fairfield | Edward Clifton grabs the board | 34-35 |
| 17:45 | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue misses short on a jumper in the lane | 34-35 |
| 17:43 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule grabs the board | 34-35 |
| 17:20 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura hits the finger roll set up by Charles Sanders | 34-37 |
| 17:15 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 34-37 |
| 17:14 | Southern Cal | Terence Conger grabs the defensive rebound | 34-37 |
| 16:48 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura is called for traveling | 34-37 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Steven Hunter (PG), Morgan Benfield (SF) Vincent Domingue, Edward Clifton | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Drew Bangs (SG), Dikembe Awada (SF), Reinaldo Medina (C) Charles Sanders, Randall Soule, Timothy Purpura | |
| 16:26 | Fairfield | Steven Hunter hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 34-37 |
| 16:25 | Fairfield | Kenneth Thiessen gets the offensive rebound | 34-37 |
| 16:18 | Fairfield | Dikembe Awada takes the ball from Boyd Miler | 34-37 |
| 16:15 | Southern Cal | Drew Bangs hits the finger roll set up by Dikembe Awada | 34-39 |
| 16:00 | Fairfield | Steven Hunter is whistled for traveling | 34-39 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Austin Sugg (SG) Boyd Miler | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Sean Turner (SG) Terence Conger | |
| Lineup | Fairfield | PG - Steven Hunter (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Austin Sugg (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Morgan Benfield (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Thiessen (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Craig Brown (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Drew Bangs (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Sean Turner (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Dikembe Awada (fresh) 6 pts. PF - William Schwarze (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Reinaldo Medina (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:39 | Southern Cal | Reinaldo Medina is fouled on the floor by Craig Brown - foul #3 on Craig Brown, team foul #4 | 34-39 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Edward Clifton (SF) Morgan Benfield | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Charles Sanders (PG) Sean Turner | |
| 15:13 | Southern Cal | William Schwarze hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 34-39 |
| 15:11 | Fairfield | Edward Clifton snags the defensive board | 34-39 |
| 14:47 | Fairfield | Steven Hunter's floater is knocked away by Reinaldo Medina | 34-39 |
| 14:46 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to William Schwarze | 34-39 |
| 14:27 | Southern Cal | Dikembe Awada scores on a driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by Drew Bangs | 34-41 |
| 14:13 | Fairfield | Steven Hunter is hacked by Charles Sanders - foul #2 on Charles Sanders, team foul #1 | 34-41 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue (PG), Boyd Miler (SG), Charles Grove (PF) Steven Hunter, Austin Sugg, Kenneth Thiessen | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Terence Conger (PG), Randall Soule (SF), Timothy Purpura (PF) Drew Bangs, Dikembe Awada, William Schwarze | |
| 13:58 | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 34-41 |
| 13:57 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Charles Sanders | 34-41 |
| 13:38 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura can't throw it down but the foul's on Charles Grove - foul #2 on Charles Grove, team foul #5 | 34-41 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Morgan Benfield (SF) Edward Clifton | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | William Schwarze (PF) Reinaldo Medina | |
| 13:38 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura misses the 1st free throw | 34-41 |
| 13:38 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura makes the 2nd free throw | 34-42 |
| 13:14 | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Boyd Miler | 37-42 |
| 12:55 | Southern Cal | The jump hook by William Schwarze is blocked by Charles Grove | 37-42 |
| 12:54 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-42 |
| 12:35 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule hits a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Terence Conger | 37-44 |
| 12:23 | Fairfield | Morgan Benfield misses badly on a fadeaway from the left block | 37-44 |
| 12:21 | Southern Cal | William Schwarze grabs the defensive rebound | 37-44 |
| 12:01 | Southern Cal | Morgan Benfield picks off the pass by Timothy Purpura | 37-44 |
| Lineup | Fairfield | PG - Vincent Domingue (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Boyd Miler (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Morgan Benfield (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Charles Grove (fresh) 2 reb. C - Craig Brown (tiring) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Terence Conger (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Sanders (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Randall Soule (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Schwarze (tiring) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Timothy Purpura (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:46 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler connects on the shot from the right side set up by Vincent Domingue | 39-44 |
| 11:28 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura hits a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Terence Conger | 39-46 |
| 11:05 | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue misses the fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Terence Conger - foul #2 on Terence Conger, team foul #2 | 39-46 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Edward Clifton (SF), Kenneth Thiessen (PF), Raymond Alcorn (C) Morgan Benfield, Charles Grove, Craig Brown | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Drew Bangs (SG), Dikembe Awada (PF), Reinaldo Medina (C) Charles Sanders, William Schwarze, Timothy Purpura | |
| 11:05 | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue makes the 1st free throw | 40-46 |
| 11:05 | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue makes the 2nd free throw | 41-46 |
| 10:47 | Southern Cal | Terence Conger's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-46 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Steven Hunter (PG) Vincent Domingue | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Sean Turner (SG) Terence Conger | |
| 10:31 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler knocks in the floater from the free throw line | 43-46 |
| 10:14 | Southern Cal | Dikembe Awada misses short on a shot in the paint | 43-46 |
| 10:13 | Southern Cal | Reinaldo Medina misses the tip | 43-46 |
| 10:11 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler grabs the defensive rebound | 43-46 |
| 09:54 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 43-46 |
| 09:53 | Fairfield | The offensive rebound goes to Raymond Alcorn | 43-46 |
| 09:43 | Fairfield | Raymond Alcorn misses the easy layup | 43-46 |
| 09:42 | Southern Cal | Dikembe Awada pulls down the rebound | 43-46 |
| 09:15 | Southern Cal | Sean Turner is hacked by Raymond Alcorn - foul #3 on Raymond Alcorn, team foul #6 | 43-46 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue (PG) Boyd Miler | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Terence Conger (PG), Timothy Purpura (PF) Sean Turner, Randall Soule | |
| 08:55 | Southern Cal | Dikembe Awada can't finish the layup | 43-46 |
| 08:54 | Southern Cal | Reinaldo Medina snags the offensive board | 43-46 |
| 08:34 | Southern Cal | Raymond Alcorn is called for the reach on Reinaldo Medina - foul #4 on Raymond Alcorn, team foul #7 | 43-46 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Craig Brown (C) Raymond Alcorn | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Charles Sanders (SG) Drew Bangs | |
| 08:34 | Southern Cal | Reinaldo Medina makes the 1st free throw | 43-47 |
| 08:34 | Southern Cal | Reinaldo Medina misses the 2nd free throw | 43-47 |
| 08:34 | Fairfield | Kenneth Thiessen gets the rebound | 43-47 |
| 08:19 | Fairfield | Charles Sanders steals the ball from Vincent Domingue | 43-47 |
| 07:57 | Southern Cal | Dikembe Awada banks in the layup | 43-49 |
| Lineup | Fairfield | PG - Vincent Domingue (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Steven Hunter (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Clifton (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Kenneth Thiessen (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Craig Brown (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Terence Conger (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Sanders (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Dikembe Awada (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Timothy Purpura (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. C - Reinaldo Medina (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:33 | Fairfield | Steven Hunter clanks a shot in the lane but the foul's on Terence Conger - foul #3 on Terence Conger, team foul #3 | 43-49 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Boyd Miler (SG), Charles Grove (PF) Edward Clifton, Kenneth Thiessen | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Randall Soule (SF), William Schwarze (PF) Dikembe Awada, Reinaldo Medina | |
| 07:33 | Fairfield | Steven Hunter makes the 1st free throw | 44-49 |
| 07:33 | Fairfield | Steven Hunter makes the 2nd free throw | 45-49 |
| 07:13 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block but he's hacked by Boyd Miler - foul #2 on Boyd Miler, team foul #8 | 45-49 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Roderick Paul (PG), Morgan Benfield (SF) Vincent Domingue, Steven Hunter | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 07:13 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule misses the 1st free throw | 45-49 |
| 07:13 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule misses the 2nd free throw | 45-49 |
| 07:13 | Fairfield | Charles Grove gets the rebound | 45-49 |
| 06:56 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 45-49 |
| 06:54 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura grabs the board | 45-49 |
| 06:25 | Southern Cal | Randall Soule misses badly on a jump hook from the left block | 45-49 |
| 06:23 | Fairfield | Craig Brown snags the defensive board | 45-49 |
| 06:09 | Fairfield | Roderick Paul hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 45-49 |
| 06:08 | Fairfield | Charles Grove grabs the offensive board | 45-49 |
| 05:58 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 45-49 |
| 05:56 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura pulls down the rebound | 45-49 |
| 05:35 | Southern Cal | Roderick Paul takes the ball from Charles Sanders | 45-49 |
| 05:24 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler can't finish the layup | 45-49 |
| 05:23 | Southern Cal | Terence Conger grabs the defensive rebound | 45-49 |
| 04:58 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 45-49 |
| 04:56 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura tips it in | 45-51 |
| 04:56 | Fairfield | Fairfield calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 45-51 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Vincent Domingue (PG), Edward Clifton (SF), Kenneth Thiessen (PF), Raymond Alcorn (C) Roderick Paul, Morgan Benfield, Charles Grove, Craig Brown | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Dikembe Awada (SF), Reinaldo Medina (C) Randall Soule, Timothy Purpura | |
| 04:27 | Fairfield | Terence Conger is called for the reach on Vincent Domingue - foul #4 on Terence Conger, team foul #4 | 45-51 |
| 04:15 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler banks in the layup and the foul's on Terence Conger - foul #5 on Terence Conger, team foul #5 | 47-51 |
| Subs | Fairfield | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Drew Bangs (SG) Terence Conger | |
| 04:15 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler makes the free throw | 48-51 |
| 03:57 | Southern Cal | Kenneth Thiessen steals it from William Schwarze | 48-51 |
| 03:30 | Fairfield | Raymond Alcorn jams it set up by Edward Clifton | 50-51 |
| Lineup | Fairfield | PG - Vincent Domingue (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Boyd Miler (fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Edward Clifton (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Kenneth Thiessen (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Raymond Alcorn (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Charles Sanders (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Drew Bangs (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dikembe Awada (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Schwarze (tiring) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Reinaldo Medina (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:08 | Southern Cal | William Schwarze's floater is tipped away by Kenneth Thiessen | 50-51 |
| 03:06 | Fairfield | Kenneth Thiessen snags the defensive board | 50-51 |
| 02:44 | Fairfield | Kenneth Thiessen scores on a driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Vincent Domingue and he's fouled by William Schwarze - foul #1 on William Schwarze, team foul #6 | 52-51 |
| Subs | Fairfield | Craig Brown (C) Raymond Alcorn | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Sean Turner (SG), Randall Soule (SF), Timothy Purpura (PF) Charles Sanders, Dikembe Awada, William Schwarze | |
| 02:44 | Fairfield | Kenneth Thiessen misses the free throw | 52-51 |
| 02:44 | Southern Cal | Reinaldo Medina grabs the board | 52-51 |
| 02:44 | Southern Cal | Southern Cal calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-51 |
| 02:19 | Southern Cal | Reinaldo Medina travels with the ball | 52-51 |
| Subs | Fairfield | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Charles Sanders (PG) Sean Turner | |
| 01:55 | Fairfield | Edward Clifton clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-51 |
| 01:53 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Timothy Purpura | 52-51 |
| 01:53 | Southern Cal | Southern Cal calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 52-51 |
| Subs | Fairfield | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | William Schwarze (PF) Reinaldo Medina | |
| 01:30 | Southern Cal | Charles Sanders throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-51 |
| 01:12 | Fairfield | Edward Clifton is fouled on the floor by Charles Sanders - foul #3 on Charles Sanders, team foul #7 | 52-51 |
| 01:12 | Fairfield | Edward Clifton makes the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 01:12 | Fairfield | Edward Clifton misses the 2nd free throw | 53-51 |
| 01:12 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Timothy Purpura | 53-51 |
| 00:43 | Southern Cal | Timothy Purpura hits a turnaround from close range | 53-53 |
| 00:35 | Fairfield | Boyd Miler misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 53-53 |
| 00:33 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Drew Bangs | 53-53 |
| Game Plan | Fairfield | Fairfield is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:07 | Southern Cal | Edward Clifton picks off the pass by Charles Sanders | 53-53 |
| 00:03 | Fairfield | Edward Clifton lays it up and in | 55-53 |
| 00:03 | Southern Cal | Southern Cal calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-53 |
| Game Plan | Fairfield | Fairfield is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Southern Cal | Charles Sanders misses short on a halfcourt shot | 55-53 |