| Lineup | UCLA | PG - David Withers (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Douglas Trim (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Eugene Byrd (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Behrends (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - William Lang (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Sloss (fresh) SF - Thomas Farrell (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. PF - Carlos Lopez (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Garland Nichols (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UCLA | Charles Smith inbounds the ball | 25-28 |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 19:35 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by Carlos Lopez - foul #2 on Carlos Lopez, team foul #1 | 25-28 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Thad Lueras (PF) Carlos Lopez | |
| 19:35 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd misses the 1st free throw | 25-28 |
| 19:35 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd makes the 2nd free throw | 26-28 |
| 19:17 | Southern Cal | Thad Lueras misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 26-28 |
| 19:15 | Southern Cal | William Lang tips it home | 26-30 |
| 18:55 | UCLA | Thomas Farrell blocks the short jumper by Eugene Byrd | 26-30 |
| 18:53 | UCLA | Charles Smith tips it but misses | 26-30 |
| 18:51 | UCLA | Charles Smith tips it home | 28-30 |
| 18:36 | Southern Cal | James Sloss's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-30 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Harold Jacobs (SF), Carlos Lopez (PF) William Lang, Thad Lueras | |
| 18:19 | UCLA | Charles Smith loses the ball out of bounds | 28-30 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | William Lang (PG) Harold Jacobs | |
| 17:52 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 28-30 |
| 17:50 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd pulls down the rebound | 28-30 |
| 17:33 | UCLA | Andrew Behrends lays it in on a nice dish by Eugene Byrd and the foul's on William Lang - foul #3 on William Lang, team foul #2 | 30-30 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Harold Jacobs (SF), Thad Lueras (PF) William Lang, Carlos Lopez | |
| 17:33 | UCLA | Andrew Behrends makes the free throw | 31-30 |
| 17:17 | Southern Cal | Garland Nichols drills a shot in the paint set up by Thomas Farrell | 31-32 |
| 16:51 | UCLA | Andrew Behrends banks in the layup set up by David Withers and he's hacked by Garland Nichols - foul #3 on Garland Nichols, team foul #3 | 33-32 |
| Subs | UCLA | Nathaniel Green (SF) Charles Smith | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Donald Zurheide (SF), Carlos Lopez (PF), Gilbert Hunter (C) Harold Jacobs, Thad Lueras, Garland Nichols | |
| 16:51 | UCLA | Andrew Behrends misses the free throw | 33-32 |
| 16:51 | Southern Cal | Gilbert Hunter snags the defensive board | 33-32 |
| 16:35 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell makes the shot from the right side | 33-34 |
| 16:21 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd misses long on a floater in the paint | 33-34 |
| 16:19 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Donald Zurheide | 33-34 |
| 16:14 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the left block | 33-34 |
| 16:13 | UCLA | Nathaniel Green grabs the board | 33-34 |
| 15:47 | UCLA | David Withers buries a runner from close range and the foul's on Thomas Farrell - foul #1 on Thomas Farrell, team foul #4 | 35-34 |
| Subs | UCLA | Kenneth Alongi (SG), Charles Smith (SF), Jonathan Burns (PF), Donald Howard (C) Douglas Trim, Nathaniel Green, Eugene Byrd, Andrew Behrends | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | William Lang (PG), Harold Jacobs (SF), Irving Smith (PF), Garland Nichols (C) Thomas Farrell, Donald Zurheide, Carlos Lopez, Gilbert Hunter | |
| 15:47 | UCLA | David Withers makes the free throw | 36-34 |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - David Withers (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kenneth Alongi (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Charles Smith (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jonathan Burns (fresh) C - Donald Howard (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - William Lang (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Sloss (fairly fresh) SF - Harold Jacobs (fresh) PF - Irving Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Garland Nichols (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:26 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 36-34 |
| 15:25 | Southern Cal | William Lang tips it back up and in | 36-36 |
| 14:56 | UCLA | David Withers makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 38-36 |
| 14:37 | Southern Cal | James Sloss makes the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Garland Nichols | 38-38 |
| 14:10 | UCLA | Kenneth Alongi drills a shot from the right side and the foul's on James Sloss - foul #1 on James Sloss, team foul #5 | 40-38 |
| Subs | UCLA | Charlie Richardson (PG), Nathaniel Green (SF), Eugene Byrd (PF) David Withers, Charles Smith, Jonathan Burns | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell (SG), Donald Zurheide (SF), Gilbert Hunter (C) James Sloss, Harold Jacobs, Garland Nichols | |
| 14:10 | UCLA | Kenneth Alongi misses the free throw | 40-38 |
| 14:10 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Irving Smith | 40-38 |
| 13:56 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith knocks in the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Thomas Farrell | 40-40 |
| 13:33 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd scores on a fadeaway from close range | 42-40 |
| 13:21 | Southern Cal | William Lang's pass is intercepted by Eugene Byrd | 42-40 |
| 12:55 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd can't connect on a floater from the left side | 42-40 |
| 12:54 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith pulls down the rebound | 42-40 |
| 12:48 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith comes up short on the shot from the right block but he's hacked by Eugene Byrd - foul #1 on Eugene Byrd, team foul #1 | 42-40 |
| Subs | UCLA | Douglas Trim (SG), Charles Smith (SF), Andrew Behrends (C) Kenneth Alongi, Nathaniel Green, Donald Howard | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | James Sloss (SG), Garland Nichols (C) Donald Zurheide, Gilbert Hunter | |
| 12:48 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith makes the 1st free throw | 42-41 |
| 12:48 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 42-41 |
| 12:48 | UCLA | Charles Smith gets the rebound | 42-41 |
| 12:26 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd connects on the floater from the left block on a great pass from Charles Smith | 44-41 |
| 12:02 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from James Sloss | 44-43 |
| 11:44 | UCLA | Garland Nichols steps in front of the Eugene Byrd pass | 44-43 |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - Charlie Richardson (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Douglas Trim (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Smith (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Eugene Byrd (fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. C - Andrew Behrends (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - William Lang (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Sloss (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Farrell (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. PF - Irving Smith (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Garland Nichols (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:24 | Southern Cal | James Sloss is hacked by Andrew Behrends - foul #2 on Andrew Behrends, team foul #2 | 44-43 |
| Subs | UCLA | David Withers (PG) Charlie Richardson | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Gilbert Hunter (C) Garland Nichols | |
| 11:04 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 44-43 |
| 11:03 | UCLA | The rebound goes to Andrew Behrends | 44-43 |
| 10:38 | UCLA | Charles Smith drills a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Andrew Behrends | 47-43 |
| 10:16 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith misses badly on a runner from the baseline | 47-43 |
| 10:15 | UCLA | Charles Smith grabs the board | 47-43 |
| 09:48 | UCLA | Douglas Trim makes the pull-up jumper from the left side | 49-43 |
| 09:39 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 49-43 |
| 09:37 | UCLA | The rebound goes to Eugene Byrd | 49-43 |
| 09:08 | UCLA | Andrew Behrends comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 49-43 |
| 09:07 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell snags the defensive board | 49-43 |
| 09:03 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith is fouled on the floor by Eugene Byrd - foul #2 on Eugene Byrd, team foul #3 | 49-43 |
| Subs | UCLA | Kenneth Alongi (SG), Nathaniel Green (SF), Jonathan Burns (PF), Donald Howard (C) Douglas Trim, Charles Smith, Eugene Byrd, Andrew Behrends | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Harold Jacobs (SF), Garland Nichols (C) William Lang, Gilbert Hunter | |
| 08:52 | Southern Cal | Garland Nichols misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 49-43 |
| 08:51 | UCLA | David Withers pulls down the rebound | 49-43 |
| 08:25 | UCLA | Jonathan Burns connects on the runner near the basket set up by Kenneth Alongi and he's hacked by Irving Smith - foul #4 on Irving Smith, team foul #6 | 51-43 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | William Lang (PG), Donald Zurheide (SF), Thad Lueras (PF) James Sloss, Harold Jacobs, Irving Smith | |
| 08:25 | UCLA | Jonathan Burns misses the free throw | 51-43 |
| 08:25 | UCLA | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Howard | 51-43 |
| 08:08 | UCLA | Donald Howard double dribbles | 51-43 |
| Subs | UCLA | Charlie Richardson (PG) David Withers | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Harold Jacobs (SF) Donald Zurheide | |
| 07:54 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell travels with the ball | 51-43 |
| Subs | UCLA | Douglas Trim (SG) Kenneth Alongi | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Donald Zurheide (SF), Irving Smith (PF) Harold Jacobs, Thad Lueras | |
| 07:25 | UCLA | Donald Howard lays it in on a nice dish by Charlie Richardson | 53-43 |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - Charlie Richardson (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Douglas Trim (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nathaniel Green (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jonathan Burns (fresh) 2 pts. C - Donald Howard (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - William Lang (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Thomas Farrell (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Donald Zurheide (fresh) PF - Irving Smith (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Garland Nichols (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:23 | Southern Cal | William Lang is hacked by Charlie Richardson in the backcourt - foul #2 on Charlie Richardson, team foul #4 | 53-43 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | James Sloss (SG), Harold Jacobs (SF) William Lang, Donald Zurheide | |
| 07:06 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell drills a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Harold Jacobs | 53-46 |
| 06:49 | UCLA | Donald Howard blows the layup | 53-46 |
| 06:47 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith pulls down the rebound | 53-46 |
| 06:30 | Southern Cal | Charlie Richardson steps in front of the Thomas Farrell pass | 53-46 |
| 06:27 | UCLA | Charlie Richardson misses the lay-in | 53-46 |
| 06:25 | UCLA | Donald Howard tips it but misses | 53-46 |
| 06:24 | UCLA | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Howard | 53-46 |
| 06:03 | UCLA | Nathaniel Green misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 53-46 |
| 06:02 | UCLA | Charlie Richardson grabs the offensive board | 53-46 |
| 05:37 | UCLA | Jonathan Burns misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 53-46 |
| 05:36 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Thomas Farrell | 53-46 |
| 05:23 | Southern Cal | Irving Smith loses the ball out of bounds | 53-46 |
| Subs | UCLA | David Withers (PG), Kenneth Alongi (SG), Charles Smith (SF), Eugene Byrd (PF), Andrew Behrends (C) Charlie Richardson, Douglas Trim, Nathaniel Green, Jonathan Burns, Donald Howard | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | William Lang (PG), Donald Zurheide (SF), Gilbert Hunter (C) James Sloss, Harold Jacobs, Garland Nichols | |
| 05:11 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Irving Smith - foul #5 on Irving Smith, team foul #7 | 53-46 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | James Sloss (SG), Carlos Lopez (PF) Thomas Farrell, Irving Smith | |
| 05:11 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd makes the 1st free throw | 54-46 |
| 05:11 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd misses the 2nd free throw | 54-46 |
| 05:11 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Carlos Lopez | 54-46 |
| 04:51 | Southern Cal | William Lang makes the floater from the right side on a nice dish by James Sloss | 54-48 |
| 04:30 | UCLA | Charles Smith is hacked by Gilbert Hunter - foul #1 on Gilbert Hunter, team foul #8 | 54-48 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell (SG), Thad Lueras (PF) James Sloss, Carlos Lopez | |
| 04:30 | UCLA | Charles Smith misses the 1st free throw | 54-48 |
| 04:30 | UCLA | The offensive rebound goes to Andrew Behrends | 54-48 |
| 04:07 | UCLA | David Withers loses the ball out of bounds | 54-48 |
| Subs | UCLA | Douglas Trim (SG) Kenneth Alongi | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | James Sloss (SG), Garland Nichols (C) Donald Zurheide, Gilbert Hunter | |
| 03:43 | Southern Cal | Garland Nichols is whistled for a carry | 54-48 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Gilbert Hunter (C) Garland Nichols | |
| 03:14 | UCLA | Gilbert Hunter denies the turnaround by Eugene Byrd | 54-48 |
| 03:12 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd tips it home | 56-48 |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - David Withers (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Douglas Trim (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. PF - Eugene Byrd (fresh) 18 pts. 5 reb. C - Andrew Behrends (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - William Lang (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Sloss (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Farrell (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. PF - Thad Lueras (fresh) C - Gilbert Hunter (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 02:48 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Charles Smith - foul #2 on Charles Smith, team foul #5 | 56-48 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Donald Zurheide (SF), Carlos Lopez (PF), Garland Nichols (C) James Sloss, Thad Lueras, Gilbert Hunter | |
| 02:48 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell makes the 1st free throw | 56-49 |
| 02:48 | Southern Cal | Thomas Farrell makes the 2nd free throw | 56-50 |
| 02:22 | UCLA | Andrew Behrends comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 56-50 |
| 02:20 | Southern Cal | Carlos Lopez grabs the defensive rebound | 56-50 |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 02:06 | Southern Cal | Garland Nichols connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line set up by William Lang | 56-52 |
| 01:37 | UCLA | Garland Nichols blocks the short jumper by Charles Smith | 56-52 |
| 01:35 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to William Lang | 56-52 |
| 01:28 | Southern Cal | Eugene Byrd steals it from Donald Zurheide | 56-52 |
| 01:04 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd misses long on a floater in the paint | 56-52 |
| 01:03 | UCLA | Eugene Byrd hits the follow up shot | 58-52 |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:42 | Southern Cal | Garland Nichols is hacked by Charles Smith - foul #3 on Charles Smith, team foul #6 | 58-52 |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | James Sloss (SG) Donald Zurheide | |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:39 | Southern Cal | Charles Smith steals the ball from Carlos Lopez | 58-52 |
| 00:34 | UCLA | Charles Smith can't finish the layup | 58-52 |
| 00:33 | UCLA | Charles Smith pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-52 |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:32 | UCLA | Charles Smith is fouled on the floor by Carlos Lopez - foul #3 on Carlos Lopez, team foul #9 | 58-52 |
| Subs | UCLA | Nathaniel Green (PF) Eugene Byrd | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 00:32 | UCLA | Charles Smith makes the 1st free throw | 59-52 |
| 00:32 | UCLA | Charles Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 60-52 |
| 00:25 | Southern Cal | William Lang can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 60-52 |
| 00:24 | Southern Cal | William Lang snags the offensive board | 60-52 |
| 00:22 | Southern Cal | William Lang misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 60-52 |
| 00:20 | UCLA | The rebound goes to Charles Smith | 60-52 |
| 00:17 | UCLA | James Sloss is called for the reach on Charles Smith in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Sloss, team foul #10 | 60-52 |
| Subs | UCLA | Jonathan Burns (PF) Nathaniel Green | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 00:17 | UCLA | Charles Smith makes the 1st free throw | 61-52 |
| 00:17 | UCLA | Charles Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 61-52 |
| 00:17 | Southern Cal | Garland Nichols grabs the defensive rebound | 61-52 |
| 00:12 | Southern Cal | David Withers takes the ball from William Lang | 61-52 |
| 00:07 | UCLA | Charles Smith misses the dunk attempt | 61-52 |
| 00:05 | Southern Cal | Carlos Lopez gets the rebound | 61-52 |
| 00:00 | Southern Cal | William Lang connects on the 3pt shot from straight away | 61-55 |