| Lineup | Providence | PG - John Bohman (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeff Sarvis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Don Hayes (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Richard James (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Gerry List (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Walter Bettis (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Providence | Don Hayes inbounds the ball | 29-38 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:44 | Providence | Gerry List comes up short on the jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Walter Bettis - foul #2 on Walter Bettis, team foul #1 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Providence | John Copeland (PG), Bryant Soukup (PF) John Bohman, Richard James | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 19:44 | Providence | Gerry List makes the 1st free throw | 30-38 |
| 19:44 | Providence | Gerry List misses the 2nd free throw | 30-38 |
| 19:44 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the defensive rebound | 30-38 |
| 19:27 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Walter Bettis | 30-41 |
| 19:08 | Providence | The jump hook by Gerry List is blocked by Walter Bettis | 30-41 |
| 19:07 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the board | 30-41 |
| 18:48 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 30-41 |
| 18:46 | Providence | Bryant Soukup grabs the defensive rebound | 30-41 |
| 18:19 | Providence | Don Hayes misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 30-41 |
| 18:17 | Providence | Jeff Sarvis grabs the offensive board | 30-41 |
| 18:02 | Providence | Maurice Lokken takes the ball from Bryant Soukup | 30-41 |
| 17:57 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken blows the layup | 30-41 |
| 17:55 | Providence | John Copeland pulls down the rebound | 30-41 |
| 17:35 | Providence | Gerry List buries a jumper from the free throw line | 32-41 |
| 17:26 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 32-44 |
| 17:10 | Providence | Gerry List hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 32-44 |
| 17:08 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the defensive rebound | 32-44 |
| 17:01 | Cincinnati | Bryant Soukup is called for the reach on Walter Bettis - foul #2 on Bryant Soukup, team foul #1 | 32-44 |
| Subs | Providence | John Bohman (PG), Richard James (PF), Arthur Steinke (C) Jeff Sarvis, Don Hayes, Gerry List | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback (PF) Walter Bettis | |
| 16:49 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses badly on the uncontested floater in the paint | 32-44 |
| 16:47 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the offensive rebound | 32-44 |
| 16:29 | Cincinnati | John Bohman steals it from Paul Daly | 32-44 |
| 16:00 | Providence | Bryant Soukup misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 32-44 |
| 15:58 | Providence | Arthur Steinke tips it back up and in | 34-44 |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - John Bohman (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Copeland (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bryant Soukup (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard James (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Arthur Steinke (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Paul Daly (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 11 reb. | |
| 15:40 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly is hacked by Bryant Soukup - foul #3 on Bryant Soukup, team foul #2 | 34-44 |
| Subs | Providence | Jeff Sarvis (SG), Don Hayes (SF) John Copeland, Bryant Soukup | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Bojan Wolinski (SG), Walter Bettis (PF) Dikembe Abdullah, Paul Daly, Dean Canterbury | |
| 15:26 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt attempt from the left corner | 34-44 |
| 15:24 | Providence | The rebound goes to Arthur Steinke | 34-44 |
| 15:20 | Providence | The jumper by Don Hayes is denied by Walter Bettis | 34-44 |
| 15:18 | Providence | Don Hayes can't tip it in | 34-44 |
| 15:17 | Providence | Don Hayes tips it back up and in | 36-44 |
| 14:59 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Richard James - foul #3 on Richard James, team foul #3 | 36-44 |
| Subs | Providence | Bryant Soukup (SF), Gerry List (C) Don Hayes, Arthur Steinke | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 14:59 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the 1st free throw | 36-45 |
| 14:59 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the 2nd free throw | 36-46 |
| 14:41 | Providence | Bryant Soukup buries a jumpshot from the right side | 38-46 |
| 14:32 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the turnaround from the left block set up by Walter Bettis and he's fouled by Richard James - foul #4 on Richard James, team foul #4 | 38-48 |
| Subs | Providence | Don Hayes (SG), Adam Foss (PF), Arthur Steinke (C) Jeff Sarvis, Richard James, Gerry List | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Paul Dunneback | |
| 14:32 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses the free throw | 38-48 |
| 14:32 | Providence | Arthur Steinke pulls down the rebound | 38-48 |
| 14:03 | Providence | Don Hayes's fadeaway is rejected by Maurice Lokken | 38-48 |
| 14:01 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury snags the defensive board | 38-48 |
| 13:43 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 38-48 |
| 13:41 | Providence | Bryant Soukup gets the rebound | 38-48 |
| 13:26 | Providence | Don Hayes can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 38-48 |
| 13:25 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury gets the rebound | 38-48 |
| 12:59 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken travels with the ball | 38-48 |
| Subs | Providence | John Copeland (PG), Jeff Sarvis (SG), Richard James (PF), Gerry List (C) John Bohman, Bryant Soukup, Adam Foss, Arthur Steinke | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Daly (SG), Paul Dunneback (PF) Maurice Lokken, Walter Bettis | |
| 12:37 | Providence | John Copeland is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #2 | 38-48 |
| Subs | Providence | John Bohman (PG), Bryant Soukup (SF) John Copeland, Don Hayes | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 12:08 | Providence | Bryant Soukup is hacked by Robert Zentz - foul #1 on Robert Zentz, team foul #3 | 38-48 |
| Subs | Providence | John Copeland (SG), Don Hayes (SF) Jeff Sarvis, Bryant Soukup | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (SG) Robert Zentz | |
| 11:49 | Providence | John Copeland clanks a shot from the right side | 38-48 |
| 11:48 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah pulls down the rebound | 38-48 |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - John Bohman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Copeland (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Don Hayes (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Richard James (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Gerry List (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Paul Daly (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 13 reb. | |
| 11:27 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Bojan Wolinski | 38-51 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 11:07 | Providence | Don Hayes lays it up and in and he's fouled by Paul Dunneback - foul #2 on Paul Dunneback, team foul #4 | 40-51 |
| Subs | Providence | Jeff Sarvis (SG) John Bohman | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Walter Bettis (PF) Dikembe Abdullah, Dean Canterbury | |
| 11:07 | Providence | Don Hayes misses the free throw | 40-51 |
| 11:07 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback gets the rebound | 40-51 |
| 11:01 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 40-51 |
| 11:00 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback tips it back up and in | 40-53 |
| 10:47 | Providence | Don Hayes misses the lay-in | 40-53 |
| 10:46 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback snags the defensive board | 40-53 |
| 10:40 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis is hacked by Don Hayes - foul #1 on Don Hayes, team foul #5 | 40-53 |
| Subs | Providence | John Bohman (PG), Bryant Soukup (SF) John Copeland, Don Hayes | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury (C) Paul Dunneback | |
| 10:31 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block | 40-53 |
| 10:29 | Providence | Richard James snags the defensive board | 40-53 |
| 10:09 | Providence | Gerry List misses short on a runner from close range | 40-53 |
| 10:07 | Providence | Richard James tips it but misses | 40-53 |
| 10:06 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the board | 40-53 |
| 09:57 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly hits a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Bojan Wolinski | 40-56 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 09:44 | Providence | Gerry List is hacked by Dean Canterbury - foul #1 on Dean Canterbury, team foul #5 | 40-56 |
| Subs | Providence | John Copeland (PG), Arthur Steinke (C) John Bohman, Gerry List | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), Maurice Lokken (SF) Robert Zentz, Bojan Wolinski | |
| 09:26 | Providence | Walter Bettis is called for the reach on Richard James - foul #3 on Walter Bettis, team foul #6 | 40-56 |
| Subs | Providence | John Bohman (PG), Don Hayes (SF), Gerry List (C) Jeff Sarvis, Bryant Soukup, Arthur Steinke | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 09:12 | Providence | Gerry List connects on the floater from close range | 42-56 |
| 09:04 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury is hacked by John Copeland - foul #1 on John Copeland, team foul #6 | 42-56 |
| Subs | Providence | Jeff Sarvis (SG), Bryant Soukup (SF) John Bohman, Don Hayes | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (SG), Paul Dunneback (C) Paul Daly, Dean Canterbury | |
| 08:51 | Cincinnati | Gerry List blocks the short jumper by Paul Dunneback | 42-56 |
| 08:50 | Providence | Richard James pulls down the rebound | 42-56 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 08:33 | Providence | Bryant Soukup knocks in the floater from the left side on a nice dish by Richard James and he's hacked by Walter Bettis - foul #4 on Walter Bettis, team foul #7 | 44-56 |
| Subs | Providence | John Bohman (PG), Don Hayes (SG), Arthur Steinke (C) John Copeland, Jeff Sarvis, Gerry List | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury (C) Walter Bettis | |
| 08:33 | Providence | Bryant Soukup misses the free throw | 44-56 |
| 08:33 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the board | 44-56 |
| 08:14 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-56 |
| Subs | Providence | Jeff Sarvis (SG), Gerry List (C) Bryant Soukup, Arthur Steinke | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 07:54 | Providence | Gerry List misses the jumper from the free throw line | 44-56 |
| 07:52 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the defensive rebound | 44-56 |
| 07:27 | Cincinnati | Gerry List picks off the pass by Paul Dunneback | 44-56 |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - John Bohman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeff Sarvis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Don Hayes (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Richard James (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Gerry List (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 16 reb. | |
| 07:04 | Providence | Gerry List throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-56 |
| Subs | Providence | John Copeland (SG), Bryant Soukup (SF), Arthur Steinke (C) Jeff Sarvis, Don Hayes, Gerry List | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Daly (SG), Walter Bettis (PF) Robert Zentz, Paul Dunneback | |
| 06:51 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury's pass is intercepted by Richard James | 44-56 |
| 06:27 | Providence | Arthur Steinke hits a turnaround in the paint | 46-56 |
| 06:10 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly can't finish the layup | 46-56 |
| 06:09 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury hits the follow up shot | 46-58 |
| 05:49 | Providence | Arthur Steinke misses short on a fadeaway from the baseline | 46-58 |
| 05:48 | Providence | Arthur Steinke gets the offensive rebound | 46-58 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 05:38 | Providence | Arthur Steinke loses the ball out of bounds | 46-58 |
| Subs | Providence | Jeff Sarvis (SG), Don Hayes (SF), Gerry List (C) John Bohman, Richard James, Arthur Steinke | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Bojan Wolinski (SG), Paul Dunneback (C) Dikembe Abdullah, Maurice Lokken, Dean Canterbury | |
| 05:36 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 46-58 |
| 05:29 | Providence | Bryant Soukup is whistled for a carry | 46-58 |
| 05:16 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback jams it on a nice dish by Bojan Wolinski | 46-60 |
| 04:59 | Providence | Bryant Soukup loses the dribble to Paul Daly | 46-60 |
| 04:37 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses long on an open 3 from straight away | 46-60 |
| 04:36 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback tips it in | 46-62 |
| 04:30 | Providence | Don Hayes misses the shot from the baseline | 46-62 |
| 04:29 | Providence | Gerry List grabs the offensive board | 46-62 |
| 04:11 | Providence | Gerry List misses the fadeaway near the basket | 46-62 |
| 04:10 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis grabs the board | 46-62 |
| 03:57 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis is hacked by Bryant Soukup - foul #4 on Bryant Soukup, team foul #7 | 46-62 |
| Subs | Providence | John Bohman (PG), Richard James (PF) John Copeland, Jeff Sarvis | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (SF) Paul Daly | |
| 03:57 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the 1st free throw | 46-63 |
| 03:57 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the 2nd free throw | 46-64 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 03:36 | Providence | Gerry List misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 46-64 |
| 03:35 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis gets the rebound | 46-64 |
| 03:12 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback clanks a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Don Hayes - foul #2 on Don Hayes, team foul #8 | 46-64 |
| Subs | Providence | Jeff Sarvis (SG), Arthur Steinke (C) Bryant Soukup, Gerry List | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury (C) Walter Bettis | |
| 03:12 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 1st free throw | 46-64 |
| 03:12 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 2nd free throw | 46-64 |
| 03:12 | Providence | Arthur Steinke snags the defensive board | 46-64 |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - John Bohman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeff Sarvis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Don Hayes (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Richard James (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Arthur Steinke (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) 4 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 6 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 10 pts. 17 reb. | |
| 02:56 | Providence | Arthur Steinke misses long on a floater from the left side | 46-64 |
| 02:54 | Providence | Arthur Steinke can't tip it in | 46-64 |
| 02:53 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken gets the rebound | 46-64 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 02:34 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits the finger roll set up by Robert Zentz | 46-66 |
| 02:09 | Providence | Don Hayes hits a fadeaway from the right block | 48-66 |
| 01:58 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses short on a floater from the right wing | 48-66 |
| 01:57 | Providence | Jeff Sarvis grabs the board | 48-66 |
| 01:42 | Providence | Dean Canterbury blocks the short jumper by Arthur Steinke | 48-66 |
| 01:40 | Providence | Richard James misses the tip | 48-66 |
| 01:39 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Maurice Lokken | 48-66 |
| 01:27 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski drills a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Zentz | 48-68 |
| 01:02 | Providence | Jeff Sarvis's pass is intercepted by Dean Canterbury | 48-68 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz can't connect on a floater from the right side | 48-68 |
| 00:39 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback can't tip it in | 48-68 |
| 00:38 | Providence | Arthur Steinke gets the rebound | 48-68 |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:32 | Providence | Richard James throws a bad pass out of bounds | 48-68 |
| Subs | Providence | Gerry List (C) Arthur Steinke | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 00:03 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses short on a turnaround in the paint | 48-68 |
| 00:02 | Providence | Gerry List gets the rebound | 48-68 |
| 00:00 | Providence | Gerry List misses long on a fullcourt shot | 48-68 |