| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Morris Washington (fresh) SG - Dikembe Ali (fresh) SF - Baran Pantic (fresh) PF - Jeremy Hart (fresh) C - Shane Bobo (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Richard Rochester (fresh) SG - Dewitt Burke (fresh) SF - Richard Schweers (fresh) PF - Mark Cowell (fresh) C - Clarence Olsen (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Saint Louis | Baran Pantic can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:41 | Rhode Island | Dewitt Burke snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:25 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell is denied on a layup by Shane Bobo | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Rhode Island | Richard Rochester snags the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:17 | Rhode Island | Richard Schweers misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 0-0 |
| 19:15 | Rhode Island | Clarence Olsen misses the tip | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:51 | Saint Louis | Baran Pantic connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Dikembe Ali | 3-0 |
| 18:22 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell clanks a floater in the lane | 3-0 |
| 18:20 | Saint Louis | Shane Bobo grabs the defensive rebound | 3-0 |
| 18:05 | Saint Louis | Morris Washington misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 3-0 |
| 18:03 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Mark Cowell | 3-0 |
| 17:58 | Rhode Island | Baran Pantic steals it from Richard Schweers | 3-0 |
| 17:53 | Saint Louis | Baran Pantic hits the finger roll | 5-0 |
| 17:37 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell lays it up and in on a great pass from Dewitt Burke and he's fouled by Morris Washington - foul #1 on Morris Washington, team foul #1 | 5-2 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Donmoyer (PG), Alvaro Franco (SG), William Hull (SF), James Kapoor (C) Richard Rochester, Dewitt Burke, Richard Schweers, Clarence Olsen | |
| 17:37 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell makes the free throw | 5-3 |
| 17:17 | Saint Louis | Morris Washington clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 5-3 |
| 17:16 | Rhode Island | James Kapoor gets the rebound | 5-3 |
| 17:12 | Rhode Island | James Kapoor double dribbles | 5-3 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Donald Crook (PF) Mark Cowell | |
| 16:56 | Saint Louis | Shane Bobo is hacked by Jeffrey Donmoyer - foul #1 on Jeffrey Donmoyer, team foul #1 | 5-3 |
| 16:38 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali hits a shot from the right wing | 7-3 |
| 16:16 | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Donmoyer's fadeaway is rejected by Shane Bobo | 7-3 |
| 16:14 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart grabs the defensive rebound | 7-3 |
| 15:45 | Saint Louis | A charge is called on Jeremy Hart - foul #1 on Jeremy Hart, team foul #2 | 7-3 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Kenneth Hamann (PG), Eric Weekes (SF) Morris Washington, Baran Pantic | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Richard Schweers (SG), Mark Cowell (PF), Brian Bhatia (C) Jeffrey Donmoyer, Donald Crook, James Kapoor | |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Kenneth Hamann (fresh) SG - Dikembe Ali (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Weekes (fresh) PF - Jeremy Hart (fresh) 2 reb. C - Shane Bobo (fairly fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Alvaro Franco (fresh) SG - Richard Schweers (fresh) SF - William Hull (fresh) PF - Mark Cowell (fresh) 3 pts. C - Brian Bhatia (fresh) | |
| 15:24 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell jams it on a nice dish by Alvaro Franco | 7-5 |
| 15:05 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali misses short on a jumper in the lane | 7-5 |
| 15:04 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart hits the follow up shot | 9-5 |
| 14:48 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell misses the lay-in | 9-5 |
| 14:47 | Saint Louis | The rebound goes to Kenneth Hamann | 9-5 |
| 14:18 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 9-5 |
| 14:16 | Rhode Island | William Hull grabs the board | 9-5 |
| 13:58 | Rhode Island | Richard Schweers misses the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Eric Weekes - foul #1 on Eric Weekes, team foul #3 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Morris Washington (PG), Baran Pantic (C) Dikembe Ali, Shane Bobo | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Donmoyer (PG), Donald Crook (PF), Clarence Olsen (C) William Hull, Mark Cowell, Brian Bhatia | |
| 13:58 | Rhode Island | Richard Schweers makes the 1st free throw | 9-6 |
| 13:58 | Rhode Island | Richard Schweers misses the 2nd free throw | 9-6 |
| 13:58 | Saint Louis | The rebound goes to Kenneth Hamann | 9-6 |
| 13:29 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes is hacked by Richard Schweers - foul #1 on Richard Schweers, team foul #2 | 9-6 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Richard Rochester (PG), Brian Bhatia (SF), James Kapoor (C) Jeffrey Donmoyer, Richard Schweers, Clarence Olsen | |
| 13:11 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 9-6 |
| 13:09 | Saint Louis | Baran Pantic tips it in | 11-6 |
| 13:03 | Rhode Island | Richard Rochester loses the dribble to Eric Weekes | 11-6 |
| 12:48 | Saint Louis | Kenneth Hamann connects on the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Morris Washington | 13-6 |
| 12:29 | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 13-6 |
| 12:27 | Saint Louis | Baran Pantic grabs the board | 13-6 |
| 11:58 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 13-6 |
| 11:57 | Rhode Island | Brian Bhatia snags the defensive board | 13-6 |
| 11:35 | Rhode Island | Brian Bhatia buries a shot from the left side set up by Alvaro Franco and he's hacked by Baran Pantic - foul #1 on Baran Pantic, team foul #4 | 13-8 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali (SG), Shane Bobo (C) Kenneth Hamann, Eric Weekes | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Donmoyer (PG), Dewitt Burke (SG), Mark Cowell (PF), Clarence Olsen (C) Richard Rochester, Alvaro Franco, Donald Crook, James Kapoor | |
| 11:35 | Rhode Island | Brian Bhatia makes the free throw | 13-9 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Morris Washington (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Baran Pantic (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jeremy Hart (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Shane Bobo (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Jeffrey Donmoyer (fresh) SG - Dewitt Burke (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Brian Bhatia (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Mark Cowell (fresh) 5 pts. C - Clarence Olsen (fresh) | |
| 11:06 | Saint Louis | Baran Pantic loses the dribble to Brian Bhatia | 13-9 |
| 10:46 | Rhode Island | Dewitt Burke connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Brian Bhatia | 13-11 |
| 10:28 | Saint Louis | Clarence Olsen is called for the reach on Shane Bobo - foul #1 on Clarence Olsen, team foul #3 | 13-11 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco (PG), Richard Schweers (SG), William Hull (SF) Jeffrey Donmoyer, Dewitt Burke, Brian Bhatia | |
| 10:07 | Saint Louis | Baran Pantic hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 15-11 |
| 09:48 | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco travels with the ball | 15-11 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Kenneth Hamann (PG), Eric Weekes (SF) Morris Washington, Baran Pantic | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Donmoyer (PG) William Hull | |
| 09:46 | Saint Louis | Kenneth Hamann is hacked by Jeffrey Donmoyer in the backcourt - foul #2 on Jeffrey Donmoyer, team foul #4 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Dewitt Burke (SG) Jeffrey Donmoyer | |
| 09:27 | Saint Louis | Alvaro Franco is called for the reach on Kenneth Hamann - foul #1 on Alvaro Franco, team foul #5 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Hull (SF) Dewitt Burke | |
| 09:16 | Saint Louis | Shane Bobo comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 15-11 |
| 09:14 | Saint Louis | Kenneth Hamann grabs the offensive rebound | 15-11 |
| 08:50 | Saint Louis | Alvaro Franco steps in front of the Dikembe Ali pass | 15-11 |
| 08:47 | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco throws it down | 15-13 |
| 08:34 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 15-13 |
| 08:33 | Saint Louis | The offensive rebound goes to Jeremy Hart | 15-13 |
| 08:10 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Eric Weekes, team foul #5 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Baran Pantic (SF) Eric Weekes | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Richard Rochester (PG), Dewitt Burke (SG), James Kapoor (C) Alvaro Franco, William Hull, Clarence Olsen | |
| 07:53 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell connects on the turnaround in the paint | 15-15 |
| 07:26 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali loses the ball out of bounds | 15-15 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Morris Washington (PG) Kenneth Hamann | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco (PG) Richard Rochester | |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Morris Washington (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Ali (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Baran Pantic (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jeremy Hart (tiring) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Shane Bobo (fairly fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Alvaro Franco (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dewitt Burke (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Schweers (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Mark Cowell (fresh) 7 pts. C - James Kapoor (fresh) | |
| 07:08 | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 15-15 |
| 07:07 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell hits the follow up shot | 15-17 |
| 06:50 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart clanks a floater from the left side but he's hacked by James Kapoor - foul #1 on James Kapoor, team foul #6 | 15-17 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Hull (SF), Donald Crook (PF), Clarence Olsen (C) Dewitt Burke, Mark Cowell, James Kapoor | |
| 06:50 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart makes the 1st free throw | 16-17 |
| 06:50 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 17-17 |
| 06:42 | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco is hacked by Baran Pantic - foul #2 on Baran Pantic, team foul #6 | 17-17 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Kenneth Hamann (SF) Baran Pantic | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 06:29 | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco makes the runner near the basket | 17-19 |
| 06:11 | Saint Louis | Shane Bobo hits the front of the rim on the runner in the lane | 17-19 |
| 06:10 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart tips it home | 19-19 |
| 05:55 | Rhode Island | Clarence Olsen knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 19-21 |
| 05:39 | Saint Louis | Morris Washington clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 19-21 |
| 05:38 | Rhode Island | Clarence Olsen snags the defensive board | 19-21 |
| 05:14 | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco buries a 3pt shot from the left corner | 19-24 |
| 04:58 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Kenneth Hamann | 21-24 |
| 04:37 | Rhode Island | Donald Crook can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 21-24 |
| 04:36 | Saint Louis | Shane Bobo grabs the board | 21-24 |
| 04:31 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali misses the 3 from the right corner | 21-24 |
| 04:30 | Rhode Island | William Hull snags the defensive board | 21-24 |
| 04:26 | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 21-24 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Richard Rochester (PG), Dewitt Burke (SG), Mark Cowell (PF), Brian Bhatia (C) Alvaro Franco, William Hull, Donald Crook, Clarence Olsen | |
| 04:01 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali buries a jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Shane Bobo | 23-24 |
| 03:56 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell clanks a jump hook in the paint but the foul's on Shane Bobo - foul #1 on Shane Bobo, team foul #7 | 23-24 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes (SG), Baran Pantic (SF) Dikembe Ali, Kenneth Hamann | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Donmoyer (PG), Alvaro Franco (SG), James Kapoor (C) Richard Rochester, Dewitt Burke, Brian Bhatia | |
| 03:56 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell misses the 1st free throw | 23-24 |
| 03:56 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell misses the 2nd free throw | 23-24 |
| 03:56 | Rhode Island | James Kapoor gets the offensive rebound | 23-24 |
| 03:35 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell misses badly on a jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Baran Pantic - foul #3 on Baran Pantic, team foul #8 | 23-24 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali (SG) Baran Pantic | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Dewitt Burke (SG) Alvaro Franco | |
| 03:35 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell makes the 1st free throw | 23-25 |
| 03:35 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell makes the 2nd free throw | 23-26 |
| 03:17 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali clanks a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Dewitt Burke - foul #1 on Dewitt Burke, team foul #7 | 23-26 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Alvaro Franco (SG), Brian Bhatia (C) Dewitt Burke, James Kapoor | |
| 03:17 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali makes the 1st free throw | 24-26 |
| 03:17 | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali makes the 2nd free throw | 25-26 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Morris Washington (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Ali (tiring) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Weekes (fresh) PF - Jeremy Hart (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Shane Bobo (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Jeffrey Donmoyer (fresh) SG - Alvaro Franco (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Schweers (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Mark Cowell (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Brian Bhatia (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 02:54 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell can't connect on a runner in the lane | 25-26 |
| 02:53 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes pulls down the rebound | 25-26 |
| 02:48 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes makes the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Dikembe Ali | 27-26 |
| 02:29 | Rhode Island | Dikembe Ali steals it from Mark Cowell | 27-26 |
| 02:08 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 27-26 |
| 02:06 | Rhode Island | Brian Bhatia snags the defensive board | 27-26 |
| 01:46 | Rhode Island | Mark Cowell drills a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Richard Schweers | 27-28 |
| 01:17 | Saint Louis | Alvaro Franco is called for the reach on Eric Weekes - foul #2 on Alvaro Franco, team foul #8 | 27-28 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Kenneth Hamann (SG) Dikembe Ali | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Richard Rochester (PG), Dewitt Burke (SG), William Hull (SF), James Kapoor (C) Jeffrey Donmoyer, Alvaro Franco, Richard Schweers, Brian Bhatia | |
| 01:17 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes misses the 1st free throw | 27-28 |
| 01:17 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Mark Cowell | 27-28 |
| 00:59 | Rhode Island | William Hull is hacked by Shane Bobo - foul #2 on Shane Bobo, team foul #9 | 27-28 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Clarence Olsen (C) James Kapoor | |
| 00:59 | Rhode Island | William Hull makes the 1st free throw | 27-29 |
| 00:59 | Rhode Island | William Hull makes the 2nd free throw | 27-30 |
| 00:34 | Saint Louis | Eric Weekes scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 30-30 |
| 00:29 | Rhode Island | Richard Rochester connects on the jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from William Hull | 30-32 |
| 00:04 | Saint Louis | Jeremy Hart is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Jeremy Hart, team foul #10 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Dikembe Ali (SG) Morris Washington | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Donmoyer (PG), Alvaro Franco (SG), Richard Schweers (SF), James Kapoor (C) Richard Rochester, Dewitt Burke, William Hull, Clarence Olsen | |
| 00:00 | Rhode Island | Richard Schweers misses short on a halfcourt shot | 30-32 |