| Lineup | New Orleans | PG - Vincent Munsey (fresh) SG - Stephen Floyd (fresh) SF - Carmelo Lopez (fresh) PF - Blaine Royer (fresh) C - Gilberto Caballero (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Frank Torkelson (fresh) SG - Michael Ososki (fresh) SF - Tom Coleman (fresh) PF - Raymond Seiter (fresh) C - James Durst (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | New Orleans | New Orleans is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | New Orleans | Blaine Royer grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:17 | New Orleans | Stephen Floyd's layup is rejected by James Durst | 0-0 |
| 19:16 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:58 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst misses the fadeaway from the baseline | 0-0 |
| 18:56 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter grabs the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:47 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst clanks a runner in the lane | 0-0 |
| 18:46 | New Orleans | Blaine Royer grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:33 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner | 3-0 |
| 18:17 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Ososki makes the jumper from the left wing set up by Tom Coleman | 3-2 |
| 18:08 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Vincent Munsey | 6-2 |
| 17:40 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst hits a jump hook from the left block and he's hacked by Carmelo Lopez - foul #1 on Carmelo Lopez, team foul #1 | 6-4 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Eric Gibson (PG), Jeffrey Claude (SG), Chioke Alhusseini (SF), Adam Poole (PF), Steve Lovett (C) Vincent Munsey, Stephen Floyd, Carmelo Lopez, Blaine Royer, Gilberto Caballero | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 17:40 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst misses the free throw | 6-4 |
| 17:40 | New Orleans | Adam Poole snags the defensive board | 6-4 |
| 17:26 | New Orleans | Adam Poole knocks in the turnaround from the baseline and the foul's on Raymond Seiter - foul #1 on Raymond Seiter, team foul #1 | 8-4 |
| 17:26 | New Orleans | Adam Poole makes the free throw | 9-4 |
| 17:19 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman connects on the turnaround near the basket set up by Raymond Seiter | 9-6 |
| 17:01 | New Orleans | The jump hook by Adam Poole is blocked by James Durst | 9-6 |
| 17:00 | New Orleans | The offensive rebound goes to Adam Poole | 9-6 |
| 16:46 | New Orleans | James Durst swats the short shot by Chioke Alhusseini | 9-6 |
| 16:45 | New Orleans | Steve Lovett tips it home | 11-6 |
| 16:33 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst is hacked by Steve Lovett - foul #1 on Steve Lovett, team foul #2 | 11-6 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero (C) Steve Lovett | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Todd Cooley (PF), Samuel Coons (C) Raymond Seiter, James Durst | |
| 16:13 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman hits a driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Michael Ososki | 11-8 |
| 15:56 | New Orleans | Adam Poole misses short on a floater near the basket | 11-8 |
| 15:55 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson grabs the defensive rebound | 11-8 |
| Lineup | New Orleans | PG - Eric Gibson (fresh) SG - Jeffrey Claude (fresh) SF - Chioke Alhusseini (fresh) PF - Adam Poole (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Gilberto Caballero (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Frank Torkelson (fresh) SG - Michael Ososki (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tom Coleman (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Todd Cooley (fresh) C - Samuel Coons (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block but the foul's on Chioke Alhusseini - foul #1 on Chioke Alhusseini, team foul #3 | 11-8 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey (PG), Stephen Floyd (SG), Carmelo Lopez (SF), Blaine Royer (PF), Steve Lovett (C) Eric Gibson, Jeffrey Claude, Chioke Alhusseini, Adam Poole, Gilberto Caballero | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn (PG), Andrew Dejesus (SG), James Durst (C) Frank Torkelson, Michael Ososki, Samuel Coons | |
| 15:37 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman misses the 1st free throw | 11-8 |
| 15:37 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman makes the 2nd free throw | 11-9 |
| 15:27 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 11-9 |
| 15:26 | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey misses the tip | 11-9 |
| 15:24 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst pulls down the rebound | 11-9 |
| 15:03 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst hits the finger roll set up by James Quinn | 11-11 |
| 14:51 | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey is fouled on the floor by James Durst - foul #1 on James Durst, team foul #2 | 11-11 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Eric Gibson (PG), Chioke Alhusseini (SF), Adam Poole (PF), Gilberto Caballero (C) Vincent Munsey, Carmelo Lopez, Blaine Royer, Steve Lovett | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter (PF) Tom Coleman | |
| 14:33 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero misses short on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on James Durst - foul #2 on James Durst, team foul #3 | 11-11 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey (PG), Carmelo Lopez (SG), Blaine Royer (PF) Eric Gibson, Stephen Floyd, Adam Poole | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson (PG) James Durst | |
| 14:33 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero makes the 1st free throw | 12-11 |
| 14:33 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero makes the 2nd free throw | 13-11 |
| 14:08 | Louisiana Tech | Todd Cooley is hacked by Chioke Alhusseini - foul #2 on Chioke Alhusseini, team foul #4 | 13-11 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Eric Gibson (PG), Stephen Floyd (SG), Adam Poole (PF) Vincent Munsey, Chioke Alhusseini, Blaine Royer | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Michael Ososki (SG), Samuel Coons (C) James Quinn, Todd Cooley | |
| 13:56 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 13-11 |
| 13:38 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez misses short on a 3 from straight away | 13-11 |
| 13:36 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson grabs the board | 13-11 |
| 13:25 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 13-11 |
| 13:24 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero snags the defensive board | 13-11 |
| 13:15 | New Orleans | Samuel Coons is called for the reach on Eric Gibson - foul #1 on Samuel Coons, team foul #4 | 13-11 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey (PG), Jeffrey Claude (SG), Blaine Royer (SF), Michael Kibby (PF), Steve Lovett (C) Eric Gibson, Stephen Floyd, Carmelo Lopez, Adam Poole, Gilberto Caballero | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman (SF) Andrew Dejesus | |
| 13:05 | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Jeffrey Claude | 15-11 |
| 12:55 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson lays it up and in | 15-13 |
| 12:37 | New Orleans | Blaine Royer misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Tom Coleman - foul #1 on Tom Coleman, team foul #5 | 15-13 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Stephen Floyd (SG), Carmelo Lopez (SF), Gilberto Caballero (C) Jeffrey Claude, Michael Kibby, Steve Lovett | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Todd Cooley (C) Samuel Coons | |
| 12:37 | New Orleans | Blaine Royer misses the 1st free throw | 15-13 |
| 12:37 | New Orleans | Blaine Royer makes the 2nd free throw | 16-13 |
| 12:24 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman misses long on a shot from the left block | 16-13 |
| 12:22 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson snags the offensive board | 16-13 |
| 12:04 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson is called for 3 seconds | 16-13 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Eric Gibson (PG), Adam Poole (PF) Vincent Munsey, Blaine Royer | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn (PG), Samuel Coons (C) Frank Torkelson, Raymond Seiter | |
| 11:48 | New Orleans | Adam Poole loses the ball out of bounds | 16-13 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Jeffrey Claude (SG), Blaine Royer (SF) Stephen Floyd, Carmelo Lopez | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus (SG) Michael Ososki | |
| Lineup | New Orleans | PG - Eric Gibson (fresh) SG - Jeffrey Claude (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Blaine Royer (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Adam Poole (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Gilberto Caballero (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - James Quinn (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Andrew Dejesus (fresh) SF - Tom Coleman (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Todd Cooley (fresh) C - Samuel Coons (fresh) | |
| 11:20 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman misses badly on a runner from the right block | 16-13 |
| 11:18 | New Orleans | Blaine Royer gets the rebound | 16-13 |
| 11:00 | New Orleans | Adam Poole is denied on a layup by Samuel Coons | 16-13 |
| 10:58 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman grabs the board | 16-13 |
| 10:42 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 16-13 |
| 10:41 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero grabs the board | 16-13 |
| 10:29 | New Orleans | Eric Gibson can't connect on a jumper from the right wing | 16-13 |
| 10:27 | Louisiana Tech | Samuel Coons grabs the board | 16-13 |
| 10:20 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 16-16 |
| 10:11 | New Orleans | Eric Gibson is fouled on the floor by James Quinn - foul #1 on James Quinn, team foul #6 | 16-16 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey (PG), Stephen Floyd (SG), Carmelo Lopez (SF), Michael Kibby (PF), Steve Lovett (C) Eric Gibson, Jeffrey Claude, Blaine Royer, Adam Poole, Gilberto Caballero | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson (PG), Michael Ososki (SG), Raymond Seiter (PF) James Quinn, Tom Coleman, Todd Cooley | |
| 09:58 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez comes up short on the floater from the baseline but the foul's on Andrew Dejesus - foul #1 on Andrew Dejesus, team foul #7 | 16-16 |
| 09:58 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez misses the 1st free throw | 16-16 |
| 09:58 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez misses the 2nd free throw | 16-16 |
| 09:58 | Louisiana Tech | Samuel Coons gets the rebound | 16-16 |
| 09:34 | Louisiana Tech | Steve Lovett is called for the reach on Frank Torkelson - foul #2 on Steve Lovett, team foul #5 | 16-16 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero (C) Steve Lovett | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 09:15 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Ososki buries a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Andrew Dejesus | 16-18 |
| 09:04 | New Orleans | Michael Kibby makes the fadeaway from the baseline | 18-18 |
| 08:47 | Louisiana Tech | Samuel Coons clanks a fadeaway in the lane | 18-18 |
| 08:46 | New Orleans | Stephen Floyd grabs the defensive rebound | 18-18 |
| 08:31 | New Orleans | Michael Kibby throws a bad pass out of bounds | 18-18 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Blaine Royer (PF), Erasmo Russo (C) Michael Kibby, Gilberto Caballero | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman (SF) Andrew Dejesus | |
| 08:14 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman's dunk attempt is rejected by Blaine Royer | 18-18 |
| 08:13 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter tips it but misses | 18-18 |
| 08:12 | New Orleans | Erasmo Russo gets the rebound | 18-18 |
| 07:52 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 18-18 |
| 07:50 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Ososki gets the rebound | 18-18 |
| Lineup | New Orleans | PG - Vincent Munsey (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Floyd (fresh) SF - Carmelo Lopez (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Blaine Royer (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Erasmo Russo (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Frank Torkelson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Michael Ososki (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tom Coleman (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Raymond Seiter (fresh) 3 reb. C - Samuel Coons (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:30 | Louisiana Tech | Samuel Coons's layup is rejected by Blaine Royer | 18-18 |
| 07:29 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman tips it but misses | 18-18 |
| 07:27 | New Orleans | The rebound goes to Stephen Floyd | 18-18 |
| 07:14 | New Orleans | Stephen Floyd makes the floater from the right wing set up by Vincent Munsey | 20-18 |
| 07:01 | Louisiana Tech | Erasmo Russo takes the ball from Raymond Seiter | 20-18 |
| 06:40 | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey is hacked by Frank Torkelson - foul #1 on Frank Torkelson, team foul #8 | 20-18 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Jeffrey Claude (SG), Adam Poole (PF), Gilberto Caballero (C) Stephen Floyd, Carmelo Lopez, Erasmo Russo | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus (SG), Todd Cooley (PF), Kristopher Jasmin (C) Michael Ososki, Raymond Seiter, Samuel Coons | |
| 06:40 | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey misses the 1st free throw | 20-18 |
| 06:40 | Louisiana Tech | Kristopher Jasmin grabs the board | 20-18 |
| 06:18 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 20-18 |
| 06:16 | New Orleans | The rebound goes to Blaine Royer | 20-18 |
| 05:55 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by Tom Coleman - foul #2 on Tom Coleman, team foul #9 | 20-18 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Eric Gibson (PG), Stephen Floyd (SG), Carmelo Lopez (SF) Vincent Munsey, Jeffrey Claude, Blaine Royer | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn (PG), Charles Chamberlin (SF) Frank Torkelson, Tom Coleman | |
| 05:55 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero misses the 1st free throw | 20-18 |
| 05:55 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero misses the 2nd free throw | 20-18 |
| 05:55 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Chamberlin snags the defensive board | 20-18 |
| 05:44 | Louisiana Tech | Adam Poole denies the turnaround by Kristopher Jasmin | 20-18 |
| 05:43 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus tips it in | 20-20 |
| 05:22 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez can't finish the layup | 20-20 |
| 05:20 | New Orleans | Adam Poole hits the follow up shot | 22-20 |
| 04:57 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side | 22-20 |
| 04:56 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez pulls down the rebound | 22-20 |
| 04:53 | New Orleans | Eric Gibson is called for traveling in the backcourt | 22-20 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Jeffrey Claude (SG), Blaine Royer (SF), Michael Kibby (PF) Stephen Floyd, Carmelo Lopez, Adam Poole | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson (PG), Michael Ososki (SG), Raymond Seiter (PF) James Quinn, Charles Chamberlin, Kristopher Jasmin | |
| 04:34 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Ososki makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Todd Cooley | 22-23 |
| 04:17 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero loses the dribble to Todd Cooley | 22-23 |
| 03:52 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus drills a 3 from the left wing | 22-26 |
| 03:47 | New Orleans | Eric Gibson is whistled for traveling | 22-26 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey (PG), Stephen Floyd (SG), Chioke Alhusseini (SF), Adam Poole (PF), Steve Lovett (C) Eric Gibson, Jeffrey Claude, Blaine Royer, Michael Kibby, Gilberto Caballero | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman (SF), James Durst (C) Andrew Dejesus, Todd Cooley | |
| Lineup | New Orleans | PG - Vincent Munsey (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stephen Floyd (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Chioke Alhusseini (fresh) PF - Adam Poole (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Steve Lovett (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Frank Torkelson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Michael Ososki (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tom Coleman (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Seiter (fresh) 3 reb. C - James Durst (fresh) 4 pts. 3 blk. | |
| 03:27 | Louisiana Tech | Frank Torkelson is fouled on the floor by Vincent Munsey - foul #1 on Vincent Munsey, team foul #6 | 22-26 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Michael Kibby (PF) Adam Poole | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 03:13 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter is whistled for a carry | 22-26 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez (SG), Adam Poole (PF) Stephen Floyd, Michael Kibby | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 02:58 | New Orleans | Adam Poole drills a jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Carmelo Lopez | 24-26 |
| 02:39 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Ososki throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-26 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Eric Gibson (PG), Stephen Floyd (SG), Michael Kibby (PF), Gilberto Caballero (C) Vincent Munsey, Carmelo Lopez, Adam Poole, Steve Lovett | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn (PG), Andrew Dejesus (PF) Frank Torkelson, Raymond Seiter | |
| 02:25 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero dunks the ball on a great pass from Eric Gibson | 26-26 |
| 02:09 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Ososki buries a shot from the right block set up by Andrew Dejesus and he's fouled by Chioke Alhusseini - foul #3 on Chioke Alhusseini, team foul #7 | 26-28 |
| Subs | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey (PG), Carmelo Lopez (SF), Blaine Royer (PF) Eric Gibson, Chioke Alhusseini, Michael Kibby | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 02:09 | Louisiana Tech | Michael Ososki makes the free throw | 26-29 |
| 01:56 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero misses the easy layup | 26-29 |
| 01:55 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus pulls down the rebound | 26-29 |
| 01:26 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman loses the dribble to Stephen Floyd | 26-29 |
| 01:11 | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 26-29 |
| 01:10 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman pulls down the rebound | 26-29 |
| 00:42 | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn misses short on a floater from the left side | 26-29 |
| 00:40 | New Orleans | The rebound goes to Blaine Royer | 26-29 |
| 00:36 | New Orleans | Carmelo Lopez scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Blaine Royer | 29-29 |
| 00:18 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 29-29 |
| 00:17 | New Orleans | Vincent Munsey gets the rebound | 29-29 |
| 00:13 | New Orleans | Gilberto Caballero connects on the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Vincent Munsey | 31-29 |
| 00:02 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 31-29 |
| 00:00 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst gets the offensive rebound | 31-29 |