| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Randy Woodhouse (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Manuel Santoyo (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jared Wimbush (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. PF - Micheal Anderson (fresh) C - Mike Williams (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Tomas Hall (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gene Jansen (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Marlon Coy (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. PF - Michael Sample (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Nenad Zenz (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Columbia | Jared Wimbush inbounds the ball | 32-31 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:39 | Columbia | Marlon Coy swats the layup by Randy Woodhouse | 32-31 |
| 19:38 | East Carolina | Nenad Zenz grabs the defensive rebound | 32-31 |
| 19:32 | East Carolina | Gene Jansen splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 32-31 |
| 19:30 | Columbia | Mike Williams gets the rebound | 32-31 |
| 19:07 | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse hits a 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-31 |
| 18:59 | East Carolina | Michael Sample can't finish the layup | 35-31 |
| 18:57 | Columbia | Micheal Anderson grabs the board | 35-31 |
| 18:37 | Columbia | Mike Williams is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway near the basket | 35-31 |
| 18:36 | East Carolina | Nenad Zenz gets the rebound | 35-31 |
| 18:25 | East Carolina | Micheal Anderson is called for the reach on Michael Sample - foul #1 on Micheal Anderson, team foul #1 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jared Lewis (PG), Terry Schaller (SG), Byron Harris (C) Tomas Hall, Gene Jansen, Nenad Zenz | |
| 18:11 | East Carolina | Terry Schaller comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 35-31 |
| 18:09 | East Carolina | Marlon Coy pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-31 |
| 17:51 | East Carolina | Jared Lewis shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Randy Woodhouse - foul #3 on Randy Woodhouse, team foul #2 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Columbia | Neil Yates (PF) Micheal Anderson | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Gene Jansen (SG), Nenad Zenz (C) Terry Schaller, Michael Sample | |
| 17:51 | East Carolina | Jared Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 35-32 |
| 17:51 | East Carolina | Jared Lewis misses the 2nd free throw | 35-32 |
| 17:51 | Columbia | Jared Wimbush grabs the board | 35-32 |
| 17:26 | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse misses the open dunk | 35-32 |
| 17:25 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Nenad Zenz | 35-32 |
| 17:07 | East Carolina | Gene Jansen makes the contested 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Jared Lewis | 35-35 |
| 16:44 | Columbia | Mike Williams shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper from the right block but he's fouled by Nenad Zenz - foul #1 on Nenad Zenz, team foul #1 | 35-35 |
| Subs | Columbia | Eric Skillern (PG), James Ham (SG), Micheal Anderson (PF) Randy Woodhouse, Manuel Santoyo, Jared Wimbush | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Terry Schaller (SG), Michael Sample (PF) Gene Jansen, Nenad Zenz | |
| 16:44 | Columbia | Mike Williams misses the 1st free throw | 35-35 |
| 16:44 | Columbia | Mike Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 35-35 |
| 16:44 | East Carolina | Byron Harris grabs the defensive rebound | 35-35 |
| 16:36 | East Carolina | Byron Harris is hacked by Neil Yates - foul #1 on Neil Yates, team foul #3 | 35-35 |
| Subs | Columbia | Jared Wimbush (SF) Mike Williams | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 16:28 | East Carolina | Jared Wimbush takes the ball from Terry Schaller | 35-35 |
| 16:13 | Columbia | Jared Wimbush misses the jumper from the free throw line | 35-35 |
| 16:12 | Columbia | James Ham misses the tip | 35-35 |
| 16:11 | East Carolina | Marlon Coy gets the rebound | 35-35 |
| 16:04 | East Carolina | Byron Harris drills a jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Terry Schaller | 35-37 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Eric Skillern (fresh) 4 pts. SG - James Ham (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - Jared Wimbush (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. PF - Micheal Anderson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Neil Yates (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jared Lewis (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Terry Schaller (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Marlon Coy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. PF - Michael Sample (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Byron Harris (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:39 | Columbia | Eric Skillern misses the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Michael Sample - foul #2 on Michael Sample, team foul #2 | 35-37 |
| Subs | Columbia | Paul Winstead (C) Neil Yates | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tomas Hall (PG), Gene Jansen (SG), Freddie Gibson (PF) Jared Lewis, Terry Schaller, Michael Sample | |
| 15:39 | Columbia | Eric Skillern misses the 1st free throw | 35-37 |
| 15:39 | Columbia | Eric Skillern misses the 2nd free throw | 35-37 |
| 15:39 | East Carolina | Byron Harris gets the rebound | 35-37 |
| 15:33 | East Carolina | Freddie Gibson connects on the floater near the basket on a nice dish by Tomas Hall | 35-39 |
| 15:19 | Columbia | Eric Skillern misses badly on a fadeaway near the basket | 35-39 |
| 15:18 | East Carolina | Byron Harris grabs the board | 35-39 |
| 15:14 | East Carolina | Tomas Hall misses long on an open floater from the right wing | 35-39 |
| 15:13 | Columbia | James Ham grabs the defensive rebound | 35-39 |
| 14:53 | Columbia | James Ham is open and lays it up and in on a great pass from Jared Wimbush out of a doubleteam | 37-39 |
| 14:26 | East Carolina | Freddie Gibson is called for a charge - foul #4 on Freddie Gibson, team foul #3 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse (PG), Manuel Santoyo (SG), Mike Williams (C) Eric Skillern, James Ham, Micheal Anderson | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jared Lewis (PG), Nenad Zenz (C) Tomas Hall, Freddie Gibson | |
| 14:01 | Columbia | Jared Wimbush is hacked by Marlon Coy - foul #3 on Marlon Coy, team foul #4 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Columbia | Neil Yates (SF) Jared Wimbush | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tomas Hall (PG), Michael Sample (PF) Gene Jansen, Nenad Zenz | |
| 13:44 | Columbia | Mike Williams splits the doubleteam and buries a turnaround from the right block | 39-39 |
| 13:24 | East Carolina | Randy Woodhouse steals the ball from Jared Lewis | 39-39 |
| 13:19 | Columbia | Manuel Santoyo banks in the layup on a great pass from Randy Woodhouse | 41-39 |
| 13:08 | East Carolina | Michael Sample misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 41-39 |
| 13:06 | East Carolina | Byron Harris misses the tip | 41-39 |
| 13:05 | Columbia | Paul Winstead grabs the defensive rebound | 41-39 |
| 12:39 | Columbia | Marlon Coy is called for the reach on Neil Yates - foul #4 on Marlon Coy, team foul #5 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Columbia | James Ham (SF), Micheal Anderson (PF) Neil Yates, Paul Winstead | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Gene Jansen (SG), Nenad Zenz (C) Marlon Coy, Michael Sample | |
| 12:10 | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse dunks the ball on a nice dish by Manuel Santoyo and he's fouled by Jared Lewis - foul #2 on Jared Lewis, team foul #6 | 43-39 |
| Subs | Columbia | Jared Wimbush (SF) Manuel Santoyo | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Michael Sample (PF) Byron Harris | |
| 12:10 | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse makes the free throw | 44-39 |
| 11:54 | East Carolina | Michael Sample connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Tomas Hall | 44-41 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Randy Woodhouse (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Ham (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. SF - Jared Wimbush (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. PF - Micheal Anderson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Mike Williams (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jared Lewis (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Gene Jansen (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tomas Hall (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. PF - Michael Sample (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Nenad Zenz (fresh) 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:25 | Columbia | Mike Williams makes the driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Randy Woodhouse | 46-41 |
| 11:16 | East Carolina | Gene Jansen misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 46-41 |
| 11:14 | East Carolina | Nenad Zenz gets the offensive rebound | 46-41 |
| 11:09 | East Carolina | Gene Jansen shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 46-41 |
| 11:07 | East Carolina | Jared Lewis tips it home | 46-43 |
| 10:47 | Columbia | Mike Williams can't finish the layup against a doubleteam | 46-43 |
| 10:45 | Columbia | James Ham can't tip it in | 46-43 |
| 10:43 | East Carolina | Nenad Zenz pulls down the rebound | 46-43 |
| 10:38 | East Carolina | Michael Sample's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-43 |
| Subs | Columbia | Eric Skillern (PG), Manuel Santoyo (SG), Paul Winstead (PF), Neil Yates (C) Randy Woodhouse, Jared Wimbush, Micheal Anderson, Mike Williams | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronnie Eldridge (SG), Byron Harris (PF) Gene Jansen, Michael Sample | |
| 10:25 | Columbia | Paul Winstead misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 46-43 |
| 10:23 | East Carolina | Byron Harris snags the defensive board | 46-43 |
| 10:18 | East Carolina | Ronnie Eldridge makes the jumper from the left wing set up by Tomas Hall | 46-45 |
| 09:53 | Columbia | Paul Winstead misses the lay-in | 46-45 |
| 09:51 | East Carolina | Ronnie Eldridge grabs the board | 46-45 |
| 09:46 | East Carolina | Jared Lewis connects on the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Ronnie Eldridge | 46-47 |
| 09:29 | Columbia | Jared Lewis steals the ball from Neil Yates | 46-47 |
| 09:20 | East Carolina | Jared Lewis double dribbles as he's doubleteamed | 46-47 |
| Subs | Columbia | Jared Wimbush (SF) James Ham | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Gene Jansen (PG), Terry Schaller (SG), Michael Sample (PF) Jared Lewis, Ronnie Eldridge, Nenad Zenz | |
| 08:52 | Columbia | Paul Winstead buries a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Jared Wimbush and he's fouled by Terry Schaller - foul #1 on Terry Schaller, team foul #7 | 48-47 |
| Subs | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse (PG), Mike Williams (C) Manuel Santoyo, Neil Yates | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Nenad Zenz (C) Tomas Hall | |
| 08:52 | Columbia | Paul Winstead misses the free throw | 48-47 |
| 08:52 | East Carolina | Michael Sample grabs the board | 48-47 |
| 08:29 | East Carolina | Terry Schaller makes the wide open 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Gene Jansen out of a doubleteam | 48-50 |
| 08:12 | Columbia | Mike Williams makes the contested fadeaway from close range set up by Randy Woodhouse and he's hacked by Nenad Zenz - foul #2 on Nenad Zenz, team foul #8 | 50-50 |
| Subs | Columbia | Manuel Santoyo (SG), Micheal Anderson (PF) Eric Skillern, Paul Winstead | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jared Lewis (PG), Marlon Coy (SF) Terry Schaller, Nenad Zenz | |
| 08:12 | Columbia | Mike Williams makes the free throw | 51-50 |
| 07:51 | East Carolina | Jared Lewis makes the contested fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Marlon Coy | 51-52 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Randy Woodhouse (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Manuel Santoyo (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jared Wimbush (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. PF - Micheal Anderson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Mike Williams (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jared Lewis (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Gene Jansen (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Marlon Coy (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. 4 pf. PF - Michael Sample (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Byron Harris (tiring) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:26 | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse drills a jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Micheal Anderson | 53-52 |
| 07:10 | East Carolina | Manuel Santoyo is called for the reach on Gene Jansen - foul #2 on Manuel Santoyo, team foul #4 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Columbia | Eric Skillern (PG), James Ham (SG), Neil Yates (C) Randy Woodhouse, Manuel Santoyo, Mike Williams | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tomas Hall (PG), Ronnie Eldridge (SG), Freddie Gibson (PF), Nenad Zenz (C) Jared Lewis, Gene Jansen, Michael Sample, Byron Harris | |
| 07:00 | East Carolina | Tomas Hall misses short on a jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Eric Skillern - foul #1 on Eric Skillern, team foul #5 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Columbia | Paul Winstead (PF) Micheal Anderson | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Terry Schaller (SG) Ronnie Eldridge | |
| 07:00 | East Carolina | Tomas Hall makes the 1st free throw | 53-53 |
| 07:00 | East Carolina | Tomas Hall makes the 2nd free throw | 53-54 |
| 06:36 | Columbia | Paul Winstead blows the layup | 53-54 |
| 06:34 | Columbia | Paul Winstead tips it in | 55-54 |
| 06:16 | East Carolina | Marlon Coy comes up short on the turnaround from the right block | 55-54 |
| 06:15 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Jared Wimbush | 55-54 |
| 06:09 | Columbia | Tomas Hall steps in front of the Paul Winstead pass | 55-54 |
| 06:04 | East Carolina | Terry Schaller connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 55-57 |
| 05:41 | Columbia | Paul Winstead jams it | 57-57 |
| 05:20 | East Carolina | Tomas Hall buries a jumper from the right side set up by Nenad Zenz | 57-59 |
| 04:56 | Columbia | Paul Winstead comes up short on the shot from the left block | 57-59 |
| 04:55 | East Carolina | Freddie Gibson grabs the defensive rebound | 57-59 |
| 04:49 | East Carolina | Tomas Hall double dribbles | 57-59 |
| Subs | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse (PG), Manuel Santoyo (SG), Micheal Anderson (PF), Mike Williams (C) Eric Skillern, James Ham, Paul Winstead, Neil Yates | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jared Lewis (PG), Gene Jansen (SG), Byron Harris (C) Tomas Hall, Terry Schaller, Nenad Zenz | |
| 04:31 | Columbia | Randy Woodhouse can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 57-59 |
| 04:30 | Columbia | Micheal Anderson tips it back up and in | 59-59 |
| 04:17 | East Carolina | Byron Harris misses long on a driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Micheal Anderson - foul #2 on Micheal Anderson, team foul #6 | 59-59 |
| 04:17 | East Carolina | Byron Harris makes the 1st free throw | 59-60 |
| 04:17 | East Carolina | Byron Harris misses the 2nd free throw | 59-60 |
| 04:17 | Columbia | Mike Williams gets the rebound | 59-60 |
| 04:12 | Columbia | Mike Williams throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-60 |
| 03:49 | East Carolina | Gene Jansen makes the contested 3pt attempt from the right wing | 59-63 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Randy Woodhouse (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Manuel Santoyo (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jared Wimbush (tiring) 12 pts. 4 ast. PF - Micheal Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Mike Williams (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jared Lewis (fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Gene Jansen (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - Marlon Coy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. 4 pf. PF - Freddie Gibson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Byron Harris (tiring) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:20 | Columbia | Jared Wimbush misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 59-63 |
| 03:19 | Columbia | Mike Williams gets the offensive rebound | 59-63 |
| 03:02 | Columbia | Mike Williams evades the doubleteam but misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 59-63 |
| 03:00 | East Carolina | Freddie Gibson gets the rebound | 59-63 |
| 02:54 | East Carolina | Micheal Anderson is called for the reach on Jared Lewis - foul #3 on Micheal Anderson, team foul #7 | 59-63 |
| Subs | Columbia | James Ham (SF), Paul Winstead (C) Jared Wimbush, Mike Williams | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronnie Eldridge (SG), Michael Sample (PF) Gene Jansen, Byron Harris | |
| 02:54 | East Carolina | Jared Lewis misses the 1st free throw | 59-63 |
| 02:54 | Columbia | Paul Winstead pulls down the rebound | 59-63 |
| 02:31 | Columbia | Paul Winstead is hacked by Freddie Gibson - foul #5 on Freddie Gibson, team foul #9 | 59-63 |
| Subs | Columbia | Eric Skillern (SG), Neil Yates (C) Manuel Santoyo, Micheal Anderson | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tomas Hall (PG), Gene Jansen (SG), Byron Harris (C) Jared Lewis, Ronnie Eldridge, Freddie Gibson | |
| 02:31 | Columbia | Paul Winstead makes the 1st free throw | 60-63 |
| 02:31 | Columbia | Paul Winstead makes the 2nd free throw | 61-63 |
| 02:19 | East Carolina | Marlon Coy is called for a moving pick - foul #5 on Marlon Coy, team foul #10 | 61-63 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jared Lewis (PG) Marlon Coy | |
| 02:13 | Columbia | Columbia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-63 |
| Subs | Columbia | Manuel Santoyo (SG), Micheal Anderson (PF), Mike Williams (C) Eric Skillern, James Ham, Paul Winstead | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 01:53 | Columbia | Manuel Santoyo is hacked by Byron Harris - foul #2 on Byron Harris, team foul #11 | 61-63 |
| Subs | Columbia | Jared Wimbush (SF) Neil Yates | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Nenad Zenz (C) Jared Lewis | |
| 01:53 | Columbia | Manuel Santoyo makes the 1st free throw | 62-63 |
| 01:53 | Columbia | Manuel Santoyo misses the 2nd free throw | 62-63 |
| 01:53 | East Carolina | Michael Sample grabs the defensive rebound | 62-63 |
| 01:31 | East Carolina | Gene Jansen is hacked by Jared Wimbush - foul #2 on Jared Wimbush, team foul #8 | 62-63 |
| 01:31 | East Carolina | Gene Jansen misses the 1st free throw | 62-63 |
| 01:31 | Columbia | Mike Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 62-63 |
| 01:17 | Columbia | The short jumper by Randy Woodhouse is denied by Michael Sample | 62-63 |
| 01:15 | East Carolina | Byron Harris grabs the defensive rebound | 62-63 |
| 01:09 | East Carolina | Michael Sample can't throw it down but he's fouled by Jared Wimbush - foul #3 on Jared Wimbush, team foul #9 | 62-63 |
| 01:09 | East Carolina | Michael Sample misses the 1st free throw | 62-63 |
| 01:09 | East Carolina | Michael Sample makes the 2nd free throw | 62-64 |
| 00:45 | Columbia | Micheal Anderson double dribbles | 62-64 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:16 | East Carolina | Nenad Zenz is whistled for a carry | 62-64 |
| 00:02 | Columbia | Jared Wimbush can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 62-64 |
| 00:00 | Columbia | Jared Wimbush gets the offensive rebound | 62-64 |