| Lineup | Montana | PG - Ronald Curl (fresh) SG - Paul Peoples (fresh) SF - Lawrence Warren (fresh) PF - John Gingras (fresh) C - Dannie Reed (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Norman Pearl (fresh) SG - John Cottingham (fresh) SF - Eric Mealy (fresh) PF - Floyd Bonner (fresh) C - William Chung (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Montana | John Gingras wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:51 | Montana | Ronald Curl hits a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Lawrence Warren | 2-0 |
| 19:32 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy travels with the ball | 2-0 |
| 19:25 | Montana | Lawrence Warren blows the layup but he's fouled by Norman Pearl - foul #1 on Norman Pearl, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:25 | Montana | Lawrence Warren makes the 1st free throw | 3-0 |
| 19:25 | Montana | Lawrence Warren makes the 2nd free throw | 4-0 |
| 19:23 | Rhode Island | Lawrence Warren takes the ball from Norman Pearl in the backcourt | 4-0 |
| 19:21 | Montana | Ronald Curl throws it down on a great pass from Lawrence Warren | 6-0 |
| 19:01 | Rhode Island | John Cottingham can't connect on an uncontested pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Dannie Reed - foul #1 on Dannie Reed, team foul #1 | 6-0 |
| 19:01 | Rhode Island | John Cottingham misses the 1st free throw | 6-0 |
| 19:01 | Rhode Island | John Cottingham makes the 2nd free throw | 6-1 |
| 18:46 | Montana | William Chung steps in front of the Dannie Reed pass | 6-1 |
| 18:28 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy is wide open and slams it home on a nice dish by Norman Pearl | 6-3 |
| 18:15 | Montana | Paul Peoples misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 6-3 |
| 18:14 | Rhode Island | Floyd Bonner snags the defensive board | 6-3 |
| 17:48 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy makes the jump hook near the basket | 6-5 |
| 17:35 | Montana | Paul Peoples misses long on a jumper from the right block | 6-5 |
| 17:34 | Rhode Island | William Chung snags the defensive board | 6-5 |
| 17:08 | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl is by himself and knocks in the 3 from the right corner set up by Eric Mealy | 6-8 |
| 16:58 | Montana | Paul Peoples drills a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Dannie Reed | 8-8 |
| 16:40 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy misses the wide open jump hook near the basket | 8-8 |
| 16:39 | Rhode Island | William Chung tips it but misses | 8-8 |
| 16:38 | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl tips it home | 8-10 |
| 16:18 | Montana | Dannie Reed misses badly on a runner in the paint but he's hacked by William Chung - foul #1 on William Chung, team foul #2 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Michael Brantley (PG), Ricky Leach (SG), Richard Ferrell (SF), James Black (PF) Ronald Curl, Paul Peoples, Lawrence Warren, John Gingras | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua (SG), Hubert Abney (SF), Louis Thomas (PF), James Mignone (C) John Cottingham, Eric Mealy, Floyd Bonner, William Chung | |
| 16:18 | Montana | Dannie Reed misses the 1st free throw | 8-10 |
| 16:18 | Montana | Dannie Reed misses the 2nd free throw | 8-10 |
| 16:18 | Rhode Island | Louis Thomas gets the rebound | 8-10 |
| 16:16 | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 8-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Gerald Pascarella (C) Dannie Reed | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 16:05 | Montana | Michael Brantley is hacked by James Mignone - foul #1 on James Mignone, team foul #3 | 8-10 |
| 16:00 | Montana | James Black is fouled on the floor by James Mignone - foul #2 on James Mignone, team foul #4 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Maurice Hogg (C) James Mignone | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Michael Brantley (fresh) SG - Ricky Leach (fresh) SF - Richard Ferrell (fresh) PF - James Black (fresh) C - Gerald Pascarella (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Norman Pearl (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dustin Paniagua (fresh) SF - Hubert Abney (fresh) PF - Louis Thomas (fresh) C - Maurice Hogg (fresh) | |
| 15:50 | Montana | Ricky Leach is fouled on the floor by Dustin Paniagua - foul #1 on Dustin Paniagua, team foul #5 | 8-10 |
| 15:44 | Montana | James Black misses badly on a floater in the paint but he's fouled by Maurice Hogg - foul #1 on Maurice Hogg, team foul #6 | 8-10 |
| 15:44 | Montana | James Black makes the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 15:44 | Montana | James Black makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 15:23 | Rhode Island | Louis Thomas can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 10-10 |
| 15:21 | Rhode Island | Hubert Abney tips it but misses | 10-10 |
| 15:20 | Montana | Gerald Pascarella gets the rebound | 10-10 |
| 15:11 | Montana | James Black hits a driving attempt from the baseline | 12-10 |
| 15:08 | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Brantley - foul #1 on Michael Brantley, team foul #2 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Billy Bach (SG), Christopher Bunyard (PF) Ricky Leach, Gerald Pascarella | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Cottingham (SG) Norman Pearl | |
| 14:49 | Rhode Island | Hubert Abney misses the wide open jump hook from close range | 12-10 |
| 14:48 | Montana | James Black pulls down the rebound | 12-10 |
| 14:35 | Montana | Michael Brantley hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket | 12-10 |
| 14:33 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Louis Thomas | 12-10 |
| 14:12 | Rhode Island | Billy Bach is called for the reach on Hubert Abney - foul #1 on Billy Bach, team foul #3 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Ronald Curl (PG), Lawrence Warren (SF) Michael Brantley, Richard Ferrell | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl (PG), Eric Mealy (SF), Floyd Bonner (PF), William Chung (C) Hubert Abney, Dustin Paniagua, Louis Thomas, Maurice Hogg | |
| 13:55 | Rhode Island | Floyd Bonner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Paul Peoples (SG), Gerald Pascarella (C) Billy Bach, James Black | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 13:34 | Montana | Paul Peoples misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Norman Pearl - foul #2 on Norman Pearl, team foul #7 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Ricky Leach (SG), John Gingras (PF) Ronald Curl, Christopher Bunyard | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Hubert Abney (PG) Norman Pearl | |
| 13:34 | Montana | Paul Peoples makes the 1st free throw | 13-10 |
| 13:34 | Montana | Paul Peoples misses the 2nd free throw | 13-10 |
| 13:34 | Rhode Island | William Chung snags the defensive board | 13-10 |
| 13:15 | Rhode Island | Lawrence Warren steals the ball from John Cottingham | 13-10 |
| 13:04 | Montana | Lawrence Warren connects on the jump hook near the basket | 15-10 |
| 12:43 | Rhode Island | John Cottingham misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 15-10 |
| 12:42 | Montana | Lawrence Warren snags the defensive board | 15-10 |
| 12:19 | Montana | Paul Peoples buries a floater from the left wing set up by Gerald Pascarella | 17-10 |
| 11:52 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by John Gingras - foul #1 on John Gingras, team foul #4 | 17-10 |
| Subs | Montana | Ronald Curl (PG), Billy Bach (SG), Richard Ferrell (SF), Christopher Bunyard (PF), Dannie Reed (C) Paul Peoples, Ricky Leach, Lawrence Warren, John Gingras, Gerald Pascarella | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua (SG), Louis Thomas (PF), Maurice Hogg (C) John Cottingham, Floyd Bonner, William Chung | |
| 11:52 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy misses the 1st free throw | 17-10 |
| 11:52 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy makes the 2nd free throw | 17-11 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Ronald Curl (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Billy Bach (fresh) SF - Richard Ferrell (fresh) PF - Christopher Bunyard (fresh) C - Dannie Reed (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Hubert Abney (fairly fresh) SG - Dustin Paniagua (fresh) SF - Eric Mealy (tiring) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Louis Thomas (fresh) 2 reb. C - Maurice Hogg (fresh) | |
| 11:44 | Montana | Richard Ferrell hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Eric Mealy - foul #1 on Eric Mealy, team foul #8 | 17-11 |
| 11:44 | Montana | Richard Ferrell makes the 1st free throw | 18-11 |
| 11:44 | Montana | Richard Ferrell makes the 2nd free throw | 19-11 |
| 11:22 | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua is whistled for a carry | 19-11 |
| Subs | Montana | James Black (C) Dannie Reed | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 10:58 | Montana | James Black hits a fadeaway near the basket set up by Ronald Curl | 21-11 |
| 10:39 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy hits a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 21-13 |
| 10:35 | Montana | Ronald Curl buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Black | 24-13 |
| 10:32 | Rhode Island | Hubert Abney is hacked by Ronald Curl in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ronald Curl, team foul #5 | 24-13 |
| Subs | Montana | Michael Brantley (PG), Paul Peoples (SG), Lawrence Warren (SF), John Gingras (PF) Ronald Curl, Billy Bach, Richard Ferrell, Christopher Bunyard | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Cottingham (SG) Eric Mealy | |
| 10:05 | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua is fouled on the floor by James Black - foul #1 on James Black, team foul #6 | 24-13 |
| Subs | Montana | Dannie Reed (C) James Black | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Chung (C) Maurice Hogg | |
| 09:44 | Rhode Island | Hubert Abney hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 24-13 |
| 09:43 | Montana | The rebound goes to Paul Peoples | 24-13 |
| 09:33 | Montana | Hubert Abney is called for the reach on John Gingras - foul #1 on Hubert Abney, team foul #9 | 24-13 |
| Subs | Montana | Ricky Leach (SG) Paul Peoples | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 09:33 | Montana | John Gingras makes the 1st free throw | 25-13 |
| 09:33 | Montana | John Gingras makes the 2nd free throw | 26-13 |
| 09:18 | Rhode Island | Hubert Abney misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 26-13 |
| 09:17 | Montana | Dannie Reed grabs the board | 26-13 |
| 09:08 | Montana | Ricky Leach is hacked by John Cottingham - foul #1 on John Cottingham, team foul #10 | 26-13 |
| Subs | Montana | Ronald Curl (PG), Christopher Bunyard (PF) Michael Brantley, John Gingras | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Floyd Bonner (PF), Maurice Hogg (C) Louis Thomas, William Chung | |
| 09:08 | Montana | Ricky Leach makes the 1st free throw | 27-13 |
| 09:08 | Montana | Ricky Leach misses the 2nd free throw | 27-13 |
| 09:08 | Rhode Island | John Cottingham snags the defensive board | 27-13 |
| 08:49 | Rhode Island | John Cottingham clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 27-13 |
| 08:47 | Montana | Christopher Bunyard gets the rebound | 27-13 |
| 08:43 | Montana | Ronald Curl hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 27-13 |
| 08:41 | Montana | Dannie Reed pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-13 |
| 08:27 | Montana | Floyd Bonner steals the ball from Christopher Bunyard | 27-13 |
| 08:03 | Rhode Island | Floyd Bonner lays it up and in set up by John Cottingham | 27-15 |
| 07:44 | Montana | Dannie Reed can't finish the layup | 27-15 |
| 07:43 | Montana | The offensive rebound goes to Dannie Reed | 27-15 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Ronald Curl (tiring) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ricky Leach (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Lawrence Warren (tiring) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Christopher Bunyard (fairly fresh) C - Dannie Reed (tiring) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Hubert Abney (tired) SG - John Cottingham (tired) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dustin Paniagua (fairly fresh) PF - Floyd Bonner (tiring) 2 pts. C - Maurice Hogg (fairly fresh) | |
| 07:30 | Montana | Ricky Leach drills a 3pt attempt from straight away | 30-15 |
| 07:04 | Rhode Island | Christopher Bunyard steps in front of the Dustin Paniagua pass | 30-15 |
| 06:43 | Montana | Ronald Curl misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Floyd Bonner - foul #1 on Floyd Bonner, team foul #11 | 30-15 |
| Subs | Montana | Billy Bach (SG), Michael Brantley (SF), James Black (PF), Gerald Pascarella (C) Ricky Leach, Lawrence Warren, Christopher Bunyard, Dannie Reed | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy (SF), Louis Thomas (PF), William Chung (C) John Cottingham, Floyd Bonner, Maurice Hogg | |
| 06:43 | Montana | Ronald Curl makes the 1st free throw | 31-15 |
| 06:43 | Montana | Ronald Curl makes the 2nd free throw | 32-15 |
| 06:41 | Rhode Island | Hubert Abney's pass is intercepted by James Black in the backcourt | 32-15 |
| 06:25 | Montana | Eric Mealy is called for the reach on Michael Brantley - foul #2 on Eric Mealy, team foul #12 | 32-15 |
| Subs | Montana | Richard Ferrell (SF) Ronald Curl | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Cottingham (SG) Eric Mealy | |
| 06:25 | Montana | Michael Brantley misses the 1st free throw | 32-15 |
| 06:25 | Montana | Michael Brantley makes the 2nd free throw | 33-15 |
| 06:02 | Rhode Island | Hubert Abney comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 33-15 |
| 06:00 | Rhode Island | Louis Thomas grabs the offensive rebound | 33-15 |
| 05:43 | Rhode Island | Louis Thomas comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 33-15 |
| 05:41 | Rhode Island | William Chung pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-15 |
| 05:20 | Rhode Island | William Chung throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-15 |
| 05:20 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 33-15 |
| Subs | Montana | Paul Peoples (SG), John Gingras (PF) Billy Bach, Gerald Pascarella | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 05:11 | Montana | Richard Ferrell misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Louis Thomas - foul #1 on Louis Thomas, team foul #13 | 33-15 |
| 05:11 | Montana | Richard Ferrell makes the 1st free throw | 34-15 |
| 05:11 | Montana | Richard Ferrell misses the 2nd free throw | 34-15 |
| 05:11 | Rhode Island | John Cottingham grabs the defensive rebound | 34-15 |
| 04:58 | Rhode Island | James Black takes the ball from Hubert Abney | 34-15 |
| 04:37 | Montana | John Gingras misses the 3 from the right wing | 34-15 |
| 04:36 | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua grabs the board | 34-15 |
| 04:31 | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua hits a driving attempt from the baseline | 34-17 |
| 04:19 | Montana | Paul Peoples misses long on a jumper from the left block | 34-17 |
| 04:18 | Rhode Island | Louis Thomas grabs the board | 34-17 |
| 03:58 | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua misses short on a floater from the left block but the foul's on Richard Ferrell - foul #1 on Richard Ferrell, team foul #7 | 34-17 |
| Subs | Montana | Ronald Curl (PG), Lawrence Warren (SF), Gerald Pascarella (C) Michael Brantley, Richard Ferrell, James Black | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl (PG), Eric Mealy (SF), James Mignone (C) Hubert Abney, John Cottingham, William Chung | |
| 03:58 | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua misses the 1st free throw | 34-17 |
| 03:58 | Rhode Island | Dustin Paniagua makes the 2nd free throw | 34-18 |
| 03:37 | Montana | Paul Peoples can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 34-18 |
| 03:36 | Montana | Lawrence Warren tips it back up and in | 36-18 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Ronald Curl (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Peoples (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Lawrence Warren (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - John Gingras (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Gerald Pascarella (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Norman Pearl (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dustin Paniagua (tiring) 3 pts. SF - Eric Mealy (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Louis Thomas (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - James Mignone (fresh) | |
| 03:11 | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl buries a 3 from the right wing | 36-21 |
| 03:03 | Montana | Paul Peoples connects on the floater in the paint on a great pass from Lawrence Warren and he's hacked by Dustin Paniagua - foul #2 on Dustin Paniagua, team foul #14 | 38-21 |
| Subs | Montana | Christopher Bunyard (PF) John Gingras | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Maurice Hogg (PF) Louis Thomas | |
| 03:03 | Montana | Paul Peoples makes the free throw | 39-21 |
| 03:01 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 39-21 |
| Subs | Montana | Billy Bach (SG) Paul Peoples | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 02:48 | Montana | Gerald Pascarella buries a floater from the right side | 41-21 |
| 02:24 | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 41-21 |
| 02:22 | Montana | Christopher Bunyard grabs the board | 41-21 |
| 02:17 | Montana | Ronald Curl connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-21 |
| 01:53 | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl misses badly on a turnaround from the left block | 44-21 |
| 01:51 | Rhode Island | The offensive rebound goes to Dustin Paniagua | 44-21 |
| 01:28 | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 44-21 |
| 01:26 | Montana | Lawrence Warren pulls down the rebound | 44-21 |
| 01:22 | Montana | Norman Pearl steals it from Christopher Bunyard | 44-21 |
| 01:01 | Rhode Island | Maurice Hogg clanks a shot from the right block | 44-21 |
| 00:59 | Montana | Lawrence Warren pulls down the rebound | 44-21 |
| 00:46 | Montana | James Mignone swats the short shot by Billy Bach | 44-21 |
| 00:45 | Montana | Gerald Pascarella tips it but misses | 44-21 |
| 00:44 | Rhode Island | Eric Mealy snags the defensive board | 44-21 |
| 00:42 | Rhode Island | Billy Bach steals the ball from Dustin Paniagua in the backcourt | 44-21 |
| 00:28 | Montana | Billy Bach throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-21 |
| Subs | Montana | Michael Brantley (PG), Paul Peoples (SG), Richard Ferrell (SF), John Gingras (PF), James Black (C) Ronald Curl, Billy Bach, Lawrence Warren, Christopher Bunyard, Gerald Pascarella | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Cottingham (SG), Floyd Bonner (PF) Dustin Paniagua, Maurice Hogg | |
| 00:04 | Rhode Island | Norman Pearl's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-21 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Chung (C) James Mignone | |
| 00:00 | Montana | Michael Brantley misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 44-21 |