| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Christopher McKee (fresh) SG - Michael Pennington (fresh) SF - John Peterson (fresh) PF - Dominic Yazzie (fresh) C - Augustine Greco (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Billy Terry (fresh) SG - Danny Woodie (fresh) SF - Paul Phillips (fresh) PF - Paul Ebert (fresh) C - Darryl Bunch (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Providence | Paul Ebert wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:45 | Providence | Paul Ebert's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Pitt | John Peterson loses the ball out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:01 | Providence | Paul Ebert misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 0-0 |
| 18:59 | Pitt | John Peterson grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 18:43 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie hits a jumpshot from the left wing | 2-0 |
| 18:16 | Providence | Danny Woodie misses long on a floater from the left side but he's hacked by Michael Pennington - foul #1 on Michael Pennington, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:16 | Providence | Danny Woodie makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 18:16 | Providence | Danny Woodie makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 17:56 | Pitt | Christopher McKee misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 17:54 | Providence | Darryl Bunch grabs the board | 2-2 |
| 17:25 | Providence | Paul Phillips knocks in the turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Billy Terry | 2-4 |
| 17:01 | Pitt | Michael Pennington hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 2-4 |
| 16:59 | Pitt | Augustine Greco grabs the offensive rebound | 2-4 |
| 16:38 | Pitt | Darryl Bunch blocks the short jumper by Augustine Greco | 2-4 |
| 16:37 | Providence | Danny Woodie grabs the board | 2-4 |
| 16:16 | Providence | Danny Woodie is called for traveling | 2-4 |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), David Griffin (SG), Young Chiong (SF), John Brooks (PF), Chad Seidl (C) Christopher McKee, Michael Pennington, John Peterson, Dominic Yazzie, Augustine Greco | |
| Subs | Providence | Alan Williams (C) Darryl Bunch | |
| 16:14 | Pitt | Billy Terry is called for the reach on Steven Savage in the backcourt - foul #1 on Billy Terry, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 15:55 | Pitt | Chad Seidl makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 4-4 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Steven Savage (fresh) SG - David Griffin (fresh) SF - Young Chiong (fresh) PF - John Brooks (fresh) C - Chad Seidl (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Billy Terry (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Danny Woodie (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Paul Phillips (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Paul Ebert (fairly fresh) C - Alan Williams (fresh) | |
| 15:33 | Providence | Danny Woodie can't finish the layup but the foul's on Chad Seidl - foul #1 on Chad Seidl, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| 15:33 | Providence | Danny Woodie makes the 1st free throw | 4-5 |
| 15:33 | Providence | Danny Woodie makes the 2nd free throw | 4-6 |
| 15:04 | Pitt | Chad Seidl is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Chad Seidl, team foul #3 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Pitt | Augustine Greco (C) Chad Seidl | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 14:47 | Providence | Billy Terry connects on the fadeaway from the right side | 4-8 |
| 14:41 | Pitt | Augustine Greco travels with the ball | 4-8 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Providence | Darryl Bunch (C) Alan Williams | |
| 14:17 | Providence | Billy Terry hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 4-8 |
| 14:15 | Pitt | John Brooks pulls down the rebound | 4-8 |
| 14:11 | Pitt | Young Chiong is hacked by Darryl Bunch - foul #1 on Darryl Bunch, team foul #2 | 4-8 |
| Subs | Pitt | Christopher McKee (PG), John Peterson (SF), Dominic Yazzie (PF) Steven Savage, Young Chiong, John Brooks | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 13:59 | Pitt | Augustine Greco scores on a shot from the right block set up by David Griffin and he's fouled by Darryl Bunch - foul #2 on Darryl Bunch, team foul #3 | 6-8 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Providence | Alan Williams (C) Darryl Bunch | |
| 13:59 | Pitt | Augustine Greco makes the free throw | 7-8 |
| 13:42 | Providence | Billy Terry is fouled on the floor by Christopher McKee - foul #1 on Christopher McKee, team foul #4 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), Young Chiong (SF), John Brooks (PF) Christopher McKee, John Peterson, Dominic Yazzie | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 13:29 | Providence | Paul Ebert can't finish the layup but the foul's on John Brooks - foul #1 on John Brooks, team foul #5 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Pitt | Christopher McKee (PG), John Peterson (SF), Dominic Yazzie (PF) Steven Savage, Young Chiong, John Brooks | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 13:29 | Providence | Paul Ebert makes the 1st free throw | 7-9 |
| 13:29 | Providence | Paul Ebert misses the 2nd free throw | 7-9 |
| 13:29 | Pitt | John Peterson snags the defensive board | 7-9 |
| 13:27 | Pitt | Christopher McKee is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #2 on Christopher McKee, team foul #6 | 7-9 |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), Michael Pennington (SG) Christopher McKee, David Griffin | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 13:06 | Providence | Alan Williams misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 7-9 |
| 13:04 | Providence | Paul Phillips can't tip it in | 7-9 |
| 13:03 | Providence | Paul Phillips snags the offensive board | 7-9 |
| 12:43 | Providence | John Peterson is called for the reach on Paul Phillips - foul #1 on John Peterson, team foul #7 | 7-9 |
| Subs | Pitt | David Griffin (SG), Young Chiong (SF), John Brooks (PF) Michael Pennington, John Peterson, Dominic Yazzie | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 12:43 | Providence | Paul Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 7-10 |
| 12:43 | Providence | Paul Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 7-11 |
| 12:28 | Pitt | David Griffin double dribbles | 7-11 |
| Subs | Pitt | John Peterson (SF), Dominic Yazzie (PF) Young Chiong, John Brooks | |
| Subs | Providence | Augustus Zarnick (SF) Paul Phillips | |
| 12:03 | Providence | Danny Woodie is hacked by David Griffin - foul #1 on David Griffin, team foul #8 | 7-11 |
| Subs | Pitt | Michael Pennington (SG), Young Chiong (SF), John Brooks (PF) David Griffin, John Peterson, Dominic Yazzie | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 12:03 | Providence | Danny Woodie makes the 1st free throw | 7-12 |
| 12:03 | Providence | Danny Woodie makes the 2nd free throw | 7-13 |
| 11:43 | Pitt | Steven Savage drills a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Augustine Greco | 9-13 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Steven Savage (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Michael Pennington (fresh) SF - Young Chiong (fresh) PF - John Brooks (fresh) C - Augustine Greco (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Billy Terry (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Danny Woodie (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Augustus Zarnick (fresh) PF - Paul Ebert (tiring) 1 pts. C - Alan Williams (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:19 | Providence | Billy Terry misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Young Chiong - foul #1 on Young Chiong, team foul #9 | 9-13 |
| Subs | Pitt | David Griffin (SG), John Peterson (SF), Dominic Yazzie (PF) Michael Pennington, Young Chiong, John Brooks | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 11:19 | Providence | Billy Terry misses the 1st free throw | 9-13 |
| 11:19 | Providence | Billy Terry makes the 2nd free throw | 9-14 |
| 10:51 | Pitt | Augustine Greco misses long on a jump hook from the right block | 9-14 |
| 10:50 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie snags the offensive board | 9-14 |
| 10:23 | Pitt | John Peterson misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 9-14 |
| 10:22 | Providence | Paul Ebert grabs the defensive rebound | 9-14 |
| 09:56 | Providence | Billy Terry misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 9-14 |
| 09:54 | Pitt | John Peterson grabs the defensive rebound | 9-14 |
| 09:33 | Pitt | Augustine Greco misses the lay-in | 9-14 |
| 09:31 | Providence | The rebound goes to Alan Williams | 9-14 |
| 09:05 | Providence | Billy Terry is whistled for traveling | 9-14 |
| Subs | Pitt | Christopher McKee (PG), Michael Pennington (SG), Young Chiong (SF), John Brooks (PF), Chad Seidl (C) Steven Savage, David Griffin, John Peterson, Dominic Yazzie, Augustine Greco | |
| Subs | Providence | Arthur Bacon (PG), Carl Lukes (SG), Paul Phillips (PF) Billy Terry, Danny Woodie, Paul Ebert | |
| 08:43 | Pitt | Chad Seidl comes up short on the shot from close range | 9-14 |
| 08:42 | Providence | Carl Lukes gets the rebound | 9-14 |
| 08:20 | Providence | The short jumper by Alan Williams is denied by John Brooks | 9-14 |
| 08:19 | Pitt | Young Chiong pulls down the rebound | 9-14 |
| 08:03 | Pitt | Young Chiong is denied on a layup by Paul Phillips | 9-14 |
| 08:01 | Providence | Paul Phillips gets the rebound | 9-14 |
| 07:32 | Providence | Arthur Bacon makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Augustus Zarnick | 9-17 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Christopher McKee (fresh) SG - Michael Pennington (fresh) SF - Young Chiong (fresh) PF - John Brooks (fresh) C - Chad Seidl (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Arthur Bacon (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Carl Lukes (fresh) SF - Augustus Zarnick (fairly fresh) PF - Paul Phillips (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Alan Williams (tiring) | |
| 07:11 | Pitt | Christopher McKee scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by John Brooks | 11-17 |
| 06:45 | Providence | Paul Phillips blows the layup | 11-17 |
| 06:43 | Pitt | Young Chiong gets the rebound | 11-17 |
| 06:20 | Pitt | Chad Seidl can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Alan Williams - foul #1 on Alan Williams, team foul #4 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), David Griffin (SG), John Peterson (SF), Dominic Yazzie (PF) Christopher McKee, Michael Pennington, Young Chiong, John Brooks | |
| Subs | Providence | Billy Terry (PG), Danny Woodie (SG), Paul Ebert (C) Arthur Bacon, Carl Lukes, Alan Williams | |
| 06:20 | Pitt | Chad Seidl makes the 1st free throw | 12-17 |
| 06:20 | Pitt | Chad Seidl makes the 2nd free throw | 13-17 |
| 06:04 | Providence | Paul Ebert loses the dribble to Chad Seidl | 13-17 |
| 05:37 | Pitt | Steven Savage misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 13-17 |
| 05:35 | Providence | Billy Terry grabs the board | 13-17 |
| 05:13 | Providence | Billy Terry buries a 3pt shot from the right corner | 13-20 |
| 04:54 | Pitt | Steven Savage misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 13-20 |
| 04:53 | Pitt | Chad Seidl can't tip it in | 13-20 |
| 04:52 | Pitt | David Griffin pulls down the offensive rebound | 13-20 |
| 04:25 | Pitt | John Peterson drills a jumper in the paint on a great pass from Steven Savage and he's hacked by Augustus Zarnick - foul #1 on Augustus Zarnick, team foul #5 | 15-20 |
| Subs | Pitt | Michael Pennington (SG), Young Chiong (SF), Augustine Greco (C) Steven Savage, David Griffin, Chad Seidl | |
| Subs | Providence | Rudolph Rikard (SF), Alan Williams (C) Augustus Zarnick, Paul Phillips | |
| 04:25 | Pitt | John Peterson makes the free throw | 16-20 |
| 04:07 | Providence | John Peterson picks off the pass by Alan Williams | 16-20 |
| 03:45 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie makes the runner from the left block on a nice dish by Young Chiong | 18-20 |
| 03:33 | Providence | Danny Woodie buries a floater from the left side set up by Paul Ebert | 18-22 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - John Peterson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. SG - Michael Pennington (fresh) SF - Young Chiong (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Dominic Yazzie (fresh) 4 pts. C - Augustine Greco (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Billy Terry (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Danny Woodie (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Rudolph Rikard (fresh) PF - Paul Ebert (tiring) 1 pts. C - Alan Williams (tiring) | |
| 03:17 | Pitt | John Peterson comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 18-22 |
| 03:16 | Providence | Alan Williams grabs the board | 18-22 |
| 02:57 | Providence | Augustine Greco is called for the reach on Alan Williams - foul #1 on Augustine Greco, team foul #10 | 18-22 |
| Subs | Pitt | Christopher McKee (PG) Young Chiong | |
| Subs | Providence | Paul Phillips (SF), Darryl Bunch (C) Rudolph Rikard, Paul Ebert | |
| 02:57 | Providence | Alan Williams makes the 1st free throw | 18-23 |
| 02:57 | Providence | Alan Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 18-24 |
| 02:38 | Pitt | John Peterson misses badly on a floater from close range but he's hacked by Billy Terry - foul #2 on Billy Terry, team foul #6 | 18-24 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Providence | Augustus Zarnick (SF) Alan Williams | |
| 02:38 | Pitt | John Peterson misses the 1st free throw | 18-24 |
| 02:38 | Pitt | John Peterson makes the 2nd free throw | 19-24 |
| 02:17 | Providence | Billy Terry scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Darryl Bunch | 19-27 |
| 01:59 | Pitt | John Peterson misses the lay-in | 19-27 |
| 01:58 | Providence | Billy Terry snags the defensive board | 19-27 |
| 01:29 | Providence | Paul Phillips misses the dunk but the foul's on Christopher McKee - foul #3 on Christopher McKee, team foul #11 | 19-27 |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), David Griffin (SG), Young Chiong (SF), John Brooks (PF), Chad Seidl (C) Christopher McKee, Michael Pennington, John Peterson, Dominic Yazzie, Augustine Greco | |
| Subs | Providence | Arthur Bacon (SG) Danny Woodie | |
| 01:29 | Providence | Paul Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 19-28 |
| 01:29 | Providence | Paul Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 19-29 |
| 01:00 | Pitt | Steven Savage is fouled on the floor by Billy Terry - foul #3 on Billy Terry, team foul #7 | 19-29 |
| Subs | Pitt | John Peterson (SF), Dominic Yazzie (PF), Augustine Greco (C) Young Chiong, John Brooks, Chad Seidl | |
| Subs | Providence | Carl Lukes (SG), Paul Ebert (PF) Billy Terry, Paul Phillips | |
| 01:00 | Pitt | Steven Savage makes the 1st free throw | 20-29 |
| 01:00 | Pitt | Steven Savage misses the 2nd free throw | 20-29 |
| 01:00 | Pitt | Augustine Greco snags the offensive board | 20-29 |
| 00:45 | Pitt | Augustine Greco hits the front of the rim on the runner from the baseline | 20-29 |
| 00:43 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-29 |
| 00:25 | Pitt | David Griffin clanks a 3 from the left corner | 20-29 |
| 00:23 | Providence | Augustus Zarnick snags the defensive board | 20-29 |
| 00:05 | Providence | Paul Ebert hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left block | 20-29 |
| 00:03 | Pitt | John Peterson grabs the defensive rebound | 20-29 |
| 00:00 | Pitt | John Peterson can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 20-29 |