| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Leroy Haring (fresh) SG - Michael Hilliker (fresh) SF - Elmer Albin (fresh) PF - Arthur Ewart (fresh) C - Robert Conley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) SG - Paul Daly (fresh) SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 19:45 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury's layup is rejected by Arthur Ewart | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Kentucky | Robert Conley grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:28 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Israel Zambrana | 0-0 |
| 19:12 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses badly on a shot near the basket | 0-0 |
| 19:11 | Kentucky | Leroy Haring pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:46 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart misses the easy layup | 0-0 |
| 18:44 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:15 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 18:14 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback gets the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:05 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block | 0-0 |
| 18:04 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly tips it in | 0-2 |
| 17:52 | Kentucky | Leroy Haring loses the dribble to Paul Daly | 0-2 |
| 17:37 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz loses the ball out of bounds | 0-2 |
| 17:22 | Kentucky | Robert Conley can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 0-2 |
| 17:21 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury pulls down the rebound | 0-2 |
| 17:07 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by Arthur Ewart - foul #1 on Arthur Ewart, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 17:07 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana makes the 1st free throw | 0-3 |
| 17:07 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana misses the 2nd free throw | 0-3 |
| 17:07 | Kentucky | Robert Conley grabs the board | 0-3 |
| 16:47 | Kentucky | Robert Conley lays it up and in set up by Leroy Haring | 2-3 |
| 16:31 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly is fouled on the floor by Robert Conley - foul #1 on Robert Conley, team foul #2 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (SF), Walter Bettis (PF) Israel Zambrana, Paul Dunneback | |
| 16:18 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury is hacked by Leroy Haring - foul #1 on Leroy Haring, team foul #3 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Lemansky (SF) Elmer Albin | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 16:08 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 2-3 |
| 16:06 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart grabs the board | 2-3 |
| 15:57 | Kentucky | Robert Conley drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Leroy Haring | 4-3 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Leroy Haring (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Michael Hilliker (fresh) SF - James Lemansky (fresh) PF - Arthur Ewart (fairly fresh) C - Robert Conley (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) PF - Walter Bettis (fresh) C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) | |
| 15:44 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane | 4-3 |
| 15:43 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Robert Conley | 4-3 |
| 15:29 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker makes the 3pt jumper from straight away | 7-3 |
| 15:06 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis knocks in the floater from close range on a nice dish by Paul Daly | 7-5 |
| 14:54 | Kentucky | Dean Canterbury blocks the short jumper by James Lemansky | 7-5 |
| 14:53 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly grabs the defensive rebound | 7-5 |
| 14:40 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the floater near the basket on a great pass from Robert Zentz | 7-7 |
| 14:25 | Kentucky | Robert Conley can't connect on a runner from close range | 7-7 |
| 14:23 | Kentucky | Robert Conley tips it but misses | 7-7 |
| 14:21 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the defensive rebound | 7-7 |
| 14:01 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 7-7 |
| 13:59 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the offensive board | 7-7 |
| 13:44 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing | 7-10 |
| 13:27 | Kentucky | Robert Conley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-10 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernest Brown (SG), Elmer Albin (SF), Nathan Ryan (PF), Tom Fontes (C) Leroy Haring, Michael Hilliker, Arthur Ewart, Robert Conley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Israel Zambrana (SF), Paul Dunneback (PF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Maurice Lokken, Walter Bettis, Dean Canterbury | |
| 13:07 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits a turnaround from close range and the foul's on Elmer Albin - foul #1 on Elmer Albin, team foul #4 | 7-12 |
| 13:07 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the free throw | 7-13 |
| 12:55 | Kentucky | Israel Zambrana blocks the 3 pointer from the left wing by James Lemansky | 7-13 |
| 12:53 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana grabs the defensive rebound | 7-13 |
| 12:24 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 7-13 |
| 12:22 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback snags the offensive board | 7-13 |
| 12:13 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback slams it home set up by Dikembe Abdullah | 7-15 |
| 11:52 | Kentucky | Elmer Albin is hacked by Wilfredo Molina - foul #1 on Wilfredo Molina, team foul #1 | 7-15 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Leroy Haring (PG), Michael Hilliker (SG) James Lemansky, Ernest Brown | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis (C) Wilfredo Molina | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Leroy Haring (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Michael Hilliker (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Elmer Albin (fresh) PF - Nathan Ryan (fresh) C - Tom Fontes (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) SG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Walter Bettis (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:28 | Kentucky | Elmer Albin hits a runner in the paint on a nice dish by Michael Hilliker and he's hacked by Israel Zambrana - foul #1 on Israel Zambrana, team foul #2 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Conley (C) Tom Fontes | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Paul Daly (SG), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Dikembe Abdullah, Walter Bettis | |
| 11:28 | Kentucky | Elmer Albin misses the free throw | 9-15 |
| 11:28 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury snags the defensive board | 9-15 |
| 11:17 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz can't connect on a shot from the right side | 9-15 |
| 11:16 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Elmer Albin | 9-15 |
| 11:00 | Kentucky | Elmer Albin makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Michael Hilliker | 11-15 |
| 10:45 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury connects on the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Robert Zentz and the foul's on Nathan Ryan - foul #1 on Nathan Ryan, team foul #5 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Lemansky (PG), Tom Fontes (SF) Leroy Haring, Elmer Albin | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 10:45 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury makes the free throw | 11-18 |
| 10:38 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes comes up short on the fadeaway from close range | 11-18 |
| 10:36 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Paul Dunneback | 11-18 |
| 10:31 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz connects on the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Israel Zambrana | 11-20 |
| 10:11 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes connects on the jumper from the right wing set up by James Lemansky | 13-20 |
| 10:00 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury hits a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Robert Zentz | 13-22 |
| 09:43 | Kentucky | Robert Conley hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Israel Zambrana - foul #2 on Israel Zambrana, team foul #3 | 13-22 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Leroy Haring (PG), Arthur Ewart (PF) Tom Fontes, Nathan Ryan | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (SF), Walter Bettis (PF) Israel Zambrana, Paul Dunneback | |
| 09:43 | Kentucky | Robert Conley misses the 1st free throw | 13-22 |
| 09:43 | Kentucky | Robert Conley makes the 2nd free throw | 14-22 |
| 09:25 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz knocks in the 3 from the left corner set up by Paul Daly | 14-25 |
| 09:14 | Kentucky | Paul Daly steals it from James Lemansky | 14-25 |
| 09:09 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken hits the finger roll set up by Paul Daly | 14-27 |
| 08:57 | Kentucky | Robert Conley can't connect on a jumper in the paint but the foul's on Dean Canterbury - foul #1 on Dean Canterbury, team foul #4 | 14-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Elmer Albin (SF) Michael Hilliker | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Wilfredo Molina (C) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Dean Canterbury | |
| 08:57 | Kentucky | Robert Conley misses the 1st free throw | 14-27 |
| 08:57 | Kentucky | Robert Conley makes the 2nd free throw | 15-27 |
| 08:36 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah is fouled on the floor by Elmer Albin - foul #2 on Elmer Albin, team foul #6 | 15-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernest Brown (SG), Tom Fontes (C) Elmer Albin, Robert Conley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 08:08 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 15-27 |
| 08:06 | Kentucky | Leroy Haring gets the rebound | 15-27 |
| 07:54 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart is hacked by Maurice Lokken - foul #1 on Maurice Lokken, team foul #5 | 15-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker (SG), Nathan Ryan (C) Ernest Brown, James Lemansky | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Paul Daly (SG), Paul Dunneback (PF), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Dikembe Abdullah, Walter Bettis, Wilfredo Molina | |
| 07:41 | Kentucky | Nathan Ryan clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 15-27 |
| 07:40 | Kentucky | Nathan Ryan hits the follow up shot | 17-27 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Leroy Haring (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Michael Hilliker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tom Fontes (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Arthur Ewart (fresh) C - Nathan Ryan (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:24 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 17-27 |
| 07:22 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker snags the defensive board | 17-27 |
| 07:04 | Kentucky | Nathan Ryan misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Paul Dunneback - foul #1 on Paul Dunneback, team foul #6 | 17-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Conley (C) Arthur Ewart | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 07:04 | Kentucky | Nathan Ryan makes the 1st free throw | 18-27 |
| 07:04 | Kentucky | Nathan Ryan makes the 2nd free throw | 19-27 |
| 06:51 | Cincinnati | Robert Conley takes the ball from Paul Dunneback | 19-27 |
| 06:34 | Kentucky | Nathan Ryan's layup is rejected by Paul Dunneback | 19-27 |
| 06:33 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes tips it home | 21-27 |
| 06:08 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly is called for 3 seconds | 21-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Lemansky (PG), Elmer Albin (SF) Leroy Haring, Tom Fontes | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Walter Bettis (PF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Maurice Lokken, Paul Dunneback, Dean Canterbury | |
| 05:41 | Kentucky | James Lemansky clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 21-27 |
| 05:40 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina snags the defensive board | 21-27 |
| 05:22 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 21-27 |
| 05:21 | Kentucky | Robert Conley grabs the defensive rebound | 21-27 |
| 05:07 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 21-27 |
| 05:05 | Kentucky | Robert Conley tips it back up and in | 23-27 |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis clanks a turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Nathan Ryan - foul #2 on Nathan Ryan, team foul #7 | 23-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernest Brown (SG), Arthur Ewart (PF) Michael Hilliker, Nathan Ryan | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Maurice Lokken (SF), Dean Canterbury (C) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Wilfredo Molina | |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the 1st free throw | 23-28 |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis misses the 2nd free throw | 23-28 |
| 04:57 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Arthur Ewart | 23-28 |
| 04:41 | Kentucky | Walter Bettis swats the short shot by James Lemansky | 23-28 |
| 04:40 | Kentucky | Robert Conley hits the follow up shot | 25-28 |
| 04:20 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses the lay-in | 25-28 |
| 04:19 | Kentucky | Robert Conley pulls down the rebound | 25-28 |
| 04:01 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown is hacked by Bojan Wolinski - foul #1 on Bojan Wolinski, team foul #7 | 25-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Leroy Haring (PG), Tom Fontes (C) James Lemansky, Robert Conley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback (PF) Walter Bettis | |
| 04:01 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown makes the 1st free throw | 26-28 |
| 04:01 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 27-28 |
| 03:48 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury is fouled on the floor by Elmer Albin - foul #3 on Elmer Albin, team foul #8 | 27-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker (SG), James Lemansky (SF) Ernest Brown, Elmer Albin | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Paul Daly (SG), Israel Zambrana (SF) Bojan Wolinski, Dikembe Abdullah, Maurice Lokken | |
| 03:48 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses the 1st free throw | 27-28 |
| 03:48 | Kentucky | James Lemansky grabs the board | 27-28 |
| 03:36 | Kentucky | James Lemansky scores on a turnaround from the baseline and the foul's on Israel Zambrana - foul #3 on Israel Zambrana, team foul #8 | 29-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (SG) Israel Zambrana | |
| 03:36 | Kentucky | James Lemansky makes the free throw | 30-28 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Leroy Haring (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Michael Hilliker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Lemansky (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Arthur Ewart (fresh) 2 reb. C - Tom Fontes (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Paul Daly (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback is denied on a layup by Arthur Ewart | 30-28 |
| 03:08 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz pulls down the offensive rebound | 30-28 |
| 02:53 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses the floater from the baseline but the foul's on Michael Hilliker - foul #1 on Michael Hilliker, team foul #9 | 30-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nathan Ryan (PF), Robert Conley (C) Arthur Ewart, Tom Fontes | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (SF) Robert Zentz | |
| 02:53 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 1st free throw | 30-29 |
| 02:53 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 2nd free throw | 30-30 |
| 02:35 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Paul Daly - foul #1 on Paul Daly, team foul #9 | 30-30 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG) Dikembe Abdullah | |
| 02:35 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker makes the 1st free throw | 31-30 |
| 02:35 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker makes the 2nd free throw | 32-30 |
| 02:20 | Cincinnati | Nathan Ryan is called for the reach on Paul Dunneback - foul #3 on Nathan Ryan, team foul #10 | 32-30 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Tom Fontes (C) Nathan Ryan | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 02:20 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the 1st free throw | 32-31 |
| 02:20 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 2nd free throw | 32-31 |
| 02:20 | Kentucky | Robert Conley pulls down the rebound | 32-31 |
| 02:11 | Kentucky | Robert Conley knocks in the floater from just outside the lane | 34-31 |
| 01:50 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback lays it in on a nice dish by Paul Daly | 34-33 |
| 01:45 | Kentucky | James Lemansky makes the 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Leroy Haring | 37-33 |
| 01:16 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Robert Zentz | 37-35 |
| 01:02 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker is whistled for traveling | 37-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernest Brown (SG), Arthur Ewart (PF) Michael Hilliker, James Lemansky | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Walter Bettis (PF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Paul Daly, Paul Dunneback, Dean Canterbury | |
| 00:35 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis is hacked by Arthur Ewart - foul #2 on Arthur Ewart, team foul #11 | 37-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG) Robert Zentz | |
| 00:35 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis misses the 1st free throw | 37-35 |
| 00:35 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the 2nd free throw | 37-36 |
| 00:18 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdullah is called for the reach on Tom Fontes - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #10 | 37-36 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker (SG) Robert Conley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 00:18 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes makes the 1st free throw | 38-36 |
| 00:18 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes makes the 2nd free throw | 39-36 |
| 00:04 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah loses the dribble to Ernest Brown | 39-36 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown misses long on a halfcourt shot | 39-36 |