| Lineup | Canisius | PG - Martin Perkins (fresh) SG - Martin Pierro (fresh) SF - Michael Poole (fresh) PF - Jimmy Baskerville (fresh) C - Luis Broome (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rider | PG - John Perrotta (fresh) SG - Steven Wysocki (fresh) SF - Walter Guernsey (fresh) PF - Richard Bonnett (fresh) C - John Alcantar (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Canisius | Canisius is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rider | Rider is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:45 | Canisius | Luis Broome misses long on a floater from the right block but the foul's on John Alcantar - foul #1 on John Alcantar, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Canisius | Luis Broome makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:45 | Canisius | Luis Broome makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:26 | Rider | Steven Wysocki misses the 3 from the left wing | 2-0 |
| 19:25 | Canisius | Michael Poole grabs the defensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 19:13 | Canisius | Michael Poole misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 2-0 |
| 19:11 | Rider | The rebound goes to John Alcantar | 2-0 |
| 18:50 | Rider | Walter Guernsey hits a fadeaway from the right side | 2-2 |
| 18:35 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville misses short on a jump hook in the lane | 2-2 |
| 18:33 | Rider | Walter Guernsey snags the defensive board | 2-2 |
| 18:08 | Rider | The jump hook by Richard Bonnett is blocked by Luis Broome | 2-2 |
| 18:06 | Rider | John Alcantar grabs the offensive board | 2-2 |
| 17:51 | Rider | Steven Wysocki misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 2-2 |
| 17:50 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville grabs the board | 2-2 |
| 17:45 | Canisius | Martin Pierro loses the dribble to John Perrotta | 2-2 |
| 17:42 | Rider | Richard Bonnett lays it up and in on a great pass from John Perrotta | 2-4 |
| 17:23 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville clanks a jump hook in the lane but the foul's on Richard Bonnett - foul #1 on Richard Bonnett, team foul #2 | 2-4 |
| Subs | Canisius | Bertram Bowling (C) Luis Broome | |
| Subs | Rider | | |
| 17:23 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville makes the 1st free throw | 3-4 |
| 17:23 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville misses the 2nd free throw | 3-4 |
| 17:23 | Rider | John Alcantar grabs the defensive rebound | 3-4 |
| 16:59 | Rider | Bertram Bowling swats the layup by Richard Bonnett | 3-4 |
| 16:57 | Rider | Steven Wysocki snags the offensive board | 3-4 |
| 16:28 | Rider | Steven Wysocki is fouled on the floor by Michael Poole - foul #1 on Michael Poole, team foul #1 | 3-4 |
| Subs | Canisius | Howard Stringer (SG), Louie Kerstetter (SF), James Labarge (PF) Martin Pierro, Michael Poole, Jimmy Baskerville | |
| Subs | Rider | | |
| 16:05 | Rider | Steven Wysocki travels with the ball | 3-4 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Rider | James Gehring (PF) Richard Bonnett | |
| 15:45 | Canisius | Louie Kerstetter is fouled on the floor by Walter Guernsey - foul #1 on Walter Guernsey, team foul #3 | 3-4 |
| Subs | Canisius | Luis Broome (C) Bertram Bowling | |
| Subs | Rider | John Middleton (SG), Edwin Houck (PF) Steven Wysocki, Walter Guernsey | |
| Lineup | Canisius | PG - Martin Perkins (fresh) SG - Howard Stringer (fresh) SF - Louie Kerstetter (fresh) PF - James Labarge (fresh) C - Luis Broome (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rider | PG - John Perrotta (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Middleton (fresh) SF - James Gehring (fresh) PF - Edwin Houck (fresh) C - John Alcantar (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Canisius | Martin Perkins misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 3-4 |
| 15:30 | Canisius | Luis Broome tips it back up and in | 5-4 |
| 15:11 | Rider | John Middleton can't finish the layup | 5-4 |
| 15:10 | Canisius | Howard Stringer gets the rebound | 5-4 |
| 15:03 | Canisius | James Labarge misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 5-4 |
| 15:02 | Rider | James Gehring gets the rebound | 5-4 |
| 14:56 | Rider | James Gehring scores on a fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by John Middleton | 5-6 |
| 14:49 | Canisius | Howard Stringer is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Howard Stringer, team foul #2 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Canisius | Martin Pierro (SG), Michael Poole (SF), Jimmy Baskerville (PF) Martin Perkins, Louie Kerstetter, James Labarge | |
| Subs | Rider | Steven Wysocki (SG), Richard Bonnett (PF), Michael Fry (C) John Perrotta, Edwin Houck, John Alcantar | |
| 14:30 | Rider | Steven Wysocki is fouled on the floor by Luis Broome - foul #1 on Luis Broome, team foul #3 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Rider | Walter Guernsey (SF) Michael Fry | |
| 14:24 | Rider | James Gehring scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Steven Wysocki | 5-8 |
| 14:12 | Canisius | Richard Bonnett takes the ball from Howard Stringer | 5-8 |
| 14:00 | Rider | John Middleton misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Howard Stringer - foul #2 on Howard Stringer, team foul #4 | 5-8 |
| Subs | Canisius | Martin Perkins (PG), Bertram Bowling (C) Howard Stringer, Luis Broome | |
| Subs | Rider | John Alcantar (C) James Gehring | |
| 14:00 | Rider | John Middleton makes the 1st free throw | 5-9 |
| 14:00 | Rider | John Middleton makes the 2nd free throw | 5-10 |
| 13:49 | Canisius | Michael Poole connects on the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Martin Pierro | 8-10 |
| 13:30 | Rider | Steven Wysocki hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Richard Bonnett and he's hacked by Martin Pierro - foul #1 on Martin Pierro, team foul #5 | 8-12 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Rider | John Perrotta (PG) John Middleton | |
| 13:30 | Rider | Steven Wysocki makes the free throw | 8-13 |
| 13:13 | Canisius | Michael Poole misses the floater from the free throw line | 8-13 |
| 13:11 | Rider | The rebound goes to John Alcantar | 8-13 |
| 13:07 | Rider | John Perrotta can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Jimmy Baskerville - foul #1 on Jimmy Baskerville, team foul #6 | 8-13 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Rider | John Middleton (SG) Steven Wysocki | |
| 13:07 | Rider | John Perrotta makes the 1st free throw | 8-14 |
| 13:07 | Rider | John Perrotta makes the 2nd free throw | 8-15 |
| 12:43 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville is whistled for a carry | 8-15 |
| Subs | Canisius | Louie Kerstetter (SF), James Labarge (PF), Luis Broome (C) Michael Poole, Jimmy Baskerville, Bertram Bowling | |
| Subs | Rider | James Gehring (PF) Richard Bonnett | |
| 12:27 | Rider | James Gehring clanks a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by James Labarge - foul #1 on James Labarge, team foul #7 | 8-15 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Rider | Edwin Houck (PF) Walter Guernsey | |
| 12:27 | Rider | James Gehring makes the 1st free throw | 8-16 |
| 12:27 | Rider | James Gehring misses the 2nd free throw | 8-16 |
| 12:27 | Canisius | James Labarge gets the rebound | 8-16 |
| 12:08 | Canisius | Martin Pierro comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 8-16 |
| 12:07 | Rider | John Alcantar grabs the board | 8-16 |
| 11:45 | Rider | John Perrotta scores on a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from John Middleton | 8-18 |
| Lineup | Canisius | PG - Martin Perkins (fresh) SG - Martin Pierro (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Louie Kerstetter (fresh) PF - James Labarge (fresh) C - Luis Broome (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rider | PG - John Perrotta (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Middleton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Gehring (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Edwin Houck (fresh) C - John Alcantar (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Canisius | Martin Perkins can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 8-18 |
| 11:27 | Rider | Edwin Houck grabs the board | 8-18 |
| 11:23 | Rider | Edwin Houck's pass is intercepted by Martin Perkins | 8-18 |
| 11:18 | Canisius | Martin Perkins buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Martin Pierro | 11-18 |
| 10:57 | Rider | John Alcantar hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline but he's hacked by Luis Broome - foul #2 on Luis Broome, team foul #8 | 11-18 |
| Subs | Canisius | Ronald Burnett (PG), Michael Poole (SF), Jimmy Baskerville (PF), Bertram Bowling (C) Martin Perkins, Martin Pierro, James Labarge, Luis Broome | |
| Subs | Rider | Steven Wysocki (SG), Walter Guernsey (SF), Richard Bonnett (PF) John Middleton, James Gehring, Edwin Houck | |
| 10:57 | Rider | John Alcantar misses the 1st free throw | 11-18 |
| 10:57 | Rider | John Alcantar makes the 2nd free throw | 11-19 |
| 10:38 | Canisius | Michael Poole makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Ronald Burnett | 13-19 |
| 10:20 | Rider | Jimmy Baskerville swats the short shot by Steven Wysocki | 13-19 |
| 10:19 | Rider | Richard Bonnett pulls down the offensive rebound | 13-19 |
| 10:08 | Rider | Walter Guernsey clanks a 3 from the left wing | 13-19 |
| 10:06 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville gets the rebound | 13-19 |
| 10:02 | Canisius | A charge is called on Michael Poole - foul #2 on Michael Poole, team foul #9 | 13-19 |
| Subs | Canisius | Martin Perkins (PG), Stephen Carroll (SF) Louie Kerstetter, Michael Poole | |
| Subs | Rider | John Middleton (PG), James Gehring (C) John Perrotta, John Alcantar | |
| 09:49 | Rider | John Middleton's fadeaway is rejected by Jimmy Baskerville | 13-19 |
| 09:48 | Rider | James Gehring tips it home | 13-21 |
| 09:33 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville clanks a turnaround in the lane | 13-21 |
| 09:32 | Canisius | Bertram Bowling gets the offensive rebound | 13-21 |
| 09:14 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 13-21 |
| 09:12 | Canisius | Bertram Bowling gets the offensive rebound | 13-21 |
| 08:58 | Canisius | Ronald Burnett misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 13-21 |
| 08:56 | Rider | Walter Guernsey snags the defensive board | 13-21 |
| 08:38 | Rider | Walter Guernsey is hacked by Jimmy Baskerville - foul #2 on Jimmy Baskerville, team foul #10 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Canisius | Martin Pierro (SG), Louie Kerstetter (SF), James Labarge (PF) Ronald Burnett, Stephen Carroll, Jimmy Baskerville | |
| Subs | Rider | John Perrotta (PG), Michael Fry (C) John Middleton, Richard Bonnett | |
| 08:38 | Rider | Walter Guernsey makes the 1st free throw | 13-22 |
| 08:38 | Rider | Walter Guernsey makes the 2nd free throw | 13-23 |
| 08:21 | Canisius | Walter Guernsey steals the ball from Martin Perkins | 13-23 |
| 08:01 | Rider | Martin Perkins steps in front of the Walter Guernsey pass | 13-23 |
| 07:48 | Canisius | Martin Perkins misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 13-23 |
| 07:47 | Canisius | James Labarge tips it but misses | 13-23 |
| 07:45 | Canisius | Bertram Bowling snags the offensive board | 13-23 |
| Lineup | Canisius | PG - Martin Perkins (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. SG - Martin Pierro (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Louie Kerstetter (fresh) PF - James Labarge (fresh) 2 reb. C - Bertram Bowling (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rider | PG - John Perrotta (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Wysocki (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Walter Guernsey (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Gehring (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Fry (fresh) | |
| 07:35 | Canisius | Martin Pierro hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 13-23 |
| 07:33 | Rider | James Gehring grabs the board | 13-23 |
| 07:08 | Rider | James Gehring buries a fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Walter Guernsey | 13-25 |
| 06:49 | Canisius | Martin Pierro loses the ball out of bounds | 13-25 |
| Subs | Canisius | Ronald Burnett (PG), Stephen Carroll (SF) Martin Perkins, Bertram Bowling | |
| Subs | Rider | John Middleton (SG), Stephen Williams (SF), Richard Bonnett (PF), John Alcantar (C) Steven Wysocki, Walter Guernsey, James Gehring, Michael Fry | |
| 06:34 | Rider | John Alcantar knocks in the floater in the paint on a great pass from John Middleton | 13-27 |
| 06:23 | Canisius | Ronald Burnett misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 13-27 |
| 06:21 | Canisius | Stephen Carroll pulls down the offensive rebound | 13-27 |
| 06:01 | Canisius | Stephen Carroll misses the turnaround in the lane but the foul's on Stephen Williams - foul #1 on Stephen Williams, team foul #4 | 13-27 |
| Subs | Canisius | Martin Perkins (PG), Bertram Bowling (C) Ronald Burnett, James Labarge | |
| Subs | Rider | Paul McClaine (PG) John Perrotta | |
| 06:01 | Canisius | Stephen Carroll makes the 1st free throw | 14-27 |
| 06:01 | Canisius | Stephen Carroll misses the 2nd free throw | 14-27 |
| 06:01 | Rider | John Alcantar gets the rebound | 14-27 |
| 05:47 | Rider | Stephen Carroll blocks the short jumper by John Alcantar | 14-27 |
| 05:45 | Canisius | The rebound goes to Louie Kerstetter | 14-27 |
| 05:38 | Canisius | Louie Kerstetter clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 14-27 |
| 05:36 | Rider | John Alcantar grabs the defensive rebound | 14-27 |
| 05:31 | Rider | Paul McClaine hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Martin Perkins - foul #1 on Martin Perkins, team foul #11 | 14-27 |
| Subs | Canisius | Ronald Burnett (SG) Martin Pierro | |
| Subs | Rider | | |
| 05:31 | Rider | Paul McClaine makes the 1st free throw | 14-28 |
| 05:31 | Rider | Paul McClaine makes the 2nd free throw | 14-29 |
| 05:07 | Canisius | Louie Kerstetter can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 14-29 |
| 05:05 | Rider | Richard Bonnett snags the defensive board | 14-29 |
| 04:39 | Rider | Paul McClaine misses long on a shot from the left wing | 14-29 |
| 04:37 | Canisius | Bertram Bowling grabs the board | 14-29 |
| 04:32 | Canisius | Stephen Carroll drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Martin Perkins | 16-29 |
| 04:16 | Rider | John Alcantar drills a fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by John Middleton | 16-31 |
| 04:11 | Canisius | Martin Perkins hits a jumper from the right side on a great pass from Stephen Carroll and the foul's on Paul McClaine - foul #1 on Paul McClaine, team foul #5 | 18-31 |
| Subs | Canisius | Martin Pierro (SG), James Labarge (PF) Stephen Carroll, Louie Kerstetter | |
| Subs | Rider | John Perrotta (PG), Steven Wysocki (SG), Walter Guernsey (SF), James Gehring (PF) Paul McClaine, John Middleton, Stephen Williams, Richard Bonnett | |
| 04:11 | Canisius | Martin Perkins makes the free throw | 19-31 |
| 03:47 | Rider | Steven Wysocki scores on a 3 from straight away | 19-34 |
| Lineup | Canisius | PG - Martin Perkins (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Martin Pierro (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Ronald Burnett (fresh) 1 ast. PF - James Labarge (fresh) 2 reb. C - Bertram Bowling (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rider | PG - John Perrotta (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Wysocki (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Walter Guernsey (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Gehring (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - John Alcantar (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:43 | Canisius | Martin Pierro's pass is intercepted by John Alcantar | 19-34 |
| 03:33 | Rider | Steven Wysocki connects on the fadeaway in the lane set up by James Gehring | 19-36 |
| 03:28 | Canisius | Martin Perkins drills a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Ronald Burnett | 22-36 |
| 03:05 | Rider | Ronald Burnett is called for the reach on Walter Guernsey - foul #1 on Ronald Burnett, team foul #12 | 22-36 |
| Subs | Canisius | Howard Stringer (PG), Michael Poole (SF), Jimmy Baskerville (PF), Luis Broome (C) Martin Perkins, Ronald Burnett, James Labarge, Bertram Bowling | |
| Subs | Rider | Michael Fry (C) John Alcantar | |
| 03:05 | Rider | Walter Guernsey makes the 1st free throw | 22-37 |
| 03:05 | Rider | Walter Guernsey misses the 2nd free throw | 22-37 |
| 03:05 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville pulls down the rebound | 22-37 |
| 02:37 | Canisius | Michael Fry steals it from Martin Pierro | 22-37 |
| 02:13 | Rider | Walter Guernsey misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 22-37 |
| 02:12 | Rider | Steven Wysocki grabs the offensive rebound | 22-37 |
| 02:06 | Rider | John Perrotta hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 22-37 |
| 02:05 | Canisius | Luis Broome grabs the defensive rebound | 22-37 |
| 02:03 | Canisius | John Perrotta is called for the reach on Howard Stringer in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Perrotta, team foul #6 | 22-37 |
| Subs | Canisius | Martin Perkins (PG) Martin Pierro | |
| Subs | Rider | Richard Bonnett (PF), John Alcantar (C) Walter Guernsey, Michael Fry | |
| 01:54 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville is fouled on the floor by John Perrotta - foul #2 on John Perrotta, team foul #7 | 22-37 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Rider | Stephen Williams (SF) James Gehring | |
| 01:54 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville makes the 1st free throw | 23-37 |
| 01:54 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville misses the 2nd free throw | 23-37 |
| 01:54 | Rider | John Alcantar gets the rebound | 23-37 |
| 01:47 | Rider | Martin Perkins takes the ball from John Alcantar | 23-37 |
| 01:40 | Canisius | Martin Perkins misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 23-37 |
| 01:39 | Rider | Richard Bonnett gets the rebound | 23-37 |
| 01:25 | Rider | John Alcantar knocks in the runner in the lane set up by Steven Wysocki and the foul's on Luis Broome - foul #3 on Luis Broome, team foul #13 | 23-39 |
| Subs | Canisius | James Labarge (C) Luis Broome | |
| Subs | Rider | John Middleton (SG) Steven Wysocki | |
| 01:25 | Rider | John Alcantar makes the free throw | 23-40 |
| 01:06 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 23-40 |
| 01:04 | Rider | John Alcantar grabs the defensive rebound | 23-40 |
| 00:43 | Rider | Richard Bonnett knocks in the runner near the basket on a great pass from John Middleton and he's hacked by James Labarge - foul #2 on James Labarge, team foul #14 | 23-42 |
| Subs | Canisius | Martin Pierro (SG) Howard Stringer | |
| Subs | Rider | Walter Guernsey (SF) John Perrotta | |
| 00:43 | Rider | Richard Bonnett makes the free throw | 23-43 |
| 00:27 | Canisius | Michael Poole hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 23-43 |
| 00:25 | Canisius | Jimmy Baskerville tips it back up and in | 25-43 |
| 00:20 | Rider | John Middleton makes the jumper from the baseline and the foul's on Martin Perkins - foul #2 on Martin Perkins, team foul #15 | 25-45 |
| Subs | Canisius | Stephen Carroll (SF), Louie Kerstetter (PF) Michael Poole, Jimmy Baskerville | |
| Subs | Rider | Steven Wysocki (SG) Stephen Williams | |
| 00:20 | Rider | John Middleton makes the free throw | 25-46 |
| 00:03 | Canisius | Louie Kerstetter misses short on a fadeaway in the paint | 25-46 |
| 00:02 | Rider | Richard Bonnett snags the defensive board | 25-46 |
| 00:00 | Rider | Richard Bonnett misses the fullcourt shot | 25-46 |