| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Fuchs (fresh) SG - Bruce Shreve (fresh) SF - Peter Bad (fresh) PF - Derrick Fong (fresh) C - Stuart Ried (fresh) | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Bernard Crowder (fresh) SG - Carlos Kircher (fresh) SF - Edgar Crossman (fresh) PF - Floyd Stringer (fresh) C - Tom Weiner (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | American U. | Tom Weiner wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:46 | American U. | Bernard Crowder misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Syracuse | Stuart Ried grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs is fouled in the backcourt by Bernard Crowder - foul #1 on Bernard Crowder, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:25 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs's pass is intercepted by Tom Weiner | 0-0 |
| 19:01 | American U. | The jump hook by Edgar Crossman is blocked by Stuart Ried | 0-0 |
| 19:00 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:44 | Syracuse | Peter Bad makes the driving attempt from the left block set up by Jeffrey Fuchs | 2-0 |
| 18:23 | American U. | Edgar Crossman makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Floyd Stringer | 2-2 |
| 18:13 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong scores on a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Jeffrey Fuchs and the foul's on Bernard Crowder - foul #2 on Bernard Crowder, team foul #2 | 4-2 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | American U. | Duane Horne (PG) Bernard Crowder | |
| 18:13 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong makes the free throw | 5-2 |
| 17:53 | American U. | Floyd Stringer misses badly on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Peter Bad - foul #1 on Peter Bad, team foul #1 | 5-2 |
| 17:53 | American U. | Floyd Stringer misses the 1st free throw | 5-2 |
| 17:53 | American U. | Floyd Stringer misses the 2nd free throw | 5-2 |
| 17:53 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong grabs the defensive rebound | 5-2 |
| 17:36 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong connects on the runner in the paint on a nice dish by Bruce Shreve | 7-2 |
| 17:12 | American U. | Floyd Stringer is hacked by Jeffrey Fuchs - foul #1 on Jeffrey Fuchs, team foul #2 | 7-2 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn (PF), Douglas Hopkins (C) Floyd Stringer, Tom Weiner | |
| 16:52 | American U. | Peter Bad steals it from Carlos Kircher | 7-2 |
| 16:36 | Syracuse | Carlos Kircher steals it from Derrick Fong | 7-2 |
| 16:32 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn hits the finger roll on a great pass from Carlos Kircher | 7-4 |
| 16:08 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs is hacked by Douglas Hopkins - foul #1 on Douglas Hopkins, team foul #3 | 7-4 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Russell Jolley (SG) Bruce Shreve | |
| Subs | American U. | Eric Donahoe (SF) Edgar Crossman | |
| 16:00 | Syracuse | Peter Bad clanks a jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by Eric Donahoe - foul #1 on Eric Donahoe, team foul #4 | 7-4 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Woods (C) Stuart Ried | |
| Subs | American U. | John Yancey (SF) Carlos Kircher | |
| 16:00 | Syracuse | Peter Bad makes the 1st free throw | 8-4 |
| 16:00 | Syracuse | Peter Bad makes the 2nd free throw | 9-4 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Fuchs (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Russell Jolley (fresh) SF - Peter Bad (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Derrick Fong (fresh) 5 pts. C - Robert Woods (fresh) | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Duane Horne (fresh) SG - Eric Donahoe (fresh) SF - John Yancey (fresh) PF - Woodrow Clayborn (fresh) 2 pts. C - Douglas Hopkins (fresh) | |
| 15:38 | American U. | John Yancey misses short on a fadeaway near the basket | 9-4 |
| 15:36 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong snags the defensive board | 9-4 |
| 15:07 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 9-4 |
| 15:05 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn snags the defensive board | 9-4 |
| 14:45 | American U. | Duane Horne's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-4 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve (SG), Stuart Ried (C) Russell Jolley, Robert Woods | |
| Subs | American U. | Carlos Kircher (SG), Edgar Crossman (SF), Floyd Stringer (PF), Tom Weiner (C) Duane Horne, Eric Donahoe, Woodrow Clayborn, Douglas Hopkins | |
| 14:27 | Syracuse | Edgar Crossman steals it from Peter Bad | 9-4 |
| 14:07 | American U. | Floyd Stringer knocks in the jumper near the basket set up by John Yancey | 9-6 |
| 13:56 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong can't finish the layup | 9-6 |
| 13:55 | Syracuse | Stuart Ried misses the tip | 9-6 |
| 13:54 | Syracuse | Stuart Ried can't tip it in | 9-6 |
| 13:53 | American U. | Tom Weiner grabs the defensive rebound | 9-6 |
| 13:27 | American U. | Edgar Crossman is denied on a dunk by Derrick Fong | 9-6 |
| 13:26 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs gets the rebound | 9-6 |
| 13:18 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 9-6 |
| 13:17 | American U. | Edgar Crossman snags the defensive board | 9-6 |
| 12:56 | American U. | Edgar Crossman is whistled for a carry | 9-6 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | American U. | Duane Horne (PG) John Yancey | |
| 12:44 | Syracuse | Duane Horne is called for the reach on Jeffrey Fuchs - foul #1 on Duane Horne, team foul #5 | 9-6 |
| 12:34 | Syracuse | Peter Bad can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 9-6 |
| 12:32 | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve grabs the offensive rebound | 9-6 |
| 12:21 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong misses short on a floater from the right block but he's hacked by Floyd Stringer - foul #1 on Floyd Stringer, team foul #6 | 9-6 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Woods (C) Stuart Ried | |
| Subs | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn (PF) Floyd Stringer | |
| 12:21 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong makes the 1st free throw | 10-6 |
| 12:21 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong makes the 2nd free throw | 11-6 |
| 11:57 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn is fouled on the floor by Derrick Fong - foul #1 on Derrick Fong, team foul #3 | 11-6 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Russell Jolley (SG) Bruce Shreve | |
| Subs | American U. | Douglas Hopkins (C) Tom Weiner | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Fuchs (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Russell Jolley (fresh) SF - Peter Bad (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Derrick Fong (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Woods (fresh) | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Duane Horne (fresh) SG - Carlos Kircher (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Edgar Crossman (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Woodrow Clayborn (fresh) 2 pts. C - Douglas Hopkins (fresh) | |
| 11:34 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn drills a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Douglas Hopkins | 11-8 |
| 11:21 | Syracuse | Peter Bad's fadeaway is rejected by Edgar Crossman | 11-8 |
| 11:20 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn snags the defensive board | 11-8 |
| 11:08 | American U. | Carlos Kircher can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 11-8 |
| 11:07 | American U. | Douglas Hopkins grabs the offensive board | 11-8 |
| 11:01 | American U. | Carlos Kircher misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 11-8 |
| 10:59 | American U. | Duane Horne grabs the offensive rebound | 11-8 |
| 10:50 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 11-8 |
| 10:48 | Syracuse | Peter Bad grabs the board | 11-8 |
| 10:42 | Syracuse | Peter Bad drills a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Jeffrey Fuchs | 13-8 |
| 10:40 | American U. | Jeffrey Fuchs is called for the reach on Duane Horne in the backcourt - foul #2 on Jeffrey Fuchs, team foul #4 | 13-8 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Bramblett (PG), Bruce Shreve (SG), Allen Midgette (SF), Stuart Ried (C) Jeffrey Fuchs, Russell Jolley, Peter Bad, Robert Woods | |
| Subs | American U. | Eric Donahoe (SG), John Yancey (SF), Floyd Stringer (PF) Carlos Kircher, Edgar Crossman, Douglas Hopkins | |
| 10:28 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn banks in the layup on a great pass from Duane Horne | 13-10 |
| 10:13 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Paul Bramblett | 15-10 |
| 09:57 | American U. | Allen Midgette steps in front of the Eric Donahoe pass | 15-10 |
| 09:42 | Syracuse | John Yancey is called for the reach on Stuart Ried - foul #1 on John Yancey, team foul #7 | 15-10 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Peter Bad (SF), Robert Woods (PF) Allen Midgette, Derrick Fong | |
| Subs | American U. | Carlos Kircher (SG), Edgar Crossman (SF), Tom Weiner (C) Duane Horne, Eric Donahoe, Woodrow Clayborn | |
| 09:42 | Syracuse | Stuart Ried misses the 1st free throw | 15-10 |
| 09:42 | American U. | Tom Weiner grabs the board | 15-10 |
| 09:32 | American U. | Floyd Stringer hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block | 15-10 |
| 09:31 | Syracuse | Robert Woods gets the rebound | 15-10 |
| 09:08 | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 15-10 |
| 09:07 | Syracuse | Peter Bad grabs the offensive rebound | 15-10 |
| 08:41 | Syracuse | Peter Bad misses the fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by John Yancey - foul #2 on John Yancey, team foul #8 | 15-10 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Derrick Fong (PF) Robert Woods | |
| Subs | American U. | Ivan Mikulski (PG), Woodrow Clayborn (PF) John Yancey, Floyd Stringer | |
| 08:41 | Syracuse | Peter Bad makes the 1st free throw | 16-10 |
| 08:41 | Syracuse | Peter Bad makes the 2nd free throw | 17-10 |
| 08:21 | American U. | Edgar Crossman's floater is knocked away by Stuart Ried | 17-10 |
| 08:19 | American U. | Tom Weiner snags the offensive board | 17-10 |
| 07:57 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Carlos Kircher | 17-13 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Paul Bramblett (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bruce Shreve (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Peter Bad (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Derrick Fong (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Stuart Ried (fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Ivan Mikulski (fresh) SG - Carlos Kircher (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Edgar Crossman (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Woodrow Clayborn (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Tom Weiner (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:34 | Syracuse | Tom Weiner swats the layup by Derrick Fong | 17-13 |
| 07:33 | American U. | Tom Weiner gets the rebound | 17-13 |
| 07:28 | American U. | Edgar Crossman is whistled for traveling | 17-13 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Russell Jolley (SG), Allen Midgette (SF) Bruce Shreve, Peter Bad | |
| Subs | American U. | Duane Horne (PG), Floyd Stringer (PF) Ivan Mikulski, Woodrow Clayborn | |
| 07:20 | Syracuse | Paul Bramblett is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Paul Bramblett, team foul #5 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Woods (C) Stuart Ried | |
| Subs | American U. | Eric Donahoe (SG), Douglas Hopkins (C) Carlos Kircher, Tom Weiner | |
| 07:11 | American U. | Douglas Hopkins comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 17-13 |
| 07:10 | American U. | Edgar Crossman tips it in | 17-15 |
| 06:55 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong drills a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Russell Jolley | 19-15 |
| 06:40 | American U. | Duane Horne makes the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Edgar Crossman | 19-17 |
| 06:17 | Syracuse | Russell Jolley knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Allen Midgette | 22-17 |
| 05:57 | American U. | Duane Horne misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Paul Bramblett - foul #2 on Paul Bramblett, team foul #6 | 22-17 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve (SG), Peter Bad (SF), Stuart Ried (C) Paul Bramblett, Allen Midgette, Derrick Fong | |
| Subs | American U. | Carlos Kircher (SG), Woodrow Clayborn (PF), Tom Weiner (C) Edgar Crossman, Floyd Stringer, Douglas Hopkins | |
| 05:57 | American U. | Duane Horne makes the 1st free throw | 22-18 |
| 05:57 | American U. | Duane Horne makes the 2nd free throw | 22-19 |
| 05:40 | Syracuse | Eric Donahoe is called for the reach on Peter Bad - foul #2 on Eric Donahoe, team foul #9 | 22-19 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | American U. | Douglas Hopkins (SF) Eric Donahoe | |
| 05:40 | Syracuse | Peter Bad makes the 1st free throw | 23-19 |
| 05:40 | Syracuse | Peter Bad makes the 2nd free throw | 24-19 |
| 05:18 | American U. | Douglas Hopkins comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 24-19 |
| 05:17 | Syracuse | Robert Woods gets the rebound | 24-19 |
| 05:11 | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve can't connect on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Douglas Hopkins - foul #2 on Douglas Hopkins, team foul #10 | 24-19 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Derrick Fong (PF) Robert Woods | |
| Subs | American U. | Edgar Crossman (SF) Douglas Hopkins | |
| 05:11 | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve makes the 1st free throw | 25-19 |
| 05:11 | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve makes the 2nd free throw | 26-19 |
| 04:53 | American U. | Carlos Kircher misses long on a floater near the basket but the foul's on Russell Jolley - foul #1 on Russell Jolley, team foul #7 | 26-19 |
| 04:53 | American U. | Carlos Kircher misses the 1st free throw | 26-19 |
| 04:53 | American U. | Carlos Kircher makes the 2nd free throw | 26-20 |
| 04:32 | Syracuse | Peter Bad misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 26-20 |
| 04:31 | American U. | The rebound goes to Tom Weiner | 26-20 |
| 04:12 | American U. | Carlos Kircher hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 26-20 |
| 04:10 | Syracuse | Stuart Ried grabs the board | 26-20 |
| 04:02 | Syracuse | Duane Horne is called for the reach on Russell Jolley - foul #2 on Duane Horne, team foul #11 | 26-20 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | American U. | Ivan Mikulski (PG), Floyd Stringer (PF) Duane Horne, Tom Weiner | |
| 04:02 | Syracuse | Russell Jolley makes the 1st free throw | 27-20 |
| 04:02 | Syracuse | Russell Jolley misses the 2nd free throw | 27-20 |
| 04:02 | American U. | Woodrow Clayborn snags the defensive board | 27-20 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Russell Jolley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bruce Shreve (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Peter Bad (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Derrick Fong (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Stuart Ried (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Ivan Mikulski (fresh) SG - Carlos Kircher (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Edgar Crossman (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Floyd Stringer (fresh) 2 pts. C - Woodrow Clayborn (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:52 | American U. | Floyd Stringer misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 27-20 |
| 03:51 | American U. | Carlos Kircher pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-20 |
| 03:39 | American U. | Floyd Stringer is fouled on the floor by Bruce Shreve - foul #1 on Bruce Shreve, team foul #8 | 27-20 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs (PG), Paul Bramblett (SG) Russell Jolley, Bruce Shreve | |
| Subs | American U. | Bernard Crowder (PG), Eric Donahoe (SF) Ivan Mikulski, Edgar Crossman | |
| 03:39 | American U. | Floyd Stringer misses the 1st free throw | 27-20 |
| 03:39 | Syracuse | Stuart Ried gets the rebound | 27-20 |
| 03:23 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong hits a fadeaway from close range set up by Paul Bramblett | 29-20 |
| 03:13 | American U. | Peter Bad steals it from Floyd Stringer | 29-20 |
| 03:10 | Syracuse | Peter Bad jams it | 31-20 |
| 02:54 | American U. | Carlos Kircher hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range | 31-20 |
| 02:53 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong snags the defensive board | 31-20 |
| 02:48 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Fuchs's pass is intercepted by Carlos Kircher | 31-20 |
| 02:19 | American U. | Carlos Kircher hits a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Eric Donahoe | 31-22 |
| 01:59 | Syracuse | Paul Bramblett knocks in the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Jeffrey Fuchs | 33-22 |
| 01:48 | American U. | Peter Bad is called for the reach on Eric Donahoe - foul #2 on Peter Bad, team foul #9 | 33-22 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve (SG), Allen Midgette (SF), Robert Woods (PF), Cesar Gallo (C) Paul Bramblett, Peter Bad, Derrick Fong, Stuart Ried | |
| Subs | American U. | Edgar Crossman (SF), Douglas Hopkins (PF), Tom Weiner (C) Carlos Kircher, Floyd Stringer, Woodrow Clayborn | |
| 01:48 | American U. | Eric Donahoe misses the 1st free throw | 33-22 |
| 01:48 | Syracuse | Cesar Gallo pulls down the rebound | 33-22 |
| 01:23 | Syracuse | Bruce Shreve throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-22 |
| 01:01 | American U. | Tom Weiner banks in the layup on a nice dish by Eric Donahoe | 33-24 |
| 00:39 | Syracuse | Robert Woods throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-24 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Peter Bad (SF) Allen Midgette | |
| Subs | American U. | Carlos Kircher (SG) Douglas Hopkins | |
| 00:14 | American U. | Bernard Crowder is called for traveling | 33-24 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Derrick Fong (PF) Cesar Gallo | |
| Subs | American U. | Duane Horne (PG), Douglas Hopkins (PF) Bernard Crowder, Eric Donahoe | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Derrick Fong's fadeaway is rejected by Douglas Hopkins | 33-24 |