| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - James Quinn (fresh) SG - Charles Chamberlin (fresh) SF - Tom Coleman (fresh) PF - Raymond Seiter (fresh) C - James Durst (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fresh) SG - Joel Brown (fresh) SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) PF - Clarence Page (fresh) C - Joe Lloyd (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:31 | Louisiana Tech | Eugene Danner swats the dunk try by Raymond Seiter | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter tips it in | 2-0 |
| 19:09 | Temple | Joel Brown buries a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Richard Osborne | 2-2 |
| 18:59 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman comes up short on the shot from the right side | 2-2 |
| 18:58 | Temple | Joe Lloyd snags the defensive board | 2-2 |
| 18:47 | Temple | Clarence Page lays it up and in set up by Joel Brown and the foul's on Charles Chamberlin - foul #1 on Charles Chamberlin, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 18:47 | Temple | Clarence Page misses the free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:47 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Raymond Seiter | 2-4 |
| 18:30 | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 2-4 |
| 18:29 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter tips it in | 4-4 |
| 18:00 | Temple | Joe Lloyd drills a floater near the basket | 4-6 |
| 17:58 | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 4-6 |
| 17:42 | Temple | The jump hook by Joel Brown is blocked by James Durst | 4-6 |
| 17:41 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Chamberlin grabs the defensive rebound | 4-6 |
| 17:25 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Lloyd denies the turnaround by Tom Coleman | 4-6 |
| 17:23 | Temple | The rebound goes to Eugene Danner | 4-6 |
| 16:55 | Temple | Eugene Danner is whistled for traveling | 4-6 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon (SG), Todd Cooley (C) Charles Chamberlin, James Durst | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 16:36 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter misses long on a floater from the left side | 4-6 |
| 16:34 | Temple | The rebound goes to Clarence Page | 4-6 |
| 16:12 | Temple | Eugene Danner comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 4-6 |
| 16:10 | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon snags the defensive board | 4-6 |
| 15:59 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-6 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Eugene Lofgren (PG), Andrew Dejesus (SF), James Durst (C) James Quinn, Tom Coleman, Raymond Seiter | |
| Subs | Temple | Donald Alexander (PG), Lawrence Tucker (SG), Robert Griffin (PF) Richard Osborne, Joel Brown, Clarence Page | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Eugene Lofgren (fresh) SG - Sean Bragdon (fresh) SF - Andrew Dejesus (fresh) PF - Todd Cooley (fresh) C - James Durst (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Donald Alexander (fresh) SG - Lawrence Tucker (fresh) SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) PF - Robert Griffin (fresh) C - Joe Lloyd (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:32 | Temple | Donald Alexander misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 4-6 |
| 15:31 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst snags the defensive board | 4-6 |
| 15:07 | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 4-6 |
| 15:06 | Temple | Robert Griffin snags the defensive board | 4-6 |
| 14:37 | Temple | Joe Lloyd is hacked by Andrew Dejesus - foul #1 on Andrew Dejesus, team foul #2 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn (PG), Charles Chamberlin (SG), Tom Coleman (SF), James Nelson (C) Eugene Lofgren, Sean Bragdon, Todd Cooley, James Durst | |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG), Joel Brown (SG), Brandon Hall (SF), Clarence Page (PF) Donald Alexander, Lawrence Tucker, Eugene Danner, Robert Griffin | |
| 14:22 | Temple | Joel Brown throws a bad pass out of bounds | 4-6 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter (PF) Andrew Dejesus | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 14:03 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Lloyd steps in front of the Charles Chamberlin pass | 4-6 |
| 13:58 | Temple | Richard Osborne clanks a floater in the lane | 4-6 |
| 13:57 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Chamberlin gets the rebound | 4-6 |
| 13:45 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Chamberlin hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 4-6 |
| 13:44 | Temple | Richard Osborne pulls down the rebound | 4-6 |
| 13:39 | Temple | James Nelson is called for the reach on Joel Brown - foul #1 on James Nelson, team foul #3 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Durst (C) James Nelson | |
| Subs | Temple | Eugene Danner (SF), Robert Griffin (C) Brandon Hall, Joe Lloyd | |
| 13:10 | Temple | Joel Brown's layup is rejected by James Durst | 4-6 |
| 13:08 | Temple | Eugene Danner grabs the offensive rebound | 4-6 |
| 12:41 | Temple | Joel Brown comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Tom Coleman - foul #1 on Tom Coleman, team foul #4 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon (PG), Andrew Dejesus (SG) James Quinn, Charles Chamberlin | |
| Subs | Temple | Burton Lee (C) Clarence Page | |
| 12:41 | Temple | Joel Brown makes the 1st free throw | 4-7 |
| 12:41 | Temple | Joel Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 4-8 |
| 12:30 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Griffin | 4-8 |
| 12:28 | Temple | Burton Lee grabs the board | 4-8 |
| 12:23 | Temple | Sean Bragdon picks off the pass by Burton Lee | 4-8 |
| 12:20 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus banks in the layup on a great pass from Sean Bragdon | 6-8 |
| 11:56 | Temple | Robert Griffin misses badly on a floater from close range | 6-8 |
| 11:54 | Temple | Robert Griffin tips it in | 6-10 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Sean Bragdon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Andrew Dejesus (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Tom Coleman (fresh) PF - Raymond Seiter (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - James Durst (fairly fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Joel Brown (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Griffin (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Burton Lee (fresh) | |
| 11:46 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst makes the shot from the left wing | 8-10 |
| 11:31 | Temple | Richard Osborne misses the shot from the right wing | 8-10 |
| 11:30 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Andrew Dejesus | 8-10 |
| 11:08 | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 8-10 |
| 11:06 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst tips it home | 10-10 |
| 10:40 | Temple | Joel Brown hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Richard Osborne and the foul's on Andrew Dejesus - foul #2 on Andrew Dejesus, team foul #5 | 10-12 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn (PG), Charles Chamberlin (SG), Kristopher Jasmin (SF), Todd Cooley (PF), James Nelson (C) Sean Bragdon, Andrew Dejesus, Tom Coleman, Raymond Seiter, James Durst | |
| Subs | Temple | Donald Alexander (PG), Brandon Hall (SF), Clarence Page (PF), Joe Lloyd (C) Richard Osborne, Eugene Danner, Robert Griffin, Burton Lee | |
| 10:40 | Temple | Joel Brown misses the free throw | 10-12 |
| 10:40 | Louisiana Tech | Todd Cooley pulls down the rebound | 10-12 |
| 10:17 | Louisiana Tech | 3 seconds is called on James Quinn | 10-12 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Temple | Lawrence Tucker (SG) Joel Brown | |
| 09:57 | Temple | Joe Lloyd is hacked by James Quinn - foul #1 on James Quinn, team foul #6 | 10-12 |
| 09:45 | Temple | Donald Alexander misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 10-12 |
| 09:43 | Louisiana Tech | James Nelson pulls down the rebound | 10-12 |
| 09:30 | Louisiana Tech | James Nelson is fouled on the floor by Joe Lloyd - foul #1 on Joe Lloyd, team foul #1 | 10-12 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon (SG) Charles Chamberlin | |
| Subs | Temple | Eugene Danner (SF) Brandon Hall | |
| 09:19 | Louisiana Tech | Kristopher Jasmin misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 10-12 |
| 09:18 | Temple | Joe Lloyd snags the defensive board | 10-12 |
| 08:59 | Temple | Eugene Danner connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Joe Lloyd | 10-15 |
| 08:39 | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon knocks in the shot from the left side and he's fouled by Eugene Danner - foul #1 on Eugene Danner, team foul #2 | 12-15 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman (SF), Raymond Seiter (PF), James Durst (C) Kristopher Jasmin, Todd Cooley, James Nelson | |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG), Robert Griffin (C) Donald Alexander, Joe Lloyd | |
| 08:39 | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon makes the free throw | 13-15 |
| 08:14 | Temple | Clarence Page is hacked by Raymond Seiter - foul #1 on Raymond Seiter, team foul #7 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Charles Chamberlin (SG) Sean Bragdon | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 08:14 | Temple | Clarence Page misses the 1st free throw | 13-15 |
| 08:14 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter pulls down the rebound | 13-15 |
| 07:57 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Chamberlin misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 13-15 |
| 07:56 | Louisiana Tech | Raymond Seiter can't tip it in | 13-15 |
| 07:54 | Temple | The rebound goes to Eugene Danner | 13-15 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - James Quinn (fresh) SG - Charles Chamberlin (fresh) SF - Tom Coleman (fresh) PF - Raymond Seiter (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - James Durst (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Tucker (fresh) SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clarence Page (fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Griffin (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:35 | Temple | Richard Osborne throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-15 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon (PG) James Quinn | |
| Subs | Temple | Brandon Hall (SG), Burton Lee (C) Lawrence Tucker, Clarence Page | |
| 07:16 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the paint but he's fouled by Richard Osborne - foul #1 on Richard Osborne, team foul #3 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Temple | Joel Brown (SG), Joe Lloyd (C) Brandon Hall, Burton Lee | |
| 07:16 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst makes the 1st free throw | 14-15 |
| 07:16 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst makes the 2nd free throw | 15-15 |
| 06:58 | Temple | Eugene Danner is whistled for a carry | 15-15 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Eugene Lofgren (PG), Todd Cooley (PF), James Nelson (C) Charles Chamberlin, Raymond Seiter, James Durst | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 06:39 | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon is hacked by Richard Osborne - foul #2 on Richard Osborne, team foul #4 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn (PG) Eugene Lofgren | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 06:34 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 15-15 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Temple | Brandon Hall (SF) Eugene Danner | |
| 06:05 | Temple | Richard Osborne misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 15-15 |
| 06:04 | Temple | Robert Griffin tips it in | 15-17 |
| 05:49 | Louisiana Tech | Todd Cooley can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 15-17 |
| 05:47 | Louisiana Tech | Todd Cooley misses the tip | 15-17 |
| 05:45 | Temple | Robert Griffin grabs the board | 15-17 |
| 05:24 | Temple | Robert Griffin buries a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Joel Brown | 15-19 |
| 05:10 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman drills a fadeaway from the right side set up by James Nelson | 17-19 |
| 04:49 | Temple | Joel Brown misses the shot from the free throw line | 17-19 |
| 04:47 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman grabs the defensive rebound | 17-19 |
| 04:22 | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-19 |
| 04:20 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Coleman tips it in | 19-19 |
| 04:01 | Temple | Richard Osborne comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by James Quinn - foul #2 on James Quinn, team foul #8 | 19-19 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Eugene Lofgren (PG), Charles Chamberlin (SG), Kristopher Jasmin (SF), Raymond Seiter (PF), James Durst (C) James Quinn, Sean Bragdon, Tom Coleman, Todd Cooley, James Nelson | |
| Subs | Temple | Lawrence Tucker (SG), Eugene Danner (SF), Clarence Page (PF), Burton Lee (C) Joel Brown, Brandon Hall, Robert Griffin, Joe Lloyd | |
| 04:01 | Temple | Richard Osborne misses the 1st free throw | 19-19 |
| 04:01 | Temple | Richard Osborne makes the 2nd free throw | 19-20 |
| 03:43 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Chamberlin misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 19-20 |
| 03:41 | Temple | Clarence Page pulls down the rebound | 19-20 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Eugene Lofgren (fresh) SG - Charles Chamberlin (fresh) SF - Kristopher Jasmin (fresh) PF - Raymond Seiter (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - James Durst (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Richard Osborne (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence Tucker (fresh) SF - Eugene Danner (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clarence Page (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Burton Lee (fresh) | |
| 03:12 | Temple | Clarence Page misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Raymond Seiter - foul #2 on Raymond Seiter, team foul #9 | 19-20 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Dejesus (SF) Kristopher Jasmin | |
| Subs | Temple | Donald Alexander (PG) Richard Osborne | |
| 03:12 | Temple | Clarence Page makes the 1st free throw | 19-21 |
| 03:12 | Temple | Clarence Page makes the 2nd free throw | 19-22 |
| 02:49 | Louisiana Tech | James Durst drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 22-22 |
| 02:29 | Temple | Eugene Danner hits the front of the rim on the runner from the baseline but he's hacked by Raymond Seiter - foul #3 on Raymond Seiter, team foul #10 | 22-22 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn (PG), Tom Coleman (SF) Eugene Lofgren, Raymond Seiter | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 02:29 | Temple | Eugene Danner makes the 1st free throw | 22-23 |
| 02:29 | Temple | Eugene Danner makes the 2nd free throw | 22-24 |
| 02:09 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Chamberlin is called for traveling | 22-24 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Temple | Joel Brown (SG) Lawrence Tucker | |
| 01:42 | Temple | Clarence Page scores on a jump hook from the left block set up by Donald Alexander | 22-26 |
| 01:28 | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn double dribbles | 22-26 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Todd Cooley (PF) Charles Chamberlin | |
| Subs | Temple | Robert Griffin (C) Burton Lee | |
| 01:07 | Temple | Robert Griffin hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline but the foul's on James Durst - foul #1 on James Durst, team foul #11 | 22-26 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Sean Bragdon (SG) James Durst | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 01:07 | Temple | Robert Griffin misses the 1st free throw | 22-26 |
| 01:07 | Temple | Robert Griffin makes the 2nd free throw | 22-27 |
| 00:45 | Louisiana Tech | James Quinn makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 25-27 |
| 00:16 | Temple | Robert Griffin is whistled for traveling | 25-27 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Eugene Lofgren (PG), James Nelson (C) James Quinn, Tom Coleman | |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Osborne (PG), Lawrence Tucker (SG), Joe Lloyd (C) Donald Alexander, Joel Brown, Clarence Page | |
| 00:04 | Louisiana Tech | Todd Cooley buries a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Eugene Lofgren | 27-27 |
| 00:00 | Temple | Richard Osborne misses long on a halfcourt shot | 27-27 |