| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Julian Cole (fresh) SG - Jeremy Conn (fresh) SF - Russ Vicini (fresh) PF - Gary Lucero (fresh) C - Gerald Banes (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Charlie Kyzer (fresh) SG - Courtney Mattingly (fresh) SF - Dustin Paige (fresh) PF - Brad Jarboe (fresh) C - Wayne Kells (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:43 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells loses the dribble to Jeremy Conn | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini lays it up and in on a great pass from Jeremy Conn | 2-0 |
| 19:38 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer is hacked by Julian Cole in the backcourt - foul #1 on Julian Cole, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:19 | Cal State Northridge | Courtney Mattingly drills a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Wayne Kells | 2-2 |
| 19:01 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 2-2 |
| 18:59 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:52 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe can't finish the layup | 2-2 |
| 18:50 | Cal State Northridge | Dustin Paige snags the offensive board | 2-2 |
| 18:32 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 2-2 |
| 18:31 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero snags the defensive board | 2-2 |
| 18:27 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 18:25 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells gets the rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:04 | Cal State Northridge | Dustin Paige comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Russ Vicini - foul #1 on Russ Vicini, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| 18:04 | Cal State Northridge | Dustin Paige misses the 1st free throw | 2-2 |
| 18:04 | Cal State Northridge | Dustin Paige makes the 2nd free throw | 2-3 |
| 17:48 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini comes up short on the shot in the paint but he's hacked by Brad Jarboe - foul #1 on Brad Jarboe, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 17:48 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini misses the 1st free throw | 2-3 |
| 17:48 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini makes the 2nd free throw | 3-3 |
| 17:35 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 3-3 |
| 17:33 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe tips it home | 3-5 |
| 17:18 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 6-5 |
| 17:07 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 6-5 |
| 17:06 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini grabs the board | 6-5 |
| 16:59 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 6-5 |
| 16:58 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells snags the defensive board | 6-5 |
| 16:53 | Cal State Northridge | Courtney Mattingly is called for traveling | 6-5 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | David Mayer (C) Gerald Banes | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning (SF), Thomas Levitt (C) Dustin Paige, Wayne Kells | |
| 16:41 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 8-5 |
| 16:23 | Cal State Northridge | Thomas Levitt buries a shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Richard Berning | 8-7 |
| 16:02 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn travels with the ball | 8-7 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Keith Langan (PG), Leland Alligood (SG), Daniel White (PF), Philip Gibson (C) Julian Cole, Jeremy Conn, Russ Vicini, Gary Lucero | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Allen Irby (PG), Charles Barnes (SG), William Conley (C) Charlie Kyzer, Courtney Mattingly, Brad Jarboe | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Keith Langan (fresh) SG - Leland Alligood (fresh) SF - David Mayer (fresh) PF - Daniel White (fresh) C - Philip Gibson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Allen Irby (fresh) SG - Charles Barnes (fresh) SF - Richard Berning (fresh) PF - Thomas Levitt (fresh) 2 pts. C - William Conley (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Cal State Northridge | William Conley misses the lay-in | 8-7 |
| 15:32 | UC Irvine | David Mayer snags the defensive board | 8-7 |
| 15:27 | UC Irvine | A charge is called on Keith Langan - foul #1 on Keith Langan, team foul #3 | 8-7 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes (C) Philip Gibson | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Dustin Paige (SF), Wayne Kells (C) Thomas Levitt, William Conley | |
| 15:03 | Cal State Northridge | Charles Barnes blows the layup but he's hacked by Leland Alligood - foul #1 on Leland Alligood, team foul #4 | 8-7 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Julian Cole (PG) Daniel White | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | | |
| 15:03 | Cal State Northridge | Charles Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 8-8 |
| 15:03 | Cal State Northridge | Charles Barnes makes the 2nd free throw | 8-9 |
| 14:49 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole is fouled on the floor by Wayne Kells - foul #1 on Wayne Kells, team foul #2 | 8-9 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn (SG) Leland Alligood | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer (PG) Charles Barnes | |
| 14:30 | UC Irvine | Keith Langan can't connect on a shot near the basket but he's hacked by Allen Irby - foul #1 on Allen Irby, team foul #3 | 8-9 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini (SF), Gary Lucero (PF) Julian Cole, David Mayer | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Courtney Mattingly (SG), Brad Jarboe (PF) Allen Irby, Richard Berning | |
| 14:30 | UC Irvine | Keith Langan makes the 1st free throw | 9-9 |
| 14:30 | UC Irvine | Keith Langan misses the 2nd free throw | 9-9 |
| 14:30 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe snags the defensive board | 9-9 |
| 14:06 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells misses badly on a jumper near the basket | 9-9 |
| 14:04 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe tips it home | 9-11 |
| 13:45 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 9-11 |
| 13:43 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells pulls down the rebound | 9-11 |
| 13:33 | Cal State Northridge | Courtney Mattingly misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 9-11 |
| 13:32 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells gets the offensive rebound | 9-11 |
| 13:24 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells is hacked by Gerald Banes - foul #1 on Gerald Banes, team foul #5 | 9-11 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Julian Cole (PG), David Mayer (C) Keith Langan, Gerald Banes | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning (SF) Dustin Paige | |
| 13:02 | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning is denied on a layup by Gary Lucero | 9-11 |
| 13:01 | UC Irvine | David Mayer pulls down the rebound | 9-11 |
| 12:44 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn can't throw it down | 9-11 |
| 12:42 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn tips it back up and in | 11-11 |
| 12:27 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 11-11 |
| 12:25 | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning tips it home | 11-13 |
| 12:13 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 11-13 |
| 12:12 | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning pulls down the rebound | 11-13 |
| 12:01 | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning makes the fadeaway in the paint | 11-15 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Julian Cole (fresh) SG - Jeremy Conn (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Russ Vicini (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Gary Lucero (fairly fresh) C - David Mayer (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Charlie Kyzer (fairly fresh) SG - Courtney Mattingly (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard Berning (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Brad Jarboe (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Wayne Kells (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 11:46 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole loses the dribble to Charlie Kyzer | 11-15 |
| 11:17 | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Gary Lucero - foul #1 on Gary Lucero, team foul #6 | 11-15 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Leland Alligood (SG), Keith Langan (SF), Daniel White (PF), Gerald Banes (C) Jeremy Conn, Russ Vicini, Gary Lucero, David Mayer | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Allen Irby (PG), Charles Barnes (SG), Dustin Paige (SF), Thomas Levitt (C) Charlie Kyzer, Courtney Mattingly, Brad Jarboe, Wayne Kells | |
| 11:17 | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning misses the 1st free throw | 11-15 |
| 11:17 | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning makes the 2nd free throw | 11-16 |
| 10:55 | UC Irvine | Keith Langan drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Julian Cole | 14-16 |
| 10:33 | Cal State Northridge | Dustin Paige misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 14-16 |
| 10:31 | UC Irvine | Daniel White pulls down the rebound | 14-16 |
| 10:10 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole throws a bad pass out of bounds | 14-16 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | William Conley (C) Richard Berning | |
| 10:00 | Cal State Northridge | Thomas Levitt misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 14-16 |
| 09:59 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Gerald Banes | 14-16 |
| 09:52 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Daniel White | 17-16 |
| 09:40 | Cal State Northridge | William Conley buries a floater near the basket on a great pass from Thomas Levitt | 17-18 |
| 09:19 | UC Irvine | Daniel White drills a shot from the left side | 19-18 |
| 09:15 | Cal State Northridge | Allen Irby misses short on a jumper from the left wing | 19-18 |
| 09:13 | UC Irvine | Keith Langan pulls down the rebound | 19-18 |
| 08:50 | UC Irvine | Daniel White misses the fadeaway from the right side | 19-18 |
| 08:49 | UC Irvine | Daniel White hits the follow up shot | 21-18 |
| 08:34 | Cal State Northridge | Charles Barnes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 21-18 |
| 08:32 | UC Irvine | Keith Langan pulls down the rebound | 21-18 |
| 08:15 | UC Irvine | Leland Alligood is whistled for traveling | 21-18 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn (SG), Russ Vicini (SF), Gary Lucero (PF), David Mayer (C) Julian Cole, Keith Langan, Daniel White, Gerald Banes | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer (PG), Courtney Mattingly (SG), Richard Berning (SF), Brad Jarboe (PF), Wayne Kells (C) Allen Irby, Charles Barnes, Dustin Paige, Thomas Levitt, William Conley | |
| 07:59 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer makes the 3 from straight away | 21-21 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Leland Alligood (fresh) SG - Jeremy Conn (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Russ Vicini (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Gary Lucero (fresh) C - David Mayer (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Charlie Kyzer (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Courtney Mattingly (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard Berning (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Brad Jarboe (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Wayne Kells (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 07:49 | UC Irvine | Charlie Kyzer picks off the pass by Russ Vicini | 21-21 |
| 07:31 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe knocks in the shot from the left wing | 21-23 |
| 07:28 | UC Irvine | Charlie Kyzer steals it from Leland Alligood in the backcourt | 21-23 |
| 07:18 | Cal State Northridge | Leland Alligood is called for the reach on Wayne Kells - foul #2 on Leland Alligood, team foul #7 | 21-23 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Blake Fergerson (PG) Leland Alligood | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | | |
| 07:18 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells misses the 1st free throw | 21-23 |
| 07:18 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Gary Lucero | 21-23 |
| 07:14 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn blows the layup but he's hacked by Courtney Mattingly - foul #1 on Courtney Mattingly, team foul #4 | 21-23 |
| 07:14 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn makes the 1st free throw | 22-23 |
| 07:14 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn makes the 2nd free throw | 23-23 |
| 07:00 | Cal State Northridge | David Mayer picks off the pass by Charlie Kyzer | 23-23 |
| 06:42 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero scores on a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Jeremy Conn | 25-23 |
| 06:30 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer buries a jumper from the left wing set up by Courtney Mattingly | 25-25 |
| 06:15 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Wayne Kells - foul #2 on Wayne Kells, team foul #5 | 25-25 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Julian Cole (PG), Gerald Banes (C) Blake Fergerson, David Mayer | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Dustin Paige (SF), Thomas Levitt (C) Richard Berning, Wayne Kells | |
| 06:15 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini makes the 1st free throw | 26-25 |
| 06:15 | UC Irvine | Russ Vicini makes the 2nd free throw | 27-25 |
| 06:04 | Cal State Northridge | Jeremy Conn steps in front of the Dustin Paige pass | 27-25 |
| 05:53 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 27-25 |
| 05:52 | Cal State Northridge | The rebound goes to Brad Jarboe | 27-25 |
| 05:37 | Cal State Northridge | Julian Cole is called for the reach on Charlie Kyzer - foul #2 on Julian Cole, team foul #8 | 27-25 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Keith Langan (PG), David Mayer (PF) Julian Cole, Gary Lucero | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | | |
| 05:37 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer makes the 1st free throw | 27-26 |
| 05:37 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer makes the 2nd free throw | 27-27 |
| 05:16 | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes hits a floater from the left wing set up by Keith Langan and he's hacked by Thomas Levitt - foul #1 on Thomas Levitt, team foul #6 | 29-27 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Daniel White (PF) Russ Vicini | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Allen Irby (SG), Richard Berning (PF) Courtney Mattingly, Brad Jarboe | |
| 05:16 | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes makes the free throw | 30-27 |
| 05:00 | Cal State Northridge | Keith Langan steals it from Charlie Kyzer | 30-27 |
| 04:34 | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint | 30-27 |
| 04:32 | UC Irvine | Daniel White gets the offensive rebound | 30-27 |
| 04:27 | UC Irvine | David Mayer misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 30-27 |
| 04:25 | Cal State Northridge | Thomas Levitt grabs the board | 30-27 |
| 04:05 | Cal State Northridge | Richard Berning jams it set up by Allen Irby | 30-29 |
| 03:47 | UC Irvine | Keith Langan makes the pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Jeremy Conn | 32-29 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Keith Langan (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeremy Conn (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - David Mayer (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Daniel White (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Gerald Banes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Charlie Kyzer (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 stl. SG - Allen Irby (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dustin Paige (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Richard Berning (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Levitt (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:42 | Cal State Northridge | Thomas Levitt misses the driving attempt from the baseline | 32-29 |
| 03:40 | UC Irvine | David Mayer snags the defensive board | 32-29 |
| 03:32 | UC Irvine | David Mayer travels with the ball | 32-29 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Julian Cole (PG), Russ Vicini (SF), Gary Lucero (PF), Philip Gibson (C) Jeremy Conn, David Mayer, Daniel White, Gerald Banes | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Courtney Mattingly (SG), Charles Barnes (SF), Brad Jarboe (PF), Wayne Kells (C) Charlie Kyzer, Dustin Paige, Richard Berning, Thomas Levitt | |
| 03:19 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe's pass is intercepted by Gary Lucero | 32-29 |
| 03:03 | UC Irvine | Brad Jarboe denies the turnaround by Keith Langan | 32-29 |
| 03:01 | Cal State Northridge | Charles Barnes grabs the board | 32-29 |
| 02:43 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells makes the driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Courtney Mattingly and he's hacked by Keith Langan - foul #2 on Keith Langan, team foul #9 | 32-31 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Leland Alligood (SG) Keith Langan | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | | |
| 02:43 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells misses the free throw | 32-31 |
| 02:43 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero grabs the defensive rebound | 32-31 |
| 02:36 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero clanks a floater from the left side | 32-31 |
| 02:34 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells gets the rebound | 32-31 |
| 02:08 | Cal State Northridge | Charles Barnes misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 32-31 |
| 02:06 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero pulls down the rebound | 32-31 |
| 01:45 | UC Irvine | Charles Barnes is called for the reach on Gary Lucero - foul #1 on Charles Barnes, team foul #7 | 32-31 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn (SG), David Mayer (C) Leland Alligood, Philip Gibson | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer (PG), Dustin Paige (SF) Allen Irby, Charles Barnes | |
| 01:45 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero makes the 1st free throw | 33-31 |
| 01:45 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero makes the 2nd free throw | 34-31 |
| 01:17 | Cal State Northridge | Courtney Mattingly loses the ball out of bounds | 34-31 |
| 01:05 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole is fouled on the floor by Charlie Kyzer - foul #1 on Charlie Kyzer, team foul #8 | 34-31 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes (C) David Mayer | |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | | |
| 01:05 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole makes the 1st free throw | 35-31 |
| 01:05 | UC Irvine | Julian Cole makes the 2nd free throw | 36-31 |
| 00:48 | Cal State Northridge | Charlie Kyzer comes up short on the floater from the right side | 36-31 |
| 00:46 | Cal State Northridge | Wayne Kells tips it back up and in | 36-33 |
| 00:33 | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 36-33 |
| 00:31 | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes gets the offensive rebound | 36-33 |
| 00:19 | UC Irvine | Gary Lucero misses short on a fadeaway from the baseline | 36-33 |
| 00:18 | UC Irvine | Jeremy Conn hits the follow up shot | 38-33 |
| 00:02 | Cal State Northridge | Brad Jarboe misses the jumper near the basket | 38-33 |
| 00:01 | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes grabs the board | 38-33 |
| 00:00 | UC Irvine | Gerald Banes misses short on a fullcourt shot | 38-33 |