| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Oscar Ratner (fresh) SG - David Fuerstenberg (fresh) SF - Charles Heath (fresh) PF - Kelvin Thomas (fresh) C - Charles Dolce (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Florida | South Florida is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:37 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein misses badly on a driving attempt from close range | 0-0 |
| 19:35 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt tips it home | 2-0 |
| 19:22 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner can't connect on a turnaround from close range but he's hacked by Bradley Ziegenbein - foul #1 on Bradley Ziegenbein, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:22 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 19:22 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 19:07 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the wide open fadeaway in the paint set up by Michael Carson | 4-2 |
| 18:58 | South Florida | David Fuerstenberg is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on David Fuerstenberg, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 18:36 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt buries a shot from the left block on a great pass from Michael Carson | 6-2 |
| 18:14 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner misses long on a driving attempt in the paint | 6-2 |
| 18:13 | South Florida | The offensive rebound goes to Charles Dolce | 6-2 |
| 18:04 | South Florida | Kelvin Thomas scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Charles Heath | 6-4 |
| 17:50 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein misses long on a shot from the left block | 6-4 |
| 17:48 | LSU | Michael Carson tips it home | 8-4 |
| 17:23 | South Florida | Kelvin Thomas can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 8-4 |
| 17:22 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein snags the defensive board | 8-4 |
| 17:20 | LSU | Michael Carson is hacked by David Fuerstenberg in the backcourt - foul #2 on David Fuerstenberg, team foul #2 | 8-4 |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG), Jimmy Rockey (SG), Joseph Kopp (SF), Timothy Lewis (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Michael Carson, Dana Renteria, Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | South Florida | Reggie Pereira (SG), Randall Chitwood (PF), Tommy Weis (C) David Fuerstenberg, Kelvin Thomas, Charles Dolce | |
| 17:06 | LSU | Joseph Kopp throws it down on a great pass from Jimmy Rockey | 10-4 |
| 16:55 | South Florida | Charles Heath hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 10-4 |
| 16:53 | LSU | Barry Baldwin grabs the defensive rebound | 10-4 |
| 16:35 | LSU | Barry Baldwin scores on a floater in the paint and he's fouled by Tommy Weis - foul #1 on Tommy Weis, team foul #3 | 12-4 |
| Subs | LSU | Dana Renteria (SG) Jimmy Rockey | |
| Subs | South Florida | Sheldon Lingenfelter (PG), Anthony Redwine (SF) Oscar Ratner, Charles Heath | |
| 16:35 | LSU | Barry Baldwin makes the free throw | 13-4 |
| 16:26 | South Florida | Sheldon Lingenfelter hits a jumper from close range set up by Reggie Pereira | 13-6 |
| 16:23 | LSU | Tommy Weis steals the ball from Dana Renteria in the backcourt | 13-6 |
| 16:00 | South Florida | Randall Chitwood comes up short on the shot from the left side | 13-6 |
| 15:59 | South Florida | Randall Chitwood snags the offensive board | 13-6 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Todd Pollard (fresh) SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) SF - Joseph Kopp (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Timothy Lewis (fresh) C - Barry Baldwin (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Sheldon Lingenfelter (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Reggie Pereira (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Anthony Redwine (fresh) PF - Randall Chitwood (fresh) C - Tommy Weis (fresh) | |
| 15:38 | South Florida | Tommy Weis is fouled on the floor by Barry Baldwin - foul #1 on Barry Baldwin, team foul #2 | 13-6 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG), Nicholas Moore (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Todd Pollard, Joseph Kopp, Timothy Lewis, Barry Baldwin | |
| Subs | South Florida | Oscar Ratner (PG), James Summers (SF), Kelvin Thomas (PF), Charles Dolce (C) Sheldon Lingenfelter, Reggie Pereira, Randall Chitwood, Tommy Weis | |
| 15:22 | South Florida | James Summers is fouled on the floor by Bradley Ziegenbein - foul #2 on Bradley Ziegenbein, team foul #3 | 13-6 |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (SG), Charles Flynt (C) Dana Renteria, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | South Florida | Charles Heath (SF) James Summers | |
| 15:08 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 13-6 |
| 15:06 | LSU | Michael Carson grabs the board | 13-6 |
| 14:50 | LSU | Charles Flynt misses the runner from close range but the foul's on Kelvin Thomas - foul #1 on Kelvin Thomas, team foul #4 | 13-6 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | James Summers (SG) Anthony Redwine | |
| 14:50 | LSU | Charles Flynt makes the 1st free throw | 14-6 |
| 14:50 | LSU | Charles Flynt makes the 2nd free throw | 15-6 |
| 14:28 | South Florida | Michael Carson takes the ball from Kelvin Thomas | 15-6 |
| 14:09 | LSU | Nicholas Moore is whistled for traveling | 15-6 |
| Subs | LSU | Dana Renteria (SG), Timothy Lewis (SF), Barry Baldwin (C) Jimmy Rockey, Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt | |
| Subs | South Florida | Sheldon Lingenfelter (PG), Wilbur Bevilacqua (SF), Randall Chitwood (PF), Tommy Weis (C) Oscar Ratner, Charles Heath, Kelvin Thomas, Charles Dolce | |
| 13:45 | South Florida | Wilbur Bevilacqua comes up short on the runner from the left block but he's fouled by Timothy Lewis - foul #1 on Timothy Lewis, team foul #4 | 15-6 |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (SF) Charles Flynt | |
| Subs | South Florida | Reggie Pereira (SG), Anthony Redwine (SF) James Summers, Tommy Weis | |
| 13:45 | South Florida | Wilbur Bevilacqua makes the 1st free throw | 15-7 |
| 13:45 | South Florida | Wilbur Bevilacqua makes the 2nd free throw | 15-8 |
| 13:42 | LSU | Reggie Pereira is called for the reach on Timothy Lewis in the backcourt - foul #1 on Reggie Pereira, team foul #5 | 15-8 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Tommy Weis (C) Wilbur Bevilacqua | |
| 13:16 | LSU | Barry Baldwin is open and scores on a fadeaway from the left block set up by Dana Renteria and the foul's on Anthony Redwine - foul #1 on Anthony Redwine, team foul #6 | 17-8 |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG), Joseph Kopp (SF) Michael Carson, Jimmy Rockey | |
| Subs | South Florida | Oscar Ratner (PG), Charles Heath (SF) Sheldon Lingenfelter, Anthony Redwine | |
| 13:16 | LSU | Barry Baldwin misses the free throw | 17-8 |
| 13:16 | South Florida | Randall Chitwood grabs the defensive rebound | 17-8 |
| 13:03 | South Florida | Barry Baldwin steals the ball from Reggie Pereira | 17-8 |
| 12:48 | LSU | Todd Pollard is hacked by Randall Chitwood - foul #1 on Randall Chitwood, team foul #7 | 17-8 |
| Subs | LSU | Nicholas Moore (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF) Joseph Kopp, Timothy Lewis | |
| Subs | South Florida | Anthony Redwine (SG), Charles Dolce (C) Reggie Pereira, Tommy Weis | |
| 12:48 | LSU | Todd Pollard makes the 1st free throw | 18-8 |
| 12:48 | LSU | Todd Pollard makes the 2nd free throw | 19-8 |
| 12:31 | South Florida | Charles Dolce knocks in the driving attempt from the baseline | 19-10 |
| 12:14 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Anthony Redwine - foul #2 on Anthony Redwine, team foul #8 | 19-10 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG) Todd Pollard | |
| Subs | South Florida | James Summers (SG), Wilbur Bevilacqua (SF), Kelvin Thomas (PF) Anthony Redwine, Charles Heath, Randall Chitwood | |
| 12:14 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 1st free throw | 20-10 |
| 12:14 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 2nd free throw | 21-10 |
| 11:55 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner comes up short on the jumper from the left wing | 21-10 |
| 11:53 | LSU | Barry Baldwin grabs the defensive rebound | 21-10 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dana Renteria (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Moore (fresh) PF - Michael Meinhardt (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Barry Baldwin (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Oscar Ratner (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Summers (fresh) SF - Wilbur Bevilacqua (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kelvin Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. C - Charles Dolce (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:41 | LSU | Wilbur Bevilacqua steals it from Michael Meinhardt | 21-10 |
| 11:29 | South Florida | Wilbur Bevilacqua clanks a 3 from the right wing | 21-10 |
| 11:27 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner tips it home | 21-12 |
| 11:03 | LSU | Nicholas Moore is fouled on the floor by Wilbur Bevilacqua - foul #1 on Wilbur Bevilacqua, team foul #9 | 21-12 |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (SG), Timothy Lewis (PF), Charles Flynt (C) Dana Renteria, Michael Meinhardt, Barry Baldwin | |
| Subs | South Florida | Sheldon Lingenfelter (PG), Reggie Pereira (SG), Charles Heath (SF), Randall Chitwood (PF), Tommy Weis (C) Oscar Ratner, James Summers, Wilbur Bevilacqua, Kelvin Thomas, Charles Dolce | |
| 11:03 | LSU | Nicholas Moore makes the 1st free throw | 22-12 |
| 11:03 | LSU | Nicholas Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 22-12 |
| 11:03 | South Florida | Tommy Weis pulls down the rebound | 22-12 |
| 10:47 | South Florida | Charles Heath makes the 3 pointer from the right corner | 22-15 |
| 10:33 | LSU | Timothy Lewis makes the floater from the left block on a great pass from Michael Carson | 24-15 |
| 10:19 | South Florida | Randall Chitwood connects on the driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Charles Heath | 24-17 |
| 10:16 | LSU | Reggie Pereira is called for the reach on Todd Pollard in the backcourt - foul #2 on Reggie Pereira, team foul #10 | 24-17 |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (SG), Joseph Kopp (SF) Michael Carson, Nicholas Moore | |
| Subs | South Florida | James Summers (SG) Reggie Pereira | |
| 10:16 | LSU | Todd Pollard makes the 1st free throw | 25-17 |
| 10:16 | LSU | Todd Pollard misses the 2nd free throw | 25-17 |
| 10:16 | South Florida | James Summers gets the rebound | 25-17 |
| 09:59 | South Florida | Tommy Weis clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 25-17 |
| 09:58 | LSU | The rebound goes to Joseph Kopp | 25-17 |
| 09:34 | LSU | Todd Pollard's floater is knocked away by Tommy Weis | 25-17 |
| 09:32 | LSU | Joseph Kopp misses the tip | 25-17 |
| 09:30 | South Florida | James Summers grabs the defensive rebound | 25-17 |
| 09:15 | South Florida | Charles Heath buries a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Randall Chitwood | 25-19 |
| 09:01 | LSU | Tommy Weis swats the layup by Timothy Lewis | 25-19 |
| 09:00 | South Florida | The rebound goes to Sheldon Lingenfelter | 25-19 |
| 08:55 | South Florida | Sheldon Lingenfelter misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 25-19 |
| 08:53 | South Florida | Randall Chitwood gets the offensive rebound | 25-19 |
| 08:41 | South Florida | James Summers throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-19 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG), Dana Renteria (SG), Michael Meinhardt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Todd Pollard, Joseph Kopp, Timothy Lewis, Charles Flynt | |
| Subs | South Florida | Oscar Ratner (PG), Wilbur Bevilacqua (SF), Kelvin Thomas (PF), Charles Dolce (C) Sheldon Lingenfelter, Charles Heath, Randall Chitwood, Tommy Weis | |
| 08:25 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt drills a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Jimmy Rockey | 27-19 |
| 08:14 | South Florida | Barry Baldwin takes the ball from Kelvin Thomas | 27-19 |
| 08:04 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt misses the lay-in | 27-19 |
| 08:03 | South Florida | Charles Dolce snags the defensive board | 27-19 |
| 07:39 | South Florida | Charles Dolce hits a floater in the lane set up by Oscar Ratner | 27-21 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dana Renteria (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jimmy Rockey (fairly fresh) 2 ast. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 10 pts. C - Barry Baldwin (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Oscar Ratner (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Summers (tiring) SF - Wilbur Bevilacqua (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kelvin Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. C - Charles Dolce (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:35 | LSU | James Summers is called for the reach on Dana Renteria in the backcourt - foul #1 on James Summers, team foul #11 | 27-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Nicholas Moore (SF) Jimmy Rockey | |
| Subs | South Florida | Randall Chitwood (C) Charles Dolce | |
| 07:35 | LSU | Dana Renteria makes the 1st free throw | 28-21 |
| 07:35 | LSU | Dana Renteria makes the 2nd free throw | 29-21 |
| 07:15 | South Florida | The jump hook by Randall Chitwood is blocked by Barry Baldwin | 29-21 |
| 07:13 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt snags the defensive board | 29-21 |
| 06:54 | LSU | Michael Carson is hacked by Oscar Ratner - foul #1 on Oscar Ratner, team foul #12 | 29-21 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Charles Heath (SF), Tommy Weis (C) Wilbur Bevilacqua, Kelvin Thomas | |
| 06:54 | LSU | Michael Carson makes the 1st free throw | 30-21 |
| 06:54 | LSU | Michael Carson makes the 2nd free throw | 31-21 |
| 06:39 | South Florida | Randall Chitwood's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG) Michael Carson | |
| Subs | South Florida | Sheldon Lingenfelter (PG) Oscar Ratner | |
| 06:18 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt throws it down | 33-21 |
| 05:54 | South Florida | James Summers is fouled on the floor by Dana Renteria - foul #1 on Dana Renteria, team foul #5 | 33-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG), Joseph Kopp (SF), Timothy Lewis (PF), Charles Flynt (C) Dana Renteria, Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Barry Baldwin | |
| Subs | South Florida | Oscar Ratner (PG), Kelvin Thomas (PF), Charles Dolce (C) Sheldon Lingenfelter, Randall Chitwood, Tommy Weis | |
| 05:40 | South Florida | Charles Flynt swats the layup by Kelvin Thomas | 33-21 |
| 05:39 | LSU | Charles Flynt snags the defensive board | 33-21 |
| 05:21 | LSU | Joseph Kopp comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 33-21 |
| 05:20 | South Florida | Charles Dolce grabs the board | 33-21 |
| 05:01 | South Florida | Timothy Lewis picks off the pass by Charles Heath | 33-21 |
| 04:48 | LSU | Timothy Lewis makes the jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Joseph Kopp and he's hacked by Kelvin Thomas - foul #2 on Kelvin Thomas, team foul #13 | 35-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Jimmy Rockey (PG), Dana Renteria (SG), Nicholas Moore (SF), Barry Baldwin (C) Michael Carson, Todd Pollard, Joseph Kopp, Charles Flynt | |
| Subs | South Florida | Wilbur Bevilacqua (SF), Randall Chitwood (PF), Tommy Weis (C) Charles Heath, Kelvin Thomas, Charles Dolce | |
| 04:48 | LSU | Timothy Lewis misses the free throw | 35-21 |
| 04:48 | South Florida | Tommy Weis gets the rebound | 35-21 |
| 04:21 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 35-21 |
| 04:19 | LSU | Nicholas Moore grabs the defensive rebound | 35-21 |
| 04:16 | LSU | Dana Renteria is hacked by James Summers in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Summers, team foul #14 | 35-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Meinhardt (PF) Timothy Lewis | |
| Subs | South Florida | Sheldon Lingenfelter (PG), David Fuerstenberg (SG) Oscar Ratner, James Summers | |
| 04:16 | LSU | Dana Renteria makes the 1st free throw | 36-21 |
| 04:16 | LSU | Dana Renteria makes the 2nd free throw | 37-21 |
| 03:50 | South Florida | David Fuerstenberg misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 37-21 |
| 03:48 | South Florida | Wilbur Bevilacqua can't tip it in | 37-21 |
| 03:46 | LSU | Barry Baldwin gets the rebound | 37-21 |
| 03:38 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt misses the floater from the right block but he's fouled by Wilbur Bevilacqua - foul #2 on Wilbur Bevilacqua, team foul #15 | 37-21 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Dana Renteria, Barry Baldwin | |
| Subs | South Florida | Reggie Pereira (PG), Anthony Redwine (SF), Kelvin Thomas (PF), Charles Dolce (C) Sheldon Lingenfelter, Wilbur Bevilacqua, Randall Chitwood, Tommy Weis | |
| 03:38 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 1st free throw | 38-21 |
| 03:38 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the 2nd free throw | 39-21 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Michael Carson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jimmy Rockey (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Nicholas Moore (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 reb. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Reggie Pereira (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Fuerstenberg (fresh) SF - Anthony Redwine (fresh) PF - Kelvin Thomas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Charles Dolce (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:27 | South Florida | Anthony Redwine misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 39-21 |
| 03:25 | LSU | The rebound goes to Michael Meinhardt | 39-21 |
| 03:20 | LSU | Michael Carson misses the lay-in | 39-21 |
| 03:19 | South Florida | Kelvin Thomas gets the rebound | 39-21 |
| 03:05 | South Florida | David Fuerstenberg comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 39-21 |
| 03:03 | LSU | Michael Carson gets the rebound | 39-21 |
| 02:57 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt is alone and drills a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Nicholas Moore | 41-21 |
| 02:37 | South Florida | Anthony Redwine connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 41-24 |
| 02:21 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt misses the shot from just outside the lane | 41-24 |
| 02:19 | South Florida | Charles Dolce grabs the board | 41-24 |
| 01:54 | South Florida | Charles Dolce travels with the ball | 41-24 |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG), Dana Renteria (SG), Joseph Kopp (SF), Timothy Lewis (PF), Charles Flynt (C) Michael Carson, Jimmy Rockey, Nicholas Moore, Michael Meinhardt, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | South Florida | Oscar Ratner (PG), Charles Heath (SF), Randall Chitwood (PF), Tommy Weis (C) Reggie Pereira, Anthony Redwine, Kelvin Thomas, Charles Dolce | |
| 01:37 | LSU | Joseph Kopp jams it set up by Dana Renteria | 43-24 |
| 01:19 | South Florida | Charles Heath loses the dribble to Dana Renteria | 43-24 |
| 01:17 | LSU | Oscar Ratner picks off the pass by Dana Renteria in the backcourt | 43-24 |
| 01:02 | South Florida | David Fuerstenberg is whistled for a charge - foul #3 on David Fuerstenberg, team foul #16 | 43-24 |
| Subs | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Charles Flynt | |
| Subs | South Florida | Reggie Pereira (SG) David Fuerstenberg | |
| 00:52 | LSU | Dana Renteria is called for 10 seconds | 43-24 |
| 00:38 | South Florida | Reggie Pereira misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 43-24 |
| 00:37 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein grabs the defensive rebound | 43-24 |
| 00:22 | LSU | Randall Chitwood blocks the short jumper by Timothy Lewis | 43-24 |
| 00:20 | South Florida | Charles Heath grabs the defensive rebound | 43-24 |
| 00:16 | South Florida | Oscar Ratner buries a 3 from the left corner set up by Reggie Pereira | 43-27 |
| 00:05 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein drills a runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Todd Pollard and he's hacked by Tommy Weis - foul #2 on Tommy Weis, team foul #17 | 45-27 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (PG), Nicholas Moore (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF) Todd Pollard, Joseph Kopp, Timothy Lewis | |
| Subs | South Florida | Anthony Redwine (SG), Wilbur Bevilacqua (PF), Charles Dolce (C) Reggie Pereira, Randall Chitwood, Tommy Weis | |
| 00:05 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein makes the free throw | 46-27 |
| 00:00 | South Florida | Charles Heath scores on a floater from the left wing | 46-29 |