| Lineup | Duke | PG - David Capra (fresh) SG - Jerry Albrecht (fresh) SF - Ernest Fisher (fresh) PF - Paul Jackson (fresh) C - Jeff Thornton (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Walter Parnell (fresh) SG - Richard Wendel (fresh) SF - Marquis Jones (fresh) PF - Alex Manuel (fresh) C - Carl Ferrell (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Duke | Jeff Thornton wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:39 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht's pass is intercepted by Walter Parnell | 0-0 |
| 19:35 | Temple | Walter Parnell hits the finger roll | 0-2 |
| 19:16 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht is open and buries a fadeaway from close range | 2-2 |
| 19:12 | Temple | Walter Parnell hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 2-2 |
| 19:11 | Duke | The rebound goes to Jerry Albrecht | 2-2 |
| 19:09 | Duke | David Capra loses the dribble to Walter Parnell in the backcourt | 2-2 |
| 18:57 | Temple | Richard Wendel's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-2 |
| 18:34 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht is open and buries a jump hook in the lane set up by Paul Jackson | 4-2 |
| 18:16 | Duke | The refs have stopped play. Jeff Thornton is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. He's holding his knee. It doesn't look like he is going to be able to return to the game. | 4-2 |
| Subs | Duke | Josh Anton (C) Jeff Thornton | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 18:05 | Temple | David Capra is called for the reach on Walter Parnell - foul #1 on David Capra, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 17:56 | Temple | Carl Ferrell's fadeaway is rejected by Paul Jackson | 4-2 |
| 17:55 | Duke | Paul Jackson gets the rebound | 4-2 |
| 17:53 | Duke | Walter Parnell is called for the reach on Jerry Albrecht in the backcourt - foul #1 on Walter Parnell, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| Subs | Duke | Samuel Smith (PG), Ryan Dostal (SG), Frank Adamski (SF) David Capra, Jerry Albrecht, Ernest Fisher | |
| Subs | Temple | Roy Dixon (SG), Jeremy Dublin (SF), Paul Macdougall (PF), Lawrence Cumberland (C) Richard Wendel, Marquis Jones, Alex Manuel, Carl Ferrell | |
| 17:33 | Duke | Samuel Smith knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Frank Adamski | 7-2 |
| 17:19 | Temple | Walter Parnell clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 7-2 |
| 17:17 | Temple | Jeremy Dublin gets the offensive rebound | 7-2 |
| 16:58 | Temple | Walter Parnell makes the wide open 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Jeremy Dublin | 7-5 |
| 16:33 | Duke | Josh Anton clanks a driving attempt from the left block | 7-5 |
| 16:32 | Temple | Paul Macdougall grabs the board | 7-5 |
| 16:16 | Temple | Jeremy Dublin misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 7-5 |
| 16:15 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland grabs the offensive rebound | 7-5 |
| 16:05 | Temple | Frank Adamski is called for the reach on Jeremy Dublin - foul #1 on Frank Adamski, team foul #2 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Duke | David Capra (PG), Jerry Albrecht (SG), Ernest Fisher (SF) Samuel Smith, Ryan Dostal, Frank Adamski | |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Wendel (SG), Dikembe Sow (SF), Alex Manuel (PF), Tommy Lacroix (C) Walter Parnell, Jeremy Dublin, Paul Macdougall, Lawrence Cumberland | |
| 15:51 | Temple | Jerry Albrecht takes the ball from Tommy Lacroix | 7-5 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - David Capra (fresh) SG - Jerry Albrecht (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ernest Fisher (fresh) PF - Paul Jackson (tiring) C - Josh Anton (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Roy Dixon (fairly fresh) SG - Richard Wendel (fresh) SF - Dikembe Sow (fresh) PF - Alex Manuel (fairly fresh) C - Tommy Lacroix (fresh) | |
| 15:22 | Duke | David Capra misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 7-5 |
| 15:21 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht snags the offensive board | 7-5 |
| 14:57 | Duke | Josh Anton misses short on a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Tommy Lacroix - foul #1 on Tommy Lacroix, team foul #2 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Duke | Samuel Smith (SG) Jerry Albrecht | |
| Subs | Temple | Walter Parnell (PG), Marquis Jones (SF), Carl Ferrell (C) Roy Dixon, Dikembe Sow, Alex Manuel | |
| 14:57 | Duke | Josh Anton misses the 1st free throw | 7-5 |
| 14:57 | Duke | Josh Anton makes the 2nd free throw | 8-5 |
| 14:30 | Temple | Richard Wendel misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 8-5 |
| 14:28 | Duke | Ernest Fisher snags the defensive board | 8-5 |
| 14:09 | Duke | David Capra makes the wide open 3pt attempt from the left wing | 11-5 |
| 13:57 | Temple | Carl Ferrell loses the ball out of bounds | 11-5 |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Dostal (SG), Frank Adamski (SF) David Capra, Paul Jackson | |
| Subs | Temple | Jeremy Dublin (PG), Paul Macdougall (PF), Lawrence Cumberland (C) Walter Parnell, Tommy Lacroix, Carl Ferrell | |
| 13:40 | Duke | Josh Anton travels with the ball | 11-5 |
| Subs | Duke | David Capra (PG) Samuel Smith | |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| 13:21 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland misses short on a 3 from straight away | 11-5 |
| 13:20 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland gets the offensive rebound | 11-5 |
| 13:11 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 11-5 |
| 13:10 | Duke | The rebound goes to Josh Anton | 11-5 |
| 12:46 | Duke | Ryan Dostal loses the dribble to Jeremy Dublin | 11-5 |
| 12:25 | Temple | Jeremy Dublin slams it home | 11-7 |
| 12:04 | Duke | Ernest Fisher misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 11-7 |
| 12:02 | Temple | Richard Wendel grabs the defensive rebound | 11-7 |
| 11:58 | Temple | Jeremy Dublin is hacked by David Capra - foul #2 on David Capra, team foul #3 | 11-7 |
| Subs | Duke | Samuel Smith (PG), Jerry Albrecht (SG), Paul Jackson (PF) David Capra, Ryan Dostal, Ernest Fisher | |
| Subs | Temple | Walter Parnell (PG), Roy Dixon (SG), Dikembe Sow (SF), Alex Manuel (PF), Carl Ferrell (C) Jeremy Dublin, Richard Wendel, Marquis Jones, Paul Macdougall, Lawrence Cumberland | |
| 11:45 | Temple | Roy Dixon throws a bad pass out of bounds | 11-7 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Samuel Smith (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Jerry Albrecht (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Frank Adamski (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Paul Jackson (tiring) C - Josh Anton (tiring) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Walter Parnell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. SG - Roy Dixon (fresh) SF - Dikembe Sow (fresh) PF - Alex Manuel (fresh) C - Carl Ferrell (fresh) | |
| 11:43 | Duke | Walter Parnell steals the ball from Frank Adamski in the backcourt | 11-7 |
| 11:25 | Temple | Alex Manuel misses the floater from the baseline | 11-7 |
| 11:23 | Duke | Frank Adamski grabs the defensive rebound | 11-7 |
| 11:06 | Duke | Josh Anton lays it up and in on a nice dish by Frank Adamski and the foul's on Walter Parnell - foul #2 on Walter Parnell, team foul #3 | 13-7 |
| Subs | Duke | Ernest Fisher (SF) Frank Adamski | |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Wendel (SG), Tommy Lacroix (PF) Walter Parnell, Alex Manuel | |
| 11:06 | Duke | Josh Anton makes the free throw | 14-7 |
| 10:46 | Temple | Dikembe Sow knocks in the jump hook near the basket | 14-9 |
| 10:23 | Duke | Josh Anton's floater is tipped away by Dikembe Sow | 14-9 |
| 10:21 | Duke | Josh Anton gets the offensive rebound | 14-9 |
| 10:07 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht hits a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Samuel Smith and he's hacked by Carl Ferrell - foul #1 on Carl Ferrell, team foul #4 | 16-9 |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Dostal (PG) Samuel Smith | |
| Subs | Temple | Jeremy Dublin (PG), Marquis Jones (SF), Paul Macdougall (PF), Lawrence Cumberland (C) Richard Wendel, Dikembe Sow, Tommy Lacroix, Carl Ferrell | |
| 10:07 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht misses the free throw | 16-9 |
| 10:07 | Temple | The rebound goes to Lawrence Cumberland | 16-9 |
| 10:02 | Temple | Roy Dixon connects on the shot from the left block on a great pass from Jeremy Dublin | 16-11 |
| 09:35 | Duke | Josh Anton connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 18-11 |
| 09:24 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland can't finish the layup | 18-11 |
| 09:22 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland snags the offensive board | 18-11 |
| 09:07 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Jeremy Dublin | 18-14 |
| 08:45 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Lawrence Cumberland - foul #1 on Lawrence Cumberland, team foul #5 | 18-14 |
| Subs | Duke | Samuel Smith (PG), Frank Adamski (SF) Ryan Dostal, Ernest Fisher | |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Wendel (SG), Dikembe Sow (SF), Alex Manuel (PF), David Glover (C) Roy Dixon, Marquis Jones, Paul Macdougall, Lawrence Cumberland | |
| 08:45 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht misses the 1st free throw | 18-14 |
| 08:45 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht makes the 2nd free throw | 19-14 |
| 08:25 | Temple | Dikembe Sow loses the dribble to Samuel Smith | 19-14 |
| 08:22 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht misses the dunk | 19-14 |
| 08:20 | Temple | Alex Manuel grabs the defensive rebound | 19-14 |
| 07:59 | Temple | Jeremy Dublin hits the easy wide open finger roll | 19-16 |
| 07:40 | Duke | Samuel Smith connects on the open 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Josh Anton | 22-16 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Samuel Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jerry Albrecht (tiring) 7 pts. SF - Frank Adamski (fairly fresh) 2 ast. PF - Paul Jackson (tired) C - Josh Anton (very tired) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Jeremy Dublin (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Richard Wendel (tiring) SF - Dikembe Sow (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Alex Manuel (fairly fresh) C - David Glover (fresh) | |
| 07:16 | Temple | Alex Manuel connects on the jumper near the basket | 22-18 |
| 06:54 | Duke | Samuel Smith is open but comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 22-18 |
| 06:52 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht gets the offensive rebound | 22-18 |
| 06:37 | Duke | Jerry Albrecht misses the easy open layup | 22-18 |
| 06:36 | Temple | Richard Wendel pulls down the rebound | 22-18 |
| 06:18 | Temple | Richard Wendel misses short on a turnaround in the paint | 22-18 |
| 06:17 | Temple | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Wendel | 22-18 |
| 06:07 | Temple | Dikembe Sow scores on a turnaround from the baseline and he's fouled by Jerry Albrecht - foul #1 on Jerry Albrecht, team foul #4 | 22-20 |
| Subs | Duke | David Capra (PG), Ryan Dostal (SG), Ernest Fisher (PF) Samuel Smith, Jerry Albrecht, Paul Jackson | |
| Subs | Temple | Paul Macdougall (PG), Roy Dixon (SG), Lawrence Cumberland (PF), Carl Ferrell (C) Jeremy Dublin, Richard Wendel, Alex Manuel, David Glover | |
| 06:07 | Temple | Dikembe Sow makes the free throw | 22-21 |
| 05:38 | Duke | Josh Anton connects on the floater from the right wing on a nice dish by David Capra | 24-21 |
| 05:22 | Temple | Dikembe Sow is fouled on the floor by David Capra - foul #3 on David Capra, team foul #5 | 24-21 |
| Subs | Duke | Samuel Smith (PG) David Capra | |
| Subs | Temple | Marquis Jones (SF) Dikembe Sow | |
| 05:11 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 24-21 |
| 05:10 | Duke | The rebound goes to Josh Anton | 24-21 |
| 04:45 | Duke | Josh Anton double dribbles | 24-21 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Temple | Tommy Lacroix (C) Carl Ferrell | |
| 04:27 | Temple | Samuel Smith is called for the reach on Paul Macdougall - foul #1 on Samuel Smith, team foul #6 | 24-21 |
| Subs | Duke | Paul Jackson (PF) Frank Adamski | |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Wendel (SG), Alex Manuel (PF) Paul Macdougall, Lawrence Cumberland | |
| 04:16 | Temple | Tommy Lacroix clanks a 3 from straight away | 24-21 |
| 04:14 | Temple | Alex Manuel snags the offensive board | 24-21 |
| 04:01 | Temple | Marquis Jones is open and scores on a jumper from the left block on a great pass from Roy Dixon | 24-23 |
| 03:59 | Duke | Samuel Smith is fouled in the backcourt by Roy Dixon - foul #1 on Roy Dixon, team foul #6 | 24-23 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Temple | Walter Parnell (PG) Richard Wendel | |
| 03:41 | Duke | Samuel Smith misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 24-23 |
| 03:40 | Temple | The rebound goes to Marquis Jones | 24-23 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Samuel Smith (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ryan Dostal (fairly fresh) SF - Ernest Fisher (tiring) PF - Paul Jackson (very tired) C - Josh Anton (very tired) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Walter Parnell (fresh) 5 pts. 3 stl. SG - Roy Dixon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Marquis Jones (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Alex Manuel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Tommy Lacroix (fresh) | |
| 03:25 | Temple | Walter Parnell is by himself and knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Roy Dixon | 24-26 |
| 02:59 | Duke | Samuel Smith connects on the 3 from the left corner set up by Ryan Dostal | 27-26 |
| 02:43 | Temple | Alex Manuel buries a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Walter Parnell | 27-29 |
| 02:43 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 27-29 |
| Subs | Duke | Jerry Albrecht (SG), Frank Adamski (SF) Ryan Dostal, Paul Jackson | |
| Subs | Temple | Jeremy Dublin (SG), Paul Macdougall (SF), Lawrence Cumberland (PF), Carl Ferrell (C) Roy Dixon, Marquis Jones, Alex Manuel, Tommy Lacroix | |
| 02:41 | Duke | Ernest Fisher loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 27-29 |
| 02:18 | Temple | Paul Macdougall can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 27-29 |
| 02:16 | Duke | Ernest Fisher snags the defensive board | 27-29 |
| 01:48 | Duke | Samuel Smith misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 27-29 |
| 01:46 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland gets the rebound | 27-29 |
| 01:40 | Temple | Walter Parnell's pass is intercepted by Samuel Smith in the backcourt | 27-29 |
| 01:24 | Duke | Frank Adamski is fouled on the floor by Lawrence Cumberland - foul #2 on Lawrence Cumberland, team foul #7 | 27-29 |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Dostal (SG), Paul Jackson (PF) Jerry Albrecht, Ernest Fisher | |
| Subs | Temple | Dikembe Sow (SF) Carl Ferrell | |
| 01:24 | Duke | Frank Adamski misses the 1st free throw | 27-29 |
| 01:24 | Temple | The rebound goes to Lawrence Cumberland | 27-29 |
| 01:02 | Temple | Paul Macdougall misses the wide open fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 27-29 |
| 01:00 | Temple | Dikembe Sow pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-29 |
| 00:50 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland is fouled on the floor by Josh Anton - foul #1 on Josh Anton, team foul #7 | 27-29 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Temple | Richard Wendel (SG), Tommy Lacroix (C) Jeremy Dublin, Paul Macdougall | |
| 00:50 | Temple | Lawrence Cumberland misses the 1st free throw | 27-29 |
| 00:50 | Duke | Frank Adamski grabs the defensive rebound | 27-29 |
| 00:48 | Duke | Richard Wendel is called for the reach on Ryan Dostal in the backcourt - foul #1 on Richard Wendel, team foul #8 | 27-29 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Temple | Alex Manuel (PF) Lawrence Cumberland | |
| 00:48 | Duke | Ryan Dostal misses the 1st free throw | 27-29 |
| 00:48 | Temple | Alex Manuel grabs the board | 27-29 |
| 00:34 | Temple | Paul Jackson is called for the reach on Alex Manuel - foul #1 on Paul Jackson, team foul #8 | 27-29 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Temple | Marquis Jones (SF) Dikembe Sow | |
| 00:34 | Temple | Alex Manuel makes the 1st free throw | 27-30 |
| 00:34 | Temple | Alex Manuel makes the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 00:25 | Duke | Samuel Smith misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 27-31 |
| 00:23 | Temple | Richard Wendel gets the rebound | 27-31 |
| 00:17 | Temple | Walter Parnell is open but comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 27-31 |
| 00:15 | Temple | Alex Manuel tips it home | 27-33 |
| 00:03 | Duke | Richard Wendel takes the ball from Frank Adamski | 27-33 |
| 00:00 | Temple | Richard Wendel misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 27-33 |