| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Warren Schneider (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Wallace (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Lamont Mallory (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Kenneth Lee (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - Walter Bettis (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | William Wallace inbounds the ball | 27-44 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| 19:31 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 27-44 |
| 19:29 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Israel Zambrana | 27-44 |
| 19:10 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 27-44 |
| 19:09 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory gets the rebound | 27-44 |
| 19:04 | Louisville | Warren Schneider misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 27-44 |
| 19:03 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Lamont Mallory | 27-44 |
| 18:44 | Louisville | William Wallace connects on the shot from the right side | 29-44 |
| 18:32 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 29-44 |
| 18:31 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis snags the offensive board | 29-44 |
| 18:11 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Lee blocks the short jumper by Paul Dunneback | 29-44 |
| 18:10 | Louisville | William Wallace snags the defensive board | 29-44 |
| 18:03 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory can't finish the layup against a doubleteam | 29-44 |
| 18:02 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Walter Bettis | 29-44 |
| 17:56 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback knocks in the turnaround in the lane and he's fouled by Lamont Mallory - foul #2 on Lamont Mallory, team foul #1 | 29-46 |
| 17:56 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the free throw | 29-47 |
| 17:40 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee blows the layup | 29-47 |
| 17:38 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee snags the offensive board | 29-47 |
| 17:18 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory can't connect on a driving attempt in the lane | 29-47 |
| 17:17 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Paul Dunneback | 29-47 |
| 17:12 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis is called for traveling | 29-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Whittle (SF), Christopher Bunn (PF), Daryl Sheldon (C) William Wallace, Lamont Mallory, Kenneth Lee | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (SF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Israel Zambrana, Walter Bettis | |
| 16:46 | Louisville | Maurice Lokken steals it from Daryl Sheldon | 29-47 |
| 16:42 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz lays it up and in on a great pass from Maurice Lokken | 29-49 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| 16:24 | Louisville | Ronald Smith misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 29-49 |
| 16:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback grabs the defensive rebound | 29-49 |
| 16:03 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz buries a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Maurice Lokken | 29-52 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Warren Schneider (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SG - Ronald Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Whittle (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Christopher Bunn (fresh) C - Daryl Sheldon (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. C - Wilfredo Molina (fresh) | |
| 15:52 | Louisville | Robert Whittle makes the floater from the right side on a great pass from Warren Schneider | 31-52 |
| 15:39 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz can't connect on a floater from the left side but he's fouled by Warren Schneider - foul #2 on Warren Schneider, team foul #2 | 31-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), James Kostka (SG), William Wallace (SF), Lamont Mallory (PF), Kenneth Lee (C) Warren Schneider, Ronald Smith, Robert Whittle, Christopher Bunn, Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Israel Zambrana (SF), Walter Bettis (PF), Dean Canterbury (C) Paul Daly, Maurice Lokken, Paul Dunneback, Wilfredo Molina | |
| 15:39 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 1st free throw | 31-53 |
| 15:39 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 2nd free throw | 31-54 |
| 15:20 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory loses the ball out of bounds against a doubleteam | 31-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG) Robert Zentz | |
| 15:10 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury connects on the jumper from close range on a nice dish by Bojan Wolinski | 31-56 |
| 14:55 | Louisville | Dean Canterbury swats the dunk try by Lamont Mallory | 31-56 |
| 14:53 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the board | 31-56 |
| 14:29 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury makes the driving attempt in the lane set up by Dikembe Abdullah and he's fouled by William Wallace - foul #2 on William Wallace, team foul #3 | 31-58 |
| 14:29 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury makes the free throw | 31-59 |
| 14:21 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee misses the wide open 3pt shot from straight away | 31-59 |
| 14:19 | Louisville | James Kostka gets the offensive rebound | 31-59 |
| 14:03 | Louisville | William Wallace connects on the shot in the lane on a nice dish by James Kostka | 33-59 |
| 13:41 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury connects on the jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Dikembe Abdullah and he's hacked by Kenneth Lee - foul #2 on Kenneth Lee, team foul #4 | 33-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Ronald Smith (SG), Christopher Bunn (PF), Daryl Sheldon (C) Louie Chavira, James Kostka, Lamont Mallory, Kenneth Lee | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Paul Daly (SG), Maurice Lokken (PF) Bojan Wolinski, Dikembe Abdullah, Walter Bettis | |
| 13:41 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses the free throw | 33-61 |
| 13:41 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn grabs the board | 33-61 |
| 13:12 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon comes up short on the jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Dean Canterbury - foul #4 on Dean Canterbury, team foul #1 | 33-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback (PF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Israel Zambrana, Dean Canterbury | |
| 13:12 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon makes the 1st free throw | 34-61 |
| 13:12 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon makes the 2nd free throw | 35-61 |
| 12:49 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Daryl Sheldon - foul #1 on Daryl Sheldon, team foul #5 | 35-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Whittle (SF) William Wallace | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 12:49 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 1st free throw | 35-61 |
| 12:49 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 2nd free throw | 35-61 |
| 12:49 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon grabs the defensive rebound | 35-61 |
| 12:30 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon can't connect on a shot in the lane but he's hacked by Wilfredo Molina - foul #2 on Wilfredo Molina, team foul #2 | 35-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis (PF) Paul Dunneback | |
| 12:30 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon makes the 1st free throw | 36-61 |
| 12:30 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon makes the 2nd free throw | 37-61 |
| 12:10 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly is hacked by Ronald Smith - foul #3 on Ronald Smith, team foul #6 | 37-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | Lamont Mallory (PF), Kenneth Lee (C) Christopher Bunn, Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 11:49 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 37-61 |
| 11:48 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee snags the defensive board | 37-61 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Warren Schneider (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Robert Whittle (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Lamont Mallory (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Kenneth Lee (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - Walter Bettis (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Wilfredo Molina (fresh) | |
| 11:40 | Louisville | Ronald Smith hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 37-61 |
| 11:38 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina grabs the board | 37-61 |
| 11:25 | Cincinnati | The short jumper by Paul Daly is denied by Kenneth Lee | 37-61 |
| 11:23 | Louisville | Ronald Smith pulls down the rebound | 37-61 |
| 11:18 | Louisville | Ronald Smith can't throw it down | 37-61 |
| 11:17 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Robert Zentz | 37-61 |
| 11:09 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis misses short on a jump hook from the left block | 37-61 |
| 11:08 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina gets the offensive rebound | 37-61 |
| 10:41 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken knocks in the turnaround near the basket set up by Paul Daly | 37-63 |
| 10:25 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), James Kostka (SG), William Wallace (SF), Christopher Bunn (PF), Daryl Sheldon (C) Warren Schneider, Ronald Smith, Robert Whittle, Lamont Mallory, Kenneth Lee | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Israel Zambrana (SF), Paul Dunneback (PF) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Maurice Lokken, Wilfredo Molina | |
| 10:10 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis hits the finger roll on a great pass from Bojan Wolinski | 37-65 |
| 10:01 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon connects on the fadeaway from close range | 39-65 |
| 09:57 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback comes up short on the shot from the right block | 39-65 |
| 09:56 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon snags the defensive board | 39-65 |
| 09:36 | Louisville | William Wallace buries a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 41-65 |
| 09:08 | Cincinnati | Louie Chavira steals it from Dikembe Abdullah | 41-65 |
| 09:04 | Louisville | Louie Chavira jams it | 43-65 |
| 08:46 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback is fouled on the floor by Christopher Bunn - foul #2 on Christopher Bunn, team foul #7 | 43-65 |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Ronald Smith (SG), Lamont Mallory (PF), Kenneth Lee (C) Louie Chavira, James Kostka, Christopher Bunn, Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Paul Daly (SG), Wilfredo Molina (C) Bojan Wolinski, Dikembe Abdullah, Walter Bettis | |
| 08:46 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the 1st free throw | 43-66 |
| 08:46 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 2nd free throw | 43-66 |
| 08:46 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory gets the rebound | 43-66 |
| 08:24 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory clanks a driving attempt from the right block | 43-66 |
| 08:23 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback pulls down the rebound | 43-66 |
| 08:05 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback connects on the runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Robert Zentz | 43-68 |
| 08:01 | Louisville | Warren Schneider is open and buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Kenneth Lee | 46-68 |
| 07:40 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 46-68 |
| 07:38 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory gets the rebound | 46-68 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Warren Schneider (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - William Wallace (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Lamont Mallory (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. C - Kenneth Lee (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 17 pts. 3 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 10 reb. C - Wilfredo Molina (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Warren Schneider misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 46-68 |
| 07:23 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee gets the offensive rebound | 46-68 |
| 07:07 | Louisville | William Wallace banks in the wide open layup | 48-68 |
| 07:02 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 48-68 |
| 07:01 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee grabs the board | 48-68 |
| 06:56 | Louisville | William Wallace hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 48-68 |
| 06:55 | Louisville | William Wallace tips it in | 50-68 |
| 06:40 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 50-68 |
| 06:39 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory grabs the board | 50-68 |
| 06:28 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory evades the doubleteam but misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 50-68 |
| 06:26 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee gets the offensive rebound | 50-68 |
| 06:12 | Louisville | Robert Zentz steals it from William Wallace | 50-68 |
| 05:48 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback drills a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Zentz | 50-70 |
| 05:32 | Louisville | William Wallace loses the dribble to Paul Dunneback | 50-70 |
| 05:13 | Cincinnati | William Wallace takes the ball from Robert Zentz | 50-70 |
| 05:10 | Louisville | William Wallace lays it in | 52-70 |
| 04:55 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 52-70 |
| 04:53 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana grabs the offensive rebound | 52-70 |
| 04:34 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina is called for traveling | 52-70 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), James Kostka (SG), Robert Whittle (SF), Christopher Bunn (PF), Daryl Sheldon (C) Warren Schneider, Ronald Smith, William Wallace, Lamont Mallory, Kenneth Lee | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Maurice Lokken (SF), Walter Bettis (PF), Dean Canterbury (C) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Israel Zambrana, Paul Dunneback, Wilfredo Molina | |
| 04:21 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn loses the dribble to Dikembe Abdullah | 52-70 |
| 04:17 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah banks in the layup | 52-72 |
| 04:12 | Louisville | James Kostka misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-72 |
| 04:11 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the board | 52-72 |
| 03:58 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken hits the front of the rim on the jumper near the basket but he's fouled by Daryl Sheldon - foul #2 on Daryl Sheldon, team foul #8 | 52-72 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina (C) Dean Canterbury | |
| 03:58 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 1st free throw | 52-73 |
| 03:58 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses the 2nd free throw | 52-73 |
| 03:58 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon snags the defensive board | 52-73 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 03:36 | Louisville | James Kostka can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 52-73 |
| 03:35 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken gets the rebound | 52-73 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Louie Chavira (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Kostka (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Whittle (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Christopher Bunn (fresh) 2 reb. C - Daryl Sheldon (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Walter Bettis (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Wilfredo Molina (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Cincinnati | Daryl Sheldon picks off the pass by Maurice Lokken | 52-73 |
| 03:02 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 52-73 |
| 03:00 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Wilfredo Molina | 52-73 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 02:43 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-73 |
| 02:41 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Maurice Lokken | 52-73 |
| 02:30 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 52-73 |
| 02:29 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon pulls down the rebound | 52-73 |
| 02:21 | Louisville | Louie Chavira misses the shot from just outside the lane | 52-73 |
| 02:20 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina grabs the defensive rebound | 52-73 |
| 02:06 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah comes up short on the shot from the left side | 52-73 |
| 02:05 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Robert Whittle | 52-73 |
| 01:59 | Louisville | Walter Bettis swats the short shot by Christopher Bunn | 52-73 |
| 01:57 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon snags the offensive board | 52-73 |
| 01:50 | Louisville | James Kostka makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Louie Chavira | 54-73 |
| 01:33 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Dikembe Abdullah | 54-76 |
| 01:23 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 54-76 |
| 01:21 | Louisville | Robert Whittle snags the offensive board | 54-76 |
| 01:12 | Louisville | Walter Bettis is called for the reach on Louie Chavira - foul #2 on Walter Bettis, team foul #3 | 54-76 |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Ronald Smith (SG), William Wallace (SF), Lamont Mallory (PF), Kenneth Lee (C) Louie Chavira, James Kostka, Robert Whittle, Christopher Bunn, Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 00:56 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 54-76 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:32 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski loses the dribble to Warren Schneider | 54-76 |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Ronald Smith lays it up and in on a great pass from Warren Schneider | 56-76 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski runs out the clock | 56-76 |