| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Abraham Machen (fresh) SG - Todd Smith (fresh) SF - Alan Howard (fresh) PF - Billy Hall (fresh) C - Christopher Green (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Peter Jacobs (fresh) SG - Oscar Wilson (fresh) SF - Melvin Strong (fresh) PF - Larry Lightle (fresh) C - Robert Brown (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:55 | Texas Tech | Oscar Wilson is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #1 on Oscar Wilson, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | UTEP | Alan Howard hits a jumpshot from the left side | 2-0 |
| 19:34 | Texas Tech | Christopher Green picks off the pass by Larry Lightle in the backcourt | 2-0 |
| 19:11 | UTEP | Abraham Machen can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 2-0 |
| 19:10 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 19:04 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs is hacked by Alan Howard - foul #1 on Alan Howard, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:53 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs loses the ball out of bounds | 2-0 |
| 18:34 | UTEP | Todd Smith connects on the jumper in the paint | 4-0 |
| 18:27 | Texas Tech | Christopher Green takes the ball from Melvin Strong | 4-0 |
| 18:06 | UTEP | Christopher Green misses short on a shot from the left block | 4-0 |
| 18:04 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs grabs the defensive rebound | 4-0 |
| 18:02 | Texas Tech | Alan Howard is called for the reach on Melvin Strong in the backcourt - foul #2 on Alan Howard, team foul #2 | 4-0 |
| Subs | UTEP | Patrick Cannon (SF) Alan Howard | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 17:57 | Texas Tech | Larry Lightle misses long on a floater in the lane | 4-0 |
| 17:56 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown snags the offensive board | 4-0 |
| 17:35 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs hits a wide open jump hook near the basket on a nice dish by Oscar Wilson | 4-2 |
| 17:17 | UTEP | Christopher Green is open but comes up short on the driving attempt from the baseline | 4-2 |
| 17:15 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong snags the defensive board | 4-2 |
| 17:09 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs misses long on a jumper from the right side | 4-2 |
| 17:07 | Texas Tech | Larry Lightle tips it but misses | 4-2 |
| 17:05 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong gets the offensive rebound | 4-2 |
| 16:49 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong misses the fadeaway from the baseline but he's fouled by Patrick Cannon - foul #1 on Patrick Cannon, team foul #3 | 4-2 |
| Subs | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez (PG), Gary Todd (SG), Aaron Mace (SF), Gregory Scott (PF), Robert Smith (C) Abraham Machen, Todd Smith, Patrick Cannon, Billy Hall, Christopher Green | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Timothy Nuzzo (PG), Nicholas Amos (SF), Sergei Jelinek (PF), Eric Dowd (C) Peter Jacobs, Oscar Wilson, Larry Lightle, Robert Brown | |
| 16:49 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong makes the 1st free throw | 4-3 |
| 16:49 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong makes the 2nd free throw | 4-4 |
| 16:45 | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez is fouled in the backcourt by Timothy Nuzzo - foul #1 on Timothy Nuzzo, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | James Clark (SG) Melvin Strong | |
| 16:33 | UTEP | Timothy Nuzzo picks off the pass by Robert Smith | 4-4 |
| 16:06 | Texas Tech | Eric Dowd misses the lay-in but the foul's on Robert Smith - foul #1 on Robert Smith, team foul #4 | 4-4 |
| Subs | UTEP | Billy Hall (PF) Aaron Mace | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 16:06 | Texas Tech | Eric Dowd misses the 1st free throw | 4-4 |
| 16:06 | Texas Tech | Eric Dowd misses the 2nd free throw | 4-4 |
| 16:06 | UTEP | Billy Hall grabs the board | 4-4 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Alejandro Hernandez (fresh) SG - Gary Todd (fresh) SF - Robert Smith (fresh) PF - Billy Hall (fairly fresh) C - Gregory Scott (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Timothy Nuzzo (fresh) SG - James Clark (fresh) SF - Nicholas Amos (fresh) PF - Sergei Jelinek (fresh) C - Eric Dowd (fresh) | |
| 15:47 | UTEP | Gregory Scott is fouled on the floor by James Clark - foul #1 on James Clark, team foul #3 | 4-4 |
| Subs | UTEP | Aaron Mace (SF), Patrick Cannon (C) Robert Smith, Gregory Scott | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | John Beverly (SG) James Clark | |
| 15:35 | UTEP | Patrick Cannon buries a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Billy Hall | 6-4 |
| 15:12 | Texas Tech | Nicholas Amos's layup is rejected by Billy Hall | 6-4 |
| 15:11 | UTEP | Gary Todd gets the rebound | 6-4 |
| 15:07 | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 6-4 |
| Subs | UTEP | Tim Morrow (PG), Todd Smith (SG), Christopher Green (C) Alejandro Hernandez, Gary Todd, Aaron Mace | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Oscar Wilson (SG), Melvin Strong (SF) Timothy Nuzzo, Nicholas Amos | |
| 14:53 | Texas Tech | Eric Dowd misses short on a driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Christopher Green - foul #1 on Christopher Green, team foul #5 | 6-4 |
| Subs | UTEP | Robert Smith (SF) Billy Hall | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Timothy Nuzzo (PG), Larry Lightle (PF) John Beverly, Sergei Jelinek | |
| 14:53 | Texas Tech | Eric Dowd misses the 1st free throw | 6-4 |
| 14:53 | Texas Tech | Eric Dowd misses the 2nd free throw | 6-4 |
| 14:53 | UTEP | Patrick Cannon grabs the defensive rebound | 6-4 |
| 14:27 | UTEP | Tim Morrow clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 6-4 |
| 14:26 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong gets the rebound | 6-4 |
| 14:04 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong travels with the ball | 6-4 |
| Subs | UTEP | Abraham Machen (PG), Alejandro Hernandez (SG), Aaron Mace (SF), Gregory Scott (PF) Tim Morrow, Todd Smith, Robert Smith, Patrick Cannon | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs (PG), James Clark (SG), Sergei Jelinek (PF), Robert Brown (C) Timothy Nuzzo, Oscar Wilson, Larry Lightle, Eric Dowd | |
| 14:01 | UTEP | Aaron Mace throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 6-4 |
| 13:56 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs lays it up and in on a nice dish by Sergei Jelinek and he's fouled by Gregory Scott - foul #1 on Gregory Scott, team foul #6 | 6-6 |
| 13:56 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs makes the free throw | 6-7 |
| 13:37 | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez is hacked by James Clark - foul #2 on James Clark, team foul #4 | 6-7 |
| Subs | UTEP | Billy Hall (PF) Christopher Green | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | John Beverly (SG), Nicholas Amos (SF) James Clark, Melvin Strong | |
| 13:29 | UTEP | Aaron Mace scores on a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Abraham Machen | 8-7 |
| 13:08 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown blows the layup but he's hacked by Abraham Machen - foul #1 on Abraham Machen, team foul #7 | 8-7 |
| Subs | UTEP | Gary Todd (SG), Patrick Cannon (SF), Christopher Green (C) Alejandro Hernandez, Aaron Mace, Gregory Scott | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Oscar Wilson (SG), Larry Lightle (PF) John Beverly, Sergei Jelinek | |
| 13:08 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown makes the 1st free throw | 8-8 |
| 13:08 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 8-8 |
| 13:08 | UTEP | Christopher Green gets the rebound | 8-8 |
| 12:45 | UTEP | Patrick Cannon misses badly on a jumper in the lane | 8-8 |
| 12:43 | UTEP | Abraham Machen pulls down the offensive rebound | 8-8 |
| 12:26 | UTEP | Gary Todd misses short on a floater in the lane but he's fouled by Peter Jacobs - foul #1 on Peter Jacobs, team foul #5 | 8-8 |
| Subs | UTEP | Tim Morrow (SG), Robert Smith (SF) Abraham Machen, Patrick Cannon | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Timothy Nuzzo (PG), Melvin Strong (SF), Eric Dowd (C) Peter Jacobs, Nicholas Amos, Robert Brown | |
| 12:26 | UTEP | Gary Todd makes the 1st free throw | 9-8 |
| 12:26 | UTEP | Gary Todd makes the 2nd free throw | 10-8 |
| 12:24 | Texas Tech | Timothy Nuzzo is hacked by Tim Morrow in the backcourt - foul #1 on Tim Morrow, team foul #8 | 10-8 |
| 12:24 | Texas Tech | Timothy Nuzzo makes the 1st free throw | 10-9 |
| 12:24 | Texas Tech | Timothy Nuzzo makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 12:10 | UTEP | Christopher Green scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Robert Smith | 12-10 |
| 12:05 | Texas Tech | Oscar Wilson misses short on an open fadeaway from the right side | 12-10 |
| 12:04 | UTEP | Billy Hall grabs the board | 12-10 |
| 11:49 | UTEP | Robert Smith can't connect on a driving attempt in the paint but he's fouled by Timothy Nuzzo - foul #2 on Timothy Nuzzo, team foul #6 | 12-10 |
| Subs | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez (PG), Todd Smith (SG), Aaron Mace (SF), Patrick Cannon (C) Gary Todd, Tim Morrow, Billy Hall, Christopher Green | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs (PG), Sergei Jelinek (PF) Timothy Nuzzo, Larry Lightle | |
| 11:49 | UTEP | Robert Smith makes the 1st free throw | 13-10 |
| 11:49 | UTEP | Robert Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 14-10 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Alejandro Hernandez (fresh) SG - Todd Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Aaron Mace (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Smith (fresh) 2 pts. C - Patrick Cannon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Peter Jacobs (tiring) 5 pts. SG - Oscar Wilson (tiring) 1 ast. SF - Melvin Strong (tiring) 2 pts. PF - Sergei Jelinek (fairly fresh) C - Eric Dowd (tiring) | |
| 11:47 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong is fouled in the backcourt by Todd Smith - foul #1 on Todd Smith, team foul #9 | 14-10 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | John Beverly (PG) Peter Jacobs | |
| 11:47 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong makes the 1st free throw | 14-11 |
| 11:47 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong makes the 2nd free throw | 14-12 |
| 11:30 | UTEP | Robert Smith loses the ball out of bounds | 14-12 |
| Subs | UTEP | Billy Hall (PF) Robert Smith | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 11:15 | Texas Tech | Sergei Jelinek can't connect on a driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Alejandro Hernandez - foul #1 on Alejandro Hernandez, team foul #10 | 14-12 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs (PG), Robert Brown (C) John Beverly, Eric Dowd | |
| 11:15 | Texas Tech | Sergei Jelinek makes the 1st free throw | 14-13 |
| 11:15 | Texas Tech | Sergei Jelinek makes the 2nd free throw | 14-14 |
| 11:03 | UTEP | Aaron Mace's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Brown | 14-14 |
| 11:02 | UTEP | Aaron Mace hits the follow up shot | 16-14 |
| 10:57 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong makes the floater from the free throw line set up by Oscar Wilson | 16-16 |
| 10:42 | UTEP | Todd Smith scores on a jumpshot from the right side | 18-16 |
| 10:39 | Texas Tech | Aaron Mace picks off the pass by Melvin Strong in the backcourt | 18-16 |
| 10:37 | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez lays it in set up by Aaron Mace | 20-16 |
| 10:37 | Texas Tech | Texas Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 20-16 |
| Subs | UTEP | Gary Todd (PG), Tim Morrow (SG), Gregory Scott (PF), Robert Smith (C) Alejandro Hernandez, Todd Smith, Billy Hall, Patrick Cannon | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | John Beverly (SG), Larry Lightle (PF) Oscar Wilson, Sergei Jelinek | |
| 10:30 | Texas Tech | Robert Smith is called for the reach on Robert Brown - foul #2 on Robert Smith, team foul #11 | 20-16 |
| Subs | UTEP | Christopher Green (C) Robert Smith | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Nicholas Amos (SF) Melvin Strong | |
| 10:30 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown makes the 1st free throw | 20-17 |
| 10:30 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 20-18 |
| 10:08 | UTEP | Aaron Mace double dribbles | 20-18 |
| Subs | UTEP | Patrick Cannon (SF) Aaron Mace | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Oscar Wilson (SG), Eric Dowd (C) John Beverly, Robert Brown | |
| 09:49 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs misses badly on a fadeaway from the baseline | 20-18 |
| 09:47 | UTEP | Christopher Green grabs the board | 20-18 |
| 09:18 | UTEP | Gregory Scott is open but comes up short on the floater from the left block | 20-18 |
| 09:16 | UTEP | Gregory Scott grabs the offensive rebound | 20-18 |
| 08:55 | UTEP | Patrick Cannon misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Oscar Wilson - foul #2 on Oscar Wilson, team foul #7 | 20-18 |
| Subs | UTEP | Abraham Machen (PG), Todd Smith (SG), Billy Hall (PF) Gary Todd, Tim Morrow, Gregory Scott | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | John Beverly (SG), Melvin Strong (SF), Sergei Jelinek (PF), Robert Brown (C) Oscar Wilson, Nicholas Amos, Larry Lightle, Eric Dowd | |
| 08:55 | UTEP | Patrick Cannon makes the 1st free throw | 21-18 |
| 08:55 | UTEP | Patrick Cannon makes the 2nd free throw | 22-18 |
| 08:36 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown is hacked by Abraham Machen - foul #2 on Abraham Machen, team foul #12 | 22-18 |
| Subs | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez (PG), Aaron Mace (SF) Abraham Machen, Patrick Cannon | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 08:36 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown misses the 1st free throw | 22-18 |
| 08:36 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 22-19 |
| 08:34 | UTEP | Aaron Mace is hacked by John Beverly in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Beverly, team foul #8 | 22-19 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Nicholas Amos (SF) Peter Jacobs | |
| 08:34 | UTEP | Aaron Mace makes the 1st free throw | 23-19 |
| 08:34 | UTEP | Aaron Mace makes the 2nd free throw | 24-19 |
| 08:15 | Texas Tech | John Beverly is hacked by Christopher Green - foul #2 on Christopher Green, team foul #13 | 24-19 |
| Subs | UTEP | Patrick Cannon (C) Christopher Green | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 08:15 | Texas Tech | John Beverly makes the 1st free throw | 24-20 |
| 08:15 | Texas Tech | John Beverly misses the 2nd free throw | 24-20 |
| 08:15 | UTEP | Billy Hall pulls down the rebound | 24-20 |
| 07:58 | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Todd Smith | 27-20 |
| 07:56 | Texas Tech | John Beverly is fouled in the backcourt by Alejandro Hernandez - foul #2 on Alejandro Hernandez, team foul #14 | 27-20 |
| Subs | UTEP | Gary Todd (PG), Gregory Scott (C) Alejandro Hernandez, Aaron Mace | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs (PG), Eric Dowd (C) Nicholas Amos, Robert Brown | |
| 07:56 | Texas Tech | John Beverly makes the 1st free throw | 27-21 |
| 07:56 | Texas Tech | John Beverly misses the 2nd free throw | 27-21 |
| 07:56 | UTEP | Billy Hall pulls down the rebound | 27-21 |
| 07:54 | UTEP | Eric Dowd steals the ball from Gary Todd in the backcourt | 27-21 |
| 07:40 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 27-21 |
| 07:39 | UTEP | Billy Hall grabs the defensive rebound | 27-21 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Gary Todd (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Todd Smith (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Patrick Cannon (tiring) 4 pts. PF - Billy Hall (tiring) 5 reb. C - Gregory Scott (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Peter Jacobs (tired) 5 pts. SG - John Beverly (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Melvin Strong (tiring) 6 pts. PF - Sergei Jelinek (tiring) 2 pts. C - Eric Dowd (tiring) | |
| 07:24 | UTEP | Gary Todd connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Patrick Cannon | 30-21 |
| 07:06 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 30-23 |
| 06:53 | UTEP | Peter Jacobs is called for the reach on Todd Smith - foul #2 on Peter Jacobs, team foul #9 | 30-23 |
| Subs | UTEP | Aaron Mace (SF) Gregory Scott | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Nicholas Amos (SF), Larry Lightle (PF), Robert Brown (C) Peter Jacobs, Sergei Jelinek, Eric Dowd | |
| 06:53 | UTEP | Todd Smith misses the 1st free throw | 30-23 |
| 06:53 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown gets the rebound | 30-23 |
| 06:34 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong misses the lay-in | 30-23 |
| 06:32 | UTEP | The rebound goes to Aaron Mace | 30-23 |
| 06:29 | UTEP | Todd Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 30-23 |
| 06:14 | Texas Tech | Larry Lightle misses the shot near the basket but he's fouled by Billy Hall - foul #1 on Billy Hall, team foul #15 | 30-23 |
| Subs | UTEP | Tim Morrow (PG) Gary Todd | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 06:14 | Texas Tech | Larry Lightle makes the 1st free throw | 30-24 |
| 06:14 | Texas Tech | Larry Lightle misses the 2nd free throw | 30-24 |
| 06:14 | UTEP | Billy Hall snags the defensive board | 30-24 |
| 06:09 | UTEP | Melvin Strong is called for the reach on Todd Smith in the backcourt - foul #1 on Melvin Strong, team foul #10 | 30-24 |
| 06:09 | UTEP | Todd Smith misses the 1st free throw | 30-24 |
| 06:09 | UTEP | Todd Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 31-24 |
| 05:49 | Texas Tech | Larry Lightle double dribbles | 31-24 |
| 05:49 | UTEP | UTEP calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 31-24 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Eric Dowd (C) Robert Brown | |
| 05:20 | UTEP | Billy Hall misses the jump hook from the left block | 31-24 |
| 05:19 | Texas Tech | John Beverly snags the defensive board | 31-24 |
| 05:17 | Texas Tech | Aaron Mace takes the ball from John Beverly in the backcourt | 31-24 |
| 05:10 | UTEP | Aaron Mace hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 31-24 |
| 05:09 | UTEP | Billy Hall tips it in | 33-24 |
| 05:07 | Texas Tech | Patrick Cannon is called for the reach on Melvin Strong in the backcourt - foul #2 on Patrick Cannon, team foul #16 | 33-24 |
| Subs | UTEP | Gary Todd (PG), Gregory Scott (C) Tim Morrow, Patrick Cannon | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Sergei Jelinek (SF), Robert Brown (C) Nicholas Amos, Eric Dowd | |
| 05:07 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong makes the 1st free throw | 33-25 |
| 05:07 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong makes the 2nd free throw | 33-26 |
| 04:57 | UTEP | Todd Smith clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 33-26 |
| 04:55 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong grabs the board | 33-26 |
| 04:49 | Texas Tech | The jump hook by Melvin Strong is blocked by Gregory Scott | 33-26 |
| 04:47 | UTEP | Billy Hall gets the rebound | 33-26 |
| 04:45 | UTEP | Melvin Strong steals the ball from Gary Todd in the backcourt | 33-26 |
| 04:28 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-26 |
| Subs | UTEP | Tim Morrow (SG) Todd Smith | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Nicholas Amos (SF), Eric Dowd (C) Larry Lightle, Robert Brown | |
| 04:11 | UTEP | Gary Todd misses the wide open shot from the right side | 33-26 |
| 04:10 | Texas Tech | The rebound goes to Sergei Jelinek | 33-26 |
| 04:03 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 33-26 |
| 04:02 | UTEP | Aaron Mace pulls down the rebound | 33-26 |
| 03:56 | UTEP | Melvin Strong steals it from Gary Todd | 33-26 |
| 03:53 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong blows the dunk | 33-26 |
| 03:51 | Texas Tech | Sergei Jelinek hits the follow up shot | 33-28 |
| 03:27 | UTEP | Billy Hall drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Aaron Mace | 36-28 |
| 03:27 | Texas Tech | Texas Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 36-28 |
| Subs | UTEP | Abraham Machen (PG), Alejandro Hernandez (SG), Alan Howard (SF), Robert Smith (PF), Christopher Green (C) Gary Todd, Tim Morrow, Aaron Mace, Billy Hall, Gregory Scott | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Timothy Nuzzo (PG), Oscar Wilson (SG), Larry Lightle (PF), Robert Brown (C) John Beverly, Nicholas Amos, Sergei Jelinek, Eric Dowd | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Abraham Machen (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Alejandro Hernandez (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Alan Howard (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Smith (fresh) 2 pts. C - Christopher Green (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Timothy Nuzzo (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Oscar Wilson (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Melvin Strong (tired) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Larry Lightle (tiring) 1 pts. C - Robert Brown (tired) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:11 | Texas Tech | Melvin Strong throws it down on a great pass from Oscar Wilson | 36-30 |
| 03:07 | UTEP | Christopher Green is hacked by Robert Brown in the backcourt - foul #1 on Robert Brown, team foul #11 | 36-30 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | James Clark (SG) Melvin Strong | |
| 03:07 | UTEP | Christopher Green makes the 1st free throw | 37-30 |
| 03:07 | UTEP | Christopher Green makes the 2nd free throw | 38-30 |
| 02:47 | Texas Tech | Robert Brown's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 38-30 |
| 02:27 | UTEP | Abraham Machen hits a wide open 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Alan Howard | 41-30 |
| 02:12 | Texas Tech | Alan Howard blocks the short jumper by Larry Lightle | 41-30 |
| 02:11 | UTEP | Christopher Green snags the defensive board | 41-30 |
| 01:54 | UTEP | Alejandro Hernandez connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Abraham Machen | 44-30 |
| 01:28 | Texas Tech | Timothy Nuzzo hits the easy wide open finger roll | 44-32 |
| 01:06 | UTEP | Abraham Machen is fouled on the floor by Oscar Wilson - foul #3 on Oscar Wilson, team foul #12 | 44-32 |
| Subs | UTEP | Patrick Cannon (PF) Robert Smith | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs (PG), Melvin Strong (SF), Sergei Jelinek (PF), Eric Dowd (C) Oscar Wilson, Timothy Nuzzo, Larry Lightle, Robert Brown | |
| 01:06 | UTEP | Abraham Machen misses the 1st free throw | 44-32 |
| 01:06 | UTEP | Abraham Machen makes the 2nd free throw | 45-32 |
| 00:40 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 45-32 |
| 00:38 | Texas Tech | Sergei Jelinek grabs the offensive rebound | 45-32 |
| 00:24 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs is hacked by Alejandro Hernandez - foul #3 on Alejandro Hernandez, team foul #17 | 45-32 |
| Subs | UTEP | Gary Todd (PG), Todd Smith (SG), Billy Hall (PF) Abraham Machen, Alejandro Hernandez, Alan Howard | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 00:24 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs misses the 1st free throw | 45-32 |
| 00:24 | Texas Tech | Peter Jacobs makes the 2nd free throw | 45-33 |
| 00:03 | UTEP | Todd Smith misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 45-33 |
| 00:01 | UTEP | Christopher Green gets the offensive rebound | 45-33 |
| 00:00 | UTEP | The clock runs out | 45-33 |