| Lineup | VCU | PG - Phillip Zeigler (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Anthony Tyler (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Ernest Wallace (fresh) PF - Richard Hall (fresh) 7 pts. C - Ray Conway (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drexel | PG - Matthew Turner (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Bradley (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Adam Phelps (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Richard Paniagua (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Peter Lindemann (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | VCU | Ernest Wallace inbounds the ball | 43-41 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drexel | Drexel is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:48 | VCU | Richard Hall lays it up and in set up by Ernest Wallace | 45-41 |
| 19:38 | Drexel | Richard Paniagua misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 45-41 |
| 19:36 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann tips it back up and in | 45-43 |
| 19:17 | VCU | Anthony Tyler hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 45-43 |
| 19:15 | VCU | Richard Hall misses the tip | 45-43 |
| 19:13 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann gets the rebound | 45-43 |
| 18:52 | Drexel | Adam Phelps drills a runner near the basket on a nice dish by Peter Lindemann | 45-45 |
| 18:41 | VCU | Ernest Wallace misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-45 |
| 18:40 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann grabs the defensive rebound | 45-45 |
| 18:22 | Drexel | Adam Phelps clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 45-45 |
| 18:21 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann tips it but misses | 45-45 |
| 18:20 | VCU | Richard Hall gets the rebound | 45-45 |
| 18:03 | VCU | Ray Conway makes the shot from just outside the lane set up by Anthony Tyler | 47-45 |
| 17:38 | Drexel | Paul Bradley can't connect on a jumper from the right side | 47-45 |
| 17:36 | VCU | The rebound goes to Ray Conway | 47-45 |
| 17:22 | VCU | Anthony Tyler hits a shot in the paint set up by Phillip Zeigler | 49-45 |
| 17:07 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 49-45 |
| 17:06 | VCU | The rebound goes to Richard Hall | 49-45 |
| 17:00 | VCU | Ernest Wallace knocks in the jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Phillip Zeigler | 51-45 |
| 16:41 | Drexel | Matthew Turner clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 51-45 |
| 16:40 | Drexel | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Bradley | 51-45 |
| 16:26 | Drexel | Paul Bradley misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 51-45 |
| 16:25 | VCU | Ernest Wallace grabs the defensive rebound | 51-45 |
| 16:13 | VCU | Ray Conway drills a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Hall | 54-45 |
| 16:04 | Drexel | Matthew Turner is fouled on the floor by Ernest Wallace - foul #3 on Ernest Wallace, team foul #1 | 54-45 |
| Subs | VCU | Derek Heap (PG), Randall Godwin (SG), Earl Bradley (SF), Rolf Duchnowski (PF), Wilbur Dugan (C) Phillip Zeigler, Anthony Tyler, Ernest Wallace, Richard Hall, Ray Conway | |
| Subs | Drexel | Harold Coleman (PG), Richard Ganey (SG), Troy Moffett (SF), Richard Thiel (PF), Virgil Robbs (C) Matthew Turner, Paul Bradley, Adam Phelps, Richard Paniagua, Peter Lindemann | |
| 15:59 | Drexel | Richard Ganey scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Virgil Robbs | 54-48 |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Derek Heap (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Randall Godwin (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Earl Bradley (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Rolf Duchnowski (fresh) 5 pts. C - Wilbur Dugan (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Drexel | PG - Harold Coleman (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Richard Ganey (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Troy Moffett (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Richard Thiel (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Virgil Robbs (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:32 | VCU | Earl Bradley misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 54-48 |
| 15:31 | Drexel | The rebound goes to Virgil Robbs | 54-48 |
| 15:18 | Drexel | Virgil Robbs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 54-48 |
| 14:49 | VCU | Rolf Duchnowski misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 54-48 |
| 14:48 | Drexel | Virgil Robbs grabs the board | 54-48 |
| 14:43 | Drexel | Troy Moffett's layup is rejected by Wilbur Dugan | 54-48 |
| 14:41 | VCU | The rebound goes to Earl Bradley | 54-48 |
| 14:27 | VCU | Randall Godwin is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Randall Godwin, team foul #2 | 54-48 |
| Subs | VCU | Phillip Zeigler (PG), Ray Conway (C) Derek Heap, Wilbur Dugan | |
| Subs | Drexel | Matthew Turner (PG), Peter Lindemann (C) Harold Coleman, Virgil Robbs | |
| 14:13 | Drexel | Matthew Turner is denied on a layup by Ray Conway | 54-48 |
| 14:12 | VCU | Phillip Zeigler grabs the board | 54-48 |
| 14:03 | VCU | Rolf Duchnowski's floater is tipped away by Peter Lindemann | 54-48 |
| 14:01 | VCU | Randall Godwin tips it in | 56-48 |
| 13:46 | Drexel | Earl Bradley swats the short shot by Troy Moffett | 56-48 |
| 13:44 | VCU | Earl Bradley grabs the defensive rebound | 56-48 |
| 13:29 | VCU | Randall Godwin buries a 3 from the left corner | 59-48 |
| 13:02 | Drexel | Troy Moffett misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 59-48 |
| 13:00 | Drexel | Troy Moffett tips it in | 59-50 |
| 12:34 | VCU | Ray Conway misses long on a jumper in the lane | 59-50 |
| 12:32 | Drexel | Richard Thiel pulls down the rebound | 59-50 |
| 12:19 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 59-50 |
| 12:17 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann can't tip it in | 59-50 |
| 12:15 | Drexel | Richard Thiel pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-50 |
| 11:59 | Drexel | Richard Ganey comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 59-50 |
| 11:57 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann tips it back up and in | 59-52 |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Phillip Zeigler (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Randall Godwin (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - Earl Bradley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Rolf Duchnowski (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Ray Conway (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Drexel | PG - Matthew Turner (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Ganey (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Troy Moffett (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Thiel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Peter Lindemann (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:38 | VCU | Rolf Duchnowski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-52 |
| Subs | VCU | Derek Heap (PG), Anthony Tyler (SG), Ernest Wallace (SF), Richard Hall (PF), Wilbur Dugan (C) Phillip Zeigler, Randall Godwin, Earl Bradley, Rolf Duchnowski, Ray Conway | |
| Subs | Drexel | Paul Bradley (SG), Adam Phelps (SF), Richard Paniagua (PF), Virgil Robbs (C) Richard Ganey, Troy Moffett, Richard Thiel, Peter Lindemann | |
| 11:16 | Drexel | Virgil Robbs banks in the layup on a great pass from Matthew Turner and he's fouled by Wilbur Dugan - foul #1 on Wilbur Dugan, team foul #3 | 59-54 |
| 11:16 | Drexel | Virgil Robbs misses the free throw | 59-54 |
| 11:16 | VCU | Richard Hall grabs the board | 59-54 |
| 11:02 | VCU | Anthony Tyler can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 59-54 |
| 11:01 | VCU | Derek Heap pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-54 |
| 10:50 | VCU | Richard Hall clanks a driving attempt from the right block | 59-54 |
| 10:48 | VCU | Derek Heap pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-54 |
| 10:29 | VCU | Anthony Tyler steps out of bounds on the baseline | 59-54 |
| Subs | VCU | Phillip Zeigler (PG), Ray Conway (C) Derek Heap, Wilbur Dugan | |
| Subs | Drexel | Harold Coleman (PG), Peter Lindemann (C) Matthew Turner, Virgil Robbs | |
| 10:12 | Drexel | Harold Coleman misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 59-54 |
| 10:11 | VCU | Richard Hall pulls down the rebound | 59-54 |
| 09:52 | VCU | Ernest Wallace's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-54 |
| 09:31 | Drexel | Richard Paniagua scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 59-57 |
| 09:23 | VCU | Anthony Tyler misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 59-57 |
| 09:21 | Drexel | The rebound goes to Richard Paniagua | 59-57 |
| 09:08 | Drexel | Ernest Wallace steals the ball from Adam Phelps | 59-57 |
| 08:53 | VCU | Ray Conway misses short on a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Peter Lindemann - foul #3 on Peter Lindemann, team foul #1 | 59-57 |
| Subs | VCU | Derek Heap (SG), Randall Godwin (SF), Earl Bradley (PF) Anthony Tyler, Ernest Wallace, Richard Hall | |
| Subs | Drexel | Matthew Turner (PG), Richard Ganey (SG), Troy Moffett (SF), Virgil Robbs (PF) Harold Coleman, Paul Bradley, Adam Phelps, Richard Paniagua | |
| 08:53 | VCU | Ray Conway misses the 1st free throw | 59-57 |
| 08:53 | VCU | Ray Conway makes the 2nd free throw | 60-57 |
| 08:42 | Drexel | Virgil Robbs's fadeaway is rejected by Ray Conway | 60-57 |
| 08:41 | VCU | Randall Godwin snags the defensive board | 60-57 |
| 08:35 | VCU | Phillip Zeigler hits a fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Derek Heap | 62-57 |
| 08:17 | Drexel | Richard Ganey drills a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Virgil Robbs | 62-60 |
| 08:10 | VCU | Earl Bradley clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 62-60 |
| 08:08 | VCU | Randall Godwin grabs the offensive board | 62-60 |
| 07:47 | VCU | Phillip Zeigler misses short on a fadeaway from the baseline | 62-60 |
| 07:45 | Drexel | The rebound goes to Matthew Turner | 62-60 |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Phillip Zeigler (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Derek Heap (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Randall Godwin (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Earl Bradley (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Ray Conway (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Drexel | PG - Matthew Turner (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Ganey (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Troy Moffett (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Virgil Robbs (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Peter Lindemann (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:26 | Drexel | Richard Ganey misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 62-60 |
| 07:25 | Drexel | Virgil Robbs grabs the offensive board | 62-60 |
| 07:03 | Drexel | Matthew Turner can't finish the layup | 62-60 |
| 07:02 | VCU | Earl Bradley snags the defensive board | 62-60 |
| 06:58 | VCU | Earl Bradley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-60 |
| Subs | VCU | Anthony Tyler (SG), Ernest Wallace (SF), Richard Hall (PF), Rolf Duchnowski (C) Phillip Zeigler, Randall Godwin, Earl Bradley, Ray Conway | |
| Subs | Drexel | Paul Bradley (SG), Adam Phelps (SF), Richard Paniagua (PF), Richard Thiel (C) Richard Ganey, Troy Moffett, Virgil Robbs, Peter Lindemann | |
| 06:39 | Drexel | Richard Thiel misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 62-60 |
| 06:37 | VCU | Richard Hall grabs the defensive rebound | 62-60 |
| 06:32 | VCU | Derek Heap can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 62-60 |
| 06:31 | VCU | Richard Hall pulls down the offensive rebound | 62-60 |
| 06:15 | VCU | Anthony Tyler hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Rolf Duchnowski | 65-60 |
| 05:54 | Drexel | Paul Bradley double dribbles | 65-60 |
| Subs | VCU | George Myers (PG) Derek Heap | |
| Subs | Drexel | | |
| 05:35 | VCU | Richard Paniagua is called for the reach on Anthony Tyler - foul #1 on Richard Paniagua, team foul #2 | 65-60 |
| Subs | VCU | | |
| Subs | Drexel | Peter Lindemann (C) Richard Thiel | |
| 05:19 | VCU | George Myers misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 65-60 |
| 05:18 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann grabs the defensive rebound | 65-60 |
| 05:05 | Drexel | Richard Paniagua hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 65-60 |
| 05:04 | VCU | The rebound goes to Richard Hall | 65-60 |
| 04:45 | VCU | Richard Paniagua steals the ball from Ernest Wallace | 65-60 |
| 04:31 | Drexel | Matthew Turner buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Paul Bradley | 65-63 |
| 04:17 | VCU | Matthew Turner is called for the reach on Anthony Tyler - foul #3 on Matthew Turner, team foul #3 | 65-63 |
| Subs | VCU | Phillip Zeigler (PG), Randall Godwin (SG), Earl Bradley (SF), Ray Conway (C) George Myers, Anthony Tyler, Ernest Wallace, Rolf Duchnowski | |
| Subs | Drexel | Harold Coleman (PG), Richard Ganey (SG), Troy Moffett (SF), Richard Thiel (PF) Matthew Turner, Paul Bradley, Adam Phelps, Richard Paniagua | |
| 03:52 | VCU | Phillip Zeigler makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Randall Godwin | 68-63 |
| 03:35 | Drexel | Richard Ganey hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Earl Bradley - foul #3 on Earl Bradley, team foul #4 | 68-63 |
| Subs | VCU | Derek Heap (SG) Richard Hall | |
| Subs | Drexel | | |
| 03:35 | Drexel | Richard Ganey misses the 1st free throw | 68-63 |
| 03:35 | Drexel | Richard Ganey misses the 2nd free throw | 68-63 |
| 03:35 | VCU | Ray Conway grabs the board | 68-63 |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Phillip Zeigler (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Derek Heap (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Randall Godwin (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Earl Bradley (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Ray Conway (fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Drexel | PG - Harold Coleman (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Richard Ganey (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Troy Moffett (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Thiel (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Peter Lindemann (fresh) 7 pts. 10 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:23 | VCU | Phillip Zeigler is fouled on the floor by Harold Coleman - foul #1 on Harold Coleman, team foul #4 | 68-63 |
| Subs | VCU | | |
| Subs | Drexel | Virgil Robbs (C) Peter Lindemann | |
| 03:02 | VCU | Earl Bradley banks in the layup set up by Derek Heap and the foul's on Richard Thiel - foul #2 on Richard Thiel, team foul #5 | 70-63 |
| Subs | VCU | Anthony Tyler (SG), Ernest Wallace (SF) Derek Heap, Randall Godwin | |
| Subs | Drexel | Matthew Turner (PG) Harold Coleman | |
| 03:02 | VCU | Earl Bradley misses the free throw | 70-63 |
| 03:02 | Drexel | Richard Thiel grabs the defensive rebound | 70-63 |
| 02:59 | Drexel | Drexel calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 70-63 |
| Subs | VCU | Richard Hall (PF) Earl Bradley | |
| Subs | Drexel | Paul Bradley (SG), Adam Phelps (SF), Richard Paniagua (PF), Peter Lindemann (C) Richard Ganey, Troy Moffett, Richard Thiel, Virgil Robbs | |
| 02:41 | Drexel | Matthew Turner misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 70-63 |
| 02:39 | VCU | Ernest Wallace snags the defensive board | 70-63 |
| 02:34 | VCU | Matthew Turner steals it from Anthony Tyler | 70-63 |
| 02:17 | Drexel | Adam Phelps comes up short on the floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Ernest Wallace - foul #4 on Ernest Wallace, team foul #5 | 70-63 |
| 02:17 | Drexel | Adam Phelps makes the 1st free throw | 70-64 |
| 02:17 | Drexel | Adam Phelps misses the 2nd free throw | 70-64 |
| 02:17 | VCU | Richard Hall gets the rebound | 70-64 |
| 02:01 | VCU | Richard Hall is hacked by Adam Phelps - foul #2 on Adam Phelps, team foul #6 | 70-64 |
| 01:42 | VCU | Anthony Tyler loses the dribble to Matthew Turner | 70-64 |
| 01:24 | Drexel | Adam Phelps drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 70-67 |
| 01:05 | VCU | Ray Conway misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 70-67 |
| 01:04 | VCU | Richard Hall grabs the offensive rebound | 70-67 |
| 00:46 | VCU | Richard Hall knocks in the floater from the baseline and the foul's on Richard Paniagua - foul #2 on Richard Paniagua, team foul #7 | 72-67 |
| 00:46 | VCU | Richard Hall makes the free throw | 73-67 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drexel | Drexel is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:41 | Drexel | Peter Lindemann lays it in on a nice dish by Adam Phelps | 73-69 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Drexel | Drexel is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:38 | VCU | Anthony Tyler is hacked by Paul Bradley in the backcourt - foul #2 on Paul Bradley, team foul #8 | 73-69 |
| 00:38 | VCU | Anthony Tyler makes the 1st free throw | 74-69 |
| 00:38 | VCU | Anthony Tyler makes the 2nd free throw | 75-69 |
| 00:33 | Drexel | Paul Bradley comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 75-69 |
| 00:31 | VCU | Ray Conway pulls down the rebound | 75-69 |
| 00:30 | VCU | Ray Conway is hacked by Matthew Turner in the backcourt - foul #4 on Matthew Turner, team foul #9 | 75-69 |
| 00:30 | VCU | Ray Conway makes the 1st free throw | 76-69 |
| 00:30 | VCU | Ray Conway makes the 2nd free throw | 77-69 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Drexel | Drexel is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:22 | Drexel | Matthew Turner hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 77-69 |
| 00:20 | VCU | Richard Hall grabs the board | 77-69 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Drexel | Drexel is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:17 | VCU | Richard Hall is fouled in the backcourt by Paul Bradley - foul #3 on Paul Bradley, team foul #10 | 77-69 |
| Subs | VCU | Rolf Duchnowski (C) Ray Conway | |
| Subs | Drexel | | |
| 00:17 | VCU | Richard Hall makes the 1st free throw | 78-69 |
| 00:17 | VCU | Richard Hall makes the 2nd free throw | 79-69 |
| 00:12 | Drexel | Richard Paniagua misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 79-69 |
| 00:10 | Drexel | Paul Bradley grabs the offensive board | 79-69 |
| 00:08 | Drexel | Adam Phelps can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 79-69 |
| 00:06 | VCU | Richard Hall gets the rebound | 79-69 |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Drexel | Drexel is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | VCU | Phillip Zeigler runs out the clock | 79-69 |