| Lineup | North Texas | PG - Bradley Nystrom (fresh) SG - Isaac Lindsay (fresh) SF - Lawrence Rakes (fresh) PF - Joshua Partee (fresh) C - Jim King (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - Blake Vowell (fresh) SG - Milton Coonrod (fresh) SF - Victor Deardorff (fresh) PF - Jimmy Jones (fresh) C - Derrick Sanders (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Vermont | Jimmy Jones wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | North Texas | North Texas is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Vermont | Vermont is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| 19:31 | Vermont | Derrick Sanders drills a shot from the baseline on a great pass from Blake Vowell | 0-2 |
| 19:21 | North Texas | Joshua Partee connects on the floater from the free throw line | 2-2 |
| 18:57 | Vermont | Jimmy Jones connects on the fadeaway from the right side | 2-4 |
| 18:40 | North Texas | Jimmy Jones steals it from Joshua Partee | 2-4 |
| 18:19 | Vermont | Derrick Sanders clanks a shot from the free throw line | 2-4 |
| 18:17 | Vermont | Derrick Sanders tips it home | 2-6 |
| 18:10 | North Texas | Joshua Partee drills a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Jim King | 4-6 |
| 17:49 | Vermont | Victor Deardorff clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 4-6 |
| 17:47 | Vermont | Derrick Sanders tips it home | 4-8 |
| 17:40 | North Texas | Bradley Nystrom's fadeaway is rejected by Jimmy Jones | 4-8 |
| 17:38 | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes hits the follow up shot | 6-8 |
| 17:09 | Vermont | Victor Deardorff throws a bad pass out of bounds | 6-8 |
| 16:55 | North Texas | Joshua Partee comes up short on the driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Jimmy Jones - foul #1 on Jimmy Jones, team foul #1 | 6-8 |
| 16:55 | North Texas | Joshua Partee misses the 1st free throw | 6-8 |
| 16:55 | North Texas | Joshua Partee misses the 2nd free throw | 6-8 |
| 16:55 | Vermont | Derrick Sanders snags the defensive board | 6-8 |
| 16:30 | Vermont | Lawrence Rakes is called for the reach on Victor Deardorff - foul #1 on Lawrence Rakes, team foul #1 | 6-8 |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| Subs | Vermont | Richard Wilson (C) Derrick Sanders | |
| 16:09 | Vermont | Jimmy Jones hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Isaac Lindsay - foul #1 on Isaac Lindsay, team foul #2 | 6-8 |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| Subs | Vermont | David Foster (PG), Jesse Autry (SG), Charles Carrier (SF) Blake Vowell, Milton Coonrod, Victor Deardorff | |
| 16:09 | Vermont | Jimmy Jones makes the 1st free throw | 6-9 |
| 16:09 | Vermont | Jimmy Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 6-9 |
| 16:09 | North Texas | Jim King snags the defensive board | 6-9 |
| 15:58 | North Texas | Jim King misses short on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Jimmy Jones - foul #2 on Jimmy Jones, team foul #2 | 6-9 |
| Subs | North Texas | David Bliss (PF) Joshua Partee | |
| Subs | Vermont | Charles Pendergast (C) Jimmy Jones | |
| 15:58 | North Texas | Jim King makes the 1st free throw | 7-9 |
| 15:58 | North Texas | Jim King makes the 2nd free throw | 8-9 |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - Bradley Nystrom (fresh) SG - Isaac Lindsay (fresh) SF - Lawrence Rakes (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Bliss (fresh) C - Jim King (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - David Foster (fresh) SG - Jesse Autry (fresh) SF - Charles Carrier (fresh) PF - Richard Wilson (fresh) C - Charles Pendergast (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | Vermont | Charles Pendergast clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 8-9 |
| 15:41 | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes snags the defensive board | 8-9 |
| 15:36 | North Texas | Jim King can't connect on a jump hook from the right block | 8-9 |
| 15:34 | Vermont | Charles Carrier pulls down the rebound | 8-9 |
| 15:12 | Vermont | David Bliss denies the turnaround by Charles Carrier | 8-9 |
| 15:11 | North Texas | Jim King gets the rebound | 8-9 |
| 14:58 | North Texas | Charles Pendergast steals the ball from Bradley Nystrom | 8-9 |
| 14:32 | Vermont | Richard Wilson comes up short on the fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Bradley Nystrom - foul #1 on Bradley Nystrom, team foul #3 | 8-9 |
| Subs | North Texas | Rusty Cooper (PG), James Swain (SG), Lance Serna (SF), Joshua Partee (PF) Bradley Nystrom, Isaac Lindsay, Lawrence Rakes, Jim King | |
| Subs | Vermont | Blake Vowell (PG), Milton Coonrod (SG), Victor Deardorff (SF), Derrick Sanders (C) David Foster, Jesse Autry, Charles Carrier, Charles Pendergast | |
| 14:32 | Vermont | Richard Wilson misses the 1st free throw | 8-9 |
| 14:32 | Vermont | Richard Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 8-10 |
| 14:15 | North Texas | James Swain can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Milton Coonrod - foul #1 on Milton Coonrod, team foul #3 | 8-10 |
| 14:15 | North Texas | James Swain makes the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 14:15 | North Texas | James Swain makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 13:48 | Vermont | Richard Wilson misses badly on a floater from the left side | 10-10 |
| 13:47 | North Texas | Lance Serna grabs the board | 10-10 |
| 13:33 | North Texas | Joshua Partee buries a jump hook from the right block | 12-10 |
| 13:10 | Vermont | David Bliss is called for the reach on Milton Coonrod - foul #1 on David Bliss, team foul #4 | 12-10 |
| Subs | North Texas | Bradley Nystrom (PG), Isaac Lindsay (SG) Rusty Cooper, James Swain | |
| Subs | Vermont | | |
| 12:49 | Vermont | Victor Deardorff buries a 3 from the right corner | 12-13 |
| 12:32 | North Texas | Lance Serna misses the floater from the free throw line | 12-13 |
| 12:31 | Vermont | Richard Wilson grabs the board | 12-13 |
| 12:07 | Vermont | Richard Wilson is whistled for traveling | 12-13 |
| Subs | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes (SF), Donald Wildenthaler (PF), Jim King (C) Lance Serna, Joshua Partee, David Bliss | |
| Subs | Vermont | David Foster (PG), Jesse Autry (SG), Charles Pendergast (C) Blake Vowell, Milton Coonrod, Richard Wilson | |
| 11:52 | North Texas | Jim King blows the layup but the foul's on Jesse Autry - foul #1 on Jesse Autry, team foul #4 | 12-13 |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| Subs | Vermont | Charles Carrier (SF) Victor Deardorff | |
| 11:52 | North Texas | Jim King makes the 1st free throw | 13-13 |
| 11:52 | North Texas | Jim King makes the 2nd free throw | 14-13 |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - Bradley Nystrom (fresh) SG - Isaac Lindsay (fresh) SF - Lawrence Rakes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Donald Wildenthaler (fresh) C - Jim King (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - David Foster (fresh) SG - Jesse Autry (fresh) SF - Charles Carrier (fresh) PF - Derrick Sanders (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Charles Pendergast (fresh) | |
| 11:38 | Vermont | Charles Pendergast banks in the layup | 14-15 |
| 11:27 | North Texas | Donald Wildenthaler hits the finger roll on a great pass from Isaac Lindsay | 16-15 |
| 11:00 | Vermont | Charles Carrier is called for traveling | 16-15 |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| Subs | Vermont | Blake Vowell (PG), Milton Coonrod (SG) David Foster, Jesse Autry | |
| 10:40 | North Texas | Jim King drills a shot from the right side | 18-15 |
| 10:13 | Vermont | Derrick Sanders misses long on a floater from the left wing | 18-15 |
| 10:12 | North Texas | Jim King snags the defensive board | 18-15 |
| 10:07 | North Texas | Bradley Nystrom misses the wide open jumpshot from the left side | 18-15 |
| 10:06 | Vermont | Derrick Sanders grabs the defensive rebound | 18-15 |
| 09:41 | Vermont | Charles Pendergast's pass is intercepted by Bradley Nystrom | 18-15 |
| 09:38 | North Texas | Bradley Nystrom hits the finger roll | 20-15 |
| 09:24 | Vermont | Milton Coonrod comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 20-15 |
| 09:23 | North Texas | Donald Wildenthaler gets the rebound | 20-15 |
| 09:11 | North Texas | Donald Wildenthaler buries a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Bradley Nystrom and the foul's on Derrick Sanders - foul #1 on Derrick Sanders, team foul #5 | 22-15 |
| Subs | North Texas | Rusty Cooper (PG), James Swain (SG), Lance Serna (SF), Joshua Partee (PF) Bradley Nystrom, Isaac Lindsay, Lawrence Rakes, Jim King | |
| Subs | Vermont | David Foster (PG), Jesse Autry (SG), Victor Deardorff (SF), Richard Wilson (PF), Robert Pinheiro (C) Blake Vowell, Milton Coonrod, Charles Carrier, Derrick Sanders, Charles Pendergast | |
| 09:11 | North Texas | Donald Wildenthaler misses the free throw | 22-15 |
| 09:11 | North Texas | Joshua Partee snags the offensive board | 22-15 |
| 09:00 | North Texas | Lance Serna misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Victor Deardorff - foul #1 on Victor Deardorff, team foul #6 | 22-15 |
| Subs | North Texas | David Bliss (C) Donald Wildenthaler | |
| Subs | Vermont | | |
| 09:00 | North Texas | Lance Serna makes the 1st free throw | 23-15 |
| 09:00 | North Texas | Lance Serna makes the 2nd free throw | 24-15 |
| 08:41 | Vermont | Robert Pinheiro can't connect on a jumper from close range | 24-15 |
| 08:40 | Vermont | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Wilson | 24-15 |
| 08:20 | Vermont | Richard Wilson hits a jumper from the baseline | 24-17 |
| 08:11 | North Texas | Lance Serna knocks in the floater from the left side on a great pass from James Swain | 26-17 |
| 07:54 | Vermont | David Foster misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 26-17 |
| 07:52 | North Texas | Lance Serna grabs the board | 26-17 |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - Rusty Cooper (fresh) SG - James Swain (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lance Serna (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Joshua Partee (fresh) 6 pts. C - David Bliss (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - David Foster (fresh) SG - Jesse Autry (fresh) SF - Victor Deardorff (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Richard Wilson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Pinheiro (fresh) | |
| 07:30 | North Texas | Lance Serna is fouled on the floor by Jesse Autry - foul #2 on Jesse Autry, team foul #7 | 26-17 |
| Subs | North Texas | Isaac Lindsay (SG), Lawrence Rakes (SF), Jim King (C) Rusty Cooper, James Swain, David Bliss | |
| Subs | Vermont | Blake Vowell (PG), Milton Coonrod (SG), Charles Pendergast (C) David Foster, Jesse Autry, Robert Pinheiro | |
| 07:30 | North Texas | Lance Serna misses the 1st free throw | 26-17 |
| 07:30 | Vermont | The rebound goes to Richard Wilson | 26-17 |
| 07:07 | Vermont | Blake Vowell can't connect on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Isaac Lindsay - foul #2 on Isaac Lindsay, team foul #5 | 26-17 |
| Subs | North Texas | Bradley Nystrom (PG) Isaac Lindsay | |
| Subs | Vermont | | |
| 07:07 | Vermont | Blake Vowell misses the 1st free throw | 26-17 |
| 07:07 | Vermont | Blake Vowell makes the 2nd free throw | 26-18 |
| 06:56 | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes is fouled on the floor by Victor Deardorff - foul #2 on Victor Deardorff, team foul #8 | 26-18 |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| Subs | Vermont | Charles Carrier (SF) Victor Deardorff | |
| 06:56 | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes makes the 1st free throw | 27-18 |
| 06:56 | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes makes the 2nd free throw | 28-18 |
| 06:48 | Vermont | Milton Coonrod makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 28-21 |
| 06:34 | North Texas | Jim King can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 28-21 |
| 06:32 | North Texas | Lance Serna pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-21 |
| 06:22 | North Texas | Jim King misses the dunk attempt against a doubleteam | 28-21 |
| 06:20 | Vermont | Blake Vowell grabs the board | 28-21 |
| 06:01 | Vermont | Charles Carrier comes up short on the jumper from the left block | 28-21 |
| 05:59 | North Texas | Lance Serna grabs the defensive rebound | 28-21 |
| 05:55 | North Texas | Joshua Partee misses short on a runner in the lane | 28-21 |
| 05:53 | North Texas | The offensive rebound goes to Lawrence Rakes | 28-21 |
| 05:33 | North Texas | Jim King splits the doubleteam but misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 28-21 |
| 05:32 | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes gets the offensive rebound | 28-21 |
| 05:21 | North Texas | Jim King travels with the ball | 28-21 |
| Subs | North Texas | Isaac Lindsay (SG), David Bliss (PF) Lance Serna, Joshua Partee | |
| Subs | Vermont | Derrick Sanders (PF) Richard Wilson | |
| 04:56 | Vermont | Charles Pendergast clanks a jumper from the left wing | 28-21 |
| 04:55 | North Texas | Jim King grabs the board | 28-21 |
| 04:37 | North Texas | Isaac Lindsay misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 28-21 |
| 04:36 | North Texas | Jim King hits the follow up shot | 30-21 |
| 04:07 | Vermont | Milton Coonrod is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Milton Coonrod, team foul #9 | 30-21 |
| Subs | North Texas | Rusty Cooper (PG), Donald Wildenthaler (C) Bradley Nystrom, Jim King | |
| Subs | Vermont | David Foster (SG), Richard Wilson (PF), Robert Pinheiro (C) Milton Coonrod, Derrick Sanders, Charles Pendergast | |
| 03:58 | North Texas | Donald Wildenthaler clanks a driving attempt from the right block | 30-21 |
| 03:56 | Vermont | Blake Vowell grabs the defensive rebound | 30-21 |
| 03:33 | Vermont | Richard Wilson scores on a driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from Blake Vowell | 30-23 |
| Lineup | North Texas | PG - Rusty Cooper (fresh) SG - Isaac Lindsay (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Rakes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - David Bliss (fresh) C - Donald Wildenthaler (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - Blake Vowell (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Foster (fresh) SF - Charles Carrier (fresh) PF - Richard Wilson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Pinheiro (fresh) | |
| 03:25 | North Texas | Isaac Lindsay misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 30-23 |
| 03:23 | Vermont | Richard Wilson snags the defensive board | 30-23 |
| 03:07 | Vermont | David Foster misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 30-23 |
| 03:06 | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes pulls down the rebound | 30-23 |
| 02:54 | North Texas | David Bliss misses long on a turnaround from close range but he's fouled by Richard Wilson - foul #1 on Richard Wilson, team foul #10 | 30-23 |
| Subs | North Texas | Bradley Nystrom (PG), Lance Serna (SF), Joshua Partee (PF) Rusty Cooper, Lawrence Rakes, Donald Wildenthaler | |
| Subs | Vermont | Jesse Autry (SG), Victor Deardorff (SF), Jimmy Jones (PF), Derrick Sanders (C) Blake Vowell, Charles Carrier, Richard Wilson, Robert Pinheiro | |
| 02:54 | North Texas | David Bliss makes the 1st free throw | 31-23 |
| 02:54 | North Texas | David Bliss misses the 2nd free throw | 31-23 |
| 02:54 | Vermont | Jimmy Jones gets the rebound | 31-23 |
| 02:36 | Vermont | David Foster is fouled on the floor by Bradley Nystrom - foul #2 on Bradley Nystrom, team foul #6 | 31-23 |
| Subs | North Texas | Jim King (C) David Bliss | |
| Subs | Vermont | | |
| 02:26 | Vermont | Victor Deardorff can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner but he's hacked by Jim King - foul #1 on Jim King, team foul #7 | 31-23 |
| Subs | North Texas | | |
| Subs | Vermont | Milton Coonrod (SG) Jesse Autry | |
| 02:26 | Vermont | Victor Deardorff makes the 1st free throw | 31-24 |
| 02:26 | Vermont | Victor Deardorff makes the 2nd free throw | 31-25 |
| 02:26 | Vermont | Victor Deardorff makes the 3rd free throw | 31-26 |
| 02:01 | North Texas | Lance Serna buries a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Bradley Nystrom | 33-26 |
| 01:49 | Vermont | Jimmy Jones misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 33-26 |
| 01:48 | North Texas | Joshua Partee pulls down the rebound | 33-26 |
| 01:39 | North Texas | Isaac Lindsay scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Jim King out of a doubleteam | 36-26 |
| 01:13 | Vermont | David Foster is fouled on the floor by Jim King - foul #2 on Jim King, team foul #8 | 36-26 |
| Subs | North Texas | James Swain (SG) Isaac Lindsay | |
| Subs | Vermont | Richard Wilson (C) Derrick Sanders | |
| 01:13 | Vermont | David Foster makes the 1st free throw | 36-27 |
| 01:13 | Vermont | David Foster makes the 2nd free throw | 36-28 |
| 00:57 | North Texas | Lance Serna misses the driving attempt from the left block | 36-28 |
| 00:55 | Vermont | Richard Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 36-28 |
| 00:34 | Vermont | Milton Coonrod misses long on a jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Jim King - foul #3 on Jim King, team foul #9 | 36-28 |
| Subs | North Texas | Lawrence Rakes (SF), David Bliss (C) James Swain, Jim King | |
| Subs | Vermont | Jesse Autry (PG) David Foster | |
| 00:34 | Vermont | Milton Coonrod makes the 1st free throw | 36-29 |
| 00:34 | Vermont | Milton Coonrod makes the 2nd free throw | 36-30 |
| 00:11 | North Texas | Jimmy Jones denies the turnaround by David Bliss | 36-30 |
| 00:09 | North Texas | The offensive rebound goes to Bradley Nystrom | 36-30 |
| 00:04 | North Texas | Jimmy Jones steps in front of the David Bliss pass | 36-30 |
| 00:00 | Vermont | Jimmy Jones clanks a halfcourt shot | 36-30 |