| Lineup | St. Thomas Aquinas | PG - Jerry Dietz (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Lashley (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Connie Numbers (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Floyd Malveaux (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jesse Johnson (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | New Haven | PG - Scott Kessler (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Herring (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Sean Daigle (fresh) 4 pts. PF - John Manzi (fresh) 5 reb. C - Gerry Coss (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | New Haven | Sean Daigle inbounds the ball | 32-29 |
| Game Plan | St. Thomas Aquinas | St. Thomas Aquinas is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Haven | New Haven is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | New Haven | John Manzi misses short on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Jesse Johnson - foul #2 on Jesse Johnson, team foul #1 | 32-29 |
| 19:41 | New Haven | John Manzi makes the 1st free throw | 32-30 |
| 19:41 | New Haven | John Manzi makes the 2nd free throw | 32-31 |
| 19:32 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jerry Dietz connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Connie Numbers | 35-31 |
| 19:25 | New Haven | Gerry Coss drills a jump hook in the lane | 35-33 |
| 19:00 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-33 |
| 18:43 | New Haven | Scott Kessler is hacked by Jerry Dietz - foul #3 on Jerry Dietz, team foul #2 | 35-33 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Johnny McClucas (PG) Jerry Dietz | |
| Subs | New Haven | | |
| 18:20 | New Haven | Scott Kessler is fouled on the floor by Floyd Malveaux - foul #2 on Floyd Malveaux, team foul #3 | 35-33 |
| 18:02 | New Haven | John Manzi scores on a runner from the right block set up by Sean Daigle | 35-35 |
| 17:37 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Johnny McClucas loses the ball out of bounds | 35-35 |
| 17:19 | New Haven | John Manzi knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Scott Kessler | 35-38 |
| 17:06 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Michael Herring - foul #1 on Michael Herring, team foul #1 | 35-38 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Travis Marble (SG), Justin Bush (SF) John Lashley, Connie Numbers | |
| Subs | New Haven | | |
| 17:06 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 36-38 |
| 17:06 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 37-38 |
| 16:46 | New Haven | John Manzi knocks in the jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Gerry Coss | 37-40 |
| 16:17 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson misses the jumper from the free throw line | 37-40 |
| 16:16 | New Haven | Gerry Coss grabs the defensive rebound | 37-40 |
| 16:03 | New Haven | Scott Kessler can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Johnny McClucas - foul #2 on Johnny McClucas, team foul #4 | 37-40 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers (SF), Victor Kim (C) Floyd Malveaux, Jesse Johnson | |
| Subs | New Haven | Jeffrey Tibbetts (SG), Joshua Colligan (SF), Nathaniel Wilson (PF), Kenneth Pires (C) Michael Herring, Sean Daigle, John Manzi, Gerry Coss | |
| 16:03 | New Haven | Scott Kessler misses the 1st free throw | 37-40 |
| 16:03 | New Haven | Scott Kessler makes the 2nd free throw | 37-41 |
| Lineup | St. Thomas Aquinas | PG - Johnny McClucas (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Travis Marble (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Connie Numbers (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Justin Bush (fresh) C - Victor Kim (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Haven | PG - Scott Kessler (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jeffrey Tibbetts (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joshua Colligan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nathaniel Wilson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Kenneth Pires (fresh) | |
| 15:47 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers hits a jumper from the left wing | 39-41 |
| 15:37 | New Haven | Jeffrey Tibbetts hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Travis Marble - foul #1 on Travis Marble, team foul #5 | 39-41 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jerry Dietz (PG), John Lashley (SG) Johnny McClucas, Travis Marble | |
| Subs | New Haven | Marvin Desoto (SG) Scott Kessler | |
| 15:37 | New Haven | Jeffrey Tibbetts misses the 1st free throw | 39-41 |
| 15:37 | New Haven | Jeffrey Tibbetts makes the 2nd free throw | 39-42 |
| 15:13 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jerry Dietz hits a 3 from the right wing | 42-42 |
| 14:56 | New Haven | Kenneth Pires makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Jeffrey Tibbetts | 42-45 |
| 14:40 | St. Thomas Aquinas | John Lashley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-45 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux (PF), Jesse Johnson (C) Justin Bush, Victor Kim | |
| Subs | New Haven | Michael Herring (PG), Sean Daigle (SF), John Manzi (PF), Gerry Coss (C) Jeffrey Tibbetts, Joshua Colligan, Nathaniel Wilson, Kenneth Pires | |
| 14:30 | New Haven | Sean Daigle hits a 3 from the right corner | 42-48 |
| 14:11 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson buries a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Jerry Dietz | 45-48 |
| 14:01 | New Haven | Jerry Dietz steals it from Michael Herring | 45-48 |
| 13:58 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers lays it up and in on a nice dish by Jerry Dietz | 47-48 |
| 13:29 | New Haven | Michael Herring is fouled on the floor by Jerry Dietz - foul #4 on Jerry Dietz, team foul #6 | 47-48 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Johnny McClucas (PG), Travis Marble (SG), Justin Bush (SF) Jerry Dietz, John Lashley, Connie Numbers | |
| Subs | New Haven | Scott Kessler (PG) Michael Herring | |
| 13:13 | New Haven | Marvin Desoto's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-48 |
| 12:56 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 47-48 |
| 12:55 | New Haven | Gerry Coss grabs the defensive rebound | 47-48 |
| 12:34 | New Haven | John Manzi misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 47-48 |
| 12:33 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 47-48 |
| 12:17 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson scores on a jumper from the left side set up by Travis Marble | 49-48 |
| 11:59 | New Haven | Marvin Desoto double dribbles | 49-48 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | John Lashley (SG), Connie Numbers (SF), Victor Kim (C) Travis Marble, Floyd Malveaux, Jesse Johnson | |
| Subs | New Haven | Michael Herring (SG), Joshua Colligan (SF), Nathaniel Wilson (PF), Kenneth Pires (C) Marvin Desoto, Sean Daigle, John Manzi, Gerry Coss | |
| Lineup | St. Thomas Aquinas | PG - Johnny McClucas (fresh) 2 pts. SG - John Lashley (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Connie Numbers (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Justin Bush (fresh) C - Victor Kim (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Haven | PG - Scott Kessler (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Herring (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Joshua Colligan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nathaniel Wilson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Kenneth Pires (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:46 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Victor Kim is hacked by Kenneth Pires - foul #1 on Kenneth Pires, team foul #2 | 49-48 |
| 11:33 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Justin Bush misses the shot from the baseline | 49-48 |
| 11:31 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Victor Kim snags the offensive board | 49-48 |
| 11:08 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Michael Herring takes the ball from Justin Bush | 49-48 |
| 11:05 | New Haven | Scott Kessler misses the lay-in | 49-48 |
| 11:03 | St. Thomas Aquinas | The rebound goes to John Lashley | 49-48 |
| 10:37 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 49-48 |
| 10:35 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Victor Kim can't tip it in | 49-48 |
| 10:33 | New Haven | Nathaniel Wilson snags the defensive board | 49-48 |
| 10:21 | New Haven | Kenneth Pires clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 49-48 |
| 10:19 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Johnny McClucas snags the defensive board | 49-48 |
| 09:57 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Justin Bush misses the driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Kenneth Pires - foul #2 on Kenneth Pires, team foul #3 | 49-48 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Mark Alameda (PG), Travis Marble (SG), Floyd Malveaux (PF), Jesse Johnson (C) Johnny McClucas, John Lashley, Connie Numbers, Victor Kim | |
| Subs | New Haven | Marvin Desoto (SG), Sean Daigle (SF), John Manzi (PF), Gerry Coss (C) Scott Kessler, Joshua Colligan, Nathaniel Wilson, Kenneth Pires | |
| 09:57 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Justin Bush misses the 1st free throw | 49-48 |
| 09:57 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Justin Bush makes the 2nd free throw | 50-48 |
| 09:39 | New Haven | Gerry Coss throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-48 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Thomas Morris (SF) Justin Bush | |
| Subs | New Haven | | |
| 09:18 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Travis Marble is fouled on the floor by John Manzi - foul #1 on John Manzi, team foul #4 | 50-48 |
| 09:04 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Mark Alameda makes the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Floyd Malveaux | 52-48 |
| 08:48 | New Haven | Sean Daigle can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 52-48 |
| 08:46 | New Haven | The offensive rebound goes to John Manzi | 52-48 |
| 08:34 | New Haven | Travis Marble picks off the pass by John Manzi | 52-48 |
| 08:15 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Travis Marble knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line and the foul's on Marvin Desoto - foul #4 on Marvin Desoto, team foul #5 | 54-48 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | John Lashley (SG), Connie Numbers (SF) Mark Alameda, Thomas Morris | |
| Subs | New Haven | Scott Kessler (PG), Jeffrey Tibbetts (SG) Michael Herring, Marvin Desoto | |
| 08:15 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Travis Marble misses the free throw | 54-48 |
| 08:15 | New Haven | Gerry Coss gets the rebound | 54-48 |
| 08:05 | New Haven | Gerry Coss's floater is tipped away by Jesse Johnson | 54-48 |
| 08:04 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson pulls down the rebound | 54-48 |
| 08:02 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Travis Marble's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 54-48 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Johnny McClucas (PG) Travis Marble | |
| Subs | New Haven | | |
| 07:48 | New Haven | Sean Daigle buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 54-50 |
| Lineup | St. Thomas Aquinas | PG - Johnny McClucas (fresh) 2 pts. SG - John Lashley (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Connie Numbers (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Floyd Malveaux (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jesse Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | New Haven | PG - Scott Kessler (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jeffrey Tibbetts (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Sean Daigle (fresh) 9 pts. PF - John Manzi (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Gerry Coss (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:21 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Connie Numbers | 57-50 |
| 06:54 | New Haven | John Manzi is whistled for a carry | 57-50 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jerry Dietz (PG), Justin Bush (C) Johnny McClucas, Jesse Johnson | |
| Subs | New Haven | Marvin Desoto (SG), Nathaniel Wilson (C) Jeffrey Tibbetts, Gerry Coss | |
| 06:33 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers clanks a shot from the free throw line | 57-50 |
| 06:32 | New Haven | John Manzi snags the defensive board | 57-50 |
| 06:07 | New Haven | Nathaniel Wilson misses badly on a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Connie Numbers - foul #1 on Connie Numbers, team foul #7 | 57-50 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Johnny McClucas (SG), Victor Kim (C) John Lashley, Floyd Malveaux | |
| Subs | New Haven | Joshua Colligan (SF), Kenneth Pires (C) Sean Daigle, John Manzi | |
| 06:07 | New Haven | Nathaniel Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 57-51 |
| 06:07 | New Haven | Nathaniel Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 57-52 |
| 05:50 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Justin Bush comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 57-52 |
| 05:49 | New Haven | Joshua Colligan grabs the defensive rebound | 57-52 |
| 05:37 | New Haven | Kenneth Pires misses the lay-in | 57-52 |
| 05:35 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jerry Dietz pulls down the rebound | 57-52 |
| 05:18 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers clanks a 3 from the left wing | 57-52 |
| 05:17 | New Haven | Kenneth Pires pulls down the rebound | 57-52 |
| 04:58 | New Haven | Nathaniel Wilson's fadeaway is rejected by Justin Bush | 57-52 |
| 04:56 | New Haven | Nathaniel Wilson grabs the offensive board | 57-52 |
| 04:43 | New Haven | Kenneth Pires lays it in on a great pass from Scott Kessler | 57-54 |
| 04:22 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Marvin Desoto steals it from Connie Numbers | 57-54 |
| 04:22 | New Haven | New Haven calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-54 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | John Lashley (SG), Floyd Malveaux (PF), Jesse Johnson (C) Johnny McClucas, Justin Bush, Victor Kim | |
| Subs | New Haven | Sean Daigle (SF), John Manzi (PF), Gerry Coss (C) Joshua Colligan, Nathaniel Wilson, Kenneth Pires | |
| 03:57 | New Haven | Sean Daigle misses the fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Connie Numbers - foul #2 on Connie Numbers, team foul #8 | 57-54 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Justin Bush (SF) Connie Numbers | |
| Subs | New Haven | | |
| 03:57 | New Haven | Sean Daigle misses the 1st free throw | 57-54 |
| 03:57 | New Haven | Sean Daigle makes the 2nd free throw | 57-55 |
| 03:36 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jerry Dietz misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 57-55 |
| 03:35 | New Haven | Sean Daigle snags the defensive board | 57-55 |
| Lineup | St. Thomas Aquinas | PG - Jerry Dietz (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - John Lashley (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Justin Bush (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Floyd Malveaux (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Jesse Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | New Haven | PG - Scott Kessler (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Marvin Desoto (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Sean Daigle (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Manzi (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. C - Gerry Coss (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 03:11 | New Haven | Scott Kessler hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 57-55 |
| 03:09 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Justin Bush grabs the defensive rebound | 57-55 |
| 03:03 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux misses short on a shot from close range | 57-55 |
| 03:02 | New Haven | Gerry Coss pulls down the rebound | 57-55 |
| 02:57 | New Haven | Marvin Desoto misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 57-55 |
| 02:55 | St. Thomas Aquinas | The rebound goes to Justin Bush | 57-55 |
| 02:37 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux misses the lay-in but he's fouled by John Manzi - foul #2 on John Manzi, team foul #6 | 57-55 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers (SF) Justin Bush | |
| Subs | New Haven | | |
| 02:37 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux misses the 1st free throw | 57-55 |
| 02:37 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux makes the 2nd free throw | 58-55 |
| 02:15 | New Haven | John Manzi comes up short on the floater near the basket but he's hacked by Floyd Malveaux - foul #3 on Floyd Malveaux, team foul #9 | 58-55 |
| 02:15 | New Haven | John Manzi makes the 1st free throw | 58-56 |
| 02:15 | New Haven | John Manzi makes the 2nd free throw | 58-57 |
| 01:57 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers clanks a floater from the right side | 58-57 |
| 01:56 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Connie Numbers misses the tip | 58-57 |
| 01:54 | St. Thomas Aquinas | John Lashley tips it back up and in | 60-57 |
| 01:33 | New Haven | Gerry Coss buries a jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from John Manzi and the foul's on Jesse Johnson - foul #3 on Jesse Johnson, team foul #10 | 60-59 |
| 01:33 | New Haven | Gerry Coss misses the free throw | 60-59 |
| 01:33 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux gets the rebound | 60-59 |
| 01:18 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux is hacked by Marvin Desoto - foul #5 on Marvin Desoto, team foul #7 | 60-59 |
| Subs | St. Thomas Aquinas | | |
| Subs | New Haven | Michael Herring (SG) Marvin Desoto | |
| 01:18 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux misses the 1st free throw | 60-59 |
| 01:18 | New Haven | Gerry Coss snags the defensive board | 60-59 |
| 01:02 | New Haven | Scott Kessler hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 60-59 |
| 01:00 | New Haven | John Manzi grabs the offensive rebound | 60-59 |
| 00:50 | New Haven | Floyd Malveaux swats the short shot by John Manzi | 60-59 |
| 00:48 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux grabs the defensive rebound | 60-59 |
| Game Plan | St. Thomas Aquinas | St. Thomas Aquinas is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Haven | New Haven is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:20 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux misses the turnaround from the baseline | 60-59 |
| 00:18 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux grabs the offensive rebound | 60-59 |
| Game Plan | St. Thomas Aquinas | St. Thomas Aquinas is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Haven | New Haven is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:16 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux is hacked by Scott Kessler - foul #2 on Scott Kessler, team foul #8 | 60-59 |
| 00:16 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux makes the 1st free throw | 61-59 |
| 00:16 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux misses the 2nd free throw | 61-59 |
| 00:16 | New Haven | The rebound goes to John Manzi | 61-59 |
| 00:09 | New Haven | Sean Daigle blows the layup | 61-59 |
| 00:08 | St. Thomas Aquinas | The rebound goes to Floyd Malveaux | 61-59 |
| 00:06 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux is hacked by Scott Kessler in the backcourt - foul #3 on Scott Kessler, team foul #9 | 61-59 |
| 00:06 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Floyd Malveaux misses the 1st free throw | 61-59 |
| 00:06 | New Haven | John Manzi pulls down the rebound | 61-59 |
| 00:06 | New Haven | New Haven calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-59 |
| 00:01 | New Haven | Sean Daigle misses the shot from the left side | 61-59 |
| 00:00 | St. Thomas Aquinas | Jesse Johnson grabs the board | 61-59 |