| Lineup | LSU | PG - Harry Adams (fresh) SG - Edwin Murphy (fresh) SF - Adam Blacker (fresh) PF - Andrew Dement (fresh) C - Manuel Lower (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Reed Aliff (fresh) SG - Herbert Danley (fresh) SF - Thomas Hudson (fresh) PF - Jonathan Bromley (fresh) C - John Burke (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Manuel Lower wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:37 | LSU | Adam Blacker makes the driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Harry Adams | 2-0 |
| 19:16 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley misses badly on a runner in the lane but he's hacked by Adam Blacker - foul #1 on Adam Blacker, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:16 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 19:16 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 19:07 | LSU | Edwin Murphy drills a jumpshot from the left side | 4-2 |
| 18:42 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson travels with the ball | 4-2 |
| 18:19 | LSU | Harry Adams is hacked by Reed Aliff - foul #1 on Reed Aliff, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 17:56 | LSU | Harry Adams throws a bad pass out of bounds | 4-2 |
| 17:32 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 4-2 |
| 17:31 | South Carolina | Herbert Danley pulls down the offensive rebound | 4-2 |
| 17:15 | South Carolina | Reed Aliff blows the layup but he's fouled by Edwin Murphy - foul #1 on Edwin Murphy, team foul #2 | 4-2 |
| 17:15 | South Carolina | Reed Aliff makes the 1st free throw | 4-3 |
| 17:15 | South Carolina | Reed Aliff misses the 2nd free throw | 4-3 |
| 17:15 | LSU | Manuel Lower snags the defensive board | 4-3 |
| 17:01 | LSU | Edwin Murphy misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 4-3 |
| 16:59 | LSU | Harry Adams can't tip it in | 4-3 |
| 16:58 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson gets the rebound | 4-3 |
| 16:36 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 4-3 |
| 16:35 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley gets the offensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 16:27 | South Carolina | Edwin Murphy steps in front of the Thomas Hudson pass | 4-3 |
| 16:10 | LSU | Manuel Lower hits a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Andrew Dement | 6-3 |
| 15:52 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley is hacked by Harry Adams - foul #1 on Harry Adams, team foul #3 | 6-3 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Harry Adams (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Edwin Murphy (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Adam Blacker (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Andrew Dement (fresh) C - Manuel Lower (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Reed Aliff (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Herbert Danley (fresh) SF - Thomas Hudson (fresh) PF - Jonathan Bromley (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Burke (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | South Carolina | Herbert Danley misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 6-3 |
| 15:41 | LSU | Andrew Dement grabs the board | 6-3 |
| 15:35 | LSU | Manuel Lower hits a jumper in the lane set up by Harry Adams | 8-3 |
| 15:17 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley is denied on a layup by Manuel Lower | 8-3 |
| 15:15 | LSU | Manuel Lower grabs the defensive rebound | 8-3 |
| 15:10 | LSU | Thomas Hudson picks off the pass by Edwin Murphy | 8-3 |
| 14:52 | South Carolina | John Burke misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Manuel Lower - foul #1 on Manuel Lower, team foul #4 | 8-3 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Noland (PG), Christopher Lord (SG), Predrag Ziemann (SF), Genaro Greco (C) Harry Adams, Edwin Murphy, Adam Blacker, Manuel Lower | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Sergio Martin (SG), Ryan Melgoza (SF) Herbert Danley, Thomas Hudson | |
| 14:52 | South Carolina | John Burke makes the 1st free throw | 8-4 |
| 14:52 | South Carolina | John Burke makes the 2nd free throw | 8-5 |
| 14:31 | LSU | Andrew Dement clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Jonathan Bromley - foul #1 on Jonathan Bromley, team foul #2 | 8-5 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez (C) John Burke | |
| 14:31 | LSU | Andrew Dement makes the 1st free throw | 9-5 |
| 14:31 | LSU | Andrew Dement makes the 2nd free throw | 10-5 |
| 14:11 | South Carolina | Reed Aliff hits a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Jonathan Bromley | 10-8 |
| 14:00 | LSU | Christopher Lord misses the 3 from the right wing | 10-8 |
| 13:59 | South Carolina | Ryan Melgoza snags the defensive board | 10-8 |
| 13:38 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley connects on the jump hook near the basket | 10-10 |
| 13:15 | LSU | Andrew Dement can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Reed Aliff - foul #2 on Reed Aliff, team foul #3 | 10-10 |
| Subs | LSU | Harry Adams (PG), Edwin Murphy (SG), Adam Blacker (SF), Manuel Lower (C) Robert Noland, Christopher Lord, Predrag Ziemann, Genaro Greco | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Herbert Danley (SG), Thomas Hudson (SF) Reed Aliff, Jonathan Bromley | |
| 13:15 | LSU | Andrew Dement makes the 1st free throw | 11-10 |
| 13:15 | LSU | Andrew Dement makes the 2nd free throw | 12-10 |
| 12:50 | South Carolina | Ryan Melgoza can't finish the layup | 12-10 |
| 12:49 | LSU | The rebound goes to Adam Blacker | 12-10 |
| 12:42 | LSU | Manuel Lower drills a jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Edwin Murphy | 14-10 |
| 12:35 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez comes up short on the floater from the left side | 14-10 |
| 12:33 | LSU | Edwin Murphy snags the defensive board | 14-10 |
| 12:13 | LSU | Sergio Martin steals the ball from Edwin Murphy | 14-10 |
| 11:49 | South Carolina | Herbert Danley buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Sergio Martin | 14-12 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Harry Adams (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Edwin Murphy (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Adam Blacker (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Andrew Dement (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Manuel Lower (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Sergio Martin (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Herbert Danley (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Thomas Hudson (fresh) PF - Ryan Melgoza (fresh) C - Arturo Lopez (fresh) | |
| 11:39 | LSU | Harry Adams misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 14-12 |
| 11:37 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson grabs the board | 14-12 |
| 11:24 | South Carolina | Ryan Melgoza connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 14-15 |
| 10:56 | LSU | Arturo Lopez swats the short shot by Adam Blacker | 14-15 |
| 10:54 | South Carolina | Ryan Melgoza grabs the defensive rebound | 14-15 |
| 10:49 | South Carolina | Sergio Martin connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Ryan Melgoza | 14-18 |
| 10:31 | LSU | Edwin Murphy misses short on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Ryan Melgoza - foul #1 on Ryan Melgoza, team foul #4 | 14-18 |
| Subs | LSU | Predrag Ziemann (PF) Andrew Dement | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lorenzo Voss (PG), Shaun Patton (SG), George Boyle (SF), Jonathan Bromley (PF), John Burke (C) Sergio Martin, Herbert Danley, Thomas Hudson, Ryan Melgoza, Arturo Lopez | |
| 10:31 | LSU | Edwin Murphy misses the 1st free throw | 14-18 |
| 10:31 | LSU | Edwin Murphy makes the 2nd free throw | 15-18 |
| 10:10 | South Carolina | John Burke's layup is rejected by Adam Blacker | 15-18 |
| 10:09 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley can't tip it in | 15-18 |
| 10:07 | South Carolina | George Boyle tips it back up and in | 15-20 |
| 09:48 | LSU | Manuel Lower comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Shaun Patton - foul #1 on Shaun Patton, team foul #5 | 15-20 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Noland (SF) Adam Blacker | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 09:48 | LSU | Manuel Lower makes the 1st free throw | 16-20 |
| 09:48 | LSU | Manuel Lower makes the 2nd free throw | 17-20 |
| 09:44 | South Carolina | Lorenzo Voss throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 17-20 |
| Subs | LSU | Genaro Greco (C) Manuel Lower | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 09:30 | LSU | John Burke is called for the reach on Genaro Greco - foul #1 on John Burke, team foul #6 | 17-20 |
| 09:06 | LSU | Predrag Ziemann scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 19-20 |
| 08:56 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 19-20 |
| 08:55 | South Carolina | George Boyle tips it in | 19-22 |
| 08:37 | LSU | Robert Noland banks in the layup set up by Edwin Murphy and he's hacked by John Burke - foul #2 on John Burke, team foul #7 | 21-22 |
| Subs | LSU | Christopher Lord (SG), Adam Blacker (SF), Manuel Lower (C) Harry Adams, Edwin Murphy, Genaro Greco | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Sergio Martin (PG), Thomas Hudson (SF), Ryan Melgoza (C) Shaun Patton, George Boyle, John Burke | |
| 08:37 | LSU | Robert Noland makes the free throw | 22-22 |
| 08:14 | South Carolina | Lorenzo Voss hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 22-22 |
| 08:13 | LSU | Manuel Lower gets the rebound | 22-22 |
| 07:55 | LSU | Manuel Lower's fadeaway is rejected by Ryan Melgoza | 22-22 |
| 07:54 | LSU | Robert Noland tips it but misses | 22-22 |
| 07:52 | South Carolina | Ryan Melgoza gets the rebound | 22-22 |
| 07:39 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson misses short on a runner from the baseline | 22-22 |
| 07:38 | South Carolina | Ryan Melgoza grabs the offensive board | 22-22 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Noland (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Christopher Lord (fresh) SF - Adam Blacker (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Predrag Ziemann (fresh) 2 pts. C - Manuel Lower (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Sergio Martin (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lorenzo Voss (fresh) SF - Thomas Hudson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jonathan Bromley (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Ryan Melgoza (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:22 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson loses the dribble to Adam Blacker | 22-22 |
| 07:19 | LSU | Christopher Lord misses the lay-in | 22-22 |
| 07:18 | LSU | Adam Blacker snags the offensive board | 22-22 |
| 07:10 | LSU | Predrag Ziemann misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 22-22 |
| 07:09 | South Carolina | Lorenzo Voss gets the rebound | 22-22 |
| 06:58 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson knocks in the driving attempt from close range | 22-24 |
| 06:35 | LSU | Manuel Lower scores on a floater from the right wing set up by Adam Blacker and he's fouled by Thomas Hudson - foul #1 on Thomas Hudson, team foul #8 | 24-24 |
| Subs | LSU | Harry Adams (PG), Edwin Murphy (SG), Andrew Dement (PF) Robert Noland, Christopher Lord, Predrag Ziemann | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Herbert Danley (SG), George Boyle (PF), Arturo Lopez (C) Lorenzo Voss, Jonathan Bromley, Ryan Melgoza | |
| 06:35 | LSU | Manuel Lower misses the free throw | 24-24 |
| 06:35 | South Carolina | George Boyle snags the defensive board | 24-24 |
| 06:19 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez lays it in set up by Sergio Martin and the foul's on Manuel Lower - foul #2 on Manuel Lower, team foul #5 | 24-26 |
| Subs | LSU | Genaro Greco (C) Manuel Lower | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 06:19 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez makes the free throw | 24-27 |
| 06:07 | LSU | Harry Adams hits a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Andrew Dement | 27-27 |
| 05:56 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez can't connect on a jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Andrew Dement - foul #1 on Andrew Dement, team foul #6 | 27-27 |
| 05:56 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez makes the 1st free throw | 27-28 |
| 05:56 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez makes the 2nd free throw | 27-29 |
| 05:36 | LSU | Andrew Dement comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 27-29 |
| 05:34 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Arturo Lopez | 27-29 |
| 05:29 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson knocks in the jumper from the right block and he's hacked by Adam Blacker - foul #2 on Adam Blacker, team foul #7 | 27-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Noland (SF) Adam Blacker | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley (PF), Ryan Melgoza (C) George Boyle, Arturo Lopez | |
| 05:29 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson misses the free throw | 27-31 |
| 05:29 | LSU | Genaro Greco snags the defensive board | 27-31 |
| 05:12 | LSU | Edwin Murphy is fouled on the floor by Sergio Martin - foul #1 on Sergio Martin, team foul #9 | 27-31 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lorenzo Voss (PG), Arturo Lopez (C) Sergio Martin, Thomas Hudson | |
| 05:12 | LSU | Edwin Murphy makes the 1st free throw | 28-31 |
| 05:12 | LSU | Edwin Murphy makes the 2nd free throw | 29-31 |
| 04:56 | South Carolina | Robert Noland steals the ball from Herbert Danley | 29-31 |
| 04:52 | LSU | Harry Adams lays it in on a nice dish by Robert Noland | 31-31 |
| 04:35 | South Carolina | Edwin Murphy picks off the pass by Arturo Lopez | 31-31 |
| 04:31 | LSU | Robert Noland hits the finger roll on a great pass from Edwin Murphy | 33-31 |
| 04:24 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 33-31 |
| 04:22 | LSU | Harry Adams grabs the board | 33-31 |
| 04:18 | LSU | Harry Adams drills a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Andrew Dement | 35-31 |
| 03:57 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-31 |
| 03:55 | LSU | Robert Noland grabs the defensive rebound | 35-31 |
| 03:51 | LSU | Edwin Murphy is hacked by Herbert Danley - foul #1 on Herbert Danley, team foul #10 | 35-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Adam Blacker (SF), Manuel Lower (C) Robert Noland, Genaro Greco | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Reed Aliff (PG), Sergio Martin (SG), George Boyle (PF), John Burke (C) Lorenzo Voss, Herbert Danley, Ryan Melgoza, Jonathan Bromley | |
| 03:51 | LSU | Edwin Murphy misses the 1st free throw | 35-31 |
| 03:51 | LSU | Edwin Murphy misses the 2nd free throw | 35-31 |
| 03:51 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to John Burke | 35-31 |
| 03:31 | South Carolina | Andrew Dement is called for the reach on Arturo Lopez - foul #2 on Andrew Dement, team foul #8 | 35-31 |
| 03:31 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez misses the 1st free throw | 35-31 |
| 03:31 | LSU | Manuel Lower gets the rebound | 35-31 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Harry Adams (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Edwin Murphy (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Adam Blacker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andrew Dement (fresh) 4 pts. C - Manuel Lower (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Reed Aliff (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Sergio Martin (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Arturo Lopez (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - George Boyle (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - John Burke (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:08 | LSU | Harry Adams drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-31 |
| 02:55 | South Carolina | Reed Aliff can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 38-31 |
| 02:54 | LSU | Manuel Lower gets the rebound | 38-31 |
| 02:39 | LSU | Andrew Dement clanks a fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on John Burke - foul #3 on John Burke, team foul #11 | 38-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Noland (PG), Christopher Lord (SG) Harry Adams, Edwin Murphy | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson (SF), Jonathan Bromley (PF), Ryan Melgoza (C) Arturo Lopez, George Boyle, John Burke | |
| 02:39 | LSU | Andrew Dement makes the 1st free throw | 39-31 |
| 02:39 | LSU | Andrew Dement makes the 2nd free throw | 40-31 |
| 02:20 | South Carolina | Sergio Martin clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 40-31 |
| 02:18 | South Carolina | Thomas Hudson can't tip it in | 40-31 |
| 02:17 | LSU | Adam Blacker snags the defensive board | 40-31 |
| 02:02 | LSU | Manuel Lower hits the finger roll on a great pass from Andrew Dement | 42-31 |
| 01:58 | South Carolina | Sergio Martin misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-31 |
| 01:56 | LSU | Andrew Dement grabs the board | 42-31 |
| 01:31 | LSU | Thomas Hudson is called for the reach on Adam Blacker - foul #2 on Thomas Hudson, team foul #12 | 42-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Harry Adams (PG), Edwin Murphy (SG), Predrag Ziemann (PF) Robert Noland, Christopher Lord, Andrew Dement | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Herbert Danley (SG) Sergio Martin | |
| 01:31 | LSU | Adam Blacker makes the 1st free throw | 43-31 |
| 01:31 | LSU | Adam Blacker misses the 2nd free throw | 43-31 |
| 01:31 | South Carolina | Jonathan Bromley snags the defensive board | 43-31 |
| 01:25 | South Carolina | Harry Adams steps in front of the Jonathan Bromley pass | 43-31 |
| 01:13 | LSU | Harry Adams can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 43-31 |
| 01:11 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Thomas Hudson | 43-31 |
| 00:57 | South Carolina | Harry Adams picks off the pass by Reed Aliff | 43-31 |
| 00:35 | LSU | Manuel Lower can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 43-31 |
| 00:33 | LSU | Manuel Lower grabs the offensive board | 43-31 |
| 00:24 | LSU | Manuel Lower loses the ball out of bounds | 43-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Noland (SF), Genaro Greco (C) Adam Blacker, Manuel Lower | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Sergio Martin (PG), George Boyle (PF), Arturo Lopez (C) Reed Aliff, Jonathan Bromley, Ryan Melgoza | |
| 00:03 | South Carolina | Arturo Lopez hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 43-31 |
| 00:01 | LSU | The rebound goes to Robert Noland | 43-31 |
| 00:00 | LSU | Robert Noland misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 43-31 |