| Lineup | Oregon State | PG - Robert Johnson (fresh) SG - James Peterson (fresh) SF - Jack Watson (fresh) PF - Bryan Turner (fresh) C - Bruce Boer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Eric Flowers (fresh) SG - Joel Linke (fresh) SF - James Kitt (fresh) PF - Robert Oviedo (fresh) C - James Tate (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Cal | James Tate wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Oregon State | Oregon State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-3) | |
| 19:40 | Cal | Robert Oviedo shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block | 0-0 |
| 19:39 | Cal | Joel Linke tips it in | 0-2 |
| 19:37 | Oregon State | Jack Watson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 0-2 |
| 19:26 | Cal | James Kitt misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 0-2 |
| 19:25 | Oregon State | Bryan Turner snags the defensive board | 0-2 |
| 19:02 | Oregon State | Robert Oviedo denies the turnaround by Jack Watson | 0-2 |
| 19:00 | Oregon State | Bryan Turner tips it in | 2-2 |
| 18:38 | Cal | James Tate hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 2-2 |
| 18:37 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson snags the defensive board | 2-2 |
| 18:08 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson is fouled on the floor by Eric Flowers - foul #1 on Eric Flowers, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 17:54 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson is wide open but clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Joel Linke - foul #1 on Joel Linke, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| 17:54 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 2-2 |
| 17:54 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 3-2 |
| 17:39 | Cal | Joel Linke blows the layup but he's hacked by Bruce Boer - foul #1 on Bruce Boer, team foul #1 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Gerald Croskey (C) Bruce Boer | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 17:39 | Cal | Joel Linke makes the 1st free throw | 3-3 |
| 17:39 | Cal | Joel Linke misses the 2nd free throw | 3-3 |
| 17:39 | Oregon State | Bryan Turner gets the rebound | 3-3 |
| 17:35 | Oregon State | Joel Linke steals the ball from Robert Johnson in the backcourt | 3-3 |
| 17:17 | Cal | Joel Linke's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 3-3 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Louis Poulin (SG) James Peterson | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 17:00 | Oregon State | James Tate picks off the pass by Louis Poulin | 3-3 |
| 16:37 | Cal | Gerald Croskey is called for the reach on Eric Flowers - foul #1 on Gerald Croskey, team foul #2 | 3-3 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Jason Ward (PG), Wayne Trexler (SF) Robert Johnson, Jack Watson | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 16:14 | Cal | Eric Flowers misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 3-3 |
| 16:13 | Oregon State | The rebound goes to Gerald Croskey | 3-3 |
| 16:11 | Oregon State | James Kitt is called for the reach on Wayne Trexler in the backcourt - foul #1 on James Kitt, team foul #3 | 3-3 |
| Subs | Oregon State | James Peterson (SG), Bruce Boer (C) Louis Poulin, Bryan Turner | |
| Subs | Cal | Ronald Rayfield (PF) Robert Oviedo | |
| 15:43 | Oregon State | James Peterson misses badly on a driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Joel Linke - foul #2 on Joel Linke, team foul #4 | 3-3 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Robert Johnson (PG) Jason Ward | |
| Subs | Cal | Oscar Nunez (SG) Joel Linke | |
| 15:43 | Oregon State | James Peterson makes the 1st free throw | 4-3 |
| 15:43 | Oregon State | James Peterson misses the 2nd free throw | 4-3 |
| 15:43 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield snags the defensive board | 4-3 |
| Lineup | Oregon State | PG - Robert Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. SG - James Peterson (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Wayne Trexler (fresh) PF - Gerald Croskey (fresh) C - Bruce Boer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Eric Flowers (tiring) SG - Oscar Nunez (fresh) SF - James Kitt (tiring) PF - Ronald Rayfield (fresh) C - James Tate (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:26 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield clanks a turnaround from the left block | 4-3 |
| 15:24 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield grabs the offensive board | 4-3 |
| 15:09 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield can't finish the layup | 4-3 |
| 15:08 | Oregon State | The rebound goes to Wayne Trexler | 4-3 |
| 14:48 | Oregon State | Bruce Boer can't finish the layup but he's fouled by James Tate - foul #1 on James Tate, team foul #5 | 4-3 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Louis Poulin (SG), Jack Watson (SF), Bryan Turner (PF) James Peterson, Wayne Trexler, Gerald Croskey | |
| Subs | Cal | Robert Oviedo (PF) Ronald Rayfield | |
| 14:48 | Oregon State | Bruce Boer makes the 1st free throw | 5-3 |
| 14:48 | Oregon State | Bruce Boer makes the 2nd free throw | 6-3 |
| 14:32 | Cal | Oscar Nunez travels with the ball | 6-3 |
| Subs | Oregon State | | |
| Subs | Cal | Willie Lamberton (C) James Tate | |
| 14:11 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson loses the ball out of bounds | 6-3 |
| Subs | Oregon State | | |
| Subs | Cal | Ronald Rayfield (C) Willie Lamberton | |
| 13:42 | Cal | Robert Oviedo works out of a doubleteam and scores on a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Oscar Nunez | 6-5 |
| 13:21 | Oregon State | Jack Watson misses the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Oscar Nunez - foul #1 on Oscar Nunez, team foul #6 | 6-5 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Jason Ward (PG), James Peterson (SG), Gerald Croskey (C) Robert Johnson, Louis Poulin, Bruce Boer | |
| Subs | Cal | Marcelino Giordano (SG), Franklin Smith (SF), James Tate (C) Oscar Nunez, James Kitt, Robert Oviedo | |
| 13:21 | Oregon State | Jack Watson makes the 1st free throw | 7-5 |
| 13:21 | Oregon State | Jack Watson makes the 2nd free throw | 8-5 |
| 13:02 | Cal | James Tate connects on the shot from close range | 8-7 |
| 12:59 | Oregon State | Eric Flowers is called for the reach on Jason Ward in the backcourt - foul #2 on Eric Flowers, team foul #7 | 8-7 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Wayne Trexler (PF) Bryan Turner | |
| Subs | Cal | James Kitt (SF), Willie Lamberton (PF) Eric Flowers, Ronald Rayfield | |
| 12:59 | Oregon State | Jason Ward misses the 1st free throw | 8-7 |
| 12:59 | Cal | Willie Lamberton gets the rebound | 8-7 |
| 12:42 | Cal | Marcelino Giordano is hacked by Jason Ward - foul #1 on Jason Ward, team foul #3 | 8-7 |
| 12:24 | Cal | James Tate misses the lay-in but the foul's on Gerald Croskey - foul #2 on Gerald Croskey, team foul #4 | 8-7 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Robert Johnson (PG), Bruce Boer (C) Jason Ward, Gerald Croskey | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 12:24 | Cal | James Tate makes the 1st free throw | 8-8 |
| 12:24 | Cal | James Tate misses the 2nd free throw | 8-8 |
| 12:24 | Oregon State | Wayne Trexler pulls down the rebound | 8-8 |
| 12:04 | Oregon State | Jack Watson blows the layup but the foul's on James Tate - foul #2 on James Tate, team foul #8 | 8-8 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Bryan Turner (PF) Bruce Boer | |
| Subs | Cal | Oscar Nunez (PG), Robert Oviedo (PF), Ronald Rayfield (C) James Kitt, Willie Lamberton, James Tate | |
| 12:04 | Oregon State | Jack Watson misses the 1st free throw | 8-8 |
| 12:04 | Oregon State | Jack Watson makes the 2nd free throw | 9-8 |
| 11:46 | Cal | Oscar Nunez can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 9-8 |
| 11:45 | Cal | Robert Oviedo tips it in | 9-10 |
| Lineup | Oregon State | PG - Robert Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. SG - James Peterson (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Jack Watson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bryan Turner (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Wayne Trexler (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Oscar Nunez (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Marcelino Giordano (fresh) SF - Franklin Smith (fresh) PF - Robert Oviedo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Ronald Rayfield (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:17 | Oregon State | Jack Watson hits the front of the rim on the wide open fadeaway in the lane | 9-10 |
| 11:16 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield pulls down the rebound | 9-10 |
| 11:02 | Cal | Oscar Nunez can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 9-10 |
| 11:00 | Cal | Robert Oviedo misses the tip | 9-10 |
| 10:59 | Oregon State | Wayne Trexler gets the rebound | 9-10 |
| 10:31 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson drills a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Bryan Turner | 11-10 |
| 10:28 | Cal | James Peterson picks off the pass by Oscar Nunez in the backcourt | 11-10 |
| 09:59 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson knocks in the jump hook near the basket set up by Bryan Turner | 13-10 |
| 09:34 | Cal | Robert Oviedo can't throw it down but the foul's on Wayne Trexler - foul #1 on Wayne Trexler, team foul #5 | 13-10 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Jason Ward (PG), Louis Poulin (SG), Bruce Boer (C) Robert Johnson, James Peterson, Wayne Trexler | |
| Subs | Cal | James Kitt (SF), Willie Lamberton (C) Franklin Smith, Ronald Rayfield | |
| 09:34 | Cal | Robert Oviedo makes the 1st free throw | 13-11 |
| 09:34 | Cal | Robert Oviedo makes the 2nd free throw | 13-12 |
| 09:07 | Oregon State | Bruce Boer's pass is intercepted by Oscar Nunez | 13-12 |
| 09:04 | Cal | Oscar Nunez banks in the layup | 13-14 |
| 08:46 | Oregon State | The pull-up jumper by Louis Poulin is blocked by Robert Oviedo | 13-14 |
| 08:44 | Oregon State | Bryan Turner pulls down the offensive rebound | 13-14 |
| 08:22 | Oregon State | Louis Poulin is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Jason Ward | 15-14 |
| 07:53 | Cal | Robert Oviedo splits the doubleteam and buries a fadeaway from the left block | 15-16 |
| 07:39 | Oregon State | Jack Watson banks in the layup on a great pass from Bruce Boer | 17-16 |
| Lineup | Oregon State | PG - Jason Ward (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Louis Poulin (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jack Watson (tiring) 5 pts. PF - Bryan Turner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Bruce Boer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Oscar Nunez (tiring) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marcelino Giordano (tiring) SF - James Kitt (tired) PF - Robert Oviedo (tiring) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Willie Lamberton (fairly fresh) | |
| 07:25 | Cal | Marcelino Giordano is open and buries a fadeaway from the right side set up by Willie Lamberton | 17-18 |
| 07:23 | Oregon State | Marcelino Giordano is called for the reach on Louis Poulin in the backcourt - foul #1 on Marcelino Giordano, team foul #9 | 17-18 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Robert Johnson (PG), Wayne Trexler (SF) Jason Ward, Jack Watson | |
| Subs | Cal | Franklin Smith (SG), Ronald Rayfield (C) Marcelino Giordano, Willie Lamberton | |
| 07:23 | Oregon State | Louis Poulin misses the 1st free throw | 17-18 |
| 07:23 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield snags the defensive board | 17-18 |
| 07:02 | Cal | Oscar Nunez can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 17-18 |
| 07:00 | Cal | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Oviedo | 17-18 |
| 06:42 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield is hacked by Wayne Trexler - foul #2 on Wayne Trexler, team foul #6 | 17-18 |
| Subs | Oregon State | James Peterson (SG), Jack Watson (SF) Louis Poulin, Wayne Trexler | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 06:26 | Cal | Oscar Nunez is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Oscar Nunez, team foul #10 | 17-18 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Jason Ward (PG), Gerald Croskey (C) Jack Watson, Bruce Boer | |
| Subs | Cal | Eric Flowers (PG), Joel Linke (SG) Oscar Nunez, Franklin Smith | |
| 06:09 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Jason Ward | 20-18 |
| 05:45 | Cal | Bryan Turner is called for the reach on Ronald Rayfield - foul #1 on Bryan Turner, team foul #7 | 20-18 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Wayne Trexler (PF) Bryan Turner | |
| Subs | Cal | Willie Lamberton (C) Robert Oviedo | |
| 05:45 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield makes the 1st free throw | 20-19 |
| 05:45 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield makes the 2nd free throw | 20-20 |
| 05:16 | Oregon State | Gerald Croskey loses the ball out of bounds | 20-20 |
| 04:50 | Cal | Joel Linke makes the floater from close range | 20-22 |
| 04:48 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson's pass is intercepted by Eric Flowers in the backcourt | 20-22 |
| 04:19 | Cal | Ronald Rayfield misses short on a floater from the left side | 20-22 |
| 04:17 | Oregon State | Robert Johnson gets the rebound | 20-22 |
| 04:15 | Oregon State | Willie Lamberton steals it from Robert Johnson in the backcourt | 20-22 |
| 03:53 | Cal | Wayne Trexler denies the turnaround by James Kitt | 20-22 |
| 03:52 | Oregon State | The rebound goes to James Peterson | 20-22 |
| 03:50 | Oregon State | Eric Flowers is called for the reach on Jason Ward in the backcourt - foul #3 on Eric Flowers, team foul #11 | 20-22 |
| Subs | Oregon State | Louis Poulin (SG), Jack Watson (SF), Bryan Turner (PF), Bruce Boer (C) James Peterson, Robert Johnson, Wayne Trexler, Gerald Croskey | |
| Subs | Cal | Franklin Smith (PG), Oscar Nunez (SF), Robert Oviedo (PF), James Tate (C) Eric Flowers, James Kitt, Willie Lamberton, Ronald Rayfield | |
| 03:50 | Oregon State | Jason Ward makes the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 03:50 | Oregon State | Jason Ward misses the 2nd free throw | 21-22 |
| 03:50 | Cal | Joel Linke pulls down the rebound | 21-22 |
| 03:44 | Cal | Robert Oviedo shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the turnaround in the paint | 21-22 |
| 03:43 | Cal | Robert Oviedo tips it in | 21-24 |
| 03:21 | Oregon State | Bruce Boer can't connect on a runner from the left block | 21-24 |
| 03:19 | Oregon State | Jack Watson pulls down the offensive rebound | 21-24 |
| Lineup | Oregon State | PG - Jason Ward (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Louis Poulin (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jack Watson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Bryan Turner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Bruce Boer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Franklin Smith (fresh) SG - Joel Linke (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Oscar Nunez (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Oviedo (tired) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - James Tate (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 02:58 | Oregon State | Bruce Boer drills a shot from the free throw line | 23-24 |
| 02:31 | Cal | Robert Oviedo loses the dribble to Bryan Turner | 23-24 |
| 02:12 | Oregon State | Louis Poulin can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 23-24 |
| 02:10 | Cal | James Tate pulls down the rebound | 23-24 |
| 01:46 | Cal | James Tate scores on a runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Robert Oviedo | 23-26 |
| 01:41 | Oregon State | Jason Ward misses the wide open runner from the left block | 23-26 |
| 01:39 | Cal | James Tate grabs the board | 23-26 |
| 01:19 | Cal | James Tate blows the layup | 23-26 |
| 01:17 | Oregon State | Bryan Turner gets the rebound | 23-26 |
| 00:55 | Oregon State | Louis Poulin lays it up and in and he's fouled by Joel Linke - foul #3 on Joel Linke, team foul #12 | 25-26 |
| Subs | Oregon State | James Peterson (SG), Robert Johnson (SF), Wayne Trexler (PF), Gerald Croskey (C) Jason Ward, Jack Watson, Bryan Turner, Bruce Boer | |
| Subs | Cal | Marcelino Giordano (PG), James Kitt (SF), Willie Lamberton (PF) Franklin Smith, Joel Linke, Robert Oviedo | |
| 00:55 | Oregon State | Louis Poulin makes the free throw | 26-26 |
| 00:32 | Cal | Oscar Nunez comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 26-26 |
| 00:30 | Oregon State | Louis Poulin snags the defensive board | 26-26 |
| 00:00 | Oregon State | Oscar Nunez is called for the reach on Louis Poulin - foul #3 on Oscar Nunez, team foul #13 | 26-26 |
| Subs | Oregon State | | |
| Subs | Cal | Eric Flowers (PG), Joel Linke (SG), Ronald Rayfield (PF) Oscar Nunez, James Kitt, Willie Lamberton | |
| 00:00 | Oregon State | Louis Poulin makes the 1st free throw | 27-26 |
| 00:00 | Oregon State | Louis Poulin makes the 2nd free throw | 28-26 |