| Lineup | Akron | PG - Walter Spann (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Mathews (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alan Gully (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Clayton Craven (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Knouse (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - David Jenkins (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jack Anderson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edwin Coe (fresh) 6 pts. C - Kevin Howard (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Akron | Alan Gully inbounds the ball | 34-36 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:33 | Akron | Paul Mathews blows the layup | 34-36 |
| 19:31 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson pulls down the rebound | 34-36 |
| 19:20 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 34-36 |
| 19:19 | Akron | Clayton Craven grabs the board | 34-36 |
| 18:57 | Akron | David Jenkins steals it from Thomas Knouse | 34-36 |
| 18:36 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-36 |
| 18:35 | Akron | Thomas Knouse pulls down the rebound | 34-36 |
| 18:31 | Akron | Paul Mathews dunks the ball and he's fouled by Kevin Howard - foul #3 on Kevin Howard, team foul #1 | 36-36 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield (C) Kevin Howard | |
| 18:31 | Akron | Paul Mathews misses the free throw | 36-36 |
| 18:31 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe pulls down the rebound | 36-36 |
| 18:04 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe misses long on a runner in the paint but he's fouled by Clayton Craven - foul #3 on Clayton Craven, team foul #1 | 36-36 |
| Subs | Akron | Cliff Morgan (PF) Clayton Craven | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 18:04 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe makes the 1st free throw | 36-37 |
| 18:04 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe makes the 2nd free throw | 36-38 |
| 17:46 | Akron | Cliff Morgan connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Alan Gully | 38-38 |
| 17:31 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson misses the turnaround from the baseline | 38-38 |
| 17:30 | Akron | Thomas Knouse gets the rebound | 38-38 |
| 17:26 | Akron | Walter Spann misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 38-38 |
| 17:25 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf snags the defensive board | 38-38 |
| 17:10 | Buffalo | David Jenkins connects on the shot from the right wing set up by Joseph Satterfield | 38-40 |
| 16:46 | Akron | Paul Mathews scores on a jumper from the baseline | 40-40 |
| 16:42 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Alan Gully - foul #1 on Alan Gully, team foul #2 | 40-40 |
| Subs | Akron | Jonathan Lipps (PG), William Bauer (SG), Gary Lane (SF), George Woods (C) Walter Spann, Paul Mathews, Alan Gully, Thomas Knouse | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andrew Cooper (PG), Quentin Brown (SG), John Robinson (C) Cary Woolf, David Jenkins, Edwin Coe | |
| 16:42 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson misses the 1st free throw | 40-40 |
| 16:42 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 40-41 |
| 16:17 | Akron | William Bauer makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-41 |
| 15:59 | Buffalo | Quentin Brown scores on a runner from close range set up by Joseph Satterfield and the foul's on William Bauer - foul #3 on William Bauer, team foul #3 | 43-43 |
| Subs | Akron | Clayton Craven (PF) George Woods | |
| Subs | Buffalo | David Boyer (SF), Kevin Howard (C) Jack Anderson, Joseph Satterfield | |
| 15:59 | Buffalo | Quentin Brown makes the free throw | 43-44 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jonathan Lipps (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Bauer (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Gary Lane (fresh) PF - Clayton Craven (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Cliff Morgan (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Quentin Brown (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Andrew Cooper (fresh) SF - David Boyer (fresh) PF - John Robinson (fresh) 3 pts. C - Kevin Howard (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| 15:45 | Akron | Clayton Craven knocks in the shot in the lane on a nice dish by William Bauer | 45-44 |
| 15:39 | Buffalo | Andrew Cooper makes the 3pt shot from straight away | 45-47 |
| 15:11 | Akron | Gary Lane lays it up and in on a great pass from William Bauer | 47-47 |
| 14:49 | Buffalo | Gary Lane takes the ball from Quentin Brown | 47-47 |
| 14:46 | Akron | Gary Lane hits the finger roll | 49-47 |
| 14:33 | Buffalo | Clayton Craven is called for the reach on John Robinson - foul #4 on Clayton Craven, team foul #4 | 49-47 |
| Subs | Akron | Paul Mathews (SG), Alan Gully (SF), Thomas Knouse (C) William Bauer, Clayton Craven, Cliff Morgan | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG), David Jenkins (SG), Joseph Satterfield (SF), Edwin Coe (PF) Quentin Brown, Andrew Cooper, David Boyer, John Robinson | |
| 14:19 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 49-47 |
| 14:18 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard tips it home | 49-49 |
| 14:00 | Akron | Joseph Satterfield is called for the reach on Alan Gully - foul #1 on Joseph Satterfield, team foul #2 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Spann (PG), Jack Styles (PF) Jonathan Lipps, Gary Lane | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Jack Anderson (SF) Joseph Satterfield | |
| 13:48 | Akron | Jack Styles is hacked by David Jenkins - foul #2 on David Jenkins, team foul #3 | 49-49 |
| 13:36 | Akron | Walter Spann loses the ball out of bounds | 49-49 |
| 13:28 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Cary Woolf | 49-52 |
| 13:18 | Akron | Paul Mathews clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 49-52 |
| 13:16 | Akron | Jack Styles tips it back up and in | 51-52 |
| 13:05 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf drills a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Jack Anderson | 51-54 |
| 12:49 | Akron | Paul Mathews hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Walter Spann | 54-54 |
| 12:32 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson hits a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by David Jenkins | 54-56 |
| 12:16 | Akron | Walter Spann misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 54-56 |
| 12:15 | Akron | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Mathews | 54-56 |
| 11:53 | Akron | Cary Woolf is called for the reach on Paul Mathews - foul #1 on Cary Woolf, team foul #4 | 54-56 |
| Subs | Akron | Jonathan Lipps (PG), William Bauer (SG), Gary Lane (SF), Cliff Morgan (PF) Walter Spann, Paul Mathews, Alan Gully, Jack Styles | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andrew Cooper (SG), David Boyer (SF), Joseph Satterfield (PF), John Robinson (C) David Jenkins, Jack Anderson, Edwin Coe, Kevin Howard | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jonathan Lipps (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Bauer (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Gary Lane (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Cliff Morgan (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Knouse (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SG - Andrew Cooper (fresh) 3 pts. SF - David Boyer (fresh) PF - Joseph Satterfield (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - John Robinson (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:44 | Akron | Jonathan Lipps scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Thomas Knouse | 57-56 |
| 11:33 | Buffalo | David Boyer misses short on a shot near the basket | 57-56 |
| 11:31 | Akron | The rebound goes to William Bauer | 57-56 |
| 11:25 | Akron | Cliff Morgan clanks a shot from the baseline but the foul's on Joseph Satterfield - foul #2 on Joseph Satterfield, team foul #5 | 57-56 |
| Subs | Akron | George Woods (C) Thomas Knouse | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Quentin Brown (SG) Cary Woolf | |
| 11:25 | Akron | Cliff Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 58-56 |
| 11:25 | Akron | Cliff Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 59-56 |
| 11:09 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield can't connect on a runner in the lane | 59-56 |
| 11:08 | Akron | George Woods grabs the board | 59-56 |
| 11:02 | Akron | Cliff Morgan hits a driving attempt in the lane set up by Gary Lane | 61-56 |
| 10:52 | Buffalo | David Boyer buries a fadeaway from the free throw line | 61-58 |
| 10:26 | Akron | Jonathan Lipps scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Gary Lane | 64-58 |
| 10:09 | Buffalo | Andrew Cooper comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 64-58 |
| 10:08 | Buffalo | John Robinson hits the follow up shot | 64-60 |
| 09:53 | Akron | Jonathan Lipps hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 64-60 |
| 09:51 | Akron | Gary Lane hits the follow up shot | 66-60 |
| 09:26 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield travels with the ball | 66-60 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Spann (PG), Paul Mathews (SG), Alan Gully (SF), Thomas Knouse (C) Jonathan Lipps, William Bauer, Cliff Morgan, George Woods | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG), David Jenkins (SG), Jack Anderson (SF), Edwin Coe (PF), Kevin Howard (C) Andrew Cooper, Quentin Brown, David Boyer, Joseph Satterfield, John Robinson | |
| 09:12 | Akron | Gary Lane comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 66-60 |
| 09:10 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf snags the defensive board | 66-60 |
| 08:56 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard loses the ball out of bounds | 66-60 |
| Subs | Akron | Jack Styles (PF) Gary Lane | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 08:36 | Akron | Paul Mathews makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 69-60 |
| 08:21 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Cary Woolf | 69-63 |
| 08:06 | Akron | Walter Spann misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 69-63 |
| 08:04 | Akron | Jack Styles grabs the offensive board | 69-63 |
| 07:42 | Akron | Paul Mathews is whistled for traveling | 69-63 |
| Subs | Akron | Clayton Craven (PF) Jack Styles | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield (PF) Edwin Coe | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Walter Spann (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Mathews (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alan Gully (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Clayton Craven (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Thomas Knouse (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SG - David Jenkins (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Jack Anderson (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - Joseph Satterfield (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Kevin Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:31 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 69-63 |
| 07:30 | Akron | Alan Gully pulls down the rebound | 69-63 |
| 07:26 | Akron | David Jenkins picks off the pass by Thomas Knouse | 69-63 |
| 07:22 | Buffalo | David Jenkins lays it up and in | 69-65 |
| 07:07 | Akron | Joseph Satterfield denies the turnaround by Clayton Craven | 69-65 |
| 07:06 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield grabs the board | 69-65 |
| 06:51 | Buffalo | David Jenkins hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 69-65 |
| 06:49 | Akron | Thomas Knouse grabs the board | 69-65 |
| 06:32 | Akron | Clayton Craven makes the turnaround near the basket set up by Alan Gully | 71-65 |
| 06:16 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Thomas Knouse - foul #2 on Thomas Knouse, team foul #5 | 71-65 |
| Subs | Akron | Jonathan Lipps (PG), William Bauer (SG), Gary Lane (SF), Cliff Morgan (C) Walter Spann, Paul Mathews, Alan Gully, Thomas Knouse | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andrew Cooper (PG), Quentin Brown (SG), Edwin Coe (PF), John Robinson (C) Cary Woolf, David Jenkins, Jack Anderson, Kevin Howard | |
| 06:16 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield makes the 1st free throw | 71-66 |
| 06:16 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield makes the 2nd free throw | 71-67 |
| 06:03 | Akron | Jonathan Lipps is called for traveling | 71-67 |
| 05:45 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield scores on a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Edwin Coe and he's fouled by Cliff Morgan - foul #1 on Cliff Morgan, team foul #6 | 71-69 |
| 05:45 | Buffalo | Joseph Satterfield misses the free throw | 71-69 |
| 05:45 | Akron | Clayton Craven snags the defensive board | 71-69 |
| 05:32 | Akron | Clayton Craven can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Edwin Coe - foul #2 on Edwin Coe, team foul #6 | 71-69 |
| 05:32 | Akron | Clayton Craven makes the 1st free throw | 72-69 |
| 05:32 | Akron | Clayton Craven makes the 2nd free throw | 73-69 |
| 05:03 | Buffalo | Quentin Brown is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Quentin Brown, team foul #7 | 73-69 |
| Subs | Akron | Thomas Knouse (C) Clayton Craven | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG), David Boyer (SF) Quentin Brown, Joseph Satterfield | |
| 04:52 | Akron | Edwin Coe is called for the reach on Cliff Morgan - foul #3 on Edwin Coe, team foul #8 | 73-69 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Kevin Howard (C) John Robinson | |
| 04:52 | Akron | Cliff Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 74-69 |
| 04:52 | Akron | Cliff Morgan misses the 2nd free throw | 74-69 |
| 04:52 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Edwin Coe | 74-69 |
| 04:34 | Buffalo | Gary Lane swats the layup by Kevin Howard | 74-69 |
| 04:32 | Buffalo | David Boyer hits the follow up shot | 74-71 |
| 04:08 | Akron | William Bauer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 74-71 |
| Subs | Akron | Paul Mathews (SG), Alan Gully (SF) William Bauer, Cliff Morgan | |
| Subs | Buffalo | David Jenkins (SG), Jack Anderson (SF), John Robinson (PF) Andrew Cooper, David Boyer, Edwin Coe | |
| 03:42 | Buffalo | John Robinson clanks a 3 from the left corner | 74-71 |
| 03:40 | Akron | Thomas Knouse grabs the defensive rebound | 74-71 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jonathan Lipps (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Paul Mathews (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alan Gully (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gary Lane (fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. C - Thomas Knouse (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. 3 stl. SG - David Jenkins (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jack Anderson (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Robinson (fresh) 5 pts. C - Kevin Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:34 | Akron | David Jenkins steals it from Alan Gully | 74-71 |
| 03:31 | Buffalo | Jack Anderson lays it up and in set up by David Jenkins | 74-73 |
| 03:11 | Akron | Jonathan Lipps can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 74-73 |
| 03:09 | Buffalo | John Robinson pulls down the rebound | 74-73 |
| 02:51 | Buffalo | David Jenkins connects on the shot from the right side | 74-75 |
| 02:51 | Akron | Akron calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 74-75 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Spann (PG), Clayton Craven (PF) Jonathan Lipps, Gary Lane | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Edwin Coe (PF) John Robinson | |
| 02:29 | Akron | David Jenkins is called for the reach on Walter Spann - foul #3 on David Jenkins, team foul #9 | 74-75 |
| 02:29 | Akron | Walter Spann misses the 1st free throw | 74-75 |
| 02:29 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard pulls down the rebound | 74-75 |
| 02:11 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard is fouled on the floor by Walter Spann - foul #2 on Walter Spann, team foul #7 | 74-75 |
| 02:11 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard misses the 1st free throw | 74-75 |
| 02:11 | Akron | Clayton Craven snags the defensive board | 74-75 |
| 01:45 | Akron | Alan Gully makes the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Walter Spann | 77-75 |
| 01:24 | Buffalo | David Jenkins hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 77-75 |
| 01:23 | Akron | Alan Gully snags the defensive board | 77-75 |
| 01:03 | Akron | Clayton Craven is called for traveling | 77-75 |
| 00:46 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Cary Woolf | 77-78 |
| 00:28 | Akron | Clayton Craven misses badly on a runner from close range | 77-78 |
| 00:27 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe gets the rebound | 77-78 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:26 | Buffalo | Walter Spann is called for the reach on Edwin Coe in the backcourt - foul #3 on Walter Spann, team foul #8 | 77-78 |
| 00:26 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe makes the 1st free throw | 77-79 |
| 00:26 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe makes the 2nd free throw | 77-80 |
| 00:09 | Akron | Alan Gully is hacked by Edwin Coe - foul #4 on Edwin Coe, team foul #10 | 77-80 |
| 00:09 | Akron | Alan Gully makes the 1st free throw | 78-80 |
| 00:09 | Akron | Alan Gully makes the 2nd free throw | 79-80 |
| 00:08 | Buffalo | Walter Spann is called for the reach on Cary Woolf in the backcourt - foul #4 on Walter Spann, team foul #9 | 79-80 |
| 00:08 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf makes the 1st free throw | 79-81 |
| 00:08 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf makes the 2nd free throw | 79-82 |
| 00:08 | Akron | Akron calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 79-82 |
| 00:01 | Akron | Walter Spann hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 79-82 |
| 00:00 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard pulls down the rebound | 79-82 |