| Lineup | LSU | PG - David Delarosa (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Dustin Wade (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Law (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Clark (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Erik Showman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Melvin Neal (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Ford (fresh) SF - Joseph Smith (fresh) PF - Thomas Wilson (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Warren Rhodes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith inbounds the ball | 34-25 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:44 | New Mexico | Thomas Wilson misses long on a floater from the left side | 34-25 |
| 19:43 | LSU | The rebound goes to Dustin Wade | 34-25 |
| 19:15 | LSU | David Delarosa hits a floater from the right side on a nice dish by Erik Showman | 36-25 |
| 19:01 | New Mexico | Melvin Neal connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 36-28 |
| 18:33 | LSU | Charles Clark travels with the ball | 36-28 |
| 18:15 | New Mexico | Warren Rhodes makes the turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Melvin Neal | 36-30 |
| 18:03 | LSU | David Delarosa is fouled on the floor by Thomas Wilson - foul #3 on Thomas Wilson, team foul #1 | 36-30 |
| Subs | LSU | Gregory Griffin (SF), Carl Fagan (PF), Kevin Burke (C) Robert Law, Charles Clark, Erik Showman | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Carlos Daluz (PG), Theodore Napier (SG), Trent Dorey (PF), Joseph Kohut (C) Melvin Neal, Michael Ford, Thomas Wilson, Warren Rhodes | |
| 17:45 | LSU | Joseph Smith steals it from Carl Fagan | 36-30 |
| 17:32 | New Mexico | Carlos Daluz makes the fadeaway from the left side | 36-32 |
| 17:11 | LSU | Dustin Wade misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-32 |
| 17:09 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to Carl Fagan | 36-32 |
| 16:45 | LSU | Dustin Wade is by himself and knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner | 39-32 |
| 16:23 | New Mexico | Trent Dorey misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 39-32 |
| 16:22 | LSU | Carl Fagan snags the defensive board | 39-32 |
| 16:03 | LSU | Gregory Griffin is whistled for a carry | 39-32 |
| Subs | LSU | Roger Copley (PG), Robert Law (SF), Charles Clark (PF), Erik Showman (C) David Delarosa, Gregory Griffin, Carl Fagan, Kevin Burke | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Melvin Neal (PG), Michael Ford (SG), Warren Rhodes (C) Carlos Daluz, Theodore Napier, Trent Dorey | |
| 15:44 | New Mexico | Roger Copley steals it from Michael Ford | 39-32 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Roger Copley (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Dustin Wade (tiring) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Law (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Clark (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Erik Showman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Melvin Neal (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Ford (fresh) SF - Joseph Smith (fairly fresh) PF - Joseph Kohut (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Warren Rhodes (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:21 | LSU | Dustin Wade misses the floater near the basket but he's fouled by Michael Ford - foul #1 on Michael Ford, team foul #2 | 39-32 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | David Miller (SG), Thomas Wilson (PF) Michael Ford, Joseph Kohut | |
| 15:21 | LSU | Dustin Wade makes the 1st free throw | 40-32 |
| 15:21 | LSU | Dustin Wade makes the 2nd free throw | 41-32 |
| 15:03 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 41-32 |
| 15:01 | LSU | The rebound goes to Robert Law | 41-32 |
| 14:40 | LSU | Dustin Wade comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 41-32 |
| 14:38 | New Mexico | Warren Rhodes gets the rebound | 41-32 |
| 14:29 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith loses the dribble to Charles Clark | 41-32 |
| 14:27 | LSU | Roger Copley loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 41-32 |
| Subs | LSU | David Delarosa (PG), Andrew Nelson (SG), Gregory Griffin (SF), Glenn Young (C) Roger Copley, Dustin Wade, Robert Law, Erik Showman | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Ford (PG), Carlos Daluz (SF), Roger Jones (C) Melvin Neal, Joseph Smith, Warren Rhodes | |
| 14:08 | New Mexico | Michael Ford misses long on a floater from the right side | 41-32 |
| 14:07 | LSU | Charles Clark snags the defensive board | 41-32 |
| 13:46 | LSU | Charles Clark misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 41-32 |
| 13:45 | New Mexico | Michael Ford grabs the defensive rebound | 41-32 |
| 13:26 | New Mexico | Thomas Wilson is called for a charge - foul #4 on Thomas Wilson, team foul #3 | 41-32 |
| Subs | LSU | Dustin Wade (SG), Robert Law (SF), Carl Fagan (PF), Kevin Burke (C) David Delarosa, Gregory Griffin, Charles Clark, Glenn Young | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Theodore Napier (SG), Warren Rhodes (C) David Miller, Thomas Wilson | |
| 13:03 | LSU | Dustin Wade is hacked by Michael Ford - foul #2 on Michael Ford, team foul #4 | 41-32 |
| Subs | LSU | Roger Copley (SG), Erik Showman (C) Dustin Wade, Kevin Burke | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Melvin Neal (PG), Joseph Kohut (SF), Trent Dorey (PF) Theodore Napier, Carlos Daluz, Roger Jones | |
| 12:47 | LSU | Andrew Nelson scores on a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Roger Copley | 43-32 |
| 12:30 | New Mexico | Michael Ford connects on the jumper from the free throw line | 43-34 |
| 12:24 | LSU | Michael Ford picks off the pass by Andrew Nelson in the backcourt | 43-34 |
| 12:15 | New Mexico | Joseph Kohut misses badly on a jumper near the basket | 43-34 |
| 12:13 | New Mexico | Joseph Kohut grabs the offensive board | 43-34 |
| 11:55 | New Mexico | Michael Ford is fouled on the floor by Roger Copley - foul #2 on Roger Copley, team foul #1 | 43-34 |
| Subs | LSU | David Delarosa (PG), Dustin Wade (SG), Gregory Griffin (SF), Kevin Burke (PF), Glenn Young (C) Andrew Nelson, Roger Copley, Robert Law, Carl Fagan, Erik Showman | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Theodore Napier (PG), David Miller (SG), Joseph Smith (SF) Melvin Neal, Michael Ford, Joseph Kohut | |
| 11:48 | New Mexico | Gregory Griffin is called for the reach on David Miller - foul #1 on Gregory Griffin, team foul #2 | 43-34 |
| Subs | LSU | Charles Clark (PF) Glenn Young | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Carlos Daluz (SF) Joseph Smith | |
| 11:32 | New Mexico | David Miller is called for traveling | 43-34 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Roger Jones (PF) Trent Dorey | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - David Delarosa (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dustin Wade (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gregory Griffin (fresh) PF - Charles Clark (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Kevin Burke (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Theodore Napier (fresh) 3 pts. SG - David Miller (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Carlos Daluz (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Roger Jones (fresh) 3 pf. C - Warren Rhodes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:30 | LSU | David Delarosa is hacked by Theodore Napier in the backcourt - foul #1 on Theodore Napier, team foul #5 | 43-34 |
| 11:15 | LSU | Gregory Griffin comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 43-34 |
| 11:14 | LSU | Kevin Burke grabs the offensive rebound | 43-34 |
| 10:54 | LSU | Gregory Griffin knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from David Delarosa | 45-34 |
| 10:43 | New Mexico | Charles Clark steps in front of the Warren Rhodes pass | 45-34 |
| 10:17 | LSU | David Miller steals it from Dustin Wade | 45-34 |
| 10:13 | New Mexico | David Miller clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 45-34 |
| 10:11 | LSU | David Delarosa grabs the defensive rebound | 45-34 |
| 10:09 | LSU | Dustin Wade is hacked by David Miller in the backcourt - foul #4 on David Miller, team foul #6 | 45-34 |
| Subs | LSU | Roger Copley (SG), Robert Law (SF), Carl Fagan (PF), Erik Showman (C) Dustin Wade, Gregory Griffin, Charles Clark, Kevin Burke | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Melvin Neal (PG), Michael Ford (SG), Joseph Smith (SF), Trent Dorey (PF), Joseph Kohut (C) Theodore Napier, David Miller, Carlos Daluz, Roger Jones, Warren Rhodes | |
| 09:48 | LSU | David Delarosa clanks a jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Melvin Neal - foul #1 on Melvin Neal, team foul #7 | 45-34 |
| 09:48 | LSU | David Delarosa makes the 1st free throw | 46-34 |
| 09:48 | LSU | David Delarosa misses the 2nd free throw | 46-34 |
| 09:48 | New Mexico | Joseph Kohut pulls down the rebound | 46-34 |
| 09:36 | New Mexico | Joseph Kohut buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Michael Ford | 46-37 |
| 09:10 | LSU | Robert Law buries a 3pt attempt from straight away | 49-37 |
| 08:53 | New Mexico | Joseph Kohut is fouled on the floor by Robert Law - foul #3 on Robert Law, team foul #3 | 49-37 |
| Subs | LSU | Andrew Nelson (PG), Dustin Wade (SG), Glenn Young (C) David Delarosa, Roger Copley, Erik Showman | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Warren Rhodes (C) Trent Dorey | |
| 08:44 | New Mexico | Dustin Wade takes the ball from Warren Rhodes | 49-37 |
| 08:25 | LSU | Joseph Smith takes the ball from Andrew Nelson | 49-37 |
| 08:21 | New Mexico | Melvin Neal lays it in on a nice dish by Joseph Smith | 49-39 |
| 08:05 | LSU | Dustin Wade buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Robert Law | 52-39 |
| 07:58 | New Mexico | Warren Rhodes clanks a fadeaway near the basket but the foul's on Andrew Nelson - foul #1 on Andrew Nelson, team foul #4 | 52-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Gregory Griffin (SF), Charles Clark (PF), Kevin Burke (C) Robert Law, Carl Fagan, Glenn Young | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Theodore Napier (PG), David Miller (SG), Carlos Daluz (SF), Thomas Wilson (PF) Melvin Neal, Michael Ford, Joseph Smith, Joseph Kohut | |
| 07:58 | New Mexico | Warren Rhodes misses the 1st free throw | 52-39 |
| 07:58 | New Mexico | Warren Rhodes makes the 2nd free throw | 52-40 |
| 07:29 | LSU | Andrew Nelson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Roger Copley (SG), Erik Showman (C) Dustin Wade, Kevin Burke | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Roger Jones (C) Warren Rhodes | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Andrew Nelson (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Roger Copley (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gregory Griffin (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Clark (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Erik Showman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Theodore Napier (fresh) 3 pts. SG - David Miller (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Carlos Daluz (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Thomas Wilson (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. C - Roger Jones (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| 07:08 | New Mexico | Thomas Wilson is hacked by Charles Clark - foul #1 on Charles Clark, team foul #5 | 52-40 |
| Subs | LSU | David Delarosa (PG) Andrew Nelson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Ford (PG) David Miller | |
| 06:53 | New Mexico | Carlos Daluz drills a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Theodore Napier | 52-43 |
| 06:25 | LSU | Roger Jones swats the short shot by David Delarosa | 52-43 |
| 06:24 | New Mexico | Thomas Wilson pulls down the rebound | 52-43 |
| 06:04 | New Mexico | Theodore Napier misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 52-43 |
| 06:02 | New Mexico | Thomas Wilson hits the follow up shot | 52-45 |
| 05:43 | LSU | David Delarosa clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-45 |
| 05:41 | New Mexico | Michael Ford pulls down the rebound | 52-45 |
| 05:36 | New Mexico | Theodore Napier makes the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Carlos Daluz | 52-48 |
| 05:13 | LSU | Charles Clark comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Thomas Wilson - foul #5 on Thomas Wilson, team foul #8 | 52-48 |
| Subs | LSU | Andrew Nelson (PG), Dustin Wade (SG), Robert Law (SF), Kevin Burke (C) David Delarosa, Roger Copley, Gregory Griffin, Erik Showman | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Melvin Neal (PG), David Miller (SG), Joseph Smith (SF), Trent Dorey (PF), Joseph Kohut (C) Michael Ford, Theodore Napier, Carlos Daluz, Thomas Wilson, Roger Jones | |
| 05:13 | LSU | Charles Clark makes the 1st free throw | 53-48 |
| 05:13 | LSU | Charles Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 54-48 |
| 04:58 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 54-48 |
| 04:56 | LSU | Kevin Burke grabs the board | 54-48 |
| 04:31 | LSU | Dustin Wade misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 54-48 |
| 04:29 | New Mexico | Melvin Neal grabs the board | 54-48 |
| 04:25 | New Mexico | Melvin Neal misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 54-48 |
| 04:24 | LSU | Kevin Burke pulls down the rebound | 54-48 |
| 04:22 | LSU | Andrew Nelson throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 54-48 |
| Subs | LSU | Carl Fagan (PF) Charles Clark | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 04:02 | New Mexico | David Miller is hacked by Dustin Wade - foul #1 on Dustin Wade, team foul #6 | 54-48 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Warren Rhodes (C) Trent Dorey | |
| 03:52 | New Mexico | Melvin Neal can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 54-48 |
| 03:50 | LSU | Kevin Burke grabs the defensive rebound | 54-48 |
| 03:38 | LSU | Dustin Wade knocks in the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Kevin Burke | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 03:23 | New Mexico | Melvin Neal misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Andrew Nelson - foul #2 on Andrew Nelson, team foul #7 | 57-48 |
| Subs | LSU | David Delarosa (PG), Glenn Young (C) Andrew Nelson, Kevin Burke | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Ford (SG) David Miller | |
| 03:23 | New Mexico | Melvin Neal makes the 1st free throw | 57-49 |
| 03:23 | New Mexico | Melvin Neal makes the 2nd free throw | 57-50 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - David Delarosa (tiring) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dustin Wade (tiring) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Law (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Carl Fagan (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Glenn Young (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Melvin Neal (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Ford (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Smith (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Joseph Kohut (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. C - Warren Rhodes (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:54 | LSU | Carl Fagan comes up short on the jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Joseph Kohut - foul #2 on Joseph Kohut, team foul #9 | 57-50 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Theodore Napier (SG), Trent Dorey (PF) Melvin Neal, Joseph Kohut | |
| 02:54 | LSU | Carl Fagan makes the 1st free throw | 58-50 |
| 02:54 | LSU | Carl Fagan makes the 2nd free throw | 59-50 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 02:52 | New Mexico | New Mexico calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-50 |
| Subs | LSU | Andrew Nelson (PG), Roger Copley (SG), Gregory Griffin (SF), Charles Clark (PF), Erik Showman (C) David Delarosa, Dustin Wade, Robert Law, Carl Fagan, Glenn Young | |
| Subs | New Mexico | David Miller (SG) Theodore Napier | |
| 02:41 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith hits a jump hook from the baseline | 59-52 |
| 02:41 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-52 |
| Subs | LSU | Dustin Wade (SG) Andrew Nelson | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Melvin Neal (PG), Joseph Kohut (PF) Michael Ford, Trent Dorey | |
| 02:22 | LSU | Charles Clark comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 59-52 |
| 02:21 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to Warren Rhodes | 59-52 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 02:07 | New Mexico | Erik Showman takes the ball from Warren Rhodes | 59-52 |
| 02:07 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 59-52 |
| Subs | LSU | David Delarosa (PG), Robert Law (SF) Roger Copley, Gregory Griffin | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 01:40 | LSU | Erik Showman lays it up and in | 61-52 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 01:27 | New Mexico | Joseph Kohut misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 61-52 |
| 01:26 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-52 |
| 01:13 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 61-55 |
| 00:48 | LSU | Robert Law can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 61-55 |
| 00:47 | LSU | Erik Showman tips it in | 63-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 00:39 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 63-55 |
| 00:37 | LSU | Charles Clark snags the defensive board | 63-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:34 | LSU | Charles Clark is fouled in the backcourt by Melvin Neal - foul #2 on Melvin Neal, team foul #10 | 63-55 |
| 00:34 | LSU | Charles Clark makes the 1st free throw | 64-55 |
| 00:34 | LSU | Charles Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 65-55 |
| 00:26 | New Mexico | Joseph Smith misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 65-55 |
| 00:25 | New Mexico | Warren Rhodes can't tip it in | 65-55 |
| 00:23 | LSU | Charles Clark gets the rebound | 65-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:00 | LSU | David Delarosa runs out the clock | 65-55 |