| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Kenneth Ferguson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Ferri (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Justin Hartmann (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Charles Perkins (fresh) 2 reb. C - William Macha (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Wallace (fresh) 7 pts. PF - William Shiver (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Robert Delaney (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Robert Wallace inbounds the ball | 28-28 |
| Game Plan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:31 | Louisville | Marc Lutz misses the lay-in | 28-28 |
| 19:29 | Louisville | William Shiver grabs the offensive board | 28-28 |
| 19:02 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side but he's hacked by William Macha - foul #1 on William Macha, team foul #1 | 28-28 |
| 19:02 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the 1st free throw | 28-29 |
| 19:02 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the 2nd free throw | 28-30 |
| 18:42 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri hits the front of the rim on the jumper near the basket but the foul's on William Shiver - foul #2 on William Shiver, team foul #1 | 28-30 |
| 18:42 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri misses the 1st free throw | 28-30 |
| 18:42 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri makes the 2nd free throw | 29-30 |
| 18:21 | Louisville | William Shiver loses the ball out of bounds | 29-30 |
| 18:04 | Vanderbilt | William Shiver swats the layup by Charles Perkins | 29-30 |
| 18:02 | Louisville | William Shiver snags the defensive board | 29-30 |
| 17:33 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is hacked by Charles Perkins - foul #3 on Charles Perkins, team foul #2 | 29-30 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Arthur Newport (SG), Henry Walker (PF) John Ferri, Charles Perkins | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 17:14 | Louisville | William Macha is called for the reach on Robert Delaney - foul #2 on William Macha, team foul #3 | 29-30 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | John Carpenter (SF), Ronald Chambers (C) Justin Hartmann, William Macha | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Marc Lutz slams it home on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Robert Wallace | 29-32 |
| 16:46 | Vanderbilt | John Carpenter makes the jumper from the right wing | 31-32 |
| 16:17 | Louisville | Robert Wallace connects on the jumper from the left wing set up by Marc Lutz | 31-34 |
| 16:04 | Vanderbilt | Arthur Newport drills a pull-up jumper from the left side | 33-34 |
| 15:46 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn loses the dribble to Kenneth Ferguson | 33-34 |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Kenneth Ferguson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Arthur Newport (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - John Carpenter (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Henry Walker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Ronald Chambers (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Wallace (fairly fresh) 9 pts. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. C - Robert Delaney (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-34 |
| 15:30 | Louisville | Robert Delaney grabs the defensive rebound | 33-34 |
| 15:05 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is open and buries a turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Robert Wallace and the foul's on Arthur Newport - foul #1 on Arthur Newport, team foul #4 | 33-36 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews (PG), John Ferri (SG), Justin Hartmann (SF), Sean Rine (PF), William Macha (C) Kenneth Ferguson, Arthur Newport, John Carpenter, Henry Walker, Ronald Chambers | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 15:05 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the free throw | 33-37 |
| 14:48 | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews hits a 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-37 |
| 14:26 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the jumper from the right block on a great pass from Marc Lutz | 36-39 |
| 14:08 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri clanks a jumper in the lane | 36-39 |
| 14:07 | Louisville | Robert Wallace snags the defensive board | 36-39 |
| 13:45 | Louisville | Ben Andrews is called for the reach on Robert Wallace - foul #1 on Ben Andrews, team foul #5 | 36-39 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Peter Alexander (C) Robert Delaney | |
| 13:19 | Louisville | Marc Lutz splits the doubleteam but misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 36-39 |
| 13:17 | Vanderbilt | William Macha snags the defensive board | 36-39 |
| 13:04 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri is whistled for traveling | 36-39 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson (PG) Ben Andrews | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:35 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Kenneth Ferguson - foul #2 on Kenneth Ferguson, team foul #6 | 36-39 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Arthur Newport (SG) John Ferri | |
| Subs | Louisville | Clifford Thomas (SF), Robert Delaney (C) Robert Wallace, William Shiver | |
| 12:35 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 12:35 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the 2nd free throw | 36-41 |
| 12:11 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann misses the fadeaway in the lane | 36-41 |
| 12:09 | Louisville | Clifford Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 36-41 |
| 11:40 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn is alone and drills a jumper from close range set up by Peter Alexander | 36-43 |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Kenneth Ferguson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Arthur Newport (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Justin Hartmann (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Sean Rine (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. C - William Macha (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (tiring) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - Clifford Thomas (fresh) PF - Peter Alexander (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Delaney (tiring) 3 reb. | |
| 11:34 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann misses the easy layup but the foul's on Peter Alexander - foul #1 on Peter Alexander, team foul #2 | 36-43 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Charles Perkins (PF), Ronald Chambers (C) Sean Rine, William Macha | |
| Subs | Louisville | Fred Butler (PG), Danny Booth (SG), William Shiver (PF) Timothy Colburn, Marc Lutz, Robert Delaney | |
| 11:34 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann makes the 1st free throw | 37-43 |
| 11:34 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann makes the 2nd free throw | 38-43 |
| 11:08 | Louisville | Peter Alexander blows the layup but the foul's on Ronald Chambers - foul #1 on Ronald Chambers, team foul #7 | 38-43 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews (PG), John Ferri (SG), Henry Walker (SF) Kenneth Ferguson, Arthur Newport, Justin Hartmann | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Wallace (SF) Clifford Thomas | |
| 11:08 | Louisville | Peter Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 38-44 |
| 11:08 | Louisville | Peter Alexander makes the 2nd free throw | 38-45 |
| 10:51 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri is hacked by Danny Booth - foul #1 on Danny Booth, team foul #3 | 38-45 |
| 10:40 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri is hacked by Danny Booth - foul #2 on Danny Booth, team foul #4 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Marc Lutz (SG) Danny Booth | |
| 10:18 | Vanderbilt | Henry Walker clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 38-45 |
| 10:17 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Peter Alexander | 38-45 |
| 10:11 | Louisville | William Shiver misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 38-45 |
| 10:10 | Vanderbilt | The rebound goes to Ronald Chambers | 38-45 |
| 09:52 | Vanderbilt | Ronald Chambers clanks a driving attempt near the basket | 38-45 |
| 09:51 | Vanderbilt | Henry Walker grabs the offensive board | 38-45 |
| 09:38 | Vanderbilt | Robert Wallace steps in front of the Ronald Chambers pass | 38-45 |
| 09:09 | Louisville | Robert Wallace misses the lay-in | 38-45 |
| 09:07 | Vanderbilt | Charles Perkins snags the defensive board | 38-45 |
| 09:02 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri misses long on a floater from the left side but he's fouled by Fred Butler - foul #1 on Fred Butler, team foul #5 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson (PG), Justin Hartmann (SF), Sean Rine (PF), William Macha (C) Ben Andrews, Henry Walker, Charles Perkins, Ronald Chambers | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Colburn (PG), Clifford Thomas (SF), Robert Delaney (C) Fred Butler, Robert Wallace, William Shiver | |
| 09:02 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri makes the 1st free throw | 39-45 |
| 09:02 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri misses the 2nd free throw | 39-45 |
| 09:02 | Louisville | Clifford Thomas gets the rebound | 39-45 |
| 08:36 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn's floater is tipped away by Sean Rine | 39-45 |
| 08:34 | Louisville | Peter Alexander gets the offensive rebound | 39-45 |
| 08:20 | Louisville | Sean Rine steals the ball from Peter Alexander | 39-45 |
| 08:04 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 41-45 |
| 07:51 | Louisville | Clifford Thomas blows the layup | 41-45 |
| 07:50 | Louisville | Peter Alexander tips it in | 41-47 |
| 07:28 | Vanderbilt | Sean Rine is hacked by Peter Alexander - foul #2 on Peter Alexander, team foul #6 | 41-47 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Arthur Newport (SG) John Ferri | |
| Subs | Louisville | Fred Butler (SG), Robert Wallace (SF), William Shiver (PF) Marc Lutz, Clifford Thomas, Peter Alexander | |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Kenneth Ferguson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Arthur Newport (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Justin Hartmann (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Sean Rine (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - William Macha (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Fred Butler (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Wallace (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. C - Robert Delaney (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:09 | Vanderbilt | William Macha misses short on a floater from close range but he's hacked by Robert Delaney - foul #2 on Robert Delaney, team foul #7 | 41-47 |
| 07:09 | Vanderbilt | William Macha makes the 1st free throw | 42-47 |
| 07:09 | Vanderbilt | William Macha misses the 2nd free throw | 42-47 |
| 07:09 | Louisville | William Shiver grabs the board | 42-47 |
| 06:43 | Louisville | Robert Wallace is fouled on the floor by Arthur Newport - foul #2 on Arthur Newport, team foul #8 | 42-47 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Henry Walker (SF) Justin Hartmann | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 06:43 | Louisville | Robert Wallace misses the 1st free throw | 42-47 |
| 06:43 | Vanderbilt | William Macha grabs the board | 42-47 |
| 06:27 | Vanderbilt | Robert Wallace steals the ball from William Macha | 42-47 |
| 06:22 | Louisville | Robert Wallace banks in the layup | 42-49 |
| 06:16 | Vanderbilt | Arthur Newport loses the ball out of bounds | 42-49 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ronald Chambers (C) William Macha | |
| Subs | Louisville | Danny Booth (SG) Timothy Colburn | |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Fred Butler misses badly on the uncontested 3pt jumper from the left corner | 42-49 |
| 05:51 | Louisville | William Shiver snags the offensive board | 42-49 |
| 05:28 | Louisville | Robert Delaney double dribbles | 42-49 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews (PG), Justin Hartmann (SF), Charles Perkins (PF) Kenneth Ferguson, Henry Walker, Sean Rine | |
| Subs | Louisville | Marc Lutz (SG), Peter Alexander (C) Danny Booth, Robert Delaney | |
| 05:03 | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by William Shiver - foul #3 on William Shiver, team foul #8 | 42-49 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | William Macha (C) Ronald Chambers | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Colburn (PG), Robert Delaney (C) Fred Butler, William Shiver | |
| 05:03 | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews makes the 1st free throw | 43-49 |
| 05:03 | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews makes the 2nd free throw | 44-49 |
| 04:34 | Louisville | Charles Perkins swats the layup by Robert Delaney | 44-49 |
| 04:33 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn snags the offensive board | 44-49 |
| 04:12 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn misses the easy layup | 44-49 |
| 04:10 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann snags the defensive board | 44-49 |
| 03:48 | Vanderbilt | Arthur Newport dunks the ball | 46-49 |
| 03:33 | Louisville | Robert Delaney can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Charles Perkins - foul #4 on Charles Perkins, team foul #9 | 46-49 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson (PG), John Ferri (SG), Henry Walker (SF), Sean Rine (PF), Ronald Chambers (C) Ben Andrews, Arthur Newport, Justin Hartmann, Charles Perkins, William Macha | |
| Subs | Louisville | Clifford Thomas (SF), William Shiver (PF) Robert Wallace, Peter Alexander | |
| 03:33 | Louisville | Robert Delaney makes the 1st free throw | 46-50 |
| 03:33 | Louisville | Robert Delaney makes the 2nd free throw | 46-51 |
| 03:10 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Delaney | 46-51 |
| 03:08 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri pulls down the offensive rebound | 46-51 |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Kenneth Ferguson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Ferri (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Henry Walker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Sean Rine (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Ronald Chambers (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - Clifford Thomas (fresh) 2 reb. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 10 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Delaney (tiring) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:56 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri drills a jumper from the free throw line | 48-51 |
| 02:33 | Louisville | William Shiver clanks a runner near the basket | 48-51 |
| 02:32 | Louisville | Robert Delaney snags the offensive board | 48-51 |
| 02:06 | Louisville | Ronald Chambers takes the ball from Timothy Colburn | 48-51 |
| 02:06 | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-51 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann (SF), William Macha (C) Henry Walker, Ronald Chambers | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Wallace (SF), Peter Alexander (C) Clifford Thomas, Robert Delaney | |
| 01:44 | Vanderbilt | William Macha scores on a shot in the lane on a nice dish by Sean Rine | 50-51 |
| 01:20 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 50-51 |
| 01:19 | Vanderbilt | The rebound goes to John Ferri | 50-51 |
| 01:05 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann can't finish the layup | 50-51 |
| 01:04 | Vanderbilt | William Macha snags the offensive board | 50-51 |
| 00:56 | Vanderbilt | Timothy Colburn steps in front of the William Macha pass | 50-51 |
| 00:51 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn dunks the ball | 50-53 |
| 00:24 | Vanderbilt | William Macha throws it down | 52-53 |
| Game Plan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:22 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is hacked by John Ferri in the backcourt - foul #2 on John Ferri, team foul #10 | 52-53 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Delaney (C) Peter Alexander | |
| 00:22 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 1st free throw | 52-54 |
| 00:22 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 2nd free throw | 52-55 |
| 00:07 | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson misses the 3 from the right corner | 52-55 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Robert Delaney gets the rebound | 52-55 |
| 00:03 | Louisville | Robert Delaney is fouled in the backcourt by Kenneth Ferguson - foul #3 on Kenneth Ferguson, team foul #11 | 52-55 |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Fred Butler (PG) Timothy Colburn | |
| 00:03 | Louisville | Robert Delaney makes the 1st free throw | 52-56 |
| 00:03 | Louisville | Robert Delaney makes the 2nd free throw | 52-57 |
| Game Plan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson clanks a halfcourt shot | 52-57 |