| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Matney (fresh) SG - Calvin Malone (fresh) SF - Al Burris (fresh) PF - Tony Gillis (fresh) C - Terry Bennett (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Georgetown | PG - William Schram (fresh) SG - James Downs (fresh) SF - Toni Zillman (fresh) PF - Robert Pierce (fresh) C - George Rodman (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | St. John's | Tony Gillis wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Georgetown | Georgetown is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:47 | St. John's | Al Burris comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | St. John's | Calvin Malone tips it in | 2-0 |
| 19:42 | Georgetown | James Downs connects on the open runner near the basket on a great pass from Toni Zillman | 2-2 |
| 19:36 | St. John's | Al Burris scores on a turnaround from close range on a great pass from Terry Bennett and the foul's on Robert Pierce - foul #1 on Robert Pierce, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 19:36 | St. John's | Al Burris makes the free throw | 5-2 |
| 19:14 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman banks in the layup | 5-4 |
| 19:10 | St. John's | Robert Matney is fouled on the floor by George Rodman - foul #1 on George Rodman, team foul #2 | 5-4 |
| 19:04 | St. John's | Al Burris is whistled for a carry | 5-4 |
| 18:45 | Georgetown | Robert Pierce can't finish the layup | 5-4 |
| 18:44 | St. John's | Robert Matney gets the rebound | 5-4 |
| 18:39 | St. John's | Robert Matney misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 5-4 |
| 18:37 | Georgetown | Robert Pierce grabs the board | 5-4 |
| 18:08 | Georgetown | Robert Pierce comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 5-4 |
| 18:06 | St. John's | Al Burris grabs the board | 5-4 |
| 18:00 | St. John's | Robert Matney misses short on a shot from the left side | 5-4 |
| 17:58 | Georgetown | Robert Pierce grabs the defensive rebound | 5-4 |
| 17:56 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman is called for traveling in the backcourt | 5-4 |
| Subs | St. John's | Peter Aronson (PF) Tony Gillis | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Thomas Billings (SG), Santos Gonzalez (SF), Kyle Dauphin (PF), Joseph Sanjuan (C) William Schram, Toni Zillman, Robert Pierce, George Rodman | |
| 17:44 | St. John's | Kyle Dauphin steals it from Calvin Malone | 5-4 |
| 17:33 | Georgetown | Joseph Sanjuan misses short on an open jump hook from close range | 5-4 |
| 17:32 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Peter Aronson | 5-4 |
| 17:27 | St. John's | James Downs picks off the pass by Calvin Malone | 5-4 |
| 17:23 | Georgetown | James Downs banks in the layup | 5-6 |
| 16:54 | St. John's | Peter Aronson scores on a jumper in the paint set up by Calvin Malone | 7-6 |
| 16:25 | Georgetown | James Downs drills a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Santos Gonzalez and the foul's on Peter Aronson - foul #1 on Peter Aronson, team foul #1 | 7-8 |
| Subs | St. John's | Dan Carter (PG), Justin Niemi (SG), Mark Spiro (SF), Tony Gillis (PF), Samuel Peterman (C) Robert Matney, Calvin Malone, Al Burris, Peter Aronson, Terry Bennett | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Toni Zillman (SF), Robert Pierce (PF), George Rodman (C) Santos Gonzalez, Kyle Dauphin, Joseph Sanjuan | |
| 16:25 | Georgetown | James Downs misses the free throw | 7-8 |
| 16:25 | St. John's | Samuel Peterman grabs the defensive rebound | 7-8 |
| 16:03 | St. John's | Samuel Peterman hits a floater near the basket | 9-8 |
| 15:57 | Georgetown | Dan Carter is called for the reach on Thomas Billings in the backcourt - foul #1 on Dan Carter, team foul #2 | 9-8 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Georgetown | William Schram (PG) James Downs | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Dan Carter (fresh) SG - Justin Niemi (fresh) SF - Mark Spiro (fresh) PF - Tony Gillis (fairly fresh) C - Samuel Peterman (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Georgetown | PG - William Schram (fresh) SG - Thomas Billings (fairly fresh) SF - Toni Zillman (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Pierce (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - George Rodman (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman can't connect on a jumper in the lane | 9-8 |
| 15:33 | St. John's | Mark Spiro pulls down the rebound | 9-8 |
| 15:28 | St. John's | Justin Niemi misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 9-8 |
| 15:27 | Georgetown | Robert Pierce pulls down the rebound | 9-8 |
| 15:01 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman scores on a jumper from the left wing | 9-10 |
| 14:48 | St. John's | Tony Gillis misses badly on a shot from the right block but the foul's on William Schram - foul #1 on William Schram, team foul #3 | 9-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Al Burris (SF) Mark Spiro | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Santos Gonzalez (SF), Kyle Dauphin (PF), Joseph Sanjuan (C) William Schram, Robert Pierce, George Rodman | |
| 14:48 | St. John's | Tony Gillis misses the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 14:48 | St. John's | Tony Gillis makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 14:23 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman loses the ball out of bounds | 10-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Mark Spiro (SF) Tony Gillis | |
| Subs | Georgetown | William Schram (PG), Robert Pierce (PF), George Rodman (C) Toni Zillman, Kyle Dauphin, Joseph Sanjuan | |
| 14:06 | St. John's | Dan Carter comes up short on the shot from the left side | 10-10 |
| 14:04 | Georgetown | Santos Gonzalez grabs the board | 10-10 |
| 13:35 | Georgetown | Al Burris swats the short shot by George Rodman | 10-10 |
| 13:33 | Georgetown | Thomas Billings gets the offensive rebound | 10-10 |
| 13:18 | Georgetown | Robert Pierce is open but comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 10-10 |
| 13:17 | Georgetown | George Rodman tips it home | 10-12 |
| 13:01 | St. John's | Justin Niemi throws a bad pass out of bounds | 10-12 |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Matney (PG), Calvin Malone (SG), James Lammers (SF), Peter Aronson (PF), Terry Bennett (C) Dan Carter, Justin Niemi, Mark Spiro, Samuel Peterman, Al Burris | |
| Subs | Georgetown | James Downs (PG), Toni Zillman (SF), Kyle Dauphin (PF), Joseph Sanjuan (C) William Schram, Santos Gonzalez, Robert Pierce, George Rodman | |
| 12:33 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman connects on the shot from the baseline on a nice dish by James Downs and the foul's on James Lammers - foul #1 on James Lammers, team foul #3 | 10-14 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Georgetown | William Schram (PG) Thomas Billings | |
| 12:33 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman misses the free throw | 10-14 |
| 12:33 | St. John's | Peter Aronson grabs the defensive rebound | 10-14 |
| 12:22 | St. John's | Calvin Malone buries a floater in the lane | 12-14 |
| 12:20 | Georgetown | Robert Matney is called for the reach on William Schram in the backcourt - foul #1 on Robert Matney, team foul #4 | 12-14 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Robert Pierce (PF), George Rodman (C) William Schram, Joseph Sanjuan | |
| 11:57 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Robert Matney - foul #2 on Robert Matney, team foul #5 | 12-14 |
| Subs | St. John's | James Jones (SG), Al Burris (SF) Robert Matney, Calvin Malone | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Thomas Billings (SG), Joseph Sanjuan (C) Robert Pierce, George Rodman | |
| 11:57 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman makes the 1st free throw | 12-15 |
| 11:57 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman makes the 2nd free throw | 12-16 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James Lammers (fresh) SG - James Jones (fresh) SF - Al Burris (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Peter Aronson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Terry Bennett (tiring) | |
| Lineup | Georgetown | PG - James Downs (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Billings (tiring) SF - Toni Zillman (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Kyle Dauphin (fresh) C - Joseph Sanjuan (fresh) | |
| 11:42 | St. John's | Terry Bennett makes the fadeaway from the right block set up by James Jones | 14-16 |
| 11:13 | Georgetown | Joseph Sanjuan hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by James Downs | 14-18 |
| 10:46 | St. John's | Joseph Sanjuan denies the turnaround by Terry Bennett | 14-18 |
| 10:45 | St. John's | Peter Aronson pulls down the offensive rebound | 14-18 |
| 10:31 | St. John's | Al Burris drills a driving attempt from the left block | 16-18 |
| 10:28 | Georgetown | James Lammers steals it from Joseph Sanjuan in the backcourt | 16-18 |
| 10:27 | St. John's | James Jones lays it in on a great pass from James Lammers | 18-18 |
| 10:05 | Georgetown | James Downs misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 18-18 |
| 10:03 | St. John's | James Jones gets the rebound | 18-18 |
| 09:59 | St. John's | Peter Aronson is hacked by Joseph Sanjuan - foul #1 on Joseph Sanjuan, team foul #4 | 18-18 |
| Subs | St. John's | Dan Carter (PG), Calvin Malone (SG), Justin Niemi (SF), Tony Gillis (PF), Samuel Peterman (C) James Lammers, James Jones, Al Burris, Peter Aronson, Terry Bennett | |
| Subs | Georgetown | William Schram (PG), Santos Gonzalez (SF), Robert Pierce (PF), George Rodman (C) Thomas Billings, Toni Zillman, Kyle Dauphin, Joseph Sanjuan | |
| 09:47 | St. John's | Justin Niemi loses the dribble to Robert Pierce | 18-18 |
| 09:44 | Georgetown | Dan Carter is called for the reach on George Rodman in the backcourt - foul #2 on Dan Carter, team foul #6 | 18-18 |
| Subs | St. John's | James Lammers (PG) Dan Carter | |
| Subs | Georgetown | | |
| 09:23 | Georgetown | James Downs misses long on a jump hook from the baseline | 18-18 |
| 09:21 | Georgetown | George Rodman snags the offensive board | 18-18 |
| 08:58 | Georgetown | George Rodman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 18-18 |
| Subs | St. John's | Terry Bennett (C) Samuel Peterman | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Thomas Billings (SG), Toni Zillman (SF) James Downs, Santos Gonzalez | |
| 08:40 | St. John's | Robert Pierce is called for the reach on Justin Niemi - foul #2 on Robert Pierce, team foul #5 | 18-18 |
| Subs | St. John's | Mark Spiro (SF) Justin Niemi | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Kyle Dauphin (PF) Robert Pierce | |
| 08:20 | St. John's | James Lammers clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on Thomas Billings - foul #1 on Thomas Billings, team foul #6 | 18-18 |
| Subs | St. John's | James Jones (SG) Calvin Malone | |
| Subs | Georgetown | James Downs (SG) Thomas Billings | |
| 08:20 | St. John's | James Lammers makes the 1st free throw | 19-18 |
| 08:20 | St. John's | James Lammers misses the 2nd free throw | 19-18 |
| 08:20 | Georgetown | James Downs grabs the defensive rebound | 19-18 |
| 08:14 | Georgetown | James Lammers picks off the pass by William Schram in the backcourt | 19-18 |
| 07:59 | St. John's | Terry Bennett clanks a jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by George Rodman - foul #2 on George Rodman, team foul #7 | 19-18 |
| Subs | St. John's | Al Burris (SF) Mark Spiro | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Thomas Billings (SG), Joseph Sanjuan (C) James Downs, George Rodman | |
| 07:59 | St. John's | Terry Bennett makes the 1st free throw | 20-18 |
| 07:59 | St. John's | Terry Bennett makes the 2nd free throw | 21-18 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James Lammers (tiring) 1 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Al Burris (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Tony Gillis (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Terry Bennett (tiring) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Georgetown | PG - William Schram (tiring) SG - Thomas Billings (tired) SF - Toni Zillman (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Kyle Dauphin (fairly fresh) C - Joseph Sanjuan (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:52 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 21-18 |
| 07:50 | Georgetown | Joseph Sanjuan pulls down the offensive rebound | 21-18 |
| 07:21 | Georgetown | Toni Zillman's fadeaway is rejected by Al Burris | 21-18 |
| 07:20 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Tony Gillis | 21-18 |
| 07:15 | St. John's | James Lammers makes the shot in the lane on a nice dish by Al Burris | 23-18 |
| 07:03 | Georgetown | Joseph Sanjuan is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Joseph Sanjuan, team foul #8 | 23-18 |
| Subs | St. John's | Calvin Malone (SG), Justin Niemi (SF), Samuel Peterman (PF) James Jones, Tony Gillis, Terry Bennett | |
| Subs | Georgetown | James Downs (PG), Santos Gonzalez (SF), George Rodman (C) William Schram, Toni Zillman, Joseph Sanjuan | |
| 06:49 | St. John's | Al Burris misses long on a fadeaway from close range | 23-18 |
| 06:48 | Georgetown | Kyle Dauphin snags the defensive board | 23-18 |
| 06:19 | Georgetown | Kyle Dauphin is fouled on the floor by Calvin Malone - foul #1 on Calvin Malone, team foul #7 | 23-18 |
| Subs | St. John's | Peter Aronson (PF) Al Burris | |
| Subs | Georgetown | William Schram (PG), Toni Zillman (SF) Thomas Billings, Santos Gonzalez | |
| 06:19 | Georgetown | Kyle Dauphin makes the 1st free throw | 23-19 |
| 06:19 | Georgetown | Kyle Dauphin makes the 2nd free throw | 23-20 |
| 06:01 | St. John's | Calvin Malone misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 23-20 |
| 05:59 | Georgetown | James Downs grabs the board | 23-20 |
| 05:41 | Georgetown | William Schram's pass is intercepted by Justin Niemi | 23-20 |
| 05:30 | St. John's | Justin Niemi misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 23-20 |
| 05:28 | Georgetown | The rebound goes to Kyle Dauphin | 23-20 |
| 05:11 | Georgetown | James Downs hits a 3pt shot from the left corner | 23-23 |
| 04:57 | St. John's | James Lammers is whistled for a carry | 23-23 |
| Subs | St. John's | James Jones (SG), Mark Spiro (SF), Tony Gillis (PF), Al Burris (C) Calvin Malone, Justin Niemi, Peter Aronson, Samuel Peterman | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Thomas Billings (SG), Santos Gonzalez (SF) William Schram, Toni Zillman | |
| 04:50 | Georgetown | Mark Spiro steps in front of the Thomas Billings pass | 23-23 |
| 04:45 | St. John's | Mark Spiro throws it down | 25-23 |
| 04:24 | Georgetown | George Rodman can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 25-23 |
| 04:23 | Georgetown | The offensive rebound goes to James Downs | 25-23 |
| 03:56 | Georgetown | James Downs misses short on an open pull-up jumper from the right side | 25-23 |
| 03:55 | Georgetown | James Downs tips it back up and in | 25-25 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James Lammers (tired) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - James Jones (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mark Spiro (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tony Gillis (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Al Burris (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Georgetown | PG - James Downs (tiring) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Billings (tired) SF - Santos Gonzalez (fresh) PF - Kyle Dauphin (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - George Rodman (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:40 | St. John's | Mark Spiro comes up short on the shot from the left side | 25-25 |
| 03:39 | St. John's | Mark Spiro pulls down the offensive rebound | 25-25 |
| 03:34 | St. John's | Al Burris misses badly on a turnaround in the lane | 25-25 |
| 03:33 | Georgetown | The rebound goes to Kyle Dauphin | 25-25 |
| 03:16 | Georgetown | George Rodman knocks in the turnaround from the right block and he's hacked by Al Burris - foul #1 on Al Burris, team foul #8 | 25-27 |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Matney (PG), Terry Bennett (C) James Lammers, Al Burris | |
| Subs | Georgetown | William Schram (PG), Toni Zillman (SF), Robert Pierce (PF) James Downs, Santos Gonzalez, Kyle Dauphin | |
| 03:16 | Georgetown | George Rodman makes the free throw | 25-28 |
| 02:54 | St. John's | Mark Spiro can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by William Schram - foul #2 on William Schram, team foul #9 | 25-28 |
| Subs | St. John's | Calvin Malone (SG), Peter Aronson (PF) James Jones, Tony Gillis | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Joseph Sanjuan (C) George Rodman | |
| 02:54 | St. John's | Mark Spiro makes the 1st free throw | 26-28 |
| 02:54 | St. John's | Mark Spiro misses the 2nd free throw | 26-28 |
| 02:54 | Georgetown | Joseph Sanjuan grabs the board | 26-28 |
| 02:27 | Georgetown | Robert Pierce lays it in uncontested | 26-30 |
| 02:11 | St. John's | Calvin Malone clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 26-30 |
| 02:10 | St. John's | Peter Aronson can't tip it in | 26-30 |
| 02:09 | St. John's | Terry Bennett grabs the offensive board | 26-30 |
| 02:00 | St. John's | Robert Matney knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Mark Spiro and he's fouled by William Schram - foul #3 on William Schram, team foul #10 | 28-30 |
| Subs | St. John's | Justin Niemi (SG), Samuel Peterman (PF), Al Burris (C) Calvin Malone, Peter Aronson, Terry Bennett | |
| Subs | Georgetown | James Downs (SG), Santos Gonzalez (SF), George Rodman (C) William Schram, Thomas Billings, Joseph Sanjuan | |
| 02:00 | St. John's | Robert Matney makes the free throw | 29-30 |
| 01:31 | Georgetown | George Rodman's floater is tipped away by Samuel Peterman | 29-30 |
| 01:30 | St. John's | Al Burris grabs the defensive rebound | 29-30 |
| 01:24 | St. John's | Justin Niemi scores on a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Mark Spiro | 32-30 |
| 00:59 | Georgetown | George Rodman can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 32-30 |
| 00:57 | St. John's | Robert Matney gets the rebound | 32-30 |
| 00:51 | St. John's | Robert Matney is hacked by Toni Zillman - foul #1 on Toni Zillman, team foul #11 | 32-30 |
| Subs | St. John's | Calvin Malone (SG), Tony Gillis (PF) Mark Spiro, Samuel Peterman | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Thomas Billings (SG) Santos Gonzalez | |
| 00:51 | St. John's | Robert Matney makes the 1st free throw | 33-30 |
| 00:51 | St. John's | Robert Matney makes the 2nd free throw | 34-30 |
| 00:24 | Georgetown | James Downs scores on a floater from the right side on a great pass from Toni Zillman | 34-32 |
| 00:05 | St. John's | Robert Matney is hacked by Thomas Billings - foul #2 on Thomas Billings, team foul #12 | 34-32 |
| Subs | St. John's | Peter Aronson (PF), Terry Bennett (C) Justin Niemi, Tony Gillis | |
| Subs | Georgetown | Santos Gonzalez (SF), Joseph Sanjuan (C) James Downs, George Rodman | |
| 00:05 | St. John's | Robert Matney makes the 1st free throw | 35-32 |
| 00:05 | St. John's | Robert Matney misses the 2nd free throw | 35-32 |
| 00:05 | Georgetown | Robert Pierce pulls down the rebound | 35-32 |
| 00:01 | Georgetown | Terry Bennett blocks the short jumper by Toni Zillman | 35-32 |
| 00:00 | St. John's | Peter Aronson snags the defensive board | 35-32 |