| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Timothy Terry (fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SG - James Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jessie Jeter (fresh) 9 pts. PF - John Deforest (fresh) 3 pts. C - Vule Sankowski (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Richard Smith (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Tracy Williams (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ronald Brown (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Vyacheslav Buczynski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. C - Warren Ruck (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Xavier | Ronald Brown inbounds the ball | 34-22 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Xavier | Richard Smith can't connect on a jumper from the right block but he's fouled by James Edwards - foul #1 on James Edwards, team foul #1 | 34-22 |
| 19:43 | Xavier | Richard Smith makes the 1st free throw | 34-23 |
| 19:43 | Xavier | Richard Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 34-24 |
| 19:22 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski blows the layup | 34-24 |
| 19:21 | Xavier | Warren Ruck pulls down the rebound | 34-24 |
| 19:16 | Xavier | Tracy Williams misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 34-24 |
| 19:14 | Saint Louis | Jessie Jeter grabs the board | 34-24 |
| 18:45 | Saint Louis | Warren Ruck is called for the reach on John Deforest - foul #3 on Warren Ruck, team foul #1 | 34-24 |
| 18:26 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 34-24 |
| 18:25 | Xavier | Ronald Brown pulls down the rebound | 34-24 |
| 18:05 | Xavier | Ronald Brown misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 34-24 |
| 18:04 | Xavier | Vyacheslav Buczynski tips it but misses | 34-24 |
| 18:03 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski snags the defensive board | 34-24 |
| 17:46 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry makes the floater from the left wing | 36-24 |
| 17:39 | Xavier | Tracy Williams buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Richard Smith | 36-27 |
| 17:15 | Saint Louis | John Deforest comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 36-27 |
| 17:14 | Saint Louis | The offensive rebound goes to Jessie Jeter | 36-27 |
| 17:01 | Saint Louis | Jessie Jeter misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 36-27 |
| 17:00 | Xavier | Ronald Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 36-27 |
| 16:42 | Xavier | Ronald Brown makes the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Tracy Williams | 36-30 |
| 16:16 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry misses the dunk attempt | 36-30 |
| 16:14 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski can't tip it in | 36-30 |
| 16:12 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski tips it in | 38-30 |
| 15:54 | Xavier | Ronald Brown knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Tracy Williams | 38-33 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Timothy Terry (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - James Edwards (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jessie Jeter (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Deforest (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Vule Sankowski (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Richard Smith (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Tracy Williams (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ronald Brown (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Vyacheslav Buczynski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. C - Warren Ruck (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:32 | Saint Louis | Jessie Jeter's layup is rejected by Vyacheslav Buczynski | 38-33 |
| 15:30 | Xavier | Richard Smith pulls down the rebound | 38-33 |
| 15:24 | Xavier | Tracy Williams connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 38-36 |
| 15:01 | Saint Louis | John Deforest misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 38-36 |
| 14:59 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski tips it home | 40-36 |
| 14:42 | Xavier | Tracy Williams misses short on a 3 from straight away | 40-36 |
| 14:41 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry grabs the board | 40-36 |
| 14:18 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski is called for traveling | 40-36 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton (SG), Ilia Marcheski (SF), Jackson Varnell (PF) James Edwards, Jessie Jeter, John Deforest | |
| Subs | Xavier | Jimmie Lyon (PG), Richard Boettcher (SG), Lawrence Moffett (SF), William Smith (C) Richard Smith, Tracy Williams, Ronald Brown, Warren Ruck | |
| 14:11 | Xavier | Timothy Terry is called for the reach on Jimmie Lyon - foul #3 on Timothy Terry, team foul #2 | 40-36 |
| 14:06 | Xavier | Ralph Penton picks off the pass by Jimmie Lyon | 40-36 |
| 13:41 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry hits a shot from the baseline set up by Ralph Penton | 42-36 |
| 13:21 | Xavier | Lawrence Moffett is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Lawrence Moffett, team foul #2 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Warren Ruck (C) Vyacheslav Buczynski | |
| 13:01 | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 42-36 |
| 12:59 | Xavier | William Smith grabs the board | 42-36 |
| 12:49 | Xavier | Jimmie Lyon comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 42-36 |
| 12:47 | Xavier | William Smith pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-36 |
| 12:36 | Xavier | Richard Boettcher clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 42-36 |
| 12:34 | Saint Louis | The rebound goes to Jackson Varnell | 42-36 |
| 12:10 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski connects on the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Ralph Penton | 44-36 |
| 12:03 | Xavier | Timothy Terry is called for the reach on Jimmie Lyon - foul #4 on Timothy Terry, team foul #3 | 44-36 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | James Edwards (SG) Ralph Penton | |
| Subs | Xavier | Richard Smith (PG), Tracy Williams (SG), Ronald Brown (SF) Jimmie Lyon, Richard Boettcher, Warren Ruck | |
| 11:55 | Xavier | Tracy Williams drills a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Richard Smith | 44-39 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Timothy Terry (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 ast. 4 pf. SG - James Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ilia Marcheski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jackson Varnell (fresh) 3 reb. C - Vule Sankowski (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Richard Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Tracy Williams (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ronald Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Lawrence Moffett (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - William Smith (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:31 | Saint Louis | Ilia Marcheski misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 44-39 |
| 11:30 | Xavier | Richard Smith grabs the board | 44-39 |
| 11:06 | Xavier | Lawrence Moffett clanks a shot from the left side | 44-39 |
| 11:05 | Xavier | William Smith hits the follow up shot | 44-41 |
| 10:48 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 44-41 |
| 10:46 | Xavier | Lawrence Moffett snags the defensive board | 44-41 |
| 10:19 | Xavier | Richard Smith travels with the ball | 44-41 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton (SG), Jessie Jeter (SF), John Deforest (PF) James Edwards, Ilia Marcheski, Jackson Varnell | |
| Subs | Xavier | Vyacheslav Buczynski (PF), Warren Ruck (C) Lawrence Moffett, William Smith | |
| 10:02 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski scores on a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Ralph Penton | 46-41 |
| 09:41 | Xavier | Tracy Williams misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 46-41 |
| 09:40 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski snags the defensive board | 46-41 |
| 09:26 | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Timothy Terry | 49-41 |
| 09:04 | Xavier | Tracy Williams misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-41 |
| 09:03 | Saint Louis | John Deforest pulls down the rebound | 49-41 |
| 08:47 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski lays it up and in on a great pass from Timothy Terry and he's fouled by Warren Ruck - foul #4 on Warren Ruck, team foul #3 | 51-41 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | James Edwards (SG) Timothy Terry | |
| Subs | Xavier | Richard Boettcher (SG), Lawrence Moffett (SF), William Smith (C) Tracy Williams, Ronald Brown, Warren Ruck | |
| 08:47 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski makes the free throw | 52-41 |
| 08:31 | Xavier | Richard Boettcher knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Richard Smith | 52-44 |
| 08:08 | Saint Louis | John Deforest clanks a shot in the paint but he's hacked by Vyacheslav Buczynski - foul #4 on Vyacheslav Buczynski, team foul #4 | 52-44 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Chris Rivard (C) Vule Sankowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Jimmie Lyon (PG) Richard Smith | |
| 08:08 | Saint Louis | John Deforest makes the 1st free throw | 53-44 |
| 08:08 | Saint Louis | John Deforest makes the 2nd free throw | 54-44 |
| 07:56 | Xavier | Lawrence Moffett throws a bad pass out of bounds | 54-44 |
| 07:34 | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 54-44 |
| 07:33 | Saint Louis | John Deforest tips it home | 56-44 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Ralph Penton (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jessie Jeter (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Deforest (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Chris Rivard (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Jimmie Lyon (fresh) SG - Richard Boettcher (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lawrence Moffett (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. PF - Vyacheslav Buczynski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. C - William Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Xavier | Richard Boettcher makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 56-47 |
| 06:54 | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 56-47 |
| 06:53 | Xavier | Lawrence Moffett gets the rebound | 56-47 |
| 06:31 | Xavier | Vyacheslav Buczynski is called for 3 seconds | 56-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry (PG), Ilia Marcheski (SF), Jackson Varnell (PF), Vule Sankowski (C) Ralph Penton, Jessie Jeter, John Deforest, Chris Rivard | |
| Subs | Xavier | Richard Smith (PG), Tracy Williams (SG), Ronald Brown (SF), Warren Ruck (C) Jimmie Lyon, Richard Boettcher, Lawrence Moffett, Vyacheslav Buczynski | |
| 06:13 | Saint Louis | Warren Ruck is called for the reach on Timothy Terry - foul #5 on Warren Ruck, team foul #5 | 56-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Lawrence Moffett (PF) Warren Ruck | |
| 06:00 | Saint Louis | Lawrence Moffett swats the layup by Timothy Terry | 56-47 |
| 05:58 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry snags the offensive board | 56-47 |
| 05:30 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski's fadeaway is rejected by William Smith | 56-47 |
| 05:29 | Saint Louis | Ilia Marcheski tips it home | 58-47 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:24 | Xavier | Tracy Williams is whistled for traveling | 58-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton (SG) James Edwards | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 04:55 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry double dribbles | 58-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Jessie Jeter (SF) Ilia Marcheski | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 04:37 | Xavier | Tracy Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 58-47 |
| 04:35 | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton grabs the board | 58-47 |
| 04:13 | Saint Louis | Vule Sankowski is called for 3 seconds | 58-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | John Deforest (PF) Jackson Varnell | |
| Subs | Xavier | Vyacheslav Buczynski (PF) William Smith | |
| 03:52 | Xavier | Vyacheslav Buczynski loses the ball out of bounds | 58-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | James Edwards (SG) Ralph Penton | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:31 | Saint Louis | James Edwards is fouled on the floor by Ronald Brown - foul #4 on Ronald Brown, team foul #6 | 58-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Chris Rivard (C) Vule Sankowski | |
| Subs | Xavier | Richard Boettcher (SF), William Smith (C) Ronald Brown, Lawrence Moffett | |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Timothy Terry (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 8 ast. 4 pf. SG - James Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jessie Jeter (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Deforest (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Chris Rivard (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Richard Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Tracy Williams (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Boettcher (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Vyacheslav Buczynski (fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. C - William Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:06 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry misses badly on a floater from the left side but he's hacked by Tracy Williams - foul #1 on Tracy Williams, team foul #7 | 58-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ilia Marcheski (SF) Jessie Jeter | |
| Subs | Xavier | Jimmie Lyon (SG) Tracy Williams | |
| 03:06 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry makes the 1st free throw | 59-47 |
| 03:06 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry misses the 2nd free throw | 59-47 |
| 03:06 | Xavier | William Smith pulls down the rebound | 59-47 |
| 02:44 | Xavier | Jimmie Lyon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 59-47 |
| 02:43 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry gets the rebound | 59-47 |
| 02:14 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry can't throw it down but he's hacked by Richard Smith - foul #1 on Richard Smith, team foul #8 | 59-47 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton (SG), Jackson Varnell (PF) James Edwards, John Deforest | |
| Subs | Xavier | Tracy Williams (SG), Ronald Brown (SF), Lawrence Moffett (PF) Richard Smith, Richard Boettcher, Vyacheslav Buczynski | |
| 02:14 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry makes the 1st free throw | 60-47 |
| 02:14 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry makes the 2nd free throw | 61-47 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:11 | Xavier | Timothy Terry steals the ball from Jimmie Lyon in the backcourt | 61-47 |
| 02:08 | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton banks in the layup set up by Timothy Terry | 63-47 |
| 01:59 | Xavier | Tracy Williams knocks in the floater from the free throw line set up by Lawrence Moffett | 63-49 |
| 01:39 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry makes the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Ralph Penton | 65-49 |
| 01:22 | Xavier | Ronald Brown misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 65-49 |
| 01:21 | Saint Louis | Jackson Varnell snags the defensive board | 65-49 |
| 01:06 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 65-49 |
| 01:04 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry pulls down the offensive rebound | 65-49 |
| 00:39 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry knocks in the floater from the right side | 67-49 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:34 | Xavier | Tracy Williams hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 67-52 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:12 | Saint Louis | Ralph Penton knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Ilia Marcheski | 70-52 |
| 00:06 | Xavier | Tracy Williams's pass is intercepted by Ilia Marcheski | 70-52 |
| 00:00 | Saint Louis | Timothy Terry runs out the clock | 70-52 |