| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Michael Hilliker (fresh) SG - Robert Marceau (fresh) SF - Eric Anderson (fresh) PF - Arthur Ewart (fresh) C - Tom Fontes (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Charleston | PG - John Rocker (fresh) SG - Eric Welch (fresh) SF - Tom Smith (fresh) PF - Dustin Wright (fresh) C - Charles Fontenot (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Charleston | Charles Fontenot wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Charleston | Charleston is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:45 | Charleston | Eric Welch can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:43 | Charleston | Charles Fontenot misses the tip | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:35 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes grabs the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart drills a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Robert Marceau | 2-0 |
| 18:56 | Charleston | Charles Fontenot can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Tom Fontes - foul #1 on Tom Fontes, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:56 | Charleston | Charles Fontenot makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 18:56 | Charleston | Charles Fontenot makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 18:32 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Tom Fontes | 4-2 |
| 18:03 | Charleston | Tom Smith misses badly on a floater from the left side | 4-2 |
| 18:01 | Charleston | Tom Smith hits the follow up shot | 4-4 |
| 17:43 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes hits a fadeaway from close range | 6-4 |
| 17:26 | Charleston | Tom Smith hits a jumper from close range and the foul's on Eric Anderson - foul #1 on Eric Anderson, team foul #2 | 6-6 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton (PG), Dustin Seiler (SG), Michael Shreve (PF), Roderick Degroot (C) John Rocker, Eric Welch, Dustin Wright, Charles Fontenot | |
| 17:26 | Charleston | Tom Smith misses the free throw | 6-6 |
| 17:26 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes pulls down the rebound | 6-6 |
| 17:03 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes knocks in the shot from the right block on a great pass from Michael Hilliker | 8-6 |
| 16:45 | Charleston | Dustin Seiler scores on a turnaround in the paint set up by Roderick Degroot | 8-8 |
| 16:22 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart misses long on an open shot near the basket but he's hacked by Michael Shreve - foul #1 on Michael Shreve, team foul #1 | 8-8 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernest Brown (SG) Robert Marceau | |
| Subs | Charleston | John Rocker (PG) Tom Smith | |
| 16:22 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart makes the 1st free throw | 9-8 |
| 16:22 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart misses the 2nd free throw | 9-8 |
| 16:22 | Charleston | Dustin Seiler snags the defensive board | 9-8 |
| 16:03 | Charleston | Roderick Degroot drills a 3 pointer from the left wing | 9-11 |
| 16:00 | Kentucky | John Rocker is called for the reach on Ernest Brown in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Rocker, team foul #2 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Odoms (SG), Derrick Stephens (SF), Tyler Rowell (PF) Michael Hilliker, Eric Anderson, Arthur Ewart | |
| Subs | Charleston | Eric Welch (SG), Dustin Wright (PF) Dustin Seiler, Michael Shreve | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Ernest Brown (fresh) SG - Michael Odoms (fresh) SF - Derrick Stephens (fresh) PF - Tyler Rowell (fresh) C - Tom Fontes (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Charleston | PG - John Rocker (fresh) SG - Eric Welch (fresh) SF - Jeffery Stratton (fresh) PF - Dustin Wright (fresh) C - Roderick Degroot (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:47 | Kentucky | Roderick Degroot is called for the reach on Tom Fontes - foul #1 on Roderick Degroot, team foul #3 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Marceau (SG) Tom Fontes | |
| Subs | Charleston | Charles Fontenot (C) Roderick Degroot | |
| 15:25 | Kentucky | Michael Odoms is by himself and knocks in the floater from the right block on a great pass from Ernest Brown | 11-11 |
| 15:15 | Charleston | Robert Marceau steals the ball from Charles Fontenot | 11-11 |
| 15:11 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 11-11 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Eric Anderson (SF) Robert Marceau | |
| Subs | Charleston | Dustin Seiler (SF) Jeffery Stratton | |
| 14:54 | Charleston | Eric Welch can't connect on a shot from the left side | 11-11 |
| 14:52 | Charleston | Dustin Wright tips it in | 11-13 |
| 14:23 | Kentucky | John Rocker steps in front of the Derrick Stephens pass | 11-13 |
| 14:15 | Charleston | Eric Welch is fouled on the floor by Eric Anderson - foul #2 on Eric Anderson, team foul #3 | 11-13 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker (PG), Arthur Ewart (PF), Tom Fontes (C) Derrick Stephens, Eric Anderson, Tyler Rowell | |
| Subs | Charleston | Josef Mazierski (SF), Michael Shreve (PF), Roderick Degroot (C) Eric Welch, Dustin Wright, Charles Fontenot | |
| 14:09 | Charleston | Michael Shreve misses the jumper from the right side | 11-13 |
| 14:07 | Kentucky | Michael Odoms grabs the board | 11-13 |
| 14:04 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker is hacked by Josef Mazierski in the backcourt - foul #1 on Josef Mazierski, team foul #4 | 11-13 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Marceau (SG) Michael Odoms | |
| Subs | Charleston | | |
| 13:54 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes throws a bad pass out of bounds | 11-13 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Charleston | Frank Schupp (SG) Dustin Seiler | |
| 13:40 | Charleston | Michael Shreve misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 11-13 |
| 13:39 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes grabs the defensive rebound | 11-13 |
| 13:15 | Kentucky | Robert Marceau buries a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Michael Hilliker and he's fouled by Michael Shreve - foul #2 on Michael Shreve, team foul #5 | 13-13 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Derrick Stephens (SF) Ernest Brown | |
| Subs | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton (PG), Tom Smith (SF) John Rocker, Michael Shreve | |
| 13:15 | Kentucky | Robert Marceau makes the free throw | 14-13 |
| 12:49 | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 14-16 |
| 12:32 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes blows the layup but he's hacked by Jeffery Stratton - foul #1 on Jeffery Stratton, team foul #6 | 14-16 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Odoms (SG), Tyler Rowell (PF) Robert Marceau, Arthur Ewart | |
| Subs | Charleston | Dustin Seiler (SG), Dustin Wright (PF), Charles Fontenot (C) Frank Schupp, Josef Mazierski, Roderick Degroot | |
| 12:32 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes makes the 1st free throw | 15-16 |
| 12:32 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes makes the 2nd free throw | 16-16 |
| 12:19 | Charleston | Tom Smith misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 16-16 |
| 12:18 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Michael Odoms | 16-16 |
| 12:06 | Kentucky | Dustin Seiler is called for the reach on Tom Fontes - foul #1 on Dustin Seiler, team foul #7 | 16-16 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Charleston | Eric Welch (SG) Charles Fontenot | |
| 12:06 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes makes the 1st free throw | 17-16 |
| 12:06 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes makes the 2nd free throw | 18-16 |
| 11:48 | Charleston | Tom Smith lays it up and in set up by Eric Welch | 18-18 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Michael Hilliker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Odoms (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - Derrick Stephens (fresh) PF - Tyler Rowell (fresh) C - Tom Fontes (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Charleston | PG - Jeffery Stratton (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Eric Welch (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Tom Smith (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Dustin Wright (fresh) 2 pts. C - Dustin Seiler (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:33 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 18-18 |
| 11:31 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes snags the offensive board | 18-18 |
| 11:02 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 21-18 |
| 10:54 | Charleston | Dustin Seiler is whistled for traveling | 21-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Marceau (SG), Ernest Brown (SF), Arthur Ewart (PF) Michael Odoms, Derrick Stephens, Tom Fontes | |
| Subs | Charleston | John Rocker (PG), Frank Schupp (SG), Josef Mazierski (SF), Roderick Degroot (C) Jeffery Stratton, Eric Welch, Tom Smith, Dustin Seiler | |
| 10:28 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker is alone and drills a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Ernest Brown | 24-18 |
| 10:11 | Charleston | Frank Schupp can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 24-18 |
| 10:09 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown gets the rebound | 24-18 |
| 10:04 | Kentucky | Dustin Wright steps in front of the Michael Hilliker pass | 24-18 |
| 09:50 | Charleston | John Rocker connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Dustin Wright | 24-20 |
| 09:48 | Kentucky | Robert Marceau is called for traveling in the backcourt | 24-20 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Derrick Stephens (SF), Tom Fontes (C) Michael Hilliker, Tyler Rowell | |
| Subs | Charleston | Eric Welch (SG), Dustin Seiler (SF), Charles Fontenot (C) Frank Schupp, Dustin Wright, Roderick Degroot | |
| 09:38 | Charleston | Eric Welch's fadeaway is rejected by Arthur Ewart | 24-20 |
| 09:36 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes gets the rebound | 24-20 |
| 09:31 | Kentucky | Robert Marceau is by himself and knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Tom Fontes | 27-20 |
| 09:11 | Charleston | Dustin Seiler hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Eric Welch | 27-22 |
| 09:07 | Kentucky | Charles Fontenot is called for the reach on Derrick Stephens in the backcourt - foul #1 on Charles Fontenot, team foul #8 | 27-22 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Odoms (PF) Arthur Ewart | |
| Subs | Charleston | Dustin Wright (PF) Josef Mazierski | |
| 09:07 | Kentucky | Derrick Stephens makes the 1st free throw | 28-22 |
| 09:07 | Kentucky | Derrick Stephens makes the 2nd free throw | 29-22 |
| 08:41 | Charleston | Dustin Wright misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-22 |
| 08:40 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes grabs the board | 29-22 |
| 08:11 | Kentucky | Derrick Stephens's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-22 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker (PG), Arthur Ewart (PF) Derrick Stephens, Tom Fontes | |
| Subs | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton (PG), Frank Schupp (SG), Tom Smith (SF), Roderick Degroot (PF) John Rocker, Eric Welch, Dustin Seiler, Dustin Wright | |
| 07:59 | Charleston | Robert Marceau steals it from Tom Smith | 29-22 |
| 07:55 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown can't finish the layup | 29-22 |
| 07:53 | Charleston | Charles Fontenot grabs the defensive rebound | 29-22 |
| 07:49 | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 29-22 |
| 07:48 | Charleston | Roderick Degroot grabs the offensive board | 29-22 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Michael Hilliker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Marceau (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Ernest Brown (fairly fresh) 2 ast. PF - Arthur Ewart (fresh) 3 pts. C - Michael Odoms (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Charleston | PG - Jeffery Stratton (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Frank Schupp (fresh) SF - Tom Smith (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Roderick Degroot (fresh) 3 pts. C - Charles Fontenot (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:37 | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton misses the 3 from the left wing | 29-22 |
| 07:36 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart pulls down the rebound | 29-22 |
| 07:07 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Arthur Ewart | 32-22 |
| 06:47 | Charleston | Robert Marceau steals it from Charles Fontenot | 32-22 |
| 06:44 | Kentucky | Robert Marceau hits the finger roll | 34-22 |
| 06:20 | Charleston | Frank Schupp hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 34-22 |
| 06:19 | Charleston | Roderick Degroot tips it back up and in | 34-24 |
| 06:03 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart hits a shot near the basket set up by Michael Hilliker | 36-24 |
| 05:58 | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Tom Smith | 36-26 |
| 05:54 | Kentucky | Frank Schupp is called for the reach on Michael Hilliker in the backcourt - foul #1 on Frank Schupp, team foul #9 | 36-26 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Derrick Stephens (SG), Eric Anderson (SF), Tyler Rowell (PF), Tom Fontes (C) Robert Marceau, Ernest Brown, Arthur Ewart, Michael Odoms | |
| Subs | Charleston | John Rocker (PG), Eric Welch (SG), Josef Mazierski (SF), Dustin Wright (PF), Dustin Seiler (C) Jeffery Stratton, Frank Schupp, Tom Smith, Roderick Degroot, Charles Fontenot | |
| 05:54 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker makes the 1st free throw | 37-26 |
| 05:54 | Kentucky | Michael Hilliker misses the 2nd free throw | 37-26 |
| 05:54 | Charleston | Dustin Seiler grabs the board | 37-26 |
| 05:37 | Charleston | Eric Welch scores on a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Dustin Seiler | 37-29 |
| 05:19 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson misses short on a floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Josef Mazierski - foul #2 on Josef Mazierski, team foul #10 | 37-29 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Charleston | Tom Smith (SF) Josef Mazierski | |
| 05:19 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson misses the 1st free throw | 37-29 |
| 05:19 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson misses the 2nd free throw | 37-29 |
| 05:19 | Charleston | Dustin Seiler snags the defensive board | 37-29 |
| 05:00 | Charleston | Eric Welch misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 37-29 |
| 04:58 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes grabs the defensive rebound | 37-29 |
| 04:33 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson misses badly on the uncontested 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-29 |
| 04:32 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes grabs the offensive board | 37-29 |
| 04:05 | Kentucky | Derrick Stephens's floater is knocked away by Dustin Wright | 37-29 |
| 04:04 | Charleston | Dustin Seiler gets the rebound | 37-29 |
| 03:39 | Charleston | Dustin Wright misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 37-29 |
| 03:38 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes grabs the defensive rebound | 37-29 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Michael Hilliker (tiring) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Derrick Stephens (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Eric Anderson (fairly fresh) PF - Tyler Rowell (fairly fresh) C - Tom Fontes (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Charleston | PG - John Rocker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Eric Welch (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tom Smith (tiring) 6 pts. PF - Dustin Wright (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Dustin Seiler (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. | |
| 03:09 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-29 |
| 03:08 | Charleston | Tom Smith snags the defensive board | 37-29 |
| 03:01 | Charleston | Tyler Rowell steps in front of the Tom Smith pass | 37-29 |
| 02:59 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson is hacked by Tom Smith in the backcourt - foul #1 on Tom Smith, team foul #11 | 37-29 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ernest Brown (PG), Robert Marceau (SG), Arthur Ewart (PF) Michael Hilliker, Derrick Stephens, Tyler Rowell | |
| Subs | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton (PG), Frank Schupp (SG), Josef Mazierski (SF), Michael Shreve (PF), Roderick Degroot (C) John Rocker, Eric Welch, Tom Smith, Dustin Wright, Dustin Seiler | |
| 02:59 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 38-29 |
| 02:59 | Kentucky | Eric Anderson misses the 2nd free throw | 38-29 |
| 02:59 | Charleston | Josef Mazierski grabs the defensive rebound | 38-29 |
| 02:30 | Charleston | The short jumper by Michael Shreve is denied by Arthur Ewart | 38-29 |
| 02:28 | Charleston | The offensive rebound goes to Roderick Degroot | 38-29 |
| 02:19 | Charleston | Arthur Ewart swats the layup by Frank Schupp | 38-29 |
| 02:18 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart grabs the defensive rebound | 38-29 |
| 01:51 | Kentucky | Tom Fontes can't connect on an uncontested jumper in the paint | 38-29 |
| 01:49 | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton pulls down the rebound | 38-29 |
| 01:31 | Charleston | Josef Mazierski blows the layup | 38-29 |
| 01:29 | Charleston | Michael Shreve grabs the offensive rebound | 38-29 |
| 01:22 | Charleston | Jeffery Stratton clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-29 |
| 01:20 | Charleston | Michael Shreve pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-29 |
| 01:08 | Charleston | Frank Schupp is denied on a dunk by Eric Anderson | 38-29 |
| 01:06 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown pulls down the rebound | 38-29 |
| 01:04 | Kentucky | Ernest Brown loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 38-29 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Derrick Stephens (SG), Michael Odoms (C) Robert Marceau, Tom Fontes | |
| Subs | Charleston | John Rocker (PG), Eric Welch (SG), Tom Smith (SF), Dustin Wright (PF), Charles Fontenot (C) Jeffery Stratton, Frank Schupp, Josef Mazierski, Michael Shreve, Roderick Degroot | |
| 00:55 | Charleston | John Rocker misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 38-29 |
| 00:54 | Kentucky | Michael Odoms grabs the defensive rebound | 38-29 |
| 00:25 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 38-29 |
| 00:24 | Charleston | Charles Fontenot pulls down the rebound | 38-29 |
| 00:01 | Charleston | Arthur Ewart steals the ball from Tom Smith | 38-29 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Arthur Ewart misses long on a fullcourt shot | 38-29 |