| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Roger Dilday (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joshua Jorgenson (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gary Chaves (fresh) C - Michael Bessler (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Christian (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Allan Ledbetter (fresh) SF - Benjamin Strauss (fresh) PF - Emmanuel Broughton (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Brian Wickline (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss inbounds the ball | 32-18 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:34 | St. John's | Robert Christian makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Allan Ledbetter | 32-21 |
| 19:08 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday clanks a floater from the right side | 32-21 |
| 19:07 | St. John's | Emmanuel Broughton snags the defensive board | 32-21 |
| 18:44 | St. John's | Robert Christian's pass is intercepted by Gary Chaves | 32-21 |
| 18:16 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson drills a turnaround from the left block | 34-21 |
| 17:55 | St. John's | Gary Chaves is called for the reach on Benjamin Strauss - foul #1 on Gary Chaves, team foul #1 | 34-21 |
| 17:29 | St. John's | Robert Christian clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-21 |
| 17:28 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to Brian Wickline | 34-21 |
| 17:12 | St. John's | Robert Christian hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 34-21 |
| 17:11 | Syracuse | Michael Johnson grabs the board | 34-21 |
| 16:54 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler hits the finger roll on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Roger Dilday and the foul's on Benjamin Strauss - foul #2 on Benjamin Strauss, team foul #1 | 36-21 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Donald Difiore (PF) Gary Chaves | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Spangler (SG), Steven Rose (PF) Allan Ledbetter, Emmanuel Broughton | |
| 16:54 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler makes the free throw | 37-21 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 16:38 | St. John's | Robert Christian connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Brian Wickline | 37-24 |
| 16:09 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Brian Wickline - foul #1 on Brian Wickline, team foul #2 | 37-24 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Austin Schlater (PG), Harold Grafenstein (SG) Michael Johnson, Roger Dilday | |
| Subs | St. John's | Issa Abdullah (SF) Benjamin Strauss | |
| 16:09 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler makes the 1st free throw | 38-24 |
| 16:09 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler misses the 2nd free throw | 38-24 |
| 16:09 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Brian Wickline | 38-24 |
| 15:49 | St. John's | Steven Rose's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 38-24 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Carney (SF), Keith Churchill (C) Joshua Jorgenson, Michael Bessler | |
| Subs | St. John's | Allan Ledbetter (SG), Emmanuel Broughton (PF) Ronald Spangler, Brian Wickline | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Austin Schlater (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Harold Grafenstein (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Bruce Carney (fresh) PF - Donald Difiore (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Keith Churchill (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Christian (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SG - Allan Ledbetter (fresh) SF - Issa Abdullah (fresh) PF - Emmanuel Broughton (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Steven Rose (fresh) | |
| 15:29 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein comes up short on the shot from the left side but he's fouled by Issa Abdullah - foul #1 on Issa Abdullah, team foul #3 | 38-24 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Chaves (PF) Donald Difiore | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 15:29 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein makes the 1st free throw | 39-24 |
| 15:29 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein makes the 2nd free throw | 40-24 |
| 15:15 | St. John's | Keith Churchill swats the layup by Steven Rose | 40-24 |
| 15:14 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves grabs the defensive rebound | 40-24 |
| 14:48 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein drills a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Austin Schlater | 42-24 |
| 14:34 | St. John's | Allan Ledbetter is hacked by Bruce Carney - foul #1 on Bruce Carney, team foul #2 | 42-24 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Johnson (PG), Roger Dilday (SG), Joshua Jorgenson (SF) Austin Schlater, Harold Grafenstein, Bruce Carney | |
| Subs | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss (SF) Issa Abdullah | |
| 14:21 | St. John's | Robert Christian scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 42-27 |
| 13:56 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson evades the doubleteam but misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 42-27 |
| 13:55 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves snags the offensive board | 42-27 |
| 13:34 | Syracuse | Emmanuel Broughton is called for the reach on Gary Chaves - foul #1 on Emmanuel Broughton, team foul #4 | 42-27 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Donald Difiore (PF), Michael Bessler (C) Gary Chaves, Keith Churchill | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Spangler (SG), Brian Wickline (C) Allan Ledbetter, Emmanuel Broughton | |
| 13:22 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson comes up short on the floater from close range | 42-27 |
| 13:20 | St. John's | Steven Rose gets the rebound | 42-27 |
| 13:05 | St. John's | Brian Wickline buries a jumper in the paint set up by Robert Christian | 42-29 |
| 12:49 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore is hacked by Steven Rose - foul #1 on Steven Rose, team foul #5 | 42-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Emmanuel Broughton (PF) Steven Rose | |
| 12:44 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore makes the jump hook from the baseline set up by Michael Johnson and he's hacked by Emmanuel Broughton - foul #2 on Emmanuel Broughton, team foul #6 | 44-29 |
| 12:44 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore makes the free throw | 45-29 |
| 12:15 | St. John's | Emmanuel Broughton is hacked by Donald Difiore - foul #2 on Donald Difiore, team foul #3 | 45-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Chaves (PF) Donald Difiore | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 12:00 | St. John's | Robert Christian hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 45-29 |
| 11:59 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday pulls down the rebound | 45-29 |
| 11:54 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Robert Christian - foul #2 on Robert Christian, team foul #7 | 45-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein (SG), Keith Churchill (C) Roger Dilday, Michael Bessler | |
| Subs | St. John's | Allan Ledbetter (SG), Issa Abdullah (SF) Robert Christian, Benjamin Strauss | |
| 11:54 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson misses the 1st free throw | 45-29 |
| 11:54 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson misses the 2nd free throw | 45-29 |
| 11:54 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Brian Wickline | 45-29 |
| 11:29 | St. John's | Ronald Spangler can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-29 |
| 11:27 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves grabs the board | 45-29 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Harold Grafenstein (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Joshua Jorgenson (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gary Chaves (fresh) 4 reb. C - Keith Churchill (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Spangler (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Allan Ledbetter (fresh) SF - Issa Abdullah (fresh) PF - Emmanuel Broughton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Brian Wickline (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves travels with the ball | 45-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Steven Rose (PF) Emmanuel Broughton | |
| 11:12 | St. John's | Ronald Spangler can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-29 |
| 11:11 | St. John's | Ronald Spangler snags the offensive board | 45-29 |
| 11:03 | St. John's | Ronald Spangler knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Issa Abdullah | 45-32 |
| 10:51 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves misses long on a floater from the left wing | 45-32 |
| 10:49 | St. John's | Issa Abdullah grabs the board | 45-32 |
| 10:23 | St. John's | Joshua Jorgenson is called for the reach on Issa Abdullah - foul #1 on Joshua Jorgenson, team foul #4 | 45-32 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Austin Schlater (PG), Roger Dilday (SG), Bruce Carney (SF), Donald Difiore (PF), Michael Bessler (C) Michael Johnson, Harold Grafenstein, Joshua Jorgenson, Gary Chaves, Keith Churchill | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Christian (PG), Benjamin Strauss (SF) Ronald Spangler, Issa Abdullah | |
| 10:04 | St. John's | Robert Christian misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 45-32 |
| 10:03 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore snags the defensive board | 45-32 |
| 09:59 | Syracuse | Austin Schlater comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 45-32 |
| 09:57 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss grabs the defensive rebound | 45-32 |
| 09:39 | St. John's | Donald Difiore steps in front of the Steven Rose pass | 45-32 |
| 09:22 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore comes up short on the fadeaway from the right block | 45-32 |
| 09:21 | St. John's | Steven Rose grabs the board | 45-32 |
| 09:03 | St. John's | Roger Dilday steps in front of the Allan Ledbetter pass | 45-32 |
| 08:40 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday is hacked by Robert Christian - foul #3 on Robert Christian, team foul #8 | 45-32 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Johnson (PG), Joshua Jorgenson (SF), Gary Chaves (PF), Keith Churchill (C) Austin Schlater, Bruce Carney, Donald Difiore, Michael Bessler | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Spangler (SG), Emmanuel Broughton (PF) Allan Ledbetter, Steven Rose | |
| 08:40 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday makes the 1st free throw | 46-32 |
| 08:40 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday makes the 2nd free throw | 47-32 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 08:26 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss hits a fadeaway from the left side and the foul's on Michael Johnson - foul #3 on Michael Johnson, team foul #5 | 47-34 |
| 08:26 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss misses the free throw | 47-34 |
| 08:26 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves snags the defensive board | 47-34 |
| 08:06 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves loses the ball out of bounds | 47-34 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 07:53 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss loses the dribble to Roger Dilday | 47-34 |
| 07:24 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves is fouled on the floor by Emmanuel Broughton - foul #3 on Emmanuel Broughton, team foul #9 | 47-34 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein (SG), Michael Bessler (C) Roger Dilday, Keith Churchill | |
| Subs | St. John's | Issa Abdullah (SG), Steven Beaudette (SF), Steven Rose (C) Robert Christian, Benjamin Strauss, Brian Wickline | |
| 07:24 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves misses the 1st free throw | 47-34 |
| 07:24 | St. John's | Steven Rose pulls down the rebound | 47-34 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Harold Grafenstein (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Joshua Jorgenson (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gary Chaves (fresh) 5 reb. C - Michael Bessler (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Spangler (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Issa Abdullah (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Steven Beaudette (fresh) PF - Emmanuel Broughton (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Steven Rose (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:00 | St. John's | Ronald Spangler hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 47-34 |
| 06:58 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson snags the defensive board | 47-34 |
| 06:39 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson lays it up and in on a nice dish by Michael Johnson | 49-34 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 06:22 | St. John's | Steven Beaudette misses short on a floater in the paint but he's hacked by Michael Bessler - foul #1 on Michael Bessler, team foul #6 | 49-34 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Donald Difiore (PF) Gary Chaves | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Christian (PG), Allan Ledbetter (SG) Ronald Spangler, Issa Abdullah | |
| 06:22 | St. John's | Steven Beaudette makes the 1st free throw | 49-35 |
| 06:22 | St. John's | Steven Beaudette makes the 2nd free throw | 49-36 |
| 06:06 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 49-36 |
| 06:04 | St. John's | Steven Beaudette snags the defensive board | 49-36 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:49 | St. John's | Steven Rose misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Michael Bessler - foul #2 on Michael Bessler, team foul #7 | 49-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Roger Dilday (SG), Keith Churchill (C) Harold Grafenstein, Michael Bessler | |
| Subs | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss (SF) Steven Beaudette | |
| 05:49 | St. John's | Steven Rose makes the 1st free throw | 49-37 |
| 05:49 | St. John's | Steven Rose makes the 2nd free throw | 49-38 |
| 05:30 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore's fadeaway is rejected by Emmanuel Broughton | 49-38 |
| 05:28 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore can't tip it in | 49-38 |
| 05:26 | St. John's | Allan Ledbetter gets the rebound | 49-38 |
| 04:57 | St. John's | Emmanuel Broughton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Austin Schlater (PG), Bruce Carney (SF) Michael Johnson, Joshua Jorgenson | |
| Subs | St. John's | Brian Wickline (C) Steven Rose | |
| 04:38 | Syracuse | Benjamin Strauss takes the ball from Austin Schlater | 49-38 |
| 04:17 | St. John's | Keith Churchill is called for the reach on Robert Christian - foul #2 on Keith Churchill, team foul #8 | 49-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Chaves (PF), Michael Bessler (C) Donald Difiore, Keith Churchill | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 04:17 | St. John's | Robert Christian misses the 1st free throw | 49-38 |
| 04:17 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves gets the rebound | 49-38 |
| 03:57 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 49-38 |
| 03:56 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss snags the defensive board | 49-38 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:54 | St. John's | Austin Schlater picks off the pass by Robert Christian in the backcourt | 49-38 |
| 03:53 | Syracuse | Austin Schlater misses the lay-in | 49-38 |
| 03:51 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss pulls down the rebound | 49-38 |
| 03:41 | St. John's | The short jumper by Allan Ledbetter is denied by Gary Chaves | 49-38 |
| 03:40 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Michael Bessler | 49-38 |
| 03:11 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 49-38 |
| 03:09 | St. John's | Robert Christian grabs the board | 49-38 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Austin Schlater (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Roger Dilday (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Bruce Carney (fresh) PF - Gary Chaves (fresh) 6 reb. C - Michael Bessler (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Christian (tiring) 20 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Allan Ledbetter (fairly fresh) SF - Benjamin Strauss (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Emmanuel Broughton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Brian Wickline (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 02:47 | St. John's | Robert Christian can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 49-38 |
| 02:46 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves snags the defensive board | 49-38 |
| 02:29 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 49-38 |
| 02:28 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-38 |
| 02:09 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Johnson (PG), Harold Grafenstein (SG), Joshua Jorgenson (SF), Donald Difiore (PF), Keith Churchill (C) Austin Schlater, Roger Dilday, Bruce Carney, Gary Chaves, Michael Bessler | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Spangler (PG), Issa Abdullah (SG), Steven Beaudette (SF), Steven Rose (PF) Robert Christian, Allan Ledbetter, Benjamin Strauss, Emmanuel Broughton | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:53 | St. John's | Issa Abdullah misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 49-38 |
| 01:52 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson snags the defensive board | 49-38 |
| 01:50 | Syracuse | Michael Johnson throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 49-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Roger Dilday (SG), Gary Chaves (PF), Michael Bessler (C) Harold Grafenstein, Donald Difiore, Keith Churchill | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Christian (PG), Allan Ledbetter (SG), Benjamin Strauss (SF), Emmanuel Broughton (PF) Ronald Spangler, Issa Abdullah, Steven Beaudette, Steven Rose | |
| 01:45 | St. John's | Michael Bessler blocks the jumper by Allan Ledbetter | 49-38 |
| 01:43 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson grabs the board | 49-38 |
| 01:23 | Syracuse | Benjamin Strauss is called for the reach on Joshua Jorgenson - foul #3 on Benjamin Strauss, team foul #10 | 49-38 |
| 01:23 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson makes the 1st free throw | 50-38 |
| 01:23 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson makes the 2nd free throw | 51-38 |
| 01:13 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 51-38 |
| 01:12 | St. John's | Brian Wickline tips it back up and in | 51-40 |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | Benjamin Strauss is called for the reach on Roger Dilday - foul #4 on Benjamin Strauss, team foul #11 | 51-40 |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday makes the 1st free throw | 52-40 |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday makes the 2nd free throw | 53-40 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:55 | St. John's | Benjamin Strauss misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 53-40 |
| 00:53 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday grabs the board | 53-40 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:26 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson lays it up and in against a doubleteam on a great pass from Michael Johnson | 55-40 |
| 00:20 | St. John's | Robert Christian is called for traveling | 55-40 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Michael Johnson runs out the clock | 55-40 |