| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - Michael Becraft (fresh) SG - Ralph Gagnier (fresh) SF - Dustin Ballard (fresh) PF - Michael Brown (fresh) C - Mark Abadie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Craig Holley (fresh) SG - Lawrence Goforth (fresh) SF - Mitchell Higuera (fresh) PF - Ernest Christopher (fresh) C - Edward Ivey (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Holy Cross | Holy Cross is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:40 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera makes the floater from the free throw line set up by Lawrence Goforth | 0-2 |
| 19:21 | Holy Cross | Mark Abadie clanks a floater from the left side | 0-2 |
| 19:19 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey grabs the defensive rebound | 0-2 |
| 19:13 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey makes the driving attempt from close range set up by Lawrence Goforth | 0-4 |
| 18:56 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 0-4 |
| 18:55 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey pulls down the rebound | 0-4 |
| 18:37 | Syracuse | Mark Abadie is called for the reach on Craig Holley - foul #1 on Mark Abadie, team foul #1 | 0-4 |
| 18:08 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey is fouled on the floor by Michael Brown - foul #1 on Michael Brown, team foul #2 | 0-4 |
| 17:52 | Syracuse | Craig Holley lays it in | 0-6 |
| 17:43 | Holy Cross | Mitchell Higuera is called for the reach on Michael Brown - foul #1 on Mitchell Higuera, team foul #1 | 0-6 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Fred Pfeiffer (PG), John Haskins (SG), Richard Knuth (SF), Thomas Timmons (PF), Jerome Hall (C) Michael Becraft, Ralph Gagnier, Dustin Ballard, Michael Brown, Mark Abadie | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 17:31 | Holy Cross | Jerome Hall can't connect on a floater from the right side | 0-6 |
| 17:30 | Syracuse | Ernest Christopher grabs the board | 0-6 |
| 17:08 | Syracuse | Ernest Christopher banks in the layup | 0-8 |
| 17:04 | Holy Cross | John Haskins is called for traveling | 0-8 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Moshier (SG), Gary Lee (SF) Lawrence Goforth, Mitchell Higuera | |
| 16:35 | Syracuse | Gary Lee is fouled on the floor by Richard Knuth - foul #1 on Richard Knuth, team foul #3 | 0-8 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Jack Lieberman (SG), Timothy Zuercher (C) John Haskins, Jerome Hall | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Victor Campbell (PG), John Harrison (PF) Craig Holley, Ernest Christopher | |
| 16:10 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing but the foul's on Jack Lieberman - foul #1 on Jack Lieberman, team foul #4 | 0-8 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard (SF) Richard Knuth | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 16:10 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier makes the 1st free throw | 0-9 |
| 16:10 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier makes the 2nd free throw | 0-10 |
| 15:43 | Holy Cross | Timothy Zuercher's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-10 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Ralph Gagnier (SG), Mark Abadie (C) Fred Pfeiffer, Thomas Timmons | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Craig Holley (PG), Mitchell Higuera (SF), Ernest Christopher (PF), Claude Bennett (C) Victor Campbell, Gary Lee, John Harrison, Edward Ivey | |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - Jack Lieberman (fresh) SG - Ralph Gagnier (fresh) SF - Dustin Ballard (fresh) PF - Timothy Zuercher (fresh) C - Mark Abadie (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Craig Holley (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Mark Moshier (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Mitchell Higuera (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ernest Christopher (fresh) 2 pts. C - Claude Bennett (fresh) | |
| 15:26 | Syracuse | Ernest Christopher throws a bad pass out of bounds | 0-10 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | John Haskins (SG), Jerome Hall (C) Ralph Gagnier, Mark Abadie | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth (SG) Mark Moshier | |
| 15:15 | Holy Cross | John Haskins comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 0-10 |
| 15:13 | Holy Cross | Jerome Hall tips it home | 2-10 |
| 15:01 | Syracuse | Craig Holley misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 2-10 |
| 15:00 | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth hits the follow up shot | 2-12 |
| 14:52 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 2-12 |
| 14:51 | Syracuse | Claude Bennett snags the defensive board | 2-12 |
| 14:32 | Syracuse | Jerome Hall is called for the reach on Claude Bennett - foul #1 on Jerome Hall, team foul #5 | 2-12 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Fred Pfeiffer (PG), Ralph Gagnier (SG), Richard Knuth (SF), Thomas Timmons (PF), Mark Abadie (C) Jack Lieberman, John Haskins, Dustin Ballard, Timothy Zuercher, Jerome Hall | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Ivey (C) Claude Bennett | |
| 14:13 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey is denied on a layup by Thomas Timmons | 2-12 |
| 14:11 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey gets the offensive rebound | 2-12 |
| 13:51 | Syracuse | Craig Holley misses the jumper from close range but he's hacked by Fred Pfeiffer - foul #1 on Fred Pfeiffer, team foul #6 | 2-12 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Becraft (PG), Dustin Ballard (SF), Michael Brown (PF) Fred Pfeiffer, Richard Knuth, Thomas Timmons | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Moshier (SG), John Harrison (PF) Lawrence Goforth, Ernest Christopher | |
| 13:51 | Syracuse | Craig Holley makes the 1st free throw | 2-13 |
| 13:51 | Syracuse | Craig Holley makes the 2nd free throw | 2-14 |
| 13:38 | Holy Cross | Edward Ivey picks off the pass by Dustin Ballard out of a doubleteam | 2-14 |
| 13:13 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 2-17 |
| 12:49 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 2-17 |
| 12:48 | Holy Cross | Mark Abadie hits the follow up shot | 4-17 |
| 12:23 | Syracuse | John Harrison is fouled on the floor by Michael Brown - foul #2 on Michael Brown, team foul #7 | 4-17 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Fred Pfeiffer (PG), John Haskins (SG), Richard Knuth (SF), Thomas Timmons (PF), Jerome Hall (C) Michael Becraft, Ralph Gagnier, Dustin Ballard, Michael Brown, Mark Abadie | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Victor Campbell (PG), Lawrence Goforth (SG), Gary Lee (SF) Craig Holley, Mark Moshier, Mitchell Higuera | |
| 12:23 | Syracuse | John Harrison makes the 1st free throw | 4-18 |
| 12:23 | Syracuse | John Harrison makes the 2nd free throw | 4-19 |
| 12:13 | Holy Cross | Richard Knuth is hacked by Gary Lee - foul #1 on Gary Lee, team foul #2 | 4-19 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ernest Christopher (PF) John Harrison | |
| 12:00 | Holy Cross | John Haskins misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 4-19 |
| 11:59 | Holy Cross | Richard Knuth hits the follow up shot | 6-19 |
| 11:39 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey misses long on a runner in the lane | 6-19 |
| 11:37 | Holy Cross | Richard Knuth snags the defensive board | 6-19 |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - Fred Pfeiffer (fresh) SG - John Haskins (fresh) SF - Richard Knuth (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Timmons (fresh) C - Jerome Hall (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Victor Campbell (fresh) SG - Lawrence Goforth (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Lee (fresh) PF - Ernest Christopher (fresh) 2 pts. C - Edward Ivey (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:28 | Holy Cross | Jerome Hall's fadeaway is rejected by Edward Ivey | 6-19 |
| 11:26 | Syracuse | Gary Lee pulls down the rebound | 6-19 |
| 11:01 | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth hits a jumper from the right wing | 6-21 |
| 10:47 | Holy Cross | Fred Pfeiffer buries a pull-up jumper from the right side | 8-21 |
| 10:18 | Syracuse | Gary Lee misses the lay-in but the foul's on John Haskins - foul #1 on John Haskins, team foul #8 | 8-21 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Becraft (PG), Ralph Gagnier (SG), Dustin Ballard (SF), Timothy Zuercher (PF), Mark Abadie (C) Fred Pfeiffer, John Haskins, Richard Knuth, Thomas Timmons, Jerome Hall | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Craig Holley (PG), Mark Moshier (SG), Claude Bennett (C) Victor Campbell, Lawrence Goforth, Edward Ivey | |
| 10:18 | Syracuse | Gary Lee makes the 1st free throw | 8-22 |
| 10:18 | Syracuse | Gary Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 8-23 |
| 10:01 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard makes the contested floater from close range | 10-23 |
| 09:37 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier misses the 3 from straight away | 10-23 |
| 09:36 | Holy Cross | Mark Abadie grabs the defensive rebound | 10-23 |
| 09:30 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway from the right side and the foul's on Claude Bennett - foul #1 on Claude Bennett, team foul #3 | 12-23 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Jack Lieberman (PG) Michael Becraft | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera (SF) Gary Lee | |
| 09:30 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard makes the free throw | 13-23 |
| 09:14 | Syracuse | Craig Holley makes the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Claude Bennett | 13-26 |
| 08:55 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 pointer from straight away | 16-26 |
| 08:29 | Syracuse | Claude Bennett loses the dribble to Mark Abadie | 16-26 |
| 08:13 | Holy Cross | Jack Lieberman can't connect on an uncontested 3 pointer from the left wing | 16-26 |
| 08:11 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera snags the defensive board | 16-26 |
| 07:55 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera connects on the driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Craig Holley | 16-28 |
| 07:38 | Holy Cross | Timothy Zuercher can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 16-28 |
| 07:37 | Syracuse | Claude Bennett gets the rebound | 16-28 |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - Jack Lieberman (fresh) SG - Ralph Gagnier (fresh) SF - Dustin Ballard (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Timothy Zuercher (fresh) C - Mark Abadie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Craig Holley (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Moshier (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Mitchell Higuera (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ernest Christopher (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Claude Bennett (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Syracuse | Craig Holley misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 16-28 |
| 07:17 | Holy Cross | Ralph Gagnier grabs the defensive rebound | 16-28 |
| 07:13 | Holy Cross | Jack Lieberman misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 16-28 |
| 07:11 | Syracuse | Ernest Christopher grabs the board | 16-28 |
| 06:43 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera is hacked by Jack Lieberman - foul #2 on Jack Lieberman, team foul #9 | 16-28 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Becraft (PG), John Haskins (SG), Richard Knuth (SF), Thomas Timmons (PF), Jerome Hall (C) Jack Lieberman, Ralph Gagnier, Dustin Ballard, Timothy Zuercher, Mark Abadie | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Victor Campbell (PG), Lawrence Goforth (SG), John Harrison (PF), Edward Ivey (C) Craig Holley, Mark Moshier, Ernest Christopher, Claude Bennett | |
| 06:43 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera misses the 1st free throw | 16-28 |
| 06:43 | Syracuse | John Harrison grabs the offensive rebound | 16-28 |
| 06:28 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 16-30 |
| 06:12 | Holy Cross | John Haskins buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 19-30 |
| 05:51 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera loses the dribble to Thomas Timmons | 19-30 |
| 05:40 | Holy Cross | John Haskins misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 19-30 |
| 05:38 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey grabs the board | 19-30 |
| 05:17 | Syracuse | Jerome Hall takes the ball from John Harrison | 19-30 |
| 05:09 | Holy Cross | Michael Becraft's fadeaway is rejected by John Harrison | 19-30 |
| 05:08 | Holy Cross | Thomas Timmons tips it back up and in | 21-30 |
| 04:47 | Syracuse | Jerome Hall steals it from Mitchell Higuera | 21-30 |
| 04:31 | Holy Cross | Mitchell Higuera denies the turnaround by Jerome Hall | 21-30 |
| 04:29 | Holy Cross | Thomas Timmons grabs the offensive rebound | 21-30 |
| 04:21 | Holy Cross | John Haskins is called for a charge - foul #2 on John Haskins, team foul #10 | 21-30 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Fred Pfeiffer (PG), Ralph Gagnier (SG), Dustin Ballard (SF), Mark Abadie (C) Michael Becraft, John Haskins, Richard Knuth, Jerome Hall | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Craig Holley (PG), Mark Moshier (SG), Gary Lee (SF), Ernest Christopher (PF) Victor Campbell, Lawrence Goforth, Mitchell Higuera, John Harrison | |
| 03:53 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier lays it in and he's fouled by Dustin Ballard - foul #1 on Dustin Ballard, team foul #11 | 21-32 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Brown (PF) Thomas Timmons | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 03:53 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier makes the free throw | 21-33 |
| 03:44 | Holy Cross | Ralph Gagnier misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Mark Moshier - foul #1 on Mark Moshier, team foul #4 | 21-33 |
| 03:44 | Holy Cross | Ralph Gagnier makes the 1st free throw | 22-33 |
| 03:44 | Holy Cross | Ralph Gagnier makes the 2nd free throw | 23-33 |
| 03:29 | Syracuse | Ernest Christopher misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 23-33 |
| 03:28 | Syracuse | Ernest Christopher hits the follow up shot | 23-35 |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - Fred Pfeiffer (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ralph Gagnier (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Dustin Ballard (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Michael Brown (fresh) C - Mark Abadie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Craig Holley (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Moshier (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Gary Lee (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ernest Christopher (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Edward Ivey (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:21 | Holy Cross | Ralph Gagnier is hacked by Ernest Christopher - foul #1 on Ernest Christopher, team foul #5 | 23-35 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Becraft (PG) Fred Pfeiffer | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 03:16 | Holy Cross | Ralph Gagnier clanks a 3 from the left wing | 23-35 |
| 03:14 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey grabs the board | 23-35 |
| 02:53 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier's pass is intercepted by Michael Brown | 23-35 |
| 02:49 | Holy Cross | Michael Becraft travels in the backcourt | 23-35 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Fred Pfeiffer (PG), Jack Lieberman (SG) Michael Becraft, Ralph Gagnier | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth (SG), Claude Bennett (C) Mark Moshier, Edward Ivey | |
| 02:32 | Syracuse | Gary Lee buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Craig Holley | 23-38 |
| 02:19 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-38 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Ralph Gagnier (SG) Jack Lieberman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Harrison (PF) Ernest Christopher | |
| 01:55 | Syracuse | Craig Holley is fouled on the floor by Fred Pfeiffer - foul #2 on Fred Pfeiffer, team foul #12 | 23-38 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Becraft (PG), Richard Knuth (SF) Fred Pfeiffer, Mark Abadie | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Ivey (C) Claude Bennett | |
| 01:55 | Syracuse | Craig Holley makes the 1st free throw | 23-39 |
| 01:55 | Syracuse | Craig Holley misses the 2nd free throw | 23-39 |
| 01:55 | Holy Cross | Michael Brown pulls down the rebound | 23-39 |
| 01:32 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 23-39 |
| 01:30 | Syracuse | Craig Holley pulls down the rebound | 23-39 |
| 01:02 | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 23-39 |
| 01:01 | Syracuse | John Harrison pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-39 |
| 00:43 | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth clanks a shot from the right side but he's hacked by Ralph Gagnier - foul #1 on Ralph Gagnier, team foul #13 | 23-39 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Fred Pfeiffer (PG), Jack Lieberman (SG), Mark Abadie (C) Michael Becraft, Ralph Gagnier, Richard Knuth | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Victor Campbell (PG), Mitchell Higuera (SF), Ernest Christopher (PF) Craig Holley, Gary Lee, John Harrison | |
| 00:43 | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth makes the 1st free throw | 23-40 |
| 00:43 | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth makes the 2nd free throw | 23-41 |
| 00:30 | Holy Cross | Dustin Ballard is whistled for traveling | 23-41 |
| Subs | Holy Cross | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Moshier (SG) Lawrence Goforth | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Ernest Christopher buries a jump hook in the lane | 23-43 |