| Lineup | Louisville | PG - George Stevens (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rodney Washington (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Gary Kinnear (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James King (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kenneth Lawhorn (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard Hearn (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. PF - Mark Rowland (fresh) C - Steve Seitz (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi inbounds the ball | 19-34 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Louisville | Richard Hearn steals the ball from Rodney Washington | 19-34 |
| 19:34 | St. John's | James King banks in the layup on a great pass from Richard Hearn | 19-36 |
| 19:30 | Louisville | James King is called for the reach on Rodney Washington - foul #2 on James King, team foul #1 | 19-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | George Frost (SG), Jan Franks (PF) Kenneth Lawhorn, Mark Rowland | |
| 19:18 | Louisville | Rodney Washington hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 19-36 |
| 19:16 | St. John's | Jan Franks grabs the defensive rebound | 19-36 |
| 19:11 | St. John's | Jan Franks's pass is intercepted by Gary Kinnear | 19-36 |
| 18:52 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi is whistled for a carry | 19-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn (SG), Robert Hirschman (PF), Eric Lavigne (C) George Frost, Jan Franks, Steve Seitz | |
| 18:31 | St. John's | Richard Hearn is hacked by Florentino Lombardi - foul #3 on Florentino Lombardi, team foul #1 | 19-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Page (SF) Florentino Lombardi | |
| Subs | St. John's | George Frost (SG), Allan Philson (SF), Steve Seitz (C) Kenneth Lawhorn, Richard Hearn, Eric Lavigne | |
| 18:05 | St. John's | James King splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 19-36 |
| 18:03 | Louisville | Ryan Page gets the rebound | 19-36 |
| 17:53 | Louisville | George Stevens misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 19-36 |
| 17:51 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses the tip | 19-36 |
| 17:50 | Louisville | Rodney Washington gets the offensive rebound | 19-36 |
| 17:27 | Louisville | George Stevens is whistled for traveling | 19-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn (PG), Richard Hearn (SG), Jan Franks (PF), Eric Lavigne (C) James King, George Frost, Robert Hirschman, Steve Seitz | |
| 17:15 | St. John's | Jan Franks can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Ryan Page - foul #1 on Ryan Page, team foul #2 | 19-36 |
| 17:15 | St. John's | Jan Franks makes the 1st free throw | 19-37 |
| 17:15 | St. John's | Jan Franks makes the 2nd free throw | 19-38 |
| 16:56 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses the fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by Jan Franks - foul #2 on Jan Franks, team foul #2 | 19-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Scott Carnegie (C) Stephen Catalano | |
| Subs | St. John's | James King (PG), Steve Seitz (C) Allan Philson, Eric Lavigne | |
| 16:56 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses the 1st free throw | 19-38 |
| 16:56 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the 2nd free throw | 20-38 |
| 16:45 | St. John's | Jan Franks throws a bad pass out of bounds | 20-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Victor (SG) Gary Kinnear | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Lavigne (C) Steve Seitz | |
| 16:28 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie's floater is tipped away by Richard Hearn | 20-38 |
| 16:26 | St. John's | Jan Franks grabs the board | 20-38 |
| 16:22 | St. John's | Richard Hearn lays it in uncontested set up by James King out of the doubleteam | 20-40 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 16:04 | Louisville | Ryan Page hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Scott Carnegie | 22-40 |
| 15:48 | St. John's | Richard Hearn connects on the jumper from just outside the lane set up by James King | 22-42 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - George Stevens (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Victor (fresh) SF - Rodney Washington (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ryan Page (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Scott Carnegie (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James King (fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Kenneth Lawhorn (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard Hearn (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. PF - Jan Franks (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Eric Lavigne (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:35 | Louisville | Richard Hearn picks off the pass by Scott Carnegie | 22-42 |
| 15:30 | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn lays it up and in on a nice dish by Richard Hearn | 22-44 |
| 15:16 | Louisville | George Stevens hits a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Scott Carnegie | 25-44 |
| 14:58 | St. John's | Jan Franks loses the dribble to Rodney Washington | 25-44 |
| 14:51 | Louisville | George Stevens comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 25-44 |
| 14:49 | St. John's | Eric Lavigne snags the defensive board | 25-44 |
| 14:44 | St. John's | Eric Lavigne is hacked by Scott Carnegie - foul #1 on Scott Carnegie, team foul #3 | 25-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Florentino Lombardi (SF), Gary Kinnear (PF), Stephen Catalano (C) George Stevens, Rodney Washington, Ryan Page, Scott Carnegie | |
| Subs | St. John's | George Frost (PG), Allan Philson (SG), Robert Hirschman (PF), Steve Seitz (C) James King, Kenneth Lawhorn, Jan Franks, Eric Lavigne | |
| 14:37 | St. John's | Steve Seitz hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 25-44 |
| 14:36 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano snags the defensive board | 25-44 |
| 14:24 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Grullon | 27-44 |
| 14:09 | St. John's | Florentino Lombardi is called for the reach on Richard Hearn - foul #4 on Florentino Lombardi, team foul #4 | 27-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Page (SF) Florentino Lombardi | |
| Subs | St. John's | James King (PG) Richard Hearn | |
| 14:00 | St. John's | James King makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Allan Philson | 27-47 |
| 13:54 | Louisville | Dikembe Victor is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Dikembe Victor, team foul #5 | 27-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn (SG) James King | |
| 13:28 | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn travels with the ball | 27-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Broderick (SG) Dikembe Victor | |
| Subs | St. John's | James King (PG), Richard Hearn (SF), Mark Rowland (PF) Kenneth Lawhorn, Allan Philson, Robert Hirschman | |
| 13:17 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear throws it down | 29-47 |
| 12:59 | St. John's | Richard Hearn's floater is knocked away by Stephen Catalano | 29-47 |
| 12:58 | Louisville | Ryan Page snags the defensive board | 29-47 |
| 12:36 | Louisville | Ryan Page misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 29-47 |
| 12:35 | St. John's | Richard Hearn pulls down the rebound | 29-47 |
| 12:28 | St. John's | George Frost knocks in the shot from the left wing on a great pass from James King out of a doubleteam | 29-49 |
| 12:02 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses the easy layup | 29-49 |
| 12:00 | St. John's | James King pulls down the rebound | 29-49 |
| 11:46 | St. John's | Richard Hearn misses the shot from the left wing | 29-49 |
| 11:45 | St. John's | Mark Rowland tips it back up and in | 29-51 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Grullon (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Broderick (fresh) SF - Ryan Page (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Kinnear (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Stephen Catalano (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James King (fresh) 14 pts. 6 ast. SG - George Frost (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Richard Hearn (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. PF - Mark Rowland (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Steve Seitz (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:31 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano is hacked by Steve Seitz - foul #2 on Steve Seitz, team foul #3 | 29-51 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Stevens (PG), Dikembe Victor (SG), Rodney Washington (SF), Scott Carnegie (C) William Grullon, David Broderick, Ryan Page, Stephen Catalano | |
| Subs | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn (SG), Allan Philson (SF), Robert Hirschman (PF) George Frost, Richard Hearn, Mark Rowland | |
| 11:16 | Louisville | Rodney Washington knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Gary Kinnear | 32-51 |
| 10:49 | St. John's | Robert Hirschman is hacked by George Stevens - foul #1 on George Stevens, team foul #6 | 32-51 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Richard Hearn (SF) James King | |
| 10:33 | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Scott Carnegie - foul #2 on Scott Carnegie, team foul #7 | 32-51 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Lavigne (C) Steve Seitz | |
| 10:33 | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn makes the 1st free throw | 32-52 |
| 10:33 | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn misses the 2nd free throw | 32-52 |
| 10:33 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear grabs the board | 32-52 |
| 10:19 | Louisville | George Stevens drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-52 |
| 10:10 | St. John's | The short jumper by Eric Lavigne is denied by Gary Kinnear | 35-52 |
| 10:08 | Louisville | George Stevens pulls down the rebound | 35-52 |
| 10:03 | Louisville | Rodney Washington hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-52 |
| 10:02 | St. John's | Eric Lavigne grabs the board | 35-52 |
| 09:56 | St. John's | Richard Hearn connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Allan Philson | 35-54 |
| 09:45 | Louisville | Dikembe Victor misses short on a 3 from straight away | 35-54 |
| 09:43 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear grabs the offensive rebound | 35-54 |
| 09:31 | Louisville | George Stevens misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 35-54 |
| 09:30 | St. John's | Allan Philson pulls down the rebound | 35-54 |
| 09:03 | St. John's | Eric Lavigne is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Eric Lavigne, team foul #4 | 35-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Page (SF), Stephen Catalano (C) Dikembe Victor, Gary Kinnear | |
| Subs | St. John's | James King (PG), Richard Jennings (SF), Jan Franks (PF), Steve Seitz (C) Allan Philson, Richard Hearn, Robert Hirschman, Eric Lavigne | |
| 08:47 | Louisville | Ryan Page drills a jumper from the right block | 37-54 |
| 08:18 | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn knocks in the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Steve Seitz | 37-56 |
| 08:11 | Louisville | George Stevens clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 37-56 |
| 08:09 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano gets the offensive rebound | 37-56 |
| 08:00 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 37-56 |
| 07:59 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie gets the offensive rebound | 37-56 |
| 07:43 | Louisville | George Stevens is whistled for a carry | 37-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Dikembe Victor (SG), Florentino Lombardi (SF) George Stevens, Rodney Washington, Scott Carnegie | |
| Subs | St. John's | George Frost (SG), Richard Hearn (SF) Kenneth Lawhorn, Richard Jennings | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Grullon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Victor (fresh) SF - Florentino Lombardi (fresh) 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Ryan Page (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James King (fresh) 14 pts. 6 ast. SG - George Frost (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Richard Hearn (fresh) 16 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. PF - Jan Franks (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Steve Seitz (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:27 | St. John's | Jan Franks's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-56 |
| 07:11 | Louisville | Jan Franks is called for the reach on William Grullon - foul #3 on Jan Franks, team foul #5 | 37-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Allan Philson (SF) Richard Hearn | |
| 06:58 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi clanks a jumper from the right block but he's fouled by Allan Philson - foul #2 on Allan Philson, team foul #6 | 37-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Richard Hearn (SF), Robert Hirschman (PF) Allan Philson, Jan Franks | |
| 06:58 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi makes the 1st free throw | 38-56 |
| 06:58 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi makes the 2nd free throw | 39-56 |
| 06:48 | St. John's | James King shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-59 |
| 06:38 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi connects on the shot from the left side on a nice dish by Dikembe Victor | 41-59 |
| 06:34 | St. John's | Richard Hearn clanks a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Florentino Lombardi - foul #5 on Florentino Lombardi, team foul #8 | 41-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Stevens (PG), Rodney Washington (SF), Gary Kinnear (PF) William Grullon, Florentino Lombardi, Ryan Page | |
| Subs | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn (SG), Jan Franks (PF) George Frost, Robert Hirschman | |
| 06:34 | St. John's | Richard Hearn makes the 1st free throw | 41-60 |
| 06:34 | St. John's | Richard Hearn makes the 2nd free throw | 41-61 |
| 06:22 | Louisville | The short jumper by Gary Kinnear is denied by Jan Franks | 41-61 |
| 06:20 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano hits the follow up shot | 43-61 |
| 05:58 | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 43-61 |
| 05:56 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano pulls down the rebound | 43-61 |
| 05:39 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses short on a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Steve Seitz - foul #3 on Steve Seitz, team foul #7 | 43-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Page (SF), Scott Carnegie (C) Dikembe Victor, Stephen Catalano | |
| Subs | St. John's | George Frost (SG), Allan Philson (SF), Robert Hirschman (PF), Eric Lavigne (C) Kenneth Lawhorn, Richard Hearn, Jan Franks, Steve Seitz | |
| 05:39 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the 1st free throw | 44-61 |
| 05:39 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses the 2nd free throw | 44-61 |
| 05:39 | St. John's | Robert Hirschman snags the defensive board | 44-61 |
| 05:26 | St. John's | James King is hacked by Rodney Washington - foul #1 on Rodney Washington, team foul #9 | 44-61 |
| 05:26 | St. John's | James King makes the 1st free throw | 44-62 |
| 05:26 | St. John's | James King makes the 2nd free throw | 44-63 |
| 05:17 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear knocks in the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Rodney Washington | 46-63 |
| 04:56 | St. John's | James King misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-63 |
| 04:55 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear gets the rebound | 46-63 |
| 04:47 | Louisville | Ryan Page's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG) George Stevens | |
| Subs | St. John's | Richard Hearn (PG), Kenneth Lawhorn (SG), Jan Franks (PF), Steve Seitz (C) James King, George Frost, Robert Hirschman, Eric Lavigne | |
| 04:19 | St. John's | Steve Seitz scores on a fadeaway from the left wing set up by Jan Franks | 46-65 |
| 03:55 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 46-65 |
| 03:54 | St. John's | Steve Seitz grabs the defensive rebound | 46-65 |
| 03:46 | St. John's | Jan Franks hits the finger roll | 46-67 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Grullon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Rodney Washington (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ryan Page (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Kinnear (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Scott Carnegie (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Richard Hearn (fresh) 18 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Kenneth Lawhorn (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Allan Philson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jan Franks (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Steve Seitz (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:34 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the shot from the right wing | 48-67 |
| 03:20 | St. John's | Richard Hearn can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 48-67 |
| 03:18 | St. John's | Kenneth Lawhorn grabs the offensive rebound | 48-67 |
| 02:57 | St. John's | Allan Philson buries a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Kenneth Lawhorn | 48-69 |
| 02:43 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Allan Philson - foul #3 on Allan Philson, team foul #8 | 48-69 |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Victor (SG) Rodney Washington | |
| Subs | St. John's | George Frost (PG), Richard Jennings (SF), Robert Hirschman (PF), Eric Lavigne (C) Richard Hearn, Kenneth Lawhorn, Jan Franks, Steve Seitz | |
| 02:43 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the 1st free throw | 49-69 |
| 02:43 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses the 2nd free throw | 49-69 |
| 02:43 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Allan Philson | 49-69 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:21 | St. John's | Richard Jennings can't finish the layup | 49-69 |
| 02:20 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear grabs the defensive rebound | 49-69 |
| 02:15 | Louisville | Eric Lavigne is called for the reach on Scott Carnegie - foul #2 on Eric Lavigne, team foul #9 | 49-69 |
| Subs | Louisville | Stephen Catalano (C) Gary Kinnear | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 02:15 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie makes the 1st free throw | 50-69 |
| 02:15 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses the 2nd free throw | 50-69 |
| 02:15 | St. John's | Robert Hirschman grabs the board | 50-69 |
| 01:49 | St. John's | Eric Lavigne misses badly on a shot in the lane but the foul's on Ryan Page - foul #2 on Ryan Page, team foul #10 | 50-69 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Kinnear (PF) Stephen Catalano | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 01:49 | St. John's | Eric Lavigne makes the 1st free throw | 50-70 |
| 01:49 | St. John's | Eric Lavigne makes the 2nd free throw | 50-71 |
| 01:29 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie is hacked by Allan Philson - foul #4 on Allan Philson, team foul #10 | 50-71 |
| 01:29 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses the 1st free throw | 50-71 |
| 01:29 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses the 2nd free throw | 50-71 |
| 01:29 | St. John's | Eric Lavigne pulls down the rebound | 50-71 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:04 | St. John's | Robert Hirschman connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Eric Lavigne | 50-73 |
| 00:51 | Louisville | Robert Hirschman swats the short shot by Gary Kinnear | 50-73 |
| 00:49 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Robert Hirschman | 50-73 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:24 | St. John's | Richard Jennings is whistled for traveling | 50-73 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:20 | Louisville | Ryan Page loses the dribble to Allan Philson | 50-73 |
| 00:00 | St. John's | George Frost runs out the clock | 50-73 |