| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jamie Long (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Anthony Langston (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Morris Davis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Dwight Rhoton (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. C - John Burkholder (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Louis Wyatt (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bradley Addis (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Steve Woodall (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Oleg Zdanowicz (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Lee Cochran (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Akron | Morris Davis inbounds the ball | 35-36 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:40 | Akron | Jamie Long hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 35-36 |
| 19:38 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall grabs the board | 35-36 |
| 19:14 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline but he's hacked by John Burkholder - foul #2 on John Burkholder, team foul #1 | 35-36 |
| Subs | Akron | Thomas Feldman (PG), Freddie Hurt (SF), Steve Jacobi (PF), Colby Stotler (C) Anthony Langston, Morris Davis, Dwight Rhoton, John Burkholder | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 19:14 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis makes the 1st free throw | 35-37 |
| 19:14 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis misses the 2nd free throw | 35-37 |
| 19:14 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis snags the offensive board | 35-37 |
| 19:04 | Buffalo | Oleg Zdanowicz travels with the ball | 35-37 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Tansey (PG), Anthony Langston (SG) Thomas Feldman, Jamie Long | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 18:39 | Akron | Anthony Langston misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 35-37 |
| 18:38 | Buffalo | Lee Cochran grabs the defensive rebound | 35-37 |
| 18:21 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis can't connect on a runner from the left block | 35-37 |
| 18:19 | Akron | The rebound goes to Freddie Hurt | 35-37 |
| 18:14 | Akron | Lee Cochran steals it from Freddie Hurt | 35-37 |
| 17:59 | Buffalo | Oleg Zdanowicz clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 35-37 |
| 17:58 | Akron | Walter Tansey grabs the board | 35-37 |
| 17:32 | Akron | Louis Wyatt is called for the reach on Freddie Hurt - foul #3 on Louis Wyatt, team foul #1 | 35-37 |
| Subs | Akron | Thomas Feldman (PG), Jamie Long (SG), Morris Davis (SF), Dwight Rhoton (PF), John Burkholder (C) Walter Tansey, Anthony Langston, Freddie Hurt, Steve Jacobi, Colby Stotler | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Denny Yamasaki (PG) Louis Wyatt | |
| 17:20 | Akron | Jamie Long hits a jump hook from the left block on a great pass from Morris Davis and the foul's on Bradley Addis - foul #2 on Bradley Addis, team foul #2 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Akron | Colby Stotler (PF), William Noonkester (C) Morris Davis, John Burkholder | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Larry Smith (PF) Oleg Zdanowicz | |
| 17:20 | Akron | Jamie Long makes the free throw | 38-37 |
| 17:03 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis buries a jumper from the left wing set up by Denny Yamasaki | 38-39 |
| 16:49 | Akron | Thomas Feldman is fouled on the floor by Larry Smith - foul #3 on Larry Smith, team foul #3 | 38-39 |
| Subs | Akron | Morris Davis (SG), Freddie Hurt (SF), John Burkholder (C) Jamie Long, Colby Stotler, William Noonkester | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Juan Castillo (PG), Jared Speer (SF), Oleg Zdanowicz (PF) Bradley Addis, Steve Woodall, Larry Smith | |
| 16:33 | Akron | Morris Davis double dribbles | 38-39 |
| 16:14 | Buffalo | Oleg Zdanowicz scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Juan Castillo | 38-42 |
| 16:03 | Akron | Dwight Rhoton scores on a driving attempt in the lane | 40-42 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Thomas Feldman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Morris Davis (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Freddie Hurt (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Dwight Rhoton (fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. C - John Burkholder (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Juan Castillo (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Denny Yamasaki (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jared Speer (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Oleg Zdanowicz (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Lee Cochran (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:40 | Buffalo | Oleg Zdanowicz is fouled on the floor by Dwight Rhoton - foul #3 on Dwight Rhoton, team foul #2 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Akron | Jamie Long (SG), Steve Jacobi (PF), William Noonkester (C) Morris Davis, Freddie Hurt, John Burkholder | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt (PG), Bradley Addis (SG), Steve Woodall (SF), Larry Smith (C) Juan Castillo, Denny Yamasaki, Jared Speer, Lee Cochran | |
| 15:23 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 40-42 |
| 15:22 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall snags the offensive board | 40-42 |
| 15:10 | Buffalo | Oleg Zdanowicz clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 40-42 |
| 15:08 | Akron | Dwight Rhoton grabs the defensive rebound | 40-42 |
| 14:52 | Akron | Thomas Feldman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-42 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Tansey (PG), Freddie Hurt (SF), Colby Stotler (PF), John Burkholder (C) Thomas Feldman, Dwight Rhoton, Steve Jacobi, William Noonkester | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 14:43 | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 40-42 |
| 14:42 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall can't tip it in | 40-42 |
| 14:41 | Akron | Colby Stotler gets the rebound | 40-42 |
| 14:36 | Akron | Oleg Zdanowicz blocks the short jumper by Jamie Long | 40-42 |
| 14:34 | Buffalo | Larry Smith snags the defensive board | 40-42 |
| 14:26 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis misses long on a shot from the left block | 40-42 |
| 14:25 | Buffalo | Oleg Zdanowicz snags the offensive board | 40-42 |
| 14:08 | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt is fouled on the floor by John Burkholder - foul #3 on John Burkholder, team foul #3 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Akron | Thomas Feldman (PG), Anthony Langston (SG), Morris Davis (SF), William Noonkester (C) Walter Tansey, Jamie Long, Freddie Hurt, John Burkholder | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Lee Cochran (C) Oleg Zdanowicz | |
| 13:59 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Steve Woodall | 40-45 |
| 13:40 | Akron | Anthony Langston drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Colby Stotler | 43-45 |
| 13:23 | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 43-45 |
| 13:21 | Akron | Colby Stotler snags the defensive board | 43-45 |
| 13:03 | Akron | William Noonkester can't finish the layup | 43-45 |
| 13:02 | Buffalo | Larry Smith grabs the board | 43-45 |
| 12:37 | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 43-45 |
| 12:35 | Akron | The rebound goes to Colby Stotler | 43-45 |
| 12:31 | Akron | Morris Davis comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 43-45 |
| 12:29 | Buffalo | Lee Cochran pulls down the rebound | 43-45 |
| 12:08 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall knocks in the shot in the lane | 43-47 |
| 12:04 | Akron | Thomas Feldman misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 43-47 |
| 12:03 | Akron | Anthony Langston pulls down the offensive rebound | 43-47 |
| 11:46 | Akron | Morris Davis makes the floater from just outside the lane | 45-47 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Thomas Feldman (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Anthony Langston (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Morris Davis (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Colby Stotler (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - William Noonkester (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Louis Wyatt (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Bradley Addis (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Steve Woodall (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Larry Smith (fairly fresh) 3 pf. C - Lee Cochran (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:30 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 45-47 |
| 11:28 | Akron | Colby Stotler grabs the defensive rebound | 45-47 |
| 11:11 | Akron | Morris Davis hits a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Anthony Langston | 47-47 |
| 10:56 | Buffalo | William Noonkester steals the ball from Lee Cochran | 47-47 |
| 10:45 | Akron | William Noonkester slams it home | 49-47 |
| 10:33 | Buffalo | Lee Cochran misses the lay-in | 49-47 |
| 10:32 | Akron | Morris Davis grabs the board | 49-47 |
| 10:27 | Akron | Anthony Langston scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Morris Davis | 51-47 |
| 10:12 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis buries a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Larry Smith | 51-50 |
| 09:55 | Akron | Bradley Addis steals the ball from Morris Davis | 51-50 |
| 09:37 | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 51-50 |
| 09:35 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall snags the offensive board | 51-50 |
| 09:16 | Buffalo | Bradley Addis misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 51-50 |
| 09:15 | Akron | Thomas Feldman snags the defensive board | 51-50 |
| 08:56 | Akron | Anthony Langston misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing but the foul's on Larry Smith - foul #4 on Larry Smith, team foul #4 | 51-50 |
| Subs | Akron | Jamie Long (PG), Freddie Hurt (SF), Dwight Rhoton (PF), John Burkholder (C) Thomas Feldman, Morris Davis, Colby Stotler, William Noonkester | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Juan Castillo (PG), Denny Yamasaki (SG), Jared Speer (SF), Oleg Zdanowicz (PF) Louis Wyatt, Bradley Addis, Steve Woodall, Larry Smith | |
| 08:56 | Akron | Anthony Langston makes the 1st free throw | 52-50 |
| 08:56 | Akron | Anthony Langston makes the 2nd free throw | 53-50 |
| 08:56 | Akron | Anthony Langston makes the 3rd free throw | 54-50 |
| 08:41 | Buffalo | Jared Speer misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 54-50 |
| 08:39 | Akron | Dwight Rhoton grabs the defensive rebound | 54-50 |
| 08:26 | Akron | Juan Castillo steals the ball from John Burkholder | 54-50 |
| 08:08 | Buffalo | Denny Yamasaki misses long on a jumper from the left side | 54-50 |
| 08:07 | Buffalo | Juan Castillo pulls down the offensive rebound | 54-50 |
| 07:57 | Buffalo | Lee Cochran misses the lay-in | 54-50 |
| 07:55 | Buffalo | Jared Speer tips it home | 54-52 |
| 07:37 | Akron | Jamie Long hits the finger roll on a great pass from Anthony Langston | 56-52 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jamie Long (fresh) 14 pts. SG - Anthony Langston (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Freddie Hurt (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Dwight Rhoton (fresh) 16 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - John Burkholder (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Juan Castillo (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Denny Yamasaki (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jared Speer (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Oleg Zdanowicz (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Lee Cochran (tiring) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Buffalo | Jared Speer travels with the ball | 56-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Tansey (PG), Steve Jacobi (PF) Anthony Langston, Dwight Rhoton | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt (PG) Juan Castillo | |
| 06:58 | Akron | Jamie Long makes the fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Walter Tansey | 58-52 |
| 06:42 | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Steve Jacobi - foul #2 on Steve Jacobi, team foul #4 | 58-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Dwight Rhoton (SF) Freddie Hurt | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Steve Woodall (SF) Jared Speer | |
| 06:42 | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt misses the 1st free throw | 58-52 |
| 06:42 | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt misses the 2nd free throw | 58-52 |
| 06:42 | Akron | John Burkholder snags the defensive board | 58-52 |
| 06:23 | Akron | Dwight Rhoton is fouled on the floor by Steve Woodall - foul #1 on Steve Woodall, team foul #5 | 58-52 |
| 06:11 | Akron | Jamie Long can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 58-52 |
| 06:09 | Buffalo | Lee Cochran grabs the board | 58-52 |
| 05:50 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 58-52 |
| 05:48 | Akron | Dwight Rhoton gets the rebound | 58-52 |
| 05:37 | Akron | Steve Jacobi is fouled on the floor by Oleg Zdanowicz - foul #1 on Oleg Zdanowicz, team foul #6 | 58-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Freddie Hurt (SF) Dwight Rhoton | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Bradley Addis (SG) Denny Yamasaki | |
| 05:19 | Akron | Jamie Long misses the dunk attempt | 58-52 |
| 05:17 | Akron | Walter Tansey grabs the offensive board | 58-52 |
| 04:55 | Akron | Jamie Long misses long on a turnaround from the right block but he's hacked by Lee Cochran - foul #3 on Lee Cochran, team foul #7 | 58-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Dwight Rhoton (PF) Steve Jacobi | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Juan Castillo (PG), Jared Speer (SF), Larry Smith (C) Louis Wyatt, Steve Woodall, Lee Cochran | |
| 04:55 | Akron | Jamie Long makes the 1st free throw | 59-52 |
| 04:55 | Akron | Jamie Long makes the 2nd free throw | 60-52 |
| 04:36 | Buffalo | Oleg Zdanowicz is fouled on the floor by Dwight Rhoton - foul #4 on Dwight Rhoton, team foul #5 | 60-52 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Denny Yamasaki (PG) Juan Castillo | |
| 04:12 | Buffalo | Oleg Zdanowicz comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 60-52 |
| 04:11 | Akron | John Burkholder grabs the defensive rebound | 60-52 |
| 04:06 | Akron | Walter Tansey makes the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Dwight Rhoton | 63-52 |
| 03:47 | Buffalo | Denny Yamasaki misses the floater from the right wing but the foul's on Walter Tansey - foul #2 on Walter Tansey, team foul #6 | 63-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Steve Jacobi (PF) Freddie Hurt | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Louis Wyatt (PG) Bradley Addis | |
| 03:47 | Buffalo | Denny Yamasaki makes the 1st free throw | 63-53 |
| 03:47 | Buffalo | Denny Yamasaki makes the 2nd free throw | 63-54 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:25 | Akron | Jamie Long throws a bad pass out of bounds | 63-54 |
| Subs | Akron | Thomas Feldman (PG), Freddie Hurt (SF) Walter Tansey, Dwight Rhoton | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Lee Cochran (C) Larry Smith | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Thomas Feldman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jamie Long (fairly fresh) 18 pts. SF - Freddie Hurt (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Steve Jacobi (fresh) C - John Burkholder (tiring) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Louis Wyatt (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Denny Yamasaki (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jared Speer (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Oleg Zdanowicz (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Lee Cochran (tiring) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:06 | Buffalo | Lee Cochran hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 63-54 |
| 03:04 | Akron | Thomas Feldman snags the defensive board | 63-54 |
| 02:41 | Akron | Jamie Long makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Thomas Feldman | 66-54 |
| 02:20 | Buffalo | Jared Speer misses the easy layup but the foul's on Freddie Hurt - foul #1 on Freddie Hurt, team foul #7 | 66-54 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Tansey (PG), Morris Davis (SG), Dwight Rhoton (PF), Colby Stotler (C) Thomas Feldman, Jamie Long, Steve Jacobi, John Burkholder | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Juan Castillo (PG), Steve Woodall (SF), Larry Smith (C) Louis Wyatt, Oleg Zdanowicz, Lee Cochran | |
| 02:20 | Buffalo | Jared Speer makes the 1st free throw | 66-55 |
| 02:20 | Buffalo | Jared Speer makes the 2nd free throw | 66-56 |
| 01:58 | Akron | Juan Castillo blocks the short jumper by Morris Davis | 66-56 |
| 01:56 | Akron | Colby Stotler pulls down the offensive rebound | 66-56 |
| 01:38 | Akron | Dwight Rhoton misses the jumpshot from the right side | 66-56 |
| 01:37 | Buffalo | Jared Speer gets the rebound | 66-56 |
| 01:21 | Buffalo | Denny Yamasaki hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 66-56 |
| 01:20 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall tips it home | 66-58 |
| 00:54 | Akron | Dwight Rhoton connects on the shot from the right wing set up by Walter Tansey | 68-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:48 | Buffalo | Steve Woodall misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 68-58 |
| 00:47 | Akron | Colby Stotler grabs the board | 68-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:46 | Akron | Colby Stotler is fouled in the backcourt by Denny Yamasaki - foul #3 on Denny Yamasaki, team foul #8 | 68-58 |
| Subs | Akron | Jamie Long (PG), Anthony Langston (SG), John Burkholder (C) Walter Tansey, Freddie Hurt, Dwight Rhoton | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Lee Cochran (C) Steve Woodall | |
| 00:46 | Akron | Colby Stotler makes the 1st free throw | 69-58 |
| 00:46 | Akron | Colby Stotler makes the 2nd free throw | 70-58 |
| 00:41 | Buffalo | Jamie Long takes the ball from Jared Speer | 70-58 |
| 00:38 | Akron | Jamie Long hits the finger roll | 72-58 |
| 00:32 | Buffalo | Juan Castillo is hacked by Colby Stotler - foul #1 on Colby Stotler, team foul #8 | 72-58 |
| Subs | Akron | Dwight Rhoton (PF) Colby Stotler | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 00:32 | Buffalo | Juan Castillo misses the 1st free throw | 72-58 |
| 00:32 | Akron | John Burkholder snags the defensive board | 72-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:11 | Akron | Dwight Rhoton travels with the ball | 72-58 |
| 00:03 | Buffalo | Juan Castillo misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 72-58 |
| 00:02 | Buffalo | Lee Cochran grabs the offensive board | 72-58 |
| 00:00 | Buffalo | The clock runs out | 72-58 |