| Lineup | LSU | PG - Adrian Masters (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Knudson (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Allen Dang (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. PF - Johnny Wall (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael McDermott (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Philip Pickles (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Little (fresh) 7 pts. SF - John Hill (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Albert Houser (fresh) 4 reb. C - Lawrence Pippin (fresh) 6 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Allen Dang inbounds the ball | 36-31 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 19:39 | LSU | James Knudson can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by John Hill - foul #3 on John Hill, team foul #1 | 36-31 |
| 19:39 | LSU | James Knudson makes the 1st free throw | 37-31 |
| 19:39 | LSU | James Knudson makes the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 19:27 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 38-31 |
| 19:25 | LSU | Johnny Wall gets the rebound | 38-31 |
| 19:12 | LSU | Michael McDermott is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Michael McDermott, team foul #1 | 38-31 |
| 19:01 | South Carolina | Michael Little hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 38-31 |
| 18:59 | LSU | Michael McDermott pulls down the rebound | 38-31 |
| 18:42 | LSU | Adrian Masters misses the floater from the free throw line | 38-31 |
| 18:41 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin snags the defensive board | 38-31 |
| 18:24 | South Carolina | John Hill comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 38-31 |
| 18:23 | South Carolina | Albert Houser snags the offensive board | 38-31 |
| 18:09 | South Carolina | Philip Pickles throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-31 |
| 17:57 | LSU | Philip Pickles is called for the reach on Adrian Masters - foul #2 on Philip Pickles, team foul #2 | 38-31 |
| 17:44 | LSU | James Knudson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 38-31 |
| 17:43 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin gets the rebound | 38-31 |
| 17:23 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-31 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lee Brown (SF), Lionel Kohler (PF), Jeffrey Thompson (C) John Hill, Albert Houser, Lawrence Pippin | |
| 16:59 | LSU | Michael Little steals it from James Knudson | 38-31 |
| 16:38 | South Carolina | Lee Brown can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 38-31 |
| 16:36 | LSU | The rebound goes to Johnny Wall | 38-31 |
| 16:14 | LSU | Adrian Masters is hacked by Lionel Kohler - foul #1 on Lionel Kohler, team foul #3 | 38-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Douglas Wydra (SF), Courtney Delrosario (PF), Earl Hanson (C) James Knudson, Johnny Wall, Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Cabello (PG), Cecil Barkley (SG), John Hill (SF) Philip Pickles, Michael Little, Lee Brown | |
| 15:53 | LSU | Adrian Masters is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 38-31 |
| 15:51 | South Carolina | John Hill gets the rebound | 38-31 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Adrian Masters (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Allen Dang (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Douglas Wydra (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Courtney Delrosario (fresh) C - Earl Hanson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Robert Cabello (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Cecil Barkley (fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Hill (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Lionel Kohler (fresh) 2 reb. C - Jeffrey Thompson (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:31 | South Carolina | John Hill misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 38-31 |
| 15:29 | LSU | Douglas Wydra pulls down the rebound | 38-31 |
| 15:24 | LSU | Allen Dang's pass is intercepted by John Hill | 38-31 |
| 14:58 | South Carolina | John Hill scores on a jumper from the free throw line and the foul's on Douglas Wydra - foul #2 on Douglas Wydra, team foul #2 | 38-33 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (SG), Johnny Wall (PF), Michael McDermott (C) Douglas Wydra, Courtney Delrosario, Earl Hanson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Albert Houser (PF), Lawrence Pippin (C) Lionel Kohler, Jeffrey Thompson | |
| 14:58 | South Carolina | John Hill makes the free throw | 38-34 |
| 14:43 | LSU | James Knudson lays it up and in against a doubleteam on a great pass from Adrian Masters | 40-34 |
| 14:32 | South Carolina | John Hill can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 40-34 |
| 14:31 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin tips it home | 40-36 |
| 14:12 | LSU | Michael McDermott drills a jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Adrian Masters | 42-36 |
| 13:58 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin misses the floater from the right side | 42-36 |
| 13:56 | South Carolina | John Hill tips it home | 42-38 |
| 13:37 | LSU | Albert Houser steals it from Johnny Wall | 42-38 |
| 13:23 | South Carolina | Robert Cabello travels with the ball | 42-38 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Philip Pickles (PG), Michael Little (SG), Lee Brown (SF) Robert Cabello, Cecil Barkley, John Hill | |
| 13:05 | LSU | Michael McDermott clanks a turnaround near the basket | 42-38 |
| 13:04 | LSU | James Knudson misses the tip | 42-38 |
| 13:03 | South Carolina | Albert Houser snags the defensive board | 42-38 |
| 12:43 | South Carolina | Michael Little is fouled on the floor by Allen Dang - foul #2 on Allen Dang, team foul #3 | 42-38 |
| Subs | LSU | Douglas Wydra (SF), Courtney Delrosario (PF) Allen Dang, Johnny Wall | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 12:35 | South Carolina | Michael Little loses the ball out of bounds | 42-38 |
| Subs | LSU | Earl Hanson (C) Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lionel Kohler (PF), Jeffrey Thompson (C) Albert Houser, Lawrence Pippin | |
| 12:21 | LSU | James Knudson works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-38 |
| 12:19 | South Carolina | Lionel Kohler grabs the board | 42-38 |
| 12:04 | South Carolina | Jeffrey Thompson makes the shot from the right block | 42-40 |
| 11:51 | LSU | Adrian Masters is by himself and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-40 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Adrian Masters (tiring) 14 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Knudson (fairly fresh) 14 pts. SF - Douglas Wydra (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Courtney Delrosario (fresh) C - Earl Hanson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Philip Pickles (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Little (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. SF - Lee Brown (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Lionel Kohler (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jeffrey Thompson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:38 | South Carolina | Michael Little misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 45-40 |
| 11:36 | LSU | Courtney Delrosario grabs the board | 45-40 |
| 11:24 | LSU | Douglas Wydra misses long on a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Lee Brown - foul #2 on Lee Brown, team foul #4 | 45-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Johnny Wall (PF), Michael McDermott (C) Courtney Delrosario, Earl Hanson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hill (SF), Albert Houser (PF), Lawrence Pippin (C) Lee Brown, Lionel Kohler, Jeffrey Thompson | |
| 11:24 | LSU | Douglas Wydra makes the 1st free throw | 46-40 |
| 11:24 | LSU | Douglas Wydra makes the 2nd free throw | 47-40 |
| 11:07 | South Carolina | James Knudson steals the ball from Philip Pickles | 47-40 |
| 11:03 | LSU | Adrian Masters can't finish the layup | 47-40 |
| 11:02 | LSU | Michael McDermott pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-40 |
| 10:52 | LSU | Michael McDermott connects on the fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by Adrian Masters | 49-40 |
| 10:32 | South Carolina | Albert Houser drills a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Philip Pickles | 49-42 |
| 10:08 | LSU | Adrian Masters misses the lay-in over the doubleteam | 49-42 |
| 10:06 | LSU | Johnny Wall grabs the offensive rebound | 49-42 |
| 09:55 | LSU | Johnny Wall misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Philip Pickles - foul #3 on Philip Pickles, team foul #5 | 49-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Allen Dang (PG), Courtney Delrosario (PF) Adrian Masters, Douglas Wydra | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Cabello (PG), Cecil Barkley (SG), Lionel Kohler (PF), Jeffrey Thompson (C) Philip Pickles, Michael Little, Albert Houser, Lawrence Pippin | |
| 09:55 | LSU | Johnny Wall makes the 1st free throw | 50-42 |
| 09:55 | LSU | Johnny Wall misses the 2nd free throw | 50-42 |
| 09:55 | South Carolina | Jeffrey Thompson grabs the defensive rebound | 50-42 |
| 09:40 | South Carolina | John Hill misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 50-42 |
| 09:38 | LSU | Allen Dang pulls down the rebound | 50-42 |
| 09:21 | LSU | James Knudson is hacked by Cecil Barkley - foul #1 on Cecil Barkley, team foul #6 | 50-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Douglas Wydra (SF) Johnny Wall | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lee Brown (SF) John Hill | |
| 09:09 | LSU | Michael McDermott misses the shot from the right wing | 50-42 |
| 09:07 | LSU | Michael McDermott tips it back up and in | 52-42 |
| 08:53 | South Carolina | Lee Brown buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Lionel Kohler | 52-45 |
| 08:28 | LSU | Douglas Wydra can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Jeffrey Thompson - foul #2 on Jeffrey Thompson, team foul #7 | 52-45 |
| Subs | LSU | Adrian Masters (PG), Earl Hanson (C) James Knudson, Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Philip Pickles (PG), Michael Little (SG), Albert Houser (PF), Lawrence Pippin (C) Robert Cabello, Cecil Barkley, Lionel Kohler, Jeffrey Thompson | |
| 08:28 | LSU | Douglas Wydra misses the 1st free throw | 52-45 |
| 08:28 | LSU | Douglas Wydra misses the 2nd free throw | 52-45 |
| 08:28 | South Carolina | Albert Houser snags the defensive board | 52-45 |
| 08:14 | South Carolina | Lee Brown connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Philip Pickles | 52-47 |
| 07:46 | LSU | Adrian Masters is fouled on the floor by Lawrence Pippin - foul #1 on Lawrence Pippin, team foul #8 | 52-47 |
| Subs | LSU | Johnny Wall (SF) Douglas Wydra | |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hill (SF) Lee Brown | |
| 07:46 | LSU | Adrian Masters makes the 1st free throw | 53-47 |
| 07:46 | LSU | Adrian Masters misses the 2nd free throw | 53-47 |
| 07:46 | South Carolina | Albert Houser gets the rebound | 53-47 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Adrian Masters (tiring) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - Allen Dang (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Johnny Wall (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. PF - Courtney Delrosario (fresh) C - Earl Hanson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Philip Pickles (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Michael Little (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. SF - John Hill (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Albert Houser (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. C - Lawrence Pippin (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:30 | South Carolina | Michael Little makes the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Albert Houser | 53-50 |
| 07:05 | LSU | Allen Dang is fouled on the floor by Michael Little - foul #1 on Michael Little, team foul #9 | 53-50 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael McDermott (C) Earl Hanson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 07:05 | LSU | Allen Dang makes the 1st free throw | 54-50 |
| 07:05 | LSU | Allen Dang makes the 2nd free throw | 55-50 |
| 06:41 | South Carolina | Albert Houser misses the easy layup | 55-50 |
| 06:40 | South Carolina | Albert Houser pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-50 |
| 06:26 | South Carolina | John Hill hits the finger roll and he's fouled by Michael McDermott - foul #2 on Michael McDermott, team foul #4 | 55-52 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (SG), Douglas Wydra (SF) Adrian Masters, Courtney Delrosario | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Cabello (PG), Cecil Barkley (SG), Lionel Kohler (PF), Jeffrey Thompson (C) Philip Pickles, Michael Little, Albert Houser, Lawrence Pippin | |
| 06:26 | South Carolina | John Hill makes the free throw | 55-53 |
| 06:09 | LSU | James Knudson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 55-53 |
| 06:08 | South Carolina | Jeffrey Thompson gets the rebound | 55-53 |
| 05:52 | South Carolina | Johnny Wall steals the ball from Robert Cabello | 55-53 |
| 05:30 | LSU | Johnny Wall hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by James Knudson | 57-53 |
| 05:15 | South Carolina | Jeffrey Thompson misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 57-53 |
| 05:14 | LSU | Douglas Wydra grabs the defensive rebound | 57-53 |
| 04:48 | LSU | Allen Dang misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 57-53 |
| 04:47 | South Carolina | Lionel Kohler pulls down the rebound | 57-53 |
| 04:28 | South Carolina | John Hill misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 57-53 |
| 04:26 | LSU | Allen Dang grabs the board | 57-53 |
| 04:06 | LSU | Michael McDermott misses the shot in the lane but he's fouled by Cecil Barkley - foul #2 on Cecil Barkley, team foul #10 | 57-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Adrian Masters (PG), Courtney Delrosario (PF) Allen Dang, Johnny Wall | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Philip Pickles (PG), Michael Little (SG), Lee Brown (SF), Albert Houser (PF), Lawrence Pippin (C) Robert Cabello, Cecil Barkley, John Hill, Lionel Kohler, Jeffrey Thompson | |
| 04:06 | LSU | Michael McDermott makes the 1st free throw | 58-53 |
| 04:06 | LSU | Michael McDermott misses the 2nd free throw | 58-53 |
| 04:06 | South Carolina | Albert Houser pulls down the rebound | 58-53 |
| 03:47 | South Carolina | Lee Brown hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 58-53 |
| 03:45 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-53 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Adrian Masters (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - James Knudson (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Douglas Wydra (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Courtney Delrosario (fresh) C - Michael McDermott (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Philip Pickles (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Michael Little (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. SF - Lee Brown (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Albert Houser (fresh) 2 pts. 10 reb. C - Lawrence Pippin (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:34 | South Carolina | Albert Houser is hacked by Courtney Delrosario - foul #3 on Courtney Delrosario, team foul #5 | 58-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Earl Hanson (C) Michael McDermott | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 03:29 | South Carolina | Albert Houser misses long on a floater from the right side | 58-53 |
| 03:27 | LSU | Adrian Masters snags the defensive board | 58-53 |
| 03:19 | LSU | James Knudson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 58-53 |
| 02:58 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 58-53 |
| 02:57 | LSU | Courtney Delrosario snags the defensive board | 58-53 |
| 02:57 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Johnny Wall (SF), Michael McDermott (C) Douglas Wydra, Earl Hanson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hill (SF) Lee Brown | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 02:28 | LSU | Johnny Wall is whistled for traveling | 58-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Allen Dang (SG) James Knudson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 02:12 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 58-53 |
| 01:54 | LSU | Michael Little picks off the pass by Adrian Masters | 58-53 |
| 01:39 | South Carolina | Michael Little is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 58-53 |
| Subs | LSU | James Knudson (SG) Courtney Delrosario | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 01:10 | LSU | Michael McDermott lays it in set up by James Knudson | 60-53 |
| 00:52 | South Carolina | Philip Pickles is fouled on the floor by Adrian Masters - foul #1 on Adrian Masters, team foul #6 | 60-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:49 | South Carolina | Philip Pickles is fouled on the floor by Michael McDermott - foul #3 on Michael McDermott, team foul #7 | 60-53 |
| 00:49 | South Carolina | Philip Pickles misses the 1st free throw | 60-53 |
| 00:49 | LSU | Johnny Wall pulls down the rebound | 60-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| 00:46 | LSU | Johnny Wall is fouled in the backcourt by Philip Pickles - foul #4 on Philip Pickles, team foul #11 | 60-53 |
| Subs | LSU | David Foushee (PF) Allen Dang | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 00:46 | LSU | Johnny Wall makes the 1st free throw | 61-53 |
| 00:46 | LSU | Johnny Wall misses the 2nd free throw | 61-53 |
| 00:46 | LSU | Michael McDermott snags the offensive board | 61-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| 00:44 | LSU | Michael Little is called for the reach on Michael McDermott - foul #2 on Michael Little, team foul #12 | 61-53 |
| 00:44 | LSU | Michael McDermott makes the 1st free throw | 62-53 |
| 00:44 | LSU | Michael McDermott makes the 2nd free throw | 63-53 |
| 00:37 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin makes the shot in the paint on a great pass from Philip Pickles | 63-55 |
| 00:36 | LSU | Philip Pickles is called for the reach on Adrian Masters in the backcourt - foul #5 on Philip Pickles, team foul #13 | 63-55 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Cabello (PG) Philip Pickles | |
| 00:36 | LSU | Adrian Masters makes the 1st free throw | 64-55 |
| 00:36 | LSU | Adrian Masters makes the 2nd free throw | 65-55 |
| 00:29 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pippin misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 65-55 |
| 00:28 | LSU | Adrian Masters snags the defensive board | 65-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 00:00 | LSU | Adrian Masters runs out the clock | 65-55 |