| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Martin Turner (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eugene Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Rodney Tigner (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Michael Allen (fresh) 4 pts. C - Dale Janicki (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Todd Sloan (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Michael Murphy (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Michael Stites (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Mark Smith (fresh) 6 pts. C - Patrick Riegel (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Marist | Michael Stites inbounds the ball | 41-38 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:50 | Marist | Todd Sloan scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 41-41 |
| 19:36 | Montana State | Dale Janicki can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 41-41 |
| 19:35 | Marist | Patrick Riegel gets the rebound | 41-41 |
| 19:23 | Marist | Michael Stites's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-41 |
| 19:05 | Montana State | Martin Turner makes the shot from the right wing on a great pass from Eugene Jones | 43-41 |
| 18:53 | Marist | Michael Stites misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 43-41 |
| 18:52 | Montana State | Dale Janicki snags the defensive board | 43-41 |
| 18:46 | Montana State | Michael Allen misses short on a shot from the left wing | 43-41 |
| 18:44 | Montana State | Dale Janicki grabs the offensive rebound | 43-41 |
| 18:35 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner banks in the layup | 45-41 |
| 18:17 | Marist | Todd Sloan's pass is intercepted by Dale Janicki | 45-41 |
| 17:48 | Montana State | Patrick Riegel steals it from Martin Turner | 45-41 |
| 17:30 | Marist | Michael Murphy's fadeaway is rejected by Michael Allen | 45-41 |
| 17:28 | Montana State | Michael Allen grabs the defensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 17:10 | Montana State | Michael Allen misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-41 |
| 17:09 | Marist | The rebound goes to Mark Smith | 45-41 |
| 16:50 | Marist | Michael Stites hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 45-41 |
| 16:49 | Marist | Todd Sloan tips it but misses | 45-41 |
| 16:48 | Montana State | Michael Allen grabs the defensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 16:27 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 45-41 |
| 16:26 | Montana State | Eugene Jones can't tip it in | 45-41 |
| 16:24 | Marist | Patrick Riegel pulls down the rebound | 45-41 |
| 16:13 | Marist | Dale Janicki steals the ball from Mark Smith | 45-41 |
| 15:54 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Rodney Tigner, team foul #1 | 45-41 |
| Subs | Montana State | Homer Jones (PG), Randall Hoover (SG), Mark Ramon (SF), Robert Hunt (PF), Kenneth Talbot (C) Martin Turner, Eugene Jones, Rodney Tigner, Michael Allen, Dale Janicki | |
| Subs | Marist | Richard Carnes (PG), Arturo Perez (SG), Thomas Anderson (SF), Kevin Meyer (PF), Arthur O'Brien (C) Todd Sloan, Michael Murphy, Michael Stites, Mark Smith, Patrick Riegel | |
| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Homer Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Randall Hoover (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Mark Ramon (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Hunt (fresh) 3 pf. C - Kenneth Talbot (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Richard Carnes (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Arturo Perez (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Thomas Anderson (fresh) PF - Kevin Meyer (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Arthur O'Brien (fresh) | |
| 15:44 | Marist | Richard Carnes's pass is intercepted by Homer Jones | 45-41 |
| 15:27 | Montana State | Mark Ramon's pass is intercepted by Richard Carnes | 45-41 |
| 15:23 | Marist | Richard Carnes misses the lay-in | 45-41 |
| 15:22 | Marist | Kevin Meyer grabs the offensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 15:10 | Marist | Thomas Anderson is fouled on the floor by Mark Ramon - foul #1 on Mark Ramon, team foul #2 | 45-41 |
| 14:59 | Marist | Thomas Anderson comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 45-41 |
| 14:58 | Montana State | The rebound goes to Homer Jones | 45-41 |
| 14:30 | Montana State | Kenneth Talbot is fouled on the floor by Arthur O'Brien - foul #2 on Arthur O'Brien, team foul #1 | 45-41 |
| Subs | Montana State | Martin Turner (PG) Mark Ramon | |
| Subs | Marist | | |
| 14:17 | Montana State | Homer Jones scores on a runner near the basket | 47-41 |
| 13:58 | Marist | Arthur O'Brien misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 47-41 |
| 13:56 | Montana State | The rebound goes to Martin Turner | 47-41 |
| 13:44 | Montana State | Homer Jones is fouled on the floor by Arturo Perez - foul #3 on Arturo Perez, team foul #2 | 47-41 |
| Subs | Montana State | Eugene Jones (SG), Rodney Tigner (SF), Dale Janicki (C) Homer Jones, Randall Hoover, Kenneth Talbot | |
| Subs | Marist | Todd Sloan (PG), Michael Murphy (SG), Michael Stites (SF), Patrick Riegel (C) Richard Carnes, Arturo Perez, Thomas Anderson, Arthur O'Brien | |
| 13:29 | Montana State | Martin Turner is fouled on the floor by Kevin Meyer - foul #1 on Kevin Meyer, team foul #3 | 47-41 |
| Subs | Montana State | | |
| Subs | Marist | Mark Smith (PF) Kevin Meyer | |
| 13:03 | Montana State | Dale Janicki misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Patrick Riegel - foul #1 on Patrick Riegel, team foul #4 | 47-41 |
| Subs | Montana State | Michael Allen (PF) Robert Hunt | |
| Subs | Marist | | |
| 13:03 | Montana State | Dale Janicki makes the 1st free throw | 48-41 |
| 13:03 | Montana State | Dale Janicki makes the 2nd free throw | 49-41 |
| 12:49 | Marist | Michael Murphy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-41 |
| 12:47 | Montana State | Dale Janicki gets the rebound | 49-41 |
| 12:34 | Montana State | Martin Turner is called for a backcourt violation | 49-41 |
| 12:16 | Marist | Mark Smith knocks in the jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Michael Murphy | 49-43 |
| 11:50 | Montana State | Dale Janicki can't connect on a driving attempt in the paint | 49-43 |
| 11:48 | Montana State | Dale Janicki can't tip it in | 49-43 |
| 11:46 | Marist | Patrick Riegel grabs the board | 49-43 |
| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Martin Turner (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eugene Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Rodney Tigner (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Michael Allen (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Dale Janicki (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 10 reb. 3 stl. | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Todd Sloan (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Murphy (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Stites (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Mark Smith (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Patrick Riegel (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:31 | Marist | Patrick Riegel misses short on a jump hook from the right block | 49-43 |
| 11:29 | Montana State | Michael Allen grabs the defensive rebound | 49-43 |
| 11:07 | Montana State | Michael Allen can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 49-43 |
| 11:05 | Montana State | Eugene Jones grabs the offensive rebound | 49-43 |
| 10:46 | Montana State | Dale Janicki comes up short on the shot from the left side | 49-43 |
| 10:45 | Marist | Patrick Riegel grabs the defensive rebound | 49-43 |
| 10:28 | Marist | Mark Smith clanks a jumper from the right side | 49-43 |
| 10:27 | Montana State | Eugene Jones gets the rebound | 49-43 |
| 10:04 | Montana State | Michael Allen buries a jumper from the right block on a great pass from Martin Turner | 51-43 |
| 09:56 | Marist | Patrick Riegel connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Stites | 51-46 |
| 09:40 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 51-46 |
| 09:39 | Marist | Todd Sloan pulls down the rebound | 51-46 |
| 09:18 | Marist | Patrick Riegel's floater is tipped away by Michael Allen | 51-46 |
| 09:16 | Marist | Patrick Riegel tips it back up and in | 51-48 |
| 08:56 | Montana State | Michael Allen knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing | 54-48 |
| 08:42 | Marist | Todd Sloan's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 54-48 |
| Subs | Montana State | Homer Jones (PG), Randall Hoover (SG), Mark Ramon (SF), Robert Hunt (PF), Kenneth Talbot (C) Martin Turner, Eugene Jones, Rodney Tigner, Michael Allen, Dale Janicki | |
| Subs | Marist | Richard Carnes (PG), Arturo Perez (SG), Thomas Anderson (SF), Kevin Meyer (PF), Arthur O'Brien (C) Todd Sloan, Michael Murphy, Michael Stites, Mark Smith, Patrick Riegel | |
| 08:22 | Montana State | Homer Jones drills a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Randall Hoover and he's hacked by Richard Carnes - foul #1 on Richard Carnes, team foul #5 | 56-48 |
| 08:22 | Montana State | Homer Jones makes the free throw | 57-48 |
| 08:07 | Marist | Arturo Perez drills a jumper from the right side | 57-50 |
| 07:38 | Montana State | Robert Hunt throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-50 |
| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Homer Jones (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Randall Hoover (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mark Ramon (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Hunt (fresh) 3 pf. C - Kenneth Talbot (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Richard Carnes (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Arturo Perez (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Thomas Anderson (fresh) PF - Kevin Meyer (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Arthur O'Brien (fresh) | |
| 07:28 | Marist | Kevin Meyer drills a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Richard Carnes | 57-53 |
| 07:09 | Montana State | Randall Hoover misses the jumper in the paint | 57-53 |
| 07:07 | Montana State | Kenneth Talbot tips it in | 59-53 |
| 06:41 | Marist | Kevin Meyer comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 59-53 |
| 06:40 | Montana State | Randall Hoover pulls down the rebound | 59-53 |
| 06:36 | Montana State | Mark Ramon can't connect on a jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Kevin Meyer - foul #2 on Kevin Meyer, team foul #6 | 59-53 |
| Subs | Montana State | Martin Turner (PG), Rodney Tigner (SF) Randall Hoover, Kenneth Talbot | |
| Subs | Marist | Patrick Riegel (C) Arthur O'Brien | |
| 06:36 | Montana State | Mark Ramon misses the 1st free throw | 59-53 |
| 06:36 | Montana State | Mark Ramon makes the 2nd free throw | 60-53 |
| 06:14 | Marist | Patrick Riegel misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 60-53 |
| 06:13 | Marist | Patrick Riegel gets the offensive rebound | 60-53 |
| 05:52 | Marist | Patrick Riegel knocks in the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Kevin Meyer | 60-55 |
| 05:46 | Montana State | Mark Ramon clanks a driving attempt in the paint | 60-55 |
| 05:45 | Marist | Kevin Meyer grabs the board | 60-55 |
| 05:40 | Marist | Richard Carnes hits a floater from the free throw line | 60-57 |
| 05:28 | Montana State | Martin Turner is fouled on the floor by Richard Carnes - foul #2 on Richard Carnes, team foul #7 | 60-57 |
| Subs | Montana State | Eugene Jones (SG), Dale Janicki (C) Homer Jones, Mark Ramon | |
| Subs | Marist | Todd Sloan (PG), Michael Murphy (SG), Michael Stites (SF), Mark Smith (PF) Richard Carnes, Arturo Perez, Thomas Anderson, Kevin Meyer | |
| 05:28 | Montana State | Martin Turner makes the 1st free throw | 61-57 |
| 05:28 | Montana State | Martin Turner misses the 2nd free throw | 61-57 |
| 05:28 | Marist | Michael Stites pulls down the rebound | 61-57 |
| 05:17 | Marist | Michael Stites misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 61-57 |
| 05:15 | Montana State | Eugene Jones gets the rebound | 61-57 |
| 05:10 | Montana State | Eugene Jones hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Rodney Tigner | 64-57 |
| 04:49 | Marist | Michael Stites misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 64-57 |
| 04:47 | Montana State | Dale Janicki snags the defensive board | 64-57 |
| 04:27 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 64-57 |
| 04:26 | Marist | The rebound goes to Todd Sloan | 64-57 |
| 04:10 | Marist | Michael Murphy's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-57 |
| Subs | Montana State | Homer Jones (SF), Michael Allen (PF) Rodney Tigner, Robert Hunt | |
| Subs | Marist | Arthur O'Brien (PF) Mark Smith | |
| 03:55 | Montana State | Dale Janicki can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 64-57 |
| 03:54 | Marist | Michael Murphy grabs the board | 64-57 |
| 03:31 | Marist | Todd Sloan hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 64-57 |
| 03:29 | Montana State | Michael Allen pulls down the rebound | 64-57 |
| Lineup | Montana State | PG - Martin Turner (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eugene Jones (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Homer Jones (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. PF - Michael Allen (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Dale Janicki (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 11 reb. 3 stl. | |
| Lineup | Marist | PG - Todd Sloan (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Murphy (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Stites (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Arthur O'Brien (fresh) C - Patrick Riegel (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 9 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:10 | Montana State | Dale Janicki hits a jump hook from close range set up by Martin Turner | 66-57 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:01 | Marist | Michael Murphy connects on the turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Todd Sloan and he's hacked by Eugene Jones - foul #3 on Eugene Jones, team foul #3 | 66-59 |
| Subs | Montana State | Rodney Tigner (SF), Kenneth Talbot (C) Homer Jones, Dale Janicki | |
| Subs | Marist | Arturo Perez (SF), Kevin Meyer (PF) Michael Stites, Patrick Riegel | |
| 03:01 | Marist | Michael Murphy makes the free throw | 66-60 |
| 02:41 | Montana State | Eugene Jones is whistled for a carry | 66-60 |
| Subs | Montana State | Randall Hoover (PG), Robert Hunt (C) Martin Turner, Kenneth Talbot | |
| Subs | Marist | Richard Carnes (SG) Michael Murphy | |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:37 | Marist | Marist calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 66-60 |
| Subs | Montana State | Martin Turner (PG), Dale Janicki (C) Randall Hoover, Robert Hunt | |
| Subs | Marist | Michael Stites (SF), Mark Smith (PF), Patrick Riegel (C) Arturo Perez, Kevin Meyer, Arthur O'Brien | |
| 02:28 | Marist | Patrick Riegel comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 66-60 |
| 02:26 | Marist | Richard Carnes gets the offensive rebound | 66-60 |
| 02:12 | Marist | Patrick Riegel hits a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Todd Sloan | 66-62 |
| 01:45 | Montana State | Michael Allen clanks a shot in the lane | 66-62 |
| 01:44 | Marist | Richard Carnes gets the rebound | 66-62 |
| 01:25 | Marist | Rodney Tigner is called for the reach on Michael Stites - foul #2 on Rodney Tigner, team foul #4 | 66-62 |
| Subs | Montana State | | |
| Subs | Marist | Michael Murphy (SG) Richard Carnes | |
| 01:09 | Marist | Michael Stites misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 66-62 |
| 01:07 | Marist | The offensive rebound goes to Patrick Riegel | 66-62 |
| 00:50 | Marist | Todd Sloan banks in the layup on a great pass from Michael Stites and he's hacked by Martin Turner - foul #1 on Martin Turner, team foul #5 | 66-64 |
| 00:50 | Marist | Todd Sloan makes the free throw | 66-65 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:30 | Montana State | Dale Janicki misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 66-65 |
| 00:28 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner grabs the offensive rebound | 66-65 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:26 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner is fouled on the floor by Todd Sloan - foul #3 on Todd Sloan, team foul #8 | 66-65 |
| 00:26 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner makes the 1st free throw | 67-65 |
| 00:26 | Montana State | Rodney Tigner makes the 2nd free throw | 68-65 |
| 00:19 | Marist | Michael Stites misses badly on a floater from the right side | 68-65 |
| 00:17 | Montana State | The rebound goes to Eugene Jones | 68-65 |
| 00:15 | Montana State | Todd Sloan is called for the reach on Eugene Jones in the backcourt - foul #4 on Todd Sloan, team foul #9 | 68-65 |
| Subs | Montana State | Homer Jones (PG), Randall Hoover (SF) Martin Turner, Rodney Tigner | |
| Subs | Marist | | |
| 00:15 | Montana State | Eugene Jones makes the 1st free throw | 69-65 |
| 00:15 | Montana State | Eugene Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 69-65 |
| 00:15 | Marist | Mark Smith pulls down the rebound | 69-65 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:11 | Marist | Mark Smith misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 69-65 |
| 00:10 | Montana State | Dale Janicki grabs the board | 69-65 |
| 00:10 | Montana State | Montana State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 69-65 |
| 00:09 | Montana State | Randall Hoover is fouled in the backcourt by Todd Sloan - foul #5 on Todd Sloan, team foul #10 | 69-65 |
| Subs | Montana State | | |
| Subs | Marist | Richard Carnes (PG) Todd Sloan | |
| 00:09 | Montana State | Randall Hoover makes the 1st free throw | 70-65 |
| 00:09 | Montana State | Randall Hoover misses the 2nd free throw | 70-65 |
| 00:09 | Marist | Patrick Riegel grabs the board | 70-65 |
| 00:03 | Marist | Richard Carnes misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 70-65 |
| 00:01 | Montana State | Homer Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 70-65 |
| Game Plan | Montana State | Montana State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Marist | Marist is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Montana State | Homer Jones runs out the clock | 70-65 |