| Lineup | Howard | PG - Sam Gregorio (fresh) SG - Charles Robinson (fresh) SF - Otis Wright (fresh) PF - John Arnold (fresh) C - Leroy Green (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (fresh) SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) PF - Keith Matthews (fresh) C - Louis Reaves (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Howard | Leroy Green wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Howard | Howard is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | Howard | John Arnold is hacked by Louis Reaves - foul #1 on Louis Reaves, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:32 | Howard | Otis Wright's layup is rejected by Louis Reaves | 0-0 |
| 19:31 | Louisville | Keith Matthews snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:19 | Louisville | Sean Sowders buries a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Matt Wynn | 0-3 |
| 19:02 | Howard | Leroy Green is hacked by Louis Reaves - foul #2 on Louis Reaves, team foul #2 | 0-3 |
| Subs | Howard | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Leonel Lundin (C) Louis Reaves | |
| 18:48 | Howard | Leroy Green hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 0-3 |
| 18:46 | Louisville | Ryan Rine grabs the defensive rebound | 0-3 |
| 18:32 | Louisville | Ryan Rine misses the fadeaway from the left side | 0-3 |
| 18:30 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin snags the offensive board | 0-3 |
| 18:15 | Louisville | Charles Robinson is called for the reach on Matt Wynn - foul #1 on Charles Robinson, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| 17:54 | Louisville | Matt Wynn clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 0-3 |
| 17:52 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin tips it in | 0-5 |
| 17:37 | Howard | The jumper by Charles Robinson is denied by Keith Matthews | 0-5 |
| 17:35 | Louisville | Keith Matthews gets the rebound | 0-5 |
| 17:20 | Louisville | Keith Matthews hits a jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Sean Sowders | 0-7 |
| 17:05 | Howard | Leonel Lundin takes the ball from John Arnold | 0-7 |
| 16:53 | Louisville | Leroy Green denies the turnaround by Ryan Rine | 0-7 |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin misses the tip | 0-7 |
| 16:49 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin hits the follow up shot | 0-9 |
| 16:45 | Howard | Keith Matthews swats the short shot by Otis Wright | 0-9 |
| 16:44 | Louisville | Keith Matthews gets the rebound | 0-9 |
| 16:35 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin misses the easy layup | 0-9 |
| 16:34 | Howard | The rebound goes to Leroy Green | 0-9 |
| 16:18 | Howard | Charles Robinson misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 0-9 |
| 16:16 | Howard | Otis Wright tips it back up and in | 2-9 |
| 16:05 | Louisville | Ryan Rine can't finish the layup | 2-9 |
| 16:03 | Howard | Sam Gregorio grabs the defensive rebound | 2-9 |
| 15:52 | Howard | Ryan Rine blocks the short jumper by Leroy Green | 2-9 |
| 15:50 | Howard | Leroy Green pulls down the offensive rebound | 2-9 |
| Lineup | Howard | PG - Sam Gregorio (fresh) SG - Charles Robinson (fresh) SF - Otis Wright (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Arnold (fairly fresh) C - Leroy Green (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) PF - Keith Matthews (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Leonel Lundin (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Howard | Sean Sowders takes the ball from Otis Wright | 2-9 |
| 15:32 | Louisville | Ryan Rine lays it in set up by Sean Sowders | 2-11 |
| 15:11 | Howard | Leroy Green comes up short on the jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Leonel Lundin - foul #1 on Leonel Lundin, team foul #3 | 2-11 |
| Subs | Howard | Lou Crowther (PG), Steven Thibault (SG), David Morones (SF), Kevin McGill (PF) Sam Gregorio, Charles Robinson, Otis Wright, John Arnold | |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG), Frederick Byrd (PF) Matt Wynn, Keith Matthews | |
| 15:11 | Howard | Leroy Green misses the 1st free throw | 2-11 |
| 15:11 | Howard | Leroy Green makes the 2nd free throw | 3-11 |
| 14:53 | Louisville | Ryan Rine buries a runner from the baseline on a great pass from Frederick Byrd and he's hacked by David Morones - foul #1 on David Morones, team foul #2 | 3-13 |
| Subs | Howard | Shawn Anderson (PF) Leroy Green | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 14:53 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the free throw | 3-14 |
| 14:36 | Howard | Steven Thibault can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 3-14 |
| 14:34 | Louisville | Ryan Rine grabs the board | 3-14 |
| 14:30 | Louisville | Ryan Rine is hacked by Shawn Anderson - foul #1 on Shawn Anderson, team foul #3 | 3-14 |
| Subs | Howard | | |
| Subs | Louisville | David Harvey (SF) Ryan Rine | |
| 14:18 | Louisville | Sean Sowders scores on a shot from the left wing | 3-16 |
| 14:01 | Howard | Steven Thibault misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 3-16 |
| 13:59 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd gets the rebound | 3-16 |
| 13:39 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy is hacked by Kevin McGill - foul #1 on Kevin McGill, team foul #4 | 3-16 |
| Subs | Howard | Sam Gregorio (PG), Charles Robinson (SG), John Arnold (PF) Lou Crowther, Steven Thibault, Shawn Anderson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matt Wynn (SG), Keith Matthews (PF) Arthur Yutzy, Frederick Byrd | |
| 13:32 | Louisville | David Harvey misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 3-16 |
| 13:31 | Howard | The rebound goes to Kevin McGill | 3-16 |
| 13:15 | Howard | John Arnold hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 3-16 |
| 13:14 | Louisville | Matt Wynn gets the rebound | 3-16 |
| 12:53 | Louisville | Matt Wynn misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 3-16 |
| 12:51 | Howard | David Morones gets the rebound | 3-16 |
| 12:34 | Howard | John Arnold is fouled on the floor by Keith Matthews - foul #1 on Keith Matthews, team foul #4 | 3-16 |
| Subs | Howard | Otis Wright (SF), Leroy Green (C) David Morones, Kevin McGill | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Rine (SF) David Harvey | |
| 12:24 | Howard | Otis Wright loses the ball out of bounds | 3-16 |
| 12:15 | Louisville | Sean Sowders is hacked by Otis Wright - foul #1 on Otis Wright, team foul #5 | 3-16 |
| 11:55 | Louisville | Sean Sowders loses the dribble to Otis Wright | 3-16 |
| 11:40 | Howard | Sam Gregorio misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 3-16 |
| 11:39 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Keith Matthews | 3-16 |
| Lineup | Howard | PG - Sam Gregorio (fresh) SG - Charles Robinson (fresh) SF - Otis Wright (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Arnold (fairly fresh) C - Leroy Green (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Keith Matthews (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Leonel Lundin (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:26 | Louisville | Ryan Rine comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 3-16 |
| 11:24 | Howard | Charles Robinson snags the defensive board | 3-16 |
| 11:01 | Howard | Ryan Rine takes the ball from Charles Robinson | 3-16 |
| 10:39 | Louisville | Ryan Rine hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Sean Sowders | 3-18 |
| 10:22 | Howard | Sam Gregorio clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 3-18 |
| 10:21 | Howard | Leroy Green hits the follow up shot | 5-18 |
| 09:57 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Sean Sowders | 5-20 |
| 09:36 | Howard | John Arnold hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 8-20 |
| 09:29 | Louisville | Keith Matthews banks in the layup on a great pass from Matt Wynn | 8-22 |
| 09:18 | Howard | Charles Robinson clanks a 3 from the right wing | 8-22 |
| 09:17 | Louisville | Keith Matthews gets the rebound | 8-22 |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Sean Sowders is called for traveling | 8-22 |
| Subs | Howard | Lou Crowther (PG), Steven Thibault (SG), David Morones (SF), Shawn Anderson (PF), Kevin McGill (C) Sam Gregorio, Charles Robinson, Otis Wright, John Arnold, Leroy Green | |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG), David Harvey (SF), Frederick Byrd (PF) Matt Wynn, Ryan Rine, Keith Matthews | |
| 08:44 | Howard | Steven Thibault throws a bad pass out of bounds | 8-22 |
| 08:36 | Louisville | Shawn Anderson steps in front of the Leonel Lundin pass | 8-22 |
| 08:20 | Howard | Kevin McGill loses the ball out of bounds | 8-22 |
| 08:08 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd hits a jumper from the baseline and the foul's on Shawn Anderson - foul #2 on Shawn Anderson, team foul #6 | 8-24 |
| Subs | Howard | Federico Giordano (SF) Shawn Anderson | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 08:08 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the free throw | 8-25 |
| 07:50 | Howard | David Morones lays it up and in on a nice dish by Steven Thibault | 10-25 |
| 07:21 | Louisville | David Harvey is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on David Harvey, team foul #5 | 10-25 |
| Subs | Howard | Sam Gregorio (PG) Lou Crowther | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Rine (SF) David Harvey | |
| Lineup | Howard | PG - Sam Gregorio (fresh) SG - Steven Thibault (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Federico Giordano (fresh) PF - David Morones (fresh) 2 pts. C - Kevin McGill (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (tiring) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frederick Byrd (fresh) 3 pts. C - Leonel Lundin (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:07 | Howard | Steven Thibault hits a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Sam Gregorio and he's hacked by Frederick Byrd - foul #1 on Frederick Byrd, team foul #6 | 12-25 |
| Subs | Howard | Leroy Green (C) Federico Giordano | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 07:07 | Howard | Steven Thibault makes the free throw | 13-25 |
| 06:52 | Louisville | David Morones is called for the reach on Leonel Lundin - foul #2 on David Morones, team foul #7 | 13-25 |
| Subs | Howard | Federico Giordano (SF) David Morones | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 06:52 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin misses the 1st free throw | 13-25 |
| 06:52 | Howard | Kevin McGill snags the defensive board | 13-25 |
| 06:30 | Howard | Leroy Green comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 13-25 |
| 06:28 | Howard | Leroy Green hits the follow up shot | 15-25 |
| 06:22 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the turnaround from close range set up by Sean Sowders | 15-27 |
| 06:08 | Howard | Sam Gregorio hits a 3pt shot from straight away | 18-27 |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Ryan Rine comes up short on the shot from the left block but he's fouled by Federico Giordano - foul #1 on Federico Giordano, team foul #8 | 18-27 |
| Subs | Howard | Charles Robinson (SG), Otis Wright (SF), John Arnold (PF) Steven Thibault, Federico Giordano, Kevin McGill | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matt Wynn (SG), Keith Matthews (PF) Arthur Yutzy, Frederick Byrd | |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the 1st free throw | 18-28 |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the 2nd free throw | 18-29 |
| 05:41 | Howard | John Arnold misses short on a jumper from the baseline | 18-29 |
| 05:39 | Howard | Leroy Green misses the tip | 18-29 |
| 05:38 | Howard | John Arnold grabs the offensive rebound | 18-29 |
| 05:28 | Howard | Charles Robinson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 18-29 |
| Subs | Howard | Lou Crowther (PG) Sam Gregorio | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 05:14 | Louisville | Keith Matthews misses long on a shot from the left side | 18-29 |
| 05:13 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin gets the offensive rebound | 18-29 |
| 04:54 | Louisville | Keith Matthews blows the layup but he's hacked by John Arnold - foul #1 on John Arnold, team foul #9 | 18-29 |
| 04:54 | Louisville | Keith Matthews misses the 1st free throw | 18-29 |
| 04:54 | Louisville | Keith Matthews makes the 2nd free throw | 18-30 |
| 04:38 | Howard | Leroy Green misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Leonel Lundin - foul #2 on Leonel Lundin, team foul #7 | 18-30 |
| Subs | Howard | Sam Gregorio (PG) Lou Crowther | |
| Subs | Louisville | Louis Reaves (C) Leonel Lundin | |
| 04:38 | Howard | Leroy Green misses the 1st free throw | 18-30 |
| 04:38 | Howard | Leroy Green makes the 2nd free throw | 19-30 |
| 04:25 | Louisville | Keith Matthews knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Matt Wynn | 19-32 |
| 04:10 | Howard | Charles Robinson scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Sam Gregorio | 22-32 |
| 04:05 | Louisville | Sean Sowders hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Sam Gregorio - foul #1 on Sam Gregorio, team foul #10 | 22-32 |
| Subs | Howard | Kevin McGill (C) Leroy Green | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG), David Harvey (SF) Ryan Rine, Louis Reaves | |
| 04:05 | Louisville | Sean Sowders makes the 1st free throw | 22-33 |
| 04:05 | Louisville | Sean Sowders makes the 2nd free throw | 22-34 |
| 03:46 | Howard | John Arnold can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 22-34 |
| 03:45 | Louisville | Sean Sowders grabs the board | 22-34 |
| 03:28 | Louisville | Sam Gregorio is called for the reach on Rodney Heller - foul #2 on Sam Gregorio, team foul #11 | 22-34 |
| Subs | Howard | Steven Thibault (SG), David Morones (SF), Shawn Anderson (PF) Charles Robinson, Otis Wright, John Arnold | |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG), Frederick Byrd (PF), Louis Reaves (C) Matt Wynn, Keith Matthews, Sean Sowders | |
| 03:28 | Louisville | Rodney Heller misses the 1st free throw | 22-34 |
| 03:28 | Louisville | Rodney Heller misses the 2nd free throw | 22-34 |
| 03:28 | Howard | Kevin McGill grabs the defensive rebound | 22-34 |
| 03:20 | Howard | Steven Thibault clanks a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by David Harvey - foul #2 on David Harvey, team foul #8 | 22-34 |
| 03:20 | Howard | Steven Thibault makes the 1st free throw | 23-34 |
| 03:20 | Howard | Steven Thibault makes the 2nd free throw | 24-34 |
| Lineup | Howard | PG - Sam Gregorio (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Steven Thibault (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Morones (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Shawn Anderson (fresh) C - Kevin McGill (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) SG - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) SF - David Harvey (fresh) PF - Frederick Byrd (fresh) 3 pts. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) | |
| 02:57 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 24-34 |
| 02:55 | Louisville | David Harvey gets the offensive rebound | 24-34 |
| 02:34 | Louisville | David Harvey comes up short on the turnaround from close range but the foul's on Steven Thibault - foul #1 on Steven Thibault, team foul #12 | 24-34 |
| Subs | Howard | Lou Crowther (PG), Charles Robinson (SG) Sam Gregorio, Shawn Anderson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Sean Sowders (PG) Rodney Heller | |
| 02:34 | Louisville | David Harvey makes the 1st free throw | 24-35 |
| 02:34 | Louisville | David Harvey makes the 2nd free throw | 24-36 |
| 02:14 | Howard | Kevin McGill throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-36 |
| Subs | Howard | Otis Wright (SF) Steven Thibault | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matt Wynn (SG), Ryan Rine (SF), Keith Matthews (PF) Arthur Yutzy, David Harvey, Frederick Byrd | |
| 02:02 | Louisville | Ryan Rine misses short on a shot from the right wing | 24-36 |
| 02:01 | Howard | Otis Wright grabs the defensive rebound | 24-36 |
| 01:44 | Howard | Charles Robinson misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 24-36 |
| 01:43 | Louisville | Louis Reaves grabs the defensive rebound | 24-36 |
| 01:23 | Louisville | Sean Sowders connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Matt Wynn | 24-39 |
| 01:04 | Howard | Lou Crowther hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 24-39 |
| 01:03 | Louisville | Ryan Rine grabs the board | 24-39 |
| 00:57 | Louisville | Lou Crowther steals it from Keith Matthews | 24-39 |
| 00:45 | Howard | Sean Sowders takes the ball from Otis Wright | 24-39 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Matt Wynn drills a 3 from the left corner set up by Sean Sowders | 24-42 |
| 00:04 | Howard | Lou Crowther drills a shot from the right wing | 26-42 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Sean Sowders misses short on a halfcourt shot | 26-42 |