| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Keith Matthews (fresh) 3 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Michael Addison (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Clarence Nichols (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Paul Armstrong (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Edwin Hayles (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. C - Gilberto Rizzo (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Ryan Rine inbounds the ball | 24-31 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:46 | Louisville | Matt Wynn misses long on a shot from the right side | 24-31 |
| 19:45 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Paul Armstrong | 24-31 |
| 19:28 | Xavier | Clarence Nichols buries a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Edwin Hayles | 24-33 |
| 19:23 | Louisville | Ryan Rine loses the dribble to Clarence Nichols | 24-33 |
| 19:06 | Xavier | Paul Armstrong hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 24-33 |
| 19:05 | Louisville | Keith Matthews snags the defensive board | 24-33 |
| 18:39 | Louisville | Sean Sowders is hacked by Paul Armstrong - foul #1 on Paul Armstrong, team foul #1 | 24-33 |
| 18:19 | Louisville | Matt Wynn comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 24-33 |
| 18:18 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles snags the defensive board | 24-33 |
| 18:12 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 24-33 |
| 18:10 | Louisville | Louis Reaves snags the defensive board | 24-33 |
| 17:49 | Louisville | Clarence Nichols is called for the reach on Matt Wynn - foul #2 on Clarence Nichols, team foul #2 | 24-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Vernon Clark (C) Gilberto Rizzo | |
| 17:32 | Louisville | Louis Reaves double dribbles | 24-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG), Frederick Byrd (PF) Matt Wynn, Keith Matthews | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 17:13 | Xavier | Michael Addison clanks a jumper from the left side | 24-33 |
| 17:12 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 24-33 |
| 16:52 | Louisville | Sean Sowders misses the jumpshot from the left side | 24-33 |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd tips it home | 26-33 |
| 16:39 | Xavier | Arthur Yutzy steals it from Vernon Clark | 26-33 |
| 16:13 | Louisville | Sean Sowders comes up short on the floater from the right side | 26-33 |
| 16:11 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd grabs the offensive rebound | 26-33 |
| 15:58 | Louisville | Clarence Nichols steps in front of the Arthur Yutzy pass | 26-33 |
| 15:53 | Xavier | Michael Addison slams it home set up by Clarence Nichols | 26-35 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) SF - Ryan Rine (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Frederick Byrd (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Louis Reaves (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Michael Addison (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Clarence Nichols (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Armstrong (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edwin Hayles (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. C - Vernon Clark (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:39 | Louisville | Ryan Rine hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Vernon Clark - foul #1 on Vernon Clark, team foul #3 | 26-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Matt Wynn (SG), Keith Matthews (PF), Leonel Lundin (C) Arthur Yutzy, Frederick Byrd, Louis Reaves | |
| Subs | Xavier | Stephen Evans (PG), Joseph Goldsmith (SG), Kenneth Dandridge (PF), Gilberto Rizzo (C) Michael Addison, Clarence Nichols, Paul Armstrong, Edwin Hayles | |
| 15:39 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the 1st free throw | 27-35 |
| 15:39 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the 2nd free throw | 28-35 |
| 15:10 | Xavier | Stephen Evans comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 28-35 |
| 15:09 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Keith Matthews | 28-35 |
| 15:03 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the jump hook from the left block on a great pass from Leonel Lundin and he's fouled by Kenneth Dandridge - foul #2 on Kenneth Dandridge, team foul #4 | 30-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Percy Young (SF) Vernon Clark | |
| 15:03 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the free throw | 31-35 |
| 14:43 | Xavier | Leonel Lundin picks off the pass by Gilberto Rizzo | 31-35 |
| 14:35 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Leonel Lundin, team foul #1 | 31-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Harvey (SF) Ryan Rine | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 14:18 | Xavier | Matt Wynn is called for the reach on Joseph Goldsmith - foul #2 on Matt Wynn, team foul #2 | 31-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Michael Addison (PG) Percy Young | |
| 14:08 | Xavier | David Harvey steals the ball from Kenneth Dandridge | 31-35 |
| 13:48 | Louisville | David Harvey connects on the turnaround in the lane | 33-35 |
| 13:35 | Xavier | Michael Addison can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-35 |
| 13:33 | Louisville | Keith Matthews pulls down the rebound | 33-35 |
| 13:27 | Louisville | Keith Matthews is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Dandridge - foul #3 on Kenneth Dandridge, team foul #5 | 33-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louis Reaves (C) Leonel Lundin | |
| Subs | Xavier | Clarence Nichols (SG), Paul Armstrong (SF), Edwin Hayles (PF), Vernon Clark (C) Joseph Goldsmith, Stephen Evans, Kenneth Dandridge, Gilberto Rizzo | |
| 13:16 | Louisville | Edwin Hayles blocks the short jumper by Keith Matthews | 33-35 |
| 13:15 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the offensive rebound | 33-35 |
| 12:55 | Louisville | David Harvey knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing | 35-35 |
| 12:48 | Xavier | Michael Addison loses the dribble to Matt Wynn in the backcourt | 35-35 |
| 12:47 | Louisville | David Harvey misses the easy layup | 35-35 |
| 12:46 | Xavier | Vernon Clark grabs the board | 35-35 |
| 12:28 | Xavier | Keith Matthews steps in front of the Clarence Nichols pass | 35-35 |
| 12:07 | Louisville | Keith Matthews buries a jumper from close range | 37-35 |
| 12:01 | Xavier | Michael Addison hits a 3 from straight away set up by Clarence Nichols | 37-38 |
| 11:40 | Louisville | Keith Matthews lays it up and in | 39-38 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (tiring) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matt Wynn (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - David Harvey (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Keith Matthews (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Michael Addison (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Clarence Nichols (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Armstrong (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edwin Hayles (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 4 blk. C - Vernon Clark (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:26 | Xavier | Vernon Clark misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 39-38 |
| 11:24 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 39-38 |
| 11:04 | Louisville | Matt Wynn misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 39-38 |
| 11:03 | Louisville | Louis Reaves can't tip it in | 39-38 |
| 11:02 | Louisville | Matt Wynn misses the tip | 39-38 |
| 11:01 | Xavier | Michael Addison snags the defensive board | 39-38 |
| 10:39 | Xavier | Clarence Nichols drills a 3 from the left corner | 39-41 |
| 10:18 | Louisville | Sean Sowders is fouled on the floor by Michael Addison - foul #3 on Michael Addison, team foul #6 | 39-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG), Ryan Rine (SF), Frederick Byrd (PF), Leonel Lundin (C) Matt Wynn, David Harvey, Keith Matthews, Louis Reaves | |
| Subs | Xavier | Stephen Evans (PG), Joseph Goldsmith (SG), Percy Young (SF), Kenneth Dandridge (PF), Gilberto Rizzo (C) Michael Addison, Clarence Nichols, Paul Armstrong, Edwin Hayles, Vernon Clark | |
| 10:04 | Louisville | Ryan Rine buries a floater from the right block on a nice dish by Sean Sowders | 41-41 |
| 10:00 | Xavier | Joseph Goldsmith can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 41-41 |
| 09:59 | Louisville | Ryan Rine snags the defensive board | 41-41 |
| 09:38 | Louisville | Ryan Rine connects on the turnaround from the baseline | 43-41 |
| 09:15 | Xavier | Joseph Goldsmith clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 43-41 |
| 09:14 | Xavier | Gilberto Rizzo grabs the offensive board | 43-41 |
| 09:02 | Xavier | Stephen Evans scores on a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Joseph Goldsmith | 43-44 |
| 08:51 | Louisville | Ryan Rine misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Percy Young - foul #1 on Percy Young, team foul #7 | 43-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Paul Armstrong (SF) Percy Young | |
| 08:51 | Louisville | Ryan Rine makes the 1st free throw | 44-44 |
| 08:51 | Louisville | Ryan Rine misses the 2nd free throw | 44-44 |
| 08:51 | Xavier | Gilberto Rizzo gets the rebound | 44-44 |
| 08:33 | Xavier | Kenneth Dandridge knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Joseph Goldsmith | 44-46 |
| 08:17 | Louisville | Sean Sowders buries a 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-46 |
| 07:52 | Xavier | Joseph Goldsmith buries a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Kenneth Dandridge | 47-48 |
| 07:33 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd misses the dunk but he's hacked by Paul Armstrong - foul #2 on Paul Armstrong, team foul #8 | 47-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Matt Wynn (SG), Louis Reaves (C) Arthur Yutzy, Leonel Lundin | |
| Subs | Xavier | Michael Addison (PG), Clarence Nichols (SG), Edwin Hayles (PF), Joseph Tuma (C) Stephen Evans, Joseph Goldsmith, Kenneth Dandridge, Gilberto Rizzo | |
| 07:33 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the 1st free throw | 48-48 |
| 07:33 | Louisville | Frederick Byrd makes the 2nd free throw | 49-48 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (tiring) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Matt Wynn (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frederick Byrd (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Michael Addison (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Clarence Nichols (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Armstrong (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edwin Hayles (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 4 blk. C - Joseph Tuma (fresh) | |
| 07:19 | Xavier | Paul Armstrong can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Frederick Byrd - foul #2 on Frederick Byrd, team foul #3 | 49-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Harvey (SF), Keith Matthews (PF) Ryan Rine, Frederick Byrd | |
| Subs | Xavier | Vernon Clark (C) Joseph Tuma | |
| 07:19 | Xavier | Paul Armstrong makes the 1st free throw | 49-49 |
| 07:19 | Xavier | Paul Armstrong makes the 2nd free throw | 49-50 |
| 06:53 | Louisville | Sean Sowders misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 49-50 |
| 06:51 | Louisville | David Harvey snags the offensive board | 49-50 |
| 06:43 | Louisville | Louis Reaves is hacked by Vernon Clark - foul #2 on Vernon Clark, team foul #9 | 49-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG) Sean Sowders | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 06:43 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 1st free throw | 50-50 |
| 06:43 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 2nd free throw | 51-50 |
| 06:30 | Xavier | Clarence Nichols travels with the ball | 51-50 |
| 06:17 | Louisville | David Harvey is hacked by Edwin Hayles - foul #2 on Edwin Hayles, team foul #10 | 51-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG) Matt Wynn | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 06:17 | Louisville | David Harvey makes the 1st free throw | 52-50 |
| 06:17 | Louisville | David Harvey makes the 2nd free throw | 53-50 |
| 06:01 | Xavier | Paul Armstrong misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 53-50 |
| 06:00 | Louisville | Louis Reaves grabs the defensive rebound | 53-50 |
| 05:40 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy's fadeaway is rejected by Vernon Clark | 53-50 |
| 05:38 | Xavier | Vernon Clark grabs the board | 53-50 |
| 05:13 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles connects on the jump hook from the left block | 53-52 |
| 04:59 | Louisville | Keith Matthews clanks a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Edwin Hayles - foul #3 on Edwin Hayles, team foul #11 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Sean Sowders (PG), Matt Wynn (SG), Ryan Rine (SF) Rodney Heller, Arthur Yutzy, David Harvey | |
| Subs | Xavier | Joseph Goldsmith (SG), Stephen Evans (SF), Gilberto Rizzo (C) Clarence Nichols, Paul Armstrong, Vernon Clark | |
| 04:59 | Louisville | Keith Matthews makes the 1st free throw | 54-52 |
| 04:59 | Louisville | Keith Matthews makes the 2nd free throw | 55-52 |
| 04:49 | Xavier | Sean Sowders steals the ball from Stephen Evans | 55-52 |
| 04:46 | Louisville | Sean Sowders misses the lay-in | 55-52 |
| 04:44 | Xavier | Michael Addison snags the defensive board | 55-52 |
| 04:31 | Xavier | The jump hook by Michael Addison is blocked by Louis Reaves | 55-52 |
| 04:30 | Louisville | Louis Reaves grabs the board | 55-52 |
| 04:24 | Louisville | Louis Reaves's layup is rejected by Gilberto Rizzo | 55-52 |
| 04:23 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Gilberto Rizzo | 55-52 |
| 04:16 | Xavier | Joseph Goldsmith hits a 3 from straight away set up by Michael Addison | 55-55 |
| 03:57 | Louisville | Keith Matthews drills a floater from the right side | 57-55 |
| 03:40 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 57-57 |
| 03:19 | Louisville | Keith Matthews misses the turnaround in the lane | 57-57 |
| 03:17 | Xavier | Stephen Evans grabs the defensive rebound | 57-57 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Sean Sowders (tiring) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Matt Wynn (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Ryan Rine (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. PF - Keith Matthews (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Michael Addison (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Joseph Goldsmith (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Stephen Evans (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Edwin Hayles (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 4 blk. 3 pf. C - Gilberto Rizzo (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:07 | Xavier | Michael Addison's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 57-57 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SG), Frederick Byrd (PF), Leonel Lundin (C) Matt Wynn, Keith Matthews, Louis Reaves | |
| Subs | Xavier | Clarence Nichols (SG), Paul Armstrong (SF), Kenneth Dandridge (PF), Joseph Tuma (C) Michael Addison, Joseph Goldsmith, Edwin Hayles, Gilberto Rizzo | |
| 02:55 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Arthur Yutzy, team foul #4 | 57-57 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Vernon Clark (PF) Joseph Tuma | |
| 02:53 | Xavier | Xavier calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-57 |
| Subs | Louisville | Matt Wynn (SG) Arthur Yutzy | |
| Subs | Xavier | Michael Addison (PG), Gilberto Rizzo (C) Stephen Evans, Kenneth Dandridge | |
| 02:40 | Xavier | Paul Armstrong connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Michael Addison | 57-59 |
| 02:40 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louis Reaves (C) Leonel Lundin | |
| Subs | Xavier | Edwin Hayles (PF) Vernon Clark | |
| 02:21 | Louisville | Matt Wynn comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 57-59 |
| 02:19 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles grabs the board | 57-59 |
| 01:52 | Xavier | Michael Addison misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 57-59 |
| 01:50 | Xavier | Clarence Nichols tips it back up and in | 57-61 |
| 01:29 | Louisville | Edwin Hayles steps in front of the Frederick Byrd pass | 57-61 |
| 01:14 | Xavier | Michael Addison banks in the layup on a nice dish by Clarence Nichols | 57-63 |
| 00:51 | Louisville | Matt Wynn buries a 3 pointer from the right wing | 60-63 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:24 | Xavier | Michael Addison loses the ball out of bounds | 60-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | Keith Matthews (PF) Frederick Byrd | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 00:18 | Louisville | Clarence Nichols picks off the pass by Louis Reaves | 60-63 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:16 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles is fouled in the backcourt by Sean Sowders - foul #3 on Sean Sowders, team foul #5 | 60-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Stephen Evans (PG) Michael Addison | |
| 00:15 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles is hacked by Sean Sowders - foul #4 on Sean Sowders, team foul #6 | 60-63 |
| 00:12 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles is fouled on the floor by Louis Reaves - foul #3 on Louis Reaves, team foul #7 | 60-63 |
| 00:12 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles misses the 1st free throw | 60-63 |
| 00:12 | Louisville | Louis Reaves snags the defensive board | 60-63 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Matt Wynn can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-63 |
| 00:05 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles grabs the defensive rebound | 60-63 |
| 00:02 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles is hacked by Sean Sowders in the backcourt - foul #5 on Sean Sowders, team foul #8 | 60-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG) Sean Sowders | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 00:02 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles makes the 1st free throw | 60-64 |
| 00:02 | Xavier | Edwin Hayles misses the 2nd free throw | 60-64 |
| 00:02 | Louisville | Louis Reaves snags the defensive board | 60-64 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Louis Reaves can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 60-64 |