| Lineup | Louisville | PG - George Mulford (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Chris Gerken (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Don Jordan (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Charles Steed (fresh) 1 pts. C - David Dunn (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Joesph Miser (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Wells (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Johnathan Herbert (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Rex Zins (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Rhode Island | James Johnson inbounds the ball | 33-35 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:50 | Rhode Island | James Johnson is fouled on the floor by Don Jordan - foul #2 on Don Jordan, team foul #1 | 33-35 |
| 19:37 | Rhode Island | James Johnson knocks in the runner in the lane | 33-37 |
| 19:16 | Louisville | Don Jordan is fouled on the floor by James Johnson - foul #2 on James Johnson, team foul #1 | 33-37 |
| 19:04 | Louisville | Chris Gerken is doubleteamed and loses the dribble to Johnathan Herbert | 33-37 |
| 18:50 | Rhode Island | James Johnson blows the layup | 33-37 |
| 18:48 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins snags the offensive board | 33-37 |
| 18:25 | Rhode Island | David Dunn blocks the jumper by Rex Zins | 33-37 |
| 18:23 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Don Jordan | 33-37 |
| 18:08 | Louisville | David Dunn scores on a jumper from the left side | 35-37 |
| 17:54 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins banks in the layup on a great pass from Robert Wells | 35-39 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Robert Wells takes the ball from Don Jordan after a doubleteam | 35-39 |
| 17:34 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells hits the finger roll | 35-41 |
| 17:16 | Louisville | Don Jordan evades the doubleteam but misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 35-41 |
| 17:14 | Louisville | David Dunn hits the follow up shot | 37-41 |
| 17:05 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells hits a jumper from the left side | 37-43 |
| 16:54 | Louisville | David Dunn double dribbles | 37-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Kenneth Wynn (PF) George Mulford, Charles Steed | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston (PG), Richard Stephens (SG), Billy Carr (SF), Allen Whitmire (PF), Jeffrey Stapleton (C) Joesph Miser, Robert Wells, James Johnson, Johnathan Herbert, Rex Zins | |
| 16:33 | Rhode Island | Richard Stephens misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 37-43 |
| 16:32 | Louisville | Don Jordan pulls down the rebound | 37-43 |
| 16:26 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor is fouled on the floor by Jeffrey Stapleton - foul #2 on Jeffrey Stapleton, team foul #2 | 37-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski (SG) Chris Gerken | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 16:14 | Louisville | David Dunn misses the lay-in | 37-43 |
| 16:13 | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski can't tip it in | 37-43 |
| 16:11 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Allen Whitmire | 37-43 |
| 15:53 | Rhode Island | Richard Stephens misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 37-43 |
| 15:52 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn grabs the defensive rebound | 37-43 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Thomas Turkowski (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Don Jordan (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Wynn (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - David Dunn (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Nicholas Preston (fresh) 3 pf. SG - Richard Stephens (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Billy Carr (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. PF - Allen Whitmire (fresh) 4 reb. C - Jeffrey Stapleton (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn misses long on an open runner from close range but he's hacked by Nicholas Preston - foul #4 on Nicholas Preston, team foul #3 | 37-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Charles Brookes (PG), Robert Wells (SG), James Johnson (SF) Nicholas Preston, Richard Stephens, Billy Carr | |
| 15:41 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn makes the 1st free throw | 38-43 |
| 15:41 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn makes the 2nd free throw | 39-43 |
| 15:22 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 39-43 |
| 15:21 | Rhode Island | The offensive rebound goes to Allen Whitmire | 39-43 |
| 15:07 | Rhode Island | Don Jordan is called for the reach on James Johnson - foul #3 on Don Jordan, team foul #2 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Mulford (PG), Chris Gerken (SG), Charles Steed (PF) Timothy Taylor, Thomas Turkowski, Kenneth Wynn | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser (PG), Johnathan Herbert (PF) Charles Brookes, Jeffrey Stapleton | |
| 14:57 | Rhode Island | James Johnson misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 39-43 |
| 14:56 | Rhode Island | Johnathan Herbert gets the offensive rebound | 39-43 |
| 14:35 | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser makes the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Robert Wells | 39-45 |
| 14:17 | Louisville | Don Jordan clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-45 |
| 14:15 | Rhode Island | Allen Whitmire snags the defensive board | 39-45 |
| 13:58 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells is fouled on the floor by George Mulford - foul #3 on George Mulford, team foul #3 | 39-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis (C) David Dunn | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rex Zins (C) Allen Whitmire | |
| 13:45 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 39-45 |
| 13:43 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins hits the follow up shot | 39-47 |
| 13:17 | Louisville | Don Jordan makes the contested 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Chris Gerken | 42-47 |
| 13:12 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells buries a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Rex Zins | 42-49 |
| 12:54 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 42-49 |
| 12:52 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins grabs the defensive rebound | 42-49 |
| 12:46 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 42-49 |
| 12:44 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jimmy Dupuis | 42-49 |
| 12:18 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis misses short on a shot from the left block | 42-49 |
| 12:16 | Louisville | Charles Steed grabs the offensive rebound | 42-49 |
| 12:00 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis hits a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Charles Steed | 44-49 |
| 11:48 | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser misses the driving attempt from close range but he's hacked by George Mulford - foul #4 on George Mulford, team foul #4 | 44-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Thomas Turkowski (SG), Kenneth Wynn (SF), David Dunn (PF) George Mulford, Chris Gerken, Don Jordan, Charles Steed | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Richard Stephens (SG), Nicholas Preston (SF), Allen Whitmire (PF) Robert Wells, James Johnson, Johnathan Herbert | |
| 11:48 | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser misses the 1st free throw | 44-49 |
| 11:48 | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser makes the 2nd free throw | 44-50 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Thomas Turkowski (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Kenneth Wynn (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. PF - David Dunn (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Jimmy Dupuis (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Joesph Miser (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Richard Stephens (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Preston (fresh) 4 pf. PF - Allen Whitmire (fresh) 6 reb. C - Rex Zins (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis connects on the floater in the paint and he's fouled by Rex Zins - foul #2 on Rex Zins, team foul #4 | 46-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Billy Carr (SF), Jeffrey Stapleton (C) Joesph Miser, Rex Zins | |
| 11:22 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis misses the free throw | 46-50 |
| 11:22 | Rhode Island | Allen Whitmire pulls down the rebound | 46-50 |
| 11:02 | Rhode Island | Timothy Taylor steals the ball from Nicholas Preston | 46-50 |
| 10:57 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor lays it up and in | 48-50 |
| 10:41 | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Timothy Taylor - foul #2 on Timothy Taylor, team foul #5 | 48-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Chris Gerken (SG), Ricky Nelson (PF) Thomas Turkowski, Jimmy Dupuis | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 10:41 | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston misses the 1st free throw | 48-50 |
| 10:41 | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston makes the 2nd free throw | 48-51 |
| 10:24 | Louisville | David Dunn slams it home | 50-51 |
| 10:05 | Rhode Island | Billy Carr hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 50-51 |
| 10:03 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson gets the rebound | 50-51 |
| 09:48 | Louisville | David Dunn hits a fadeaway from close range set up by Chris Gerken | 52-51 |
| 09:29 | Rhode Island | Richard Stephens misses the 3 from the right corner | 52-51 |
| 09:28 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson snags the defensive board | 52-51 |
| 09:21 | Louisville | Richard Stephens takes the ball from Timothy Taylor | 52-51 |
| 09:05 | Rhode Island | Richard Stephens makes the jumper from just outside the lane and he's fouled by Chris Gerken - foul #2 on Chris Gerken, team foul #6 | 52-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | Don Jordan (SF), Charles Steed (PF), Jimmy Dupuis (C) Kenneth Wynn, Ricky Nelson, David Dunn | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser (PG), James Johnson (SF), Johnathan Herbert (PF), Rex Zins (C) Nicholas Preston, Billy Carr, Allen Whitmire, Jeffrey Stapleton | |
| 09:05 | Rhode Island | Richard Stephens misses the free throw | 52-53 |
| 09:05 | Louisville | Charles Steed pulls down the rebound | 52-53 |
| 08:50 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor is fouled on the floor by Richard Stephens - foul #1 on Richard Stephens, team foul #5 | 52-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski (SG) Chris Gerken | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Robert Wells (SG) Richard Stephens | |
| 08:37 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis hits a shot near the basket | 54-53 |
| 08:19 | Rhode Island | James Johnson connects on the floater from the right block on a nice dish by Rex Zins and the foul's on Don Jordan - foul #4 on Don Jordan, team foul #7 | 54-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn (SF) Don Jordan | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 08:19 | Rhode Island | James Johnson misses the free throw | 54-55 |
| 08:19 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis grabs the defensive rebound | 54-55 |
| 07:59 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn knocks in the runner from the left block on a great pass from Timothy Taylor | 56-55 |
| 07:44 | Rhode Island | James Johnson can't connect on a turnaround from the left block | 56-55 |
| 07:42 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor grabs the board | 56-55 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Turkowski (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Kenneth Wynn (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. PF - Charles Steed (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Jimmy Dupuis (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Joesph Miser (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Robert Wells (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SF - James Johnson (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Johnathan Herbert (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Rex Zins (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Charles Steed comes up short on the driving attempt from the baseline but he's hacked by Robert Wells - foul #2 on Robert Wells, team foul #6 | 56-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Mulford (PG), Chris Gerken (SG), Don Jordan (SF) Timothy Taylor, Thomas Turkowski, Jimmy Dupuis | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston (PG) Joesph Miser | |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Charles Steed misses the 1st free throw | 56-55 |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Charles Steed makes the 2nd free throw | 57-55 |
| 07:13 | Rhode Island | Johnathan Herbert travels with the ball | 57-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ricky Nelson (C) Charles Steed | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 07:01 | Louisville | Chris Gerken is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 57-55 |
| 06:59 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Nicholas Preston | 57-55 |
| 06:48 | Rhode Island | Johnathan Herbert throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Dunn (C) Ricky Nelson | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Allen Whitmire (C) Rex Zins | |
| 06:29 | Louisville | George Mulford hits a fadeaway in the paint set up by Chris Gerken | 59-55 |
| 06:03 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 59-55 |
| 06:01 | Rhode Island | Allen Whitmire gets the offensive rebound | 59-55 |
| 05:47 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 59-55 |
| 05:46 | Louisville | David Dunn pulls down the rebound | 59-55 |
| 05:36 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn misses short on an open fadeaway from close range | 59-55 |
| 05:35 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells snags the defensive board | 59-55 |
| 05:22 | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline but the foul's on George Mulford - foul #5 on George Mulford, team foul #8 | 59-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Charles Steed (PF), Jimmy Dupuis (C) George Mulford, Kenneth Wynn, David Dunn | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser (PG), Richard Stephens (SG), Rex Zins (C) Robert Wells, James Johnson, Johnathan Herbert | |
| 05:22 | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston makes the 1st free throw | 59-56 |
| 05:22 | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston misses the 2nd free throw | 59-56 |
| 05:22 | Louisville | Don Jordan snags the defensive board | 59-56 |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Chris Gerken clanks a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Richard Stephens - foul #2 on Richard Stephens, team foul #7 | 59-56 |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Chris Gerken makes the 1st free throw | 60-56 |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Chris Gerken misses the 2nd free throw | 60-56 |
| 05:03 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Allen Whitmire | 60-56 |
| 04:50 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins hits a jumper from the right wing set up by Nicholas Preston | 60-58 |
| 04:25 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block | 60-58 |
| 04:24 | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston grabs the defensive rebound | 60-58 |
| 04:07 | Rhode Island | Nicholas Preston clanks a shot from the right side | 60-58 |
| 04:06 | Louisville | Don Jordan pulls down the rebound | 60-58 |
| 03:56 | Louisville | Chris Gerken misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 60-58 |
| 03:54 | Rhode Island | Allen Whitmire grabs the defensive rebound | 60-58 |
| 03:30 | Rhode Island | Richard Stephens misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 60-58 |
| 03:29 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins tips it back up and in | 60-60 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Chris Gerken (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Don Jordan (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. PF - Charles Steed (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jimmy Dupuis (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Joesph Miser (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Richard Stephens (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Preston (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Allen Whitmire (fairly fresh) 10 reb. C - Rex Zins (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:12 | Louisville | Nicholas Preston steps in front of the Jimmy Dupuis pass | 60-60 |
| 02:53 | Rhode Island | Richard Stephens's floater is knocked away by Timothy Taylor | 60-60 |
| 02:51 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins tips it but misses | 60-60 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis grabs the defensive rebound | 60-60 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-60 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Dunn (C) Jimmy Dupuis | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Robert Wells (SG), James Johnson (SF), Johnathan Herbert (PF) Richard Stephens, Nicholas Preston, Rex Zins | |
| 02:28 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 60-60 |
| 02:27 | Rhode Island | Allen Whitmire snags the defensive board | 60-60 |
| 02:11 | Rhode Island | James Johnson comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 60-60 |
| 02:10 | Louisville | The rebound goes to David Dunn | 60-60 |
| 01:52 | Louisville | Chris Gerken misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 60-60 |
| 01:50 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to James Johnson | 60-60 |
| 01:39 | Rhode Island | Robert Wells misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 60-60 |
| 01:37 | Louisville | Charles Steed snags the defensive board | 60-60 |
| 01:14 | Louisville | Don Jordan splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by James Johnson - foul #3 on James Johnson, team foul #8 | 60-60 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rex Zins (C) Allen Whitmire | |
| 01:14 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses the 1st free throw | 60-60 |
| 01:14 | Louisville | Don Jordan makes the 2nd free throw | 61-60 |
| 00:54 | Rhode Island | James Johnson misses the lay-in | 61-60 |
| 00:52 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Chris Gerken | 61-60 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:28 | Louisville | David Dunn's layup is rejected by Johnathan Herbert | 61-60 |
| 00:27 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Johnathan Herbert | 61-60 |
| 00:23 | Rhode Island | James Johnson connects on the driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Robert Wells | 61-62 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:15 | Louisville | Joesph Miser steps in front of the Don Jordan pass as he passes out of a doubleteam | 61-62 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:13 | Rhode Island | James Johnson is fouled in the backcourt by Chris Gerken - foul #3 on Chris Gerken, team foul #9 | 61-62 |
| 00:13 | Rhode Island | James Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 61-62 |
| 00:13 | Louisville | David Dunn pulls down the rebound | 61-62 |
| 00:09 | Louisville | Charles Steed loses the dribble to Robert Wells | 61-62 |
| 00:06 | Rhode Island | Chris Gerken is called for the reach on Rex Zins in the backcourt - foul #4 on Chris Gerken, team foul #10 | 61-62 |
| 00:06 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins makes the 1st free throw | 61-63 |
| 00:06 | Rhode Island | Rex Zins misses the 2nd free throw | 61-63 |
| 00:06 | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser grabs the offensive board | 61-63 |
| 00:05 | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser is fouled on the floor by David Dunn - foul #2 on David Dunn, team foul #11 | 61-63 |
| 00:05 | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser makes the 1st free throw | 61-64 |
| 00:05 | Rhode Island | Joesph Miser makes the 2nd free throw | 61-65 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Don Jordan works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 from the left wing | 64-65 |