| Lineup | Rhode Island College | PG - Frederick Heidt (fresh) SG - Elmer Fitzgerald (fresh) SF - Randy White (fresh) PF - Howard Mee (fresh) C - John Triplett (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tufts | PG - T-Bone James (fresh) SG - John Moss (fresh) SF - Edward Lear (fresh) PF - Andrew Kellerman (fresh) C - James Brown (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rhode Island College | John Triplett wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island College | Rhode Island College is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tufts | Tufts is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:36 | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:34 | Tufts | James Brown snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Tufts | T-Bone James misses long on a shot from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:28 | Rhode Island College | John Triplett gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | Rhode Island College | John Triplett misses long on a shot near the basket but he's fouled by T-Bone James - foul #1 on T-Bone James, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | Rhode Island College | John Triplett makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:13 | Rhode Island College | John Triplett misses the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:13 | Tufts | The rebound goes to Andrew Kellerman | 1-0 |
| 18:50 | Tufts | Andrew Kellerman can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Howard Mee - foul #1 on Howard Mee, team foul #1 | 1-0 |
| 18:50 | Tufts | Andrew Kellerman makes the 1st free throw | 1-1 |
| 18:50 | Tufts | Andrew Kellerman makes the 2nd free throw | 1-2 |
| 18:31 | Rhode Island College | Edward Lear denies the turnaround by Randy White | 1-2 |
| 18:29 | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee grabs the offensive board | 1-2 |
| 18:19 | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee buries a fadeaway from the left side set up by Frederick Heidt | 3-2 |
| 18:04 | Tufts | Edward Lear is open and lays it up and in on a great pass from T-Bone James | 3-4 |
| 17:55 | Rhode Island College | John Triplett can't finish the layup | 3-4 |
| 17:53 | Tufts | Edward Lear snags the defensive board | 3-4 |
| 17:34 | Tufts | James Brown is wide open and dunks the ball on a nice dish by Edward Lear | 3-6 |
| 17:16 | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 3-6 |
| 17:15 | Tufts | The rebound goes to James Brown | 3-6 |
| 17:00 | Tufts | Edward Lear can't finish the layup | 3-6 |
| 16:58 | Rhode Island College | John Triplett pulls down the rebound | 3-6 |
| 16:44 | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt loses the dribble to John Moss | 3-6 |
| 16:15 | Tufts | Edward Lear is fouled on the floor by Randy White - foul #1 on Randy White, team foul #2 | 3-6 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker (PG), Cory Anderson (SG), Randall Newton (SF), Jerry Brown (PF), Jason Adams (C) Frederick Heidt, Elmer Fitzgerald, Randy White, Howard Mee, John Triplett | |
| Subs | Tufts | James Smith (PG), Sandy Sugalski (SG), Tyson Prescott (SF), Donald Harrison (PF), Bill Elliott (C) T-Bone James, John Moss, Edward Lear, Andrew Kellerman, James Brown | |
| 15:55 | Tufts | James Smith's layup is rejected by Jerry Brown | 3-6 |
| 15:54 | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski snags the offensive board | 3-6 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island College | PG - Lester Walker (fresh) SG - Cory Anderson (fresh) SF - Randall Newton (fresh) PF - Jerry Brown (fresh) C - Jason Adams (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tufts | PG - James Smith (fresh) SG - Sandy Sugalski (fresh) SF - Tyson Prescott (fresh) PF - Donald Harrison (fresh) C - Bill Elliott (fresh) | |
| 15:28 | Tufts | James Smith misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 3-6 |
| 15:26 | Rhode Island College | Jason Adams snags the defensive board | 3-6 |
| 15:06 | Rhode Island College | Randall Newton makes the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Cory Anderson | 6-6 |
| 15:02 | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 6-6 |
| 15:00 | Tufts | Donald Harrison snags the offensive board | 6-6 |
| 14:42 | Tufts | James Smith misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 6-6 |
| 14:40 | Tufts | James Smith misses the tip | 6-6 |
| 14:39 | Tufts | Bill Elliott hits the follow up shot | 6-8 |
| 14:25 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker misses badly on a shot from close range but he's fouled by Tyson Prescott - foul #1 on Tyson Prescott, team foul #2 | 6-8 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald (SG), Billy Fritch (PF), John Triplett (C) Cory Anderson, Jerry Brown, Jason Adams | |
| Subs | Tufts | T-Bone James (PG), John Moss (SG), Andrew Kellerman (PF) James Smith, Sandy Sugalski, Tyson Prescott | |
| 14:25 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker makes the 1st free throw | 7-8 |
| 14:25 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker makes the 2nd free throw | 8-8 |
| 14:06 | Tufts | Randall Newton steals the ball from Andrew Kellerman | 8-8 |
| 13:47 | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald throws a bad pass out of bounds | 8-8 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt (PG), Howard Mee (PF) Lester Walker, Randall Newton | |
| Subs | Tufts | Edward Lear (SF), James Brown (C) Donald Harrison, Bill Elliott | |
| 13:45 | Tufts | Elmer Fitzgerald steals it from Edward Lear in the backcourt | 8-8 |
| 13:38 | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt is hacked by T-Bone James - foul #2 on T-Bone James, team foul #3 | 8-8 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | | |
| Subs | Tufts | James Smith (PG) T-Bone James | |
| 13:19 | Rhode Island College | Billy Fritch misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 8-8 |
| 13:17 | Tufts | Andrew Kellerman snags the defensive board | 8-8 |
| 12:54 | Tufts | James Smith is open and scores on a floater from just outside the lane set up by Edward Lear | 8-10 |
| 12:36 | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee is hacked by James Brown - foul #1 on James Brown, team foul #4 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson (SG), Randy White (SF), Jerry Brown (PF), Jason Adams (C) Elmer Fitzgerald, Billy Fritch, Howard Mee, John Triplett | |
| Subs | Tufts | James Newbill (PF) Andrew Kellerman | |
| 12:24 | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Frederick Heidt | 11-10 |
| 11:58 | Tufts | Edward Lear is hacked by Randy White - foul #2 on Randy White, team foul #3 | 11-10 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker (PG), Randall Newton (SF) Frederick Heidt, Randy White | |
| Subs | Tufts | Tyson Prescott (SF), Donald Harrison (PF), Bill Elliott (C) Edward Lear, James Newbill, James Brown | |
| 11:47 | Tufts | Bill Elliott connects on the floater from the left block on a nice dish by John Moss and he's hacked by Jason Adams - foul #1 on Jason Adams, team foul #4 | 11-12 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee (PF) Jason Adams | |
| Subs | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski (PG), Bradford Hartl (SG) James Smith, John Moss | |
| 11:47 | Tufts | Bill Elliott makes the free throw | 11-13 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island College | PG - Lester Walker (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Cory Anderson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Randall Newton (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Howard Mee (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Jerry Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tufts | PG - Sandy Sugalski (fresh) SG - Bradford Hartl (fresh) SF - Tyson Prescott (fresh) PF - Bill Elliott (fresh) 5 pts. C - Donald Harrison (fresh) | |
| 11:32 | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 11-13 |
| 11:31 | Tufts | Donald Harrison grabs the defensive rebound | 11-13 |
| 11:11 | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski connects on the open fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 11-15 |
| 10:51 | Rhode Island College | Donald Harrison blocks the jumper by Lester Walker | 11-15 |
| 10:50 | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee pulls down the offensive rebound | 11-15 |
| 10:37 | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 11-15 |
| 10:35 | Tufts | Tyson Prescott pulls down the rebound | 11-15 |
| 10:33 | Tufts | Cory Anderson steps in front of the Sandy Sugalski pass in the backcourt | 11-15 |
| 10:32 | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson lays it in | 13-15 |
| 10:17 | Tufts | Randall Newton is called for the reach on Bill Elliott - foul #1 on Randall Newton, team foul #5 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt (PG), Elmer Fitzgerald (SG), Billy Fritch (PF), Jason Adams (C) Lester Walker, Cory Anderson, Howard Mee, Jerry Brown | |
| Subs | Tufts | James Smith (PG), John Moss (SG), Edward Lear (SF), Andrew Kellerman (PF), James Brown (C) Sandy Sugalski, Bradford Hartl, Tyson Prescott, Bill Elliott, Donald Harrison | |
| 10:01 | Tufts | John Moss clanks a 3 from the right wing | 13-15 |
| 09:59 | Rhode Island College | Jason Adams grabs the board | 13-15 |
| 09:42 | Rhode Island College | Jason Adams misses short on a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by James Smith - foul #1 on James Smith, team foul #5 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | John Triplett (C) Randall Newton | |
| Subs | Tufts | | |
| 09:42 | Rhode Island College | Jason Adams misses the 1st free throw | 13-15 |
| 09:42 | Rhode Island College | Jason Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 14-15 |
| 09:26 | Tufts | Edward Lear knocks in the floater from the right side on a great pass from James Smith | 14-17 |
| 09:01 | Rhode Island College | James Brown picks off the pass by John Triplett | 14-17 |
| 08:51 | Tufts | Edward Lear hits a jump hook from close range on a nice dish by James Smith | 14-19 |
| 08:31 | Rhode Island College | Billy Fritch steps out of bounds on the sideline | 14-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker (PG), Joshua Lee (SF), Howard Mee (PF) Frederick Heidt, Billy Fritch, Jason Adams | |
| Subs | Tufts | Donald Harrison (SF), Bill Elliott (C) Edward Lear, James Brown | |
| 08:16 | Tufts | James Smith misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 14-19 |
| 08:15 | Tufts | Andrew Kellerman tips it but misses | 14-19 |
| 08:14 | Rhode Island College | Joshua Lee snags the defensive board | 14-19 |
| 08:09 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker's floater is knocked away by Andrew Kellerman | 14-19 |
| 08:07 | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee gets the offensive rebound | 14-19 |
| 08:00 | Rhode Island College | Bill Elliott is called for the reach on Joshua Lee - foul #1 on Bill Elliott, team foul #6 | 14-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson (SG), Randall Newton (SF), Jerry Brown (PF) Elmer Fitzgerald, Joshua Lee, Howard Mee | |
| Subs | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski (PG), Tyson Prescott (SF) James Smith, Andrew Kellerman | |
| 07:43 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker is fouled on the floor by Sandy Sugalski - foul #1 on Sandy Sugalski, team foul #7 | 14-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | | |
| Subs | Tufts | Bradford Hartl (SG) John Moss | |
| 07:43 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker makes the 1st free throw | 15-19 |
| 07:43 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker makes the 2nd free throw | 16-19 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island College | PG - Lester Walker (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Cory Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Randall Newton (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jerry Brown (fresh) C - John Triplett (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tufts | PG - Sandy Sugalski (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Bradford Hartl (fresh) SF - Tyson Prescott (fresh) PF - Donald Harrison (fresh) 2 reb. C - Bill Elliott (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 07:41 | Tufts | Donald Harrison loses the dribble to Lester Walker in the backcourt | 16-19 |
| 07:40 | Rhode Island College | Randall Newton blows the layup | 16-19 |
| 07:38 | Tufts | Bill Elliott pulls down the rebound | 16-19 |
| 07:23 | Tufts | Donald Harrison loses the ball out of bounds | 16-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald (SG) Lester Walker | |
| Subs | Tufts | | |
| 07:08 | Rhode Island College | Randall Newton hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-19 |
| 07:06 | Tufts | Donald Harrison pulls down the rebound | 16-19 |
| 06:53 | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Cory Anderson - foul #1 on Cory Anderson, team foul #6 | 16-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt (PG), Billy Fritch (PF) Cory Anderson, John Triplett | |
| Subs | Tufts | James Smith (PG), Edward Lear (SF), Andrew Kellerman (PF), James Brown (C) Bradford Hartl, Tyson Prescott, Donald Harrison, Bill Elliott | |
| 06:53 | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski misses the 1st free throw | 16-19 |
| 06:53 | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski makes the 2nd free throw | 16-20 |
| 06:29 | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 19-20 |
| 06:25 | Tufts | Randall Newton is called for the reach on Edward Lear in the backcourt - foul #2 on Randall Newton, team foul #7 | 19-20 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee (PF), John Triplett (C) Randall Newton, Jerry Brown | |
| Subs | Tufts | John Moss (SG) Sandy Sugalski | |
| 06:25 | Tufts | Edward Lear misses the 1st free throw | 19-20 |
| 06:25 | Rhode Island College | John Triplett snags the defensive board | 19-20 |
| 06:05 | Rhode Island College | Andrew Kellerman blocks the short jumper by Frederick Heidt | 19-20 |
| 06:03 | Tufts | Andrew Kellerman pulls down the rebound | 19-20 |
| 06:01 | Tufts | Edward Lear is hacked by Howard Mee in the backcourt - foul #2 on Howard Mee, team foul #8 | 19-20 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker (SG), Joshua Lee (SF), Jason Adams (C) Elmer Fitzgerald, Howard Mee, John Triplett | |
| Subs | Tufts | | |
| 06:01 | Tufts | Edward Lear makes the 1st free throw | 19-21 |
| 06:01 | Tufts | Edward Lear misses the 2nd free throw | 19-21 |
| 06:01 | Tufts | James Brown grabs the offensive board | 19-21 |
| 05:53 | Tufts | Andrew Kellerman misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 19-21 |
| 05:51 | Tufts | Edward Lear misses the tip | 19-21 |
| 05:50 | Tufts | James Smith can't tip it in | 19-21 |
| 05:48 | Rhode Island College | Joshua Lee pulls down the rebound | 19-21 |
| 05:31 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker connects on the jumpshot from the left wing set up by Joshua Lee and he's fouled by John Moss - foul #1 on John Moss, team foul #8 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson (SG), John Triplett (C) Frederick Heidt, Billy Fritch | |
| Subs | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski (PG), Tyson Prescott (SF), James Newbill (PF) James Smith, Edward Lear, Andrew Kellerman | |
| 05:31 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker makes the free throw | 22-21 |
| 05:06 | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 22-24 |
| 04:43 | Rhode Island College | Joshua Lee throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-24 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald (SG), Jerry Brown (PF) Lester Walker, Jason Adams | |
| Subs | Tufts | Donald Harrison (PF), Bill Elliott (C) James Newbill, James Brown | |
| 04:40 | Tufts | Cory Anderson steals it from John Moss in the backcourt | 22-24 |
| 04:38 | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald misses the easy layup | 22-24 |
| 04:37 | Tufts | Donald Harrison grabs the board | 22-24 |
| 04:13 | Tufts | Donald Harrison travels with the ball | 22-24 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt (PG), Billy Fritch (SF) Cory Anderson, Joshua Lee | |
| Subs | Tufts | James Smith (PG), Edward Lear (SF), Andrew Kellerman (PF) John Moss, Tyson Prescott, Bill Elliott | |
| 03:53 | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 22-24 |
| 03:51 | Tufts | Donald Harrison pulls down the rebound | 22-24 |
| 03:29 | Tufts | Edward Lear connects on the shot from the free throw line set up by Sandy Sugalski | 22-26 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island College | PG - Frederick Heidt (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Elmer Fitzgerald (fairly fresh) SF - Billy Fritch (fairly fresh) PF - Jerry Brown (fairly fresh) C - John Triplett (tiring) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tufts | PG - James Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sandy Sugalski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Lear (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andrew Kellerman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Donald Harrison (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 03:15 | Rhode Island College | Billy Fritch blows the layup | 22-26 |
| 03:14 | Tufts | Andrew Kellerman grabs the board | 22-26 |
| 02:56 | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski loses the ball out of bounds | 22-26 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker (PG), Randall Newton (SG), Randy White (SF), Howard Mee (PF) Frederick Heidt, Elmer Fitzgerald, Billy Fritch, John Triplett | |
| Subs | Tufts | T-Bone James (PG), John Moss (SG), Tyson Prescott (SF), Bill Elliott (PF), James Newbill (C) James Smith, Sandy Sugalski, Edward Lear, Andrew Kellerman, Donald Harrison | |
| 02:48 | Rhode Island College | Lester Walker drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 25-26 |
| 02:28 | Tufts | Bill Elliott misses short on a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Randall Newton - foul #3 on Randall Newton, team foul #9 | 25-26 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson (SG), Jason Adams (C) Randall Newton, Jerry Brown | |
| Subs | Tufts | James Brown (C) James Newbill | |
| 02:28 | Tufts | Bill Elliott makes the 1st free throw | 25-27 |
| 02:28 | Tufts | Bill Elliott makes the 2nd free throw | 25-28 |
| 02:18 | Rhode Island College | John Moss is called for the reach on Cory Anderson - foul #2 on John Moss, team foul #9 | 25-28 |
| 02:18 | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 26-28 |
| 02:18 | Rhode Island College | Cory Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 27-28 |
| 02:00 | Tufts | James Brown is open and lays it up and in on a great pass from John Moss | 27-30 |
| 01:37 | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 27-30 |
| 01:35 | Rhode Island College | The offensive rebound goes to Jason Adams | 27-30 |
| 01:11 | Rhode Island College | Howard Mee comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 27-30 |
| 01:10 | Tufts | Tyson Prescott snags the defensive board | 27-30 |
| 01:07 | Tufts | T-Bone James is called for traveling in the backcourt | 27-30 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Frederick Heidt (PG), Elmer Fitzgerald (SG), Joshua Lee (SF), Jerry Brown (C) Cory Anderson, Lester Walker, Randy White, Jason Adams | |
| Subs | Tufts | James Smith (PG), Bradford Hartl (SG), Edward Lear (SF), Andrew Kellerman (PF), Donald Harrison (C) T-Bone James, John Moss, Tyson Prescott, Bill Elliott, James Brown | |
| 00:50 | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald misses short on a runner from close range but he's hacked by Bradford Hartl - foul #1 on Bradford Hartl, team foul #10 | 27-30 |
| Subs | Rhode Island College | Billy Fritch (SF) Joshua Lee | |
| Subs | Tufts | Sandy Sugalski (SG) Bradford Hartl | |
| 00:50 | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald makes the 1st free throw | 28-30 |
| 00:50 | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald makes the 2nd free throw | 29-30 |
| 00:27 | Tufts | James Smith misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 29-30 |
| 00:25 | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald pulls down the rebound | 29-30 |
| 00:04 | Rhode Island College | Elmer Fitzgerald clanks a floater from the right block | 29-30 |
| 00:02 | Rhode Island College | Billy Fritch pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-30 |
| 00:00 | Rhode Island College | The clock runs out | 29-30 |