| Lineup | St. Francis (NY) | PG - Dikembe Abdi (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Carlos Hulme (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SF - Jason Ashcraft (fresh) 2 stl. PF - George Young (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Jae Zurovec (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Eric Choy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Stephen Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Earl Stanton (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. PF - David Liptak (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Fossett (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | St. Francis (NY) | Jason Ashcraft inbounds the ball | 38-22 |
| Game Plan | St. Francis (NY) | St. Francis (NY) is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:38 | St. Francis (NY) | George Young misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 38-22 |
| 19:37 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Frank Fossett | 38-22 |
| 19:23 | Michigan State | Stephen Jones is fouled on the floor by Jae Zurovec - foul #1 on Jae Zurovec, team foul #1 | 38-22 |
| 19:02 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-22 |
| 19:01 | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec grabs the board | 38-22 |
| 18:38 | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 38-22 |
| 18:36 | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec hits the follow up shot | 40-22 |
| 18:21 | Michigan State | Eric Choy misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 40-22 |
| 18:19 | Michigan State | Frank Fossett tips it home | 40-24 |
| 17:52 | St. Francis (NY) | Earl Stanton is called for the reach on Jason Ashcraft - foul #1 on Earl Stanton, team foul #1 | 40-24 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Allen Turnage (PF) David Liptak | |
| 17:40 | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 40-24 |
| 17:38 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton grabs the defensive rebound | 40-24 |
| 17:23 | Michigan State | Allen Turnage hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Stephen Jones | 40-26 |
| 17:08 | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme is hacked by Allen Turnage - foul #2 on Allen Turnage, team foul #2 | 40-26 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Peter Johnson (SG), Michael Gaskin (SF), Kenneth Bowen (PF) Carlos Hulme, Jason Ashcraft, George Young | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Dave Welsh (PG), Russell Barnes (SG), David Liptak (PF) Eric Choy, Stephen Jones, Frank Fossett | |
| 17:00 | St. Francis (NY) | Dikembe Abdi hits the finger roll on a great pass from Michael Gaskin | 42-26 |
| 16:41 | Michigan State | Russell Barnes jams it | 42-28 |
| 16:12 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin loses the ball out of bounds | 42-28 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme (SG), Johnny Bickford (SF) Dikembe Abdi, Jae Zurovec | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Stephen Jones (SG) Earl Stanton | |
| 15:52 | Michigan State | Dave Welsh misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 42-28 |
| 15:51 | St. Francis (NY) | Kenneth Bowen pulls down the rebound | 42-28 |
| Lineup | St. Francis (NY) | PG - Peter Johnson (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Carlos Hulme (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SF - Johnny Bickford (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Gaskin (fresh) 8 pts. C - Kenneth Bowen (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Dave Welsh (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Russell Barnes (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - David Liptak (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Allen Turnage (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:27 | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-28 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Jason Ashcraft (PG), George Young (PF) Peter Johnson, Johnny Bickford | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Choy (PG), Frank Fossett (C) Russell Barnes, David Liptak | |
| 15:14 | Michigan State | Michael Gaskin is called for the reach on Stephen Jones - foul #1 on Michael Gaskin, team foul #2 | 42-28 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Earl Stanton (SF) Dave Welsh | |
| 15:04 | Michigan State | Eric Choy hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 42-28 |
| 15:02 | St. Francis (NY) | Kenneth Bowen pulls down the rebound | 42-28 |
| 14:41 | St. Francis (NY) | Kenneth Bowen comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 42-28 |
| 14:40 | St. Francis (NY) | Jason Ashcraft tips it back up and in | 44-28 |
| 14:21 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton is fouled on the floor by Carlos Hulme - foul #2 on Carlos Hulme, team foul #3 | 44-28 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Dikembe Abdi (PG), Peter Johnson (SG), Jae Zurovec (C) Carlos Hulme, Michael Gaskin, Kenneth Bowen | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Dave Welsh (SG), David Liptak (PF) Stephen Jones, Allen Turnage | |
| 14:03 | Michigan State | George Young steals the ball from David Liptak | 44-28 |
| 13:35 | St. Francis (NY) | George Young misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 44-28 |
| 13:34 | Michigan State | Eric Choy pulls down the rebound | 44-28 |
| 13:30 | Michigan State | Eric Choy hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side | 44-28 |
| 13:29 | Michigan State | The offensive rebound goes to Eric Choy | 44-28 |
| 13:21 | Michigan State | Eric Choy misses short on a driving attempt in the paint | 44-28 |
| 13:20 | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec grabs the board | 44-28 |
| 12:54 | St. Francis (NY) | Dave Welsh steps in front of the Jae Zurovec pass | 44-28 |
| 12:51 | Michigan State | David Liptak misses the dunk | 44-28 |
| 12:49 | St. Francis (NY) | Jason Ashcraft grabs the defensive rebound | 44-28 |
| 12:22 | St. Francis (NY) | Dikembe Abdi makes the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Peter Johnson | 46-28 |
| Game Plan | St. Francis (NY) | St. Francis (NY) is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 12:08 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton hits a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Eric Choy | 46-30 |
| 11:39 | St. Francis (NY) | Jason Ashcraft knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Dikembe Abdi | 48-30 |
| Lineup | St. Francis (NY) | PG - Dikembe Abdi (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Peter Johnson (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - Jason Ashcraft (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - George Young (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Jae Zurovec (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Eric Choy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Dave Welsh (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Earl Stanton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. PF - David Liptak (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Fossett (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:27 | Michigan State | Eric Choy misses long on a driving attempt in the paint but the foul's on Dikembe Abdi - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdi, team foul #4 | 48-30 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme (SG), Johnny Bickford (SF), Michael Gaskin (PF), Kenneth Bowen (C) Peter Johnson, Jason Ashcraft, George Young, Jae Zurovec | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Stephen Jones (SG), Russell Barnes (SF), Allen Turnage (PF) Dave Welsh, Earl Stanton, David Liptak | |
| 11:27 | Michigan State | Eric Choy misses the 1st free throw | 48-30 |
| 11:27 | Michigan State | Eric Choy makes the 2nd free throw | 48-31 |
| 10:58 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Eric Choy - foul #2 on Eric Choy, team foul #3 | 48-31 |
| 10:58 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin makes the 1st free throw | 49-31 |
| 10:58 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin makes the 2nd free throw | 50-31 |
| 10:42 | Michigan State | Eric Choy misses badly on a shot near the basket | 50-31 |
| 10:40 | St. Francis (NY) | Kenneth Bowen grabs the defensive rebound | 50-31 |
| 10:21 | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 50-31 |
| 10:19 | Michigan State | Allen Turnage grabs the defensive rebound | 50-31 |
| 10:02 | Michigan State | Frank Fossett clanks a floater from the left side but he's hacked by Kenneth Bowen - foul #2 on Kenneth Bowen, team foul #5 | 50-31 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec (C) Johnny Bickford | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Dave Welsh (PG), Earl Stanton (SF) Eric Choy, Russell Barnes | |
| 10:02 | Michigan State | Frank Fossett makes the 1st free throw | 50-32 |
| 10:02 | Michigan State | Frank Fossett misses the 2nd free throw | 50-32 |
| 10:02 | St. Francis (NY) | Kenneth Bowen pulls down the rebound | 50-32 |
| 09:33 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin misses badly on a turnaround in the lane but he's hacked by Frank Fossett - foul #3 on Frank Fossett, team foul #4 | 50-32 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Peter Johnson (PG) Dikembe Abdi | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Liptak (PF) Frank Fossett | |
| 09:33 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin makes the 1st free throw | 51-32 |
| 09:33 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin makes the 2nd free throw | 52-32 |
| 09:25 | Michigan State | Allen Turnage loses the dribble to Kenneth Bowen | 52-32 |
| 09:15 | St. Francis (NY) | Peter Johnson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-32 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | George Young (PF) Kenneth Bowen | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 08:58 | Michigan State | Dave Welsh misses the 3 from the right corner | 52-32 |
| 08:57 | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme gets the rebound | 52-32 |
| 08:32 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin knocks in the jump hook near the basket | 54-32 |
| 08:20 | Michigan State | Dave Welsh misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 54-32 |
| 08:18 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin grabs the defensive rebound | 54-32 |
| 07:53 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 54-32 |
| 07:51 | Michigan State | David Liptak pulls down the rebound | 54-32 |
| 07:37 | Michigan State | Stephen Jones misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 54-32 |
| 07:36 | Michigan State | The offensive rebound goes to Allen Turnage | 54-32 |
| Lineup | St. Francis (NY) | PG - Peter Johnson (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Carlos Hulme (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SF - Michael Gaskin (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 reb. PF - George Young (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Jae Zurovec (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Dave Welsh (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Jones (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Earl Stanton (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. PF - David Liptak (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Allen Turnage (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:26 | Michigan State | Stephen Jones misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 54-32 |
| 07:25 | St. Francis (NY) | George Young gets the rebound | 54-32 |
| 07:11 | St. Francis (NY) | Earl Stanton steals it from Peter Johnson | 54-32 |
| 07:08 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton lays it in | 54-34 |
| 06:49 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin's layup is rejected by Allen Turnage | 54-34 |
| 06:48 | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme gets the offensive rebound | 54-34 |
| 06:29 | St. Francis (NY) | Stephen Jones steals the ball from Peter Johnson | 54-34 |
| 06:15 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton is fouled on the floor by Jae Zurovec - foul #2 on Jae Zurovec, team foul #6 | 54-34 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Dikembe Abdi (PG), Jason Ashcraft (SG), Johnny Bickford (SF), Homer Phillips (PF), Kenneth Bowen (C) Peter Johnson, Carlos Hulme, Michael Gaskin, George Young, Jae Zurovec | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Choy (PG), Russell Barnes (SG), Frank Fossett (C) Dave Welsh, Stephen Jones, Allen Turnage | |
| 06:10 | Michigan State | Frank Fossett knocks in the fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Eric Choy and he's fouled by Kenneth Bowen - foul #3 on Kenneth Bowen, team foul #7 | 54-36 |
| 06:10 | Michigan State | Frank Fossett makes the free throw | 54-37 |
| 05:44 | St. Francis (NY) | Kenneth Bowen comes up short on the runner from the right block but he's fouled by Frank Fossett - foul #4 on Frank Fossett, team foul #5 | 54-37 |
| 05:44 | St. Francis (NY) | Kenneth Bowen makes the 1st free throw | 55-37 |
| 05:44 | St. Francis (NY) | Kenneth Bowen makes the 2nd free throw | 56-37 |
| 05:28 | Michigan State | David Liptak hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 56-37 |
| 05:26 | St. Francis (NY) | Homer Phillips gets the rebound | 56-37 |
| 05:05 | St. Francis (NY) | Homer Phillips hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block | 56-37 |
| 05:04 | Michigan State | Eric Choy grabs the defensive rebound | 56-37 |
| Game Plan | St. Francis (NY) | St. Francis (NY) is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 04:55 | Michigan State | Kenneth Bowen denies the turnaround by David Liptak | 56-37 |
| 04:54 | St. Francis (NY) | Homer Phillips pulls down the rebound | 56-37 |
| 04:41 | St. Francis (NY) | Jason Ashcraft misses short on a shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Eric Choy - foul #3 on Eric Choy, team foul #6 | 56-37 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec (C) Homer Phillips | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Stephen Jones (SG), Allen Turnage (PF) Earl Stanton, David Liptak | |
| 04:41 | St. Francis (NY) | Jason Ashcraft makes the 1st free throw | 57-37 |
| 04:41 | St. Francis (NY) | Jason Ashcraft makes the 2nd free throw | 58-37 |
| 04:26 | Michigan State | Johnny Bickford steals the ball from Stephen Jones | 58-37 |
| 04:23 | St. Francis (NY) | Johnny Bickford lays it up and in | 60-37 |
| 04:08 | Michigan State | Stephen Jones is fouled on the floor by Jae Zurovec - foul #3 on Jae Zurovec, team foul #8 | 60-37 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme (SG), George Young (PF) Johnny Bickford, Kenneth Bowen | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Dave Welsh (SF) Russell Barnes | |
| 04:08 | Michigan State | Stephen Jones makes the 1st free throw | 60-38 |
| 04:08 | Michigan State | Stephen Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 60-38 |
| 04:08 | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme pulls down the rebound | 60-38 |
| 03:46 | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec can't finish the layup | 60-38 |
| 03:45 | Michigan State | Frank Fossett gets the rebound | 60-38 |
| 03:25 | Michigan State | Allen Turnage misses the easy layup | 60-38 |
| 03:24 | St. Francis (NY) | The rebound goes to Dikembe Abdi | 60-38 |
| Lineup | St. Francis (NY) | PG - Dikembe Abdi (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Carlos Hulme (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SF - Jason Ashcraft (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. PF - George Young (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Jae Zurovec (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Eric Choy (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - Stephen Jones (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dave Welsh (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Allen Turnage (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Frank Fossett (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:11 | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Frank Fossett - foul #5 on Frank Fossett, team foul #7 | 60-38 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Peter Johnson (SG), Michael Gaskin (SF) Carlos Hulme, Jason Ashcraft | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Earl Stanton (SF), David Liptak (PF) Stephen Jones, Frank Fossett | |
| 03:11 | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec misses the 1st free throw | 60-38 |
| 03:11 | St. Francis (NY) | Jae Zurovec makes the 2nd free throw | 61-38 |
| 03:00 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Dave Welsh | 61-41 |
| 02:36 | St. Francis (NY) | George Young connects on the jump hook from the right block | 63-41 |
| 02:31 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 63-41 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Carlos Hulme (SG), Kenneth Bowen (C) Dikembe Abdi, Jae Zurovec | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Russell Barnes (SG) Eric Choy | |
| 02:10 | St. Francis (NY) | Michael Gaskin hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 63-41 |
| 02:08 | Michigan State | David Liptak gets the rebound | 63-41 |
| 01:59 | Michigan State | David Liptak can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Kenneth Bowen - foul #4 on Kenneth Bowen, team foul #9 | 63-41 |
| Subs | St. Francis (NY) | Dikembe Abdi (PG), Jason Ashcraft (SF), Jae Zurovec (C) Peter Johnson, Michael Gaskin, Kenneth Bowen | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Choy (PG), Stephen Jones (SG) Dave Welsh, Russell Barnes | |
| 01:59 | Michigan State | David Liptak misses the 1st free throw | 63-41 |
| 01:59 | Michigan State | David Liptak makes the 2nd free throw | 63-42 |
| 01:38 | St. Francis (NY) | David Liptak picks off the pass by George Young | 63-42 |
| 01:14 | Michigan State | David Liptak's floater is tipped away by George Young | 63-42 |
| 01:13 | Michigan State | Earl Stanton tips it home | 63-44 |
| 00:44 | St. Francis (NY) | Dikembe Abdi's floater is knocked away by Allen Turnage | 63-44 |
| 00:42 | Michigan State | Stephen Jones grabs the board | 63-44 |
| Game Plan | St. Francis (NY) | St. Francis (NY) is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:36 | Michigan State | Eric Choy is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Abdi - foul #3 on Dikembe Abdi, team foul #10 | 63-44 |
| 00:36 | Michigan State | Eric Choy makes the 1st free throw | 63-45 |
| 00:36 | Michigan State | Eric Choy makes the 2nd free throw | 63-46 |
| Game Plan | St. Francis (NY) | St. Francis (NY) is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:08 | St. Francis (NY) | Eric Choy steals it from George Young | 63-46 |
| 00:05 | Michigan State | Eric Choy lays it in | 63-48 |
| 00:00 | St. Francis (NY) | Dikembe Abdi runs out the clock | 63-48 |