| Lineup | Vermont | PG - Russ Lemon (fresh) SG - Ted Riter (fresh) SF - William Nugent (fresh) PF - Christopher Bixby (fresh) C - Don Kirk (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UC Santa Barbara | PG - Gary Davis (fresh) SG - Claude Richmond (fresh) SF - Christopher Tartaglia (fresh) PF - Daniel Beck (fresh) C - Duane Husby (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Vermont | Don Kirk wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Vermont | Vermont is playing a flex offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UC Santa Barbara | UC Santa Barbara is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:49 | Vermont | Claude Richmond is called for the reach on Ted Riter - foul #1 on Claude Richmond, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby is denied on a layup by Duane Husby | 0-0 |
| 19:32 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:17 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck buries a jumper from the left block | 0-2 |
| 19:02 | Vermont | William Nugent can't finish the layup | 0-2 |
| 19:01 | UC Santa Barbara | Duane Husby snags the defensive board | 0-2 |
| 18:56 | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 0-2 |
| 18:55 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby pulls down the rebound | 0-2 |
| 18:30 | Vermont | Don Kirk buries a turnaround near the basket | 2-2 |
| 18:25 | UC Santa Barbara | Christopher Bixby steals the ball from Claude Richmond | 2-2 |
| 18:09 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby is hacked by Gary Davis - foul #1 on Gary Davis, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| 18:01 | Vermont | Russ Lemon throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-2 |
| 17:37 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck lays it in and he's hacked by Christopher Bixby - foul #1 on Christopher Bixby, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| Subs | Vermont | Michael Taormina (PG), Wei-Quo Hong (SG), Eugene Flowers (PF), Clarence Beale (C) Russ Lemon, Ted Riter, Christopher Bixby, Don Kirk | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | | |
| 17:37 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck misses the free throw | 2-4 |
| 17:37 | Vermont | Clarence Beale gets the rebound | 2-4 |
| 17:19 | Vermont | Wei-Quo Hong clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 2-4 |
| 17:17 | Vermont | Eugene Flowers misses the tip | 2-4 |
| 17:16 | Vermont | Clarence Beale tips it home | 4-4 |
| 16:59 | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis misses short on a shot from the right side but the foul's on Michael Taormina - foul #1 on Michael Taormina, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Vermont | Christopher Bixby (SF) William Nugent | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | John Brooks (SF) Christopher Tartaglia | |
| 16:59 | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis makes the 1st free throw | 4-5 |
| 16:59 | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 4-6 |
| 16:35 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby blows the layup but he's hacked by John Brooks - foul #1 on John Brooks, team foul #3 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Vermont | Don Kirk (C) Eugene Flowers | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Henry Sweeney (SG), Doyle Parr (PF), Richard Allen (C) Claude Richmond, Daniel Beck, Duane Husby | |
| 16:35 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby makes the 1st free throw | 5-6 |
| 16:35 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby makes the 2nd free throw | 6-6 |
| 16:20 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by John Brooks and he's hacked by Don Kirk - foul #1 on Don Kirk, team foul #3 | 6-8 |
| Subs | Vermont | Russ Lemon (PG), Ted Riter (SG), Eugene Flowers (PF) Michael Taormina, Christopher Bixby, Don Kirk | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | | |
| 16:20 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr makes the free throw | 6-9 |
| 15:58 | Vermont | Clarence Beale scores on a driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Ted Riter and he's hacked by Henry Sweeney - foul #1 on Henry Sweeney, team foul #4 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Vermont | Don Kirk (C) Eugene Flowers | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | | |
| 15:58 | Vermont | Clarence Beale makes the free throw | 9-9 |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - Russ Lemon (fresh) SG - Ted Riter (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Wei-Quo Hong (fresh) PF - Clarence Beale (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Don Kirk (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | UC Santa Barbara | PG - Gary Davis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Henry Sweeney (fresh) SF - John Brooks (fresh) PF - Doyle Parr (fresh) 3 pts. C - Richard Allen (fresh) | |
| 15:39 | UC Santa Barbara | Wei-Quo Hong is called for the reach on Gary Davis - foul #1 on Wei-Quo Hong, team foul #4 | 9-9 |
| Subs | Vermont | Michael Taormina (PG), William Nugent (SF) Russ Lemon, Wei-Quo Hong | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck (PF) Doyle Parr | |
| 15:30 | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-9 |
| Subs | Vermont | Russ Lemon (PG), Wei-Quo Hong (SG), Christopher Bixby (SF) Michael Taormina, Ted Riter, William Nugent | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Christopher Tartaglia (SF) John Brooks | |
| 15:13 | Vermont | Russ Lemon hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 9-9 |
| 15:12 | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis snags the defensive board | 9-9 |
| 14:58 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck's fadeaway is rejected by Don Kirk | 9-9 |
| 14:56 | UC Santa Barbara | Richard Allen grabs the offensive rebound | 9-9 |
| 14:45 | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 9-9 |
| 14:44 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck tips it in | 9-11 |
| 14:27 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 9-11 |
| 14:25 | UC Santa Barbara | Richard Allen snags the defensive board | 9-11 |
| 13:56 | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Gary Davis, team foul #5 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Vermont | Michael Taormina (PG), Ted Riter (SG), William Nugent (SF), Eugene Flowers (PF) Russ Lemon, Wei-Quo Hong, Christopher Bixby, Don Kirk | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | William James (PG), Claude Richmond (SG), John Brooks (SF), Doyle Parr (PF), Duane Husby (C) Gary Davis, Henry Sweeney, Christopher Tartaglia, Daniel Beck, Richard Allen | |
| 13:38 | Vermont | Clarence Beale blows the layup | 9-11 |
| 13:36 | UC Santa Barbara | Duane Husby gets the rebound | 9-11 |
| 13:23 | UC Santa Barbara | William James misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 9-11 |
| 13:22 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr tips it in | 9-13 |
| 13:06 | Vermont | Ted Riter is hacked by John Brooks - foul #2 on John Brooks, team foul #6 | 9-13 |
| Subs | Vermont | Russ Lemon (PG), Christopher Bixby (PF), Don Kirk (C) Michael Taormina, Eugene Flowers, Clarence Beale | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Christopher Tartaglia (SF) John Brooks | |
| 12:50 | Vermont | Ted Riter can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 9-13 |
| 12:49 | Vermont | Don Kirk can't tip it in | 9-13 |
| 12:47 | Vermont | Don Kirk pulls down the offensive rebound | 9-13 |
| 12:35 | Vermont | Russ Lemon makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Ted Riter | 11-13 |
| 12:21 | UC Santa Barbara | Duane Husby comes up short on the floater from the right block | 11-13 |
| 12:20 | Vermont | Don Kirk pulls down the rebound | 11-13 |
| 12:10 | Vermont | Ted Riter misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 11-13 |
| 12:08 | UC Santa Barbara | The rebound goes to Duane Husby | 11-13 |
| 11:52 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr misses short on a turnaround from the left block | 11-13 |
| 11:51 | Vermont | William Nugent grabs the board | 11-13 |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - Russ Lemon (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ted Riter (fresh) 2 ast. SF - William Nugent (fresh) PF - Christopher Bixby (fresh) 2 pts. C - Don Kirk (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Santa Barbara | PG - William James (fresh) SG - Claude Richmond (fresh) SF - Christopher Tartaglia (fairly fresh) PF - Doyle Parr (fresh) 5 pts. C - Duane Husby (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:34 | Vermont | Ted Riter misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 11-13 |
| 11:33 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby snags the offensive board | 11-13 |
| 11:21 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 11-13 |
| 11:19 | UC Santa Barbara | Duane Husby pulls down the rebound | 11-13 |
| 10:58 | UC Santa Barbara | Claude Richmond misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 11-13 |
| 10:56 | Vermont | Don Kirk grabs the board | 11-13 |
| 10:51 | Vermont | Ted Riter makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 14-13 |
| 10:42 | UC Santa Barbara | Claude Richmond connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by William James | 14-16 |
| 10:26 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Christopher Bixby, team foul #5 | 14-16 |
| Subs | Vermont | Michael Taormina (PG), Wei-Quo Hong (SG), Eugene Flowers (PF), Clarence Beale (C) Russ Lemon, Ted Riter, Christopher Bixby, Don Kirk | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Henry Sweeney (PG), Daniel Beck (PF), Richard Allen (C) William James, Doyle Parr, Duane Husby | |
| 10:10 | UC Santa Barbara | Richard Allen misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 14-16 |
| 10:08 | Vermont | Michael Taormina grabs the defensive rebound | 14-16 |
| 09:48 | Vermont | Daniel Beck steals it from Eugene Flowers | 14-16 |
| 09:37 | UC Santa Barbara | Henry Sweeney can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 14-16 |
| 09:35 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck tips it back up and in | 14-18 |
| 09:17 | Vermont | Clarence Beale clanks a jumper from the baseline | 14-18 |
| 09:15 | Vermont | William Nugent hits the follow up shot | 16-18 |
| 09:02 | UC Santa Barbara | Claude Richmond is fouled on the floor by Clarence Beale - foul #1 on Clarence Beale, team foul #6 | 16-18 |
| Subs | Vermont | Russ Lemon (PG), Ted Riter (SG), Don Kirk (C) Michael Taormina, William Nugent, Eugene Flowers | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | William James (PG) Christopher Tartaglia | |
| 08:51 | UC Santa Barbara | Claude Richmond comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 16-18 |
| 08:50 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck can't tip it in | 16-18 |
| 08:49 | Vermont | Russ Lemon grabs the board | 16-18 |
| 08:33 | Vermont | Henry Sweeney steps in front of the Wei-Quo Hong pass | 16-18 |
| 08:12 | UC Santa Barbara | Richard Allen drills a fadeaway in the lane set up by Henry Sweeney | 16-20 |
| 08:05 | Vermont | Don Kirk misses short on a jumper in the paint | 16-20 |
| 08:04 | UC Santa Barbara | Claude Richmond gets the rebound | 16-20 |
| 07:47 | UC Santa Barbara | Claude Richmond makes the turnaround from the left block on a great pass from William James | 16-22 |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - Russ Lemon (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ted Riter (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Wei-Quo Hong (fairly fresh) PF - Clarence Beale (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Don Kirk (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Santa Barbara | PG - William James (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Claude Richmond (tiring) 5 pts. SF - Henry Sweeney (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Daniel Beck (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Allen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:28 | Vermont | Don Kirk misses the lay-in but the foul's on William James - foul #1 on William James, team foul #7 | 16-22 |
| Subs | Vermont | Michael Taormina (PG), William Nugent (SF), Eugene Flowers (PF) Russ Lemon, Wei-Quo Hong, Clarence Beale | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Christopher Tartaglia (SF), Doyle Parr (PF), Duane Husby (C) Henry Sweeney, Daniel Beck, Richard Allen | |
| 07:28 | Vermont | Don Kirk misses the 1st free throw | 16-22 |
| 07:28 | Vermont | Don Kirk makes the 2nd free throw | 17-22 |
| 07:10 | UC Santa Barbara | Michael Taormina picks off the pass by William James | 17-22 |
| 06:50 | Vermont | Ted Riter comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-22 |
| 06:48 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr grabs the defensive rebound | 17-22 |
| 06:25 | UC Santa Barbara | Christopher Tartaglia comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-22 |
| 06:23 | Vermont | Eugene Flowers snags the defensive board | 17-22 |
| 06:03 | Vermont | Ted Riter misses the floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Claude Richmond - foul #2 on Claude Richmond, team foul #8 | 17-22 |
| Subs | Vermont | Russ Lemon (PG), Clarence Beale (PF) Michael Taormina, Eugene Flowers | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Henry Sweeney (SG), Daniel Beck (PF) Claude Richmond, Doyle Parr | |
| 06:03 | Vermont | Ted Riter makes the 1st free throw | 18-22 |
| 06:03 | Vermont | Ted Riter misses the 2nd free throw | 18-22 |
| 06:03 | UC Santa Barbara | Duane Husby gets the rebound | 18-22 |
| 05:39 | UC Santa Barbara | Christopher Tartaglia is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Christopher Tartaglia, team foul #9 | 18-22 |
| 05:32 | Vermont | Ted Riter's pass is intercepted by Henry Sweeney | 18-22 |
| 05:27 | UC Santa Barbara | Henry Sweeney lays it up and in | 18-24 |
| 05:12 | Vermont | Clarence Beale double dribbles | 18-24 |
| Subs | Vermont | Wei-Quo Hong (SG) Ted Riter | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Richard Allen (C) Duane Husby | |
| 04:52 | UC Santa Barbara | Richard Allen hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the paint | 18-24 |
| 04:51 | Vermont | Clarence Beale gets the rebound | 18-24 |
| 04:30 | Vermont | Don Kirk can't connect on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Richard Allen - foul #1 on Richard Allen, team foul #10 | 18-24 |
| Subs | Vermont | Ted Riter (SG) Wei-Quo Hong | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr (PF) Daniel Beck | |
| 04:30 | Vermont | Don Kirk makes the 1st free throw | 19-24 |
| 04:30 | Vermont | Don Kirk makes the 2nd free throw | 20-24 |
| 04:05 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr is called for traveling | 20-24 |
| Subs | Vermont | Eugene Flowers (PF) Don Kirk | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Duane Husby (C) Richard Allen | |
| 04:03 | Vermont | Russ Lemon throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 20-24 |
| 03:44 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr is open but comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket | 20-24 |
| 03:42 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr tips it home | 20-26 |
| Lineup | Vermont | PG - Russ Lemon (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ted Riter (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Nugent (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Eugene Flowers (fresh) 2 reb. C - Clarence Beale (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Santa Barbara | PG - William James (tiring) 2 ast. SG - Henry Sweeney (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Christopher Tartaglia (tiring) PF - Doyle Parr (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Duane Husby (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Vermont | Ted Riter misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 20-26 |
| 03:26 | Vermont | William Nugent can't tip it in | 20-26 |
| 03:25 | UC Santa Barbara | Christopher Tartaglia grabs the defensive rebound | 20-26 |
| 03:21 | UC Santa Barbara | Clarence Beale blocks the jumper by William James | 20-26 |
| 03:20 | UC Santa Barbara | Duane Husby pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-26 |
| 03:03 | UC Santa Barbara | William James misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 20-26 |
| 03:02 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr tips it but misses | 20-26 |
| 03:00 | Vermont | Clarence Beale grabs the defensive rebound | 20-26 |
| 02:33 | Vermont | Clarence Beale connects on the jump hook from the right block | 22-26 |
| 02:17 | UC Santa Barbara | Henry Sweeney can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 22-26 |
| 02:15 | Vermont | Clarence Beale grabs the board | 22-26 |
| 02:03 | Vermont | Eugene Flowers clanks a floater from the baseline | 22-26 |
| 02:01 | Vermont | Clarence Beale tips it but misses | 22-26 |
| 01:59 | UC Santa Barbara | Doyle Parr grabs the defensive rebound | 22-26 |
| 01:52 | UC Santa Barbara | William James buries a 3 from the right wing | 22-29 |
| 01:34 | Vermont | Russ Lemon's fadeaway is rejected by Doyle Parr | 22-29 |
| 01:33 | UC Santa Barbara | Duane Husby gets the rebound | 22-29 |
| 01:19 | UC Santa Barbara | Henry Sweeney scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 22-32 |
| 00:59 | Vermont | Clarence Beale misses the fadeaway near the basket but the foul's on William James - foul #2 on William James, team foul #11 | 22-32 |
| Subs | Vermont | Michael Taormina (PG), Wei-Quo Hong (SG), Christopher Bixby (SF), Don Kirk (C) Russ Lemon, Ted Riter, William Nugent, Eugene Flowers | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | Gary Davis (PG), Claude Richmond (SG), John Brooks (SF), Daniel Beck (PF), Richard Allen (C) William James, Henry Sweeney, Christopher Tartaglia, Doyle Parr, Duane Husby | |
| 00:59 | Vermont | Clarence Beale makes the 1st free throw | 23-32 |
| 00:59 | Vermont | Clarence Beale makes the 2nd free throw | 24-32 |
| 00:42 | UC Santa Barbara | Claude Richmond clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 24-32 |
| 00:41 | Vermont | Christopher Bixby grabs the board | 24-32 |
| 00:32 | Vermont | Wei-Quo Hong connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Taormina | 27-32 |
| 00:09 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck is hacked by Clarence Beale - foul #2 on Clarence Beale, team foul #7 | 27-32 |
| Subs | Vermont | Ted Riter (SG) Clarence Beale | |
| Subs | UC Santa Barbara | | |
| 00:09 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck makes the 1st free throw | 27-33 |
| 00:09 | UC Santa Barbara | Daniel Beck misses the 2nd free throw | 27-33 |
| 00:09 | Vermont | Don Kirk grabs the board | 27-33 |
| 00:04 | Vermont | Michael Taormina loses the dribble to Richard Allen | 27-33 |
| 00:00 | UC Santa Barbara | Richard Allen hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 27-33 |