| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Christopher Courtney (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Christopher Baptiste (fresh) SF - Jerome Iler (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jacob Hazelip (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Ronald Steenbergen (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Ruben Snow (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bill Putney (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Davison (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Prince (fresh) 2 stl. C - Michael Kelly (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UMKC | John Davison inbounds the ball | 40-26 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:40 | UMKC | John Davison can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-26 |
| 19:38 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip snags the defensive board | 40-26 |
| 19:28 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Christopher Baptiste | 43-26 |
| 19:14 | UMKC | Bill Putney misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 43-26 |
| 19:13 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler snags the defensive board | 43-26 |
| 19:07 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen drills a driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Christopher Courtney and he's fouled by John Davison - foul #2 on John Davison, team foul #1 | 45-26 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Fischer (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG) Christopher Courtney, Christopher Baptiste | |
| Subs | UMKC | | |
| 19:07 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen makes the free throw | 46-26 |
| 18:45 | UMKC | Bill Putney misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 46-26 |
| 18:44 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip gets the rebound | 46-26 |
| 18:38 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen's layup is rejected by Michael Kelly | 46-26 |
| 18:37 | UMKC | Ruben Snow grabs the board | 46-26 |
| 18:24 | UMKC | Joseph Fischer picks off the pass by Michael Kelly | 46-26 |
| 18:21 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn lays it up and in on a nice dish by Joseph Fischer | 48-26 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 18:05 | UMKC | Michael Kelly clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 48-26 |
| 18:04 | UMKC | Bill Putney misses the tip | 48-26 |
| 18:03 | UMKC | The offensive rebound goes to John Davison | 48-26 |
| 17:50 | UMKC | James Prince makes the fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Bill Putney and he's fouled by Ronald Steenbergen - foul #2 on Ronald Steenbergen, team foul #1 | 48-28 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), Christopher Baptiste (SG), John Geib (PF) Joseph Fischer, John Mendelsohn, Jacob Hazelip | |
| Subs | UMKC | | |
| 17:50 | UMKC | James Prince makes the free throw | 48-29 |
| 17:32 | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney is hacked by Michael Kelly - foul #3 on Michael Kelly, team foul #2 | 48-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip (PF) John Geib | |
| Subs | UMKC | Danny Edwards (SF), Larry Montgomery (C) John Davison, Michael Kelly | |
| 17:18 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen misses the jumpshot from the left side | 48-29 |
| 17:17 | UMKC | The rebound goes to Larry Montgomery | 48-29 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 16:52 | UMKC | Bill Putney travels with the ball | 48-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG) Christopher Courtney, Christopher Baptiste | |
| Subs | UMKC | Milton Jansen (PG), Milan Gallo (SG), Vincent Reed (PF) Ruben Snow, Bill Putney, James Prince | |
| 16:37 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn is fouled on the floor by Milan Gallo - foul #1 on Milan Gallo, team foul #3 | 48-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), Christopher Baptiste (SG), John Geib (PF) James Harbert, John Mendelsohn, Jacob Hazelip | |
| Subs | UMKC | | |
| 16:21 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 48-29 |
| 16:19 | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney tips it back up and in | 50-29 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 16:00 | UMKC | Milan Gallo can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 50-29 |
| 15:59 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Ronald Steenbergen | 50-29 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Christopher Courtney (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - Christopher Baptiste (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jerome Iler (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. PF - John Geib (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ronald Steenbergen (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Milton Jansen (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Milan Gallo (fresh) SF - Danny Edwards (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Vincent Reed (fresh) C - Larry Montgomery (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 15:37 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen misses the dunk | 50-29 |
| 15:35 | UMKC | Vincent Reed grabs the defensive rebound | 50-29 |
| 15:18 | UMKC | Larry Montgomery misses the lay-in | 50-29 |
| 15:17 | Syracuse | John Geib snags the defensive board | 50-29 |
| 14:52 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler can't finish the layup | 50-29 |
| 14:50 | UMKC | Vincent Reed grabs the defensive rebound | 50-29 |
| 14:34 | UMKC | Danny Edwards drills a driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by Milton Jansen | 50-31 |
| 14:16 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler buries a shot from the right wing | 52-31 |
| 14:01 | UMKC | Larry Montgomery hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 52-31 |
| 14:00 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler snags the defensive board | 52-31 |
| 13:38 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen buries a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Christopher Baptiste | 55-31 |
| 13:33 | UMKC | Danny Edwards buries a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Milton Jansen and he's hacked by Christopher Courtney - foul #2 on Christopher Courtney, team foul #2 | 55-33 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG), Michael Szopinski (SF), Jacob Hazelip (PF) Christopher Courtney, Christopher Baptiste, Jerome Iler, John Geib | |
| Subs | UMKC | Ruben Snow (PG), Bill Putney (SG), James Prince (PF), Michael Kelly (C) Milton Jansen, Milan Gallo, Vincent Reed, Larry Montgomery | |
| 13:33 | UMKC | Danny Edwards misses the free throw | 55-33 |
| 13:33 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen grabs the board | 55-33 |
| 13:09 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Michael Szopinski | 58-33 |
| 12:55 | UMKC | Michael Kelly lays it up and in and he's fouled by Michael Szopinski - foul #1 on Michael Szopinski, team foul #3 | 58-35 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jerome Iler (SF), John Geib (C) Michael Szopinski, Ronald Steenbergen | |
| Subs | UMKC | John Davison (SF) Danny Edwards | |
| 12:55 | UMKC | Michael Kelly makes the free throw | 58-36 |
| 12:26 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 58-36 |
| 12:24 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler grabs the offensive rebound | 58-36 |
| 11:55 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler banks in the layup set up by James Harbert | 60-36 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Harbert (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Mendelsohn (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jerome Iler (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 8 reb. PF - Jacob Hazelip (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. C - John Geib (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Ruben Snow (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bill Putney (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Davison (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Prince (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. C - Michael Kelly (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 11:36 | UMKC | Bill Putney connects on the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Ruben Snow | 60-39 |
| 11:17 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-39 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Szopinski (SF), Ronald Steenbergen (C) Jerome Iler, John Geib | |
| Subs | UMKC | | |
| 11:07 | UMKC | Ruben Snow throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-39 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG) James Harbert | |
| Subs | UMKC | Milan Gallo (C) Michael Kelly | |
| 10:48 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen can't connect on a shot from the baseline | 60-39 |
| 10:47 | UMKC | James Prince gets the rebound | 60-39 |
| 10:25 | UMKC | Bill Putney scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Milan Gallo | 60-41 |
| 10:02 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip is hacked by Ruben Snow - foul #2 on Ruben Snow, team foul #4 | 60-41 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), Jerome Iler (SF) Christopher Courtney, Michael Szopinski | |
| Subs | UMKC | Milton Jansen (PG), Danny Edwards (SF), Larry Montgomery (PF), Michael Kelly (C) Ruben Snow, Bill Putney, John Davison, James Prince | |
| 09:46 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn double dribbles | 60-41 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Baptiste (SG) John Mendelsohn | |
| Subs | UMKC | | |
| 09:35 | UMKC | Milan Gallo clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Jacob Hazelip - foul #1 on Jacob Hazelip, team foul #4 | 60-41 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn (SG) Christopher Baptiste | |
| Subs | UMKC | | |
| 09:35 | UMKC | Milan Gallo makes the 1st free throw | 60-42 |
| 09:35 | UMKC | Milan Gallo makes the 2nd free throw | 60-43 |
| 09:07 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen connects on the jumper from close range | 62-43 |
| 08:53 | UMKC | Michael Kelly clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Ronald Steenbergen - foul #3 on Ronald Steenbergen, team foul #5 | 62-43 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), Christopher Baptiste (SG) James Harbert, John Mendelsohn | |
| Subs | UMKC | Ruben Snow (PG) Milan Gallo | |
| 08:53 | UMKC | Michael Kelly makes the 1st free throw | 62-44 |
| 08:53 | UMKC | Michael Kelly makes the 2nd free throw | 62-45 |
| 08:27 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip is hacked by Larry Montgomery - foul #2 on Larry Montgomery, team foul #5 | 62-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn (SG) Christopher Baptiste | |
| Subs | UMKC | Bill Putney (SG), Vincent Reed (SF), James Prince (PF) Milton Jansen, Danny Edwards, Michael Kelly | |
| 08:18 | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the left block | 62-45 |
| 08:17 | UMKC | The rebound goes to Larry Montgomery | 62-45 |
| 08:02 | UMKC | Ronald Steenbergen steps in front of the Larry Montgomery pass | 62-45 |
| 07:33 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 62-45 |
| 07:31 | UMKC | Larry Montgomery pulls down the rebound | 62-45 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Christopher Courtney (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Mendelsohn (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jerome Iler (tiring) 15 pts. 8 reb. PF - Jacob Hazelip (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. C - Ronald Steenbergen (fairly fresh) 24 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Ruben Snow (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bill Putney (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Vincent Reed (fresh) 2 reb. PF - James Prince (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Larry Montgomery (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:27 | UMKC | Ruben Snow misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 62-45 |
| 07:25 | UMKC | James Prince grabs the offensive board | 62-45 |
| 07:14 | UMKC | Ruben Snow misses badly on a floater from the left side | 62-45 |
| 07:13 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to John Mendelsohn | 62-45 |
| 06:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen misses the floater near the basket but he's hacked by Larry Montgomery - foul #3 on Larry Montgomery, team foul #6 | 62-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), Christopher Baptiste (SG) Christopher Courtney, John Mendelsohn | |
| Subs | UMKC | Milton Jansen (PG), Milan Gallo (SG), John Davison (SF), Michael Kelly (C) Ruben Snow, Bill Putney, Vincent Reed, Larry Montgomery | |
| 06:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen makes the 1st free throw | 63-45 |
| 06:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen makes the 2nd free throw | 64-45 |
| 06:36 | UMKC | Milton Jansen can't connect on a floater from the left side | 64-45 |
| 06:35 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen snags the defensive board | 64-45 |
| 06:14 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip is hacked by John Davison - foul #3 on John Davison, team foul #7 | 64-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Geib (C) Ronald Steenbergen | |
| Subs | UMKC | Danny Edwards (PF) James Prince | |
| 06:14 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip makes the 1st free throw | 65-45 |
| 06:14 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip makes the 2nd free throw | 66-45 |
| 06:01 | UMKC | Danny Edwards throws a bad pass out of bounds | 66-45 |
| 05:38 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip buries a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by James Harbert | 68-45 |
| 05:19 | UMKC | Milan Gallo loses the ball out of bounds | 68-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG), Michael Szopinski (SF), Ronald Steenbergen (C) James Harbert, Christopher Baptiste, Jerome Iler, John Geib | |
| Subs | UMKC | Frank Fields (SG), Vincent Reed (PF) John Davison, Michael Kelly | |
| 04:57 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip is hacked by Milan Gallo - foul #2 on Milan Gallo, team foul #8 | 68-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Baptiste (SG), Jerome Iler (SF) John Mendelsohn, Michael Szopinski | |
| Subs | UMKC | | |
| 04:57 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip misses the 1st free throw | 68-45 |
| 04:57 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler gets the offensive rebound | 68-45 |
| 04:41 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip buries a jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Jerome Iler | 70-45 |
| 04:31 | UMKC | Frank Fields clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 70-45 |
| 04:30 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler gets the rebound | 70-45 |
| 04:12 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen is called for a moving pick - foul #4 on Ronald Steenbergen, team foul #6 | 70-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG), John Geib (C) Christopher Courtney, Christopher Baptiste, Ronald Steenbergen | |
| Subs | UMKC | Larry Montgomery (C) Milan Gallo | |
| 04:03 | UMKC | Jacob Hazelip denies the turnaround by Vincent Reed | 70-45 |
| 04:02 | Syracuse | John Geib gets the rebound | 70-45 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:48 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn buries a 3 from straight away | 73-45 |
| 03:33 | UMKC | Milton Jansen drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Frank Fields | 73-48 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Harbert (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Mendelsohn (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jerome Iler (tiring) 15 pts. 10 reb. PF - Jacob Hazelip (tiring) 16 pts. 7 reb. C - John Geib (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMKC | PG - Milton Jansen (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Frank Fields (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Danny Edwards (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Vincent Reed (fresh) 2 reb. C - Larry Montgomery (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:13 | Syracuse | James Harbert misses the dunk attempt but he's fouled by Milton Jansen - foul #1 on Milton Jansen, team foul #9 | 73-48 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Baptiste (SG), Christopher Courtney (SF), Ronald Steenbergen (C) John Mendelsohn, Jerome Iler, John Geib | |
| Subs | UMKC | George Jones (PG) Milton Jansen | |
| 03:13 | Syracuse | James Harbert misses the 1st free throw | 73-48 |
| 03:13 | Syracuse | James Harbert makes the 2nd free throw | 74-48 |
| 03:00 | UMKC | George Jones misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 74-48 |
| 02:59 | UMKC | Vincent Reed hits the follow up shot | 74-50 |
| 02:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen can't finish the layup | 74-50 |
| 02:43 | UMKC | George Jones grabs the board | 74-50 |
| 02:26 | UMKC | Frank Fields travels with the ball | 74-50 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn (SG), Jerome Iler (SF) James Harbert, Christopher Baptiste | |
| Subs | UMKC | Milton Jansen (SG), Milan Gallo (C) Frank Fields, Vincent Reed | |
| 01:59 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Danny Edwards - foul #1 on Danny Edwards, team foul #10 | 74-50 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Baptiste (SG) John Mendelsohn | |
| Subs | UMKC | Vincent Reed (PF) George Jones | |
| 01:59 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler makes the 1st free throw | 75-50 |
| 01:59 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler misses the 2nd free throw | 75-50 |
| 01:59 | UMKC | Vincent Reed pulls down the rebound | 75-50 |
| 01:49 | UMKC | Danny Edwards misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 75-50 |
| 01:48 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen pulls down the rebound | 75-50 |
| 01:44 | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney misses short on a floater in the paint | 75-50 |
| 01:42 | UMKC | Larry Montgomery grabs the defensive rebound | 75-50 |
| 01:22 | UMKC | Milan Gallo misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 75-50 |
| 01:21 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Ronald Steenbergen | 75-50 |
| 01:01 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip is denied on a layup by Larry Montgomery | 75-50 |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler can't tip it in | 75-50 |
| 00:58 | UMKC | Milan Gallo grabs the board | 75-50 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:53 | UMKC | Vincent Reed is hacked by Jacob Hazelip - foul #2 on Jacob Hazelip, team foul #7 | 75-50 |
| 00:53 | UMKC | Vincent Reed makes the 1st free throw | 75-51 |
| 00:53 | UMKC | Vincent Reed misses the 2nd free throw | 75-51 |
| 00:53 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip gets the rebound | 75-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMKC | UMKC is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler hits a jumpshot from the right wing | 77-51 |
| 00:25 | UMKC | Danny Edwards scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 77-54 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney runs out the clock | 77-54 |