| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Carl Murphy (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stanley Hughes (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Jimmie Hammond (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Charles Wimbley (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - David Weinman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Sang Huang (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Paul Tucci (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Putnam (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Alvaro Pineda (fresh) 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Paul Tucci inbounds the ball | 16-27 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 19:44 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 16-27 |
| 19:42 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes grabs the defensive rebound | 16-27 |
| 19:17 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 16-27 |
| 19:16 | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda gets the rebound | 16-27 |
| 18:54 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 16-27 |
| 18:53 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond pulls down the rebound | 16-27 |
| 18:24 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond is hacked by Richard Jenkins - foul #2 on Richard Jenkins, team foul #1 | 16-27 |
| 17:59 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond lays it in on a great pass from Stanley Hughes | 18-27 |
| 17:57 | South Carolina | David Weinman is called for the reach on Robert Putnam in the backcourt - foul #1 on David Weinman, team foul #1 | 18-27 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Alfred Venable (SF), John Seaver (PF), Marcus Sylvestre (C) Jimmie Hammond, Charles Wimbley, David Weinman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 17:46 | South Carolina | Paul Tucci hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Sang Huang | 18-29 |
| 17:32 | New Mexico | Carl Murphy misses the jumper from the right wing | 18-29 |
| 17:30 | New Mexico | John Seaver hits the follow up shot | 20-29 |
| 17:28 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins is hacked by Carl Murphy in the backcourt - foul #3 on Carl Murphy, team foul #2 | 20-29 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Perry (PG) Carl Murphy | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih (PG), Murray Menard (SG), Joaquin Galindo (SF), George Mai (PF) Richard Jenkins, Sang Huang, Paul Tucci, Robert Putnam | |
| 17:18 | South Carolina | Murray Menard clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 20-29 |
| 17:17 | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda snags the offensive board | 20-29 |
| 16:57 | South Carolina | Michael Perry picks off the pass by Alvaro Pineda | 20-29 |
| 16:39 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes misses long on a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Murray Menard - foul #1 on Murray Menard, team foul #2 | 20-29 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond (SF) Alfred Venable | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willy Meacham (C) Alvaro Pineda | |
| 16:39 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes misses the 1st free throw | 20-29 |
| 16:39 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes misses the 2nd free throw | 20-29 |
| 16:39 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to George Mai | 20-29 |
| 16:37 | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 20-29 |
| 16:14 | New Mexico | Marcus Sylvestre connects on the runner from the right block | 22-29 |
| 15:48 | South Carolina | George Mai misses the turnaround from the left block | 22-29 |
| 15:46 | New Mexico | Marcus Sylvestre grabs the board | 22-29 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Michael Perry (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Stanley Hughes (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jimmie Hammond (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Seaver (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Marcus Sylvestre (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Ming-Hoa Shih (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Murray Menard (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joaquin Galindo (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - George Mai (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Willy Meacham (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:25 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond is hacked by George Mai - foul #2 on George Mai, team foul #3 | 22-29 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Carl Murphy (PG), Alfred Venable (SF), Charles Wimbley (PF), David Weinman (C) Michael Perry, Stanley Hughes, John Seaver, Marcus Sylvestre | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins (PG), Sang Huang (SG), Paul Tucci (SF), Robert Putnam (PF) Ming-Hoa Shih, Murray Menard, Joaquin Galindo, Willy Meacham | |
| 15:18 | New Mexico | Carl Murphy buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Charles Wimbley | 24-29 |
| 14:55 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 24-29 |
| 14:54 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam gets the offensive rebound | 24-29 |
| 14:35 | South Carolina | George Mai clanks a turnaround from the right block but the foul's on David Weinman - foul #2 on David Weinman, team foul #3 | 24-29 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes (SG) Jimmie Hammond | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda (C) Robert Putnam | |
| 14:35 | South Carolina | George Mai makes the 1st free throw | 24-30 |
| 14:35 | South Carolina | George Mai misses the 2nd free throw | 24-30 |
| 14:35 | New Mexico | The rebound goes to David Weinman | 24-30 |
| 14:16 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes is fouled on the floor by Sang Huang - foul #1 on Sang Huang, team foul #4 | 24-30 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Putnam (PF) George Mai | |
| 14:02 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley is whistled for a carry | 24-30 |
| 14:00 | South Carolina | Paul Tucci's pass is intercepted by David Weinman in the backcourt | 24-30 |
| 13:49 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley is hacked by Alvaro Pineda - foul #2 on Alvaro Pineda, team foul #5 | 24-30 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Perry (PG), Jimmie Hammond (SF) Stanley Hughes, Alfred Venable | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 13:33 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond blows the dunk but the foul's on Richard Jenkins - foul #3 on Richard Jenkins, team foul #6 | 24-30 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Seaver (PF), Marcus Sylvestre (C) Charles Wimbley, David Weinman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 13:33 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond makes the 1st free throw | 25-30 |
| 13:33 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 26-30 |
| 13:14 | South Carolina | Sang Huang makes the fadeaway from the left block | 26-32 |
| 12:49 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond misses long on a jumper from the right block | 26-32 |
| 12:48 | South Carolina | Sang Huang snags the defensive board | 26-32 |
| 12:43 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins throws a bad pass out of bounds | 26-32 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes (SG), Alfred Venable (SF) Michael Perry, Jimmie Hammond | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih (PG), Murray Menard (SG), Joaquin Galindo (SF), George Mai (PF) Richard Jenkins, Sang Huang, Paul Tucci, Robert Putnam | |
| 12:20 | New Mexico | Carl Murphy is denied on a layup by George Mai | 26-32 |
| 12:19 | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo grabs the defensive rebound | 26-32 |
| 12:13 | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-32 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley (PF), David Weinman (C) John Seaver, Marcus Sylvestre | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 11:53 | New Mexico | Carl Murphy hits a fadeaway from close range and he's hacked by Ming-Hoa Shih - foul #2 on Ming-Hoa Shih, team foul #7 | 28-32 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willy Meacham (C) Alvaro Pineda | |
| 11:53 | New Mexico | Carl Murphy misses the free throw | 28-32 |
| 11:53 | South Carolina | George Mai grabs the board | 28-32 |
| 11:37 | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 28-32 |
| 11:36 | New Mexico | Carl Murphy grabs the board | 28-32 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Carl Murphy (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Stanley Hughes (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Alfred Venable (fairly fresh) PF - Charles Wimbley (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - David Weinman (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Ming-Hoa Shih (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Murray Menard (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joaquin Galindo (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - George Mai (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Willy Meacham (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:11 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes hits the finger roll | 30-32 |
| 10:51 | South Carolina | Murray Menard misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Alfred Venable - foul #1 on Alfred Venable, team foul #4 | 30-32 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Perry (PG), Jimmie Hammond (SF), John Seaver (PF), Patrick Fuller (C) Carl Murphy, Alfred Venable, Charles Wimbley, David Weinman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins (PG), Paul Tucci (SF), Robert Putnam (PF), Alvaro Pineda (C) Ming-Hoa Shih, Joaquin Galindo, George Mai, Willy Meacham | |
| 10:51 | South Carolina | Murray Menard misses the 1st free throw | 30-32 |
| 10:51 | South Carolina | Murray Menard makes the 2nd free throw | 30-33 |
| 10:28 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes's pass is intercepted by Richard Jenkins | 30-33 |
| 10:26 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins is called for traveling in the backcourt | 30-33 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Marcus Sylvestre (C) Patrick Fuller | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Sang Huang (SG) Murray Menard | |
| 10:02 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 30-33 |
| 10:01 | New Mexico | John Seaver grabs the offensive board | 30-33 |
| 09:39 | New Mexico | Alvaro Pineda is called for the reach on Marcus Sylvestre - foul #3 on Alvaro Pineda, team foul #8 | 30-33 |
| 09:39 | New Mexico | Marcus Sylvestre makes the 1st free throw | 31-33 |
| 09:39 | New Mexico | Marcus Sylvestre makes the 2nd free throw | 32-33 |
| 09:37 | South Carolina | Paul Tucci's pass is intercepted by John Seaver in the backcourt | 32-33 |
| 09:11 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 32-33 |
| 09:10 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam snags the defensive board | 32-33 |
| 08:47 | South Carolina | Sang Huang is hacked by Michael Perry - foul #2 on Michael Perry, team foul #5 | 32-33 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Carl Murphy (PG), Alfred Venable (SF), Charles Wimbley (PF), David Weinman (C) Michael Perry, Jimmie Hammond, John Seaver, Marcus Sylvestre | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo (SF), George Mai (PF), Willy Meacham (C) Paul Tucci, Robert Putnam, Alvaro Pineda | |
| 08:27 | South Carolina | Willy Meacham hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 32-33 |
| 08:25 | New Mexico | Alfred Venable snags the defensive board | 32-33 |
| 08:19 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes misses the turnaround in the paint | 32-33 |
| 08:18 | South Carolina | Sang Huang snags the defensive board | 32-33 |
| 07:49 | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo can't connect on a shot from the left block but he's fouled by Alfred Venable - foul #2 on Alfred Venable, team foul #6 | 32-33 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond (SF) Alfred Venable | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih (PG), Murray Menard (SG) Richard Jenkins, Sang Huang | |
| 07:49 | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo makes the 1st free throw | 32-34 |
| 07:49 | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo makes the 2nd free throw | 32-35 |
| 07:22 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond drills a turnaround near the basket set up by Carl Murphy | 34-35 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Carl Murphy (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Stanley Hughes (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jimmie Hammond (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charles Wimbley (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - David Weinman (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Ming-Hoa Shih (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Murray Menard (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Joaquin Galindo (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - George Mai (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Willy Meacham (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:20 | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih is fouled in the backcourt by Carl Murphy - foul #4 on Carl Murphy, team foul #7 | 34-35 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Seaver (PF), Patrick Fuller (C) Charles Wimbley, David Weinman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Paul Tucci (SF), Robert Putnam (PF), Alvaro Pineda (C) Joaquin Galindo, George Mai, Willy Meacham | |
| 07:20 | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih makes the 1st free throw | 34-36 |
| 07:20 | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih makes the 2nd free throw | 34-37 |
| 06:58 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-37 |
| 06:46 | South Carolina | Stanley Hughes takes the ball from Murray Menard | 37-37 |
| 06:41 | New Mexico | Carl Murphy is called for the offensive foul in the backcourt - foul #5 on Carl Murphy, team foul #8 | 37-37 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Michael Perry (PG), Alfred Venable (SF), Marcus Sylvestre (C) Carl Murphy, Jimmie Hammond, Patrick Fuller | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Sang Huang (SG) Murray Menard | |
| 06:28 | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda makes the wide open jumper near the basket on a great pass from Paul Tucci | 37-39 |
| 06:15 | New Mexico | Michael Perry is hacked by Ming-Hoa Shih - foul #3 on Ming-Hoa Shih, team foul #9 | 37-39 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Patrick Fuller (PF), David Weinman (C) John Seaver, Marcus Sylvestre | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins (PG) Ming-Hoa Shih | |
| 06:15 | New Mexico | Michael Perry makes the 1st free throw | 38-39 |
| 06:15 | New Mexico | Michael Perry makes the 2nd free throw | 39-39 |
| 05:53 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam scores on a runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Richard Jenkins | 39-41 |
| 05:32 | New Mexico | Paul Tucci takes the ball from Patrick Fuller | 39-41 |
| 05:14 | South Carolina | Sang Huang is alone and drills a 3 pointer from the left corner | 39-44 |
| 04:45 | New Mexico | Michael Perry clanks a 3 from the right wing | 39-44 |
| 04:44 | New Mexico | Patrick Fuller grabs the offensive rebound | 39-44 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 04:29 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 39-44 |
| 04:27 | New Mexico | David Weinman tips it back up and in | 41-44 |
| 04:17 | South Carolina | Sang Huang hits a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Alvaro Pineda | 41-46 |
| 04:02 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-46 |
| 04:01 | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda gets the rebound | 41-46 |
| 03:59 | South Carolina | Stanley Hughes takes the ball from Sang Huang in the backcourt | 41-46 |
| 03:59 | New Mexico | New Mexico calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 41-46 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond (SF), Charles Wimbley (PF), Marcus Sylvestre (C) Alfred Venable, Patrick Fuller, David Weinman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo (SF), George Mai (PF) Paul Tucci, Robert Putnam | |
| 03:43 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Joaquin Galindo - foul #3 on Joaquin Galindo, team foul #10 | 41-46 |
| 03:43 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley misses the 1st free throw | 41-46 |
| 03:43 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley misses the 2nd free throw | 41-46 |
| 03:43 | South Carolina | George Mai gets the rebound | 41-46 |
| 03:36 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins is called for traveling in the backcourt | 41-46 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willy Meacham (C) Alvaro Pineda | |
| 03:24 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley misses long on a jump hook from the left block | 41-46 |
| 03:23 | South Carolina | George Mai grabs the defensive rebound | 41-46 |
| 03:21 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins is fouled in the backcourt by Stanley Hughes - foul #1 on Stanley Hughes, team foul #9 | 41-46 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih (SG) Sang Huang | |
| 03:21 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins makes the 1st free throw | 41-47 |
| 03:21 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins makes the 2nd free throw | 41-48 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Michael Perry (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stanley Hughes (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jimmie Hammond (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charles Wimbley (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Marcus Sylvestre (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Ming-Hoa Shih (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Joaquin Galindo (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - George Mai (fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Willy Meacham (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:05 | New Mexico | Michael Perry can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 41-48 |
| 03:04 | South Carolina | Joaquin Galindo pulls down the rebound | 41-48 |
| 03:01 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Perry - foul #3 on Michael Perry, team foul #10 | 41-48 |
| 03:01 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins makes the 1st free throw | 41-49 |
| 03:01 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins makes the 2nd free throw | 41-50 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 02:59 | New Mexico | New Mexico calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 41-50 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Alfred Venable (SF), David Weinman (C) Stanley Hughes, Marcus Sylvestre | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Sang Huang (SG), Paul Tucci (SF), Robert Putnam (PF), Alvaro Pineda (C) Ming-Hoa Shih, Joaquin Galindo, George Mai, Willy Meacham | |
| 02:54 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley knocks in the jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by David Weinman | 43-50 |
| 02:34 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam misses the lay-in but the foul's on Charles Wimbley - foul #3 on Charles Wimbley, team foul #11 | 43-50 |
| 02:34 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam makes the 1st free throw | 43-51 |
| 02:34 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam makes the 2nd free throw | 43-52 |
| 02:24 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley's layup is rejected by Alvaro Pineda | 43-52 |
| 02:22 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley gets the offensive rebound | 43-52 |
| 02:11 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley lays it up and in on a nice dish by Michael Perry | 45-52 |
| 01:57 | South Carolina | David Weinman steals it from Alvaro Pineda | 45-52 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 01:53 | New Mexico | David Weinman's layup is rejected by Alvaro Pineda | 45-52 |
| 01:51 | New Mexico | Charles Wimbley tips it in | 47-52 |
| 01:33 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam is fouled on the floor by Charles Wimbley - foul #4 on Charles Wimbley, team foul #12 | 47-52 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes (SG) Alfred Venable | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 01:33 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam misses the 1st free throw | 47-52 |
| 01:33 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam misses the 2nd free throw | 47-52 |
| 01:33 | South Carolina | Paul Tucci grabs the offensive rebound | 47-52 |
| 01:15 | South Carolina | Paul Tucci comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Jimmie Hammond - foul #3 on Jimmie Hammond, team foul #13 | 47-52 |
| 01:15 | South Carolina | Paul Tucci misses the 1st free throw | 47-52 |
| 01:15 | South Carolina | Paul Tucci makes the 2nd free throw | 47-53 |
| 01:02 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 47-53 |
| 01:00 | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda grabs the board | 47-53 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:59 | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda is hacked by Michael Perry in the backcourt - foul #4 on Michael Perry, team foul #14 | 47-53 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih (SF) Paul Tucci | |
| 00:59 | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda makes the 1st free throw | 47-54 |
| 00:59 | South Carolina | Alvaro Pineda makes the 2nd free throw | 47-55 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:52 | New Mexico | Stanley Hughes's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-55 |
| 00:49 | South Carolina | Michael Perry is called for the reach on Ming-Hoa Shih in the backcourt - foul #5 on Michael Perry, team foul #15 | 47-55 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Alfred Venable (SF) Michael Perry | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 00:49 | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih makes the 1st free throw | 47-56 |
| 00:49 | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih makes the 2nd free throw | 47-57 |
| 00:42 | New Mexico | Alfred Venable misses long on a shot from the right side | 47-57 |
| 00:40 | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih pulls down the rebound | 47-57 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:18 | South Carolina | Robert Putnam banks in the wide open layup set up by Richard Jenkins | 47-59 |
| 00:11 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond is fouled on the floor by Sang Huang - foul #2 on Sang Huang, team foul #11 | 47-59 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Seaver (PF), Marcus Sylvestre (C) Charles Wimbley, David Weinman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Murray Menard (SG), Joaquin Galindo (SF), George Mai (PF), Willy Meacham (C) Richard Jenkins, Sang Huang, Robert Putnam, Alvaro Pineda | |
| 00:11 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond makes the 1st free throw | 48-59 |
| 00:11 | New Mexico | Jimmie Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 49-59 |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | Ming-Hoa Shih runs out the clock | 49-59 |