| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Kenneth Ernst (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jerome Taylor (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Barco (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Logan Messmer (fresh) 9 pts. C - Donald Syverson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Jan Williams (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Phil Gunter (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Philip Rolland (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Christopher Wood (fresh) 6 pts. C - Joseph Manning (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Samford | Philip Rolland inbounds the ball | 33-29 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:45 | Samford | Philip Rolland clanks a turnaround from the left block | 33-29 |
| 19:44 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Syverson grabs the defensive rebound | 33-29 |
| 19:23 | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 33-29 |
| 19:21 | Samford | Joseph Manning snags the defensive board | 33-29 |
| 19:10 | Samford | The jump hook by Philip Rolland is blocked by Donald Syverson | 33-29 |
| 19:09 | Louisiana Tech | Jerome Taylor snags the defensive board | 33-29 |
| 18:48 | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 36-29 |
| 18:44 | Samford | Philip Rolland can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 36-29 |
| 18:42 | Samford | Joseph Manning grabs the offensive rebound | 36-29 |
| 18:24 | Samford | Jan Williams drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Christopher Wood | 36-32 |
| 18:03 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Syverson misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 36-32 |
| 18:01 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco gets the offensive rebound | 36-32 |
| 17:32 | Louisiana Tech | Jerome Taylor connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Kenneth Ernst | 39-32 |
| 17:15 | Samford | Philip Rolland drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by Phil Gunter and he's fouled by James Barco - foul #2 on James Barco, team foul #1 | 39-34 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Herbert William (PG), Nicholas Pitre (SG), Julio Valdez (PF) Kenneth Ernst, Jerome Taylor, Logan Messmer | |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| 17:15 | Samford | Philip Rolland makes the free throw | 39-35 |
| 16:47 | Louisiana Tech | Nicholas Pitre comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 39-35 |
| 16:46 | Samford | Philip Rolland gets the rebound | 39-35 |
| 16:30 | Samford | Julio Valdez steps in front of the Philip Rolland pass | 39-35 |
| 16:09 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez misses badly on a runner in the lane | 39-35 |
| 16:08 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez can't tip it in | 39-35 |
| 16:06 | Samford | Christopher Wood grabs the board | 39-35 |
| 15:43 | Samford | Joseph Manning can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-35 |
| 15:41 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco pulls down the rebound | 39-35 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Herbert William (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Nicholas Pitre (fresh) SF - James Barco (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Julio Valdez (fresh) 3 pts. C - Donald Syverson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Jan Williams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Phil Gunter (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Philip Rolland (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Christopher Wood (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Manning (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:21 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 39-35 |
| 15:20 | Samford | Joseph Manning pulls down the rebound | 39-35 |
| 15:07 | Samford | Jan Williams is fouled on the floor by Herbert William - foul #1 on Herbert William, team foul #2 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Dwight Berman (SF) James Barco | |
| Subs | Samford | John Clements (SG), Vincent Diamond (SF), Andrew Thorpe (PF), Carl Kim (C) Phil Gunter, Philip Rolland, Christopher Wood, Joseph Manning | |
| 14:51 | Samford | Andrew Thorpe double dribbles | 39-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst (PG), Jerome Taylor (SG), James Barco (SF), Logan Messmer (PF) Herbert William, Nicholas Pitre, Dwight Berman, Donald Syverson | |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| 14:24 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco is hacked by Vincent Diamond - foul #2 on Vincent Diamond, team foul #1 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Herbert William (PG), Nicholas Pitre (SG), Dwight Berman (SF), Donald Syverson (C) Kenneth Ernst, Jerome Taylor, James Barco, Logan Messmer | |
| Subs | Samford | Philip Rolland (SF) Jan Williams | |
| 14:02 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez misses the easy layup | 39-35 |
| 14:01 | Samford | Andrew Thorpe pulls down the rebound | 39-35 |
| 13:55 | Samford | Andrew Thorpe misses long on a floater from the left side | 39-35 |
| 13:53 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez snags the defensive board | 39-35 |
| 13:25 | Louisiana Tech | Dwight Berman misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 39-35 |
| 13:24 | Samford | The rebound goes to Carl Kim | 39-35 |
| 13:07 | Samford | Donald Syverson steps in front of the Vincent Diamond pass | 39-35 |
| 12:43 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez blows the layup | 39-35 |
| 12:41 | Samford | Carl Kim gets the rebound | 39-35 |
| 12:37 | Samford | Dwight Berman takes the ball from Philip Rolland | 39-35 |
| 12:15 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez is hacked by Carl Kim - foul #1 on Carl Kim, team foul #2 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst (PG), Jerome Taylor (SG), James Barco (SF), Logan Messmer (PF) Herbert William, Nicholas Pitre, Dwight Berman, Donald Syverson | |
| Subs | Samford | Phil Gunter (SG), Christopher Wood (SF), Joseph Manning (C) Vincent Diamond, Philip Rolland, Carl Kim | |
| 12:03 | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Samford | Jan Williams (PG), Philip Rolland (SF) John Clements, Andrew Thorpe | |
| 11:47 | Samford | Phil Gunter misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-35 |
| 11:46 | Louisiana Tech | Logan Messmer gets the rebound | 39-35 |
| 11:28 | Louisiana Tech | Logan Messmer misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 39-35 |
| 11:27 | Louisiana Tech | The offensive rebound goes to Logan Messmer | 39-35 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Kenneth Ernst (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jerome Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Barco (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Logan Messmer (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Julio Valdez (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Jan Williams (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Phil Gunter (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Philip Rolland (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Christopher Wood (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Manning (fresh) 1 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:10 | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 39-35 |
| 11:08 | Samford | Joseph Manning gets the rebound | 39-35 |
| 11:04 | Samford | Phil Gunter's pass is intercepted by Kenneth Ernst | 39-35 |
| 10:49 | Louisiana Tech | Jerome Taylor can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-35 |
| 10:47 | Samford | The rebound goes to Christopher Wood | 39-35 |
| 10:42 | Samford | The pull-up jumper by Philip Rolland is blocked by Logan Messmer | 39-35 |
| 10:41 | Louisiana Tech | Jerome Taylor grabs the board | 39-35 |
| 10:18 | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 39-35 |
| 10:17 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco snags the offensive board | 39-35 |
| 10:04 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez lays it in on a nice dish by Jerome Taylor | 41-35 |
| 09:45 | Samford | Phil Gunter hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 41-35 |
| 09:43 | Louisiana Tech | Logan Messmer gets the rebound | 41-35 |
| 09:18 | Louisiana Tech | Logan Messmer drills a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Jerome Taylor | 44-35 |
| 08:50 | Samford | The jump hook by Joseph Manning is blocked by Julio Valdez | 44-35 |
| 08:49 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez grabs the board | 44-35 |
| 08:45 | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from James Barco | 47-35 |
| 08:28 | Samford | Phil Gunter clanks a floater from the left side | 47-35 |
| 08:26 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco grabs the board | 47-35 |
| 07:57 | Louisiana Tech | Logan Messmer hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 47-35 |
| 07:55 | Samford | Phil Gunter snags the defensive board | 47-35 |
| 07:48 | Samford | Jan Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-35 |
| 07:46 | Samford | Joseph Manning pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-35 |
| 07:31 | Samford | Phil Gunter misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 47-35 |
| 07:29 | Louisiana Tech | Logan Messmer snags the defensive board | 47-35 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Kenneth Ernst (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jerome Taylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Barco (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Logan Messmer (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. C - Julio Valdez (tiring) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Jan Williams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Phil Gunter (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Philip Rolland (tiring) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Christopher Wood (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Manning (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 07:03 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco travels with the ball | 47-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Herbert William (PG), Nicholas Pitre (SG), Dwight Berman (SF), Donald Syverson (C) Kenneth Ernst, Jerome Taylor, James Barco, Julio Valdez | |
| Subs | Samford | John Clements (PG), Vincent Diamond (SF), Andrew Thorpe (PF), Carl Kim (C) Jan Williams, Philip Rolland, Christopher Wood, Joseph Manning | |
| 06:50 | Samford | Vincent Diamond throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-35 |
| 06:21 | Louisiana Tech | Logan Messmer is called for traveling | 47-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Kenneth Ernst (PG), Jerome Taylor (SG), James Barco (SF) Herbert William, Nicholas Pitre, Dwight Berman | |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| 06:02 | Samford | Phil Gunter misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 47-35 |
| 06:01 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to James Barco | 47-35 |
| 05:38 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Ernst | 50-35 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:20 | Samford | Phil Gunter knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 50-38 |
| 04:54 | Louisiana Tech | Jerome Taylor hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 50-38 |
| 04:53 | Samford | John Clements grabs the defensive rebound | 50-38 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 04:46 | Samford | Jerome Taylor picks off the pass by Vincent Diamond | 50-38 |
| 04:42 | Louisiana Tech | James Barco can't finish the layup | 50-38 |
| 04:41 | Louisiana Tech | Donald Syverson misses the tip | 50-38 |
| 04:39 | Louisiana Tech | Logan Messmer pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-38 |
| 04:17 | Louisiana Tech | Carl Kim is called for the reach on Donald Syverson - foul #2 on Carl Kim, team foul #3 | 50-38 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Herbert William (PG), Nicholas Pitre (SG), Dwight Berman (SF), Julio Valdez (PF) Kenneth Ernst, Jerome Taylor, James Barco, Logan Messmer | |
| Subs | Samford | Christopher Wood (SG), Joseph Manning (C) Phil Gunter, Carl Kim | |
| 03:52 | Louisiana Tech | Dwight Berman comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 50-38 |
| 03:51 | Louisiana Tech | The offensive rebound goes to Julio Valdez | 50-38 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:22 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert William comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 50-38 |
| 03:20 | Louisiana Tech | Dwight Berman grabs the offensive rebound | 50-38 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Herbert William (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Nicholas Pitre (fresh) SF - Dwight Berman (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Julio Valdez (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Donald Syverson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - John Clements (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SG - Christopher Wood (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SF - Vincent Diamond (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Andrew Thorpe (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. C - Joseph Manning (fresh) 1 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 02:53 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez misses badly on a jumper in the lane | 50-38 |
| 02:52 | Samford | Andrew Thorpe gets the rebound | 50-38 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 02:47 | Samford | Dwight Berman steps in front of the Vincent Diamond pass | 50-38 |
| 02:23 | Louisiana Tech | Dwight Berman can't finish the layup | 50-38 |
| 02:21 | Samford | Joseph Manning grabs the defensive rebound | 50-38 |
| 02:13 | Samford | A charge is called on Christopher Wood - foul #2 on Christopher Wood, team foul #4 | 50-38 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Samford | Carl Kim (PF), Robert Maines (C) Andrew Thorpe, Joseph Manning | |
| 01:51 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez is called for a charge - foul #1 on Julio Valdez, team foul #3 | 50-38 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 01:38 | Samford | Herbert William picks off the pass by Christopher Wood | 50-38 |
| 01:34 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert William misses the lay-in | 50-38 |
| 01:33 | Louisiana Tech | Julio Valdez hits the follow up shot | 52-38 |
| 01:24 | Samford | Christopher Wood misses long on a jumper from the left block but he's fouled by Nicholas Pitre - foul #2 on Nicholas Pitre, team foul #4 | 52-38 |
| 01:24 | Samford | Christopher Wood misses the 1st free throw | 52-38 |
| 01:24 | Samford | Christopher Wood makes the 2nd free throw | 52-39 |
| 00:58 | Louisiana Tech | Dwight Berman lays it in on a great pass from Herbert William | 54-39 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:52 | Samford | Vincent Diamond scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by John Clements | 54-42 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:25 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert William loses the dribble to John Clements | 54-42 |
| 00:22 | Samford | John Clements lays it in | 54-44 |
| 00:00 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert William runs out the clock | 54-44 |