| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Lucas Moore (fresh) SG - Frank Oldaker (fresh) SF - Nathan Lloyd (fresh) PF - Elmer Dube (fresh) C - Mitchell Rickert (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - Aleksandar Bakowski (fresh) SG - Richard Long (fresh) SF - Roger Olson (fresh) PF - Ricky Bohl (fresh) C - Scott Baughman (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | St. Bonaventure | Ricky Bohl wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Bonaventure | St. Bonaventure is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | St. Bonaventure | Scott Baughman clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | Rhode Island | Nathan Lloyd gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Aleksandar Bakowski - foul #1 on Aleksandar Bakowski, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:38 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:21 | St. Bonaventure | Ricky Bohl connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Scott Baughman | 2-3 |
| 18:53 | Rhode Island | Frank Oldaker connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Lucas Moore | 5-3 |
| 18:35 | St. Bonaventure | Richard Long knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner | 5-6 |
| 18:21 | Rhode Island | Scott Baughman is called for the reach on Mitchell Rickert - foul #1 on Scott Baughman, team foul #2 | 5-6 |
| 18:04 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert hits a fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Elmer Dube | 7-6 |
| 17:58 | St. Bonaventure | Scott Baughman buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 7-9 |
| 17:38 | Rhode Island | Aleksandar Bakowski picks off the pass by Frank Oldaker | 7-9 |
| 17:35 | St. Bonaventure | Richard Long hits the finger roll on a great pass from Aleksandar Bakowski | 7-11 |
| 17:09 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Scott Baughman - foul #2 on Scott Baughman, team foul #3 | 7-11 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Robert Thrasher (SG), James Holloway (SF), Thomas Caruso (PF) Frank Oldaker, Nathan Lloyd, Elmer Dube | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich (PG), Dikembe Abke (SG), Curtis Murphy (SF), Antonio Navarrete (PF), Robert Nelson (C) Aleksandar Bakowski, Richard Long, Roger Olson, Ricky Bohl, Scott Baughman | |
| 17:09 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore makes the 1st free throw | 8-11 |
| 17:09 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 9-11 |
| 16:53 | St. Bonaventure | James Holloway picks off the pass by Robert Nelson | 9-11 |
| 16:50 | Rhode Island | James Holloway hits the finger roll | 11-11 |
| 16:47 | St. Bonaventure | Lucas Moore steps in front of the Dikembe Abke pass in the backcourt | 11-11 |
| 16:45 | Rhode Island | Thomas Caruso hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Lucas Moore | 13-11 |
| 16:24 | St. Bonaventure | Robert Nelson misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 13-11 |
| 16:22 | Rhode Island | James Holloway pulls down the rebound | 13-11 |
| 16:02 | Rhode Island | Robert Thrasher misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 13-11 |
| 16:00 | St. Bonaventure | Robert Nelson pulls down the rebound | 13-11 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Lucas Moore (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Thrasher (fresh) SF - James Holloway (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Thomas Caruso (fresh) 2 pts. C - Mitchell Rickert (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - Colin Ulrich (fresh) SG - Dikembe Abke (fresh) SF - Curtis Murphy (fresh) PF - Antonio Navarrete (fresh) C - Robert Nelson (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | St. Bonaventure | Curtis Murphy comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 13-11 |
| 15:40 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert grabs the defensive rebound | 13-11 |
| 15:16 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert hits a jumper from close range on a great pass from James Holloway and the foul's on Antonio Navarrete - foul #1 on Antonio Navarrete, team foul #4 | 15-11 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Bruce Deason (PG), Frank Oldaker (SG), Nathan Lloyd (SF), Elmer Dube (PF) Lucas Moore, Robert Thrasher, James Holloway, Thomas Caruso | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Aleksandar Bakowski (PG), Richard Long (SG), Ralph Thorpe (SF), Ricky Bohl (PF), Shaun Miller (C) Colin Ulrich, Dikembe Abke, Curtis Murphy, Antonio Navarrete, Robert Nelson | |
| 15:16 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert makes the free throw | 16-11 |
| 15:14 | St. Bonaventure | Richard Long is hacked by Frank Oldaker in the backcourt - foul #1 on Frank Oldaker, team foul #1 | 16-11 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Eric Nathan (C) Mitchell Rickert | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | | |
| 15:01 | St. Bonaventure | Elmer Dube blocks the jumper by Ralph Thorpe | 16-11 |
| 14:59 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Nathan Lloyd | 16-11 |
| 14:42 | Rhode Island | Nathan Lloyd is whistled for traveling | 16-11 |
| 14:30 | St. Bonaventure | Ricky Bohl's layup is rejected by Nathan Lloyd | 16-11 |
| 14:28 | St. Bonaventure | Shaun Miller snags the offensive board | 16-11 |
| 14:14 | St. Bonaventure | Shaun Miller is fouled on the floor by Bruce Deason - foul #1 on Bruce Deason, team foul #2 | 16-11 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich (PG), Roger Olson (SF) Aleksandar Bakowski, Ricky Bohl | |
| 14:06 | St. Bonaventure | Roger Olson misses long on a shot from the right wing | 16-11 |
| 14:04 | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich snags the offensive board | 16-11 |
| 13:52 | St. Bonaventure | Shaun Miller hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by Eric Nathan - foul #1 on Eric Nathan, team foul #3 | 16-11 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore (PG), James McGarity (SF), James Holloway (PF), Mitchell Rickert (C) Bruce Deason, Nathan Lloyd, Elmer Dube, Eric Nathan | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Antonio Navarrete (PF) Ralph Thorpe | |
| 13:52 | St. Bonaventure | Shaun Miller makes the 1st free throw | 16-12 |
| 13:52 | St. Bonaventure | Shaun Miller makes the 2nd free throw | 16-13 |
| 13:39 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert is whistled for traveling | 16-13 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Robert Thrasher (PG) Lucas Moore | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Dikembe Abke (SG), Robert Nelson (C) Richard Long, Shaun Miller | |
| 13:19 | St. Bonaventure | Antonio Navarrete loses the ball out of bounds | 16-13 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Thomas Caruso (PF) Frank Oldaker | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | | |
| 12:52 | Rhode Island | James Holloway is fouled on the floor by Roger Olson - foul #1 on Roger Olson, team foul #5 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore (PG), Nathan Lloyd (SF), Elmer Dube (PF) Robert Thrasher, James Holloway, Mitchell Rickert | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Aleksandar Bakowski (PG), Ricky Bohl (PF) Colin Ulrich, Roger Olson | |
| 12:29 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore is hacked by Robert Nelson - foul #1 on Robert Nelson, team foul #6 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Bruce Deason (PG), Eric Nathan (C) Lucas Moore, Thomas Caruso | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Curtis Murphy (SG), Ralph Thorpe (SF) Dikembe Abke, Antonio Navarrete | |
| 12:12 | Rhode Island | Elmer Dube misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Ricky Bohl - foul #1 on Ricky Bohl, team foul #7 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Frank Oldaker (SG) James McGarity | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Antonio Navarrete (C) Robert Nelson | |
| 12:12 | Rhode Island | Elmer Dube makes the 1st free throw | 17-13 |
| 12:12 | Rhode Island | Elmer Dube makes the 2nd free throw | 18-13 |
| 11:51 | St. Bonaventure | Ricky Bohl hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 18-13 |
| 11:49 | Rhode Island | Frank Oldaker pulls down the rebound | 18-13 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Bruce Deason (fresh) SG - Frank Oldaker (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Nathan Lloyd (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Elmer Dube (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Eric Nathan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - Aleksandar Bakowski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Curtis Murphy (fresh) SF - Ralph Thorpe (fresh) PF - Ricky Bohl (fresh) 3 pts. C - Antonio Navarrete (fresh) | |
| 11:24 | Rhode Island | Frank Oldaker misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 18-13 |
| 11:23 | St. Bonaventure | The rebound goes to Ralph Thorpe | 18-13 |
| 11:21 | St. Bonaventure | Curtis Murphy is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 18-13 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore (PG), Robert Thrasher (SG), James Holloway (SF), Thomas Caruso (PF), Mitchell Rickert (C) Bruce Deason, Frank Oldaker, Nathan Lloyd, Elmer Dube, Eric Nathan | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich (PG), Dikembe Abke (SG), Roger Olson (SF), Shaun Miller (C) Aleksandar Bakowski, Curtis Murphy, Ralph Thorpe, Antonio Navarrete | |
| 11:06 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 18-13 |
| 11:04 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert gets the offensive rebound | 18-13 |
| 10:36 | Rhode Island | Ricky Bohl steps in front of the Robert Thrasher pass | 18-13 |
| 10:07 | St. Bonaventure | Shaun Miller hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 18-13 |
| 10:05 | Rhode Island | James Holloway pulls down the rebound | 18-13 |
| 09:54 | Rhode Island | James Holloway buries a shot from the right block on a great pass from Lucas Moore | 20-13 |
| 09:52 | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich is hacked by Robert Thrasher in the backcourt - foul #1 on Robert Thrasher, team foul #4 | 20-13 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Bruce Deason (PG), Frank Oldaker (SG), James McGarity (SF), Eric Nathan (PF) Lucas Moore, Robert Thrasher, James Holloway, Thomas Caruso | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Aleksandar Bakowski (PG), Richard Long (SG), Curtis Murphy (SF), Antonio Navarrete (PF), Robert Nelson (C) Colin Ulrich, Dikembe Abke, Roger Olson, Ricky Bohl, Shaun Miller | |
| 09:34 | St. Bonaventure | Aleksandar Bakowski loses the dribble to Eric Nathan | 20-13 |
| 09:09 | Rhode Island | Frank Oldaker knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Mitchell Rickert | 23-13 |
| 08:47 | St. Bonaventure | Curtis Murphy connects on the jump hook from the right block | 23-15 |
| 08:33 | Rhode Island | Bruce Deason hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 23-15 |
| 08:32 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert snags the offensive board | 23-15 |
| 08:18 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert clanks a turnaround near the basket | 23-15 |
| 08:17 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert snags the offensive board | 23-15 |
| 07:56 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 23-15 |
| 07:55 | St. Bonaventure | Antonio Navarrete grabs the defensive rebound | 23-15 |
| 07:34 | St. Bonaventure | Antonio Navarrete clanks a jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Eric Nathan - foul #2 on Eric Nathan, team foul #5 | 23-15 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore (PG), Robert Thrasher (SG), Nathan Lloyd (SF), Elmer Dube (PF), Thomas Caruso (C) Bruce Deason, Frank Oldaker, James McGarity, Eric Nathan, Mitchell Rickert | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich (PG), Dikembe Abke (SG), Roger Olson (SF), Ricky Bohl (PF) Aleksandar Bakowski, Richard Long, Curtis Murphy, Robert Nelson | |
| 07:34 | St. Bonaventure | Antonio Navarrete makes the 1st free throw | 23-16 |
| 07:34 | St. Bonaventure | Antonio Navarrete misses the 2nd free throw | 23-16 |
| 07:34 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Elmer Dube | 23-16 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Lucas Moore (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Thrasher (fresh) SF - Nathan Lloyd (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Elmer Dube (fresh) 2 pts. C - Thomas Caruso (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - Colin Ulrich (fresh) SG - Dikembe Abke (fresh) SF - Roger Olson (fresh) PF - Ricky Bohl (fresh) 3 pts. C - Antonio Navarrete (fairly fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 07:09 | Rhode Island | Roger Olson is called for the reach on Nathan Lloyd - foul #2 on Roger Olson, team foul #8 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Ralph Thorpe (SF), Shaun Miller (C) Roger Olson, Antonio Navarrete | |
| 07:09 | Rhode Island | Nathan Lloyd makes the 1st free throw | 24-16 |
| 07:09 | Rhode Island | Nathan Lloyd makes the 2nd free throw | 25-16 |
| 06:56 | St. Bonaventure | Shaun Miller scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Dikembe Abke | 25-19 |
| 06:37 | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 25-19 |
| 06:35 | St. Bonaventure | Dikembe Abke gets the rebound | 25-19 |
| 06:19 | St. Bonaventure | Ricky Bohl misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 25-19 |
| 06:18 | St. Bonaventure | Shaun Miller tips it home | 25-21 |
| 05:57 | Rhode Island | Elmer Dube banks in the layup set up by Nathan Lloyd and he's fouled by Ricky Bohl - foul #2 on Ricky Bohl, team foul #9 | 27-21 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert (C) Thomas Caruso | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Richard Long (SG), Curtis Murphy (SF), Robert Nelson (PF) Dikembe Abke, Ralph Thorpe, Ricky Bohl | |
| 05:57 | Rhode Island | Elmer Dube makes the free throw | 28-21 |
| 05:39 | St. Bonaventure | Robert Nelson clanks a turnaround from the baseline | 28-21 |
| 05:38 | Rhode Island | Nathan Lloyd pulls down the rebound | 28-21 |
| 05:13 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert comes up short on the fadeaway from close range | 28-21 |
| 05:11 | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich snags the defensive board | 28-21 |
| 04:43 | St. Bonaventure | Richard Long knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Colin Ulrich | 28-24 |
| 04:22 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert dunks the ball set up by Robert Thrasher | 30-24 |
| 04:07 | St. Bonaventure | Curtis Murphy misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 30-24 |
| 04:06 | Rhode Island | Nathan Lloyd grabs the defensive rebound | 30-24 |
| 03:46 | Rhode Island | Elmer Dube comes up short on the jump hook in the lane | 30-24 |
| 03:45 | St. Bonaventure | Curtis Murphy snags the defensive board | 30-24 |
| 03:28 | St. Bonaventure | Elmer Dube is called for the reach on Curtis Murphy - foul #1 on Elmer Dube, team foul #6 | 30-24 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Bruce Deason (PG), Frank Oldaker (SG), James Holloway (SF), Thomas Caruso (PF), Eric Nathan (C) Lucas Moore, Robert Thrasher, Nathan Lloyd, Elmer Dube, Mitchell Rickert | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Aleksandar Bakowski (PG), Dikembe Abke (SG), Roger Olson (SF), Ricky Bohl (PF), Scott Baughman (C) Colin Ulrich, Richard Long, Curtis Murphy, Robert Nelson, Shaun Miller | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Bruce Deason (fresh) SG - Frank Oldaker (fresh) 6 pts. SF - James Holloway (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Caruso (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eric Nathan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Bonaventure | PG - Aleksandar Bakowski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Abke (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Roger Olson (fresh) PF - Ricky Bohl (fresh) 3 pts. C - Scott Baughman (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:15 | St. Bonaventure | Ricky Bohl misses badly on the uncontested floater from the right block | 30-24 |
| 03:14 | St. Bonaventure | Aleksandar Bakowski hits the follow up shot | 30-26 |
| 02:45 | Rhode Island | Frank Oldaker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-26 |
| 02:25 | St. Bonaventure | Scott Baughman misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 30-26 |
| 02:23 | Rhode Island | James Holloway snags the defensive board | 30-26 |
| 02:04 | Rhode Island | Aleksandar Bakowski steals the ball from Thomas Caruso | 30-26 |
| 01:57 | St. Bonaventure | Roger Olson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 30-26 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert (C) Eric Nathan | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | | |
| 01:35 | Rhode Island | Dikembe Abke is called for the reach on Frank Oldaker - foul #1 on Dikembe Abke, team foul #10 | 30-26 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Lucas Moore (PG), James McGarity (SF), Elmer Dube (PF) Bruce Deason, James Holloway, Thomas Caruso | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Antonio Navarrete (SF) Roger Olson | |
| 01:35 | Rhode Island | Frank Oldaker makes the 1st free throw | 31-26 |
| 01:35 | Rhode Island | Frank Oldaker makes the 2nd free throw | 32-26 |
| 01:31 | St. Bonaventure | Aleksandar Bakowski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 32-26 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Richard Long (SG) Dikembe Abke | |
| 01:08 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from James McGarity | 34-26 |
| 01:06 | St. Bonaventure | Ricky Bohl is called for traveling in the backcourt | 34-26 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich (PG), Ralph Thorpe (PF), Robert Nelson (C) Aleksandar Bakowski, Ricky Bohl, Scott Baughman | |
| 00:51 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert drills a jumper in the lane on a great pass from Lucas Moore | 36-26 |
| 00:35 | St. Bonaventure | Colin Ulrich scores on a floater from the right wing | 36-28 |
| 00:11 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert hits the front of the rim on the floater near the basket but the foul's on Ralph Thorpe - foul #1 on Ralph Thorpe, team foul #11 | 36-28 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Bruce Deason (PG), Nathan Lloyd (SF), James Holloway (PF) Lucas Moore, Frank Oldaker, Elmer Dube | |
| Subs | St. Bonaventure | Dikembe Abke (SG), Roger Olson (SF), Scott Baughman (C) Richard Long, Ralph Thorpe, Robert Nelson | |
| 00:11 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert makes the 1st free throw | 37-28 |
| 00:11 | Rhode Island | Mitchell Rickert makes the 2nd free throw | 38-28 |
| 00:00 | St. Bonaventure | Scott Baughman lays it in | 38-30 |