| Lineup | Fordham | PG - David Head (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Patrick Cooper (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Steven Riley (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - George Conner (fresh) 3 reb. C - Terrance Cote (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Shannon Brookes (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Harold Woodring (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Bernard Jones (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Holm (fresh) 9 pts. C - Bradley Judd (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Southern Illinois | Bernard Jones inbounds the ball | 30-36 |
| Game Plan | Fordham | Fordham is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:33 | Southern Illinois | Shannon Brookes can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 30-36 |
| 19:32 | Fordham | Terrance Cote grabs the defensive rebound | 30-36 |
| 19:15 | Fordham | George Conner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-36 |
| 19:05 | Southern Illinois | John Holm clanks a runner from the left block | 30-36 |
| 19:03 | Fordham | The rebound goes to David Head | 30-36 |
| 18:40 | Fordham | Patrick Cooper makes the pull-up jumper from the left side | 32-36 |
| 18:32 | Southern Illinois | John Holm is called for traveling | 32-36 |
| 18:12 | Fordham | Patrick Cooper misses the turnaround in the lane but he's hacked by Harold Woodring - foul #3 on Harold Woodring, team foul #1 | 32-36 |
| Subs | Fordham | | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes (SG) Harold Woodring | |
| 18:12 | Fordham | Patrick Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 33-36 |
| 18:12 | Fordham | Patrick Cooper makes the 2nd free throw | 34-36 |
| 17:56 | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes misses short on a fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by Patrick Cooper - foul #2 on Patrick Cooper, team foul #1 | 34-36 |
| 17:56 | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes makes the 1st free throw | 34-37 |
| 17:56 | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes makes the 2nd free throw | 34-38 |
| 17:38 | Fordham | Steven Riley can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 34-38 |
| 17:36 | Southern Illinois | The rebound goes to Bradley Judd | 34-38 |
| 17:12 | Southern Illinois | Shannon Brookes is called for traveling | 34-38 |
| Subs | Fordham | Walter Tiernan (SG), Stanford Poe (PF), Brian Shumaker (C) Patrick Cooper, George Conner, Terrance Cote | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Randal Cedeno (SF), Dan Maughan (PF), Adam Suleski (C) Bernard Jones, John Holm, Bradley Judd | |
| 16:51 | Fordham | Walter Tiernan makes the runner from the right block on a nice dish by David Head | 36-38 |
| 16:36 | Southern Illinois | Shannon Brookes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-38 |
| 16:34 | Fordham | David Head gets the rebound | 36-38 |
| 16:14 | Fordham | Randal Cedeno steps in front of the Stanford Poe pass | 36-38 |
| 15:50 | Southern Illinois | Adam Suleski misses the easy layup | 36-38 |
| 15:49 | Fordham | Stanford Poe pulls down the rebound | 36-38 |
| Lineup | Fordham | PG - David Head (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Walter Tiernan (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Steven Riley (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Stanford Poe (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Brian Shumaker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Shannon Brookes (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Darwin Cortes (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Randal Cedeno (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dan Maughan (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Adam Suleski (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | Fordham | Stanford Poe scores on a shot in the paint on a nice dish by David Head | 38-38 |
| 15:28 | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes misses the jumper from the right block but he's hacked by Walter Tiernan - foul #1 on Walter Tiernan, team foul #2 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Fordham | Leo Rosson (PG), Patrick Cooper (SG), George Conner (PF), Richard Henke (C) David Head, Steven Riley, Stanford Poe, Brian Shumaker | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring (SG), Bernard Jones (SF), John Holm (PF), Bradley Judd (C) Shannon Brookes, Randal Cedeno, Dan Maughan, Adam Suleski | |
| 15:28 | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes misses the 1st free throw | 38-38 |
| 15:28 | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes makes the 2nd free throw | 38-39 |
| 15:15 | Fordham | George Conner knocks in the fadeaway from the left side | 40-39 |
| 14:57 | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring hits a floater from the left block set up by Darwin Cortes | 40-41 |
| 14:43 | Fordham | Richard Henke steps out of bounds on the sideline | 40-41 |
| 14:33 | Southern Illinois | Bradley Judd misses the floater from the right wing | 40-41 |
| 14:32 | Fordham | George Conner snags the defensive board | 40-41 |
| 14:12 | Fordham | Walter Tiernan is hacked by Bernard Jones - foul #2 on Bernard Jones, team foul #2 | 40-41 |
| Subs | Fordham | Donald Poovey (SF) Walter Tiernan | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Eugene Northington (PG) Darwin Cortes | |
| 13:59 | Fordham | Richard Henke misses long on a jumper from the baseline | 40-41 |
| 13:58 | Fordham | George Conner misses the tip | 40-41 |
| 13:57 | Southern Illinois | The rebound goes to John Holm | 40-41 |
| 13:47 | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring knocks in the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Eugene Northington | 40-43 |
| 13:35 | Fordham | Richard Henke's pass is intercepted by John Holm | 40-43 |
| 13:27 | Southern Illinois | Bradley Judd misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 40-43 |
| 13:25 | Southern Illinois | Eugene Northington tips it back up and in | 40-45 |
| 13:12 | Fordham | Donald Poovey comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 40-45 |
| 13:11 | Fordham | Patrick Cooper snags the offensive board | 40-45 |
| 12:58 | Fordham | George Conner makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Donald Poovey | 43-45 |
| 12:49 | Southern Illinois | John Holm misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Leo Rosson - foul #3 on Leo Rosson, team foul #3 | 43-45 |
| Subs | Fordham | David Head (PG), Walter Tiernan (SG), Steven Riley (SF), Stanford Poe (PF), Terrance Cote (C) Leo Rosson, Patrick Cooper, Donald Poovey, George Conner, Richard Henke | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Shannon Brookes (PG), Randal Cedeno (SF), Dan Maughan (C) Eugene Northington, Bernard Jones, Bradley Judd | |
| 12:49 | Southern Illinois | John Holm makes the 1st free throw | 43-46 |
| 12:49 | Southern Illinois | John Holm makes the 2nd free throw | 43-47 |
| 12:32 | Fordham | Terrance Cote misses short on a 3 from straight away | 43-47 |
| 12:30 | Fordham | Stanford Poe grabs the offensive rebound | 43-47 |
| 12:08 | Fordham | Terrance Cote clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 43-47 |
| 12:07 | Southern Illinois | John Holm grabs the board | 43-47 |
| 11:45 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan banks in the layup | 43-49 |
| Lineup | Fordham | PG - David Head (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Walter Tiernan (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Steven Riley (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Stanford Poe (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Terrance Cote (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Shannon Brookes (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Harold Woodring (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Randal Cedeno (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Holm (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Dan Maughan (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:38 | Fordham | Steven Riley misses the runner near the basket but he's hacked by Randal Cedeno - foul #1 on Randal Cedeno, team foul #3 | 43-49 |
| Subs | Fordham | | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes (SG), Adam Suleski (C) Harold Woodring, John Holm | |
| 11:38 | Fordham | Steven Riley makes the 1st free throw | 44-49 |
| 11:38 | Fordham | Steven Riley misses the 2nd free throw | 44-49 |
| 11:38 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan grabs the board | 44-49 |
| 11:25 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan buries a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Darwin Cortes | 44-52 |
| 11:08 | Fordham | Terrance Cote loses the dribble to Darwin Cortes | 44-52 |
| 10:51 | Southern Illinois | Shannon Brookes makes the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Adam Suleski | 44-55 |
| 10:33 | Fordham | Stanford Poe is fouled on the floor by Randal Cedeno - foul #2 on Randal Cedeno, team foul #4 | 44-55 |
| Subs | Fordham | Patrick Cooper (SG), George Conner (PF), Richard Henke (C) Walter Tiernan, Stanford Poe, Terrance Cote | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring (SG), Bernard Jones (SF), Bradley Judd (C) Darwin Cortes, Randal Cedeno, Adam Suleski | |
| 10:24 | Fordham | Steven Riley scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by David Head | 47-55 |
| 10:10 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan misses badly on a jump hook from close range but he's fouled by Steven Riley - foul #1 on Steven Riley, team foul #4 | 47-55 |
| 10:10 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan makes the 1st free throw | 47-56 |
| 10:10 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan makes the 2nd free throw | 47-57 |
| 09:50 | Fordham | David Head misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 47-57 |
| 09:48 | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring grabs the board | 47-57 |
| 09:25 | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring is hacked by George Conner - foul #2 on George Conner, team foul #5 | 47-57 |
| Subs | Fordham | Leo Rosson (PG), Donald Poovey (SF) David Head, Steven Riley | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes (PG), John Holm (PF) Shannon Brookes, Dan Maughan | |
| 09:18 | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring is hacked by Patrick Cooper - foul #3 on Patrick Cooper, team foul #6 | 47-57 |
| 09:07 | Southern Illinois | Bradley Judd hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway near the basket | 47-57 |
| 09:06 | Fordham | Donald Poovey gets the rebound | 47-57 |
| 08:53 | Fordham | Patrick Cooper is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Patrick Cooper, team foul #7 | 47-57 |
| Subs | Fordham | Steven Riley (SF) Patrick Cooper | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Randal Cedeno (SF) Bernard Jones | |
| 08:39 | Southern Illinois | John Holm's fadeaway is rejected by Richard Henke | 47-57 |
| 08:37 | Fordham | The rebound goes to Steven Riley | 47-57 |
| 08:33 | Fordham | Steven Riley misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-57 |
| 08:32 | Southern Illinois | John Holm gets the rebound | 47-57 |
| 08:25 | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes drills a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by John Holm | 47-60 |
| 08:13 | Fordham | Steven Riley misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 47-60 |
| 08:12 | Fordham | George Conner tips it in | 49-60 |
| 07:46 | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 49-60 |
| 07:44 | Fordham | The rebound goes to George Conner | 49-60 |
| Lineup | Fordham | PG - Leo Rosson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Donald Poovey (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Steven Riley (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - George Conner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Richard Henke (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Darwin Cortes (fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. SG - Harold Woodring (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Randal Cedeno (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Holm (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Bradley Judd (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:28 | Fordham | Steven Riley's fadeaway is rejected by Bradley Judd | 49-60 |
| 07:27 | Southern Illinois | John Holm gets the rebound | 49-60 |
| 07:13 | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-60 |
| 07:11 | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring tips it in | 49-62 |
| 06:55 | Fordham | Leo Rosson clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 49-62 |
| 06:53 | Fordham | Richard Henke tips it but misses | 49-62 |
| 06:52 | Fordham | Leo Rosson pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-62 |
| 06:37 | Fordham | Steven Riley comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Randal Cedeno - foul #3 on Randal Cedeno, team foul #5 | 49-62 |
| Subs | Fordham | David Head (PG), Patrick Cooper (SG), Stanford Poe (PF), Terrance Cote (C) Leo Rosson, Donald Poovey, George Conner, Richard Henke | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Shannon Brookes (PG), Bernard Jones (SF), Dan Maughan (PF), Adam Suleski (C) Harold Woodring, Randal Cedeno, John Holm, Bradley Judd | |
| 06:37 | Fordham | Steven Riley makes the 1st free throw | 50-62 |
| 06:37 | Fordham | Steven Riley misses the 2nd free throw | 50-62 |
| 06:37 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan snags the defensive board | 50-62 |
| 06:17 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan clanks a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Stanford Poe - foul #1 on Stanford Poe, team foul #8 | 50-62 |
| Subs | Fordham | Walter Tiernan (SF) Steven Riley | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| 06:17 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan misses the 1st free throw | 50-62 |
| 06:17 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan makes the 2nd free throw | 50-63 |
| 05:54 | Fordham | Patrick Cooper comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 50-63 |
| 05:52 | Southern Illinois | Bernard Jones pulls down the rebound | 50-63 |
| Game Plan | Fordham | Fordham is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:31 | Southern Illinois | Bernard Jones is called for 5 seconds | 50-63 |
| Subs | Fordham | | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss (SG) Darwin Cortes | |
| Game Plan | Fordham | Fordham is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:18 | Fordham | Stanford Poe is fouled on the floor by Dan Maughan - foul #1 on Dan Maughan, team foul #6 | 50-63 |
| Subs | Fordham | | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | John Holm (PF) Adam Suleski | |
| 05:12 | Fordham | John Holm steals it from David Head | 50-63 |
| 05:00 | Southern Illinois | Shannon Brookes can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 50-63 |
| 04:58 | Southern Illinois | Shannon Brookes can't tip it in | 50-63 |
| 04:56 | Southern Illinois | John Holm gets the offensive rebound | 50-63 |
| 04:39 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss hits a 3pt jumper from straight away | 50-66 |
| 04:28 | Fordham | David Head misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 50-66 |
| 04:26 | Fordham | Walter Tiernan snags the offensive board | 50-66 |
| 04:14 | Fordham | Terrance Cote scores on a jumpshot from the left side | 52-66 |
| 03:51 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss is hacked by David Head - foul #1 on David Head, team foul #9 | 52-66 |
| Subs | Fordham | Steven Riley (SF), George Conner (PF), Richard Henke (C) Patrick Cooper, Stanford Poe, Terrance Cote | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Harold Woodring (SG), Bradley Judd (C) Bernard Jones, Dan Maughan | |
| 03:51 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss makes the 1st free throw | 52-67 |
| 03:51 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss makes the 2nd free throw | 52-68 |
| Game Plan | Fordham | Fordham is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:38 | Fordham | David Head buries a shot from the right wing | 54-68 |
| Lineup | Fordham | PG - David Head (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Walter Tiernan (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. SF - Steven Riley (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - George Conner (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Richard Henke (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern Illinois | PG - Shannon Brookes (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Harold Woodring (fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Robert Harriss (fresh) 8 pts. PF - John Holm (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Bradley Judd (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:22 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss is whistled for traveling | 54-68 |
| Subs | Fordham | Leo Rosson (PG), Donald Poovey (SG) David Head, Walter Tiernan | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Darwin Cortes (PG), Randal Cedeno (SF), Adam Suleski (PF) Shannon Brookes, Robert Harriss, John Holm | |
| 03:03 | Fordham | Steven Riley clanks a fadeaway from the right block | 54-68 |
| 03:01 | Southern Illinois | Bradley Judd grabs the board | 54-68 |
| 02:45 | Southern Illinois | Adam Suleski is called for a charge - foul #1 on Adam Suleski, team foul #7 | 54-68 |
| Subs | Fordham | Walter Tiernan (SF), Stanford Poe (PF), Brian Shumaker (C) Steven Riley, George Conner, Richard Henke | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss (SG), Dan Maughan (PF) Harold Woodring, Bradley Judd | |
| 02:26 | Fordham | Walter Tiernan is called for a charge - foul #2 on Walter Tiernan, team foul #10 | 54-68 |
| Subs | Fordham | Terrance Cote (C) Brian Shumaker | |
| Subs | Southern Illinois | | |
| 02:02 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan misses the lay-in | 54-68 |
| 02:01 | Fordham | Donald Poovey grabs the defensive rebound | 54-68 |
| 01:43 | Fordham | Walter Tiernan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 54-68 |
| 01:26 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss is fouled on the floor by Terrance Cote - foul #1 on Terrance Cote, team foul #11 | 54-68 |
| 01:26 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss misses the 1st free throw | 54-68 |
| 01:26 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss misses the 2nd free throw | 54-68 |
| 01:26 | Fordham | Stanford Poe snags the defensive board | 54-68 |
| 01:07 | Fordham | Adam Suleski blocks the short jumper by Terrance Cote | 54-68 |
| 01:06 | Southern Illinois | Dan Maughan grabs the board | 54-68 |
| 00:41 | Southern Illinois | Robert Harriss scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 54-71 |
| Game Plan | Fordham | Fordham is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:35 | Fordham | Donald Poovey drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Walter Tiernan | 56-71 |
| Game Plan | Fordham | Fordham is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:07 | Southern Illinois | The pull-up jumper by Robert Harriss is blocked by Stanford Poe | 56-71 |
| 00:05 | Fordham | Terrance Cote grabs the defensive rebound | 56-71 |
| 00:00 | Fordham | Donald Poovey hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 56-71 |