| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Ambler (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Harris (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Claude Spence (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jimmy Wooldridge (fresh) 2 reb. C - Nicholas Rogers (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Rorie (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Lauver (fresh) 6 pts. PF - James Cleghorn (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Freeman Hahn (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver inbounds the ball | 33-31 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:34 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn misses the jump hook in the paint | 33-31 |
| 19:33 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn tips it home | 33-33 |
| 19:15 | Cincinnati | Claude Spence lays it in | 35-33 |
| 19:02 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn buries a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Charles Lauver and the foul's on Carl Ambler - foul #2 on Carl Ambler, team foul #1 | 35-35 |
| 19:02 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn makes the free throw | 35-36 |
| 18:51 | Cincinnati | Claude Spence comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Charles Lauver - foul #3 on Charles Lauver, team foul #1 | 35-36 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Larry Stanton (SF) Charles Lauver | |
| 18:51 | Cincinnati | Claude Spence makes the 1st free throw | 36-36 |
| 18:51 | Cincinnati | Claude Spence misses the 2nd free throw | 36-36 |
| 18:51 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn snags the defensive board | 36-36 |
| 18:26 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis misses the floater from just outside the lane | 36-36 |
| 18:25 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Claude Spence | 36-36 |
| 18:02 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Rogers scores on a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by William Harris | 38-36 |
| 17:50 | Syracuse | Larry Stanton buries a fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Michael Lewis | 38-38 |
| 17:31 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Wooldridge's pass is intercepted by Michael Lewis | 38-38 |
| 17:04 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn misses the lay-in but he's hacked by William Harris - foul #1 on William Harris, team foul #2 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert (PG), Leroy Jackson (SG), James Shrum (SF) Carl Ambler, William Harris, Claude Spence | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 17:04 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn makes the 1st free throw | 38-39 |
| 17:04 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn makes the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 16:46 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Wooldridge double dribbles | 38-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Fred Papas (PF) Jimmy Wooldridge | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig (SG), Daniel Spataro (PF) Michael Lewis, James Cleghorn | |
| 16:18 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn misses badly on a shot near the basket | 38-40 |
| 16:16 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-40 |
| 15:56 | Syracuse | Larry Stanton misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 38-40 |
| 15:54 | Cincinnati | Leroy Jackson grabs the board | 38-40 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dale Harbert (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Leroy Jackson (fresh) SF - James Shrum (fresh) PF - Fred Papas (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Nicholas Rogers (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Rorie (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Joey Rosenzweig (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Larry Stanton (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Daniel Spataro (fresh) 2 pts. C - Freeman Hahn (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:42 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Rogers misses short on a runner near the basket | 38-40 |
| 15:40 | Cincinnati | James Shrum tips it home | 40-40 |
| 15:19 | Syracuse | James Shrum steps in front of the Larry Stanton pass | 40-40 |
| 14:56 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas comes up short on the floater from the right wing but the foul's on Daniel Spataro - foul #1 on Daniel Spataro, team foul #2 | 40-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Ambler (PG), William Harris (SG), Claude Spence (SF), Jimmy Wooldridge (PF) Dale Harbert, Leroy Jackson, James Shrum, Nicholas Rogers | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Lewis (SG), Charles Lauver (SF), James Cleghorn (PF), John Alexander (C) Jeffrey Rorie, Larry Stanton, Daniel Spataro, Freeman Hahn | |
| 14:56 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas makes the 1st free throw | 41-40 |
| 14:56 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas makes the 2nd free throw | 42-40 |
| 14:41 | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig is fouled on the floor by Carl Ambler - foul #3 on Carl Ambler, team foul #3 | 42-40 |
| 14:17 | Syracuse | Jimmy Wooldridge swats the short shot by Charles Lauver | 42-40 |
| 14:15 | Cincinnati | Carl Ambler gets the rebound | 42-40 |
| 13:51 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas makes the floater in the lane on a nice dish by William Harris | 44-40 |
| 13:22 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn misses the easy layup | 44-40 |
| 13:21 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas snags the defensive board | 44-40 |
| 13:15 | Cincinnati | James Cleghorn blocks the short jumper by Fred Papas | 44-40 |
| 13:14 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver grabs the board | 44-40 |
| 12:59 | Syracuse | Claude Spence is called for the reach on Michael Lewis - foul #1 on Claude Spence, team foul #4 | 44-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nicholas Rogers (C) Fred Papas | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie (PG), Freeman Hahn (C) Joey Rosenzweig, John Alexander | |
| 12:41 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rogers steps in front of the Freeman Hahn pass | 44-40 |
| 12:27 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Rogers hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt near the basket | 44-40 |
| 12:26 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver grabs the defensive rebound | 44-40 |
| 12:04 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 44-40 |
| 12:02 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn tips it home | 44-42 |
| 11:41 | Cincinnati | William Harris connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 47-42 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Ambler (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - William Harris (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Claude Spence (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jimmy Wooldridge (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Nicholas Rogers (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Rorie (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Lewis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Charles Lauver (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - James Cleghorn (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. C - Freeman Hahn (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:22 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 47-42 |
| 11:20 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Wooldridge grabs the board | 47-42 |
| 11:16 | Cincinnati | Claude Spence jams it against the doubleteam on a great pass from Carl Ambler | 49-42 |
| 10:54 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie is fouled on the floor by Carl Ambler - foul #4 on Carl Ambler, team foul #5 | 49-42 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert (PG), Leroy Jackson (SG), James Shrum (SF), Fred Papas (PF) Carl Ambler, William Harris, Claude Spence, Jimmy Wooldridge | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig (SG), Larry Stanton (SF), Daniel Spataro (PF) Michael Lewis, Charles Lauver, James Cleghorn | |
| 10:33 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn loses the dribble to Leroy Jackson | 49-42 |
| 10:28 | Cincinnati | Leroy Jackson hits the finger roll | 51-42 |
| 10:02 | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig is hacked by Leroy Jackson - foul #1 on Leroy Jackson, team foul #6 | 51-42 |
| 09:52 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn clanks a runner from the baseline | 51-42 |
| 09:50 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn tips it but misses | 51-42 |
| 09:48 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to James Shrum | 51-42 |
| 09:25 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert connects on the fadeaway from the baseline on a nice dish by Leroy Jackson | 53-42 |
| 09:06 | Syracuse | Larry Stanton scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Daniel Spataro | 53-45 |
| 08:42 | Cincinnati | Leroy Jackson is alone and drills a 3pt shot from the left wing | 56-45 |
| 08:23 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline | 56-45 |
| 08:22 | Syracuse | Daniel Spataro tips it home | 56-47 |
| 08:06 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas drills a floater from the right block on a nice dish by Leroy Jackson and the foul's on Freeman Hahn - foul #4 on Freeman Hahn, team foul #3 | 58-47 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | William Harris (SG), Claude Spence (SF), Jimmy Wooldridge (PF) Leroy Jackson, James Shrum, Nicholas Rogers | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Lewis (SG), Charles Lauver (SF), James Cleghorn (PF), John Alexander (C) Jeffrey Rorie, Larry Stanton, Daniel Spataro, Freeman Hahn | |
| 08:06 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas makes the free throw | 59-47 |
| 07:38 | Syracuse | John Alexander is whistled for traveling | 59-47 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Ambler (PG), John Johnson (C) Dale Harbert, Fred Papas | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie (PG) Joey Rosenzweig | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Ambler (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - William Harris (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Claude Spence (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jimmy Wooldridge (fresh) 3 reb. C - John Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Rorie (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Charles Lauver (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - James Cleghorn (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. C - John Alexander (fresh) | |
| 07:13 | Cincinnati | William Harris misses long on an open 3pt attempt from straight away | 59-47 |
| 07:12 | Syracuse | John Alexander grabs the board | 59-47 |
| 06:53 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn misses the lay-in | 59-47 |
| 06:52 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie tips it but misses | 59-47 |
| 06:51 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie snags the offensive board | 59-47 |
| 06:31 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 59-47 |
| 06:29 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-47 |
| 06:05 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie hits the finger roll set up by Charles Lauver | 59-49 |
| 05:48 | Cincinnati | Claude Spence hits a fadeaway from the left side set up by William Harris | 61-49 |
| 05:30 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 61-49 |
| 05:28 | Syracuse | John Alexander pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-49 |
| 05:10 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn misses the floater from the left side | 61-49 |
| 05:08 | Cincinnati | William Harris pulls down the rebound | 61-49 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 04:50 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Wooldridge blows the wide open dunk | 61-49 |
| 04:48 | Cincinnati | John Johnson tips it back up and in | 63-49 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 04:19 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Carl Ambler - foul #5 on Carl Ambler, team foul #7 | 63-49 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert (PG), Leroy Jackson (SG), James Shrum (SF), Fred Papas (PF), Nicholas Rogers (C) Carl Ambler, William Harris, Claude Spence, Jimmy Wooldridge, John Johnson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig (PG), Larry Stanton (SF), Daniel Spataro (PF), Freeman Hahn (C) Jeffrey Rorie, Charles Lauver, James Cleghorn, John Alexander | |
| 04:19 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 63-50 |
| 04:19 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis makes the 2nd free throw | 63-51 |
| 04:08 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Rogers can't connect on a shot in the paint but he's hacked by Freeman Hahn - foul #5 on Freeman Hahn, team foul #4 | 63-51 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Alexander (C) Freeman Hahn | |
| 04:08 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Rogers makes the 1st free throw | 64-51 |
| 04:08 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Rogers misses the 2nd free throw | 64-51 |
| 04:08 | Syracuse | Daniel Spataro grabs the board | 64-51 |
| 03:47 | Syracuse | Daniel Spataro is fouled on the floor by Nicholas Rogers - foul #2 on Nicholas Rogers, team foul #8 | 64-51 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Lauver (SF) Michael Lewis | |
| 03:47 | Syracuse | Daniel Spataro misses the 1st free throw | 64-51 |
| 03:47 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas gets the rebound | 64-51 |
| 03:31 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas misses the easy layup | 64-51 |
| 03:29 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas gets the offensive rebound | 64-51 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dale Harbert (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Leroy Jackson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Shrum (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Fred Papas (fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. C - Nicholas Rogers (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joey Rosenzweig (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Larry Stanton (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Lauver (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Daniel Spataro (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - John Alexander (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:24 | Cincinnati | Fred Papas is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Fred Papas, team foul #9 | 64-51 |
| 03:05 | Syracuse | John Alexander misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 64-51 |
| 03:03 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert grabs the defensive rebound | 64-51 |
| 02:45 | Cincinnati | Daniel Spataro blocks the short jumper by Fred Papas | 64-51 |
| 02:43 | Cincinnati | Leroy Jackson hits the follow up shot | 66-51 |
| 02:17 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 66-51 |
| 02:16 | Syracuse | Daniel Spataro grabs the offensive board | 66-51 |
| 02:08 | Syracuse | John Alexander misses long on a shot from the right block but the foul's on Nicholas Rogers - foul #3 on Nicholas Rogers, team foul #10 | 66-51 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | John Johnson (C) Nicholas Rogers | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie (PG), Michael Lewis (SG), James Cleghorn (PF) Joey Rosenzweig, Charles Lauver, Daniel Spataro | |
| 02:08 | Syracuse | John Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 66-52 |
| 02:08 | Syracuse | John Alexander makes the 2nd free throw | 66-53 |
| 01:54 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from James Shrum | 68-53 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 01:48 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 68-53 |
| 01:47 | Cincinnati | Leroy Jackson grabs the board | 68-53 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 01:40 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert splits the doubleteam but misses short on a shot from the right wing but the foul's on James Cleghorn - foul #2 on James Cleghorn, team foul #5 | 68-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Lauver (SF) Larry Stanton | |
| 01:40 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert makes the 1st free throw | 69-53 |
| 01:40 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert makes the 2nd free throw | 70-53 |
| 01:33 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn clanks a floater in the lane but the foul's on James Shrum - foul #1 on James Shrum, team foul #11 | 70-53 |
| 01:33 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn makes the 1st free throw | 70-54 |
| 01:33 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn makes the 2nd free throw | 70-55 |
| 01:07 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert works out of a doubleteam and scores on a driving attempt from the right block and he's hacked by John Alexander - foul #2 on John Alexander, team foul #6 | 72-55 |
| 01:07 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert makes the free throw | 73-55 |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | John Alexander buries a turnaround from the right block | 73-57 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:35 | Cincinnati | James Cleghorn steps in front of the Dale Harbert pass | 73-57 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn buries a jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Jeffrey Rorie | 73-59 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Dale Harbert runs out the clock | 73-59 |