| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Gillham (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Louis Swigert (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Julian Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. PF - George Jackson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. C - Richard Manes (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Morgan Newton (fresh) SG - Oleg Gatski (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Victor Pitt (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Howard Bowers (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Donald Harris (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor inbounds the ball | 28-26 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:31 | South Carolina | George Jackson is denied on a layup by Victor Pitt | 28-26 |
| 19:29 | LSU | Victor Pitt grabs the board | 28-26 |
| 19:13 | LSU | Oleg Gatski is hacked by David Gillham - foul #2 on David Gillham, team foul #1 | 28-26 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Johnny Merrick (SG), James Thompson (PF), Edward Peterson (C) David Gillham, Louis Swigert, George Jackson, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 19:05 | LSU | The pull-up jumper by Morgan Newton is blocked by Edward Peterson | 28-26 |
| 19:03 | LSU | Donald Harris tips it home | 28-28 |
| 18:36 | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 28-28 |
| 18:35 | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick snags the offensive board | 28-28 |
| 18:23 | South Carolina | Edward Peterson is fouled on the floor by Donald Harris - foul #2 on Donald Harris, team foul #1 | 28-28 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Darrell Horner (SG), Richard Manes (C) Johnny Merrick, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 18:06 | South Carolina | Richard Manes comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Morgan Newton - foul #2 on Morgan Newton, team foul #2 | 28-28 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG) John Hammond | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 18:06 | South Carolina | Richard Manes misses the 1st free throw | 28-28 |
| 18:06 | South Carolina | Richard Manes makes the 2nd free throw | 29-28 |
| 17:55 | LSU | Howard Bowers misses short on a runner from the baseline but he's hacked by James Thompson - foul #3 on James Thompson, team foul #2 | 29-28 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Louis Swigert (SG), Harold Wafford (SF), Edward Peterson (C) David Gillham, Julian Taylor, James Thompson, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 17:55 | LSU | Howard Bowers misses the 1st free throw | 29-28 |
| 17:55 | LSU | Howard Bowers makes the 2nd free throw | 29-29 |
| 17:30 | South Carolina | Morgan Newton picks off the pass by John Hammond | 29-29 |
| 17:26 | LSU | Oleg Gatski throws it down on a great pass from Morgan Newton | 29-31 |
| 17:03 | South Carolina | Darrell Horner misses badly on the uncontested 3pt shot from the right corner | 29-31 |
| 17:01 | LSU | Donald Harris snags the defensive board | 29-31 |
| 16:47 | LSU | Oleg Gatski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-31 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Johnny Merrick (SG), Julian Taylor (SF), George Jackson (PF), Richard Manes (C) John Hammond, Louis Swigert, Harold Wafford, Darrell Horner, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | Leon Baden (PF) Howard Bowers | |
| 16:18 | South Carolina | George Jackson hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block | 29-31 |
| 16:16 | South Carolina | George Jackson tips it in | 31-31 |
| 15:55 | LSU | Victor Pitt can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 31-31 |
| 15:53 | South Carolina | George Jackson pulls down the rebound | 31-31 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Gillham (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Johnny Merrick (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Julian Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. PF - George Jackson (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Richard Manes (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Morgan Newton (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Oleg Gatski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Victor Pitt (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Leon Baden (fresh) 3 reb. C - Donald Harris (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:34 | South Carolina | George Jackson misses badly on a jump hook from the left block | 31-31 |
| 15:33 | LSU | Leon Baden pulls down the rebound | 31-31 |
| 15:14 | LSU | Victor Pitt hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Morgan Newton | 31-33 |
| 14:50 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor can't finish the layup but the foul's on Oleg Gatski - foul #2 on Oleg Gatski, team foul #3 | 31-33 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Louis Swigert (SG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF), Darrell Horner (PF), Edward Peterson (C) David Gillham, Johnny Merrick, George Jackson, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski (PG), John Tritt (SG), Howard Bowers (PF) Morgan Newton, Oleg Gatski, Donald Harris | |
| 14:50 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 32-33 |
| 14:50 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 33-33 |
| 14:29 | LSU | Howard Bowers scores on a turnaround from the left block | 33-35 |
| 14:08 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor is fouled on the floor by Howard Bowers - foul #1 on Howard Bowers, team foul #4 | 33-35 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG) Julian Taylor | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 13:58 | South Carolina | Stephen Lingenfelter travels with the ball | 33-35 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Harold Wafford (SF) Stephen Lingenfelter | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 13:41 | LSU | Howard Bowers can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 33-35 |
| 13:39 | South Carolina | Edward Peterson grabs the board | 33-35 |
| 13:19 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 36-35 |
| 13:17 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski's pass is intercepted by John Hammond in the backcourt | 36-35 |
| 12:58 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 36-35 |
| 12:56 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski grabs the board | 36-35 |
| 12:44 | LSU | Darrell Horner is called for the reach on John Tritt - foul #1 on Darrell Horner, team foul #3 | 36-35 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Johnny Merrick (SG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF), George Jackson (PF), Richard Manes (C) John Hammond, Louis Swigert, Harold Wafford, Darrell Horner, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | Oleg Gatski (SF), Donald Harris (C) Victor Pitt, Leon Baden | |
| 12:34 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski is denied on a layup by George Jackson | 36-35 |
| 12:32 | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick grabs the board | 36-35 |
| 12:09 | South Carolina | George Jackson can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Howard Bowers - foul #2 on Howard Bowers, team foul #5 | 36-35 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG) David Gillham | |
| Subs | LSU | Morgan Newton (SF), Clifford Davidson (PF) John Tritt, Howard Bowers | |
| 12:09 | South Carolina | George Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 37-35 |
| 12:09 | South Carolina | George Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 38-35 |
| 11:49 | LSU | Donald Harris hits a jump hook in the lane | 38-37 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - John Hammond (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Johnny Merrick (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Stephen Lingenfelter (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - George Jackson (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Richard Manes (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Cheslav Czapiewski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Oleg Gatski (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Morgan Newton (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Clifford Davidson (fresh) C - Donald Harris (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:30 | South Carolina | Donald Harris takes the ball from George Jackson | 38-37 |
| 11:10 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski hits a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Clifford Davidson | 38-39 |
| 10:42 | South Carolina | Stephen Lingenfelter clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 38-39 |
| 10:40 | LSU | The rebound goes to Donald Harris | 38-39 |
| 10:22 | LSU | Oleg Gatski hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side but the foul's on George Jackson - foul #1 on George Jackson, team foul #4 | 38-39 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Louis Swigert (SG), Harold Wafford (SF), Darrell Horner (PF), Edward Peterson (C) John Hammond, Johnny Merrick, Stephen Lingenfelter, George Jackson, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | John Tritt (SG), Howard Bowers (PF) Morgan Newton, Clifford Davidson | |
| 10:22 | LSU | Oleg Gatski makes the 1st free throw | 38-40 |
| 10:22 | LSU | Oleg Gatski misses the 2nd free throw | 38-40 |
| 10:22 | South Carolina | Edward Peterson grabs the board | 38-40 |
| 09:53 | South Carolina | Edward Peterson misses the shot from just outside the lane | 38-40 |
| 09:52 | LSU | Howard Bowers snags the defensive board | 38-40 |
| 09:34 | LSU | Oleg Gatski comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane | 38-40 |
| 09:32 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert grabs the defensive rebound | 38-40 |
| 09:08 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 38-40 |
| 09:07 | South Carolina | Harold Wafford pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-40 |
| 08:46 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block but the foul's on John Tritt - foul #1 on John Tritt, team foul #6 | 38-40 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Julian Taylor (SF), James Thompson (PF), Richard Manes (C) Harold Wafford, Darrell Horner, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | Morgan Newton (PG), Victor Pitt (SF), Leon Baden (C) Cheslav Czapiewski, Oleg Gatski, Donald Harris | |
| 08:46 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert makes the 1st free throw | 39-40 |
| 08:46 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert makes the 2nd free throw | 40-40 |
| 08:19 | LSU | Leon Baden dunks the ball on a nice dish by Morgan Newton | 40-42 |
| 07:52 | South Carolina | Morgan Newton is called for the reach on David Gillham - foul #3 on Morgan Newton, team foul #7 | 40-42 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick (SG), Edward Peterson (C) Louis Swigert, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | Clifford Davidson (C) Howard Bowers | |
| 07:52 | South Carolina | David Gillham makes the 1st free throw | 41-42 |
| 07:52 | South Carolina | David Gillham makes the 2nd free throw | 42-42 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Gillham (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Johnny Merrick (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Julian Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. PF - James Thompson (fresh) 3 pf. C - Edward Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Morgan Newton (fresh) 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - John Tritt (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Victor Pitt (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Leon Baden (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Clifford Davidson (fresh) | |
| 07:32 | LSU | James Thompson is called for the reach on Victor Pitt - foul #4 on James Thompson, team foul #5 | 42-42 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF), George Jackson (PF) David Gillham, Julian Taylor, James Thompson | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 07:26 | LSU | Stephen Lingenfelter steals the ball from Victor Pitt | 42-42 |
| 07:11 | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick travels with the ball | 42-42 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Darrell Horner (SG), Julian Taylor (SF), Richard Manes (C) Johnny Merrick, Stephen Lingenfelter, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | Oleg Gatski (SG), Donald Harris (C) John Tritt, Clifford Davidson | |
| 06:43 | LSU | Victor Pitt scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Leon Baden | 42-44 |
| 06:31 | South Carolina | George Jackson double dribbles | 42-44 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Johnny Merrick (SG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF), Edward Peterson (C) John Hammond, Darrell Horner, Julian Taylor, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski (PG) Morgan Newton | |
| 06:18 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski can't connect on a floater from the left block but he's hacked by Edward Peterson - foul #1 on Edward Peterson, team foul #6 | 42-44 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Harold Wafford (SF) David Gillham, Stephen Lingenfelter | |
| Subs | LSU | Howard Bowers (PF) Leon Baden | |
| 06:18 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski misses the 1st free throw | 42-44 |
| 06:18 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski makes the 2nd free throw | 42-45 |
| 05:57 | South Carolina | George Jackson drills a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from John Hammond | 44-45 |
| 05:44 | LSU | Victor Pitt misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 44-45 |
| 05:42 | South Carolina | Harold Wafford grabs the board | 44-45 |
| 05:24 | South Carolina | George Jackson buries a fadeaway from close range | 46-45 |
| 05:07 | LSU | Donald Harris hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket | 46-45 |
| 05:05 | LSU | Howard Bowers tips it home | 46-47 |
| 04:39 | South Carolina | George Jackson knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Edward Peterson | 48-47 |
| 04:22 | LSU | Victor Pitt hits a fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Cheslav Czapiewski | 48-49 |
| 03:56 | South Carolina | George Jackson clanks a runner from close range | 48-49 |
| 03:54 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski grabs the defensive rebound | 48-49 |
| 03:30 | LSU | Howard Bowers misses the jump hook in the lane | 48-49 |
| 03:29 | South Carolina | George Jackson snags the defensive board | 48-49 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - John Hammond (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Johnny Merrick (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Harold Wafford (fresh) 5 reb. PF - George Jackson (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Edward Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Cheslav Czapiewski (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Oleg Gatski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Victor Pitt (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Howard Bowers (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - Donald Harris (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:24 | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 48-49 |
| 03:23 | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick tips it home | 50-49 |
| 03:11 | LSU | Johnny Merrick picks off the pass by Victor Pitt | 50-49 |
| 03:09 | South Carolina | Cheslav Czapiewski steps in front of the John Hammond pass in the backcourt | 50-49 |
| 03:08 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski can't finish the layup | 50-49 |
| 03:06 | South Carolina | John Hammond snags the defensive board | 50-49 |
| 02:37 | South Carolina | George Jackson misses the jumper from the right wing | 50-49 |
| 02:35 | LSU | Oleg Gatski grabs the board | 50-49 |
| 02:17 | LSU | Howard Bowers scores on a fadeaway from close range | 50-51 |
| 01:51 | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick knocks in the shot from close range on a nice dish by John Hammond and he's fouled by Oleg Gatski - foul #3 on Oleg Gatski, team foul #8 | 52-51 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Julian Taylor (SF), Richard Manes (C) John Hammond, Harold Wafford, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 01:51 | South Carolina | Johnny Merrick makes the free throw | 53-51 |
| 01:28 | LSU | Howard Bowers comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by George Jackson - foul #2 on George Jackson, team foul #7 | 53-51 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Louis Swigert (SG) Johnny Merrick | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 01:28 | LSU | Howard Bowers misses the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 01:28 | LSU | Howard Bowers makes the 2nd free throw | 53-52 |
| 01:03 | South Carolina | George Jackson comes up short on the jumper from the left block but he's fouled by Howard Bowers - foul #3 on Howard Bowers, team foul #9 | 53-52 |
| 01:03 | South Carolina | George Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 54-52 |
| 01:03 | South Carolina | George Jackson misses the 2nd free throw | 54-52 |
| 01:03 | LSU | Howard Bowers gets the rebound | 54-52 |
| 00:47 | LSU | George Jackson is called for the reach on Howard Bowers - foul #3 on George Jackson, team foul #8 | 54-52 |
| 00:47 | LSU | Howard Bowers misses the 1st free throw | 54-52 |
| 00:47 | South Carolina | Richard Manes gets the rebound | 54-52 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:20 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor banks in the layup on a great pass from David Gillham | 56-52 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:15 | LSU | Oleg Gatski makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Cheslav Czapiewski | 56-55 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:13 | South Carolina | Cheslav Czapiewski is called for the reach on Louis Swigert in the backcourt - foul #4 on Cheslav Czapiewski, team foul #10 | 56-55 |
| 00:13 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert makes the 1st free throw | 57-55 |
| 00:13 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert makes the 2nd free throw | 58-55 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:03 | LSU | Oleg Gatski can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 58-55 |
| 00:01 | LSU | Victor Pitt grabs the offensive board | 58-55 |
| 00:00 | LSU | The clock runs out | 58-55 |