| Lineup | Arkansas State | PG - Joshua Hardison (fresh) SG - Jonathon Greer (fresh) SF - Jimmie Adame (fresh) PF - Jerry Ferrell (fresh) C - David Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edward Coates (fresh) SG - Shawn Wallace (fresh) SF - David Jensen (fresh) PF - Joe Little (fresh) C - Curtis Redman (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Arkansas State | David Johnson wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas State | Arkansas State is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:36 | Arkansas State | Jimmie Adame can't finish the layup | 0-0 |
| 19:35 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Curtis Redman | 0-0 |
| 19:07 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Coates misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Joshua Hardison - foul #1 on Joshua Hardison, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:07 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Coates misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:07 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Coates makes the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 18:41 | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell connects on the jumper in the lane on a great pass from Joshua Hardison | 2-1 |
| 18:12 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Little hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 2-1 |
| 18:11 | Louisiana Tech | The offensive rebound goes to Curtis Redman | 2-1 |
| 17:46 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace scores on a jump hook in the paint set up by David Jensen | 2-3 |
| 17:27 | Arkansas State | David Jensen picks off the pass by Jimmie Adame | 2-3 |
| 17:23 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace can't finish the layup | 2-3 |
| 17:22 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Little can't tip it in | 2-3 |
| 17:20 | Arkansas State | The rebound goes to Jimmie Adame | 2-3 |
| 17:16 | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 17:14 | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell can't tip it in | 2-3 |
| 17:12 | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison tips it back up and in | 4-3 |
| 17:05 | Louisiana Tech | David Jensen is hacked by Joshua Hardison - foul #2 on Joshua Hardison, team foul #2 | 4-3 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Sam Stevenson (PG) Joshua Hardison | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 16:52 | Louisiana Tech | David Johnson steps in front of the Curtis Redman pass | 4-3 |
| 16:28 | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 4-3 |
| 16:26 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace grabs the defensive rebound | 4-3 |
| 16:12 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace makes the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Edward Coates | 4-6 |
| 15:53 | Arkansas State | Sam Stevenson clanks a 3 from straight away | 4-6 |
| 15:52 | Louisiana Tech | Curtis Redman gets the rebound | 4-6 |
| Lineup | Arkansas State | PG - Sam Stevenson (fresh) SG - Jonathon Greer (fairly fresh) SF - Jimmie Adame (fairly fresh) PF - Jerry Ferrell (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Johnson (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edward Coates (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Shawn Wallace (fresh) 5 pts. SF - David Jensen (fresh) PF - Joe Little (fresh) C - Curtis Redman (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:47 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away but he's hacked by Jonathon Greer - foul #1 on Jonathon Greer, team foul #3 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | William Rasnick (SG), Willis Brown (SF), Charles Young (C) Jonathon Greer, Jimmie Adame, David Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 15:47 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 4-7 |
| 15:47 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 4-8 |
| 15:47 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace makes the 3rd free throw | 4-9 |
| 15:28 | Arkansas State | Willis Brown is hacked by Edward Coates - foul #1 on Edward Coates, team foul #1 | 4-9 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | John Dean (C) Jerry Ferrell | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 15:17 | Arkansas State | John Dean misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Curtis Redman - foul #1 on Curtis Redman, team foul #2 | 4-9 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Claude Chambliss (PF) Joe Little | |
| 15:17 | Arkansas State | John Dean makes the 1st free throw | 5-9 |
| 15:17 | Arkansas State | John Dean makes the 2nd free throw | 6-9 |
| 14:55 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Edward Coates | 6-12 |
| 14:39 | Arkansas State | John Dean is whistled for a carry | 6-12 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell (PF) John Dean | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Michael Wood (PG), Allen Richman (SG), Charlie Polisky (SF), Andrew Johnson (C) Edward Coates, Shawn Wallace, David Jensen, Curtis Redman | |
| 14:24 | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman loses the ball out of bounds | 6-12 |
| 14:06 | Arkansas State | Charles Young makes the fadeaway from the baseline | 8-12 |
| 13:48 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Johnson is whistled for traveling | 8-12 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Graham Potter (PG), Jonathon Greer (SG), David Johnson (C) Sam Stevenson, William Rasnick, Charles Young | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | David Jensen (SF), Joe Little (PF), Curtis Redman (C) Michael Wood, Claude Chambliss, Andrew Johnson | |
| 13:27 | Arkansas State | David Johnson hits a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Jonathon Greer | 10-12 |
| 13:15 | Louisiana Tech | Willis Brown steps in front of the Curtis Redman pass | 10-12 |
| 13:10 | Arkansas State | Graham Potter's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 10-12 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Jimmie Adame (SF) Willis Brown | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Edward Coates (PG), Shawn Wallace (SG) Allen Richman, Charlie Polisky | |
| 12:53 | Louisiana Tech | The jump hook by Edward Coates is blocked by David Johnson | 10-12 |
| 12:51 | Arkansas State | Graham Potter pulls down the rebound | 10-12 |
| 12:47 | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer is fouled on the floor by Shawn Wallace - foul #1 on Shawn Wallace, team foul #3 | 10-12 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Charles Young (PF) Jerry Ferrell | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 12:33 | Arkansas State | Graham Potter misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 10-12 |
| 12:31 | Louisiana Tech | David Jensen snags the defensive board | 10-12 |
| 12:18 | Louisiana Tech | David Johnson swats the shot by Curtis Redman | 10-12 |
| 12:17 | Louisiana Tech | David Jensen gets the offensive rebound | 10-12 |
| 11:58 | Louisiana Tech | David Jensen's floater is tipped away by Charles Young | 10-12 |
| 11:57 | Arkansas State | Charles Young gets the rebound | 10-12 |
| 11:38 | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 10-12 |
| 11:37 | Louisiana Tech | David Jensen snags the defensive board | 10-12 |
| Lineup | Arkansas State | PG - Graham Potter (fresh) SG - Jonathon Greer (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jimmie Adame (fairly fresh) PF - Charles Young (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Johnson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edward Coates (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Shawn Wallace (fresh) 11 pts. SF - David Jensen (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Joe Little (fairly fresh) C - Curtis Redman (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace connects on the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Edward Coates | 10-14 |
| 11:28 | Arkansas State | Jimmie Adame clanks a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Joe Little - foul #1 on Joe Little, team foul #4 | 10-14 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Sam Stevenson (PG), William Rasnick (SG), Jerry Ferrell (PF) Graham Potter, Jonathon Greer, David Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Charlie Polisky (SF), Claude Chambliss (PF), Andrew Johnson (C) David Jensen, Joe Little, Curtis Redman | |
| 11:28 | Arkansas State | Jimmie Adame makes the 1st free throw | 11-14 |
| 11:28 | Arkansas State | Jimmie Adame misses the 2nd free throw | 11-14 |
| 11:28 | Louisiana Tech | Claude Chambliss grabs the defensive rebound | 11-14 |
| 11:21 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Johnson drills a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Claude Chambliss | 11-16 |
| 11:15 | Arkansas State | Charles Young blows the dunk | 11-16 |
| 11:14 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 11-16 |
| 10:50 | Louisiana Tech | Charlie Polisky hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from close range | 11-16 |
| 10:49 | Arkansas State | The rebound goes to William Rasnick | 11-16 |
| 10:24 | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell hits a jump hook in the lane set up by William Rasnick | 13-16 |
| 09:58 | Louisiana Tech | The jumper by Edward Coates is denied by Charles Young | 13-16 |
| 09:57 | Arkansas State | Charles Young grabs the defensive rebound | 13-16 |
| 09:40 | Arkansas State | Claude Chambliss steals the ball from Charles Young | 13-16 |
| 09:25 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace lays it in on a great pass from Edward Coates and he's fouled by William Rasnick - foul #1 on William Rasnick, team foul #4 | 13-18 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer (SG), Willis Brown (SF), David Johnson (C) William Rasnick, Jimmie Adame, Charles Young | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman (PG), David Jensen (SF), Joe Little (PF), Curtis Redman (C) Edward Coates, Charlie Polisky, Claude Chambliss, Andrew Johnson | |
| 09:25 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace makes the free throw | 13-19 |
| 09:01 | Arkansas State | Allen Richman is called for the reach on Jonathon Greer - foul #1 on Allen Richman, team foul #5 | 13-19 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Graham Potter (PG) Sam Stevenson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Michael Wood (PG) Shawn Wallace | |
| 08:40 | Arkansas State | Willis Brown misses the 3 from the left corner | 13-19 |
| 08:38 | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell tips it back up and in | 15-19 |
| 08:16 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Little throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-19 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | John Dean (PF) Jerry Ferrell | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Charlie Polisky (SG) Michael Wood | |
| 08:00 | Arkansas State | John Dean can't finish the layup | 15-19 |
| 07:59 | Arkansas State | Willis Brown grabs the offensive board | 15-19 |
| 07:54 | Arkansas State | Graham Potter misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 15-19 |
| 07:53 | Louisiana Tech | David Jensen gets the rebound | 15-19 |
| 07:37 | Louisiana Tech | Curtis Redman misses long on a turnaround in the lane | 15-19 |
| 07:35 | Arkansas State | The rebound goes to David Johnson | 15-19 |
| Lineup | Arkansas State | PG - Graham Potter (fresh) SG - Jonathon Greer (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Willis Brown (fresh) PF - John Dean (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Allen Richman (fresh) SG - Charlie Polisky (fresh) SF - David Jensen (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Joe Little (fairly fresh) C - Curtis Redman (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:30 | Arkansas State | Graham Potter comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 15-19 |
| 07:28 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Curtis Redman | 15-19 |
| 07:12 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Little misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 15-19 |
| 07:10 | Arkansas State | The rebound goes to Willis Brown | 15-19 |
| 07:04 | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer's floater is knocked away by Curtis Redman | 15-19 |
| 07:03 | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman grabs the defensive rebound | 15-19 |
| 06:44 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Little misses the driving attempt in the paint but the foul's on John Dean - foul #1 on John Dean, team foul #5 | 15-19 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Sam Stevenson (PG), William Rasnick (SG), Jerry Ferrell (PF), Charles Young (C) Graham Potter, Jonathon Greer, John Dean, David Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Edward Coates (PG), Shawn Wallace (SG) Allen Richman, Charlie Polisky | |
| 06:44 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Little makes the 1st free throw | 15-20 |
| 06:44 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Little makes the 2nd free throw | 15-21 |
| 06:32 | Arkansas State | Sam Stevenson is whistled for traveling | 15-21 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Jimmie Adame (SF) Willis Brown | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Jeffrey Robinson (SF), Claude Chambliss (PF), Andrew Johnson (C) David Jensen, Joe Little, Curtis Redman | |
| 06:18 | Louisiana Tech | Sam Stevenson is called for the reach on Jeffrey Robinson - foul #1 on Sam Stevenson, team foul #6 | 15-21 |
| 05:54 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Young denies the turnaround by Shawn Wallace | 15-21 |
| 05:53 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Johnson misses the tip | 15-21 |
| 05:52 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace tips it home | 15-23 |
| 05:34 | Arkansas State | William Rasnick makes the turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Sam Stevenson | 17-23 |
| 05:18 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Coates loses the dribble to William Rasnick | 17-23 |
| 05:04 | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell misses the shot from the left block but the foul's on Jeffrey Robinson - foul #1 on Jeffrey Robinson, team foul #6 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer (SG), Willis Brown (SF), John Dean (C) William Rasnick, Jimmie Adame, Charles Young | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman (SG), David Jensen (SF), Curtis Redman (C) Shawn Wallace, Jeffrey Robinson, Andrew Johnson | |
| 05:04 | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell misses the 1st free throw | 17-23 |
| 05:04 | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell makes the 2nd free throw | 18-23 |
| 04:44 | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman is hacked by Sam Stevenson - foul #2 on Sam Stevenson, team foul #7 | 18-23 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Graham Potter (PG), David Johnson (C) Sam Stevenson, John Dean | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 04:44 | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman makes the 1st free throw | 18-24 |
| 04:44 | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman misses the 2nd free throw | 18-24 |
| 04:44 | Arkansas State | David Johnson gets the rebound | 18-24 |
| 04:26 | Arkansas State | Graham Potter misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 18-24 |
| 04:25 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Claude Chambliss | 18-24 |
| 04:13 | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 18-24 |
| 04:11 | Louisiana Tech | Claude Chambliss hits the follow up shot | 18-26 |
| 03:59 | Arkansas State | David Johnson drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Willis Brown | 20-26 |
| 03:30 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Coates misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-26 |
| 03:28 | Arkansas State | David Johnson grabs the board | 20-26 |
| Lineup | Arkansas State | PG - Graham Potter (fresh) SG - Jonathon Greer (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Willis Brown (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jerry Ferrell (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - David Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edward Coates (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 ast. SG - Allen Richman (fresh) 1 pts. SF - David Jensen (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Claude Chambliss (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Curtis Redman (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:23 | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer comes up short on the floater from the left side but he's hacked by Allen Richman - foul #2 on Allen Richman, team foul #7 | 20-26 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison (PG), Charles Young (PF), John Dean (C) Graham Potter, Jerry Ferrell, David Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace (SG), Joe Little (PF) Edward Coates, Claude Chambliss | |
| 03:23 | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer makes the 1st free throw | 21-26 |
| 03:23 | Arkansas State | Jonathon Greer makes the 2nd free throw | 22-26 |
| 02:59 | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 22-26 |
| 02:57 | Arkansas State | Willis Brown snags the defensive board | 22-26 |
| 02:51 | Arkansas State | Willis Brown banks in the layup | 24-26 |
| 02:32 | Louisiana Tech | Shawn Wallace can't finish the layup | 24-26 |
| 02:30 | Arkansas State | John Dean gets the rebound | 24-26 |
| 02:25 | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison's pass is intercepted by Curtis Redman | 24-26 |
| 02:14 | Louisiana Tech | Joe Little blows the layup | 24-26 |
| 02:12 | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison snags the defensive board | 24-26 |
| 02:06 | Arkansas State | Willis Brown is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Willis Brown, team foul #8 | 24-26 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | William Rasnick (SG), Jerry Ferrell (PF), David Johnson (C) Jonathon Greer, Willis Brown, John Dean | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Edward Coates (PG), Charlie Polisky (SF), Andrew Johnson (C) Allen Richman, David Jensen, Curtis Redman | |
| 01:56 | Louisiana Tech | Charlie Polisky misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Charles Young - foul #1 on Charles Young, team foul #9 | 24-26 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Jimmie Adame (SF) Charles Young | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 01:56 | Louisiana Tech | Charlie Polisky makes the 1st free throw | 24-27 |
| 01:56 | Louisiana Tech | Charlie Polisky makes the 2nd free throw | 24-28 |
| 01:44 | Arkansas State | Jerry Ferrell is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Jerry Ferrell, team foul #10 | 24-28 |
| 01:30 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Johnson misses short on a turnaround from close range | 24-28 |
| 01:28 | Arkansas State | William Rasnick grabs the defensive rebound | 24-28 |
| 01:22 | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison is fouled on the floor by Shawn Wallace - foul #2 on Shawn Wallace, team foul #8 | 24-28 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | William Richards (C) Joe Little | |
| 01:22 | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison makes the 1st free throw | 25-28 |
| 01:22 | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison makes the 2nd free throw | 26-28 |
| 01:01 | Louisiana Tech | The jump hook by Shawn Wallace is blocked by David Johnson | 26-28 |
| 01:00 | Arkansas State | The rebound goes to Jimmie Adame | 26-28 |
| 00:36 | Arkansas State | Jimmie Adame comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 26-28 |
| 00:35 | Louisiana Tech | Andrew Johnson pulls down the rebound | 26-28 |
| 00:27 | Louisiana Tech | Charlie Polisky travels with the ball | 26-28 |
| Subs | Arkansas State | Willis Brown (SF), Charles Young (PF), John Dean (C) Jimmie Adame, Jerry Ferrell, David Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Allen Richman (PG), David Jensen (SF), Claude Chambliss (PF), Curtis Redman (C) Edward Coates, Shawn Wallace, Andrew Johnson, William Richards | |
| 00:03 | Arkansas State | Joshua Hardison comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 26-28 |
| 00:01 | Louisiana Tech | Curtis Redman grabs the board | 26-28 |
| 00:00 | Louisiana Tech | Curtis Redman hits the front of the rim on the fullcourt shot | 26-28 |