| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Byron Harrison (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Simmons (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Wicklund (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Joshua York (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Richie (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Charles Geer (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bruno Kirtley (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Claytor (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dong Huang (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Mills (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Robert Wicklund inbounds the ball | 28-35 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:35 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie hits the finger roll set up by Thomas Simmons | 30-35 |
| 19:23 | Kentucky | Bruno Kirtley loses the dribble to Thomas Simmons | 30-35 |
| 19:03 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-35 |
| 18:45 | Kentucky | The short jumper by Robert Mills is denied by Joshua York | 32-35 |
| 18:43 | Kentucky | Charles Geer tips it back up and in | 32-37 |
| 18:21 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 32-37 |
| 18:20 | Kentucky | Dong Huang grabs the defensive rebound | 32-37 |
| 18:11 | Kentucky | Robert Mills misses short on a fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Thomas Richie - foul #1 on Thomas Richie, team foul #1 | 32-37 |
| 18:11 | Kentucky | Robert Mills makes the 1st free throw | 32-38 |
| 18:11 | Kentucky | Robert Mills misses the 2nd free throw | 32-38 |
| 18:11 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie snags the defensive board | 32-38 |
| 17:50 | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Thomas Simmons, team foul #2 | 32-38 |
| 17:42 | Kentucky | Dong Huang clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Joshua York - foul #1 on Joshua York, team foul #3 | 32-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Banda (PF) Joshua York | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 17:42 | Kentucky | Dong Huang makes the 1st free throw | 32-39 |
| 17:42 | Kentucky | Dong Huang makes the 2nd free throw | 32-40 |
| 17:13 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie can't throw it down | 32-40 |
| 17:11 | Kentucky | Robert Mills gets the rebound | 32-40 |
| 17:03 | Kentucky | Robert Mills is hacked by Thomas Simmons - foul #2 on Thomas Simmons, team foul #4 | 32-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Beam (SG), Cyril Little (SF), Joshua York (PF) Thomas Simmons, Robert Wicklund, Thomas Richie | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Lester Behan (PF), Jeremiah Lauber (C) Dong Huang, Robert Mills | |
| 16:58 | Kentucky | Jeremiah Lauber hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket | 32-40 |
| 16:57 | Kentucky | Lester Behan tips it home | 32-42 |
| 16:40 | Cincinnati | Joshua York hits a fadeaway from the left block | 34-42 |
| 16:26 | Kentucky | Bruno Kirtley clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 34-42 |
| 16:24 | Kentucky | Charles Geer tips it home | 34-44 |
| 16:03 | Cincinnati | Jeremiah Lauber steps in front of the Byron Harrison pass | 34-44 |
| 15:47 | Kentucky | Charles Geer's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons (SG), Thomas Richie (C) Byron Harrison, Joshua York | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Eric Stublaski (PG) Charles Geer | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Thomas Beam (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Thomas Simmons (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Cyril Little (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dikembe Banda (fresh) 4 reb. C - Thomas Richie (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Eric Stublaski (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Bruno Kirtley (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Claytor (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Lester Behan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeremiah Lauber (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:21 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Banda is hacked by Lester Behan - foul #2 on Lester Behan, team foul #1 | 34-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Wicklund (SF) Cyril Little | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dong Huang (PF), Robert Mills (C) Lester Behan, Jeremiah Lauber | |
| 15:14 | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 34-44 |
| 15:13 | Kentucky | Donald Claytor gets the rebound | 34-44 |
| 15:01 | Kentucky | Dong Huang drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Eric Stublaski | 34-47 |
| 14:32 | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons scores on a floater from just outside the lane | 36-47 |
| 14:18 | Kentucky | Dong Huang makes the floater from the right wing | 36-49 |
| 13:54 | Cincinnati | Thomas Beam knocks in the shot from the left side on a great pass from Thomas Simmons and the foul's on Donald Claytor - foul #3 on Donald Claytor, team foul #2 | 38-49 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joshua York (PF) Dikembe Banda | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Charles Geer (PG) Eric Stublaski | |
| 13:54 | Cincinnati | Thomas Beam misses the free throw | 38-49 |
| 13:54 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie gets the offensive rebound | 38-49 |
| 13:39 | Cincinnati | Robert Wicklund is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Robert Wicklund, team foul #5 | 38-49 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison (PG), Cyril Little (SF) Thomas Beam, Robert Wicklund | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Lester Behan (PF), Jeremiah Lauber (C) Dong Huang, Robert Mills | |
| 13:30 | Kentucky | Bruno Kirtley knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing | 38-52 |
| 13:01 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 38-52 |
| 12:59 | Kentucky | Donald Claytor pulls down the rebound | 38-52 |
| 12:54 | Kentucky | Byron Harrison takes the ball from Donald Claytor | 38-52 |
| 12:26 | Cincinnati | Cyril Little is fouled on the floor by Donald Claytor - foul #4 on Donald Claytor, team foul #3 | 38-52 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Beam (SG), Robert Wicklund (SF), Dikembe Banda (C) Thomas Simmons, Cyril Little, Thomas Richie | |
| Subs | Kentucky | William McPherson (SF), Dong Huang (PF), Robert Mills (C) Donald Claytor, Lester Behan, Jeremiah Lauber | |
| 12:12 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison hits a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Thomas Beam | 40-52 |
| 11:50 | Kentucky | Bruno Kirtley misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 40-52 |
| 11:48 | Cincinnati | Robert Wicklund pulls down the rebound | 40-52 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Byron Harrison (fresh) 18 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Beam (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Wicklund (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Joshua York (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Dikembe Banda (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Charles Geer (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bruno Kirtley (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - William McPherson (fresh) PF - Dong Huang (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Mills (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:27 | Cincinnati | Thomas Beam connects on the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Byron Harrison | 43-52 |
| 11:17 | Kentucky | Dong Huang makes the runner in the lane on a nice dish by Robert Mills | 43-54 |
| 10:54 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 43-54 |
| 10:52 | Cincinnati | Joshua York tips it in | 45-54 |
| 10:43 | Kentucky | William McPherson misses the jump hook in the lane | 45-54 |
| 10:42 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison pulls down the rebound | 45-54 |
| 10:24 | Cincinnati | Robert Mills steals it from Robert Wicklund | 45-54 |
| 10:12 | Kentucky | Robert Mills makes the jumper from the right side | 45-56 |
| 09:54 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-56 |
| 09:53 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Robert Mills | 45-56 |
| 09:36 | Kentucky | Robert Mills's layup is rejected by Dikembe Banda | 45-56 |
| 09:35 | Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Mills | 45-56 |
| 09:22 | Kentucky | Byron Harrison steals it from William McPherson | 45-56 |
| 09:19 | Cincinnati | Thomas Beam banks in the layup on a nice dish by Byron Harrison | 47-56 |
| 09:09 | Kentucky | William McPherson misses badly on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Robert Wicklund - foul #4 on Robert Wicklund, team foul #6 | 47-56 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons (SG), Cyril Little (SF), Thomas Richie (C) Byron Harrison, Robert Wicklund, Dikembe Banda | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Eric Stublaski (PG), Richard Gilcrease (SG), Lester Behan (PF), Jeremiah Lauber (C) Charles Geer, Bruno Kirtley, Dong Huang, Robert Mills | |
| 09:09 | Kentucky | William McPherson misses the 1st free throw | 47-56 |
| 09:09 | Kentucky | William McPherson makes the 2nd free throw | 47-57 |
| 08:52 | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons is fouled on the floor by Richard Gilcrease - foul #1 on Richard Gilcrease, team foul #4 | 47-57 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Donald Claytor (SF) William McPherson | |
| 08:43 | Cincinnati | Thomas Beam misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 47-57 |
| 08:41 | Kentucky | Donald Claytor snags the defensive board | 47-57 |
| 08:25 | Kentucky | Richard Gilcrease hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Cyril Little - foul #1 on Cyril Little, team foul #7 | 47-57 |
| 08:25 | Kentucky | Richard Gilcrease makes the 1st free throw | 47-58 |
| 08:25 | Kentucky | Richard Gilcrease makes the 2nd free throw | 47-59 |
| 08:09 | Cincinnati | Joshua York hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Richard Gilcrease - foul #2 on Richard Gilcrease, team foul #5 | 47-59 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison (PG) Thomas Beam | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 08:09 | Cincinnati | Joshua York makes the 1st free throw | 48-59 |
| 08:09 | Cincinnati | Joshua York makes the 2nd free throw | 49-59 |
| 07:56 | Kentucky | Richard Gilcrease is fouled on the floor by Thomas Simmons - foul #3 on Thomas Simmons, team foul #8 | 49-59 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Charles Geer (PG) Eric Stublaski | |
| 07:56 | Kentucky | Richard Gilcrease makes the 1st free throw | 49-60 |
| 07:56 | Kentucky | Richard Gilcrease misses the 2nd free throw | 49-60 |
| 07:56 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie pulls down the rebound | 49-60 |
| 07:32 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-60 |
| 07:30 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Lester Behan | 49-60 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Byron Harrison (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Thomas Simmons (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Cyril Little (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joshua York (tiring) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Richie (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Charles Geer (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Gilcrease (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Donald Claytor (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. PF - Lester Behan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jeremiah Lauber (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:16 | Kentucky | Charles Geer can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-60 |
| 07:15 | Kentucky | Jeremiah Lauber tips it home | 49-62 |
| 06:54 | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 49-62 |
| 06:53 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Jeremiah Lauber | 49-62 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 06:41 | Kentucky | Lester Behan is hacked by Joshua York - foul #2 on Joshua York, team foul #9 | 49-62 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Beam (PG), Dikembe Banda (PF) Byron Harrison, Joshua York | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Bruno Kirtley (SG), Robert Mills (C) Richard Gilcrease, Jeremiah Lauber | |
| 06:41 | Kentucky | Lester Behan makes the 1st free throw | 49-63 |
| 06:41 | Kentucky | Lester Behan misses the 2nd free throw | 49-63 |
| 06:41 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie grabs the defensive rebound | 49-63 |
| 06:27 | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 49-63 |
| 06:25 | Kentucky | Donald Claytor pulls down the rebound | 49-63 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:56 | Kentucky | Charles Geer comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-63 |
| 05:55 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Thomas Richie | 49-63 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:50 | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Cyril Little | 52-63 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:32 | Kentucky | Robert Mills knocks in the turnaround from close range | 52-65 |
| 05:20 | Cincinnati | Donald Claytor steals it from Thomas Richie | 52-65 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 04:57 | Kentucky | Robert Mills makes the fadeaway from the left wing | 52-67 |
| 04:46 | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons makes the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Thomas Beam | 55-67 |
| 04:23 | Kentucky | Robert Mills misses badly on a floater in the lane | 55-67 |
| 04:22 | Kentucky | Donald Claytor gets the offensive rebound | 55-67 |
| 04:08 | Kentucky | Bruno Kirtley misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 55-67 |
| 04:06 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie snags the defensive board | 55-67 |
| 04:06 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-67 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison (PG), Robert Wicklund (SF) Thomas Simmons, Cyril Little | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dong Huang (PF) Lester Behan | |
| 03:53 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie buries a jumper from the baseline and the foul's on Bruno Kirtley - foul #1 on Bruno Kirtley, team foul #6 | 57-67 |
| 03:53 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie makes the free throw | 58-67 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:41 | Kentucky | Charles Geer scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Donald Claytor | 58-70 |
| 03:39 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 58-70 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jeremiah Lauber (C) Robert Mills | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:22 | Kentucky | Charles Geer comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 58-70 |
| 03:20 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie grabs the board | 58-70 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Byron Harrison (fresh) 18 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Thomas Beam (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Robert Wicklund (fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. PF - Dikembe Banda (fresh) 4 reb. C - Thomas Richie (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Charles Geer (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bruno Kirtley (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Claytor (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Dong Huang (fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. C - Jeremiah Lauber (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Cincinnati | Byron Harrison can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 58-70 |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Jeremiah Lauber gets the rebound | 58-70 |
| 02:48 | Kentucky | Dong Huang knocks in the jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Donald Claytor | 58-72 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:27 | Cincinnati | Jeremiah Lauber swats the layup by Thomas Richie | 58-72 |
| 02:25 | Kentucky | Donald Claytor snags the defensive board | 58-72 |
| 01:57 | Kentucky | Dong Huang misses the easy layup but the foul's on Thomas Richie - foul #2 on Thomas Richie, team foul #10 | 58-72 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Simmons (SG), Joshua York (PF) Thomas Beam, Dikembe Banda | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Eric Stublaski (PG), Richard Gilcrease (SG), William McPherson (SF) Charles Geer, Bruno Kirtley, Donald Claytor | |
| 01:57 | Kentucky | Dong Huang makes the 1st free throw | 58-73 |
| 01:57 | Kentucky | Dong Huang makes the 2nd free throw | 58-74 |
| 01:48 | Cincinnati | The short jumper by Joshua York is denied by Dong Huang | 58-74 |
| 01:47 | Kentucky | William McPherson grabs the board | 58-74 |
| 01:43 | Kentucky | Eric Stublaski is hacked by Byron Harrison in the backcourt - foul #3 on Byron Harrison, team foul #11 | 58-74 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Lester Behan (PF) Dong Huang | |
| 01:43 | Kentucky | Eric Stublaski makes the 1st free throw | 58-75 |
| 01:43 | Kentucky | Eric Stublaski misses the 2nd free throw | 58-75 |
| 01:43 | Cincinnati | Robert Wicklund grabs the board | 58-75 |
| 01:30 | Cincinnati | Thomas Richie banks in the layup | 60-75 |
| 01:11 | Kentucky | Lester Behan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-75 |
| 00:54 | Cincinnati | Joshua York's fadeaway is rejected by Jeremiah Lauber | 60-75 |
| 00:52 | Kentucky | Lester Behan grabs the board | 60-75 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:30 | Kentucky | Eric Stublaski misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 60-75 |
| 00:28 | Kentucky | Richard Gilcrease misses the tip | 60-75 |
| 00:26 | Kentucky | Jeremiah Lauber tips it back up and in | 60-77 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:19 | Cincinnati | Richard Gilcrease steals it from Byron Harrison | 60-77 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Eric Stublaski runs out the clock | 60-77 |