| Lineup | VMI | PG - James Ferretti (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Josh Sicard (fresh) SF - Duane Englund (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kasiya Arrambide (fresh) 3 reb. C - Shaun McBurrows (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Allen (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Darrell Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - David Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Sylvester Sharp (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | VMI | Duane Englund inbounds the ball | 21-38 |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:39 | VMI | Kasiya Arrambide misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 21-38 |
| 19:38 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates gets the rebound | 21-38 |
| 19:31 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 21-38 |
| 19:29 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows snags the defensive board | 21-38 |
| 19:09 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Kasiya Arrambide | 24-38 |
| 18:55 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp is fouled on the floor by Duane Englund - foul #3 on Duane Englund, team foul #1 | 24-38 |
| Subs | VMI | Phillip Hernadez (SF) Duane Englund | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 18:43 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates scores on a shot from the right side on a nice dish by Timothy Allen | 24-40 |
| 18:21 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez knocks in the fadeaway from the left block set up by James Ferretti | 26-40 |
| 17:58 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 26-40 |
| 17:57 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez grabs the defensive rebound | 26-40 |
| 17:42 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 26-40 |
| 17:41 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp grabs the defensive rebound | 26-40 |
| 17:24 | Syracuse | David Brown blows the layup | 26-40 |
| 17:23 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows grabs the defensive rebound | 26-40 |
| 17:05 | VMI | Josh Sicard can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 26-40 |
| 17:04 | Syracuse | David Brown grabs the board | 26-40 |
| 16:54 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 26-40 |
| 16:53 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez snags the defensive board | 26-40 |
| 16:31 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez blows the layup | 26-40 |
| 16:29 | VMI | Josh Sicard snags the offensive board | 26-40 |
| 16:08 | VMI | David Brown takes the ball from Shaun McBurrows | 26-40 |
| 16:03 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 26-40 |
| 16:01 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows pulls down the rebound | 26-40 |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - James Ferretti (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Josh Sicard (fairly fresh) 2 reb. SF - Phillip Hernadez (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kasiya Arrambide (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Shaun McBurrows (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Allen (fairly fresh) 4 ast. SF - Darrell Lewis (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - David Brown (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Sylvester Sharp (fairly fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 15:54 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 26-40 |
| 15:52 | VMI | Kasiya Arrambide snags the offensive board | 26-40 |
| 15:32 | VMI | Sylvester Sharp is called for the reach on Kasiya Arrambide - foul #3 on Sylvester Sharp, team foul #1 | 26-40 |
| Subs | VMI | Robert Hildebrand (PG), William Clarke (SG), Duane Englund (SF), Andrew Davidson (PF) James Ferretti, Josh Sicard, Phillip Hernadez, Kasiya Arrambide | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Chad White (SG), Matthew Covington (SF), Preston Higgins (PF), Glen Thompson (C) Timothy Allen, Darrell Lewis, David Brown, Sylvester Sharp | |
| 15:17 | VMI | Glen Thompson swats the short shot by Robert Hildebrand | 26-40 |
| 15:15 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Glen Thompson | 26-40 |
| 14:53 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins's pass is intercepted by William Clarke | 26-40 |
| 14:50 | VMI | William Clarke lays it in | 28-40 |
| 14:21 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block but he's hacked by Shaun McBurrows - foul #2 on Shaun McBurrows, team foul #2 | 28-40 |
| Subs | VMI | Kasiya Arrambide (PF) Shaun McBurrows | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 14:21 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates misses the 1st free throw | 28-40 |
| 14:21 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates makes the 2nd free throw | 28-41 |
| 14:11 | VMI | Kasiya Arrambide's pass is intercepted by Chad White | 28-41 |
| 14:08 | Syracuse | Chad White banks in the layup | 28-43 |
| 13:53 | VMI | Glen Thompson steals it from Andrew Davidson | 28-43 |
| 13:39 | Syracuse | Glen Thompson hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Dewey Gates | 28-45 |
| 13:14 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand hits a fadeaway from the right side | 30-45 |
| 12:49 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Chad White | 30-47 |
| 12:35 | VMI | William Clarke misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 30-47 |
| 12:33 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins grabs the defensive rebound | 30-47 |
| 12:20 | Syracuse | Glen Thompson blows the dunk | 30-47 |
| 12:18 | Syracuse | Glen Thompson can't tip it in | 30-47 |
| 12:17 | Syracuse | Glen Thompson grabs the offensive board | 30-47 |
| 12:10 | Syracuse | Chad White hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Glen Thompson | 30-50 |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 11:51 | VMI | Kasiya Arrambide makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Hildebrand | 33-50 |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - Robert Hildebrand (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Clarke (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Duane Englund (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Kasiya Arrambide (tiring) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Andrew Davidson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (tiring) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chad White (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Matthew Covington (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Preston Higgins (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Glen Thompson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:36 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington lays it in on a nice dish by Chad White and the foul's on Duane Englund - foul #4 on Duane Englund, team foul #3 | 33-52 |
| Subs | VMI | James Ferretti (PG), Josh Sicard (SG), Carl Shafer (SF), Phillip Hernadez (PF), Shaun McBurrows (C) Robert Hildebrand, William Clarke, Duane Englund, Kasiya Arrambide, Andrew Davidson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Timothy Allen (SG), David Brown (PF), Sylvester Sharp (C) Dewey Gates, Preston Higgins, Glen Thompson | |
| 11:36 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington makes the free throw | 33-53 |
| 11:17 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Matthew Covington - foul #1 on Matthew Covington, team foul #2 | 33-53 |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis (SF) Matthew Covington | |
| 11:17 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows misses the 1st free throw | 33-53 |
| 11:17 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows misses the 2nd free throw | 33-53 |
| 11:17 | Syracuse | David Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 33-53 |
| 11:01 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp hits a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Darrell Lewis and he's hacked by Carl Shafer - foul #2 on Carl Shafer, team foul #4 | 33-55 |
| 11:01 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp makes the free throw | 33-56 |
| 10:53 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez's fadeaway is rejected by David Brown | 33-56 |
| 10:51 | VMI | Shaun McBurrows snags the offensive board | 33-56 |
| 10:39 | VMI | James Ferretti is fouled on the floor by David Brown - foul #2 on David Brown, team foul #3 | 33-56 |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Gates (PG) Chad White | |
| 10:24 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez misses the jumper from the baseline | 33-56 |
| 10:23 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen pulls down the rebound | 33-56 |
| 10:19 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Dewey Gates | 33-59 |
| 10:09 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-59 |
| 09:57 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 33-59 |
| 09:55 | VMI | Josh Sicard pulls down the rebound | 33-59 |
| 09:40 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez misses short on a shot in the lane | 33-59 |
| 09:38 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp pulls down the rebound | 33-59 |
| 09:18 | Syracuse | Carl Shafer is called for the reach on Dewey Gates - foul #3 on Carl Shafer, team foul #5 | 33-59 |
| Subs | VMI | William Clarke (SG), Andrew Davidson (PF) Carl Shafer, Shaun McBurrows | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Chad White (PG) Dewey Gates | |
| 09:04 | Syracuse | Chad White hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing but the foul's on William Clarke - foul #4 on William Clarke, team foul #6 | 33-59 |
| Subs | VMI | Coy Nelson (SG), Kasiya Arrambide (PF) William Clarke, Josh Sicard | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Preston Higgins (SF), Glen Thompson (C) Darrell Lewis, Sylvester Sharp | |
| 09:04 | Syracuse | Chad White makes the 1st free throw | 33-60 |
| 09:04 | Syracuse | Chad White misses the 2nd free throw | 33-60 |
| 09:04 | VMI | Coy Nelson gets the rebound | 33-60 |
| 08:57 | VMI | Andrew Davidson is denied on a layup by Glen Thompson | 33-60 |
| 08:55 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Preston Higgins | 33-60 |
| 08:36 | Syracuse | Chad White connects on the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Timothy Allen | 33-62 |
| 08:23 | VMI | Andrew Davidson hits a floater from the baseline on a great pass from Coy Nelson | 35-62 |
| 08:02 | Syracuse | Chad White knocks in the jumper from the right side on a great pass from Timothy Allen | 35-64 |
| 07:56 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez is fouled on the floor by Glen Thompson - foul #2 on Glen Thompson, team foul #4 | 35-64 |
| Subs | VMI | Robert Hildebrand (PG), Carl Shafer (SF), Josh Sicard (C) James Ferretti, Phillip Hernadez, Kasiya Arrambide | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Gates (PG), Darrell Lewis (SF), Sylvester Sharp (C) Chad White, David Brown, Glen Thompson | |
| 07:47 | VMI | Andrew Davidson scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Coy Nelson | 38-64 |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - Robert Hildebrand (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Coy Nelson (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Carl Shafer (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Andrew Davidson (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Josh Sicard (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Timothy Allen (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 6 ast. SF - Darrell Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Preston Higgins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Sylvester Sharp (fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:25 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Darrell Lewis | 38-67 |
| 07:09 | VMI | Carl Shafer is whistled for a carry | 38-67 |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Eddie Digiacomo (PF) Preston Higgins | |
| 06:51 | Syracuse | Eddie Digiacomo hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from close range | 38-67 |
| 06:49 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Eddie Digiacomo | 38-67 |
| 06:31 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp travels with the ball | 38-67 |
| Subs | VMI | Phillip Hernadez (C) Coy Nelson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Chad White (PG), Matthew Covington (SF), David Brown (PF) Dewey Gates, Darrell Lewis, Eddie Digiacomo | |
| 06:23 | VMI | Andrew Davidson comes up short on the floater from the right side | 38-67 |
| 06:22 | VMI | Carl Shafer gets the offensive rebound | 38-67 |
| 06:08 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand misses the shot from just outside the lane | 38-67 |
| 06:06 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp pulls down the rebound | 38-67 |
| 06:01 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington lays it up and in | 38-69 |
| 05:50 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand can't connect on a jumper from the right wing | 38-69 |
| 05:49 | VMI | Josh Sicard tips it home | 40-69 |
| 05:22 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington lays it up and in on a great pass from David Brown | 40-71 |
| 05:07 | VMI | Phillip Hernadez misses the easy layup | 40-71 |
| 05:06 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp grabs the board | 40-71 |
| 04:56 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington comes up short on the jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Josh Sicard - foul #2 on Josh Sicard, team foul #7 | 40-71 |
| Subs | VMI | Timothy Light (PG), Coy Nelson (SG) Robert Hildebrand, Carl Shafer | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis (SG), Preston Higgins (PF), Glen Thompson (C) Timothy Allen, David Brown, Sylvester Sharp | |
| 04:56 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington makes the 1st free throw | 40-72 |
| 04:56 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington makes the 2nd free throw | 40-73 |
| 04:44 | VMI | Andrew Davidson misses the 3 from the right corner | 40-73 |
| 04:43 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Chad White | 40-73 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington is fouled on the floor by Coy Nelson - foul #1 on Coy Nelson, team foul #8 | 40-73 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington makes the 1st free throw | 40-74 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington misses the 2nd free throw | 40-74 |
| 04:39 | VMI | Andrew Davidson pulls down the rebound | 40-74 |
| 04:26 | VMI | Andrew Davidson misses the fadeaway near the basket but he's hacked by Darrell Lewis - foul #1 on Darrell Lewis, team foul #5 | 40-74 |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Gates (PG) Matthew Covington | |
| 04:26 | VMI | Andrew Davidson makes the 1st free throw | 41-74 |
| 04:26 | VMI | Andrew Davidson makes the 2nd free throw | 42-74 |
| 04:09 | Syracuse | Chad White drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Preston Higgins | 42-77 |
| 03:55 | VMI | Andrew Davidson misses the shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Preston Higgins - foul #1 on Preston Higgins, team foul #6 | 42-77 |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Brown (PF) Preston Higgins | |
| 03:55 | VMI | Andrew Davidson misses the 1st free throw | 42-77 |
| 03:55 | VMI | Andrew Davidson misses the 2nd free throw | 42-77 |
| 03:55 | Syracuse | David Brown pulls down the rebound | 42-77 |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:34 | Syracuse | Glen Thompson buries a floater from the right block set up by Chad White | 42-79 |
| Lineup | VMI | PG - Timothy Light (fresh) SG - Coy Nelson (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Phillip Hernadez (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andrew Davidson (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Josh Sicard (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. SG - Chad White (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Darrell Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - David Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Glen Thompson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 03:21 | VMI | Andrew Davidson is whistled for traveling | 42-79 |
| Subs | VMI | Robert Hildebrand (PG), Carl Shafer (SF) Timothy Light, Josh Sicard | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Timothy Allen (SG), Matthew Covington (SF) Chad White, Darrell Lewis | |
| 02:56 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates knocks in the floater near the basket and he's fouled by Carl Shafer - foul #4 on Carl Shafer, team foul #9 | 42-81 |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp (C) Glen Thompson | |
| 02:56 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates makes the free throw | 42-82 |
| 02:36 | VMI | Coy Nelson misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 42-82 |
| 02:35 | Syracuse | David Brown grabs the board | 42-82 |
| 02:13 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen hits a shot near the basket on a great pass from Matthew Covington | 42-84 |
| 02:08 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Timothy Allen - foul #1 on Timothy Allen, team foul #7 | 42-84 |
| Subs | VMI | Josh Sicard (C) Coy Nelson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Chad White (SG), Darrell Lewis (SF), Preston Higgins (PF) Timothy Allen, Matthew Covington, David Brown | |
| 02:08 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand makes the 1st free throw | 43-84 |
| 02:08 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand misses the 2nd free throw | 43-84 |
| 02:08 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Sylvester Sharp | 43-84 |
| 01:46 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins throws it down | 43-86 |
| 01:26 | VMI | Carl Shafer can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 43-86 |
| 01:25 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins gets the rebound | 43-86 |
| 01:02 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Chad White | 43-88 |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:57 | VMI | Josh Sicard hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 43-88 |
| 00:55 | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis snags the defensive board | 43-88 |
| Game Plan | VMI | VMI is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:31 | Syracuse | Chad White misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by Andrew Davidson - foul #2 on Andrew Davidson, team foul #10 | 43-88 |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Timothy Allen (SG), David Brown (PF) Dewey Gates, Preston Higgins | |
| 00:31 | Syracuse | Chad White makes the 1st free throw | 43-89 |
| 00:31 | Syracuse | Chad White makes the 2nd free throw | 43-90 |
| 00:23 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand misses short on a runner from close range but the foul's on Chad White - foul #1 on Chad White, team foul #8 | 43-90 |
| Subs | VMI | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Gates (PG) Chad White | |
| 00:23 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand makes the 1st free throw | 44-90 |
| 00:23 | VMI | Robert Hildebrand makes the 2nd free throw | 45-90 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates runs out the clock | 45-90 |