| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Timothy Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Darrell Lewis (fresh) 3 pts. PF - David Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Sylvester Sharp (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Charles Frank (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Rudolph Rutledge (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Eidemiller (fresh) PF - Paul Parker (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller inbounds the ball | 27-26 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:38 | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 27-26 |
| 19:36 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Sylvester Sharp | 27-26 |
| 19:29 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 27-26 |
| 19:28 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge snags the defensive board | 27-26 |
| 19:25 | St. John's | Charles Frank loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 27-26 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Dima Czaplinski (SF) Eric Eidemiller | |
| 19:05 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen buries a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Dewey Gates | 30-26 |
| 18:41 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge misses short on a jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Sylvester Sharp - foul #1 on Sylvester Sharp, team foul #1 | 30-26 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller (SG), William Wyatt (PF), Michael Liptak (C) Charles Frank, Dima Czaplinski, Kevin Richardson | |
| 18:41 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge makes the 1st free throw | 30-27 |
| 18:41 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge makes the 2nd free throw | 30-28 |
| 18:33 | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis drills a runner near the basket on a nice dish by Sylvester Sharp | 32-28 |
| 18:05 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 32-28 |
| 18:03 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen gets the rebound | 32-28 |
| 17:35 | Syracuse | David Brown can't finish the layup but the foul's on William Wyatt - foul #2 on William Wyatt, team foul #1 | 32-28 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Frank (PG), Dima Czaplinski (SF), Kevin Richardson (C) Eric Eidemiller, William Wyatt, Michael Liptak | |
| 17:35 | Syracuse | David Brown makes the 1st free throw | 33-28 |
| 17:35 | Syracuse | David Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 34-28 |
| 17:08 | St. John's | Charles Frank clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 34-28 |
| 17:06 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge tips it in | 34-30 |
| 16:50 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen is fouled on the floor by Dima Czaplinski - foul #2 on Dima Czaplinski, team foul #2 | 34-30 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Chad White (SG), Preston Higgins (PF), Glen Thompson (C) Timothy Allen, David Brown, Sylvester Sharp | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller (SF) Dima Czaplinski | |
| 16:30 | Syracuse | Glen Thompson misses the floater from the right side | 34-30 |
| 16:29 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Kevin Richardson | 34-30 |
| 16:10 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Kevin Richardson | 34-33 |
| 15:53 | Syracuse | Chad White buries a runner in the paint set up by Glen Thompson | 36-33 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Chad White (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Darrell Lewis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Preston Higgins (fresh) C - Glen Thompson (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Charles Frank (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Rudolph Rutledge (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Eidemiller (fresh) PF - Paul Parker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:28 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge splits the doubleteam and buries a 3 pointer from straight away | 36-36 |
| 15:11 | Syracuse | Charles Frank steals it from Glen Thompson | 36-36 |
| 14:42 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 36-36 |
| 14:41 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates snags the defensive board | 36-36 |
| 14:26 | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 36-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Timothy Allen (SG), David Brown (PF), Sylvester Sharp (C) Dewey Gates, Preston Higgins, Glen Thompson | |
| Subs | St. John's | Dima Czaplinski (SF), William Wyatt (PF) Eric Eidemiller, Paul Parker | |
| 14:04 | St. John's | Dima Czaplinski can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 36-36 |
| 14:02 | Syracuse | Chad White snags the defensive board | 36-36 |
| 13:58 | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis misses short on a runner from the baseline | 36-36 |
| 13:56 | Syracuse | Chad White pulls down the offensive rebound | 36-36 |
| 13:51 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-36 |
| 13:36 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-36 |
| 13:35 | St. John's | William Wyatt pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-36 |
| 13:15 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 39-36 |
| 13:13 | St. John's | William Wyatt snags the offensive board | 39-36 |
| 12:50 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 39-36 |
| 12:48 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Sylvester Sharp | 39-36 |
| 12:35 | Syracuse | Chad White comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 39-36 |
| 12:34 | Syracuse | Chad White pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-36 |
| 12:15 | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis drills a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Timothy Allen and he's fouled by Dima Czaplinski - foul #3 on Dima Czaplinski, team foul #3 | 41-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Gates (PG) Chad White | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller (SF), Paul Parker (PF), Michael Liptak (C) Dima Czaplinski, William Wyatt, Kevin Richardson | |
| 12:15 | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis makes the free throw | 42-36 |
| 11:56 | St. John's | Paul Parker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Matthew Covington (SF) Darrell Lewis | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 11:35 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Paul Parker - foul #1 on Paul Parker, team foul #4 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | William Wyatt (PF), Kevin Richardson (C) Rudolph Rutledge, Michael Liptak | |
| 11:35 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp misses the 1st free throw | 42-36 |
| 11:35 | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp makes the 2nd free throw | 43-36 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Allen (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Matthew Covington (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Sylvester Sharp (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Charles Frank (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eric Eidemiller (fresh) SF - Paul Parker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Wyatt (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Kevin Richardson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:17 | St. John's | Charles Frank hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 43-36 |
| 11:15 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen gets the rebound | 43-36 |
| 11:04 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 43-36 |
| 11:02 | Syracuse | Matthew Covington tips it back up and in | 45-36 |
| 10:43 | St. John's | Paul Parker is fouled on the floor by Sylvester Sharp - foul #2 on Sylvester Sharp, team foul #2 | 45-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Chad White (SG), Preston Higgins (PF), Glen Thompson (C) Timothy Allen, David Brown, Sylvester Sharp | |
| Subs | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge (SG), Dima Czaplinski (SF) Eric Eidemiller, William Wyatt | |
| 10:23 | St. John's | Paul Parker comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 45-36 |
| 10:22 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins gets the rebound | 45-36 |
| 10:08 | Syracuse | Chad White knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Dewey Gates | 47-36 |
| 09:46 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 47-36 |
| 09:45 | St. John's | Dima Czaplinski misses the tip | 47-36 |
| 09:44 | St. John's | Kevin Richardson tips it in | 47-38 |
| 09:33 | Syracuse | Paul Parker steals it from Chad White | 47-38 |
| 09:13 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 47-38 |
| 09:12 | St. John's | Charles Frank grabs the offensive rebound | 47-38 |
| 08:53 | St. John's | Kevin Richardson misses short on a driving attempt in the lane but the foul's on Glen Thompson - foul #4 on Glen Thompson, team foul #3 | 47-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Timothy Allen (SG), Darrell Lewis (SF), David Brown (PF), Sylvester Sharp (C) Dewey Gates, Matthew Covington, Preston Higgins, Glen Thompson | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller (SG), William Wyatt (PF) Charles Frank, Dima Czaplinski | |
| 08:53 | St. John's | Kevin Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 47-39 |
| 08:53 | St. John's | Kevin Richardson makes the 2nd free throw | 47-40 |
| 08:36 | Syracuse | Eric Eidemiller takes the ball from Darrell Lewis | 47-40 |
| 08:12 | St. John's | Kevin Richardson misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 47-40 |
| 08:10 | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis gets the rebound | 47-40 |
| 08:03 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 47-40 |
| 08:02 | St. John's | Kevin Richardson grabs the board | 47-40 |
| 07:36 | St. John's | Kevin Richardson is called for traveling | 47-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Gates (PG) Chad White | |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Frank (PG), Michael Liptak (C) William Wyatt, Kevin Richardson | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Timothy Allen (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Darrell Lewis (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - David Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Sylvester Sharp (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Charles Frank (tiring) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Rudolph Rutledge (tiring) 20 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Eidemiller (fresh) PF - Paul Parker (tiring) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Michael Liptak (fresh) | |
| 07:17 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen makes the floater near the basket on a nice dish by Darrell Lewis and the foul's on Charles Frank - foul #3 on Charles Frank, team foul #5 | 49-40 |
| 07:17 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen makes the free throw | 50-40 |
| 06:55 | St. John's | Paul Parker is fouled on the floor by Sylvester Sharp - foul #3 on Sylvester Sharp, team foul #4 | 50-40 |
| 06:41 | St. John's | Paul Parker's fadeaway is rejected by Sylvester Sharp | 50-40 |
| 06:40 | St. John's | Charles Frank pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-40 |
| 06:12 | St. John's | Charles Frank is fouled on the floor by Timothy Allen - foul #2 on Timothy Allen, team foul #5 | 50-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Chad White (SG), Matthew Covington (SF), Glen Thompson (C) Timothy Allen, Darrell Lewis, Sylvester Sharp | |
| Subs | St. John's | Dima Czaplinski (SF), Kevin Richardson (C) Eric Eidemiller, Michael Liptak | |
| 05:54 | St. John's | Paul Parker comes up short on the jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Chad White - foul #1 on Chad White, team foul #6 | 50-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller (SG), William Wyatt (PF) Rudolph Rutledge, Dima Czaplinski | |
| 05:54 | St. John's | Paul Parker makes the 1st free throw | 50-41 |
| 05:54 | St. John's | Paul Parker makes the 2nd free throw | 50-42 |
| 05:34 | Syracuse | Chad White double dribbles | 50-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Preston Higgins (PF) David Brown | |
| Subs | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge (SG), Dima Czaplinski (SF) Eric Eidemiller, William Wyatt | |
| 05:19 | St. John's | Charles Frank throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Sylvester Sharp (C) Glen Thompson | |
| Subs | St. John's | William Wyatt (PF) Dima Czaplinski | |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins can't finish the layup but the foul's on William Wyatt - foul #3 on William Wyatt, team foul #6 | 50-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Timothy Allen (SG) Dewey Gates | |
| Subs | St. John's | Dima Czaplinski (SF) William Wyatt | |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins misses the 1st free throw | 50-42 |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins misses the 2nd free throw | 50-42 |
| 05:12 | St. John's | Kevin Richardson grabs the defensive rebound | 50-42 |
| 04:50 | St. John's | Timothy Allen is called for the reach on Charles Frank - foul #3 on Timothy Allen, team foul #7 | 50-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Darrell Lewis (SF) Matthew Covington | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller (SG), William Wyatt (PF) Rudolph Rutledge, Dima Czaplinski | |
| 04:50 | St. John's | Charles Frank misses the 1st free throw | 50-42 |
| 04:50 | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-42 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:41 | St. John's | Paul Parker misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 50-42 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | Preston Higgins grabs the defensive rebound | 50-42 |
| 04:22 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen is fouled on the floor by Eric Eidemiller - foul #3 on Eric Eidemiller, team foul #7 | 50-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Gates (PG), David Brown (PF) Chad White, Preston Higgins | |
| Subs | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge (SG), Dima Czaplinski (SF) Eric Eidemiller, William Wyatt | |
| 04:22 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen makes the 1st free throw | 51-42 |
| 04:22 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen makes the 2nd free throw | 52-42 |
| 04:02 | St. John's | David Brown steals it from Rudolph Rutledge | 52-42 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:43 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen is fouled on the floor by Charles Frank - foul #4 on Charles Frank, team foul #8 | 52-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller (SF), Michael Liptak (C) Dima Czaplinski, Kevin Richardson | |
| 03:43 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen makes the 1st free throw | 53-42 |
| 03:43 | Syracuse | Timothy Allen misses the 2nd free throw | 53-42 |
| 03:43 | St. John's | Paul Parker grabs the board | 53-42 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:27 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Chad White (SG), Glen Thompson (C) Timothy Allen, Sylvester Sharp | |
| Subs | St. John's | William Wyatt (PF), Kevin Richardson (C) Rudolph Rutledge, Michael Liptak | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Gates (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chad White (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Darrell Lewis (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - David Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Glen Thompson (fresh) 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Charles Frank (tiring) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - Eric Eidemiller (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Paul Parker (tiring) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - William Wyatt (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Kevin Richardson (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 02:58 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates comes up short on the shot from the left side | 53-42 |
| 02:57 | Syracuse | Glen Thompson hits the follow up shot | 55-42 |
| 02:46 | St. John's | David Brown is called for the reach on William Wyatt - foul #2 on David Brown, team foul #8 | 55-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Matthew Covington (SF) Darrell Lewis | |
| Subs | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge (SG) Eric Eidemiller | |
| 02:46 | St. John's | William Wyatt misses the 1st free throw | 55-42 |
| 02:46 | St. John's | Paul Parker grabs the offensive board | 55-42 |
| 02:32 | St. John's | Charles Frank drills a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Rudolph Rutledge out of a doubleteam | 55-44 |
| 02:03 | Syracuse | William Wyatt is called for the reach on Chad White - foul #4 on William Wyatt, team foul #9 | 55-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Timothy Allen (SG), Preston Higgins (PF), Sylvester Sharp (C) Dewey Gates, David Brown, Glen Thompson | |
| Subs | St. John's | Eric Eidemiller (SG), Dima Czaplinski (SF), Michael Liptak (C) Charles Frank, William Wyatt, Kevin Richardson | |
| 02:03 | Syracuse | Chad White misses the 1st free throw | 55-44 |
| 02:03 | St. John's | Paul Parker snags the defensive board | 55-44 |
| 01:56 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge makes the contested 3pt attempt from the right corner | 55-47 |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-47 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Gates (PG), Darrell Lewis (SF), David Brown (PF) Chad White, Matthew Covington, Preston Higgins | |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Frank (PG), Kevin Richardson (C) Dima Czaplinski, Michael Liptak | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 01:30 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by David Brown | 57-47 |
| 01:22 | St. John's | Paul Parker misses badly on a jumper near the basket | 57-47 |
| 01:20 | Syracuse | David Brown gets the rebound | 57-47 |
| 01:16 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Eric Eidemiller - foul #4 on Eric Eidemiller, team foul #10 | 57-47 |
| 01:16 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates makes the 1st free throw | 58-47 |
| 01:16 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates makes the 2nd free throw | 59-47 |
| 01:09 | St. John's | Paul Parker misses the floater from the baseline | 59-47 |
| 01:07 | St. John's | Paul Parker grabs the offensive rebound | 59-47 |
| 00:54 | St. John's | Rudolph Rutledge tries to split the doubleteam and is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Rudolph Rutledge, team foul #11 | 59-47 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates makes the jumper from the left side set up by Sylvester Sharp | 61-47 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 00:21 | St. John's | Charles Frank scores on a jumper from the left side | 61-49 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Dewey Gates runs out the clock | 61-49 |