| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Richard Hinton (fresh) SG - Bruce Willis (fresh) SF - Silas Pringle (fresh) PF - Daniel Eisenhauer (fresh) C - Harry Minter (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Jason Long (fresh) SG - Joseph Tyson (fresh) SF - Kent Thompson (fresh) PF - Donald Dickinson (fresh) C - Ronald Quick (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Silas Pringle wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:33 | Syracuse | Bruce Willis makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 3-0 |
| 19:17 | Arizona | Ronald Quick hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 3-0 |
| 19:16 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Silas Pringle | 3-0 |
| 18:54 | Syracuse | Harry Minter misses badly on a shot from the left block | 3-0 |
| 18:53 | Arizona | Donald Dickinson pulls down the rebound | 3-0 |
| 18:39 | Arizona | Joseph Tyson misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 3-0 |
| 18:38 | Arizona | Ronald Quick tips it but misses | 3-0 |
| 18:36 | Arizona | The offensive rebound goes to Jason Long | 3-0 |
| 18:16 | Arizona | Jason Long misses short on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Richard Hinton - foul #1 on Richard Hinton, team foul #1 | 3-0 |
| 18:16 | Arizona | Jason Long makes the 1st free throw | 3-1 |
| 18:16 | Arizona | Jason Long makes the 2nd free throw | 3-2 |
| 17:56 | Syracuse | Bruce Willis comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 3-2 |
| 17:55 | Arizona | Ronald Quick gets the rebound | 3-2 |
| 17:27 | Arizona | Joseph Tyson hits a 3 from the left wing set up by Donald Dickinson | 3-5 |
| 17:05 | Syracuse | Bruce Willis clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 3-5 |
| 17:04 | Arizona | The rebound goes to Jason Long | 3-5 |
| 16:48 | Arizona | Kent Thompson double dribbles | 3-5 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Villasenor (SF) Silas Pringle | |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| 16:33 | Syracuse | Daniel Eisenhauer hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 3-5 |
| 16:32 | Syracuse | Bruce Willis tips it back up and in | 5-5 |
| 16:06 | Arizona | Ronald Quick misses the shot from the left side | 5-5 |
| 16:04 | Syracuse | Daniel Eisenhauer grabs the defensive rebound | 5-5 |
| 15:40 | Syracuse | Harry Minter hits a runner from close range | 7-5 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Richard Hinton (fairly fresh) SG - Bruce Willis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Robert Villasenor (fresh) PF - Daniel Eisenhauer (fresh) C - Harry Minter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Jason Long (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joseph Tyson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kent Thompson (fresh) PF - Donald Dickinson (fresh) C - Ronald Quick (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:12 | Arizona | Jason Long misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 7-5 |
| 15:10 | Arizona | The offensive rebound goes to Ronald Quick | 7-5 |
| 14:52 | Arizona | Kent Thompson misses the shot from the baseline but he's hacked by Richard Hinton - foul #2 on Richard Hinton, team foul #2 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Kinney (PG), Roosevelt Littlefield (SG), Silas Pringle (SF), William Duncan (PF), Kevin Staten (C) Richard Hinton, Bruce Willis, Robert Villasenor, Daniel Eisenhauer, Harry Minter | |
| Subs | Arizona | William Coghill (PG), Moses Mark (C) Jason Long, Donald Dickinson | |
| 14:52 | Arizona | Kent Thompson misses the 1st free throw | 7-5 |
| 14:52 | Arizona | Kent Thompson makes the 2nd free throw | 7-6 |
| 14:32 | Syracuse | Roosevelt Littlefield can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 7-6 |
| 14:30 | Syracuse | William Duncan gets the offensive rebound | 7-6 |
| 14:11 | Syracuse | Roosevelt Littlefield misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 7-6 |
| 14:09 | Syracuse | Kevin Staten gets the offensive rebound | 7-6 |
| 13:50 | Syracuse | William Duncan misses short on a driving attempt near the basket | 7-6 |
| 13:49 | Arizona | Ronald Quick gets the rebound | 7-6 |
| 13:29 | Arizona | Moses Mark can't connect on a driving attempt near the basket but the foul's on Roosevelt Littlefield - foul #1 on Roosevelt Littlefield, team foul #3 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Willis (SG), Daniel Eisenhauer (PF) Roosevelt Littlefield, William Duncan | |
| Subs | Arizona | Jason Long (PG), Donald Dickinson (PF), Bruce Woods (C) Joseph Tyson, Kent Thompson, Ronald Quick | |
| 13:29 | Arizona | Moses Mark makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 13:29 | Arizona | Moses Mark misses the 2nd free throw | 7-7 |
| 13:29 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Kevin Staten | 7-7 |
| 13:00 | Syracuse | William Coghill picks off the pass by Kevin Staten | 7-7 |
| 12:43 | Arizona | William Coghill hits the front of the rim on the runner in the lane | 7-7 |
| 12:41 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Daniel Eisenhauer | 7-7 |
| 12:16 | Syracuse | Bruce Willis is whistled for a carry | 7-7 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Villasenor (SF), Harry Minter (C) Silas Pringle, Kevin Staten | |
| Subs | Arizona | Kent Thompson (SF) Bruce Woods | |
| 11:50 | Arizona | Jason Long misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 7-7 |
| 11:48 | Syracuse | Robert Villasenor grabs the defensive rebound | 7-7 |
| 11:26 | Syracuse | Daniel Eisenhauer hits the finger roll set up by Bruce Willis and he's hacked by Donald Dickinson - foul #1 on Donald Dickinson, team foul #1 | 9-7 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Arizona | Joseph Tyson (SG), Ronald Quick (C) William Coghill, Moses Mark | |
| 11:26 | Syracuse | Daniel Eisenhauer makes the free throw | 10-7 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Ronald Kinney (fresh) SG - Bruce Willis (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Villasenor (fresh) PF - Daniel Eisenhauer (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Harry Minter (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Jason Long (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joseph Tyson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kent Thompson (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Donald Dickinson (fresh) C - Ronald Quick (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 11:04 | Arizona | Ronald Quick drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing and the foul's on Harry Minter - foul #1 on Harry Minter, team foul #4 | 10-9 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Roosevelt Littlefield (SG) Bruce Willis | |
| Subs | Arizona | Moses Mark (C) Donald Dickinson | |
| 11:04 | Arizona | Ronald Quick makes the free throw | 10-10 |
| 10:46 | Syracuse | Harry Minter loses the dribble to Kent Thompson | 10-10 |
| 10:42 | Arizona | Kent Thompson lays it up and in | 10-12 |
| 10:17 | Syracuse | Robert Villasenor clanks a driving attempt near the basket | 10-12 |
| 10:16 | Arizona | The rebound goes to Moses Mark | 10-12 |
| 10:12 | Arizona | Moses Mark throws a bad pass out of bounds | 10-12 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Silas Pringle (SF) Robert Villasenor | |
| Subs | Arizona | William Coghill (PG) Jason Long | |
| 09:46 | Syracuse | Harry Minter comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Kent Thompson - foul #1 on Kent Thompson, team foul #2 | 10-12 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Willis (SG) Ronald Kinney | |
| Subs | Arizona | Donald Dickinson (PF) Moses Mark | |
| 09:46 | Syracuse | Harry Minter misses the 1st free throw | 10-12 |
| 09:46 | Syracuse | Harry Minter makes the 2nd free throw | 11-12 |
| 09:26 | Arizona | Silas Pringle takes the ball from Ronald Quick | 11-12 |
| 09:01 | Syracuse | Roosevelt Littlefield's pass is intercepted by Donald Dickinson | 11-12 |
| 08:40 | Arizona | Joseph Tyson misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 11-12 |
| 08:38 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Silas Pringle | 11-12 |
| 08:09 | Syracuse | Bruce Willis misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 11-12 |
| 08:07 | Syracuse | Harry Minter tips it but misses | 11-12 |
| 08:06 | Arizona | The rebound goes to William Coghill | 11-12 |
| 07:44 | Arizona | Kent Thompson misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Silas Pringle - foul #1 on Silas Pringle, team foul #5 | 11-12 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Kinney (PG), Robert Villasenor (SF), William Duncan (PF), Kevin Staten (C) Roosevelt Littlefield, Silas Pringle, Daniel Eisenhauer, Harry Minter | |
| Subs | Arizona | Jason Long (PG), Moses Mark (PF), Bruce Woods (C) Joseph Tyson, Donald Dickinson, Ronald Quick | |
| 07:44 | Arizona | Kent Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 11-13 |
| 07:44 | Arizona | Kent Thompson misses the 2nd free throw | 11-13 |
| 07:44 | Syracuse | William Duncan grabs the board | 11-13 |
| 07:38 | Syracuse | William Duncan drills a runner from the right block and he's fouled by Moses Mark - foul #1 on Moses Mark, team foul #3 | 13-13 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Arizona | David Tone (PF) Kent Thompson | |
| 07:38 | Syracuse | William Duncan makes the free throw | 14-13 |
| 07:19 | Arizona | William Coghill is fouled on the floor by Bruce Willis - foul #1 on Bruce Willis, team foul #6 | 14-13 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Ronald Kinney (fresh) SG - Bruce Willis (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Villasenor (fresh) PF - William Duncan (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Kevin Staten (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Jason Long (fresh) 2 pts. SG - William Coghill (fresh) SF - Moses Mark (fresh) 1 pts. PF - David Tone (fresh) C - Bruce Woods (fresh) | |
| 07:04 | Arizona | David Tone's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 14-13 |
| 06:42 | Syracuse | Kevin Staten misses long on a jumper near the basket but he's fouled by Bruce Woods - foul #1 on Bruce Woods, team foul #4 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Roosevelt Littlefield (SG) Bruce Willis | |
| Subs | Arizona | Ronald Quick (SF) David Tone | |
| 06:42 | Syracuse | Kevin Staten makes the 1st free throw | 15-13 |
| 06:42 | Syracuse | Kevin Staten misses the 2nd free throw | 15-13 |
| 06:42 | Arizona | Moses Mark gets the rebound | 15-13 |
| 06:18 | Arizona | Moses Mark hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 15-13 |
| 06:17 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Kevin Staten | 15-13 |
| 05:57 | Syracuse | Roosevelt Littlefield misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 15-13 |
| 05:56 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to William Duncan | 15-13 |
| 05:47 | Syracuse | Kevin Staten misses the easy layup | 15-13 |
| 05:46 | Syracuse | Roosevelt Littlefield snags the offensive board | 15-13 |
| 05:25 | Syracuse | Roosevelt Littlefield makes the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Ronald Kinney out of a doubleteam | 17-13 |
| 04:58 | Arizona | Moses Mark makes the runner from the baseline | 17-15 |
| 04:34 | Syracuse | Kevin Staten is fouled on the floor by Jason Long - foul #1 on Jason Long, team foul #5 | 17-15 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Hinton (PG), Bruce Willis (SG), Silas Pringle (SF), Daniel Eisenhauer (PF), Harry Minter (C) Ronald Kinney, Roosevelt Littlefield, Robert Villasenor, William Duncan, Kevin Staten | |
| Subs | Arizona | Joseph Tyson (SG), Kent Thompson (SF), Donald Dickinson (PF) William Coghill, Moses Mark, Bruce Woods | |
| 04:18 | Syracuse | Harry Minter knocks in the fadeaway near the basket set up by Richard Hinton | 19-15 |
| 04:03 | Arizona | Kent Thompson can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Silas Pringle - foul #2 on Silas Pringle, team foul #7 | 19-15 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Arizona | Moses Mark (C) Ronald Quick | |
| 04:03 | Arizona | Kent Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 19-16 |
| 04:03 | Arizona | Kent Thompson makes the 2nd free throw | 19-17 |
| 03:49 | Syracuse | Kent Thompson steals it from Daniel Eisenhauer | 19-17 |
| 03:46 | Arizona | Kent Thompson banks in the layup | 19-19 |
| 03:23 | Syracuse | Bruce Willis drills a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Harry Minter | 22-19 |
| 02:56 | Arizona | Donald Dickinson misses the fadeaway from the baseline | 22-19 |
| 02:54 | Arizona | Moses Mark grabs the offensive board | 22-19 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Richard Hinton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bruce Willis (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Silas Pringle (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Daniel Eisenhauer (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Harry Minter (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Jason Long (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joseph Tyson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kent Thompson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Donald Dickinson (fresh) C - Moses Mark (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:34 | Arizona | Jason Long buries a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Kent Thompson | 22-22 |
| 02:05 | Syracuse | Daniel Eisenhauer's floater is tipped away by Moses Mark | 22-22 |
| 02:04 | Syracuse | Silas Pringle tips it in | 24-22 |
| 01:43 | Arizona | Joseph Tyson knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Jason Long | 24-25 |
| 01:27 | Syracuse | Richard Hinton is hacked by Jason Long - foul #2 on Jason Long, team foul #6 | 24-25 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Villasenor (SF) Silas Pringle | |
| Subs | Arizona | William Coghill (PG), Ronald Quick (C) Jason Long, Moses Mark | |
| 01:03 | Syracuse | Bruce Willis scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 27-25 |
| 00:48 | Arizona | Ronald Quick hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 27-25 |
| 00:47 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Daniel Eisenhauer | 27-25 |
| 00:18 | Syracuse | Harry Minter knocks in the jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Daniel Eisenhauer | 29-25 |
| 00:03 | Arizona | Ronald Quick knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line | 29-27 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Richard Hinton misses the halfcourt shot | 29-27 |