| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Donald Hardy (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Roger Bad (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Thurman Bain (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Albert Whitehurst (fresh) 7 pts. 2 blk. C - Eliseo Russo (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Raymond Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stephen Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Shaiming Chin (fresh) PF - Woodrow Grant (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Noel Shake (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Villanova | Thurman Bain inbounds the ball | 40-20 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:43 | Villanova | Thurman Bain misses badly on a shot from the left side | 40-20 |
| 19:42 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Stephen Smith | 40-20 |
| 19:23 | St. John's | Donald Hardy steals it from Stephen Smith | 40-20 |
| 19:03 | Villanova | Thurman Bain hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 43-20 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 18:54 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant clanks a jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Thurman Bain - foul #1 on Thurman Bain, team foul #1 | 43-20 |
| Subs | Villanova | Alfred Winter (SF), Vincent Domanski (PF) Thurman Bain, Albert Whitehurst | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 18:54 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant makes the 1st free throw | 43-21 |
| 18:54 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant misses the 2nd free throw | 43-21 |
| 18:54 | Villanova | Eliseo Russo snags the defensive board | 43-21 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 18:26 | Villanova | Eliseo Russo hits the front of the rim on the runner in the paint | 43-21 |
| 18:25 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant grabs the defensive rebound | 43-21 |
| 18:04 | St. John's | Raymond Smith splits the doubleteam and buries a floater from just outside the lane set up by Stephen Smith | 43-23 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 17:48 | Villanova | Alfred Winter can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Shaiming Chin - foul #2 on Shaiming Chin, team foul #1 | 43-23 |
| Subs | Villanova | Joseph Garvin (PG), Albert Whitehurst (PF) Donald Hardy, Eliseo Russo | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 17:48 | Villanova | Alfred Winter makes the 1st free throw | 44-23 |
| 17:48 | Villanova | Alfred Winter misses the 2nd free throw | 44-23 |
| 17:48 | Villanova | Alfred Winter makes the 3rd free throw | 45-23 |
| 17:39 | St. John's | Raymond Smith works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 45-23 |
| 17:37 | Villanova | Albert Whitehurst grabs the defensive rebound | 45-23 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 17:14 | Villanova | Albert Whitehurst buries a jump hook from the left block | 47-23 |
| 17:00 | St. John's | Raymond Smith connects on the 3 pointer from straight away | 47-26 |
| 16:54 | Villanova | Alfred Winter's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-26 |
| Subs | Villanova | Donald Hardy (PG), Thurman Bain (SF), Eliseo Russo (C) Joseph Garvin, Alfred Winter, Vincent Domanski | |
| Subs | St. John's | Wendell Teems (PG), Ronald Soucy (SF), Lazaro Bruno (C) Stephen Smith, Shaiming Chin, Noel Shake | |
| 16:42 | St. John's | Wendell Teems misses badly on a shot from the left side | 47-26 |
| 16:41 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-26 |
| 16:27 | St. John's | Donald Hardy steps in front of the Lazaro Bruno pass | 47-26 |
| 16:14 | Villanova | Thurman Bain's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-26 |
| Subs | Villanova | Alfred Winter (SF) Roger Bad | |
| Subs | St. John's | Stephen Smith (SG) Raymond Smith | |
| 16:00 | St. John's | Wendell Teems clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 47-26 |
| 15:58 | Villanova | Eliseo Russo snags the defensive board | 47-26 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Donald Hardy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 stl. SG - Thurman Bain (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Alfred Winter (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Albert Whitehurst (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Eliseo Russo (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Wendell Teems (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Stephen Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ronald Soucy (fresh) PF - Woodrow Grant (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Lazaro Bruno (fresh) | |
| 15:54 | Villanova | Donald Hardy's pass is intercepted by Stephen Smith in the backcourt | 47-26 |
| 15:46 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-26 |
| Subs | Villanova | Roger Bad (SG) Alfred Winter | |
| Subs | St. John's | Paul Seabolt (C) Lazaro Bruno | |
| 15:17 | Villanova | Woodrow Grant is called for the reach on Roger Bad - foul #2 on Woodrow Grant, team foul #2 | 47-26 |
| Subs | Villanova | Joseph Garvin (PG), Alfred Winter (SF) Donald Hardy, Thurman Bain | |
| Subs | St. John's | Raymond Smith (PG), Shaiming Chin (SF), Noel Shake (PF) Wendell Teems, Stephen Smith, Woodrow Grant | |
| 14:48 | Villanova | Roger Bad can't finish the layup | 47-26 |
| 14:47 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Paul Seabolt | 47-26 |
| 14:30 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy's pass is intercepted by Roger Bad | 47-26 |
| 14:15 | Villanova | Eliseo Russo makes the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Roger Bad | 49-26 |
| 13:55 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 49-26 |
| 13:53 | Villanova | Eliseo Russo gets the rebound | 49-26 |
| 13:32 | Villanova | Roger Bad misses long on a shot from the right side | 49-26 |
| 13:31 | Villanova | Roger Bad grabs the offensive rebound | 49-26 |
| 13:08 | Villanova | Alfred Winter misses the 3 from the left wing | 49-26 |
| 13:07 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt grabs the defensive rebound | 49-26 |
| 12:51 | St. John's | Raymond Smith misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 49-26 |
| 12:50 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Eliseo Russo | 49-26 |
| 12:27 | Villanova | Eliseo Russo comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 49-26 |
| 12:26 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt grabs the defensive rebound | 49-26 |
| 12:20 | St. John's | Noel Shake buries a jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Raymond Smith | 49-28 |
| 11:51 | Villanova | Roger Bad misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Ronald Soucy - foul #3 on Ronald Soucy, team foul #3 | 49-28 |
| Subs | Villanova | Donald Hardy (PG), Thurman Bain (SF), Vincent Domanski (C) Joseph Garvin, Alfred Winter, Eliseo Russo | |
| Subs | St. John's | Wendell Teems (PG), Stephen Smith (SG), Woodrow Grant (PF), Lazaro Bruno (C) Raymond Smith, Ronald Soucy, Noel Shake, Paul Seabolt | |
| 11:51 | Villanova | Roger Bad misses the 1st free throw | 49-28 |
| 11:51 | Villanova | Roger Bad misses the 2nd free throw | 49-28 |
| 11:51 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno gets the rebound | 49-28 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Donald Hardy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 stl. SG - Roger Bad (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thurman Bain (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Albert Whitehurst (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Vincent Domanski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Wendell Teems (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Stephen Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Shaiming Chin (fairly fresh) PF - Woodrow Grant (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Lazaro Bruno (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:35 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin is hacked by Roger Bad - foul #2 on Roger Bad, team foul #2 | 49-28 |
| Subs | Villanova | Eliseo Russo (C) Albert Whitehurst | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 11:19 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 49-28 |
| 11:17 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant hits the follow up shot | 49-30 |
| 10:54 | Villanova | Vincent Domanski is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Vincent Domanski, team foul #3 | 49-30 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sylvester Cali (SF), Albert Whitehurst (PF) Roger Bad, Eliseo Russo | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 10:42 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant connects on the jump hook from the right block | 49-32 |
| 10:20 | Villanova | Sylvester Cali misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 49-32 |
| 10:18 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant snags the defensive board | 49-32 |
| 10:11 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant's layup is rejected by Vincent Domanski | 49-32 |
| 10:09 | Villanova | Thurman Bain grabs the board | 49-32 |
| 09:48 | Villanova | Thurman Bain's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Roger Bad (SG), Eliseo Russo (C) Sylvester Cali, Vincent Domanski | |
| Subs | St. John's | Raymond Smith (PG), Ronald Soucy (SF), Paul Seabolt (C) Wendell Teems, Shaiming Chin, Lazaro Bruno | |
| 09:31 | St. John's | Stephen Smith is hacked by Albert Whitehurst - foul #2 on Albert Whitehurst, team foul #4 | 49-32 |
| 09:20 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt is fouled on the floor by Donald Hardy - foul #2 on Donald Hardy, team foul #5 | 49-32 |
| 09:10 | St. John's | Stephen Smith clanks a turnaround from the right block | 49-32 |
| 09:08 | Villanova | Thurman Bain pulls down the rebound | 49-32 |
| 08:44 | Villanova | Thurman Bain can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 49-32 |
| 08:43 | Villanova | Albert Whitehurst gets the offensive rebound | 49-32 |
| 08:21 | Villanova | Albert Whitehurst loses the ball out of bounds | 49-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Vincent Domanski (PF) Albert Whitehurst | |
| Subs | St. John's | Wendell Teems (PG), Noel Shake (PF) Stephen Smith, Woodrow Grant | |
| 08:04 | St. John's | Noel Shake is open and scores on a jumper from the baseline set up by Wendell Teems | 49-34 |
| 07:47 | Villanova | Noel Shake picks off the pass by Roger Bad | 49-34 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Donald Hardy (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 stl. SG - Roger Bad (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thurman Bain (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Vincent Domanski (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eliseo Russo (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Wendell Teems (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Raymond Smith (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Ronald Soucy (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Noel Shake (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Paul Seabolt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:39 | St. John's | Raymond Smith splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 49-34 |
| 07:38 | St. John's | Wendell Teems grabs the offensive board | 49-34 |
| 07:23 | St. John's | Wendell Teems misses the wide open jumper from the baseline | 49-34 |
| 07:22 | St. John's | Noel Shake tips it back up and in | 49-36 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 07:04 | Villanova | Roger Bad buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Donald Hardy | 52-36 |
| 06:51 | St. John's | Donald Hardy steals the ball from Paul Seabolt | 52-36 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 06:33 | Villanova | Thurman Bain misses long on a shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Noel Shake - foul #2 on Noel Shake, team foul #4 | 52-36 |
| Subs | Villanova | Alfred Winter (SF), Albert Whitehurst (PF) Roger Bad, Vincent Domanski | |
| Subs | St. John's | Stephen Smith (SG), Shaiming Chin (SF), Woodrow Grant (PF) Raymond Smith, Ronald Soucy, Paul Seabolt | |
| 06:33 | Villanova | Thurman Bain makes the 1st free throw | 53-36 |
| 06:33 | Villanova | Thurman Bain makes the 2nd free throw | 54-36 |
| 06:24 | St. John's | Wendell Teems throws a bad pass out of bounds | 54-36 |
| Subs | Villanova | Roger Bad (SG) Thurman Bain | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 06:06 | Villanova | Eliseo Russo's layup is rejected by Shaiming Chin | 54-36 |
| 06:05 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant pulls down the rebound | 54-36 |
| 06:03 | St. John's | Wendell Teems throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 54-36 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno (C) Noel Shake | |
| 05:46 | Villanova | Roger Bad hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 54-36 |
| 05:44 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant pulls down the rebound | 54-36 |
| 05:38 | St. John's | Stephen Smith drills a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Wendell Teems | 54-38 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:15 | Villanova | Eliseo Russo makes the floater from the right wing | 56-38 |
| 04:59 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 56-38 |
| 04:58 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin snags the offensive board | 56-38 |
| 04:40 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin hits the finger roll set up by Wendell Teems and he's fouled by Eliseo Russo - foul #1 on Eliseo Russo, team foul #6 | 56-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Joseph Garvin (PG), Sylvester Cali (SF), Vincent Domanski (C) Donald Hardy, Roger Bad, Eliseo Russo | |
| Subs | St. John's | Raymond Smith (PG), Noel Shake (C) Wendell Teems, Lazaro Bruno | |
| 04:40 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the free throw | 56-41 |
| 04:21 | Villanova | Albert Whitehurst misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 56-41 |
| 04:19 | Villanova | Albert Whitehurst pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-41 |
| 04:02 | Villanova | Sylvester Cali makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 59-41 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:56 | St. John's | Noel Shake banks in the layup on a great pass from Shaiming Chin | 59-43 |
| 03:33 | Villanova | Woodrow Grant is called for the reach on Alfred Winter - foul #3 on Woodrow Grant, team foul #5 | 59-43 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Soucy (SF), Paul Seabolt (C) Shaiming Chin, Woodrow Grant | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Joseph Garvin (fresh) SG - Alfred Winter (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Sylvester Cali (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Albert Whitehurst (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Vincent Domanski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Raymond Smith (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stephen Smith (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ronald Soucy (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Noel Shake (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Paul Seabolt (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:16 | Villanova | Alfred Winter connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Sylvester Cali | 61-43 |
| 03:06 | St. John's | Noel Shake misses badly on the uncontested jump hook from close range | 61-43 |
| 03:05 | Villanova | Albert Whitehurst snags the defensive board | 61-43 |
| 02:50 | Villanova | Stephen Smith takes the ball from Vincent Domanski | 61-43 |
| 02:46 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy can't finish the layup | 61-43 |
| 02:44 | Villanova | Vincent Domanski snags the defensive board | 61-43 |
| 02:15 | Villanova | Alfred Winter hits a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Sylvester Cali and he's fouled by Paul Seabolt - foul #4 on Paul Seabolt, team foul #6 | 63-43 |
| Subs | Villanova | Earl Pryor (SF) Albert Whitehurst | |
| Subs | St. John's | Wendell Teems (PG), Woodrow Grant (PF) Stephen Smith, Noel Shake | |
| 02:15 | Villanova | Alfred Winter makes the free throw | 64-43 |
| 02:01 | St. John's | Raymond Smith drills a 3pt shot from straight away | 64-46 |
| 01:35 | Villanova | Sylvester Cali makes the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Joseph Garvin | 67-46 |
| 01:16 | St. John's | Wendell Teems is hacked by Joseph Garvin - foul #2 on Joseph Garvin, team foul #7 | 67-46 |
| Subs | Villanova | Eliseo Russo (C) Earl Pryor | |
| Subs | St. John's | Stephen Smith (SG), Shaiming Chin (SF), Noel Shake (C) Raymond Smith, Ronald Soucy, Paul Seabolt | |
| 01:16 | St. John's | Wendell Teems makes the 1st free throw | 67-47 |
| 01:16 | St. John's | Wendell Teems makes the 2nd free throw | 67-48 |
| 00:52 | Villanova | Alfred Winter clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 67-48 |
| 00:50 | St. John's | Noel Shake gets the rebound | 67-48 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:45 | St. John's | Stephen Smith misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 67-48 |
| 00:44 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin hits the follow up shot | 67-50 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:20 | Villanova | Alfred Winter misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 67-50 |
| 00:18 | Villanova | Vincent Domanski misses the tip | 67-50 |
| 00:16 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin grabs the board | 67-50 |
| 00:10 | St. John's | Woodrow Grant hits a shot in the lane | 67-52 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Joseph Garvin runs out the clock | 67-52 |