| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Gillham (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Swigert (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Julian Taylor (fresh) PF - George Jackson (fresh) 3 pts. C - Richard Manes (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Cheslav Czapiewski (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Oleg Gatski (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Victor Pitt (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Howard Bowers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Harris (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor inbounds the ball | 25-35 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:41 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert's pass is intercepted by Victor Pitt | 25-35 |
| 19:19 | LSU | Donald Harris misses the runner in the lane but he's hacked by Richard Manes - foul #3 on Richard Manes, team foul #1 | 25-35 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Darrell Horner (SG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF), Edward Peterson (C) David Gillham, Louis Swigert, Julian Taylor, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 19:19 | LSU | Donald Harris misses the 1st free throw | 25-35 |
| 19:19 | LSU | Donald Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 25-36 |
| 18:58 | South Carolina | George Jackson misses long on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Cheslav Czapiewski - foul #2 on Cheslav Czapiewski, team foul #1 | 25-36 |
| 18:58 | South Carolina | George Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 26-36 |
| 18:58 | South Carolina | George Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 27-36 |
| 18:42 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 27-39 |
| 18:20 | South Carolina | Donald Harris swats the layup by George Jackson | 27-39 |
| 18:19 | LSU | Howard Bowers grabs the defensive rebound | 27-39 |
| 18:15 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski misses badly on a jump hook in the lane | 27-39 |
| 18:14 | LSU | Howard Bowers tips it home | 27-41 |
| 17:54 | South Carolina | George Jackson misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 27-41 |
| 17:52 | LSU | Victor Pitt pulls down the rebound | 27-41 |
| 17:33 | LSU | Howard Bowers's fadeaway is rejected by Stephen Lingenfelter | 27-41 |
| 17:32 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Harris | 27-41 |
| 17:16 | LSU | Howard Bowers banks in the layup on a great pass from Victor Pitt | 27-43 |
| 16:57 | South Carolina | George Jackson scores on a floater in the lane | 29-43 |
| 16:47 | LSU | George Jackson swats the layup by Donald Harris | 29-43 |
| 16:46 | LSU | Oleg Gatski gets the offensive rebound | 29-43 |
| 16:30 | LSU | Donald Harris misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Darrell Horner - foul #1 on Darrell Horner, team foul #2 | 29-43 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Louis Swigert (SG), Julian Taylor (SF), James Thompson (PF) John Hammond, Darrell Horner, Stephen Lingenfelter, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | John Tritt (SG), Leon Baden (PF) Oleg Gatski, Howard Bowers | |
| 16:30 | LSU | Donald Harris makes the 1st free throw | 29-44 |
| 16:30 | LSU | Donald Harris misses the 2nd free throw | 29-44 |
| 16:30 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert pulls down the rebound | 29-44 |
| 16:01 | South Carolina | George Jackson drills a jumper near the basket set up by Julian Taylor | 31-44 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Gillham (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Swigert (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Julian Taylor (fresh) PF - James Thompson (fresh) C - George Jackson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Cheslav Czapiewski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Tritt (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Victor Pitt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Leon Baden (fresh) 2 stl. C - Donald Harris (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:48 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski is hacked by James Thompson - foul #1 on James Thompson, team foul #3 | 31-44 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Manes (C) James Thompson | |
| Subs | LSU | Morgan Newton (PG), Clifford Davidson (C) Cheslav Czapiewski, Donald Harris | |
| 15:28 | LSU | John Tritt hits a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Clifford Davidson | 31-46 |
| 15:12 | South Carolina | Clifford Davidson denies the turnaround by George Jackson | 31-46 |
| 15:11 | LSU | The rebound goes to Morgan Newton | 31-46 |
| 14:58 | LSU | Victor Pitt is fouled on the floor by Julian Taylor - foul #1 on Julian Taylor, team foul #4 | 31-46 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Johnny Merrick (SG), Harold Wafford (SF) David Gillham, Louis Swigert, Julian Taylor | |
| Subs | LSU | Oleg Gatski (SG), Howard Bowers (PF) John Tritt, Victor Pitt | |
| 14:49 | LSU | Harold Wafford picks off the pass by Clifford Davidson | 31-46 |
| 14:27 | South Carolina | George Jackson connects on the jumper in the lane | 33-46 |
| 14:10 | LSU | Morgan Newton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-46 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Louis Swigert (SG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF) John Hammond, Johnny Merrick, Harold Wafford | |
| Subs | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski (PG), Donald Harris (C) Morgan Newton, Clifford Davidson | |
| 13:47 | South Carolina | Cheslav Czapiewski picks off the pass by Stephen Lingenfelter | 33-46 |
| 13:44 | LSU | Oleg Gatski lays it in on a nice dish by Cheslav Czapiewski | 33-48 |
| 13:26 | South Carolina | Richard Manes scores on a floater in the lane on a nice dish by Louis Swigert | 35-48 |
| 13:15 | LSU | Donald Harris comes up short on the jump hook near the basket | 35-48 |
| 13:13 | LSU | Donald Harris hits the follow up shot | 35-50 |
| 12:51 | South Carolina | David Gillham hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 38-50 |
| 12:36 | LSU | Oleg Gatski can't connect on an uncontested 3 from the left wing | 38-50 |
| 12:35 | South Carolina | George Jackson gets the rebound | 38-50 |
| 12:17 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert is hacked by Howard Bowers - foul #1 on Howard Bowers, team foul #2 | 38-50 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Johnny Merrick (SG), Julian Taylor (SF) David Gillham, Louis Swigert, Stephen Lingenfelter | |
| Subs | LSU | Victor Pitt (SF) Leon Baden | |
| 12:02 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor's floater is tipped away by Victor Pitt | 38-50 |
| 12:01 | South Carolina | John Hammond pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-50 |
| 11:41 | South Carolina | George Jackson can't finish the layup but the foul's on Howard Bowers - foul #2 on Howard Bowers, team foul #3 | 38-50 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Harold Wafford (SF), Edward Peterson (C) Julian Taylor, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | John Tritt (SG) Oleg Gatski | |
| 11:41 | South Carolina | George Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 39-50 |
| 11:41 | South Carolina | George Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 40-50 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - John Hammond (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Johnny Merrick (fresh) SF - Harold Wafford (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - George Jackson (tiring) 13 pts. 2 reb. C - Edward Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Cheslav Czapiewski (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - John Tritt (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Victor Pitt (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Howard Bowers (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Donald Harris (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:28 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 40-50 |
| 11:26 | South Carolina | Harold Wafford grabs the board | 40-50 |
| 11:23 | South Carolina | John Hammond's pass is intercepted by John Tritt in the backcourt | 40-50 |
| 11:05 | LSU | John Tritt clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 40-50 |
| 11:03 | South Carolina | John Hammond snags the defensive board | 40-50 |
| 10:57 | South Carolina | George Jackson can't finish the layup | 40-50 |
| 10:55 | LSU | Donald Harris grabs the board | 40-50 |
| 10:44 | LSU | Howard Bowers shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the shot from the free throw line | 40-52 |
| 10:17 | South Carolina | George Jackson buries a fadeaway from the baseline and he's hacked by Howard Bowers - foul #3 on Howard Bowers, team foul #4 | 42-52 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Louis Swigert (SG), Julian Taylor (SF), Richard Manes (C) John Hammond, Johnny Merrick, Harold Wafford, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | Morgan Newton (PG), Oleg Gatski (SG), Leon Baden (PF), Clifford Davidson (C) Cheslav Czapiewski, John Tritt, Howard Bowers, Donald Harris | |
| 10:17 | South Carolina | George Jackson makes the free throw | 43-52 |
| 10:04 | LSU | Clifford Davidson hits the finger roll set up by Morgan Newton | 43-54 |
| 09:49 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 43-54 |
| 09:48 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor can't tip it in | 43-54 |
| 09:46 | LSU | The rebound goes to Leon Baden | 43-54 |
| 09:32 | LSU | Oleg Gatski misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 43-54 |
| 09:30 | LSU | Leon Baden tips it in | 43-56 |
| 09:05 | South Carolina | George Jackson clanks a jump hook near the basket | 43-56 |
| 09:03 | LSU | Clifford Davidson grabs the board | 43-56 |
| 08:47 | LSU | Leon Baden hits the finger roll set up by Morgan Newton | 43-58 |
| 08:30 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor loses the ball out of bounds | 43-58 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Johnny Merrick (SG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF), James Thompson (PF), Edward Peterson (C) David Gillham, Louis Swigert, Julian Taylor, George Jackson, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski (PG), John Tritt (SG), Howard Bowers (PF), Donald Harris (C) Morgan Newton, Victor Pitt, Leon Baden, Clifford Davidson | |
| 08:09 | LSU | John Tritt comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-58 |
| 08:07 | South Carolina | Edward Peterson grabs the defensive rebound | 43-58 |
| 07:43 | South Carolina | Stephen Lingenfelter knocks in the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from John Hammond | 45-58 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - John Hammond (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Johnny Merrick (fresh) SF - Stephen Lingenfelter (fresh) 7 pts. PF - James Thompson (fresh) C - Edward Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Cheslav Czapiewski (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - John Tritt (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Oleg Gatski (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Howard Bowers (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Donald Harris (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:27 | LSU | Oleg Gatski makes the 3 from the left wing | 45-61 |
| 07:22 | South Carolina | Stephen Lingenfelter is fouled on the floor by Howard Bowers - foul #4 on Howard Bowers, team foul #5 | 45-61 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Louis Swigert (SG), Harold Wafford (SF), George Jackson (PF), Richard Manes (C) John Hammond, Johnny Merrick, Stephen Lingenfelter, James Thompson, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | Victor Pitt (SF), Leon Baden (PF) Oleg Gatski, Howard Bowers | |
| 07:16 | South Carolina | Richard Manes loses the dribble to John Tritt | 45-61 |
| 07:12 | LSU | Victor Pitt banks in the layup on a nice dish by John Tritt | 45-63 |
| 06:57 | South Carolina | Richard Manes's fadeaway is rejected by Victor Pitt | 45-63 |
| 06:56 | LSU | Victor Pitt snags the defensive board | 45-63 |
| 06:52 | LSU | John Tritt misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-63 |
| 06:50 | LSU | Leon Baden snags the offensive board | 45-63 |
| 06:31 | LSU | Donald Harris's pass is intercepted by Richard Manes | 45-63 |
| 06:11 | South Carolina | The short jumper by Richard Manes is denied by Leon Baden | 45-63 |
| 06:09 | LSU | The rebound goes to Victor Pitt | 45-63 |
| 05:55 | LSU | Leon Baden is fouled on the floor by George Jackson - foul #3 on George Jackson, team foul #5 | 45-63 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Darrell Horner (SG), Julian Taylor (SF), James Thompson (PF), Edward Peterson (C) David Gillham, Louis Swigert, Harold Wafford, George Jackson, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | Oleg Gatski (SF), Clifford Davidson (C) Victor Pitt, Donald Harris | |
| 05:34 | LSU | Leon Baden misses badly on a runner in the lane but he's hacked by James Thompson - foul #2 on James Thompson, team foul #6 | 45-63 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF) John Hammond, Julian Taylor | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 05:34 | LSU | Leon Baden makes the 1st free throw | 45-64 |
| 05:34 | LSU | Leon Baden misses the 2nd free throw | 45-64 |
| 05:34 | South Carolina | James Thompson gets the rebound | 45-64 |
| 05:17 | South Carolina | James Thompson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-64 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Johnny Merrick (SG), Julian Taylor (SF) David Gillham, Darrell Horner, Stephen Lingenfelter | |
| Subs | LSU | Victor Pitt (SF), Howard Bowers (PF) John Tritt, Leon Baden | |
| 04:52 | LSU | Oleg Gatski misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 45-64 |
| 04:50 | South Carolina | Edward Peterson snags the defensive board | 45-64 |
| 04:25 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor can't finish the layup | 45-64 |
| 04:24 | South Carolina | James Thompson hits the follow up shot | 47-64 |
| 04:12 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski is hacked by John Hammond - foul #3 on John Hammond, team foul #7 | 47-64 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), Louis Swigert (SG), Stephen Lingenfelter (SF), George Jackson (PF), Richard Manes (C) John Hammond, Johnny Merrick, Julian Taylor, James Thompson, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | Morgan Newton (PG), John Tritt (SG), Leon Baden (PF) Oleg Gatski, Victor Pitt, Howard Bowers | |
| 04:12 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski makes the 1st free throw | 47-65 |
| 04:12 | LSU | Cheslav Czapiewski makes the 2nd free throw | 47-66 |
| 03:47 | South Carolina | George Jackson misses short on a jump hook from close range | 47-66 |
| 03:46 | South Carolina | Stephen Lingenfelter grabs the offensive board | 47-66 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:41 | South Carolina | Stephen Lingenfelter misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 47-66 |
| 03:39 | LSU | The rebound goes to John Tritt | 47-66 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Gillham (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Swigert (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stephen Lingenfelter (fresh) 7 pts. PF - George Jackson (tiring) 16 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Richard Manes (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Morgan Newton (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Tritt (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Cheslav Czapiewski (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Leon Baden (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Clifford Davidson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:33 | LSU | John Tritt hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 47-66 |
| 03:31 | South Carolina | Stephen Lingenfelter snags the defensive board | 47-66 |
| 03:16 | South Carolina | Stephen Lingenfelter misses the floater from the right wing | 47-66 |
| 03:15 | South Carolina | Richard Manes grabs the offensive rebound | 47-66 |
| 03:04 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert comes up short on the shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Morgan Newton - foul #2 on Morgan Newton, team foul #6 | 47-66 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Harold Wafford (SF), Edward Peterson (C) Stephen Lingenfelter, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | Howard Bowers (PF) Cheslav Czapiewski | |
| 03:04 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert makes the 1st free throw | 48-66 |
| 03:04 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert makes the 2nd free throw | 49-66 |
| 02:52 | LSU | Leon Baden is open but comes up short on the floater from the right side | 49-66 |
| 02:51 | South Carolina | David Gillham snags the defensive board | 49-66 |
| 02:31 | South Carolina | David Gillham is whistled for traveling | 49-66 |
| Subs | South Carolina | John Hammond (PG), Darrell Horner (SG), Julian Taylor (SF), James Thompson (PF), Richard Manes (C) David Gillham, Louis Swigert, Harold Wafford, George Jackson, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 02:13 | LSU | The short jumper by Morgan Newton is denied by Richard Manes | 49-66 |
| 02:12 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor grabs the board | 49-66 |
| 02:07 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor hits the finger roll and he's fouled by Leon Baden - foul #3 on Leon Baden, team foul #7 | 51-66 |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Gillham (PG), George Jackson (PF), Edward Peterson (C) John Hammond, James Thompson, Richard Manes | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 02:07 | South Carolina | Julian Taylor makes the free throw | 52-66 |
| 01:58 | LSU | Howard Bowers works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 52-66 |
| 01:57 | South Carolina | Edward Peterson snags the defensive board | 52-66 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:36 | South Carolina | Howard Bowers steals the ball from David Gillham | 52-66 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:31 | LSU | John Tritt can't connect on a shot from the right side but he's hacked by Darrell Horner - foul #2 on Darrell Horner, team foul #8 | 52-66 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Louis Swigert (SG), Richard Manes (C) Darrell Horner, Edward Peterson | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 01:31 | LSU | John Tritt makes the 1st free throw | 52-67 |
| 01:31 | LSU | John Tritt makes the 2nd free throw | 52-68 |
| 01:14 | South Carolina | George Jackson hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the left block | 52-68 |
| 01:13 | LSU | Leon Baden gets the rebound | 52-68 |
| 00:59 | LSU | Leon Baden comes up short on the jumper from the left wing | 52-68 |
| 00:57 | South Carolina | George Jackson gets the rebound | 52-68 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:51 | South Carolina | Howard Bowers swats the short shot by Louis Swigert | 52-68 |
| 00:49 | South Carolina | Louis Swigert tips it but misses | 52-68 |
| 00:48 | LSU | The rebound goes to John Tritt | 52-68 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:20 | LSU | Howard Bowers connects on the turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Leon Baden | 52-70 |
| 00:16 | South Carolina | David Gillham misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Clifford Davidson - foul #1 on Clifford Davidson, team foul #8 | 52-70 |
| 00:16 | South Carolina | David Gillham misses the 1st free throw | 52-70 |
| 00:16 | South Carolina | David Gillham makes the 2nd free throw | 53-70 |
| 00:00 | LSU | Morgan Newton runs out the clock | 53-70 |