| Lineup | Albany | PG - Kenny Legg (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Clarence Waterman (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lee Faust (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Quinn (fresh) 3 reb. C - Willie Shields (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Soucy (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Neil Anderson (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Terry Sacks (fresh) PF - Shaiming Chin (fresh) 6 pts. C - Lazaro Bruno (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Albany | Lee Faust inbounds the ball | 23-31 |
| Game Plan | Albany | Albany is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:37 | Albany | Clarence Waterman knocks in the jumper from the left side | 25-31 |
| 19:11 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin scores on a floater from the left block on a great pass from Terry Sacks | 25-33 |
| 18:53 | Albany | James Quinn loses the dribble to Terry Sacks | 25-33 |
| 18:25 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy makes the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Lazaro Bruno | 25-36 |
| 18:17 | Albany | James Quinn connects on the fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Kenny Legg | 27-36 |
| 17:52 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin buries a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Ronald Soucy | 27-38 |
| 17:37 | Albany | Ronald Soucy is called for the reach on Kenny Legg - foul #4 on Ronald Soucy, team foul #1 | 27-38 |
| Subs | Albany | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Andrew Hadley (PG) Ronald Soucy | |
| 17:23 | Albany | Willie Shields misses long on a runner in the paint but the foul's on Lazaro Bruno - foul #1 on Lazaro Bruno, team foul #2 | 27-38 |
| Subs | Albany | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Joseph Hart (SF) Terry Sacks | |
| 17:23 | Albany | Willie Shields makes the 1st free throw | 28-38 |
| 17:23 | Albany | Willie Shields makes the 2nd free throw | 29-38 |
| 17:03 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin misses long on a jump hook near the basket but the foul's on James Quinn - foul #1 on James Quinn, team foul #1 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Albany | Lester Heid (SG), Bojan Branski (PF) Clarence Waterman, James Quinn | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 17:03 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the 1st free throw | 29-39 |
| 17:03 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the 2nd free throw | 29-40 |
| 16:47 | Albany | Lee Faust hits a shot from the left block set up by Bojan Branski and the foul's on Joseph Hart - foul #1 on Joseph Hart, team foul #3 | 31-40 |
| Subs | Albany | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Paul Seabolt (C) Lazaro Bruno | |
| 16:47 | Albany | Lee Faust makes the free throw | 32-40 |
| 16:30 | St. John's | Lester Heid picks off the pass by Neil Anderson | 32-40 |
| 16:25 | Albany | Lester Heid slams it home | 34-40 |
| 16:11 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt can't finish the layup | 34-40 |
| 16:10 | Albany | Willie Shields snags the defensive board | 34-40 |
| 15:54 | Albany | Lester Heid hits a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Willie Shields | 37-40 |
| Lineup | Albany | PG - Kenny Legg (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Lester Heid (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Lee Faust (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Bojan Branski (fresh) 3 pts. C - Willie Shields (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Andrew Hadley (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Neil Anderson (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Joseph Hart (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Shaiming Chin (fairly fresh) 12 pts. C - Paul Seabolt (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:25 | St. John's | Kenny Legg steps in front of the Neil Anderson pass | 37-40 |
| 15:08 | Albany | Lester Heid hits a jumper from the free throw line set up by Kenny Legg | 39-40 |
| 14:51 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin can't connect on a turnaround in the paint | 39-40 |
| 14:50 | Albany | Willie Shields grabs the board | 39-40 |
| 14:34 | Albany | Kenny Legg connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Willie Shields | 41-40 |
| 14:06 | St. John's | The pull-up jumper by Shaiming Chin is blocked by Bojan Branski | 41-40 |
| 14:05 | Albany | The rebound goes to Willie Shields | 41-40 |
| 14:01 | Albany | Kenny Legg knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner | 44-40 |
| 13:43 | St. John's | Neil Anderson is fouled on the floor by Lester Heid - foul #2 on Lester Heid, team foul #2 | 44-40 |
| Subs | Albany | Clarence Waterman (SG), James McKee (SF), James Quinn (PF), Douglas Frederick (C) Kenny Legg, Lee Faust, Bojan Branski, Willie Shields | |
| Subs | St. John's | Alfredo Gomez (SG), Terry Sacks (SF), Dikembe Adi (PF), Lazaro Bruno (C) Neil Anderson, Joseph Hart, Shaiming Chin, Paul Seabolt | |
| 13:28 | St. John's | Terry Sacks misses short on a fadeaway from the left block | 44-40 |
| 13:27 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno snags the offensive board | 44-40 |
| 13:04 | St. John's | Alfredo Gomez hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 44-40 |
| 13:02 | Albany | Clarence Waterman snags the defensive board | 44-40 |
| 12:52 | Albany | Alfredo Gomez steals the ball from James McKee | 44-40 |
| 12:27 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-40 |
| Subs | Albany | Kenny Legg (PG) Lester Heid | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Soucy (PG) Andrew Hadley | |
| 12:14 | Albany | Kenny Legg is hacked by Dikembe Adi - foul #1 on Dikembe Adi, team foul #4 | 44-40 |
| 12:04 | Albany | Kenny Legg misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 44-40 |
| 12:03 | Albany | James McKee pulls down the offensive rebound | 44-40 |
| 11:55 | Albany | Kenny Legg clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 44-40 |
| 11:54 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Lazaro Bruno | 44-40 |
| Lineup | Albany | PG - Kenny Legg (fresh) 13 pts. 6 ast. SG - Clarence Waterman (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - James McKee (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Quinn (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Douglas Frederick (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Soucy (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Alfredo Gomez (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Terry Sacks (fresh) PF - Dikembe Adi (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Lazaro Bruno (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:30 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy clanks a turnaround in the paint but he's hacked by James McKee - foul #1 on James McKee, team foul #3 | 44-40 |
| Subs | Albany | Lee Faust (SF), Bojan Branski (C) James McKee, Douglas Frederick | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 11:30 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy makes the 1st free throw | 44-41 |
| 11:30 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy makes the 2nd free throw | 44-42 |
| 11:06 | Albany | James Quinn misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Lazaro Bruno - foul #2 on Lazaro Bruno, team foul #5 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Albany | Willie Shields (C) Bojan Branski | |
| Subs | St. John's | Neil Anderson (SG), Joseph Hart (SF), Shaiming Chin (PF) Alfredo Gomez, Terry Sacks, Dikembe Adi | |
| 11:06 | Albany | James Quinn makes the 1st free throw | 45-42 |
| 11:06 | Albany | James Quinn makes the 2nd free throw | 46-42 |
| 10:40 | St. John's | Neil Anderson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Clarence Waterman - foul #1 on Clarence Waterman, team foul #4 | 46-42 |
| Subs | Albany | Lester Heid (SG), Bojan Branski (PF) Clarence Waterman, James Quinn | |
| Subs | St. John's | Paul Seabolt (C) Lazaro Bruno | |
| 10:40 | St. John's | Neil Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 46-43 |
| 10:40 | St. John's | Neil Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 46-44 |
| 10:19 | Albany | Willie Shields's pass is intercepted by Joseph Hart | 46-44 |
| 10:03 | St. John's | Bojan Branski steps in front of the Paul Seabolt pass | 46-44 |
| 09:40 | Albany | Kenny Legg knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Bojan Branski | 49-44 |
| 09:25 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the runner from the right block | 49-46 |
| 09:15 | Albany | Willie Shields scores on a jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Bojan Branski | 51-46 |
| 09:05 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt scores on a shot from the right wing on a great pass from Neil Anderson | 51-48 |
| 08:42 | Albany | Kenny Legg misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-48 |
| 08:41 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt pulls down the rebound | 51-48 |
| 08:15 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt dunks the ball on a great pass from Shaiming Chin | 51-50 |
| 07:55 | Albany | Willie Shields hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-50 |
| 07:53 | St. John's | Joseph Hart snags the defensive board | 51-50 |
| Lineup | Albany | PG - Kenny Legg (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 6 ast. SG - Lester Heid (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Lee Faust (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Bojan Branski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. C - Willie Shields (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Soucy (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Neil Anderson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joseph Hart (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Shaiming Chin (fairly fresh) 14 pts. C - Paul Seabolt (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:31 | St. John's | The short jumper by Paul Seabolt is denied by Willie Shields | 51-50 |
| 07:29 | St. John's | Joseph Hart grabs the offensive rebound | 51-50 |
| 07:11 | St. John's | Neil Anderson throws it down on a nice dish by Ronald Soucy | 51-52 |
| 06:53 | Albany | Willie Shields drills a shot from the left side | 53-52 |
| 06:39 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy is hacked by Kenny Legg - foul #2 on Kenny Legg, team foul #5 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Albany | John Morejon (PG), Clarence Waterman (SG), James McKee (SF), James Quinn (PF), Douglas Frederick (C) Kenny Legg, Lester Heid, Lee Faust, Bojan Branski, Willie Shields | |
| Subs | St. John's | Andrew Hadley (PG), Alfredo Gomez (SG), Terry Sacks (SF), Dikembe Adi (PF), Lazaro Bruno (C) Ronald Soucy, Neil Anderson, Joseph Hart, Shaiming Chin, Paul Seabolt | |
| 06:14 | St. John's | Terry Sacks is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Terry Sacks, team foul #6 | 53-52 |
| 06:04 | Albany | James McKee loses the dribble to Lazaro Bruno | 53-52 |
| 05:35 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno drills a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Andrew Hadley and the foul's on Douglas Frederick - foul #3 on Douglas Frederick, team foul #6 | 53-54 |
| 05:35 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno makes the free throw | 53-55 |
| 05:12 | Albany | James Quinn knocks in the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Clarence Waterman | 56-55 |
| 04:53 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno knocks in the turnaround in the lane set up by Alfredo Gomez | 56-57 |
| 04:49 | Albany | James McKee throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-57 |
| Subs | Albany | Kenny Legg (PG), Lee Faust (SF) John Morejon, Douglas Frederick | |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Soucy (PG), Shaiming Chin (PF) Andrew Hadley, Dikembe Adi | |
| 04:24 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on James McKee - foul #2 on James McKee, team foul #7 | 56-57 |
| Subs | Albany | Willie Shields (C) James McKee | |
| Subs | St. John's | Neil Anderson (SG) Alfredo Gomez | |
| 04:24 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy makes the 1st free throw | 56-58 |
| 04:24 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy makes the 2nd free throw | 56-59 |
| 03:59 | Albany | Ronald Soucy steals it from Willie Shields | 56-59 |
| 03:55 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy can't finish the layup | 56-59 |
| 03:54 | Albany | Willie Shields pulls down the rebound | 56-59 |
| Lineup | Albany | PG - Kenny Legg (fresh) 16 pts. 6 ast. SG - Clarence Waterman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Lee Faust (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Quinn (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Willie Shields (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Soucy (fresh) 17 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Neil Anderson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Terry Sacks (fairly fresh) PF - Shaiming Chin (fresh) 14 pts. C - Lazaro Bruno (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:41 | Albany | Terry Sacks is called for the reach on Lee Faust - foul #2 on Terry Sacks, team foul #7 | 56-59 |
| Subs | Albany | Lester Heid (SG), Bojan Branski (PF) Clarence Waterman, James Quinn | |
| Subs | St. John's | Joseph Hart (SF) Terry Sacks | |
| 03:41 | Albany | Lee Faust makes the 1st free throw | 57-59 |
| 03:41 | Albany | Lee Faust makes the 2nd free throw | 58-59 |
| 03:18 | St. John's | Joseph Hart misses short on a runner from close range | 58-59 |
| 03:17 | Albany | Willie Shields gets the rebound | 58-59 |
| 02:58 | Albany | Kenny Legg clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 58-59 |
| 02:56 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno grabs the board | 58-59 |
| 02:43 | St. John's | Willie Shields is called for the reach on Lazaro Bruno - foul #2 on Willie Shields, team foul #8 | 58-59 |
| Subs | Albany | James McKee (SF) Lee Faust | |
| Subs | St. John's | Dikembe Adi (PF) Shaiming Chin | |
| 02:43 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno makes the 1st free throw | 58-60 |
| 02:43 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno misses the 2nd free throw | 58-60 |
| 02:43 | Albany | James McKee gets the rebound | 58-60 |
| 02:43 | Albany | Albany calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-60 |
| 02:24 | Albany | The pull-up jumper by Lester Heid is blocked by Lazaro Bruno | 58-60 |
| 02:22 | St. John's | Joseph Hart grabs the board | 58-60 |
| 02:22 | St. John's | St. John's calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-60 |
| Subs | Albany | Clarence Waterman (SG), Lee Faust (SF), James Quinn (PF) Lester Heid, James McKee, Bojan Branski | |
| Subs | St. John's | Terry Sacks (SF), Shaiming Chin (PF) Joseph Hart, Dikembe Adi | |
| 01:58 | St. John's | Terry Sacks lays it in on a nice dish by Shaiming Chin and he's fouled by Kenny Legg - foul #3 on Kenny Legg, team foul #9 | 58-62 |
| 01:58 | St. John's | Terry Sacks makes the free throw | 58-63 |
| 01:48 | Albany | Kenny Legg buries a floater from just outside the lane set up by Willie Shields | 60-63 |
| 01:36 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 60-63 |
| 01:35 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin snags the offensive board | 60-63 |
| 01:13 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin drills a floater from the left side | 60-65 |
| 01:03 | Albany | Clarence Waterman travels with the ball | 60-65 |
| Game Plan | Albany | Albany is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:43 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin clanks a shot from the left block but the foul's on Clarence Waterman - foul #2 on Clarence Waterman, team foul #10 | 60-65 |
| 00:43 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin misses the 1st free throw | 60-65 |
| 00:43 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the 2nd free throw | 60-66 |
| Game Plan | Albany | Albany is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:36 | Albany | Kenny Legg comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Ronald Soucy - foul #5 on Ronald Soucy, team foul #8 | 60-66 |
| Subs | Albany | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Andrew Hadley (PG) Ronald Soucy | |
| 00:36 | Albany | Kenny Legg misses the 1st free throw | 60-66 |
| 00:36 | Albany | Kenny Legg makes the 2nd free throw | 61-66 |
| Game Plan | Albany | Albany is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:34 | St. John's | Kenny Legg is called for the reach on Neil Anderson in the backcourt - foul #4 on Kenny Legg, team foul #11 | 61-66 |
| 00:34 | St. John's | Neil Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 61-67 |
| 00:34 | St. John's | Neil Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 61-68 |
| 00:28 | Albany | Kenny Legg comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 61-68 |
| 00:26 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin gets the rebound | 61-68 |
| 00:23 | St. John's | Kenny Legg is called for the reach on Shaiming Chin in the backcourt - foul #5 on Kenny Legg, team foul #12 | 61-68 |
| Subs | Albany | Lester Heid (PG) Kenny Legg | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 00:23 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin misses the 1st free throw | 61-68 |
| 00:23 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the 2nd free throw | 61-69 |
| 00:17 | Albany | Lester Heid drills a 3 from the right corner | 64-69 |
| 00:16 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin is fouled in the backcourt by Clarence Waterman - foul #3 on Clarence Waterman, team foul #13 | 64-69 |
| 00:16 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the 1st free throw | 64-70 |
| 00:16 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the 2nd free throw | 64-71 |
| 00:12 | Albany | Lee Faust clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 64-71 |
| 00:10 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin grabs the board | 64-71 |
| 00:08 | St. John's | Lester Heid is called for the reach on Shaiming Chin in the backcourt - foul #3 on Lester Heid, team foul #14 | 64-71 |
| 00:08 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the 1st free throw | 64-72 |
| 00:08 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin makes the 2nd free throw | 64-73 |
| 00:02 | Albany | Lee Faust clanks a 3 from the left wing | 64-73 |
| 00:00 | Albany | James Quinn pulls down the offensive rebound | 64-73 |