| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) SG - William Moore (fresh) SF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) PF - Harold Morris (fresh) C - Kevin Carter (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fresh) SG - Harold Payne (fresh) SF - Fred Hatfield (fresh) PF - Randall Mosquera (fresh) C - Laurence Mozingo (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:38 | South Carolina | William Moore misses long on a shot from the left wing but the foul's on Fred Hatfield - foul #1 on Fred Hatfield, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:38 | South Carolina | William Moore makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:38 | South Carolina | William Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:16 | Tennessee | Edward Johns connects on the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Laurence Mozingo | 2-3 |
| 18:59 | South Carolina | William Moore clanks a 3 from the left wing | 2-3 |
| 18:58 | Tennessee | Edward Johns snags the defensive board | 2-3 |
| 18:43 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-3 |
| 18:22 | South Carolina | The jumper by Harold Morris is denied by Laurence Mozingo | 2-3 |
| 18:21 | Tennessee | Edward Johns grabs the defensive rebound | 2-3 |
| 17:57 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield misses short on a 3 from straight away | 2-3 |
| 17:56 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes snags the defensive board | 2-3 |
| 17:27 | South Carolina | Harold Morris dunks the ball | 4-3 |
| 17:04 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo scores on a floater in the lane on a great pass from Harold Payne | 4-5 |
| 17:00 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 4-5 |
| 16:59 | South Carolina | Harold Morris hits the follow up shot | 6-5 |
| 16:38 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses the easy layup but the foul's on Leonard Barnes - foul #1 on Leonard Barnes, team foul #1 | 6-5 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), Omer Zeiler (SG), Gilberto Molina (SF), Porfirio Ferrari (PF), James Mayne (C) Woodrow Glickman, William Moore, Leonard Barnes, Harold Morris, Kevin Carter | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 16:38 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera makes the 1st free throw | 6-6 |
| 16:38 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera makes the 2nd free throw | 6-7 |
| 16:15 | South Carolina | Porfirio Ferrari buries a jumper from the left block | 8-7 |
| 15:58 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo double dribbles | 8-7 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fresh) SG - Omer Zeiler (fresh) SF - Gilberto Molina (fresh) PF - Porfirio Ferrari (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Mayne (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Harold Payne (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Fred Hatfield (fresh) PF - Randall Mosquera (fresh) 2 pts. C - Laurence Mozingo (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:34 | South Carolina | James Mayne is hacked by Harold Payne - foul #1 on Harold Payne, team foul #2 | 8-7 |
| 15:20 | South Carolina | Porfirio Ferrari clanks a floater from close range but the foul's on Randall Mosquera - foul #1 on Randall Mosquera, team foul #3 | 8-7 |
| 15:20 | South Carolina | Porfirio Ferrari makes the 1st free throw | 9-7 |
| 15:20 | South Carolina | Porfirio Ferrari makes the 2nd free throw | 10-7 |
| 15:07 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera drills a jumper from the right block on a great pass from Harold Payne | 10-9 |
| 14:50 | South Carolina | James Mayne double dribbles | 10-9 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (SG) Wei-Quo Meng | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Sanders (SG), Stephen Jones (SF) Harold Payne, Fred Hatfield | |
| 14:34 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo hits a jumper from the right block on a nice dish by Stephen Jones and he's hacked by Porfirio Ferrari - foul #1 on Porfirio Ferrari, team foul #2 | 10-11 |
| 14:34 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo makes the free throw | 10-12 |
| 14:11 | South Carolina | Omer Zeiler hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 10-12 |
| 14:09 | Tennessee | Edward Johns grabs the board | 10-12 |
| 13:58 | Tennessee | Edward Johns is called for a backcourt violation | 10-12 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), Harold Morris (PF), Kevin Carter (C) Ivan Derezinski, Gilberto Molina, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Harold Payne (SG) Stephen Jones | |
| 13:43 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 10-12 |
| 13:41 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo gets the rebound | 10-12 |
| 13:23 | Tennessee | Edward Johns throws a bad pass out of bounds | 10-12 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), William Moore (SG), Gilberto Molina (SF), James Mayne (C) Woodrow Glickman, Omer Zeiler, Harold Morris, Kevin Carter | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield (SF) Edward Sanders | |
| 13:01 | South Carolina | Fred Hatfield swats the short shot by James Mayne | 10-12 |
| 13:00 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina tips it home | 12-12 |
| 12:55 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera blows the dunk | 12-12 |
| 12:53 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera snags the offensive board | 12-12 |
| 12:30 | Tennessee | Harold Payne can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 12-12 |
| 12:29 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield hits the follow up shot | 12-14 |
| 12:18 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Porfirio Ferrari | 14-14 |
| 12:01 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Porfirio Ferrari - foul #2 on Porfirio Ferrari, team foul #3 | 14-14 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), Omer Zeiler (SG), Leonard Barnes (SF), Harold Morris (PF), Kevin Carter (C) Wei-Quo Meng, William Moore, Gilberto Molina, Porfirio Ferrari, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Sanders (SG) Harold Payne | |
| 12:01 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses the 1st free throw | 14-14 |
| 12:01 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera makes the 2nd free throw | 14-15 |
| 11:33 | South Carolina | Harold Morris is whistled for traveling | 14-15 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) SG - Omer Zeiler (fresh) SF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) PF - Harold Morris (fresh) 4 pts. C - Kevin Carter (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Edward Sanders (fresh) SF - Fred Hatfield (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Randall Mosquera (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 11:22 | Tennessee | Edward Johns's fadeaway is rejected by Kevin Carter | 14-15 |
| 11:21 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter grabs the defensive rebound | 14-15 |
| 10:56 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 14-15 |
| 10:55 | Tennessee | Edward Johns snags the defensive board | 14-15 |
| 10:45 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 14-15 |
| 10:43 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes pulls down the rebound | 14-15 |
| 10:16 | South Carolina | Harold Morris's fadeaway is rejected by Fred Hatfield | 14-15 |
| 10:15 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes snags the offensive board | 14-15 |
| 10:01 | South Carolina | Harold Morris buries a fadeaway from the free throw line | 16-15 |
| 09:51 | Tennessee | The pull-up jumper by Fred Hatfield is blocked by Kevin Carter | 16-15 |
| 09:50 | South Carolina | Omer Zeiler snags the defensive board | 16-15 |
| 09:23 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes's pass is intercepted by Edward Sanders | 16-15 |
| 09:06 | Tennessee | Edward Johns is fouled on the floor by Woodrow Glickman - foul #1 on Woodrow Glickman, team foul #4 | 16-15 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), William Moore (SG), Gilberto Molina (SF), James Mayne (C) Woodrow Glickman, Omer Zeiler, Leonard Barnes, Kevin Carter | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith (PG), Harold Payne (SG), Robert Goss (PF), Stephen Jones (C) Edward Johns, Fred Hatfield, Randall Mosquera, Laurence Mozingo | |
| 08:54 | Tennessee | Robert Goss can't throw it down | 16-15 |
| 08:52 | South Carolina | James Mayne pulls down the rebound | 16-15 |
| 08:23 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng's floater is tipped away by Stephen Jones | 16-15 |
| 08:22 | South Carolina | Harold Morris pulls down the offensive rebound | 16-15 |
| 08:04 | South Carolina | William Moore clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 16-15 |
| 08:02 | South Carolina | James Mayne tips it back up and in | 18-15 |
| 07:53 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders is denied on a layup by Harold Morris | 18-15 |
| 07:51 | South Carolina | Harold Morris pulls down the rebound | 18-15 |
| 07:32 | South Carolina | Harold Morris is fouled on the floor by Cheng-Gong Xayasith - foul #1 on Cheng-Gong Xayasith, team foul #4 | 18-15 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), Kevin Carter (C) Wei-Quo Meng, Harold Morris | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Johns (PG), David Morgan (C) Cheng-Gong Xayasith, Edward Sanders | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) SG - William Moore (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gilberto Molina (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Mayne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Kevin Carter (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Harold Payne (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Stephen Jones (fresh) PF - Robert Goss (fresh) C - David Morgan (fresh) | |
| 07:14 | South Carolina | Harold Payne is called for the reach on William Moore - foul #2 on Harold Payne, team foul #5 | 18-15 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield (SF), Randall Mosquera (PF) Harold Payne, David Morgan | |
| 06:48 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman drills a shot from the right wing set up by William Moore | 20-15 |
| 06:25 | Tennessee | Edward Johns hits a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Stephen Jones | 20-18 |
| 05:56 | South Carolina | Fred Hatfield is called for the reach on Gilberto Molina - foul #2 on Fred Hatfield, team foul #6 | 20-18 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Omer Zeiler (PG), Ivan Derezinski (SG), Leonard Barnes (SF), Harold Morris (PF) Woodrow Glickman, William Moore, Gilberto Molina, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Sanders (SG), Laurence Mozingo (C) Fred Hatfield, Robert Goss | |
| 05:34 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 20-18 |
| 05:32 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo gets the rebound | 20-18 |
| 05:15 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera is hacked by Leonard Barnes - foul #2 on Leonard Barnes, team foul #5 | 20-18 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), William Moore (SG), Gilberto Molina (SF) Omer Zeiler, Ivan Derezinski, Leonard Barnes | |
| Subs | Tennessee | David Morgan (SF) Stephen Jones | |
| 05:04 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera drills a jumpshot from the right side | 20-20 |
| 04:36 | South Carolina | William Moore makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Woodrow Glickman | 23-20 |
| 04:19 | Tennessee | William Moore takes the ball from Edward Sanders | 23-20 |
| 04:15 | South Carolina | William Moore throws it down | 25-20 |
| 04:00 | Tennessee | David Morgan misses the shot near the basket but he's hacked by Gilberto Molina - foul #1 on Gilberto Molina, team foul #6 | 25-20 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), Omer Zeiler (SG), Porfirio Ferrari (SF), James Mayne (C) Woodrow Glickman, William Moore, Gilberto Molina, Kevin Carter | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Harold Payne (SG), Fred Hatfield (SF) Edward Sanders, Randall Mosquera | |
| 04:00 | Tennessee | David Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 25-21 |
| 04:00 | Tennessee | David Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 25-22 |
| 03:41 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 25-22 |
| 03:39 | Tennessee | David Morgan grabs the board | 25-22 |
| 03:20 | Tennessee | Edward Johns clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 25-22 |
| 03:18 | Tennessee | David Morgan can't tip it in | 25-22 |
| 03:17 | Tennessee | Edward Johns tips it back up and in | 25-24 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Omer Zeiler (fresh) SF - Porfirio Ferrari (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Harold Morris (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - James Mayne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - Harold Payne (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Fred Hatfield (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. PF - David Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 02:50 | South Carolina | Porfirio Ferrari scores on a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Harold Morris | 27-24 |
| 02:43 | Tennessee | David Morgan misses the lay-in | 27-24 |
| 02:42 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Harold Morris | 27-24 |
| 02:17 | South Carolina | Fred Hatfield takes the ball from James Mayne | 27-24 |
| 02:03 | Tennessee | Edward Johns travels with the ball | 27-24 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), William Moore (SG), Gilberto Molina (SF), Kevin Carter (C) Wei-Quo Meng, Omer Zeiler, Harold Morris, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Sanders (SG), Randall Mosquera (PF), Robert Goss (C) Edward Johns, David Morgan, Laurence Mozingo | |
| 01:43 | South Carolina | William Moore misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 27-24 |
| 01:42 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield pulls down the rebound | 27-24 |
| 01:39 | Tennessee | William Moore is called for the reach on Harold Payne in the backcourt - foul #1 on William Moore, team foul #7 | 27-24 |
| 01:39 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the 1st free throw | 27-24 |
| 01:39 | South Carolina | Porfirio Ferrari grabs the board | 27-24 |
| 01:14 | South Carolina | Porfirio Ferrari loses the dribble to Edward Sanders | 27-24 |
| 01:09 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders lays it up and in set up by Randall Mosquera | 27-26 |
| 00:56 | South Carolina | William Moore hits a 3pt shot from straight away | 30-26 |
| 00:46 | Tennessee | Robert Goss misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Woodrow Glickman - foul #2 on Woodrow Glickman, team foul #8 | 30-26 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Omer Zeiler (SG) William Moore | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Johns (PG) Edward Sanders | |
| 00:46 | Tennessee | Robert Goss makes the 1st free throw | 30-27 |
| 00:46 | Tennessee | Robert Goss misses the 2nd free throw | 30-27 |
| 00:46 | South Carolina | Omer Zeiler gets the rebound | 30-27 |
| 00:27 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter misses long on a jumper from the right block | 30-27 |
| 00:25 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield snags the defensive board | 30-27 |
| 00:01 | Tennessee | Edward Johns clanks a 3 from straight away | 30-27 |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman grabs the defensive rebound | 30-27 |