| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Carl Shevitz (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Jerome Miler (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jason Decker (fresh) C - Robert King (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Boris Zanchez (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. C - Michael Pugliese (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | New Mexico State | Jerome Miler inbounds the ball | 28-40 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:50 | New Mexico State | Robert King misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Michael Pugliese - foul #3 on Michael Pugliese, team foul #1 | 28-40 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski (C) Michael Pugliese | |
| 19:50 | New Mexico State | Robert King misses the 1st free throw | 28-40 |
| 19:50 | New Mexico State | Robert King makes the 2nd free throw | 29-40 |
| 19:32 | South Carolina | David Libbey banks in the layup on a nice dish by Louis Stratton | 29-42 |
| 19:11 | New Mexico State | Robert King is hacked by Boris Zanchez - foul #1 on Boris Zanchez, team foul #2 | 29-42 |
| 18:56 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 29-42 |
| 18:55 | New Mexico State | Jerome Miler tips it in | 31-42 |
| 18:37 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan misses long on a floater from the left wing | 31-42 |
| 18:36 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan tips it back up and in | 31-44 |
| 18:15 | New Mexico State | Jerome Miler makes the contested 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Michael Johnson | 34-44 |
| 18:02 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 34-44 |
| 18:01 | New Mexico State | Jason Decker gets the rebound | 34-44 |
| 17:51 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz misses badly on the uncontested fadeaway from the free throw line | 34-44 |
| 17:49 | South Carolina | David Libbey pulls down the rebound | 34-44 |
| 17:25 | South Carolina | Carl Shevitz picks off the pass by Robert Muszynski | 34-44 |
| 17:19 | New Mexico State | Michael Johnson is fouled on the floor by David Libbey - foul #2 on David Libbey, team foul #3 | 34-44 |
| 17:08 | New Mexico State | Michael Johnson can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-44 |
| 17:07 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski grabs the defensive rebound | 34-44 |
| 16:51 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-44 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Jason Oliver (PF) Jason Decker | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Filip Zentz (SF), Frederick Titus (C) Boris Zanchez, Robert Muszynski | |
| 16:31 | New Mexico State | Jerome Miler splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 34-44 |
| 16:30 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton grabs the defensive rebound | 34-44 |
| 16:11 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 34-47 |
| 15:54 | New Mexico State | Frederick Titus steals the ball from Carl Shevitz | 34-47 |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Michael Johnson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Carl Shevitz (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Jerome Miler (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jason Oliver (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert King (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Filip Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. C - Frederick Titus (fresh) | |
| 15:41 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by David Libbey | 34-50 |
| 15:24 | New Mexico State | Robert King misses the jump hook from the left block | 34-50 |
| 15:22 | New Mexico State | Jerome Miler grabs the offensive rebound | 34-50 |
| 15:01 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-50 |
| 15:00 | New Mexico State | Robert King pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-50 |
| 14:48 | New Mexico State | Louis Stratton picks off the pass by Jerome Miler out of a doubleteam | 34-50 |
| 14:43 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton is fouled on the floor by Carl Shevitz - foul #3 on Carl Shevitz, team foul #1 | 34-50 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Joseph Box (PG), Paul Adkins (SG), David Pace (SF), Jason Decker (PF) Michael Johnson, Carl Shevitz, Jerome Miler, Robert King | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock (SF), Michael Pugliese (C) Filip Zentz, Frederick Titus | |
| 14:30 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton hits a jumper near the basket set up by Michael Pugliese | 34-52 |
| 14:15 | New Mexico State | Joseph Box clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-52 |
| 14:14 | New Mexico State | David Pace hits the follow up shot | 36-52 |
| 14:09 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton clanks a 3 from the right corner | 36-52 |
| 14:08 | New Mexico State | Paul Adkins grabs the board | 36-52 |
| 13:52 | New Mexico State | Jason Decker drills a fadeaway in the lane and he's hacked by Stanley Carnahan - foul #2 on Stanley Carnahan, team foul #4 | 38-52 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Donald Crowder (C) Jason Oliver | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 13:52 | New Mexico State | Jason Decker makes the free throw | 39-52 |
| 13:37 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock connects on the jumper in the lane on a nice dish by David Libbey | 39-54 |
| 13:19 | New Mexico State | David Pace comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 39-54 |
| 13:17 | South Carolina | David Libbey gets the rebound | 39-54 |
| 12:50 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 39-54 |
| 12:48 | New Mexico State | The rebound goes to Donald Crowder | 39-54 |
| 12:43 | New Mexico State | Paul Adkins misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 39-54 |
| 12:42 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese gets the rebound | 39-54 |
| 12:29 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline | 39-54 |
| 12:28 | New Mexico State | Donald Crowder grabs the defensive rebound | 39-54 |
| 12:10 | New Mexico State | Paul Adkins misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 39-54 |
| 12:09 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese snags the defensive board | 39-54 |
| 12:02 | South Carolina | Jason Decker denies the turnaround by Stanley Carnahan | 39-54 |
| 12:01 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock tips it home | 39-56 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 11:53 | New Mexico State | Stanley Carnahan swats the short shot by David Pace | 39-56 |
| 11:51 | South Carolina | David Libbey gets the rebound | 39-56 |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Joseph Box (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Paul Adkins (fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Pace (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jason Decker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Donald Crowder (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (tiring) 17 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Theodore McClintock (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Michael Pugliese (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:22 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-56 |
| 11:20 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese tips it but misses | 39-56 |
| 11:18 | New Mexico State | Jason Decker grabs the board | 39-56 |
| 11:10 | New Mexico State | Paul Adkins misses long on a jump hook near the basket | 39-56 |
| 11:08 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan snags the defensive board | 39-56 |
| 10:44 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by Jason Decker - foul #2 on Jason Decker, team foul #2 | 39-56 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Michael Johnson (PG), Carl Shevitz (SG), Jerome Miler (SF), Jason Oliver (PF), Robert King (C) Joseph Box, Paul Adkins, David Pace, Jason Decker, Donald Crowder | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez (PG), Bernard Moffett (SG) David Libbey, Louis Stratton | |
| 10:44 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan makes the 1st free throw | 39-57 |
| 10:44 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan misses the 2nd free throw | 39-57 |
| 10:44 | New Mexico State | Robert King pulls down the rebound | 39-57 |
| 10:24 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz misses the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Stanley Carnahan - foul #3 on Stanley Carnahan, team foul #5 | 39-57 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski (PF) Stanley Carnahan | |
| 10:24 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz misses the 1st free throw | 39-57 |
| 10:24 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz makes the 2nd free throw | 40-57 |
| 10:03 | South Carolina | Robert King steps in front of the Robert Muszynski pass | 40-57 |
| 09:45 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz drills a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Michael Johnson | 43-57 |
| 09:36 | South Carolina | Carl Shevitz steps in front of the Michael Pugliese pass | 43-57 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 09:22 | New Mexico State | Jerome Miler knocks in the runner in the lane | 45-57 |
| 09:10 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock misses badly on a floater from the left side | 45-57 |
| 09:08 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-57 |
| 08:48 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock is denied on a dunk by Robert King | 45-57 |
| 08:47 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock can't tip it in | 45-57 |
| 08:45 | New Mexico State | Robert King snags the defensive board | 45-57 |
| 08:26 | New Mexico State | Jason Oliver knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Jerome Miler and he's hacked by Robert Muszynski - foul #1 on Robert Muszynski, team foul #6 | 47-57 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Libbey (PG), Stanley Carnahan (PF) Bernard Moffett, Robert Muszynski | |
| 08:26 | New Mexico State | Jason Oliver makes the free throw | 48-57 |
| 08:06 | South Carolina | Robert King denies the turnaround by David Libbey | 48-57 |
| 08:04 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock hits the follow up shot | 48-59 |
| 07:55 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz misses the shot from the left block | 48-59 |
| 07:54 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Michael Pugliese | 48-59 |
| 07:50 | South Carolina | David Libbey misses badly on a floater from the baseline | 48-59 |
| 07:49 | New Mexico State | Robert King grabs the defensive rebound | 48-59 |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Carl Shevitz (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Jerome Miler (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jason Oliver (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert King (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 4 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Boris Zanchez (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Theodore McClintock (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Michael Pugliese (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:23 | New Mexico State | Jerome Miler scores on a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Jason Oliver | 50-59 |
| 07:12 | South Carolina | David Libbey buries a jumpshot from the free throw line and he's hacked by Jerome Miler - foul #1 on Jerome Miler, team foul #3 | 50-61 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Joseph Box (PG), Paul Adkins (SG), Jason Decker (PF), Donald Crowder (C) Michael Johnson, Carl Shevitz, Jason Oliver, Robert King | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Louis Stratton (SG), Robert Muszynski (C) Boris Zanchez, Michael Pugliese | |
| 07:12 | South Carolina | David Libbey makes the free throw | 50-62 |
| 06:55 | New Mexico State | Paul Adkins scores on a 3 from the right wing set up by Jerome Miler | 53-62 |
| 06:36 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-65 |
| 06:30 | New Mexico State | Donald Crowder blows the dunk | 53-65 |
| 06:29 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock grabs the board | 53-65 |
| 06:23 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton makes the 3 from the right corner set up by David Libbey | 53-68 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 06:15 | New Mexico State | Donald Crowder misses the 3 from the left corner | 53-68 |
| 06:13 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan snags the defensive board | 53-68 |
| 06:02 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton misses the 3 from the left corner | 53-68 |
| 06:01 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock tips it home | 53-70 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| 05:43 | New Mexico State | Joseph Box hits a shot from the right wing | 55-70 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| 05:14 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan loses the ball out of bounds | 55-70 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Michael Johnson (PG), Carl Shevitz (SG), David Pace (SF), Robert King (C) Joseph Box, Paul Adkins, Jerome Miler, Donald Crowder | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez (SF), Michael Pugliese (C) Theodore McClintock, Robert Muszynski | |
| 05:05 | New Mexico State | Robert King makes the jumpshot from the free throw line | 57-70 |
| 04:41 | South Carolina | David Libbey connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 57-72 |
| 04:12 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz loses the dribble to Boris Zanchez | 57-72 |
| 04:09 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez lays it up and in | 57-74 |
| 04:02 | New Mexico State | Jason Decker lays it up and in on a nice dish by Carl Shevitz | 59-74 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| 03:35 | South Carolina | David Libbey banks in the layup | 59-76 |
| Lineup | New Mexico State | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Carl Shevitz (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - David Pace (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jason Decker (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert King (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 4 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (tiring) 17 pts. 5 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (tiring) 23 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Boris Zanchez (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Stanley Carnahan (tiring) 16 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Michael Pugliese (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:31 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz is hacked by David Libbey - foul #3 on David Libbey, team foul #7 | 59-76 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Jerome Miler (SF), Jason Oliver (PF) David Pace, Jason Decker | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett (SG), Theodore McClintock (SF), Robert Muszynski (PF) David Libbey, Louis Stratton, Stanley Carnahan | |
| 03:31 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz makes the 1st free throw | 60-76 |
| 03:31 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz makes the 2nd free throw | 61-76 |
| 03:07 | South Carolina | Robert King picks off the pass by Bernard Moffett | 61-76 |
| 02:54 | New Mexico State | Carl Shevitz knocks in the runner from the left block on a nice dish by Robert King | 63-76 |
| 02:54 | South Carolina | South Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-76 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Libbey (PG), Louis Stratton (SG), Stanley Carnahan (PF) Boris Zanchez, Bernard Moffett, Robert Muszynski | |
| 02:25 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan banks in the layup | 63-78 |
| 02:01 | New Mexico State | Robert King can't finish the layup | 63-78 |
| 02:00 | New Mexico State | Robert King hits the follow up shot | 65-78 |
| 01:42 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan is hacked by Carl Shevitz - foul #4 on Carl Shevitz, team foul #4 | 65-78 |
| Subs | New Mexico State | Joseph Box (PG), Paul Adkins (SG), David Pace (SF), Donald Crowder (C) Michael Johnson, Carl Shevitz, Jerome Miler, Robert King | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez (PG), Bernard Moffett (SG), Filip Zentz (SF), Robert Muszynski (PF), Frederick Titus (C) David Libbey, Louis Stratton, Theodore McClintock, Stanley Carnahan, Michael Pugliese | |
| 01:18 | South Carolina | Frederick Titus buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 65-80 |
| 01:10 | New Mexico State | Joseph Box can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Filip Zentz - foul #1 on Filip Zentz, team foul #8 | 65-80 |
| 01:10 | New Mexico State | Joseph Box makes the 1st free throw | 66-80 |
| 01:10 | New Mexico State | Joseph Box makes the 2nd free throw | 67-80 |
| 00:56 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez is fouled on the floor by Joseph Box - foul #2 on Joseph Box, team foul #5 | 67-80 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| 00:33 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski connects on the jumper from just outside the lane set up by Frederick Titus | 67-82 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico State | New Mexico State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| 00:27 | New Mexico State | Paul Adkins misses the 3 from the right corner | 67-82 |
| 00:25 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez grabs the defensive rebound | 67-82 |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez runs out the clock | 67-82 |