| Lineup | Montana | PG - Howard Boone (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Noel Dotson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Scot Bowman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Harris (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Rich Gilliam (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Stephen Ahlers (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Cecil Ludwig (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Freddie Hessler (fresh) PF - Roy Blankenship (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - David McKinney (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Montana | Scot Bowman inbounds the ball | 42-33 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:39 | Montana | Howard Boone misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 42-33 |
| 19:38 | Cal | David McKinney gets the rebound | 42-33 |
| 19:34 | Cal | Freddie Hessler hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 42-33 |
| 19:33 | Montana | Scot Bowman grabs the defensive rebound | 42-33 |
| 19:12 | Montana | Howard Boone's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-33 |
| 18:57 | Cal | Cecil Ludwig misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 42-33 |
| 18:56 | Cal | Roy Blankenship hits the follow up shot | 42-35 |
| 18:47 | Montana | Rich Gilliam splits the doubleteam and buries a driving attempt from close range set up by Noel Dotson | 44-35 |
| 18:28 | Cal | Freddie Hessler misses the 3 from the left wing | 44-35 |
| 18:26 | Cal | Stephen Ahlers pulls down the offensive rebound | 44-35 |
| 18:17 | Cal | Cecil Ludwig misses the 3 from straight away | 44-35 |
| 18:16 | Cal | Stephen Ahlers snags the offensive board | 44-35 |
| 18:01 | Cal | Roy Blankenship blows the layup but he's hacked by James Harris - foul #3 on James Harris, team foul #1 | 44-35 |
| 18:01 | Cal | Roy Blankenship makes the 1st free throw | 44-36 |
| 18:01 | Cal | Roy Blankenship makes the 2nd free throw | 44-37 |
| 17:47 | Montana | Howard Boone throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-37 |
| Subs | Montana | Dana Traynor (SG) Scot Bowman | |
| Subs | Cal | Andrew Landers (SF) Freddie Hessler | |
| 17:30 | Cal | Cecil Ludwig is whistled for traveling | 44-37 |
| Subs | Montana | Ronald Stafford (PF) James Harris | |
| Subs | Cal | Anthony McQuage (PG), Lyndon Alicea (SG), Rodney Gardner (SF) Stephen Ahlers, Cecil Ludwig, David McKinney | |
| 17:23 | Montana | Rich Gilliam misses the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Andrew Landers - foul #1 on Andrew Landers, team foul #1 | 44-37 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Cal | Bill Godoy (PF) Roy Blankenship | |
| 17:23 | Montana | Rich Gilliam makes the 1st free throw | 45-37 |
| 17:23 | Montana | Rich Gilliam misses the 2nd free throw | 45-37 |
| 17:23 | Cal | Bill Godoy grabs the defensive rebound | 45-37 |
| 17:02 | Cal | Bill Godoy misses the floater from the right side | 45-37 |
| 17:00 | Montana | Rich Gilliam gets the rebound | 45-37 |
| 16:41 | Montana | Howard Boone connects on the jumper from just outside the lane set up by Ronald Stafford | 47-37 |
| 16:33 | Cal | Andrew Landers knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Rodney Gardner | 47-40 |
| 16:08 | Montana | Howard Boone misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 47-40 |
| 16:07 | Cal | Andrew Landers grabs the defensive rebound | 47-40 |
| 15:50 | Cal | Bill Godoy clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 47-40 |
| 15:49 | Montana | Rich Gilliam snags the defensive board | 47-40 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Howard Boone (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dana Traynor (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Noel Dotson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. PF - Ronald Stafford (fresh) 5 reb. C - Rich Gilliam (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Anthony McQuage (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lyndon Alicea (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Rodney Gardner (fresh) PF - Bill Godoy (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Landers (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Montana | Ronald Stafford hits a driving attempt from the right block set up by Dana Traynor and he's hacked by Rodney Gardner - foul #1 on Rodney Gardner, team foul #2 | 49-40 |
| Subs | Montana | Paul Nelson (PG), Scot Bowman (SF), James Harris (PF) Howard Boone, Noel Dotson, Rich Gilliam | |
| Subs | Cal | Stephen Ahlers (PG), Cecil Ludwig (SG), Freddie Hessler (SF), Roy Blankenship (PF), David McKinney (C) Anthony McQuage, Lyndon Alicea, Rodney Gardner, Bill Godoy, Andrew Landers | |
| 15:36 | Montana | Ronald Stafford makes the free throw | 50-40 |
| 15:09 | Cal | Paul Nelson doubles Roy Blankenship and is called for the reach - foul #2 on Paul Nelson, team foul #2 | 50-40 |
| Subs | Montana | Alfred Triggs (SG) Dana Traynor | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 14:50 | Cal | Stephen Ahlers misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 50-40 |
| 14:48 | Montana | James Harris pulls down the rebound | 50-40 |
| 14:26 | Montana | Scot Bowman is called for traveling | 50-40 |
| Subs | Montana | Howard Boone (PG), Anthony Speece (C) Paul Nelson, Ronald Stafford | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 14:01 | Cal | David McKinney's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 50-40 |
| Subs | Montana | Noel Dotson (SG) Alfred Triggs | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 13:39 | Montana | James Harris misses the lay-in | 50-40 |
| 13:38 | Montana | The offensive rebound goes to Scot Bowman | 50-40 |
| 13:25 | Montana | Noel Dotson scores on a jumper from the right wing set up by Howard Boone | 52-40 |
| 13:08 | Cal | Freddie Hessler misses the 3 from straight away | 52-40 |
| 13:06 | Cal | Roy Blankenship tips it in | 52-42 |
| 12:46 | Montana | Anthony Speece hits the finger roll | 54-42 |
| 12:32 | Cal | Anthony Speece takes the ball from Freddie Hessler | 54-42 |
| 12:21 | Montana | Noel Dotson is hacked by Cecil Ludwig - foul #3 on Cecil Ludwig, team foul #3 | 54-42 |
| Subs | Montana | Paul Nelson (PG), Dana Traynor (SG), Ronald Stafford (PF), Rich Gilliam (C) Howard Boone, Scot Bowman, James Harris, Anthony Speece | |
| Subs | Cal | Anthony McQuage (PG), Lyndon Alicea (SG), Rodney Gardner (SF), Bill Godoy (PF), Andrew Landers (C) Stephen Ahlers, Cecil Ludwig, Freddie Hessler, Roy Blankenship, David McKinney | |
| 12:07 | Montana | Paul Nelson is hacked by Rodney Gardner - foul #2 on Rodney Gardner, team foul #4 | 54-42 |
| 11:56 | Montana | Dana Traynor misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 54-42 |
| 11:55 | Cal | Rodney Gardner grabs the board | 54-42 |
| 11:34 | Cal | The jumper by Anthony McQuage is denied by Noel Dotson | 54-42 |
| 11:32 | Cal | Andrew Landers tips it back up and in | 54-44 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Paul Nelson (fresh) SG - Dana Traynor (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Noel Dotson (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. PF - Ronald Stafford (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Rich Gilliam (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Anthony McQuage (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lyndon Alicea (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Rodney Gardner (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Bill Godoy (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Landers (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:15 | Montana | Rich Gilliam knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by Noel Dotson | 56-44 |
| 10:52 | Cal | Andrew Landers connects on the runner from the baseline on a nice dish by Bill Godoy | 56-46 |
| 10:25 | Montana | Noel Dotson misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 56-46 |
| 10:23 | Cal | Lyndon Alicea pulls down the rebound | 56-46 |
| 10:16 | Cal | Bill Godoy misses the lay-in but the foul's on Ronald Stafford - foul #1 on Ronald Stafford, team foul #3 | 56-46 |
| Subs | Montana | Howard Boone (PG), Scot Bowman (SF), James Harris (PF) Paul Nelson, Noel Dotson, Ronald Stafford | |
| Subs | Cal | Stephen Ahlers (PG), David McKinney (C) Lyndon Alicea, Rodney Gardner | |
| 10:16 | Cal | Bill Godoy makes the 1st free throw | 56-47 |
| 10:16 | Cal | Bill Godoy makes the 2nd free throw | 56-48 |
| 09:57 | Montana | Anthony McQuage is called for the reach on Dana Traynor - foul #1 on Anthony McQuage, team foul #5 | 56-48 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Cal | Cecil Ludwig (SG), Freddie Hessler (SF), Roy Blankenship (PF) Anthony McQuage, Andrew Landers, Bill Godoy | |
| 09:32 | Montana | Rich Gilliam hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline | 56-48 |
| 09:30 | Cal | Roy Blankenship gets the rebound | 56-48 |
| 09:25 | Cal | Howard Boone steps in front of the Stephen Ahlers pass | 56-48 |
| 09:10 | Montana | Scot Bowman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-48 |
| Subs | Montana | Alfred Triggs (SG), Ronald Stafford (C) Dana Traynor, Rich Gilliam | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 08:47 | Cal | Cecil Ludwig is fouled on the floor by Alfred Triggs - foul #1 on Alfred Triggs, team foul #4 | 56-48 |
| Subs | Montana | Noel Dotson (SG) Alfred Triggs | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 08:41 | Cal | A charge is called on Freddie Hessler - foul #3 on Freddie Hessler, team foul #6 | 56-48 |
| 08:17 | Montana | Scot Bowman makes the 3pt shot from the left corner | 59-48 |
| 08:05 | Cal | Stephen Ahlers misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 59-48 |
| 08:03 | Montana | The rebound goes to Ronald Stafford | 59-48 |
| 07:47 | Montana | Scot Bowman misses the floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Freddie Hessler - foul #4 on Freddie Hessler, team foul #7 | 59-48 |
| Subs | Montana | Rich Gilliam (C) James Harris | |
| Subs | Cal | Anthony McQuage (PG), Andrew Landers (SF) Stephen Ahlers, Freddie Hessler | |
| 07:47 | Montana | Scot Bowman makes the 1st free throw | 60-48 |
| 07:47 | Montana | Scot Bowman misses the 2nd free throw | 60-48 |
| 07:47 | Montana | Rich Gilliam gets the offensive rebound | 60-48 |
| 07:34 | Montana | Ronald Stafford is hacked by Roy Blankenship - foul #2 on Roy Blankenship, team foul #8 | 60-48 |
| Subs | Montana | Dana Traynor (SG) Scot Bowman | |
| Subs | Cal | Rodney Gardner (SF) David McKinney | |
| 07:34 | Montana | Ronald Stafford makes the 1st free throw | 61-48 |
| 07:34 | Montana | Ronald Stafford makes the 2nd free throw | 62-48 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Howard Boone (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dana Traynor (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Noel Dotson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. PF - Ronald Stafford (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Rich Gilliam (fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Anthony McQuage (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Cecil Ludwig (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Rodney Gardner (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Roy Blankenship (fresh) 17 pts. 7 reb. C - Andrew Landers (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:15 | Cal | Cecil Ludwig throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-48 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Cal | Lyndon Alicea (SG) Cecil Ludwig | |
| 07:02 | Montana | Dana Traynor clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 62-48 |
| 07:01 | Cal | Andrew Landers pulls down the rebound | 62-48 |
| 06:55 | Cal | Andrew Landers connects on the floater in the paint on a nice dish by Anthony McQuage | 62-50 |
| 06:36 | Montana | Howard Boone hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 62-50 |
| 06:34 | Cal | Andrew Landers grabs the board | 62-50 |
| 06:25 | Cal | Rodney Gardner is hacked by Noel Dotson - foul #1 on Noel Dotson, team foul #5 | 62-50 |
| Subs | Montana | Paul Nelson (PG), James Harris (SF) Howard Boone, Noel Dotson | |
| Subs | Cal | Stephen Ahlers (PG), Bill Godoy (PF), David McKinney (C) Lyndon Alicea, Rodney Gardner, Roy Blankenship | |
| 06:11 | Cal | Andrew Landers can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 62-50 |
| 06:10 | Montana | The rebound goes to Ronald Stafford | 62-50 |
| 05:52 | Montana | Ronald Stafford misses the lay-in | 62-50 |
| 05:50 | Cal | David McKinney snags the defensive board | 62-50 |
| 05:35 | Cal | Andrew Landers is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 62-50 |
| 05:33 | Montana | Rich Gilliam grabs the board | 62-50 |
| 05:28 | Montana | Dana Traynor scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Paul Nelson | 65-50 |
| 05:05 | Cal | Andrew Landers misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 65-50 |
| 05:04 | Cal | David McKinney grabs the offensive board | 65-50 |
| 04:55 | Cal | Bill Godoy comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 65-50 |
| 04:54 | Montana | James Harris grabs the board | 65-50 |
| 04:54 | Montana | Montana calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 65-50 |
| Subs | Montana | Howard Boone (PG), Noel Dotson (SG), Scot Bowman (SF) Paul Nelson, Dana Traynor, Ronald Stafford | |
| Subs | Cal | Cecil Ludwig (SG), Roy Blankenship (PF) Anthony McQuage, Bill Godoy | |
| 04:33 | Montana | Scot Bowman is hacked by Andrew Landers - foul #2 on Andrew Landers, team foul #9 | 65-50 |
| 04:33 | Montana | Scot Bowman misses the 1st free throw | 65-50 |
| 04:33 | Cal | The rebound goes to Roy Blankenship | 65-50 |
| 04:19 | Cal | Roy Blankenship comes up short on the shot from the right block | 65-50 |
| 04:17 | Montana | Rich Gilliam pulls down the rebound | 65-50 |
| 03:57 | Montana | Noel Dotson is called for traveling | 65-50 |
| 03:40 | Cal | David McKinney misses badly on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Rich Gilliam - foul #2 on Rich Gilliam, team foul #6 | 65-50 |
| 03:40 | Cal | David McKinney makes the 1st free throw | 65-51 |
| 03:40 | Cal | David McKinney makes the 2nd free throw | 65-52 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:17 | Montana | Roy Blankenship is called for the reach on James Harris - foul #3 on Roy Blankenship, team foul #10 | 65-52 |
| 03:17 | Montana | James Harris makes the 1st free throw | 66-52 |
| 03:17 | Montana | James Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 67-52 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Howard Boone (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Noel Dotson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Scot Bowman (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Harris (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Rich Gilliam (fresh) 14 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Stephen Ahlers (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Cecil Ludwig (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Andrew Landers (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. PF - Roy Blankenship (fresh) 17 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. C - David McKinney (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:06 | Cal | Cecil Ludwig misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 67-52 |
| 03:04 | Montana | Noel Dotson grabs the board | 67-52 |
| 02:38 | Montana | Scot Bowman is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 67-52 |
| Subs | Montana | Ronald Stafford (PF), Anthony Speece (C) James Harris, Rich Gilliam | |
| Subs | Cal | Anthony McQuage (PG), Lyndon Alicea (SG), Rodney Gardner (SF), Bill Godoy (PF) Stephen Ahlers, Cecil Ludwig, Roy Blankenship, David McKinney | |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:22 | Cal | Bill Godoy hits a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Lyndon Alicea | 67-55 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 02:19 | Montana | Howard Boone is fouled in the backcourt by Lyndon Alicea - foul #3 on Lyndon Alicea, team foul #11 | 67-55 |
| Subs | Montana | Dana Traynor (SG) Scot Bowman | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 02:19 | Montana | Howard Boone makes the 1st free throw | 68-55 |
| 02:19 | Montana | Howard Boone makes the 2nd free throw | 69-55 |
| 02:06 | Cal | Bill Godoy clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 69-55 |
| 02:05 | Montana | Noel Dotson gets the rebound | 69-55 |
| 02:04 | Montana | Lyndon Alicea is called for the reach on Noel Dotson in the backcourt - foul #4 on Lyndon Alicea, team foul #12 | 69-55 |
| 02:04 | Montana | Noel Dotson misses the 1st free throw | 69-55 |
| 02:04 | Montana | Noel Dotson makes the 2nd free throw | 70-55 |
| 01:46 | Cal | 3 seconds is called on Lyndon Alicea | 70-55 |
| Subs | Montana | James Harris (PF), Rich Gilliam (C) Ronald Stafford, Anthony Speece | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:25 | Montana | Dana Traynor misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 70-55 |
| 01:24 | Cal | Rodney Gardner grabs the defensive rebound | 70-55 |
| 01:11 | Cal | Bill Godoy buries a shot from the left wing set up by Anthony McQuage and he's fouled by Dana Traynor - foul #3 on Dana Traynor, team foul #7 | 70-57 |
| Subs | Montana | Scot Bowman (SF) Dana Traynor | |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| 01:11 | Cal | Bill Godoy misses the free throw | 70-57 |
| 01:11 | Montana | Rich Gilliam snags the defensive board | 70-57 |
| 00:49 | Montana | Noel Dotson is whistled for a carry | 70-57 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:45 | Cal | Bill Godoy misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 70-57 |
| 00:44 | Montana | Rich Gilliam pulls down the rebound | 70-57 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:23 | Montana | Rich Gilliam's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 70-57 |
| 00:19 | Cal | Andrew Landers misses long on a jumper from the right block | 70-57 |
| 00:17 | Montana | Howard Boone grabs the defensive rebound | 70-57 |
| 00:00 | Montana | Howard Boone runs out the clock | 70-57 |