| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kyle Murphy (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Anderson (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Caba (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Kenneth Carney (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Theodore McClintock (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Muszynski (fresh) C - Michael Pugliese (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock inbounds the ball | 40-29 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:50 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese travels with the ball | 40-29 |
| 19:46 | LSU | David Libbey steps in front of the Kyle Murphy pass in the backcourt | 40-29 |
| 19:27 | South Carolina | John Caba is called for the reach on Louis Stratton - foul #1 on John Caba, team foul #1 | 40-29 |
| 19:05 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese misses long on a floater from the right side | 40-29 |
| 19:03 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski tips it but misses | 40-29 |
| 19:02 | LSU | Kyle Murphy pulls down the rebound | 40-29 |
| 18:42 | LSU | Michael Scott is fouled on the floor by Michael Pugliese - foul #2 on Michael Pugliese, team foul #1 | 40-29 |
| 18:27 | LSU | Kenneth Carney scores on a shot from the left block | 42-29 |
| 18:10 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese is called for a charge - foul #3 on Michael Pugliese, team foul #2 | 42-29 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Frederick Titus (C) Michael Pugliese | |
| 17:56 | LSU | James Anderson comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 42-29 |
| 17:54 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to David Libbey | 42-29 |
| 17:47 | South Carolina | David Libbey banks in the layup set up by Louis Stratton | 42-31 |
| 17:38 | LSU | Michael Scott misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 42-31 |
| 17:37 | LSU | Kenneth Carney hits the follow up shot | 44-31 |
| 17:10 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by James Anderson - foul #2 on James Anderson, team foul #2 | 44-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Grant (PF), Frank Lopes (C) John Caba, Kenneth Carney | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ryan Bourgoin (PF) Robert Muszynski | |
| 17:10 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock makes the 1st free throw | 44-32 |
| 17:10 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock makes the 2nd free throw | 44-33 |
| 16:51 | LSU | Ryan Bourgoin blocks the short jumper by Robert Grant | 44-33 |
| 16:49 | LSU | Robert Grant grabs the offensive board | 44-33 |
| 16:35 | LSU | Michael Scott works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 44-33 |
| 16:34 | LSU | James Anderson grabs the offensive rebound | 44-33 |
| 16:20 | LSU | Michael Scott clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-33 |
| 16:18 | South Carolina | Ryan Bourgoin grabs the defensive rebound | 44-33 |
| 16:05 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton splits the doubleteam and buries a jump hook from the left block set up by David Libbey and he's hacked by Kyle Murphy - foul #1 on Kyle Murphy, team foul #3 | 44-35 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Deines (PG), Ricky Kerr (SF) Kyle Murphy, James Anderson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 16:05 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton misses the free throw | 44-35 |
| 16:05 | LSU | Frank Lopes grabs the board | 44-35 |
| 15:47 | LSU | Ricky Kerr loses the dribble to Louis Stratton | 44-35 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Deines (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Scott (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ricky Kerr (fresh) PF - Robert Grant (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Frank Lopes (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Theodore McClintock (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ryan Bourgoin (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Frederick Titus (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:23 | South Carolina | Frederick Titus can't finish the layup but the foul's on Frank Lopes - foul #2 on Frank Lopes, team foul #4 | 44-35 |
| Subs | LSU | Kyle Murphy (PG), John Caba (PF), Kenneth Carney (C) Michael Scott, Robert Grant, Frank Lopes | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan (PF) Ryan Bourgoin | |
| 15:23 | South Carolina | Frederick Titus misses the 1st free throw | 44-35 |
| 15:23 | South Carolina | Frederick Titus makes the 2nd free throw | 44-36 |
| 14:58 | LSU | Ricky Kerr drills a fadeaway from the left side set up by Kyle Murphy | 46-36 |
| 14:38 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock is hacked by Kenneth Deines - foul #2 on Kenneth Deines, team foul #5 | 46-36 |
| Subs | LSU | James Anderson (SF) Kyle Murphy | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese (C) Frederick Titus | |
| 14:24 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese comes up short on the floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Kenneth Deines - foul #3 on Kenneth Deines, team foul #6 | 46-36 |
| 14:24 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese misses the 1st free throw | 46-36 |
| 14:24 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese misses the 2nd free throw | 46-36 |
| 14:24 | LSU | John Caba pulls down the rebound | 46-36 |
| 14:07 | LSU | Ricky Kerr's pass is intercepted by Theodore McClintock | 46-36 |
| 13:48 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock drills a jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by David Libbey | 46-38 |
| 13:22 | LSU | Ricky Kerr throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-38 |
| Subs | LSU | Kyle Murphy (PG), Michael Scott (SG), Robert Grant (PF), Frank Lopes (C) Kenneth Deines, Ricky Kerr, John Caba, Kenneth Carney | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 13:12 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan hits a wide open jumpshot from the right side set up by Louis Stratton out of the doubleteam | 46-40 |
| 12:53 | LSU | Kyle Murphy buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Michael Scott | 49-40 |
| 12:43 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock scores on a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Louis Stratton | 49-42 |
| 12:25 | LSU | Michael Scott is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Ricky Kerr (SF) James Anderson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett (SG) Louis Stratton | |
| 12:07 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Michael Scott - foul #2 on Michael Scott, team foul #7 | 49-42 |
| Subs | LSU | John Caba (PF) Robert Grant | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 12:07 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock makes the 1st free throw | 49-43 |
| 12:07 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock makes the 2nd free throw | 49-44 |
| 11:56 | LSU | Michael Scott hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 49-44 |
| 11:54 | South Carolina | David Libbey grabs the board | 49-44 |
| 11:42 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan drills a floater from the right block | 49-46 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kyle Murphy (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ricky Kerr (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Caba (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Frank Lopes (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Bernard Moffett (fresh) SF - Theodore McClintock (tiring) 19 pts. 2 reb. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. C - Michael Pugliese (fresh) 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:22 | LSU | Kyle Murphy comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 49-46 |
| 11:21 | LSU | Ricky Kerr tips it but misses | 49-46 |
| 11:20 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese grabs the defensive rebound | 49-46 |
| 11:03 | South Carolina | The short jumper by Stanley Carnahan is denied by Kyle Murphy | 49-46 |
| 11:01 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock grabs the offensive rebound | 49-46 |
| 10:42 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan comes up short on the shot from the left side | 49-46 |
| 10:41 | LSU | John Caba snags the defensive board | 49-46 |
| 10:37 | LSU | Michael Scott is fouled on the floor by Michael Pugliese - foul #4 on Michael Pugliese, team foul #3 | 49-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Deines (PG), James Anderson (SF), Robert Grant (PF), Kenneth Carney (C) Kyle Murphy, Ricky Kerr, John Caba, Frank Lopes | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez (PG), Louis Stratton (SG), Filip Zentz (SF), Robert Muszynski (C) David Libbey, Bernard Moffett, Theodore McClintock, Michael Pugliese | |
| 10:21 | LSU | Robert Grant makes the driving attempt from the left block | 51-46 |
| 10:05 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 51-46 |
| 10:04 | LSU | Robert Grant snags the defensive board | 51-46 |
| 09:59 | LSU | Boris Zanchez is called for the reach on Kenneth Deines - foul #2 on Boris Zanchez, team foul #4 | 51-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Ricky Kerr (SG) Michael Scott | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 09:37 | LSU | Kenneth Carney makes the floater from close range on a great pass from Ricky Kerr | 53-46 |
| 09:22 | South Carolina | Kenneth Deines is called for the reach on Louis Stratton - foul #4 on Kenneth Deines, team foul #8 | 53-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Kyle Murphy (PG), John Caba (PF) Ricky Kerr, Robert Grant | |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Libbey (PG) Filip Zentz | |
| 09:22 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton makes the 1st free throw | 53-47 |
| 09:22 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton makes the 2nd free throw | 53-48 |
| 08:55 | LSU | Kenneth Carney hits a floater from the free throw line set up by John Caba | 55-48 |
| 08:28 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski travels with the ball | 55-48 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Scott (SG) Kenneth Deines | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett (SG), Theodore McClintock (SF) Louis Stratton, Boris Zanchez | |
| 08:06 | LSU | Michael Scott buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Kenneth Carney | 58-48 |
| 07:52 | South Carolina | David Libbey comes up short on the runner from the baseline but the foul's on Kyle Murphy - foul #2 on Kyle Murphy, team foul #9 | 58-48 |
| Subs | LSU | Ricky Kerr (SF), Robert Grant (PF), Frank Lopes (C) James Anderson, John Caba, Kenneth Carney | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese (C) Robert Muszynski | |
| 07:52 | South Carolina | David Libbey makes the 1st free throw | 58-49 |
| 07:52 | South Carolina | David Libbey misses the 2nd free throw | 58-49 |
| 07:52 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan gets the offensive rebound | 58-49 |
| 07:37 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Grant | 58-49 |
| 07:35 | LSU | Kyle Murphy gets the rebound | 58-49 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kyle Murphy (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ricky Kerr (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Grant (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Frank Lopes (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - David Libbey (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Bernard Moffett (fresh) SF - Theodore McClintock (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 3 reb. PF - Stanley Carnahan (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Michael Pugliese (fresh) 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:19 | LSU | Ricky Kerr hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 58-49 |
| 07:18 | LSU | Robert Grant pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-49 |
| 07:08 | LSU | Ricky Kerr misses the wide open shot from the right wing | 58-49 |
| 07:07 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett snags the defensive board | 58-49 |
| 06:46 | South Carolina | David Libbey can't connect on a jump hook in the paint | 58-49 |
| 06:45 | LSU | Michael Scott pulls down the rebound | 58-49 |
| 06:37 | LSU | Ricky Kerr misses the runner near the basket | 58-49 |
| 06:36 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese snags the defensive board | 58-49 |
| 06:16 | South Carolina | David Libbey buries a shot in the paint | 58-51 |
| 05:55 | LSU | Ricky Kerr misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 58-51 |
| 05:54 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett grabs the board | 58-51 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 05:35 | South Carolina | The short jumper by David Libbey is denied by Robert Grant | 58-51 |
| 05:34 | LSU | The rebound goes to Michael Scott | 58-51 |
| 05:34 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-51 |
| Subs | LSU | James Anderson (SF), John Caba (PF), Kenneth Carney (C) Ricky Kerr, Robert Grant, Frank Lopes | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Louis Stratton (SG) Bernard Moffett | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 05:14 | LSU | James Anderson knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Kyle Murphy | 61-51 |
| 05:08 | South Carolina | Kenneth Carney steals the ball from Theodore McClintock | 61-51 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 04:47 | LSU | Stanley Carnahan is called for the reach on Michael Scott - foul #4 on Stanley Carnahan, team foul #5 | 61-51 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Deines (PG) Kyle Murphy | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 04:33 | LSU | Kenneth Deines is called for traveling | 61-51 |
| 04:25 | South Carolina | John Caba swats the short shot by Theodore McClintock | 61-51 |
| 04:24 | LSU | John Caba pulls down the rebound | 61-51 |
| 04:05 | LSU | John Caba comes up short on the shot from close range but he's hacked by Stanley Carnahan - foul #5 on Stanley Carnahan, team foul #6 | 61-51 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez (PG), Robert Muszynski (PF) David Libbey, Stanley Carnahan | |
| 04:05 | LSU | John Caba makes the 1st free throw | 62-51 |
| 04:05 | LSU | John Caba misses the 2nd free throw | 62-51 |
| 04:05 | LSU | Kenneth Carney grabs the offensive board | 62-51 |
| 03:50 | LSU | Michael Scott misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 62-51 |
| 03:49 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese grabs the board | 62-51 |
| 03:44 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 62-51 |
| 03:42 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock pulls down the offensive rebound | 62-51 |
| 03:28 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock banks in the layup | 62-53 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Deines (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Anderson (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Caba (fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Kenneth Carney (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Boris Zanchez (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Stratton (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SF - Theodore McClintock (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Muszynski (fresh) 2 reb. C - Michael Pugliese (fresh) 7 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:12 | LSU | Michael Scott clanks a 3 from the right wing | 62-53 |
| 03:10 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock snags the defensive board | 62-53 |
| 03:03 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez is hacked by Kenneth Deines - foul #5 on Kenneth Deines, team foul #10 | 62-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Kyle Murphy (PG), Frank Lopes (C) Kenneth Deines, Kenneth Carney | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 03:03 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez makes the 1st free throw | 62-54 |
| 03:03 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez makes the 2nd free throw | 62-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 02:41 | LSU | Michael Scott throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-55 |
| Subs | LSU | Ricky Kerr (SG), Robert Grant (PF) Michael Scott, John Caba | |
| Subs | South Carolina | David Libbey (PG) Boris Zanchez | |
| 02:21 | South Carolina | David Libbey comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 62-55 |
| 02:19 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski tips it but misses | 62-55 |
| 02:18 | South Carolina | David Libbey misses the tip | 62-55 |
| 02:17 | LSU | Kyle Murphy grabs the board | 62-55 |
| 02:17 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 62-55 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Scott (SG), John Caba (PF), Kenneth Carney (C) Ricky Kerr, Robert Grant, Frank Lopes | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 01:55 | LSU | James Anderson misses long on a floater from the right block | 62-55 |
| 01:54 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton gets the rebound | 62-55 |
| 01:42 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese is wide open but clanks a fadeaway in the paint | 62-55 |
| 01:41 | LSU | John Caba pulls down the rebound | 62-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 01:39 | LSU | David Libbey is called for the reach on John Caba in the backcourt - foul #1 on David Libbey, team foul #7 | 62-55 |
| 01:39 | LSU | John Caba makes the 1st free throw | 63-55 |
| 01:39 | LSU | John Caba misses the 2nd free throw | 63-55 |
| 01:39 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski grabs the board | 63-55 |
| 01:31 | South Carolina | Kenneth Carney swats the layup by Theodore McClintock | 63-55 |
| 01:29 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese grabs the offensive board | 63-55 |
| 01:20 | South Carolina | Theodore McClintock misses short on a fadeaway from the right block | 63-55 |
| 01:19 | LSU | Kenneth Carney grabs the board | 63-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 01:16 | LSU | Kenneth Carney is hacked by David Libbey in the backcourt - foul #2 on David Libbey, team foul #8 | 63-55 |
| 01:16 | LSU | Kenneth Carney makes the 1st free throw | 64-55 |
| 01:16 | LSU | Kenneth Carney makes the 2nd free throw | 65-55 |
| 00:59 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski misses the lay-in | 65-55 |
| 00:57 | South Carolina | Louis Stratton grabs the offensive rebound | 65-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | David Libbey is hacked by Kyle Murphy - foul #3 on Kyle Murphy, team foul #11 | 65-55 |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | David Libbey misses the 1st free throw | 65-55 |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | David Libbey makes the 2nd free throw | 65-56 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:52 | LSU | David Libbey is called for the reach on James Anderson in the backcourt - foul #3 on David Libbey, team foul #9 | 65-56 |
| 00:52 | LSU | James Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 66-56 |
| 00:52 | LSU | James Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 67-56 |
| 00:47 | South Carolina | David Libbey is denied on a layup by Kenneth Carney | 67-56 |
| 00:45 | LSU | John Caba pulls down the rebound | 67-56 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:24 | LSU | Kyle Murphy misses the runner from the right block | 67-56 |
| 00:23 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Michael Pugliese | 67-56 |
| 00:16 | South Carolina | Michael Pugliese's dunk attempt is rejected by Kenneth Carney | 67-56 |
| 00:14 | LSU | Michael Scott grabs the board | 67-56 |
| 00:00 | LSU | Kyle Murphy runs out the clock | 67-56 |