| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Soucy (fresh) SG - Neil Anderson (fresh) SF - Terry Sacks (fresh) PF - Shaiming Chin (fresh) C - Paul Seabolt (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Roger Jordan (fresh) SG - Matthew Marston (fresh) SF - Ryan Gliwski (fresh) PF - Damon Foster (fresh) C - Jason Sippel (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Buffalo | Jason Sippel wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:38 | Buffalo | Paul Seabolt swats the layup by Matthew Marston | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:16 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Jason Sippel - foul #1 on Jason Sippel, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:16 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:16 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:00 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston is denied on a layup by Paul Seabolt | 2-0 |
| 18:59 | Buffalo | Jason Sippel pulls down the offensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:45 | Buffalo | Roger Jordan scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 2-3 |
| 18:24 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 2-3 |
| 18:23 | Buffalo | Jason Sippel pulls down the rebound | 2-3 |
| 18:09 | Buffalo | Jason Sippel misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 2-3 |
| 18:08 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Neil Anderson | 2-3 |
| 17:50 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy drills a 3 from the right wing set up by Paul Seabolt | 5-3 |
| 17:35 | Buffalo | Damon Foster misses long on a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Neil Anderson - foul #1 on Neil Anderson, team foul #1 | 5-3 |
| 17:35 | Buffalo | Damon Foster makes the 1st free throw | 5-4 |
| 17:35 | Buffalo | Damon Foster makes the 2nd free throw | 5-5 |
| 17:20 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt's pass is intercepted by Matthew Marston | 5-5 |
| 17:11 | Buffalo | Ronald Soucy steals the ball from Matthew Marston | 5-5 |
| 16:54 | St. John's | Ryan Gliwski steals the ball from Neil Anderson | 5-5 |
| 16:50 | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski lays it in | 5-7 |
| 16:35 | St. John's | Terry Sacks lays it in set up by Ronald Soucy | 7-7 |
| 16:09 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston knocks in the jumper from the left block and he's fouled by Neil Anderson - foul #2 on Neil Anderson, team foul #2 | 7-9 |
| Subs | St. John's | Alfredo Gomez (SG), Joseph Hart (SF) Neil Anderson, Terry Sacks | |
| Subs | Buffalo | David Bachus (PG), Jason Fish (SF), Gary Boe (PF), David Johnson (C) Roger Jordan, Ryan Gliwski, Damon Foster, Jason Sippel | |
| 16:09 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston makes the free throw | 7-10 |
| 15:47 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt can't finish the layup | 7-10 |
| 15:46 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin grabs the offensive board | 7-10 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Soucy (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Alfredo Gomez (fresh) SF - Joseph Hart (fresh) PF - Shaiming Chin (fresh) C - Paul Seabolt (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - David Bachus (fresh) SG - Matthew Marston (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jason Fish (fresh) PF - Gary Boe (fresh) C - David Johnson (fresh) | |
| 15:28 | St. John's | David Johnson is called for the reach on Alfredo Gomez - foul #1 on David Johnson, team foul #2 | 7-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Dikembe Adi (PF), Lazaro Bruno (C) Shaiming Chin, Paul Seabolt | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andrew Gloria (SG) Matthew Marston | |
| 15:14 | St. John's | Joseph Hart is fouled on the floor by David Bachus - foul #1 on David Bachus, team foul #3 | 7-10 |
| 15:01 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy hits the finger roll | 9-10 |
| 14:41 | Buffalo | Gary Boe misses the lay-in | 9-10 |
| 14:40 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno gets the rebound | 9-10 |
| 14:17 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy knocks in the jump hook in the lane and he's hacked by David Bachus - foul #2 on David Bachus, team foul #4 | 11-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Terry Sacks (SF), Shaiming Chin (PF), Paul Seabolt (C) Joseph Hart, Dikembe Adi, Lazaro Bruno | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Roger Jordan (PG), Matthew Marston (SG), Ryan Gliwski (SF), Damon Foster (PF), Jason Sippel (C) David Bachus, Andrew Gloria, Jason Fish, Gary Boe, David Johnson | |
| 14:17 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy makes the free throw | 12-10 |
| 14:01 | Buffalo | Damon Foster misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 12-10 |
| 13:59 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy gets the rebound | 12-10 |
| 13:38 | St. John's | Terry Sacks misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Ryan Gliwski - foul #1 on Ryan Gliwski, team foul #5 | 12-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Andrew Hadley (PG) Ronald Soucy | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 13:38 | St. John's | Terry Sacks makes the 1st free throw | 13-10 |
| 13:38 | St. John's | Terry Sacks makes the 2nd free throw | 14-10 |
| 13:18 | Buffalo | Damon Foster is called for traveling | 14-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Soucy (SG) Alfredo Gomez | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 13:01 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 14-10 |
| 12:59 | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski pulls down the rebound | 14-10 |
| 12:48 | Buffalo | Damon Foster is hacked by Ronald Soucy - foul #1 on Ronald Soucy, team foul #3 | 14-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Joseph Hart (SF), Lazaro Bruno (C) Terry Sacks, Paul Seabolt | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 12:32 | Buffalo | Lazaro Bruno steals the ball from Matthew Marston | 14-10 |
| 12:29 | St. John's | Matthew Marston is called for the reach on Andrew Hadley in the backcourt - foul #1 on Matthew Marston, team foul #6 | 14-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Jason Fish (PF) Damon Foster | |
| 12:08 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 14-10 |
| 12:07 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno misses the tip | 14-10 |
| 12:05 | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski gets the rebound | 14-10 |
| 11:53 | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski misses the fadeaway from the right side | 14-10 |
| 11:51 | Buffalo | Jason Sippel gets the offensive rebound | 14-10 |
| 11:38 | Buffalo | Joseph Hart is called for the reach on Jason Sippel - foul #1 on Joseph Hart, team foul #4 | 14-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Alfredo Gomez (SG), Dikembe Adi (PF), Paul Seabolt (C) Ronald Soucy, Shaiming Chin, Lazaro Bruno | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Gary Boe (PF), David Johnson (C) Ryan Gliwski, Jason Sippel | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Andrew Hadley (fresh) SG - Alfredo Gomez (fresh) SF - Joseph Hart (fresh) PF - Dikembe Adi (fresh) C - Paul Seabolt (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Roger Jordan (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Matthew Marston (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jason Fish (fresh) PF - Gary Boe (fresh) C - David Johnson (fresh) | |
| 11:25 | Buffalo | Gary Boe blows the layup but he's hacked by Joseph Hart - foul #2 on Joseph Hart, team foul #5 | 14-10 |
| Subs | St. John's | Terry Sacks (SF) Joseph Hart | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andrew Gloria (SG), Damon Foster (PF) Matthew Marston, David Johnson | |
| 11:25 | Buffalo | Gary Boe misses the 1st free throw | 14-10 |
| 11:25 | Buffalo | Gary Boe misses the 2nd free throw | 14-10 |
| 11:25 | St. John's | Dikembe Adi pulls down the rebound | 14-10 |
| 11:07 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 16-10 |
| 10:45 | Buffalo | Andrew Gloria scores on a fadeaway from the right side set up by Damon Foster | 16-12 |
| 10:26 | St. John's | Jason Fish picks off the pass by Dikembe Adi | 16-12 |
| 10:05 | Buffalo | Jason Fish misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 16-12 |
| 10:04 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt gets the rebound | 16-12 |
| 10:00 | St. John's | Terry Sacks clanks a fadeaway from the left block | 16-12 |
| 09:59 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to Terry Sacks | 16-12 |
| 09:39 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt buries a floater from the baseline and the foul's on Jason Fish - foul #1 on Jason Fish, team foul #7 | 18-12 |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Soucy (PG), Minh Zheng (SF), Shaiming Chin (PF) Andrew Hadley, Terry Sacks, Dikembe Adi | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Matthew Marston (SG), Ryan Gliwski (SF), Jason Sippel (C) Roger Jordan, Jason Fish, Damon Foster | |
| 09:39 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt makes the free throw | 19-12 |
| 09:25 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston buries a pull-up jumper from the left side | 19-14 |
| 09:08 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin connects on the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Ronald Soucy | 21-14 |
| 08:52 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston buries a driving attempt in the paint on a nice dish by Ryan Gliwski | 21-16 |
| 08:29 | St. John's | Minh Zheng's pass is intercepted by Andrew Gloria | 21-16 |
| 08:13 | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski hits the finger roll | 21-18 |
| 07:55 | St. John's | Ronald Soucy hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Shaiming Chin | 23-18 |
| 07:33 | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Matthew Marston | 23-21 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Soucy (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Alfredo Gomez (fairly fresh) SF - Minh Zheng (fresh) PF - Shaiming Chin (fresh) 2 pts. C - Paul Seabolt (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Andrew Gloria (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Matthew Marston (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ryan Gliwski (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gary Boe (fairly fresh) C - Jason Sippel (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:10 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin buries a jumper from the left wing set up by Ronald Soucy | 25-21 |
| 06:56 | Buffalo | Andrew Gloria hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 25-21 |
| 06:55 | Buffalo | The offensive rebound goes to Gary Boe | 25-21 |
| 06:37 | Buffalo | Ronald Soucy steps in front of the Ryan Gliwski pass | 25-21 |
| 06:34 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin misses the lay-in | 25-21 |
| 06:33 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Seabolt | 25-21 |
| 06:19 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt buries a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Alfredo Gomez | 27-21 |
| 06:15 | Buffalo | Gary Boe banks in the layup on a great pass from Matthew Marston | 27-23 |
| 06:07 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt hits a floater near the basket | 29-23 |
| 05:42 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block | 29-23 |
| 05:41 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt gets the rebound | 29-23 |
| 05:34 | St. John's | Alfredo Gomez is fouled on the floor by Gary Boe - foul #1 on Gary Boe, team foul #8 | 29-23 |
| Subs | St. John's | Andrew Hadley (PG), Terry Sacks (SF), Dikembe Adi (PF), Lazaro Bruno (C) Ronald Soucy, Minh Zheng, Shaiming Chin, Paul Seabolt | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Roger Jordan (PG), Emanuel Pond (SG), Jason Fish (SF), Damon Foster (PF), David Johnson (C) Andrew Gloria, Matthew Marston, Ryan Gliwski, Gary Boe, Jason Sippel | |
| 05:34 | St. John's | Alfredo Gomez makes the 1st free throw | 30-23 |
| 05:34 | St. John's | Alfredo Gomez makes the 2nd free throw | 31-23 |
| 05:23 | Buffalo | Damon Foster blows the layup | 31-23 |
| 05:21 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Terry Sacks | 31-23 |
| 05:19 | St. John's | Roger Jordan steals the ball from Andrew Hadley in the backcourt | 31-23 |
| 05:18 | Buffalo | Roger Jordan lays it up and in | 31-25 |
| 05:03 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno misses short on a jump hook from the right block | 31-25 |
| 05:02 | Buffalo | David Johnson grabs the board | 31-25 |
| 04:56 | Buffalo | Emanuel Pond misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 31-25 |
| 04:54 | St. John's | Terry Sacks snags the defensive board | 31-25 |
| 04:34 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno knocks in the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Andrew Hadley | 33-25 |
| 04:20 | Buffalo | Emanuel Pond comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Alfredo Gomez - foul #1 on Alfredo Gomez, team foul #6 | 33-25 |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Soucy (SG) Alfredo Gomez | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Matthew Marston (SG) Roger Jordan | |
| 04:20 | Buffalo | Emanuel Pond misses the 1st free throw | 33-25 |
| 04:20 | Buffalo | Emanuel Pond makes the 2nd free throw | 33-26 |
| 04:02 | St. John's | Terry Sacks misses the jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on David Johnson - foul #2 on David Johnson, team foul #9 | 33-26 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Roger Jordan (PG), Jason Sippel (C) Emanuel Pond, David Johnson | |
| 04:02 | St. John's | Terry Sacks misses the 1st free throw | 33-26 |
| 04:02 | St. John's | Terry Sacks makes the 2nd free throw | 34-26 |
| 03:40 | Buffalo | Jason Fish hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 34-26 |
| 03:38 | Buffalo | Damon Foster misses the tip | 34-26 |
| 03:37 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Lazaro Bruno | 34-26 |
| 03:27 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno misses badly on a jumper from the left block but he's hacked by Roger Jordan - foul #1 on Roger Jordan, team foul #10 | 34-26 |
| Subs | St. John's | Neil Anderson (SG), Joseph Hart (SF), Shaiming Chin (PF) Andrew Hadley, Terry Sacks, Dikembe Adi | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Malcolm Sykes (SF), David Johnson (C) Jason Fish, Jason Sippel | |
| 03:27 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno misses the 1st free throw | 34-26 |
| 03:27 | St. John's | Lazaro Bruno makes the 2nd free throw | 35-26 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Ronald Soucy (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Neil Anderson (fresh) SF - Joseph Hart (fresh) PF - Shaiming Chin (fresh) 4 pts. C - Lazaro Bruno (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Roger Jordan (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Matthew Marston (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Malcolm Sykes (fresh) PF - Damon Foster (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Johnson (fresh) | |
| 03:13 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston clanks a 3 from the left wing but the foul's on Lazaro Bruno - foul #1 on Lazaro Bruno, team foul #7 | 35-26 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski (SF) Malcolm Sykes | |
| 03:13 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston makes the 1st free throw | 35-27 |
| 03:13 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston misses the 2nd free throw | 35-27 |
| 03:13 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston makes the 3rd free throw | 35-28 |
| 02:44 | St. John's | Shaiming Chin is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Shaiming Chin, team foul #8 | 35-28 |
| Subs | St. John's | Paul Seabolt (C) Lazaro Bruno | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 02:23 | Buffalo | Roger Jordan comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 35-28 |
| 02:22 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-28 |
| 02:07 | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski connects on the jump hook from close range and the foul's on Joseph Hart - foul #3 on Joseph Hart, team foul #9 | 35-30 |
| Subs | St. John's | Minh Zheng (SF), Dikembe Adi (C) Joseph Hart, Paul Seabolt | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Jason Fish (PF), Jason Sippel (C) Damon Foster, David Johnson | |
| 02:07 | Buffalo | Ryan Gliwski makes the free throw | 35-31 |
| 01:50 | St. John's | Ryan Gliwski is called for the reach on Neil Anderson - foul #2 on Ryan Gliwski, team foul #11 | 35-31 |
| Subs | St. John's | Terry Sacks (SF) Minh Zheng | |
| Subs | Buffalo | David Bachus (PG), Malcolm Sykes (SF) Roger Jordan, Ryan Gliwski | |
| 01:50 | St. John's | Neil Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 36-31 |
| 01:50 | St. John's | Neil Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 37-31 |
| 01:35 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston misses short on a 3 from straight away | 37-31 |
| 01:33 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston grabs the offensive rebound | 37-31 |
| 01:13 | Buffalo | Malcolm Sykes loses the ball out of bounds | 37-31 |
| Subs | St. John's | Andrew Hadley (PG), Lazaro Bruno (C) Ronald Soucy, Shaiming Chin | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Andrew Gloria (SG), Gary Boe (PF) Matthew Marston, Malcolm Sykes | |
| 00:53 | St. John's | Andrew Hadley clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 37-31 |
| 00:51 | Buffalo | Gary Boe snags the defensive board | 37-31 |
| 00:45 | Buffalo | Dikembe Adi picks off the pass by Jason Sippel | 37-31 |
| 00:35 | St. John's | Terry Sacks knocks in the fadeaway near the basket set up by Andrew Hadley | 39-31 |
| 00:12 | Buffalo | David Bachus's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 39-31 |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Soucy (SG), Minh Zheng (SF), Shaiming Chin (PF), Paul Seabolt (C) Neil Anderson, Terry Sacks, Dikembe Adi, Lazaro Bruno | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Roger Jordan (PG), Matthew Marston (SG), Ryan Gliwski (SF), Damon Foster (PF), David Johnson (C) David Bachus, Andrew Gloria, Jason Fish, Gary Boe, Jason Sippel | |
| 00:01 | St. John's | Paul Seabolt misses the lay-in | 39-31 |
| 00:00 | Buffalo | Matthew Marston gets the rebound | 39-31 |