| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Lenny Astorga (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bryant Cholewinski (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Scott Patterson (fresh) PF - Clarence Rupert (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Warren Smith (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Heath Cordell (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Frank Rhodes (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Barber (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Corey Thall (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Henry White (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber inbounds the ball | 42-40 |
| Game Plan | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:51 | UC Irvine | Corey Thall is hacked by Bryant Cholewinski - foul #2 on Bryant Cholewinski, team foul #1 | 42-40 |
| 19:38 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 42-40 |
| 19:36 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber tips it in | 42-42 |
| 19:16 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 42-42 |
| 19:14 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski tips it but misses | 42-42 |
| 19:12 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell snags the defensive board | 42-42 |
| 19:07 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes scores on a 3 from straight away set up by Corey Thall | 42-45 |
| 18:43 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Warren Smith | 45-45 |
| 18:38 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell buries a driving attempt in the paint and he's fouled by Lenny Astorga - foul #2 on Lenny Astorga, team foul #2 | 45-47 |
| 18:38 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell misses the free throw | 45-47 |
| 18:38 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski gets the rebound | 45-47 |
| 18:17 | Cal State Northridge | Warren Smith misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 45-47 |
| 18:15 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell grabs the board | 45-47 |
| 17:59 | UC Irvine | Corey Thall's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-47 |
| 17:35 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 45-47 |
| 17:33 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Henry White | 45-47 |
| 17:23 | UC Irvine | Corey Thall can't connect on a floater from the right side | 45-47 |
| 17:21 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga gets the rebound | 45-47 |
| 17:05 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert knocks in the jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Lenny Astorga and he's hacked by Corey Thall - foul #2 on Corey Thall, team foul #1 | 47-47 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller (SG), Gary Sharkey (C) Bryant Cholewinski, Warren Smith | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Leon Prentice (SF) Gary Barber | |
| 17:05 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert makes the free throw | 48-47 |
| 16:54 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell blows the dunk | 48-47 |
| 16:52 | UC Irvine | Leon Prentice grabs the offensive board | 48-47 |
| 16:40 | UC Irvine | Lenny Astorga steals the ball from Leon Prentice | 48-47 |
| 16:37 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga lays it in | 50-47 |
| 16:14 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 50-47 |
| 16:13 | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller grabs the defensive rebound | 50-47 |
| 15:56 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga connects on the 3 from the right corner | 53-47 |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Lenny Astorga (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Josh Keller (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Scott Patterson (fairly fresh) PF - Clarence Rupert (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Gary Sharkey (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Heath Cordell (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Frank Rhodes (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leon Prentice (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Corey Thall (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Henry White (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:41 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 53-47 |
| 15:40 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert pulls down the rebound | 53-47 |
| 15:17 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga's floater is knocked away by Leon Prentice | 53-47 |
| 15:15 | UC Irvine | Henry White snags the defensive board | 53-47 |
| 14:59 | UC Irvine | Josh Keller takes the ball from Frank Rhodes | 53-47 |
| 14:46 | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Josh Keller, team foul #3 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski (SG), Gary Bone (PF), Warren Smith (C) Lenny Astorga, Scott Patterson, Clarence Rupert | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa (PG), Kris Dean (SG), Gary Barber (SF), Lloyd Skinner (C) Heath Cordell, Frank Rhodes, Corey Thall, Henry White | |
| 14:29 | UC Irvine | Bryant Cholewinski picks off the pass by Kris Dean | 53-47 |
| 14:06 | Cal State Northridge | Justin Hinojosa steps in front of the Gary Sharkey pass | 53-47 |
| 13:49 | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa clanks a floater from the free throw line | 53-47 |
| 13:47 | Cal State Northridge | Warren Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 53-47 |
| 13:39 | Cal State Northridge | Warren Smith comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket but he's hacked by Justin Hinojosa - foul #1 on Justin Hinojosa, team foul #2 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Adam Rubin (PG), Albert Goggins (SF) Josh Keller, Gary Sharkey | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| 13:39 | Cal State Northridge | Warren Smith makes the 1st free throw | 54-47 |
| 13:39 | Cal State Northridge | Warren Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 55-47 |
| 13:29 | UC Irvine | Leon Prentice is denied on a dunk by Gary Bone | 55-47 |
| 13:27 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber snags the offensive board | 55-47 |
| 13:00 | UC Irvine | Leon Prentice misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 55-47 |
| 12:58 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski grabs the board | 55-47 |
| 12:51 | Cal State Northridge | Adam Rubin comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-47 |
| 12:49 | UC Irvine | Leon Prentice snags the defensive board | 55-47 |
| 12:34 | UC Irvine | Lloyd Skinner's pass is intercepted by Adam Rubin | 55-47 |
| 12:10 | Cal State Northridge | Leon Prentice blocks the short jumper by Adam Rubin | 55-47 |
| 12:09 | UC Irvine | Lloyd Skinner gets the rebound | 55-47 |
| 11:43 | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-47 |
| 11:42 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski gets the rebound | 55-47 |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Adam Rubin (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Bryant Cholewinski (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Albert Goggins (fresh) PF - Gary Bone (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Warren Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Justin Hinojosa (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Kris Dean (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Barber (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. PF - Leon Prentice (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Lloyd Skinner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:38 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski drills a driving attempt from the baseline | 57-47 |
| 11:21 | UC Irvine | Kris Dean clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 57-47 |
| 11:20 | UC Irvine | Leon Prentice pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-47 |
| 11:10 | UC Irvine | Lloyd Skinner can't connect on a jump hook from the right block | 57-47 |
| 11:08 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski gets the rebound | 57-47 |
| 10:55 | Cal State Northridge | The short jumper by Gary Bone is denied by Gary Barber | 57-47 |
| 10:54 | UC Irvine | Lloyd Skinner pulls down the rebound | 57-47 |
| 10:36 | UC Irvine | Gary Bone swats the layup by Gary Barber | 57-47 |
| 10:35 | Cal State Northridge | Gary Bone snags the defensive board | 57-47 |
| 10:19 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 57-47 |
| 10:17 | Cal State Northridge | Albert Goggins grabs the offensive rebound | 57-47 |
| 10:00 | Cal State Northridge | Lloyd Skinner is called for the reach on Warren Smith - foul #1 on Lloyd Skinner, team foul #3 | 57-47 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga (PG), Josh Keller (SG), Scott Patterson (SF), Clarence Rupert (PF), Gary Sharkey (C) Adam Rubin, Bryant Cholewinski, Albert Goggins, Gary Bone, Warren Smith | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell (PG), Frank Rhodes (SG), Steven Robinson (SF), Corey Thall (PF), Henry White (C) Justin Hinojosa, Kris Dean, Gary Barber, Leon Prentice, Lloyd Skinner | |
| 09:41 | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Steven Robinson - foul #1 on Steven Robinson, team foul #4 | 57-47 |
| 09:41 | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller makes the 1st free throw | 58-47 |
| 09:41 | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller misses the 2nd free throw | 58-47 |
| 09:41 | UC Irvine | Corey Thall pulls down the rebound | 58-47 |
| 09:29 | UC Irvine | Henry White buries a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Heath Cordell | 58-50 |
| 09:13 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 58-50 |
| 09:12 | Cal State Northridge | Gary Sharkey gets the offensive rebound | 58-50 |
| 08:54 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 58-50 |
| 08:52 | UC Irvine | Henry White grabs the board | 58-50 |
| 08:35 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Steven Robinson | 58-53 |
| 08:14 | Cal State Northridge | Scott Patterson misses long on a jumper from close range | 58-53 |
| 08:12 | Cal State Northridge | Scott Patterson pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-53 |
| 07:54 | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 58-53 |
| 07:52 | Cal State Northridge | Scott Patterson pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-53 |
| 07:42 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert is denied on a layup by Henry White | 58-53 |
| 07:41 | Cal State Northridge | Gary Sharkey tips it home | 60-53 |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Lenny Astorga (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Josh Keller (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Scott Patterson (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Clarence Rupert (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Gary Sharkey (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Heath Cordell (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Frank Rhodes (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Steven Robinson (fresh) PF - Corey Thall (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Henry White (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:33 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell misses short on a fadeaway near the basket but he's fouled by Lenny Astorga - foul #3 on Lenny Astorga, team foul #4 | 60-53 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gary Barber (SF) Steven Robinson | |
| 07:33 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell makes the 1st free throw | 60-54 |
| 07:33 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell makes the 2nd free throw | 60-55 |
| 07:18 | Cal State Northridge | Gary Sharkey buries a floater from the left side | 62-55 |
| 06:58 | UC Irvine | Lenny Astorga picks off the pass by Henry White | 62-55 |
| 06:55 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga lays it in | 64-55 |
| 06:35 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell clanks a runner near the basket | 64-55 |
| 06:34 | UC Irvine | The offensive rebound goes to Henry White | 64-55 |
| 06:12 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Corey Thall | 64-58 |
| 05:57 | Cal State Northridge | Gary Sharkey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 64-58 |
| 05:55 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber pulls down the rebound | 64-58 |
| 05:45 | UC Irvine | Lenny Astorga steals it from Henry White | 64-58 |
| 05:45 | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 64-58 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski (SG), Warren Smith (C) Josh Keller, Gary Sharkey | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| 05:28 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Bryant Cholewinski | 67-58 |
| 05:08 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 67-58 |
| 05:07 | Cal State Northridge | Warren Smith grabs the board | 67-58 |
| 04:43 | Cal State Northridge | The jump hook by Bryant Cholewinski is blocked by Corey Thall | 67-58 |
| 04:41 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Gary Barber | 67-58 |
| 04:29 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber hits the front of the rim on the jumper from close range but he's hacked by Scott Patterson - foul #2 on Scott Patterson, team foul #5 | 67-58 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller (PG), Gary Sharkey (SF) Lenny Astorga, Scott Patterson | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa (PG) Heath Cordell | |
| 04:29 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber makes the 1st free throw | 67-59 |
| 04:29 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber makes the 2nd free throw | 67-60 |
| 04:12 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert misses long on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Gary Barber - foul #1 on Gary Barber, team foul #5 | 67-60 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Kris Dean (SG), Lloyd Skinner (C) Frank Rhodes, Henry White | |
| 04:12 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert makes the 1st free throw | 68-60 |
| 04:12 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert misses the 2nd free throw | 68-60 |
| 04:12 | Cal State Northridge | Gary Sharkey snags the offensive board | 68-60 |
| 03:52 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 68-60 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Gary Bone (PF) Clarence Rupert | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Leon Prentice (SF) Gary Barber | |
| Game Plan | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:45 | UC Irvine | Corey Thall misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 68-60 |
| 03:44 | UC Irvine | Justin Hinojosa grabs the offensive rebound | 68-60 |
| 03:39 | UC Irvine | Corey Thall misses long on a shot from the right wing | 68-60 |
| 03:38 | UC Irvine | Lloyd Skinner tips it back up and in | 68-62 |
| Lineup | Cal State Northridge | PG - Josh Keller (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bryant Cholewinski (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gary Sharkey (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. PF - Gary Bone (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Warren Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Justin Hinojosa (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Kris Dean (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Leon Prentice (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. PF - Corey Thall (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Lloyd Skinner (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Cal State Northridge | Gary Sharkey travels with the ball | 68-62 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga (PG) Josh Keller | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell (PG) Corey Thall | |
| Game Plan | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:04 | UC Irvine | Bryant Cholewinski takes the ball from Heath Cordell | 68-62 |
| 03:01 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski slams it home | 70-62 |
| Game Plan | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 02:57 | UC Irvine | UC Irvine calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 70-62 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Scott Patterson (SF), Clarence Rupert (PF) Gary Sharkey, Gary Bone | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes (SG), Gary Barber (SF), Corey Thall (PF), Henry White (C) Justin Hinojosa, Kris Dean, Leon Prentice, Lloyd Skinner | |
| 02:49 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Frank Rhodes | 70-65 |
| 02:23 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 70-65 |
| 02:21 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Gary Barber | 70-65 |
| Game Plan | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 02:03 | UC Irvine | Henry White hits a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Frank Rhodes | 70-68 |
| 01:52 | Cal State Northridge | Bryant Cholewinski misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 70-68 |
| 01:50 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell snags the defensive board | 70-68 |
| 01:37 | UC Irvine | Bryant Cholewinski takes the ball from Gary Barber | 70-68 |
| 01:21 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 70-68 |
| 01:20 | UC Irvine | Henry White snags the defensive board | 70-68 |
| 00:55 | UC Irvine | Heath Cordell is fouled on the floor by Lenny Astorga - foul #4 on Lenny Astorga, team foul #6 | 70-68 |
| 00:38 | UC Irvine | Scott Patterson is called for the reach on Gary Barber - foul #3 on Scott Patterson, team foul #7 | 70-68 |
| 00:38 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber makes the 1st free throw | 70-69 |
| 00:38 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber misses the 2nd free throw | 70-69 |
| 00:38 | Cal State Northridge | Scott Patterson grabs the board | 70-69 |
| Game Plan | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:36 | Cal State Northridge | Heath Cordell is called for the reach on Scott Patterson in the backcourt - foul #3 on Heath Cordell, team foul #6 | 70-69 |
| 00:34 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga is fouled on the floor by Henry White - foul #2 on Henry White, team foul #7 | 70-69 |
| 00:34 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga makes the 1st free throw | 71-69 |
| 00:34 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga makes the 2nd free throw | 72-69 |
| 00:21 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber misses the easy layup | 72-69 |
| 00:20 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga snags the defensive board | 72-69 |
| 00:18 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga is hacked by Heath Cordell in the backcourt - foul #4 on Heath Cordell, team foul #8 | 72-69 |
| Subs | Cal State Northridge | Josh Keller (SF) Scott Patterson | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| 00:18 | Cal State Northridge | Lenny Astorga misses the 1st free throw | 72-69 |
| 00:18 | UC Irvine | Henry White pulls down the rebound | 72-69 |
| 00:12 | UC Irvine | Corey Thall misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 72-69 |
| 00:10 | UC Irvine | Gary Barber grabs the offensive rebound | 72-69 |
| 00:08 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 72-69 |
| 00:07 | UC Irvine | Corey Thall pulls down the offensive rebound | 72-69 |
| 00:01 | UC Irvine | Frank Rhodes misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 72-69 |
| 00:00 | Cal State Northridge | Clarence Rupert gets the rebound | 72-69 |