| Lineup | Boston U. | PG - Abraham Davis (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Kraatz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kent Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Marvin Juhasz (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Lawrence Marsala (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Patrick Cox (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Hughes (fresh) SF - Francis Lyon (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Horace Estes (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rhode Island | Francis Lyon inbounds the ball | 37-36 |
| Game Plan | Boston U. | Boston U. is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:42 | Rhode Island | John Johnson is whistled for a carry | 37-36 |
| 19:19 | Boston U. | John Kraatz hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-36 |
| 19:18 | Boston U. | The offensive rebound goes to Marvin Juhasz | 37-36 |
| 19:00 | Boston U. | Richard Hughes picks off the pass by Lawrence Marsala | 37-36 |
| 18:40 | Rhode Island | John Johnson misses long on a runner from the baseline | 37-36 |
| 18:38 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes snags the offensive board | 37-36 |
| 18:26 | Rhode Island | Francis Lyon lays it up and in on a great pass from Richard Hughes | 37-38 |
| 18:19 | Boston U. | John Kraatz connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Kent Smith | 40-38 |
| 18:10 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox misses long on a shot from the left side | 40-38 |
| 18:09 | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala snags the defensive board | 40-38 |
| 17:43 | Boston U. | Kent Smith misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-38 |
| 17:42 | Rhode Island | John Johnson gets the rebound | 40-38 |
| 17:23 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Lawrence Marsala - foul #3 on Lawrence Marsala, team foul #1 | 40-38 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Kelly Major (PF), Michael Blair (C) Marvin Juhasz, Lawrence Marsala | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Tim Span (PF) John Johnson | |
| 17:23 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes misses the 1st free throw | 40-38 |
| 17:23 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes makes the 2nd free throw | 40-39 |
| 17:05 | Boston U. | Kent Smith double dribbles | 40-39 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Edward Stradford (SG) John Kraatz | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Gerard Milardo (SF) Francis Lyon | |
| 16:39 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox is fouled on the floor by Edward Stradford - foul #1 on Edward Stradford, team foul #2 | 40-39 |
| 16:26 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox knocks in the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Tim Span | 40-41 |
| 16:11 | Boston U. | Edward Stradford loses the dribble to Richard Hughes | 40-41 |
| 15:50 | Rhode Island | Richard Hughes scores on a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Patrick Cox | 40-44 |
| Lineup | Boston U. | PG - Abraham Davis (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Edward Stradford (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Kent Smith (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kelly Major (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Blair (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Patrick Cox (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SG - Richard Hughes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gerard Milardo (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tim Span (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Horace Estes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:38 | Boston U. | Kelly Major is whistled for traveling | 40-44 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Gregory Pardo (PG), John Kraatz (SG), Ronald Olsen (SF), Marvin Juhasz (PF), Lawrence Marsala (C) Abraham Davis, Edward Stradford, Kent Smith, Kelly Major, Michael Blair | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Francis Lyon (SF), John Johnson (PF) Gerard Milardo, Tim Span | |
| 15:23 | Rhode Island | John Johnson misses badly on a shot from the left side | 40-44 |
| 15:22 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes gets the offensive rebound | 40-44 |
| 15:11 | Rhode Island | John Johnson buries a shot from the right block | 40-46 |
| 14:57 | Boston U. | John Kraatz splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Francis Lyon - foul #1 on Francis Lyon, team foul #1 | 40-46 |
| 14:57 | Boston U. | John Kraatz misses the 1st free throw | 40-46 |
| 14:57 | Boston U. | John Kraatz makes the 2nd free throw | 41-46 |
| 14:32 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes clanks a shot from the left side | 41-46 |
| 14:31 | Rhode Island | John Johnson hits the follow up shot | 41-48 |
| 14:20 | Boston U. | Marvin Juhasz is fouled on the floor by John Johnson - foul #1 on John Johnson, team foul #2 | 41-48 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Abraham Davis (PG), Kent Smith (SF) Gregory Pardo, Ronald Olsen | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 14:10 | Boston U. | John Kraatz misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 41-48 |
| 14:08 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Francis Lyon | 41-48 |
| 13:55 | Rhode Island | Richard Hughes is hacked by Kent Smith - foul #1 on Kent Smith, team foul #3 | 41-48 |
| 13:50 | Rhode Island | John Johnson hits the finger roll set up by Patrick Cox and he's hacked by Marvin Juhasz - foul #3 on Marvin Juhasz, team foul #4 | 41-50 |
| 13:50 | Rhode Island | John Johnson makes the free throw | 41-51 |
| 13:28 | Boston U. | Marvin Juhasz makes the wide open runner in the paint on a nice dish by Abraham Davis | 43-51 |
| 13:13 | Rhode Island | John Johnson misses the lay-in | 43-51 |
| 13:11 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis gets the rebound | 43-51 |
| 12:58 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 43-51 |
| 12:57 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to John Johnson | 43-51 |
| 12:28 | Rhode Island | Richard Hughes misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 43-51 |
| 12:27 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes pulls down the offensive rebound | 43-51 |
| 12:15 | Rhode Island | Francis Lyon clanks a jumper from the left side | 43-51 |
| 12:14 | Boston U. | Marvin Juhasz grabs the defensive rebound | 43-51 |
| 12:02 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-51 |
| 12:01 | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala gets the offensive rebound | 43-51 |
| 11:55 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-51 |
| 11:29 | Rhode Island | John Johnson drills a turnaround in the paint | 46-53 |
| Lineup | Boston U. | PG - Abraham Davis (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Kraatz (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kent Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Marvin Juhasz (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Lawrence Marsala (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Patrick Cox (tiring) 16 pts. 4 ast. SG - Richard Hughes (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Francis Lyon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - John Johnson (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 5 reb. C - Horace Estes (tiring) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:08 | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala misses the shot from the left wing | 46-53 |
| 11:07 | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala hits the follow up shot | 48-53 |
| 10:42 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 48-53 |
| 10:41 | Boston U. | John Kraatz snags the defensive board | 48-53 |
| 10:22 | Boston U. | John Kraatz is hacked by Francis Lyon - foul #2 on Francis Lyon, team foul #3 | 48-53 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Gregory Pardo (PG), Edward Stradford (SG), Ronald Olsen (SF), Kelly Major (PF), Michael Blair (C) Abraham Davis, John Kraatz, Kent Smith, Marvin Juhasz, Lawrence Marsala | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Hairston (PG), Johnny Viens (SG), Gerard Milardo (SF), Tim Span (PF), Michael Merlino (C) Patrick Cox, Richard Hughes, Francis Lyon, John Johnson, Horace Estes | |
| 10:06 | Boston U. | Ronald Olsen hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Gerard Milardo - foul #1 on Gerard Milardo, team foul #4 | 48-53 |
| 10:06 | Boston U. | Ronald Olsen makes the 1st free throw | 49-53 |
| 10:06 | Boston U. | Ronald Olsen makes the 2nd free throw | 50-53 |
| 09:44 | Rhode Island | John Hairston misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 50-53 |
| 09:43 | Boston U. | Michael Blair grabs the board | 50-53 |
| 09:33 | Boston U. | Ronald Olsen connects on the open shot from close range on a nice dish by Edward Stradford | 52-53 |
| 09:17 | Rhode Island | Tim Span blows the layup | 52-53 |
| 09:15 | Boston U. | Kelly Major snags the defensive board | 52-53 |
| 09:03 | Boston U. | Kelly Major misses short on a driving attempt in the paint but he's fouled by Tim Span - foul #1 on Tim Span, team foul #5 | 52-53 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Abraham Davis (PG), Kent Smith (SF) Gregory Pardo, Ronald Olsen | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 09:03 | Boston U. | Kelly Major misses the 1st free throw | 52-53 |
| 09:03 | Boston U. | Kelly Major makes the 2nd free throw | 53-53 |
| 08:41 | Rhode Island | Tim Span connects on the jumpshot from the right wing set up by Gerard Milardo | 53-55 |
| 08:29 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis double dribbles as he's doubleteamed | 53-55 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala (C) Michael Blair | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox (PG) John Hairston | |
| 08:07 | Rhode Island | Tim Span hits a floater in the lane | 53-57 |
| 07:44 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis is hacked by Patrick Cox - foul #2 on Patrick Cox, team foul #6 | 53-57 |
| Subs | Boston U. | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Richard Hughes (SG), Horace Estes (C) Johnny Viens, Michael Merlino | |
| 07:29 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-57 |
| 07:28 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Horace Estes | 53-57 |
| Lineup | Boston U. | PG - Abraham Davis (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Edward Stradford (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Kent Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kelly Major (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Lawrence Marsala (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Patrick Cox (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 4 ast. SG - Richard Hughes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gerard Milardo (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tim Span (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Horace Estes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 07:17 | Rhode Island | Tim Span knocks in the jumpshot from the right side | 53-59 |
| 07:02 | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala makes the floater in the paint on a nice dish by Abraham Davis | 55-59 |
| 06:36 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Tim Span | 55-62 |
| 06:19 | Boston U. | Edward Stradford connects on the 3 from the left wing | 58-62 |
| 05:51 | Rhode Island | Tim Span hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Kelly Major - foul #2 on Kelly Major, team foul #5 | 58-62 |
| Subs | Boston U. | John Kraatz (SG), Ronald Olsen (SF), Marvin Juhasz (PF), Michael Blair (C) Edward Stradford, Kent Smith, Kelly Major, Lawrence Marsala | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Hairston (PG), Francis Lyon (SF) Patrick Cox, Gerard Milardo | |
| 05:51 | Rhode Island | Tim Span makes the 1st free throw | 58-63 |
| 05:51 | Rhode Island | Tim Span makes the 2nd free throw | 58-64 |
| 05:41 | Boston U. | Ronald Olsen misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 58-64 |
| 05:40 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes grabs the defensive rebound | 58-64 |
| 05:19 | Rhode Island | Tim Span clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 58-64 |
| 05:18 | Boston U. | Marvin Juhasz gets the rebound | 58-64 |
| 05:13 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by John Hairston - foul #1 on John Hairston, team foul #7 | 58-64 |
| Subs | Boston U. | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Johnny Viens (SG), John Johnson (PF) Richard Hughes, Tim Span | |
| 05:13 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis makes the 1st free throw | 59-64 |
| 05:13 | Boston U. | Abraham Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 60-64 |
| 04:49 | Rhode Island | John Hairston hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 60-64 |
| 04:47 | Boston U. | John Kraatz gets the rebound | 60-64 |
| 04:27 | Boston U. | Marvin Juhasz comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on John Johnson - foul #2 on John Johnson, team foul #8 | 60-64 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Gregory Pardo (PG), Kent Smith (SF), Lawrence Marsala (C) Abraham Davis, Ronald Olsen, Michael Blair | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox (PG), Tim Span (C) John Hairston, Horace Estes | |
| 04:27 | Boston U. | Marvin Juhasz makes the 1st free throw | 61-64 |
| 04:27 | Boston U. | Marvin Juhasz makes the 2nd free throw | 62-64 |
| 04:09 | Rhode Island | Tim Span clanks a fadeaway from close range | 62-64 |
| 04:08 | Rhode Island | The offensive rebound goes to Johnny Viens | 62-64 |
| 03:56 | Rhode Island | Lawrence Marsala steps in front of the Tim Span pass | 62-64 |
| 03:36 | Boston U. | John Kraatz comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 62-64 |
| 03:34 | Rhode Island | John Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 62-64 |
| 03:15 | Rhode Island | John Johnson clanks a fadeaway in the paint | 62-64 |
| 03:14 | Boston U. | Kent Smith gets the rebound | 62-64 |
| Lineup | Boston U. | PG - Gregory Pardo (fresh) SG - John Kraatz (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kent Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Marvin Juhasz (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Lawrence Marsala (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Patrick Cox (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 4 ast. SG - Johnny Viens (fresh) SF - Francis Lyon (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - John Johnson (fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. C - Tim Span (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:50 | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala misses short on a fadeaway from the right side | 62-64 |
| 02:49 | Rhode Island | John Johnson pulls down the rebound | 62-64 |
| 02:49 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-64 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Abraham Davis (PG) Gregory Pardo | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Richard Hughes (SG), Horace Estes (C) Johnny Viens, Tim Span | |
| 02:29 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 62-67 |
| 02:14 | Boston U. | Kent Smith comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 62-67 |
| 02:13 | Rhode Island | Richard Hughes snags the defensive board | 62-67 |
| 01:59 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox makes the jumpshot from the right wing set up by Richard Hughes | 62-69 |
| 01:51 | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala's pass is intercepted by Patrick Cox | 62-69 |
| 01:47 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox blows the layup | 62-69 |
| 01:45 | Rhode Island | John Johnson tips it home | 62-71 |
| Game Plan | Boston U. | Boston U. is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 01:37 | Boston U. | Marvin Juhasz is called for traveling | 62-71 |
| Game Plan | Boston U. | Boston U. is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 01:17 | Rhode Island | Francis Lyon knocks in the jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Patrick Cox and he's hacked by Abraham Davis - foul #3 on Abraham Davis, team foul #6 | 62-73 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Gregory Pardo (PG), Edward Stradford (SG), Ronald Olsen (SF), Kelly Major (PF), Michael Blair (C) Abraham Davis, John Kraatz, Kent Smith, Marvin Juhasz, Lawrence Marsala | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | John Hairston (PG), Johnny Viens (SG), Tim Span (PF), Michael Merlino (C) Patrick Cox, Richard Hughes, John Johnson, Horace Estes | |
| 01:17 | Rhode Island | Francis Lyon misses the free throw | 62-73 |
| 01:17 | Boston U. | Kelly Major grabs the board | 62-73 |
| Game Plan | Boston U. | Boston U. is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:55 | Boston U. | Michael Merlino blocks the short jumper by Ronald Olsen | 62-73 |
| 00:53 | Boston U. | Michael Blair tips it home | 64-73 |
| 00:53 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 64-73 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Abraham Davis (PG), John Kraatz (SG), Kent Smith (SF), Marvin Juhasz (PF), Lawrence Marsala (C) Gregory Pardo, Edward Stradford, Ronald Olsen, Kelly Major, Michael Blair | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox (PG), Richard Hughes (SG), John Johnson (PF), Horace Estes (C) John Hairston, Johnny Viens, Tim Span, Michael Merlino | |
| Game Plan | Boston U. | Boston U. is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:51 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox is hacked by Abraham Davis in the backcourt - foul #4 on Abraham Davis, team foul #7 | 64-73 |
| Subs | Boston U. | | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Stewart Reddick (SF) Francis Lyon | |
| 00:51 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox makes the 1st free throw | 64-74 |
| 00:51 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 64-75 |
| Game Plan | Boston U. | Boston U. is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:43 | Boston U. | John Kraatz connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 67-75 |
| 00:42 | Rhode Island | Abraham Davis is called for the reach on Patrick Cox in the backcourt - foul #5 on Abraham Davis, team foul #8 | 67-75 |
| Subs | Boston U. | Gregory Pardo (PG) Abraham Davis | |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| 00:42 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox makes the 1st free throw | 67-76 |
| 00:42 | Rhode Island | Patrick Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 67-77 |
| 00:36 | Boston U. | Lawrence Marsala clanks a jumper in the paint | 67-77 |
| 00:35 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes snags the defensive board | 67-77 |
| Game Plan | Boston U. | Boston U. is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:10 | Rhode Island | John Johnson buries a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Patrick Cox | 67-79 |
| 00:04 | Boston U. | Kent Smith hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 67-79 |
| 00:02 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Horace Estes | 67-79 |
| 00:00 | Rhode Island | Horace Estes runs out the clock | 67-79 |