| Lineup | Colgate | PG - Jack Shelton (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Shad Marshall (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Adam Clifford (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Jesse Greene (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - John Lange (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Quadrees Abdullah (fresh) 13 pts. SF - Richard Woods (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joe Diggs (fresh) C - John Peckham (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Colgate | Adam Clifford inbounds the ball | 23-33 |
| Game Plan | Colgate | Colgate is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | Colgate | Jesse Greene comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 23-33 |
| 19:40 | Southern Cal | John Peckham pulls down the rebound | 23-33 |
| 19:34 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah hits the front of the rim on the shot in the paint | 23-33 |
| 19:32 | Colgate | Jack Shelton pulls down the rebound | 23-33 |
| 19:14 | Colgate | Jesse Greene hits a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Jack Shelton | 26-33 |
| 18:55 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Shad Marshall - foul #3 on Shad Marshall, team foul #1 | 26-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | William Davis (SG) Shad Marshall | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Heriberto Rosa (SG), Kevin Dorrough (PF), Tomas Dietrich (C) David Purcell, Joe Diggs, John Peckham | |
| 18:55 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses the 1st free throw | 26-33 |
| 18:55 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses the 2nd free throw | 26-33 |
| 18:55 | Colgate | Adam Clifford pulls down the rebound | 26-33 |
| 18:27 | Colgate | Jack Shelton hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 26-33 |
| 18:25 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods snags the defensive board | 26-33 |
| 18:01 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah clanks a shot from close range | 26-33 |
| 18:00 | Colgate | The rebound goes to Jesse Greene | 26-33 |
| 17:46 | Colgate | Adam Clifford drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 29-33 |
| 17:21 | Southern Cal | Jesse Greene is called for the reach on Quadrees Abdullah - foul #1 on Jesse Greene, team foul #2 | 29-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Purcell (PG), Russell Poteete (SG), Bill Johnson (C) Quadrees Abdullah, Heriberto Rosa, Tomas Dietrich | |
| 17:00 | Southern Cal | Bill Johnson loses the dribble to William Davis | 29-33 |
| 16:47 | Colgate | John Lange hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the right block | 29-33 |
| 16:46 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Kevin Dorrough | 29-33 |
| 16:19 | Southern Cal | David Purcell misses the floater from the left side | 29-33 |
| 16:18 | Southern Cal | Bill Johnson grabs the offensive board | 29-33 |
| 15:59 | Southern Cal | Kevin Dorrough throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | Lance Duong (PG), Shad Marshall (SG), Michael Griggs (SF), Richard Gulbranson (PF), Thomas Miller (C) Jack Shelton, William Davis, Adam Clifford, Jesse Greene, John Lange | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah (SG), John Peckham (C) Russell Poteete, Bill Johnson | |
| Lineup | Colgate | PG - Lance Duong (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Shad Marshall (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Michael Griggs (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Richard Gulbranson (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Miller (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Quadrees Abdullah (fresh) 13 pts. SF - Richard Woods (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kevin Dorrough (fresh) 4 reb. C - John Peckham (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Colgate | Kevin Dorrough is called for the reach on Shad Marshall - foul #1 on Kevin Dorrough, team foul #1 | 29-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (PG), Joe Diggs (PF), Tomas Dietrich (C) David Purcell, Kevin Dorrough, John Peckham | |
| 15:33 | Colgate | Shad Marshall misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 29-33 |
| 15:31 | Colgate | Thomas Miller tips it home | 31-33 |
| 15:05 | Southern Cal | Tomas Dietrich is called for traveling | 31-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | William Davis (PG) Michael Griggs | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Purcell (PG), Heriberto Rosa (SF), Kevin Dorrough (PF), John Peckham (C) Russell Poteete, Richard Woods, Joe Diggs, Tomas Dietrich | |
| 14:49 | Colgate | Shad Marshall loses the dribble to Heriberto Rosa | 31-33 |
| 14:20 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah is hacked by Shad Marshall - foul #4 on Shad Marshall, team foul #3 | 31-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | Jack Shelton (PG), Adam Clifford (SF), Jesse Greene (PF) Shad Marshall, Lance Duong, Thomas Miller | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (SF), Joe Diggs (PF) Heriberto Rosa, Kevin Dorrough | |
| 13:58 | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete is fouled on the floor by Adam Clifford - foul #1 on Adam Clifford, team foul #4 | 31-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | John Lange (C) Richard Gulbranson | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF) David Purcell | |
| 13:45 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods comes up short on the floater from the right side | 31-33 |
| 13:44 | Colgate | Jesse Greene snags the defensive board | 31-33 |
| 13:28 | Colgate | Jesse Greene hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 31-33 |
| 13:27 | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete snags the defensive board | 31-33 |
| 13:13 | Southern Cal | John Peckham is hacked by Adam Clifford - foul #2 on Adam Clifford, team foul #5 | 31-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | Lance Duong (SG) William Davis | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Purcell (PG), Kevin Dorrough (PF), Bill Johnson (C) Richard Woods, Joe Diggs, John Peckham | |
| 13:02 | Southern Cal | David Purcell clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 31-33 |
| 13:00 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah tips it but misses | 31-33 |
| 12:58 | Colgate | Jack Shelton gets the rebound | 31-33 |
| 12:42 | Colgate | Lance Duong misses badly on a shot from the left side | 31-33 |
| 12:40 | Colgate | The offensive rebound goes to Adam Clifford | 31-33 |
| 12:35 | Colgate | Adam Clifford misses the lay-in | 31-33 |
| 12:34 | Colgate | Jesse Greene tips it back up and in | 33-33 |
| 12:16 | Southern Cal | David Purcell misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 33-33 |
| 12:14 | Colgate | Adam Clifford grabs the board | 33-33 |
| 11:57 | Colgate | Jesse Greene can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Kevin Dorrough - foul #2 on Kevin Dorrough, team foul #2 | 33-33 |
| Subs | Colgate | William Davis (SG), Richard Gulbranson (C) Lance Duong, John Lange | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF), Joe Diggs (PF), John Peckham (C) Russell Poteete, Kevin Dorrough, Bill Johnson | |
| 11:57 | Colgate | Jesse Greene makes the 1st free throw | 34-33 |
| 11:57 | Colgate | Jesse Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 35-33 |
| Lineup | Colgate | PG - Jack Shelton (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Davis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Adam Clifford (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jesse Greene (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Gulbranson (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Quadrees Abdullah (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. SF - Richard Woods (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joe Diggs (fresh) C - John Peckham (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:36 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 35-33 |
| 11:35 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah hits the follow up shot | 35-35 |
| 11:15 | Colgate | Richard Gulbranson comes up short on the runner in the lane | 35-35 |
| 11:14 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Joe Diggs | 35-35 |
| 10:52 | Southern Cal | Richard Gulbranson blocks the short jumper by Joe Diggs | 35-35 |
| 10:51 | Colgate | Jesse Greene pulls down the rebound | 35-35 |
| 10:33 | Colgate | Richard Gulbranson is whistled for a carry | 35-35 |
| Subs | Colgate | Lance Duong (SG), Michael Griggs (SF), John Lange (C) Jack Shelton, Adam Clifford, Jesse Greene | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (SG), Heriberto Rosa (SF) Quadrees Abdullah, Richard Woods | |
| 10:12 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by John Lange - foul #1 on John Lange, team foul #6 | 35-35 |
| Subs | Colgate | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah (SG), Tomas Dietrich (C) Heriberto Rosa, John Peckham | |
| 10:12 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs makes the 1st free throw | 35-36 |
| 10:12 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs misses the 2nd free throw | 35-36 |
| 10:12 | Colgate | Richard Gulbranson grabs the defensive rebound | 35-36 |
| 09:49 | Colgate | William Davis misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 35-36 |
| 09:48 | Southern Cal | David Purcell grabs the defensive rebound | 35-36 |
| 09:28 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 35-36 |
| 09:26 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs tips it back up and in | 35-38 |
| 09:02 | Colgate | William Davis misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 35-38 |
| 09:01 | Southern Cal | Tomas Dietrich pulls down the rebound | 35-38 |
| 08:42 | Southern Cal | David Purcell hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Quadrees Abdullah and he's hacked by Michael Griggs - foul #2 on Michael Griggs, team foul #7 | 35-40 |
| Subs | Colgate | Jack Shelton (PG), Adam Clifford (SF), Jesse Greene (PF) William Davis, Michael Griggs, Richard Gulbranson | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Heriberto Rosa (SG), Richard Woods (SF), Kevin Dorrough (PF), John Peckham (C) Quadrees Abdullah, Russell Poteete, Joe Diggs, Tomas Dietrich | |
| 08:42 | Southern Cal | David Purcell makes the free throw | 35-41 |
| 08:25 | Colgate | Jack Shelton misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 35-41 |
| 08:24 | Southern Cal | John Peckham grabs the board | 35-41 |
| 07:55 | Southern Cal | David Purcell drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 35-43 |
| Lineup | Colgate | PG - Jack Shelton (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lance Duong (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Adam Clifford (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jesse Greene (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - John Lange (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SG - Heriberto Rosa (fresh) SF - Richard Woods (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kevin Dorrough (fresh) 4 reb. C - John Peckham (fresh) 2 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 07:40 | Colgate | Lance Duong can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Kevin Dorrough - foul #3 on Kevin Dorrough, team foul #3 | 35-43 |
| Subs | Colgate | Shad Marshall (SG), Thomas Miller (C) Adam Clifford, John Lange | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (PG), Quadrees Abdullah (SG), Joe Diggs (PF) David Purcell, Heriberto Rosa, Kevin Dorrough | |
| 07:40 | Colgate | Lance Duong makes the 1st free throw | 36-43 |
| 07:40 | Colgate | Lance Duong makes the 2nd free throw | 37-43 |
| 07:11 | Southern Cal | Thomas Miller is called for the reach on Joe Diggs - foul #1 on Thomas Miller, team foul #8 | 37-43 |
| Subs | Colgate | Adam Clifford (SF) Lance Duong | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Purcell (PG) Richard Woods | |
| 07:11 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs makes the 1st free throw | 37-44 |
| 07:11 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs misses the 2nd free throw | 37-44 |
| 07:11 | Colgate | The rebound goes to Jesse Greene | 37-44 |
| 06:59 | Colgate | Jesse Greene hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right block | 37-44 |
| 06:57 | Colgate | Thomas Miller tips it back up and in | 39-44 |
| 06:34 | Southern Cal | David Purcell hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 39-44 |
| 06:32 | Colgate | Jesse Greene snags the defensive board | 39-44 |
| 06:16 | Colgate | Adam Clifford blows the layup | 39-44 |
| 06:14 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs gets the rebound | 39-44 |
| 05:53 | Southern Cal | Jesse Greene is called for the reach on Joe Diggs - foul #2 on Jesse Greene, team foul #9 | 39-44 |
| Subs | Colgate | John Lange (C) Thomas Miller | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF) David Purcell | |
| 05:53 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs makes the 1st free throw | 39-45 |
| 05:53 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs misses the 2nd free throw | 39-45 |
| 05:53 | Colgate | Jesse Greene grabs the board | 39-45 |
| 05:38 | Colgate | John Peckham swats the layup by Jack Shelton | 39-45 |
| 05:37 | Colgate | John Lange grabs the offensive rebound | 39-45 |
| 05:32 | Colgate | Adam Clifford hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 41-45 |
| 05:06 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 41-45 |
| 05:05 | Southern Cal | John Peckham snags the offensive board | 41-45 |
| 04:42 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses badly on a floater from the left side | 41-45 |
| 04:41 | Colgate | Jesse Greene pulls down the rebound | 41-45 |
| 04:26 | Colgate | Jack Shelton hits the finger roll | 43-45 |
| 04:01 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs clanks a fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Jesse Greene - foul #3 on Jesse Greene, team foul #10 | 43-45 |
| Subs | Colgate | William Davis (PG), Lance Duong (SG), Richard Gulbranson (PF) Jack Shelton, Shad Marshall, Jesse Greene | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Purcell (PG), Heriberto Rosa (SF), Bill Johnson (C) Russell Poteete, Richard Woods, John Peckham | |
| 04:01 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs makes the 1st free throw | 43-46 |
| 04:01 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs makes the 2nd free throw | 43-47 |
| 03:40 | Colgate | William Davis makes the jumper from just outside the lane set up by Lance Duong and the foul's on Quadrees Abdullah - foul #1 on Quadrees Abdullah, team foul #4 | 45-47 |
| Subs | Colgate | Michael Griggs (SF), Thomas Miller (C) Adam Clifford, John Lange | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (SF), Kevin Dorrough (PF) Heriberto Rosa, Joe Diggs | |
| 03:40 | Colgate | William Davis makes the free throw | 46-47 |
| Lineup | Colgate | PG - William Davis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lance Duong (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Griggs (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Richard Gulbranson (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Miller (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SG - Quadrees Abdullah (tiring) 15 pts. 3 reb. SF - Russell Poteete (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kevin Dorrough (fresh) 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Bill Johnson (fresh) | |
| 03:17 | Southern Cal | Richard Gulbranson steps in front of the Kevin Dorrough pass | 46-47 |
| 03:01 | Colgate | Richard Gulbranson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Russell Poteete - foul #2 on Russell Poteete, team foul #5 | 46-47 |
| Subs | Colgate | Shad Marshall (SG) Michael Griggs | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Heriberto Rosa (SF), John Peckham (C) Russell Poteete, Bill Johnson | |
| 03:01 | Colgate | Richard Gulbranson makes the 1st free throw | 47-47 |
| 03:01 | Colgate | Richard Gulbranson makes the 2nd free throw | 48-47 |
| 02:41 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah connects on the floater from the left block set up by David Purcell and he's hacked by Richard Gulbranson - foul #2 on Richard Gulbranson, team foul #11 | 48-49 |
| Subs | Colgate | Jack Shelton (PG), Adam Clifford (SF) William Davis, Lance Duong | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF) Heriberto Rosa | |
| 02:41 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah makes the free throw | 48-50 |
| 02:37 | Colgate | Colgate calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-50 |
| Subs | Colgate | Jesse Greene (PF), John Lange (C) Richard Gulbranson, Thomas Miller | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | | |
| 02:17 | Colgate | David Purcell steals it from Jesse Greene | 48-50 |
| 02:14 | Southern Cal | David Purcell can't finish the layup | 48-50 |
| 02:13 | Colgate | Jesse Greene gets the rebound | 48-50 |
| 01:53 | Colgate | Jack Shelton misses long on a shot from the baseline but he's fouled by David Purcell - foul #1 on David Purcell, team foul #6 | 48-50 |
| Subs | Colgate | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs (PF) Kevin Dorrough | |
| 01:53 | Colgate | Jack Shelton makes the 1st free throw | 49-50 |
| 01:53 | Colgate | Jack Shelton makes the 2nd free throw | 50-50 |
| 01:29 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-50 |
| 01:15 | Colgate | Richard Woods picks off the pass by John Lange | 50-50 |
| 01:01 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah makes the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by David Purcell | 50-52 |
| 00:46 | Colgate | Adam Clifford scores on a floater in the lane on a great pass from Jack Shelton and the foul's on Richard Woods - foul #2 on Richard Woods, team foul #7 | 52-52 |
| 00:46 | Colgate | Adam Clifford misses the free throw | 52-52 |
| 00:46 | Southern Cal | John Peckham snags the defensive board | 52-52 |
| 00:22 | Southern Cal | David Purcell connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Quadrees Abdullah | 52-55 |
| 00:05 | Colgate | Shad Marshall comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 52-55 |
| 00:03 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs gets the rebound | 52-55 |
| Game Plan | Colgate | Colgate is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:01 | Southern Cal | Jack Shelton is called for the reach on Joe Diggs in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jack Shelton, team foul #12 | 52-55 |
| 00:01 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs makes the 1st free throw | 52-56 |
| 00:01 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs makes the 2nd free throw | 52-57 |
| Game Plan | Colgate | Colgate is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Colgate | Adam Clifford misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 52-57 |