| Lineup | UMass | PG - Alfonso Garcia (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Luis Leal (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Baker (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Alfred Vachon (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Glenn Hughey (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Robert Garay (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Lavender (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gary Moseley (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ricky Dixon (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. C - Frederic Celestine (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | UMass | James Baker inbounds the ball | 21-31 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:37 | UMass | Alfred Vachon clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 21-31 |
| 19:36 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine grabs the board | 21-31 |
| 19:15 | St. Joseph's | Alfred Vachon is called for the reach on Ricky Dixon - foul #2 on Alfred Vachon, team foul #1 | 21-31 |
| 19:01 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine throws it down | 21-33 |
| 18:33 | UMass | James Baker scores on a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Alfonso Garcia | 23-33 |
| 18:13 | St. Joseph's | Ricky Dixon comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 23-33 |
| 18:11 | UMass | Alfred Vachon grabs the board | 23-33 |
| 17:52 | UMass | Frederic Celestine steals it from Alfred Vachon | 23-33 |
| 17:25 | St. Joseph's | Gary Moseley drills a driving attempt from the left block | 23-35 |
| 17:03 | UMass | James Baker clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 23-35 |
| 17:01 | UMass | Glenn Hughey grabs the offensive board | 23-35 |
| 16:51 | UMass | Luis Leal buries a 3 pointer from the right wing | 26-35 |
| 16:28 | St. Joseph's | Gary Moseley hits a jumper in the lane and the foul's on James Baker - foul #1 on James Baker, team foul #2 | 26-37 |
| Subs | UMass | Bernardo Gallo (PF), Donnie Wilson (C) Alfred Vachon, Glenn Hughey | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Vance Anker (PG) Donald Lavender | |
| 16:28 | St. Joseph's | Gary Moseley makes the free throw | 26-38 |
| 16:17 | UMass | James Baker loses the dribble to Gary Moseley | 26-38 |
| 15:56 | St. Joseph's | Ricky Dixon makes the floater from the left block | 26-40 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Alfonso Garcia (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Luis Leal (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Baker (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Bernardo Gallo (fresh) 2 reb. C - Donnie Wilson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Vance Anker (fresh) SG - Robert Garay (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Moseley (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ricky Dixon (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. C - Frederic Celestine (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| 15:38 | UMass | James Baker misses the shot from the baseline | 26-40 |
| 15:36 | St. Joseph's | Ricky Dixon gets the rebound | 26-40 |
| 15:13 | St. Joseph's | Ricky Dixon misses long on a shot from the left block but the foul's on Donnie Wilson - foul #1 on Donnie Wilson, team foul #3 | 26-40 |
| Subs | UMass | Robert Pascual (PG), Vincent Wilson (SG), Allan Warren (SF), Glenn Hughey (C) Alfonso Garcia, Luis Leal, James Baker, Donnie Wilson | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe (SG) Robert Garay | |
| 15:13 | St. Joseph's | Ricky Dixon makes the 1st free throw | 26-41 |
| 15:13 | St. Joseph's | Ricky Dixon misses the 2nd free throw | 26-41 |
| 15:13 | UMass | Glenn Hughey snags the defensive board | 26-41 |
| 14:51 | UMass | Allan Warren hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 26-41 |
| 14:49 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine snags the defensive board | 26-41 |
| 14:26 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 26-41 |
| 14:24 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe grabs the offensive board | 26-41 |
| 14:02 | St. Joseph's | Allan Warren is called for the reach on Ricky Dixon - foul #2 on Allan Warren, team foul #4 | 26-41 |
| Subs | UMass | Alfonso Garcia (PG), Alfred Vachon (PF) Robert Pascual, Bernardo Gallo | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay (PG), Donald Lavender (SG) Vance Anker, Gary Moseley | |
| 13:48 | St. Joseph's | Glenn Hughey is called for the reach on Ricky Dixon - foul #1 on Glenn Hughey, team foul #5 | 26-41 |
| Subs | UMass | Luis Leal (SG), James Baker (SF) Vincent Wilson, Allan Warren | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | | |
| 13:27 | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay hits the front of the rim on the runner from the baseline but he's hacked by Alfred Vachon - foul #3 on Alfred Vachon, team foul #6 | 26-41 |
| 13:27 | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay makes the 1st free throw | 26-42 |
| 13:27 | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay makes the 2nd free throw | 26-43 |
| 13:15 | UMass | James Baker drills a jumper from the right block | 28-43 |
| 12:46 | St. Joseph's | The jump hook by Ricky Dixon is blocked by Glenn Hughey | 28-43 |
| 12:45 | UMass | James Baker grabs the defensive rebound | 28-43 |
| 12:28 | UMass | Mark Steppe steals it from James Baker | 28-43 |
| 12:01 | St. Joseph's | Luis Leal is called for the reach on Robert Garay - foul #2 on Luis Leal, team foul #7 | 28-43 |
| Subs | UMass | Donnie Wilson (C) Glenn Hughey | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Gary Moseley (SF) Donald Lavender | |
| 12:01 | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay makes the 1st free throw | 28-44 |
| 12:01 | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay makes the 2nd free throw | 28-45 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 11:53 | UMass | Ricky Dixon swats the short shot by Alfred Vachon | 28-45 |
| 11:51 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine grabs the defensive rebound | 28-45 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Alfonso Garcia (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Luis Leal (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Baker (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - Alfred Vachon (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Donnie Wilson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Robert Garay (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Steppe (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Gary Moseley (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ricky Dixon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. C - Frederic Celestine (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| 11:34 | St. Joseph's | The short jumper by Robert Garay is denied by Donnie Wilson | 28-45 |
| 11:33 | UMass | James Baker grabs the board | 28-45 |
| 11:15 | UMass | James Baker scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 31-45 |
| 10:56 | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Alfred Vachon - foul #4 on Alfred Vachon, team foul #8 | 31-45 |
| Subs | UMass | Robert Pascual (PG), Vincent Wilson (SG), Allan Warren (SF), Bernardo Gallo (PF) Alfonso Garcia, Luis Leal, James Baker, Alfred Vachon | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Roger Donohoe (C) Frederic Celestine | |
| 10:56 | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay makes the 1st free throw | 31-46 |
| 10:56 | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay misses the 2nd free throw | 31-46 |
| 10:56 | UMass | The rebound goes to Bernardo Gallo | 31-46 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 10:32 | UMass | Allan Warren buries a runner in the lane | 33-46 |
| 10:13 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 33-48 |
| 09:58 | UMass | Robert Pascual's pass is intercepted by Gary Moseley | 33-48 |
| 09:55 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe lays it in on a nice dish by Gary Moseley | 33-50 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 09:41 | UMass | Allan Warren scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 36-50 |
| 09:19 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 36-52 |
| 09:06 | UMass | Allan Warren hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 36-52 |
| 09:05 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe gets the rebound | 36-52 |
| 08:36 | St. Joseph's | Bernardo Gallo swats the layup by Mark Steppe | 36-52 |
| 08:35 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe can't tip it in | 36-52 |
| 08:34 | St. Joseph's | Gary Moseley grabs the offensive rebound | 36-52 |
| 08:11 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a turnaround from the left block | 36-52 |
| 08:10 | St. Joseph's | Ricky Dixon can't tip it in | 36-52 |
| 08:09 | St. Joseph's | Gary Moseley grabs the offensive board | 36-52 |
| 07:43 | St. Joseph's | Bernardo Gallo takes the ball from Gary Moseley | 36-52 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Robert Pascual (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SG - Vincent Wilson (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Allan Warren (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Bernardo Gallo (fresh) 3 reb. C - Donnie Wilson (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Robert Garay (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Steppe (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. SF - Gary Moseley (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Ricky Dixon (tiring) 5 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. C - Roger Donohoe (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 07:21 | UMass | Allan Warren buries a 3 pointer from straight away | 39-52 |
| 07:04 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 39-52 |
| 07:03 | St. Joseph's | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Steppe | 39-52 |
| 06:47 | St. Joseph's | Roger Donohoe loses the dribble to Vincent Wilson | 39-52 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 06:31 | UMass | Donnie Wilson misses long on a jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Roger Donohoe - foul #2 on Roger Donohoe, team foul #1 | 39-52 |
| Subs | UMass | Alfonso Garcia (PG), Luis Leal (SG), James Baker (SF), Alfred Vachon (PF) Robert Pascual, Vincent Wilson, Allan Warren, Bernardo Gallo | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Vance Anker (PG), Donald Lavender (SG), James Urick (PF), Frederic Celestine (C) Robert Garay, Mark Steppe, Ricky Dixon, Roger Donohoe | |
| 06:31 | UMass | Donnie Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 40-52 |
| 06:31 | UMass | Donnie Wilson misses the 2nd free throw | 40-52 |
| 06:31 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine grabs the board | 40-52 |
| 06:08 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine banks in the layup set up by Donald Lavender | 40-54 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 05:48 | UMass | Alfred Vachon misses short on a driving attempt in the paint | 40-54 |
| 05:46 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine pulls down the rebound | 40-54 |
| 05:23 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 40-54 |
| 05:21 | UMass | Donnie Wilson pulls down the rebound | 40-54 |
| 05:15 | UMass | James Urick swats the short shot by Donnie Wilson | 40-54 |
| 05:14 | UMass | Alfred Vachon tips it home | 42-54 |
| 04:51 | St. Joseph's | Donald Lavender misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 42-54 |
| 04:50 | UMass | Alfred Vachon snags the defensive board | 42-54 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:30 | UMass | Vance Anker picks off the pass by Alfred Vachon | 42-54 |
| 04:02 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by Alfred Vachon - foul #5 on Alfred Vachon, team foul #9 | 42-54 |
| Subs | UMass | Bernardo Gallo (PF), Glenn Hughey (C) Alfred Vachon, Donnie Wilson | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Robert Garay (PG), Mark Steppe (SF), Ricky Dixon (PF) Vance Anker, Gary Moseley, James Urick | |
| 04:02 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine makes the 1st free throw | 42-55 |
| 04:02 | St. Joseph's | Frederic Celestine makes the 2nd free throw | 42-56 |
| 03:53 | UMass | Luis Leal misses the 3 from the right wing | 42-56 |
| 03:51 | St. Joseph's | The rebound goes to Frederic Celestine | 42-56 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:30 | St. Joseph's | Luis Leal steps in front of the Donald Lavender pass | 42-56 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Alfonso Garcia (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Luis Leal (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - James Baker (fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. PF - Bernardo Gallo (fresh) 3 reb. C - Glenn Hughey (fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | St. Joseph's | PG - Robert Garay (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Lavender (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mark Steppe (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Ricky Dixon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. C - Frederic Celestine (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| 03:13 | UMass | Luis Leal clanks a 3 from straight away | 42-56 |
| 03:11 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe snags the defensive board | 42-56 |
| 02:42 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side but the foul's on Bernardo Gallo - foul #1 on Bernardo Gallo, team foul #10 | 42-56 |
| Subs | UMass | Robert Pascual (PG), Vincent Wilson (SG), Allan Warren (SF), Donnie Wilson (C) Alfonso Garcia, Luis Leal, James Baker, Glenn Hughey | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Vance Anker (PG), James Urick (PF), Roger Donohoe (C) Robert Garay, Ricky Dixon, Frederic Celestine | |
| 02:42 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe misses the 1st free throw | 42-56 |
| 02:42 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe misses the 2nd free throw | 42-56 |
| 02:42 | UMass | The rebound goes to Donnie Wilson | 42-56 |
| 02:31 | UMass | Allan Warren knocks in the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Robert Pascual | 44-56 |
| 02:08 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Vance Anker | 44-58 |
| 02:01 | UMass | Donnie Wilson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-58 |
| 01:46 | St. Joseph's | Roger Donohoe comes up short on the jumper from the right block | 44-58 |
| 01:44 | St. Joseph's | Vance Anker tips it but misses | 44-58 |
| 01:43 | UMass | Bernardo Gallo grabs the board | 44-58 |
| 01:28 | UMass | Allan Warren misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-58 |
| 01:26 | St. Joseph's | Vance Anker grabs the board | 44-58 |
| 01:08 | St. Joseph's | Mark Steppe hits a driving attempt from close range | 44-60 |
| 00:50 | UMass | Allan Warren buries a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Robert Pascual and he's hacked by Vance Anker - foul #1 on Vance Anker, team foul #2 | 46-60 |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| Subs | St. Joseph's | Gary Moseley (SF) Mark Steppe | |
| 00:50 | UMass | Allan Warren makes the free throw | 47-60 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:21 | St. Joseph's | Roger Donohoe misses the fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Donnie Wilson - foul #2 on Donnie Wilson, team foul #11 | 47-60 |
| 00:21 | St. Joseph's | Roger Donohoe misses the 1st free throw | 47-60 |
| 00:21 | St. Joseph's | Roger Donohoe makes the 2nd free throw | 47-61 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:14 | UMass | Donnie Wilson connects on the shot in the lane | 49-61 |
| 00:00 | St. Joseph's | Vance Anker runs out the clock | 49-61 |