| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (fresh) SG - Quadrees Abdullah (fresh) SF - Richard Woods (fresh) PF - Joe Diggs (fresh) C - John Peckham (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Luis Howton (fresh) SG - Terrell Jones (fresh) SF - Morris Wayne (fresh) PF - William Taylor (fresh) C - Thomas Kidd (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kidd wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:48 | Cincinnati | William Taylor buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 0-2 |
| 19:31 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses the easy layup | 0-2 |
| 19:30 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton grabs the board | 0-2 |
| 19:14 | Cincinnati | William Taylor connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Terrell Jones | 0-4 |
| 18:51 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods hits a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Quadrees Abdullah and the foul's on Thomas Kidd - foul #1 on Thomas Kidd, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 18:51 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods misses the free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:51 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kidd gets the rebound | 2-4 |
| 18:33 | Cincinnati | Terrell Jones is whistled for a carry | 2-4 |
| 18:18 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods is hacked by Luis Howton - foul #1 on Luis Howton, team foul #2 | 2-4 |
| 18:08 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs double dribbles | 2-4 |
| 17:55 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne throws it down on a great pass from Thomas Kidd | 2-6 |
| 17:37 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 2-6 |
| 17:36 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne gets the rebound | 2-6 |
| 17:32 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton misses the shot from the free throw line | 2-6 |
| 17:31 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton hits the follow up shot | 2-8 |
| 17:13 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 2-8 |
| 17:11 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton pulls down the rebound | 2-8 |
| 17:01 | Cincinnati | William Taylor double dribbles | 2-8 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (PG), Heriberto Rosa (SF), Kevin Dorrough (PF), Tomas Dietrich (C) David Purcell, Richard Woods, Joe Diggs, John Peckham | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Casey Landis (SF), Ray Niewieroski (PF), David Gunn (C) Morris Wayne, William Taylor, Thomas Kidd | |
| 16:42 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah's pass is intercepted by David Gunn | 2-8 |
| 16:32 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-8 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Purcell (PG) Quadrees Abdullah | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Frank Lobdell (PG) Luis Howton | |
| 16:19 | Southern Cal | Kevin Dorrough connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Russell Poteete | 4-8 |
| 16:06 | Cincinnati | Frank Lobdell is whistled for traveling | 4-8 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah (SG), Bill Johnson (C) Heriberto Rosa, Tomas Dietrich | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso (SG) Terrell Jones | |
| 15:53 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses badly on a driving attempt near the basket but he's fouled by Thomas Musso - foul #1 on Thomas Musso, team foul #3 | 4-8 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Heriberto Rosa (SF) David Purcell | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne (SF) Casey Landis | |
| 15:53 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah makes the 1st free throw | 5-8 |
| 15:53 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah makes the 2nd free throw | 6-8 |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Russell Poteete (fresh) SG - Quadrees Abdullah (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Heriberto Rosa (fresh) PF - Kevin Dorrough (fresh) 2 pts. C - Bill Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Frank Lobdell (fresh) SG - Thomas Musso (fresh) SF - Morris Wayne (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ray Niewieroski (fresh) C - David Gunn (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Frank Lobdell | 6-10 |
| 15:18 | Southern Cal | Ray Niewieroski takes the ball from Kevin Dorrough | 6-10 |
| 15:14 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne buries a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from David Gunn | 6-12 |
| 14:55 | Southern Cal | Thomas Musso steps in front of the Russell Poteete pass | 6-12 |
| 14:41 | Cincinnati | Frank Lobdell hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3 pointer from the right wing | 6-12 |
| 14:40 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Morris Wayne | 6-12 |
| 14:32 | Cincinnati | Quadrees Abdullah steps in front of the Morris Wayne pass as he passes out of a doubleteam | 6-12 |
| 14:17 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Heriberto Rosa | 9-12 |
| 14:07 | Cincinnati | Frank Lobdell misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 9-12 |
| 14:05 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Quadrees Abdullah | 9-12 |
| 13:41 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 9-12 |
| 13:40 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski grabs the defensive rebound | 9-12 |
| 13:19 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 9-12 |
| 13:17 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski tips it home | 9-14 |
| 12:48 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah connects on the floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Heriberto Rosa and he's fouled by David Gunn - foul #1 on David Gunn, team foul #4 | 11-14 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Purcell (PG), Richard Woods (SF), Joe Diggs (PF), John Peckham (C) Russell Poteete, Heriberto Rosa, Kevin Dorrough, Bill Johnson | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Luis Howton (PG), Terrell Jones (SG), Casey Landis (SF), William Taylor (PF), Thomas Kidd (C) Frank Lobdell, Thomas Musso, Morris Wayne, Ray Niewieroski, David Gunn | |
| 12:48 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses the free throw | 11-14 |
| 12:48 | Cincinnati | William Taylor gets the rebound | 11-14 |
| 12:32 | Cincinnati | William Taylor throws it down set up by Luis Howton | 11-16 |
| 12:30 | Southern Cal | Luis Howton takes the ball from David Purcell in the backcourt | 11-16 |
| 12:22 | Cincinnati | Joe Diggs takes the ball from Luis Howton | 11-16 |
| 12:05 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 11-16 |
| 12:04 | Southern Cal | David Purcell pulls down the offensive rebound | 11-16 |
| 11:54 | Southern Cal | Terrell Jones is called for the reach on David Purcell - foul #1 on Terrell Jones, team foul #5 | 11-16 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (SG) Quadrees Abdullah | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 11:44 | Southern Cal | David Purcell misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 11-16 |
| 11:42 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kidd grabs the board | 11-16 |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (fresh) SG - Russell Poteete (fairly fresh) SF - Richard Woods (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joe Diggs (fresh) C - John Peckham (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Luis Howton (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Terrell Jones (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Casey Landis (fresh) PF - William Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. C - Thomas Kidd (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:13 | Cincinnati | William Taylor misses badly on a floater from the left side | 11-16 |
| 11:11 | Southern Cal | John Peckham grabs the board | 11-16 |
| 11:02 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 11-16 |
| 11:01 | Cincinnati | Terrell Jones gets the rebound | 11-16 |
| 10:54 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton misses the floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Joe Diggs - foul #1 on Joe Diggs, team foul #1 | 11-16 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah (SG) Richard Woods | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne (SF) Casey Landis | |
| 10:54 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton makes the 1st free throw | 11-17 |
| 10:54 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton misses the 2nd free throw | 11-17 |
| 10:54 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs grabs the board | 11-17 |
| 10:38 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah clanks a 3 from the left corner | 11-17 |
| 10:37 | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete pulls down the offensive rebound | 11-17 |
| 10:22 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 11-17 |
| 10:20 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kidd grabs the board | 11-17 |
| 10:14 | Cincinnati | William Taylor misses long on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by John Peckham - foul #1 on John Peckham, team foul #2 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Irvin Regis (PF) Joe Diggs | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski (C) Thomas Kidd | |
| 10:14 | Cincinnati | William Taylor misses the 1st free throw | 11-17 |
| 10:14 | Cincinnati | William Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 11-18 |
| 10:01 | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Ray Niewieroski - foul #1 on Ray Niewieroski, team foul #6 | 11-18 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs (PF) Irvin Regis | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Frank Lobdell (PG) Luis Howton | |
| 10:01 | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete makes the 1st free throw | 12-18 |
| 10:01 | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete makes the 2nd free throw | 13-18 |
| 09:40 | Cincinnati | John Peckham swats the layup by William Taylor | 13-18 |
| 09:38 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Quadrees Abdullah | 13-18 |
| 09:22 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah is whistled for a carry | 13-18 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF), Kevin Dorrough (PF) Quadrees Abdullah, Joe Diggs | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso (SG), Casey Landis (SF), Thomas Kidd (C) Terrell Jones, Morris Wayne, William Taylor | |
| 09:08 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 13-18 |
| 09:07 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods grabs the board | 13-18 |
| 08:55 | Southern Cal | Thomas Kidd picks off the pass by David Purcell | 13-18 |
| 08:42 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski buries a jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Frank Lobdell and the foul's on Kevin Dorrough - foul #1 on Kevin Dorrough, team foul #3 | 13-20 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah (SG), Joe Diggs (PF) Richard Woods, Kevin Dorrough | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Luis Howton (PG), Terrell Jones (SG), David Gunn (C) Frank Lobdell, Thomas Musso, Thomas Kidd | |
| 08:42 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski makes the free throw | 13-21 |
| 08:25 | Southern Cal | Terrell Jones takes the ball from Joe Diggs | 13-21 |
| 08:09 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Terrell Jones | 13-23 |
| 07:42 | Southern Cal | John Peckham is hacked by Casey Landis - foul #1 on Casey Landis, team foul #7 | 13-23 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF), Kevin Dorrough (PF) Quadrees Abdullah, Joe Diggs | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne (SF), Thomas Kidd (C) Casey Landis, Ray Niewieroski | |
| 07:42 | Southern Cal | John Peckham makes the 1st free throw | 14-23 |
| 07:42 | Southern Cal | John Peckham makes the 2nd free throw | 15-23 |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (fairly fresh) SG - Russell Poteete (tiring) 2 pts. SF - Richard Woods (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kevin Dorrough (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Peckham (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Luis Howton (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Terrell Jones (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Morris Wayne (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Gunn (fresh) C - Thomas Kidd (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton misses long on a jumper from the left block but the foul's on John Peckham - foul #2 on John Peckham, team foul #4 | 15-23 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah (SG), Tomas Dietrich (C) Richard Woods, John Peckham | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | William Taylor (PF) David Gunn | |
| 07:23 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton makes the 1st free throw | 15-24 |
| 07:23 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton makes the 2nd free throw | 15-25 |
| 07:16 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah scores on a driving attempt in the paint | 17-25 |
| 06:59 | Cincinnati | William Taylor misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 17-25 |
| 06:57 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton tips it home | 17-27 |
| 06:40 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses badly on a fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Terrell Jones - foul #2 on Terrell Jones, team foul #8 | 17-27 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF), Joe Diggs (PF) Russell Poteete, Kevin Dorrough | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso (SG) Terrell Jones | |
| 06:40 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah makes the 1st free throw | 18-27 |
| 06:40 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses the 2nd free throw | 18-27 |
| 06:40 | Cincinnati | Thomas Kidd grabs the board | 18-27 |
| 06:18 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne buries a jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Luis Howton | 18-29 |
| 06:11 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 18-29 |
| 06:09 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton gets the rebound | 18-29 |
| 06:05 | Cincinnati | Quadrees Abdullah is called for the reach on Thomas Musso - foul #1 on Quadrees Abdullah, team foul #5 | 18-29 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (SF), Irvin Regis (PF) Richard Woods, Joe Diggs | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Gunn (C) Thomas Kidd | |
| 05:47 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso is whistled for traveling | 18-29 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF), Joe Diggs (PF) Quadrees Abdullah, Irvin Regis | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Frank Lobdell (PG), Casey Landis (SF), Ray Niewieroski (PF) Luis Howton, Morris Wayne, William Taylor | |
| 05:31 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods's fadeaway is rejected by Ray Niewieroski | 18-29 |
| 05:29 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis grabs the board | 18-29 |
| 05:23 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski connects on the turnaround from the baseline set up by Thomas Musso | 18-31 |
| 05:05 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane | 18-31 |
| 05:04 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs grabs the offensive rebound | 18-31 |
| 04:55 | Southern Cal | David Purcell hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 18-31 |
| 04:53 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski grabs the board | 18-31 |
| 04:41 | Cincinnati | David Gunn misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 18-31 |
| 04:40 | Southern Cal | Tomas Dietrich pulls down the rebound | 18-31 |
| 04:35 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods is hacked by Frank Lobdell - foul #1 on Frank Lobdell, team foul #9 | 18-31 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah (SG), Kevin Dorrough (PF), Bill Johnson (C) Russell Poteete, Joe Diggs, Tomas Dietrich | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Luis Howton (PG), Morris Wayne (SF), William Taylor (PF), Thomas Kidd (C) Frank Lobdell, Casey Landis, Ray Niewieroski, David Gunn | |
| 04:35 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods makes the 1st free throw | 19-31 |
| 04:35 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods makes the 2nd free throw | 20-31 |
| 04:09 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso is hacked by Quadrees Abdullah - foul #2 on Quadrees Abdullah, team foul #6 | 20-31 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Russell Poteete (SG), Tomas Dietrich (C) Quadrees Abdullah, Bill Johnson | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 03:48 | Cincinnati | William Taylor can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 20-31 |
| 03:46 | Southern Cal | Tomas Dietrich grabs the defensive rebound | 20-31 |
| 03:35 | Southern Cal | Richard Woods can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 20-31 |
| 03:34 | Southern Cal | The offensive rebound goes to Tomas Dietrich | 20-31 |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Purcell (tiring) SG - Russell Poteete (tiring) 2 pts. SF - Richard Woods (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Kevin Dorrough (fresh) 2 pts. C - Tomas Dietrich (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Luis Howton (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Musso (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Morris Wayne (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Taylor (fresh) 7 pts. C - Thomas Kidd (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:26 | Southern Cal | David Purcell hits a 3 pointer from the left wing | 23-31 |
| 03:18 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Russell Poteete - foul #1 on Russell Poteete, team foul #7 | 23-31 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah (SG), Joe Diggs (PF), John Peckham (C) Richard Woods, Kevin Dorrough, Tomas Dietrich | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Terrell Jones (SG), Ray Niewieroski (PF) Thomas Musso, William Taylor | |
| 03:18 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne misses the 1st free throw | 23-31 |
| 03:18 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne makes the 2nd free throw | 23-32 |
| 02:59 | Southern Cal | The short jumper by Russell Poteete is denied by Ray Niewieroski | 23-32 |
| 02:57 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs tips it in | 25-32 |
| 02:41 | Cincinnati | Quadrees Abdullah steals the ball from Morris Wayne | 25-32 |
| 02:38 | Southern Cal | David Purcell lays it up and in on a great pass from Quadrees Abdullah | 27-32 |
| 02:18 | Cincinnati | Luis Howton misses the easy open layup | 27-32 |
| 02:16 | Southern Cal | Quadrees Abdullah gets the rebound | 27-32 |
| 02:09 | Southern Cal | David Purcell's fadeaway is rejected by Thomas Kidd | 27-32 |
| 02:08 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski grabs the defensive rebound | 27-32 |
| 01:55 | Cincinnati | Ray Niewieroski misses the runner from the right block | 27-32 |
| 01:54 | Southern Cal | Joe Diggs grabs the defensive rebound | 27-32 |
| 01:47 | Southern Cal | David Purcell connects on the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Quadrees Abdullah | 29-32 |
| 01:25 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne misses the lay-in over the doubleteam but he's fouled by Joe Diggs - foul #2 on Joe Diggs, team foul #8 | 29-32 |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Richard Woods (SF), Kevin Dorrough (PF) Russell Poteete, Joe Diggs | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Frank Lobdell (PG), William Taylor (PF), David Gunn (C) Luis Howton, Ray Niewieroski, Thomas Kidd | |
| 01:25 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne misses the 1st free throw | 29-32 |
| 01:25 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne makes the 2nd free throw | 29-33 |
| 01:12 | Southern Cal | David Purcell clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 29-33 |
| 01:11 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne snags the defensive board | 29-33 |
| 00:51 | Cincinnati | Frank Lobdell drills a 3pt shot from the right wing | 29-36 |
| 00:29 | Southern Cal | David Purcell misses the floater from the left wing | 29-36 |
| 00:28 | Cincinnati | Morris Wayne gets the rebound | 29-36 |
| 00:02 | Cincinnati | William Taylor hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block | 29-36 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | The clock runs out | 29-36 |