| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Alexander Lobo (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Tom Moore (fresh) SF - James Branch (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregg Toombs (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - Michael Updegraff (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Marvin Cooper (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dee Dyer (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Howard Remmers (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) 8 pts. C - Randy Richter (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | San Diego State | James Branch inbounds the ball | 28-34 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | TCU | TCU is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:37 | San Diego State | James Branch is denied on a layup by Randy Richter | 28-34 |
| 19:36 | TCU | Randy Richter pulls down the rebound | 28-34 |
| 19:31 | TCU | Marvin Cooper misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 28-34 |
| 19:29 | San Diego State | Tom Moore grabs the defensive rebound | 28-34 |
| 19:23 | San Diego State | Michael Updegraff misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 28-34 |
| 19:22 | TCU | Howard Remmers grabs the board | 28-34 |
| 19:15 | TCU | Marvin Cooper connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Samuel McGee | 28-36 |
| 19:00 | San Diego State | Tom Moore misses the 3 from straight away | 28-36 |
| 18:59 | TCU | Howard Remmers gets the rebound | 28-36 |
| 18:39 | TCU | Samuel McGee misses short on a runner from close range | 28-36 |
| 18:38 | TCU | Samuel McGee hits the follow up shot | 28-38 |
| 18:14 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 28-38 |
| 18:12 | San Diego State | Michael Updegraff tips it but misses | 28-38 |
| 18:10 | San Diego State | James Branch gets the offensive rebound | 28-38 |
| 17:53 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Branch | 30-38 |
| 17:40 | TCU | Marvin Cooper drills a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Samuel McGee | 30-41 |
| 17:24 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs comes up short on the shot from the right block | 30-41 |
| 17:22 | San Diego State | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Updegraff | 30-41 |
| 17:10 | San Diego State | Tom Moore travels with the ball | 30-41 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Bender (SG), Mitchell Mandel (PF), Gilberto Garcia (C) Tom Moore, Gregg Toombs, Michael Updegraff | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (SG), James Clark (SF), James Matter (PF) Dee Dyer, Howard Remmers, Samuel McGee | |
| 16:50 | TCU | Randy Richter's floater is tipped away by Mitchell Mandel | 30-41 |
| 16:48 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel grabs the board | 30-41 |
| 16:29 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses the jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Randy Richter - foul #3 on Randy Richter, team foul #1 | 30-41 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Fred Blazek (SG), Miroslav Zaitlin (C) Alexander Lobo, James Branch | |
| Subs | TCU | Robert Hoar (PG), Dwight Brown (C) Marvin Cooper, Randy Richter | |
| 16:29 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses the 1st free throw | 30-41 |
| 16:29 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses the 2nd free throw | 30-41 |
| 16:29 | TCU | The rebound goes to Dwight Brown | 30-41 |
| 16:08 | TCU | Robert Hoar connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from James Clark | 30-43 |
| 15:56 | San Diego State | James Clark is called for the reach on Gilberto Garcia - foul #3 on James Clark, team foul #2 | 30-43 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Tom Moore (SG), Gregg Toombs (PF), Michael Updegraff (C) Fred Blazek, Gilberto Garcia, Miroslav Zaitlin | |
| Subs | TCU | Dee Dyer (SG), Howard Remmers (SF), Samuel McGee (PF) Scott McCrimmon, James Clark, James Matter | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Daniel Bender (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Tom Moore (fresh) SF - Mitchell Mandel (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Gregg Toombs (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. C - Michael Updegraff (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Robert Hoar (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Dee Dyer (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Howard Remmers (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Dwight Brown (fresh) 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:36 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel loses the dribble to Howard Remmers | 30-43 |
| 15:33 | TCU | Robert Hoar banks in the layup on a great pass from Howard Remmers | 30-45 |
| 15:04 | San Diego State | Tom Moore hits a 3 from the left corner | 33-45 |
| 14:46 | TCU | Robert Hoar is hacked by Daniel Bender - foul #1 on Daniel Bender, team foul #1 | 33-45 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Alexander Lobo (PG), James Branch (SF) Daniel Bender, Mitchell Mandel | |
| Subs | TCU | Marvin Cooper (PG), Randy Richter (C) Robert Hoar, Dwight Brown | |
| 14:31 | TCU | Randy Richter is fouled on the floor by Michael Updegraff - foul #3 on Michael Updegraff, team foul #2 | 33-45 |
| 14:18 | TCU | Samuel McGee makes the driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Marvin Cooper | 33-47 |
| 13:53 | San Diego State | Tom Moore misses the easy layup but the foul's on Dee Dyer - foul #1 on Dee Dyer, team foul #3 | 33-47 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel (C) Michael Updegraff | |
| Subs | TCU | James Clark (SF), James Matter (PF) Howard Remmers, Samuel McGee | |
| 13:53 | San Diego State | Tom Moore makes the 1st free throw | 34-47 |
| 13:53 | San Diego State | Tom Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 35-47 |
| 13:35 | TCU | Marvin Cooper comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-47 |
| 13:33 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs pulls down the rebound | 35-47 |
| 13:28 | San Diego State | James Branch drills a driving attempt from the baseline set up by Alexander Lobo and he's fouled by James Matter - foul #1 on James Matter, team foul #4 | 37-47 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Bender (SG), Gilberto Garcia (C) Tom Moore, Gregg Toombs | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (SG) Dee Dyer | |
| 13:28 | San Diego State | James Branch misses the free throw | 37-47 |
| 13:28 | TCU | Randy Richter grabs the board | 37-47 |
| 13:02 | TCU | Marvin Cooper's pass is intercepted by Mitchell Mandel | 37-47 |
| 12:38 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender misses the floater from the right wing | 37-47 |
| 12:37 | TCU | The rebound goes to James Clark | 37-47 |
| 12:24 | TCU | Randy Richter misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 37-47 |
| 12:22 | TCU | James Matter gets the offensive rebound | 37-47 |
| 12:02 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-47 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs (PF), Michael Updegraff (C) Mitchell Mandel, Gilberto Garcia | |
| Subs | TCU | Dee Dyer (SG), Howard Remmers (SF), Samuel McGee (PF), Dwight Brown (C) Scott McCrimmon, James Clark, James Matter, Randy Richter | |
| 11:33 | San Diego State | Samuel McGee steals it from James Branch | 37-47 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Alexander Lobo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Daniel Bender (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Branch (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Gregg Toombs (fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. C - Michael Updegraff (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Marvin Cooper (fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - Dee Dyer (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Howard Remmers (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. C - Dwight Brown (fresh) 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:24 | TCU | Marvin Cooper can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 37-47 |
| 11:22 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs grabs the defensive rebound | 37-47 |
| 11:20 | San Diego State | Alexander Lobo is fouled in the backcourt by Marvin Cooper - foul #2 on Marvin Cooper, team foul #5 | 37-47 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Tom Moore (SG), Fred Blazek (SF) Alexander Lobo, James Branch | |
| Subs | TCU | Robert Hoar (PG) Marvin Cooper | |
| 11:01 | San Diego State | Tom Moore misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 37-47 |
| 10:59 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender grabs the offensive rebound | 37-47 |
| 10:41 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Gregg Toombs, team foul #3 | 37-47 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel (SF) Fred Blazek | |
| Subs | TCU | Randy Richter (C) Dwight Brown | |
| 10:24 | TCU | Howard Remmers can't connect on a shot from close range but he's hacked by Gregg Toombs - foul #3 on Gregg Toombs, team foul #4 | 37-47 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Fred Blazek (PG) Daniel Bender | |
| Subs | TCU | Marvin Cooper (PG) Robert Hoar | |
| 10:24 | TCU | Howard Remmers makes the 1st free throw | 37-48 |
| 10:24 | TCU | Howard Remmers makes the 2nd free throw | 37-49 |
| 10:11 | San Diego State | Fred Blazek clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 37-49 |
| 10:10 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs can't tip it in | 37-49 |
| 10:08 | TCU | Dee Dyer snags the defensive board | 37-49 |
| 09:50 | TCU | Howard Remmers is whistled for a carry | 37-49 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Alexander Lobo (PG), James Branch (SF) Fred Blazek, Mitchell Mandel | |
| Subs | TCU | | |
| 09:34 | San Diego State | Tom Moore drills a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Gregg Toombs | 40-49 |
| 09:14 | TCU | Marvin Cooper can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 40-49 |
| 09:13 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs grabs the board | 40-49 |
| 08:57 | San Diego State | Michael Updegraff is fouled on the floor by Randy Richter - foul #4 on Randy Richter, team foul #6 | 40-49 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Bender (SG), Mitchell Mandel (PF), Gilberto Garcia (C) Tom Moore, Gregg Toombs, Michael Updegraff | |
| Subs | TCU | Scott McCrimmon (SG), James Clark (SF), James Matter (PF), Dwight Brown (C) Dee Dyer, Howard Remmers, Samuel McGee, Randy Richter | |
| 08:45 | San Diego State | Daniel Bender loses the dribble to Scott McCrimmon | 40-49 |
| 08:28 | TCU | Marvin Cooper misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 40-49 |
| 08:26 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel gets the rebound | 40-49 |
| 08:01 | San Diego State | James Branch's fadeaway is rejected by James Matter | 40-49 |
| 08:00 | TCU | James Clark snags the defensive board | 40-49 |
| 07:55 | TCU | Marvin Cooper clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 40-49 |
| 07:53 | San Diego State | Gilberto Garcia grabs the defensive rebound | 40-49 |
| 07:30 | San Diego State | Gilberto Garcia knocks in the runner in the lane on a nice dish by Daniel Bender and the foul's on Dwight Brown - foul #1 on Dwight Brown, team foul #7 | 42-49 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Tom Moore (SG), Michael Updegraff (C) Daniel Bender, Mitchell Mandel | |
| Subs | TCU | Robert Hoar (PG), Dee Dyer (SG), Howard Remmers (SF), Samuel McGee (PF), Randy Richter (C) Marvin Cooper, Scott McCrimmon, James Clark, James Matter, Dwight Brown | |
| 07:30 | San Diego State | Gilberto Garcia makes the free throw | 43-49 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Alexander Lobo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Tom Moore (fresh) 8 pts. SF - James Branch (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Gilberto Garcia (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Updegraff (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Robert Hoar (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Dee Dyer (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Howard Remmers (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. C - Randy Richter (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:19 | TCU | Tom Moore steps in front of the Robert Hoar pass | 43-49 |
| 07:16 | San Diego State | Tom Moore hits the finger roll | 45-49 |
| 06:59 | TCU | Samuel McGee knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Dee Dyer and he's hacked by Michael Updegraff - foul #4 on Michael Updegraff, team foul #5 | 45-51 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Bender (PG), Mitchell Mandel (SF), Gregg Toombs (PF) Alexander Lobo, James Branch, Gilberto Garcia | |
| Subs | TCU | | |
| 06:59 | TCU | Samuel McGee makes the free throw | 45-52 |
| 06:42 | San Diego State | Michael Updegraff misses the fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by Dee Dyer - foul #2 on Dee Dyer, team foul #8 | 45-52 |
| 06:42 | San Diego State | Michael Updegraff makes the 1st free throw | 46-52 |
| 06:42 | San Diego State | Michael Updegraff makes the 2nd free throw | 47-52 |
| 06:20 | TCU | Howard Remmers misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-52 |
| 06:18 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Daniel Bender | 47-52 |
| 05:58 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs drills a 3 pointer from the left wing | 50-52 |
| 05:40 | TCU | Howard Remmers is fouled on the floor by Mitchell Mandel - foul #3 on Mitchell Mandel, team foul #6 | 50-52 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Alexander Lobo (PG), James Branch (SF) Tom Moore, Mitchell Mandel | |
| Subs | TCU | Marvin Cooper (PG), Scott McCrimmon (SG), James Clark (PF) Robert Hoar, Dee Dyer, Samuel McGee | |
| 05:21 | TCU | Gregg Toombs swats the layup by Howard Remmers | 50-52 |
| 05:19 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Daniel Bender | 50-52 |
| 05:13 | San Diego State | Alexander Lobo connects on the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Gregg Toombs | 53-52 |
| 04:51 | TCU | Randy Richter is hacked by Michael Updegraff - foul #5 on Michael Updegraff, team foul #7 | 53-52 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel (C) Michael Updegraff | |
| Subs | TCU | James Matter (PF) Howard Remmers | |
| 04:51 | TCU | Randy Richter makes the 1st free throw | 53-53 |
| 04:51 | TCU | Randy Richter makes the 2nd free throw | 53-54 |
| 04:28 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-54 |
| 04:27 | TCU | James Matter pulls down the rebound | 53-54 |
| 04:08 | TCU | Marvin Cooper clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 53-54 |
| 04:06 | TCU | James Clark grabs the offensive rebound | 53-54 |
| 03:50 | TCU | Scott McCrimmon knocks in the runner in the paint on a nice dish by James Clark | 53-56 |
| 03:29 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 53-56 |
| 03:27 | TCU | James Clark pulls down the rebound | 53-56 |
| 03:27 | TCU | TCU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-56 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Tom Moore (SG) Daniel Bender | |
| Subs | TCU | Dee Dyer (SG), Howard Remmers (SF), Samuel McGee (PF) Scott McCrimmon, James Clark, James Matter | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Alexander Lobo (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Tom Moore (fresh) 10 pts. SF - James Branch (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Gregg Toombs (fresh) 16 pts. 10 reb. 3 pf. C - Mitchell Mandel (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | TCU | PG - Marvin Cooper (fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - Dee Dyer (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Howard Remmers (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Samuel McGee (fresh) 15 pts. 2 reb. C - Randy Richter (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:07 | TCU | Marvin Cooper scores on a 3 from straight away | 53-59 |
| 02:54 | San Diego State | Alexander Lobo is fouled on the floor by Marvin Cooper - foul #3 on Marvin Cooper, team foul #9 | 53-59 |
| 02:54 | San Diego State | Alexander Lobo makes the 1st free throw | 54-59 |
| 02:54 | San Diego State | Alexander Lobo makes the 2nd free throw | 55-59 |
| 02:43 | TCU | Marvin Cooper is hacked by Mitchell Mandel - foul #4 on Mitchell Mandel, team foul #8 | 55-59 |
| 02:43 | TCU | Marvin Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 55-60 |
| 02:43 | TCU | Marvin Cooper makes the 2nd free throw | 55-61 |
| 02:19 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs comes up short on the shot from the left side | 55-61 |
| 02:17 | TCU | Marvin Cooper snags the defensive board | 55-61 |
| 01:52 | TCU | Howard Remmers misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by James Branch - foul #2 on James Branch, team foul #9 | 55-61 |
| 01:52 | TCU | Howard Remmers misses the 1st free throw | 55-61 |
| 01:52 | TCU | Howard Remmers makes the 2nd free throw | 55-62 |
| 01:29 | San Diego State | Randy Richter steals the ball from Mitchell Mandel | 55-62 |
| 01:13 | TCU | Dee Dyer hits the finger roll | 55-64 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | TCU | TCU is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:03 | San Diego State | Mitchell Mandel clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 55-64 |
| 01:01 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs hits the follow up shot | 57-64 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | TCU | TCU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:58 | TCU | Marvin Cooper is hacked by Alexander Lobo in the backcourt - foul #2 on Alexander Lobo, team foul #10 | 57-64 |
| 00:58 | TCU | Marvin Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 57-65 |
| 00:58 | TCU | Marvin Cooper makes the 2nd free throw | 57-66 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | TCU | TCU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:52 | San Diego State | Tom Moore connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 60-66 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | TCU | TCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:50 | TCU | Dee Dyer is fouled in the backcourt by Tom Moore - foul #1 on Tom Moore, team foul #11 | 60-66 |
| 00:50 | TCU | Dee Dyer makes the 1st free throw | 60-67 |
| 00:50 | TCU | Dee Dyer makes the 2nd free throw | 60-68 |
| 00:43 | San Diego State | Samuel McGee steps in front of the Alexander Lobo pass | 60-68 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | TCU | TCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:42 | TCU | Marvin Cooper is fouled in the backcourt by Alexander Lobo - foul #3 on Alexander Lobo, team foul #12 | 60-68 |
| 00:42 | TCU | Marvin Cooper misses the 1st free throw | 60-68 |
| 00:42 | TCU | Marvin Cooper misses the 2nd free throw | 60-68 |
| 00:42 | San Diego State | Gregg Toombs gets the rebound | 60-68 |
| 00:36 | San Diego State | Howard Remmers steals the ball from Alexander Lobo | 60-68 |
| 00:32 | TCU | Marvin Cooper lays it in on a nice dish by Howard Remmers | 60-70 |
| 00:26 | San Diego State | Tom Moore can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 60-70 |
| 00:24 | TCU | The rebound goes to Randy Richter | 60-70 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | TCU | TCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | TCU | Marvin Cooper runs out the clock | 60-70 |