| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Barnhill (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lucas Mannings (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Cole (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Price (fresh) C - Earl Dickinson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Howard (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Henry Smith (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Christopher Thornton (fresh) PF - Jimmy Clark (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. C - Kevin Noonan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Robert Cole inbounds the ball | 20-27 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:41 | South Carolina | Earl Dickinson is whistled for a carry | 20-27 |
| 19:12 | LSU | Jimmy Clark misses the lay-in | 20-27 |
| 19:10 | South Carolina | Earl Dickinson gets the rebound | 20-27 |
| 19:06 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill can't connect on a shot from the right side | 20-27 |
| 19:05 | LSU | Henry Smith gets the rebound | 20-27 |
| 19:00 | LSU | Christopher Thornton buries a jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by James Howard and he's fouled by Aaron Barnhill - foul #1 on Aaron Barnhill, team foul #1 | 20-29 |
| 19:00 | LSU | Christopher Thornton makes the free throw | 20-30 |
| 18:37 | South Carolina | Robert Price double dribbles | 20-30 |
| 18:17 | LSU | Christopher Thornton misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 20-30 |
| 18:16 | LSU | Henry Smith grabs the offensive board | 20-30 |
| 17:58 | LSU | Christopher Thornton is alone and drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by James Howard | 20-33 |
| 17:37 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill makes the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Robert Cole | 22-33 |
| 17:15 | LSU | James Howard is open and buries a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Henry Smith | 22-36 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 17:10 | South Carolina | Henry Smith is called for the reach on Robert Cole - foul #2 on Henry Smith, team foul #1 | 22-36 |
| 16:50 | South Carolina | Earl Dickinson can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 22-36 |
| 16:48 | South Carolina | Robert Price hits the follow up shot | 24-36 |
| 16:30 | LSU | Henry Smith makes the turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from James Howard | 24-38 |
| 16:04 | South Carolina | Robert Cole drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 27-38 |
| 15:39 | LSU | James Howard misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 27-38 |
| 15:38 | LSU | Christopher Thornton can't tip it in | 27-38 |
| 15:36 | LSU | Kevin Noonan grabs the offensive board | 27-38 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Barnhill (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lucas Mannings (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Cole (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Price (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Earl Dickinson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Howard (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Henry Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Christopher Thornton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jimmy Clark (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. C - Kevin Noonan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 15:13 | LSU | James Howard hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Henry Smith | 27-41 |
| 15:01 | South Carolina | Robert Cole's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf (PG), Louis Craft (SG), Gordon McEnery (SF), Henry Hinton (PF), Curtis Vue (C) Aaron Barnhill, Lucas Mannings, Robert Cole, Robert Price, Earl Dickinson | |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Newhall (SG), Frank Bergsman (SF), Earnest Mateer (PF), Frank Pires (C) Henry Smith, Christopher Thornton, Jimmy Clark, Kevin Noonan | |
| 14:37 | LSU | Frank Pires slams it home set up by Frank Bergsman and the foul's on Curtis Vue - foul #1 on Curtis Vue, team foul #2 | 27-43 |
| 14:37 | LSU | Frank Pires misses the free throw | 27-43 |
| 14:37 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton snags the defensive board | 27-43 |
| 14:09 | South Carolina | Louis Craft misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 27-43 |
| 14:08 | South Carolina | Gordon McEnery gets the offensive rebound | 27-43 |
| 14:00 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton can't finish the layup | 27-43 |
| 13:58 | LSU | Frank Bergsman gets the rebound | 27-43 |
| 13:36 | LSU | Frank Pires loses the ball out of bounds | 27-43 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill (PG), Earl Dickinson (C) Michael Metcalf, Curtis Vue | |
| Subs | LSU | Christopher Thornton (SF), Jimmy Clark (PF), Kevin Noonan (C) James Howard, Earnest Mateer, Frank Pires | |
| 13:16 | South Carolina | Earl Dickinson misses long on a shot from the left wing | 27-43 |
| 13:14 | LSU | Kevin Noonan grabs the board | 27-43 |
| 12:49 | LSU | Christopher Thornton misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 27-43 |
| 12:48 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton grabs the defensive rebound | 27-43 |
| 12:32 | South Carolina | Earl Dickinson is hacked by Frank Bergsman - foul #1 on Frank Bergsman, team foul #2 | 27-43 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lucas Mannings (SG), Robert Cole (SF), Robert Price (PF) Louis Craft, Gordon McEnery, Henry Hinton | |
| Subs | LSU | Henry Smith (SG) Frank Bergsman | |
| 12:20 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 27-43 |
| 12:18 | LSU | Christopher Thornton pulls down the rebound | 27-43 |
| 11:56 | LSU | Jimmy Clark evades the doubleteam and hits a turnaround from the left block | 27-45 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 11:33 | South Carolina | Robert Price clanks a fadeaway in the lane | 27-45 |
| 11:31 | LSU | Kevin Noonan grabs the defensive rebound | 27-45 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Barnhill (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lucas Mannings (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Cole (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Price (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Earl Dickinson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Newhall (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Henry Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Christopher Thornton (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jimmy Clark (fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. C - Kevin Noonan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:24 | LSU | Christopher Thornton hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Kenneth Newhall | 27-48 |
| 11:15 | South Carolina | Robert Cole clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 27-48 |
| 11:14 | LSU | Kevin Noonan gets the rebound | 27-48 |
| 10:45 | LSU | Christopher Thornton clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 27-48 |
| 10:44 | South Carolina | Robert Price grabs the defensive rebound | 27-48 |
| 10:40 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Cole | 30-48 |
| 10:12 | LSU | Christopher Thornton is alone and drills a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Kenneth Newhall | 30-50 |
| 10:05 | South Carolina | Earl Dickinson misses short on a turnaround in the lane | 30-50 |
| 10:03 | LSU | Kevin Noonan gets the rebound | 30-50 |
| 09:39 | LSU | Jimmy Clark misses the layup against the doubleteam but he's hacked by Aaron Barnhill - foul #2 on Aaron Barnhill, team foul #3 | 30-50 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf (PG), Louis Craft (SG), Henry Hinton (PF), Curtis Vue (C) Aaron Barnhill, Lucas Mannings, Robert Price, Earl Dickinson | |
| Subs | LSU | James Howard (PG), Frank Bergsman (SF), Frank Pires (C) Kenneth Newhall, Christopher Thornton, Kevin Noonan | |
| 09:39 | LSU | Jimmy Clark makes the 1st free throw | 30-51 |
| 09:39 | LSU | Jimmy Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 30-51 |
| 09:39 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Henry Hinton | 30-51 |
| 09:29 | South Carolina | Robert Cole misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 30-51 |
| 09:28 | South Carolina | Robert Cole pulls down the offensive rebound | 30-51 |
| 09:16 | South Carolina | Louis Craft comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 30-51 |
| 09:14 | LSU | Frank Pires pulls down the rebound | 30-51 |
| 08:54 | LSU | James Howard hits the front of the rim on the wide open jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Curtis Vue - foul #2 on Curtis Vue, team foul #4 | 30-51 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Gordon McEnery (SF) Robert Cole | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 08:54 | LSU | James Howard makes the 1st free throw | 30-52 |
| 08:54 | LSU | James Howard makes the 2nd free throw | 30-53 |
| 08:47 | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by James Howard - foul #2 on James Howard, team foul #3 | 30-53 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | LSU | Earnest Mateer (PF) Jimmy Clark | |
| 08:47 | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf makes the 1st free throw | 31-53 |
| 08:47 | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf makes the 2nd free throw | 32-53 |
| 08:28 | LSU | Frank Pires loses the dribble to Curtis Vue | 32-53 |
| 08:10 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue is whistled for a charge - foul #3 on Curtis Vue, team foul #5 | 32-53 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lucas Mannings (SG) Louis Craft | |
| Subs | LSU | Christopher Thornton (SF), Kevin Noonan (C) Henry Smith, Frank Pires | |
| 07:51 | LSU | Frank Bergsman blows the layup | 32-53 |
| 07:50 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue grabs the board | 32-53 |
| 07:30 | South Carolina | Lucas Mannings comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 32-53 |
| 07:28 | LSU | Christopher Thornton gets the rebound | 32-53 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Michael Metcalf (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lucas Mannings (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Gordon McEnery (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Henry Hinton (fresh) 4 reb. C - Curtis Vue (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Howard (fresh) 14 pts. 4 ast. SG - Frank Bergsman (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. SF - Christopher Thornton (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Earnest Mateer (fresh) 1 pts. C - Kevin Noonan (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 06:59 | LSU | Earnest Mateer makes the jumper near the basket set up by James Howard | 32-55 |
| 06:42 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Kevin Noonan - foul #2 on Kevin Noonan, team foul #4 | 32-55 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Louis Craft (SG) Lucas Mannings | |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Newhall (SG), Frank Pires (C) Christopher Thornton, Kevin Noonan | |
| 06:42 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue makes the 1st free throw | 33-55 |
| 06:42 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue misses the 2nd free throw | 33-55 |
| 06:42 | LSU | Frank Pires grabs the defensive rebound | 33-55 |
| 06:24 | LSU | James Howard comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 33-55 |
| 06:23 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Louis Craft | 33-55 |
| 06:12 | South Carolina | Gordon McEnery misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 33-55 |
| 06:11 | LSU | Frank Pires grabs the board | 33-55 |
| 05:55 | LSU | Frank Bergsman misses the easy layup | 33-55 |
| 05:54 | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf snags the defensive board | 33-55 |
| 05:32 | South Carolina | Louis Craft connects on the 3 from the right corner set up by Michael Metcalf | 36-55 |
| 05:11 | LSU | James Howard can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-55 |
| 05:10 | LSU | Frank Bergsman tips it but misses | 36-55 |
| 05:08 | South Carolina | Louis Craft pulls down the rebound | 36-55 |
| 05:04 | South Carolina | Louis Craft comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 36-55 |
| 05:02 | LSU | Earnest Mateer grabs the board | 36-55 |
| 04:40 | LSU | James Howard misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 36-55 |
| 04:39 | LSU | Earnest Mateer tips it in | 36-57 |
| 04:23 | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf is whistled for a carry | 36-57 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Thomas Burris (PG), Joseph Matthews (C) Michael Metcalf, Curtis Vue | |
| Subs | LSU | Henry Smith (SG) James Howard | |
| 04:04 | LSU | Frank Pires misses badly on a floater from the right block | 36-57 |
| 04:03 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton pulls down the rebound | 36-57 |
| 03:53 | South Carolina | Thomas Burris is hacked by Kenneth Newhall - foul #1 on Kenneth Newhall, team foul #5 | 36-57 |
| 03:35 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Thomas Burris and he's fouled by Earnest Mateer - foul #1 on Earnest Mateer, team foul #6 | 38-57 |
| 03:35 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton makes the free throw | 39-57 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:14 | LSU | Earnest Mateer is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Earnest Mateer, team foul #7 | 39-57 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Thomas Burris (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Louis Craft (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gordon McEnery (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Henry Hinton (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Joseph Matthews (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Newhall (fairly fresh) 4 ast. SG - Henry Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Frank Bergsman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Earnest Mateer (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Frank Pires (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 02:56 | South Carolina | Gordon McEnery misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 39-57 |
| 02:54 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews snags the offensive board | 39-57 |
| 02:46 | South Carolina | Louis Craft connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Thomas Burris | 42-57 |
| 02:24 | LSU | Earnest Mateer is hacked by Gordon McEnery - foul #2 on Gordon McEnery, team foul #6 | 42-57 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf (PG) Louis Craft | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 02:05 | LSU | Thomas Burris steals it from Kenneth Newhall | 42-57 |
| 01:48 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton banks in the layup on a great pass from Joseph Matthews | 44-57 |
| 01:28 | LSU | Earnest Mateer misses long on a runner in the paint | 44-57 |
| 01:27 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews grabs the board | 44-57 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 01:21 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews lays it in set up by Gordon McEnery | 46-57 |
| 01:16 | LSU | Henry Smith misses badly on a runner from the right block but he's fouled by Joseph Matthews - foul #1 on Joseph Matthews, team foul #7 | 46-57 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Louis Craft (SG), Curtis Vue (C) Thomas Burris, Joseph Matthews | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 01:16 | LSU | Henry Smith misses the 1st free throw | 46-57 |
| 01:16 | LSU | Henry Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 46-57 |
| 01:16 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton pulls down the rebound | 46-57 |
| 01:04 | South Carolina | Henry Smith steps in front of the Michael Metcalf pass | 46-57 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:59 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall is hacked by Michael Metcalf - foul #2 on Michael Metcalf, team foul #8 | 46-57 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | LSU | James Howard (PG) Henry Smith | |
| 00:59 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall makes the 1st free throw | 46-58 |
| 00:59 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall misses the 2nd free throw | 46-58 |
| 00:59 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Curtis Vue | 46-58 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:53 | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf connects on the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Gordon McEnery | 48-58 |
| 00:52 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Metcalf - foul #3 on Michael Metcalf, team foul #9 | 48-58 |
| 00:52 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall makes the 1st free throw | 48-59 |
| 00:52 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall misses the 2nd free throw | 48-59 |
| 00:52 | South Carolina | Gordon McEnery snags the defensive board | 48-59 |
| 00:46 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue misses long on a fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by Frank Pires - foul #1 on Frank Pires, team foul #8 | 48-59 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | LSU | Henry Smith (SG) James Howard | |
| 00:46 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue makes the 1st free throw | 49-59 |
| 00:46 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue misses the 2nd free throw | 49-59 |
| 00:46 | LSU | Frank Pires snags the defensive board | 49-59 |
| 00:44 | LSU | Frank Pires is hacked by Louis Craft in the backcourt - foul #1 on Louis Craft, team foul #10 | 49-59 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | LSU | James Howard (PG) Henry Smith | |
| 00:44 | LSU | Frank Pires makes the 1st free throw | 49-60 |
| 00:44 | LSU | Frank Pires makes the 2nd free throw | 49-61 |
| 00:37 | South Carolina | Earnest Mateer is called for the reach on Henry Hinton - foul #3 on Earnest Mateer, team foul #9 | 49-61 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | LSU | Henry Smith (SG) James Howard | |
| 00:37 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton misses the 1st free throw | 49-61 |
| 00:37 | LSU | Henry Smith snags the defensive board | 49-61 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:13 | LSU | Frank Bergsman evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 49-61 |
| 00:12 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue pulls down the rebound | 49-61 |
| 00:04 | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-61 |
| 00:00 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall runs out the clock | 49-61 |