| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Scott Hauer (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Jeffrey Gurule (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jeff McGoey (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Bernard Cooper (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Carrera (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Barrie (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Donald Charles (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Adam Little (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Robert Beers (fresh) 6 pts. C - Jeffry Dickman (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Adam Little inbounds the ball | 41-38 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:48 | Louisville | Troy Barrie makes the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Adam Little | 41-40 |
| 19:28 | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule is whistled for a carry | 41-40 |
| 19:03 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman clanks a runner in the lane | 41-40 |
| 19:01 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman grabs the offensive rebound | 41-40 |
| 18:45 | Louisville | Donald Charles is fouled on the floor by Jeff McGoey - foul #1 on Jeff McGoey, team foul #1 | 41-40 |
| 18:25 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman lays it in on a great pass from Troy Barrie and he's fouled by Thomas Carrera - foul #3 on Thomas Carrera, team foul #2 | 41-42 |
| Subs | Mercer | John Thibault (C) Thomas Carrera | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 18:25 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman makes the free throw | 41-43 |
| 18:09 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper is fouled on the floor by Donald Charles - foul #1 on Donald Charles, team foul #1 | 41-43 |
| 17:59 | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule scores on a 3 from the right wing | 44-43 |
| 17:39 | Louisville | Donald Charles comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 44-43 |
| 17:37 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper grabs the defensive rebound | 44-43 |
| 17:18 | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 44-43 |
| 17:17 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jeffry Dickman | 44-43 |
| 16:53 | Louisville | Donald Charles comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-43 |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman tips it in | 44-45 |
| 16:38 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-45 |
| Subs | Mercer | Mario Ortiz (PG), Marcus Hampton (SG), Michael Ellington (SF), Andrew Clayton (C) Scott Hauer, Jeffrey Gurule, Jeff McGoey, Bernard Cooper | |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Adi (PG), Ronald Dibiase (SG), Rickey Parsley (SF), Jeffrey Yeung (PF), Ramon Benavidez (C) Troy Barrie, Donald Charles, Adam Little, Robert Beers, Jeffry Dickman | |
| 16:25 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase can't connect on a floater in the lane | 44-45 |
| 16:24 | Mercer | Andrew Clayton grabs the board | 44-45 |
| 16:19 | Mercer | Ronald Dibiase steals the ball from John Thibault | 44-45 |
| 16:15 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase banks in the layup | 44-47 |
| 16:03 | Mercer | John Thibault drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Marcus Hampton | 47-47 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Mario Ortiz (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Marcus Hampton (fresh) SF - Michael Ellington (fresh) PF - John Thibault (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Andrew Clayton (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Dikembe Adi (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Dibiase (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Rickey Parsley (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Yeung (fresh) C - Ramon Benavidez (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 15:41 | Louisville | Rickey Parsley buries a jumper from the right block on a great pass from Dikembe Adi and he's hacked by Michael Ellington - foul #1 on Michael Ellington, team foul #3 | 47-49 |
| Subs | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule (SG), Thomas Carrera (C) Marcus Hampton, Michael Ellington | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman (C) Ramon Benavidez | |
| 15:41 | Louisville | Rickey Parsley makes the free throw | 47-50 |
| 15:24 | Mercer | John Thibault comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 47-50 |
| 15:23 | Mercer | John Thibault snags the offensive board | 47-50 |
| 15:09 | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule is hacked by Jeffrey Yeung - foul #1 on Jeffrey Yeung, team foul #2 | 47-50 |
| Subs | Mercer | Jeff McGoey (SF) John Thibault | |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Barrie (PG), Donald Charles (SG), Adam Little (SF), Robert Beers (PF) Dikembe Adi, Ronald Dibiase, Rickey Parsley, Jeffrey Yeung | |
| 15:04 | Mercer | Thomas Carrera misses badly on a jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by Jeffry Dickman - foul #1 on Jeffry Dickman, team foul #3 | 47-50 |
| 15:04 | Mercer | Thomas Carrera makes the 1st free throw | 48-50 |
| 15:04 | Mercer | Thomas Carrera misses the 2nd free throw | 48-50 |
| 15:04 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman pulls down the rebound | 48-50 |
| 14:47 | Louisville | Troy Barrie misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 48-50 |
| 14:45 | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule pulls down the rebound | 48-50 |
| 14:24 | Mercer | Thomas Carrera travels with the ball | 48-50 |
| Subs | Mercer | Scott Hauer (PG), Bernard Cooper (PF) Mario Ortiz, Andrew Clayton | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 14:13 | Louisville | Jeff McGoey steals it from Robert Beers | 48-50 |
| 14:08 | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Jeff McGoey | 50-50 |
| 13:50 | Louisville | Adam Little scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 50-53 |
| 13:36 | Mercer | Troy Barrie is called for the reach on Scott Hauer - foul #3 on Troy Barrie, team foul #4 | 50-53 |
| Subs | Mercer | Marcus Hampton (SG), John Thibault (C) Jeffrey Gurule, Thomas Carrera | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rickey Parsley (SF), Ramon Benavidez (C) Adam Little, Jeffry Dickman | |
| 13:24 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper buries a jump hook from the right block | 52-53 |
| 13:05 | Louisville | Donald Charles is fouled on the floor by Scott Hauer - foul #3 on Scott Hauer, team foul #4 | 52-53 |
| Subs | Mercer | Andrew Clayton (C) Jeff McGoey | |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Adi (PG), Ronald Dibiase (SG), Jeffrey Yeung (PF) Troy Barrie, Donald Charles, Robert Beers | |
| 12:49 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez misses the easy layup but the foul's on Andrew Clayton - foul #3 on Andrew Clayton, team foul #5 | 52-53 |
| Subs | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule (SG) Marcus Hampton | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:49 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez makes the 1st free throw | 52-54 |
| 12:49 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez makes the 2nd free throw | 52-55 |
| 12:31 | Mercer | Scott Hauer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-55 |
| Subs | Mercer | Mario Ortiz (PG) Scott Hauer | |
| Subs | Louisville | Adam Little (SF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Rickey Parsley, Ramon Benavidez | |
| 12:09 | Louisville | Dikembe Adi misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 52-55 |
| 12:08 | Mercer | The rebound goes to Bernard Cooper | 52-55 |
| 11:54 | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 52-55 |
| 11:52 | Mercer | Mario Ortiz can't tip it in | 52-55 |
| 11:51 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase grabs the defensive rebound | 52-55 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Mario Ortiz (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeffrey Gurule (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - John Thibault (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Bernard Cooper (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Andrew Clayton (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Dikembe Adi (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ronald Dibiase (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Adam Little (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Jeffrey Yeung (fresh) C - Jeffry Dickman (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:42 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 52-55 |
| 11:40 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman snags the offensive board | 52-55 |
| 11:21 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman buries a jump hook from the baseline set up by Ronald Dibiase | 52-57 |
| 11:03 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper misses the lay-in but the foul's on Jeffrey Yeung - foul #2 on Jeffrey Yeung, team foul #5 | 52-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | Scott Hauer (PG), Marcus Hampton (SG), Jeff McGoey (SF), Thomas Carrera (C) Mario Ortiz, Jeffrey Gurule, John Thibault, Andrew Clayton | |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Barrie (PG), Donald Charles (SG), Rickey Parsley (SF), Robert Beers (PF) Dikembe Adi, Ronald Dibiase, Adam Little, Jeffrey Yeung | |
| 11:03 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper makes the 1st free throw | 53-57 |
| 11:03 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper misses the 2nd free throw | 53-57 |
| 11:03 | Louisville | Robert Beers pulls down the rebound | 53-57 |
| 10:41 | Louisville | Donald Charles loses the ball out of bounds | 53-57 |
| Subs | Mercer | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez (C) Jeffry Dickman | |
| 10:29 | Mercer | Robert Beers denies the turnaround by Thomas Carrera | 53-57 |
| 10:27 | Louisville | Robert Beers pulls down the rebound | 53-57 |
| 10:10 | Louisville | Donald Charles scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Troy Barrie | 53-60 |
| 09:57 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 53-60 |
| 09:55 | Louisville | Robert Beers gets the rebound | 53-60 |
| 09:41 | Louisville | Donald Charles is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Donald Charles, team foul #6 | 53-60 |
| Subs | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule (SG), John Thibault (PF) Marcus Hampton, Bernard Cooper | |
| Subs | Louisville | Adam Little (SF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Rickey Parsley, Ramon Benavidez | |
| 09:28 | Mercer | Scott Hauer scores on a shot from the right wing set up by Jeff McGoey | 55-60 |
| 09:12 | Louisville | Robert Beers can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 55-60 |
| 09:10 | Louisville | Adam Little gets the offensive rebound | 55-60 |
| 08:54 | Louisville | Adam Little jams it on a nice dish by Donald Charles and he's hacked by John Thibault - foul #1 on John Thibault, team foul #6 | 55-62 |
| Subs | Mercer | Mario Ortiz (PG), Andrew Clayton (C) Scott Hauer, Thomas Carrera | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 08:54 | Louisville | Adam Little makes the free throw | 55-63 |
| 08:41 | Mercer | John Thibault double dribbles | 55-63 |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman lays it up and in set up by Donald Charles and he's hacked by Andrew Clayton - foul #4 on Andrew Clayton, team foul #7 | 55-65 |
| Subs | Mercer | Marcus Hampton (C) Andrew Clayton | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman makes the free throw | 55-66 |
| 08:11 | Mercer | John Thibault hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 55-66 |
| 08:10 | Mercer | Marcus Hampton tips it home | 57-66 |
| 07:52 | Louisville | Robert Beers scores on a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Troy Barrie | 57-68 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Mario Ortiz (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeffrey Gurule (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jeff McGoey (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. PF - John Thibault (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Marcus Hampton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Barrie (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 ast. 3 pf. SG - Donald Charles (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Adam Little (fresh) 14 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Beers (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Jeffry Dickman (fresh) 17 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Mercer | John Thibault misses badly on a jumper from the left block but he's fouled by Robert Beers - foul #2 on Robert Beers, team foul #7 | 57-68 |
| Subs | Mercer | Scott Hauer (PG), Andrew Clayton (PF), Thomas Carrera (C) Mario Ortiz, Jeff McGoey, Marcus Hampton | |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Adi (PG), Ronald Dibiase (SG), Rickey Parsley (SF), Jeffrey Yeung (PF), Ramon Benavidez (C) Troy Barrie, Donald Charles, Adam Little, Robert Beers, Jeffry Dickman | |
| 07:32 | Mercer | John Thibault makes the 1st free throw | 58-68 |
| 07:32 | Mercer | John Thibault misses the 2nd free throw | 58-68 |
| 07:32 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase grabs the board | 58-68 |
| 07:24 | Louisville | Dikembe Adi misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 58-68 |
| 07:22 | Louisville | Rickey Parsley tips it home | 58-70 |
| 06:58 | Mercer | John Thibault misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 58-70 |
| 06:57 | Mercer | Andrew Clayton tips it back up and in | 60-70 |
| 06:44 | Louisville | Dikembe Adi comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 60-70 |
| 06:42 | Mercer | John Thibault gets the rebound | 60-70 |
| 06:37 | Mercer | Scott Hauer is whistled for a charge - foul #4 on Scott Hauer, team foul #8 | 60-70 |
| Subs | Mercer | Marcus Hampton (SG), Michael Ellington (SF), Bernard Cooper (PF) Jeffrey Gurule, John Thibault, Andrew Clayton | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman (C) Ramon Benavidez | |
| 06:25 | Louisville | Marcus Hampton is called for the reach on Jeffry Dickman - foul #1 on Marcus Hampton, team foul #9 | 60-70 |
| Subs | Mercer | Andrew Clayton (C) Thomas Carrera | |
| Subs | Louisville | Adam Little (SF) Rickey Parsley | |
| 06:25 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman makes the 1st free throw | 60-71 |
| 06:25 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman makes the 2nd free throw | 60-72 |
| 06:05 | Mercer | Bernard Cooper misses the shot from close range | 60-72 |
| 06:04 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase pulls down the rebound | 60-72 |
| 05:46 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Ronald Dibiase, team foul #8 | 60-72 |
| Subs | Mercer | Mario Ortiz (PG), Jeffrey Gurule (SG), Jeff McGoey (SF) Scott Hauer, Marcus Hampton, Michael Ellington | |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Barrie (PG), Donald Charles (SG), Robert Beers (PF) Dikembe Adi, Ronald Dibiase, Jeffrey Yeung | |
| 05:31 | Mercer | Jeff McGoey clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 60-72 |
| 05:29 | Louisville | Robert Beers grabs the board | 60-72 |
| 05:08 | Louisville | Troy Barrie misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 60-72 |
| 05:07 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman gets the offensive rebound | 60-72 |
| 04:54 | Louisville | Donald Charles makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Troy Barrie | 60-75 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 04:29 | Mercer | Jeff McGoey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-75 |
| Subs | Mercer | John Thibault (PF), Thomas Carrera (C) Bernard Cooper, Andrew Clayton | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rickey Parsley (SF), Ramon Benavidez (C) Adam Little, Jeffry Dickman | |
| 04:01 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez is fouled on the floor by Mario Ortiz - foul #1 on Mario Ortiz, team foul #10 | 60-75 |
| Subs | Mercer | Scott Hauer (PG) Mario Ortiz | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 04:01 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez makes the 1st free throw | 60-76 |
| 04:01 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez makes the 2nd free throw | 60-77 |
| 03:37 | Mercer | Jeff McGoey misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 60-77 |
| 03:35 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Donald Charles | 60-77 |
| Lineup | Mercer | PG - Scott Hauer (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Jeffrey Gurule (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jeff McGoey (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. PF - John Thibault (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Thomas Carrera (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Barrie (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 ast. 3 pf. SG - Donald Charles (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Rickey Parsley (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Robert Beers (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Ramon Benavidez (fresh) 10 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:20 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez drills a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Donald Charles | 60-79 |
| 03:03 | Mercer | Jeff McGoey misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-79 |
| 03:01 | Louisville | Robert Beers grabs the board | 60-79 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:32 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez connects on the shot from the left side on a great pass from Troy Barrie | 60-81 |
| 02:18 | Mercer | Scott Hauer comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 60-81 |
| 02:16 | Louisville | Robert Beers grabs the board | 60-81 |
| 02:05 | Louisville | Thomas Carrera takes the ball from Troy Barrie | 60-81 |
| 01:45 | Mercer | Jeffrey Gurule scores on a 3 from straight away | 63-81 |
| 01:22 | Louisville | Thomas Carrera is called for the reach on Ramon Benavidez - foul #4 on Thomas Carrera, team foul #11 | 63-81 |
| Subs | Mercer | Mario Ortiz (PG), Marcus Hampton (SG), Michael Ellington (SF), Andrew Clayton (C) Scott Hauer, Jeffrey Gurule, Jeff McGoey, Thomas Carrera | |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Adi (PG), Ronald Dibiase (SG), Jeffrey Yeung (PF) Troy Barrie, Donald Charles, Robert Beers | |
| 01:22 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez makes the 1st free throw | 63-82 |
| 01:22 | Louisville | Ramon Benavidez makes the 2nd free throw | 63-83 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 01:01 | Mercer | Andrew Clayton drills a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Marcus Hampton | 66-83 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:34 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase buries a floater from the free throw line | 66-85 |
| Game Plan | Mercer | Mercer is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:27 | Mercer | John Thibault misses short on a floater from the left wing | 66-85 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Ronald Dibiase grabs the defensive rebound | 66-85 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Dikembe Adi runs out the clock | 66-85 |