| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Newhall (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Walter Edmondson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Christopher Thornton (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Earnest Mateer (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Frank Bergsman (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Barnhill (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Craft (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Henry Hinton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Matthews (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Price (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Christopher Thornton inbounds the ball | 27-31 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 19:46 | LSU | Frank Bergsman knocks in the turnaround from the right block set up by Kenneth Newhall and he's fouled by Robert Price - foul #2 on Robert Price, team foul #1 | 29-31 |
| 19:46 | LSU | Frank Bergsman makes the free throw | 30-31 |
| 19:35 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Louis Craft | 30-34 |
| 19:15 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 32-34 |
| 18:55 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton's pass is intercepted by Earnest Mateer | 32-34 |
| 18:33 | LSU | Henry Hinton picks off the pass by Earnest Mateer | 32-34 |
| 18:28 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton misses the easy layup | 32-34 |
| 18:27 | LSU | Earnest Mateer grabs the board | 32-34 |
| 18:21 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall is hacked by Aaron Barnhill - foul #1 on Aaron Barnhill, team foul #2 | 32-34 |
| 18:02 | LSU | Walter Edmondson misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-34 |
| 18:00 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews gets the rebound | 32-34 |
| 17:52 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews misses long on a floater from the left side | 32-34 |
| 17:50 | LSU | Frank Bergsman snags the defensive board | 32-34 |
| 17:27 | LSU | Frank Bergsman can't connect on a jumper in the paint | 32-34 |
| 17:25 | South Carolina | Louis Craft grabs the board | 32-34 |
| 17:09 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill misses long on a jumper from the left side | 32-34 |
| 17:07 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall gets the rebound | 32-34 |
| 16:39 | LSU | Earnest Mateer hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Walter Edmondson | 34-34 |
| 16:21 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews is called for traveling | 34-34 |
| Subs | LSU | Joseph Anderson (PG), Henry Smith (SG) Kenneth Newhall, Walter Edmondson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf (PG), Lucas Mannings (SG), Robert Cipriani (SF), Lee Carignan (PF), Curtis Vue (C) Aaron Barnhill, Louis Craft, Henry Hinton, Joseph Matthews, Robert Price | |
| 15:56 | LSU | Earnest Mateer makes the floater from the left block set up by Henry Smith and he's hacked by Lee Carignan - foul #3 on Lee Carignan, team foul #3 | 36-34 |
| Subs | LSU | Nicolas Rhoads (SG), Frank Pires (C) Christopher Thornton, Frank Bergsman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 15:56 | LSU | Earnest Mateer makes the free throw | 37-34 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Joseph Anderson (fresh) SG - Nicolas Rhoads (fresh) SF - Henry Smith (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. PF - Earnest Mateer (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - Frank Pires (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Michael Metcalf (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Lucas Mannings (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Robert Cipriani (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Lee Carignan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Curtis Vue (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 15:35 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue knocks in the 3 from the left corner set up by Michael Metcalf | 37-37 |
| 15:08 | LSU | Henry Smith is fouled on the floor by Robert Cipriani - foul #2 on Robert Cipriani, team foul #4 | 37-37 |
| Subs | LSU | Walter Edmondson (SG), Christopher Thornton (SF) Nicolas Rhoads, Henry Smith | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill (PG), Louis Craft (SG), Henry Hinton (SF) Michael Metcalf, Lucas Mannings, Robert Cipriani | |
| 14:45 | LSU | Walter Edmondson knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Joseph Anderson | 40-37 |
| 14:25 | South Carolina | Louis Craft misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 40-37 |
| 14:24 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton hits the follow up shot | 40-39 |
| 14:05 | LSU | Frank Pires misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Henry Hinton - foul #2 on Henry Hinton, team foul #5 | 40-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Newhall (PG) Joseph Anderson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews (PF), Robert Price (C) Lee Carignan, Curtis Vue | |
| 14:05 | LSU | Frank Pires makes the 1st free throw | 41-39 |
| 14:05 | LSU | Frank Pires misses the 2nd free throw | 41-39 |
| 14:05 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Joseph Matthews | 41-39 |
| 13:41 | South Carolina | Robert Price clanks a floater from the left side | 41-39 |
| 13:39 | LSU | Frank Pires snags the defensive board | 41-39 |
| 13:15 | LSU | Walter Edmondson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Henry Smith (SG), Frank Bergsman (PF) Walter Edmondson, Earnest Mateer | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 13:00 | South Carolina | Robert Price misses short on a runner near the basket but the foul's on Frank Pires - foul #4 on Frank Pires, team foul #1 | 41-39 |
| Subs | LSU | Nicolas Rhoads (SG), Earnest Mateer (PF) Christopher Thornton, Frank Pires | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Cipriani (SF) Henry Hinton | |
| 13:00 | South Carolina | Robert Price makes the 1st free throw | 41-40 |
| 13:00 | South Carolina | Robert Price makes the 2nd free throw | 41-41 |
| 12:38 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 41-41 |
| 12:36 | LSU | Henry Smith grabs the offensive board | 41-41 |
| 12:23 | LSU | Earnest Mateer misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 41-41 |
| 12:21 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Robert Price | 41-41 |
| 12:15 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint | 41-41 |
| 12:13 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-41 |
| 12:08 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 41-41 |
| 12:06 | LSU | Henry Smith gets the rebound | 41-41 |
| 11:46 | LSU | Earnest Mateer is denied on a layup by Robert Cipriani | 41-41 |
| 11:44 | LSU | Nicolas Rhoads hits the follow up shot | 43-41 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Newhall (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Nicolas Rhoads (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Henry Smith (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. PF - Earnest Mateer (tiring) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - Frank Bergsman (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Barnhill (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Craft (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Cipriani (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Joseph Matthews (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Price (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:20 | South Carolina | Robert Cipriani loses the dribble to Nicolas Rhoads | 43-41 |
| 10:52 | LSU | Henry Smith knocks in the jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Earnest Mateer | 45-41 |
| 10:46 | South Carolina | Robert Price comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 45-41 |
| 10:45 | LSU | Henry Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 10:25 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall is fouled on the floor by Aaron Barnhill - foul #2 on Aaron Barnhill, team foul #6 | 45-41 |
| Subs | LSU | Joseph Anderson (PG), Walter Edmondson (SG), Christopher Thornton (SF) Kenneth Newhall, Nicolas Rhoads, Henry Smith | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf (PG), Lucas Mannings (SG), Henry Hinton (SF), Lee Carignan (PF), Curtis Vue (C) Aaron Barnhill, Louis Craft, Robert Cipriani, Joseph Matthews, Robert Price | |
| 10:10 | LSU | Earnest Mateer can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 45-41 |
| 10:09 | LSU | Frank Bergsman misses the tip | 45-41 |
| 10:08 | South Carolina | Lucas Mannings pulls down the rebound | 45-41 |
| 09:49 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue scores on a jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Lucas Mannings | 45-43 |
| 09:27 | LSU | Curtis Vue blocks the short jumper by Christopher Thornton | 45-43 |
| 09:25 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton grabs the board | 45-43 |
| 09:12 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton misses the easy layup | 45-43 |
| 09:11 | South Carolina | Lee Carignan snags the offensive board | 45-43 |
| 08:51 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-43 |
| 08:50 | LSU | Earnest Mateer grabs the board | 45-43 |
| 08:46 | LSU | Christopher Thornton misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-43 |
| 08:45 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue grabs the board | 45-43 |
| 08:26 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner but he's hacked by Frank Bergsman - foul #2 on Frank Bergsman, team foul #2 | 45-43 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Newhall (PG) Joseph Anderson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill (PG), Louis Craft (SG), Joseph Matthews (PF) Michael Metcalf, Lucas Mannings, Lee Carignan | |
| 08:26 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue makes the 1st free throw | 45-44 |
| 08:26 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue makes the 2nd free throw | 45-45 |
| 08:26 | South Carolina | Curtis Vue misses the 3rd free throw | 45-45 |
| 08:26 | LSU | Christopher Thornton gets the rebound | 45-45 |
| 08:01 | LSU | Walter Edmondson knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Kenneth Newhall | 47-45 |
| 07:36 | South Carolina | Louis Craft makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Aaron Barnhill | 47-47 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Newhall (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Walter Edmondson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Christopher Thornton (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Earnest Mateer (tiring) 11 pts. 7 reb. C - Frank Bergsman (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Barnhill (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Louis Craft (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Henry Hinton (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Joseph Matthews (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Curtis Vue (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:09 | LSU | Walter Edmondson clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 47-47 |
| 07:07 | LSU | Frank Bergsman tips it back up and in | 49-47 |
| 06:44 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews clanks a fadeaway in the paint but the foul's on Earnest Mateer - foul #3 on Earnest Mateer, team foul #3 | 49-47 |
| Subs | LSU | Henry Smith (SG), Frank Pires (C) Walter Edmondson, Earnest Mateer | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Cipriani (SF), Robert Price (C) Henry Hinton, Curtis Vue | |
| 06:44 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews misses the 1st free throw | 49-47 |
| 06:44 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews misses the 2nd free throw | 49-47 |
| 06:44 | LSU | Christopher Thornton grabs the defensive rebound | 49-47 |
| 06:38 | LSU | Aaron Barnhill steals the ball from Kenneth Newhall in the backcourt | 49-47 |
| 06:24 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 49-47 |
| 06:22 | LSU | Frank Pires pulls down the rebound | 49-47 |
| 05:55 | LSU | Frank Bergsman lays it up and in on a great pass from Henry Smith | 51-47 |
| 05:35 | South Carolina | Joseph Matthews drills a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Aaron Barnhill | 51-49 |
| 05:13 | LSU | Frank Bergsman knocks in the turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Kenneth Newhall and he's hacked by Robert Price - foul #3 on Robert Price, team foul #7 | 53-49 |
| Subs | LSU | Joseph Anderson (PG), Walter Edmondson (SG) Kenneth Newhall, Christopher Thornton | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf (PG), Lucas Mannings (SG), Henry Hinton (SF), Lee Carignan (PF) Aaron Barnhill, Louis Craft, Robert Cipriani, Joseph Matthews | |
| 05:13 | LSU | Frank Bergsman makes the free throw | 54-49 |
| 05:00 | South Carolina | Lucas Mannings hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 54-49 |
| 04:58 | South Carolina | Robert Price misses the tip | 54-49 |
| 04:56 | LSU | Henry Smith snags the defensive board | 54-49 |
| 04:27 | LSU | Henry Smith clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 54-49 |
| 04:26 | LSU | Frank Pires tips it in | 56-49 |
| 04:07 | South Carolina | Robert Price makes the floater in the lane set up by Michael Metcalf | 56-51 |
| 03:40 | LSU | Henry Smith hits the finger roll | 58-51 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Joseph Anderson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Walter Edmondson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Henry Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. PF - Frank Bergsman (tiring) 17 pts. 4 reb. C - Frank Pires (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Michael Metcalf (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lucas Mannings (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Henry Hinton (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Lee Carignan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Price (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:22 | South Carolina | Robert Price misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 58-51 |
| 03:21 | LSU | Joseph Anderson grabs the board | 58-51 |
| 03:05 | LSU | Walter Edmondson drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Frank Bergsman | 61-51 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 02:59 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton misses the jumper from the left block but he's fouled by Henry Smith - foul #1 on Henry Smith, team foul #4 | 61-51 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Newhall (PG), Nicolas Rhoads (SG), Christopher Thornton (SF), Earnest Mateer (PF) Joseph Anderson, Walter Edmondson, Henry Smith, Frank Bergsman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill (PG), Louis Craft (SG), Joseph Matthews (PF), Curtis Vue (C) Michael Metcalf, Lucas Mannings, Lee Carignan, Robert Price | |
| 02:59 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton makes the 1st free throw | 61-52 |
| 02:59 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton makes the 2nd free throw | 61-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 02:39 | LSU | Christopher Thornton misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 61-53 |
| 02:37 | LSU | Christopher Thornton grabs the offensive rebound | 61-53 |
| 02:24 | LSU | Earnest Mateer hits a floater from the right block on a great pass from Christopher Thornton | 63-53 |
| 02:14 | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 63-53 |
| 02:13 | LSU | Frank Pires grabs the defensive rebound | 63-53 |
| 01:49 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall comes up short on the floater from the left side | 63-53 |
| 01:47 | LSU | Frank Pires misses the tip | 63-53 |
| 01:45 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton pulls down the rebound | 63-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 01:31 | South Carolina | Henry Hinton is hacked by Nicolas Rhoads - foul #1 on Nicolas Rhoads, team foul #5 | 63-53 |
| Subs | LSU | Joseph Anderson (PG), Henry Smith (SF), Frank Bergsman (PF) Kenneth Newhall, Christopher Thornton, Earnest Mateer | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Michael Metcalf (PG), Lucas Mannings (SG), Robert Cipriani (SF), Lee Carignan (PF) Aaron Barnhill, Louis Craft, Henry Hinton, Joseph Matthews | |
| 01:20 | South Carolina | Lee Carignan clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 63-53 |
| 01:19 | South Carolina | Lee Carignan gets the offensive rebound | 63-53 |
| 01:09 | South Carolina | Lucas Mannings misses the dunk but he's fouled by Nicolas Rhoads - foul #2 on Nicolas Rhoads, team foul #6 | 63-53 |
| 01:09 | South Carolina | Lucas Mannings makes the 1st free throw | 63-54 |
| 01:09 | South Carolina | Lucas Mannings makes the 2nd free throw | 63-55 |
| 01:06 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-55 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Newhall (PG), Walter Edmondson (SG), Christopher Thornton (SF), Earnest Mateer (PF) Joseph Anderson, Nicolas Rhoads, Henry Smith, Frank Bergsman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Barnhill (PG), Louis Craft (SG), Henry Hinton (SF), Joseph Matthews (PF), Robert Price (C) Michael Metcalf, Lucas Mannings, Robert Cipriani, Lee Carignan, Curtis Vue | |
| 00:46 | LSU | Christopher Thornton comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 63-55 |
| 00:45 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to Frank Pires | 63-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:43 | LSU | Frank Pires is fouled on the floor by Robert Price - foul #4 on Robert Price, team foul #8 | 63-55 |
| Subs | LSU | Nicolas Rhoads (SG) Walter Edmondson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 00:43 | LSU | Frank Pires makes the 1st free throw | 64-55 |
| 00:43 | LSU | Frank Pires makes the 2nd free throw | 65-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:36 | South Carolina | Robert Price drills a jumper near the basket on a great pass from Aaron Barnhill | 65-57 |
| 00:34 | LSU | Aaron Barnhill is called for the reach on Christopher Thornton in the backcourt - foul #3 on Aaron Barnhill, team foul #9 | 65-57 |
| 00:34 | LSU | Christopher Thornton makes the 1st free throw | 66-57 |
| 00:34 | LSU | Christopher Thornton makes the 2nd free throw | 67-57 |
| 00:28 | South Carolina | Robert Price can't finish the layup | 67-57 |
| 00:27 | LSU | Frank Pires pulls down the rebound | 67-57 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:00 | LSU | Kenneth Newhall runs out the clock | 67-57 |