| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Deines (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Anderson (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Caba (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Carl Krawczyk (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 4 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Waldron (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Boris Zanchez (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bernard Moffett (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Grant Tucker (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Stanley Carnahan (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | James Anderson inbounds the ball | 33-23 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 19:44 | LSU | Christopher Waldron is called for the reach on Kenneth Deines - foul #3 on Christopher Waldron, team foul #1 | 33-23 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Albert (PG) Christopher Waldron | |
| 19:27 | LSU | James Anderson misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 33-23 |
| 19:26 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Grant Tucker | 33-23 |
| 19:19 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan jams it set up by Boris Zanchez | 33-25 |
| 19:00 | LSU | James Anderson misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 33-25 |
| 18:58 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan grabs the board | 33-25 |
| 18:42 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Bernard Moffett | 33-28 |
| 18:26 | LSU | John Caba hits a driving attempt near the basket | 35-28 |
| 17:57 | South Carolina | Robert Albert misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 35-28 |
| 17:55 | LSU | The rebound goes to Carl Krawczyk | 35-28 |
| 17:46 | LSU | Michael Scott drills a jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from James Anderson | 37-28 |
| 17:23 | South Carolina | Carl Krawczyk steals the ball from Boris Zanchez | 37-28 |
| 17:04 | LSU | James Anderson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-28 |
| 16:54 | South Carolina | Carl Krawczyk is called for the reach on Robert Albert - foul #2 on Carl Krawczyk, team foul #1 | 37-28 |
| 16:36 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Boris Zanchez | 37-31 |
| 16:15 | LSU | Robert Albert is called for the reach on Kenneth Deines - foul #2 on Robert Albert, team foul #2 | 37-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Steven Kinman (SF), Frank Lopes (C) James Anderson, Carl Krawczyk | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 15:58 | LSU | Frank Lopes comes up short on the jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Stanley Carnahan - foul #1 on Stanley Carnahan, team foul #3 | 37-31 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Christopher Waldron (PG) Robert Albert | |
| 15:58 | LSU | Frank Lopes makes the 1st free throw | 38-31 |
| 15:58 | LSU | Frank Lopes misses the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 15:58 | LSU | Steven Kinman gets the offensive rebound | 38-31 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Deines (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SF - Steven Kinman (fresh) 2 reb. PF - John Caba (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Frank Lopes (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Waldron (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - Boris Zanchez (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Bernard Moffett (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Grant Tucker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Stanley Carnahan (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:40 | LSU | Grant Tucker is called for the reach on Frank Lopes - foul #2 on Grant Tucker, team foul #4 | 38-31 |
| 15:21 | LSU | John Caba misses badly on a floater from the left block | 38-31 |
| 15:19 | South Carolina | Christopher Waldron grabs the defensive rebound | 38-31 |
| 14:52 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez misses short on a jump hook from close range | 38-31 |
| 14:51 | LSU | Steven Kinman grabs the board | 38-31 |
| 14:36 | LSU | Grant Tucker steals it from John Caba | 38-31 |
| 14:07 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan knocks in the driving attempt near the basket on a nice dish by Bernard Moffett and he's fouled by John Caba - foul #3 on John Caba, team foul #2 | 38-33 |
| Subs | LSU | James Anderson (PG), Donald Adams (SG), Carl Krawczyk (C) Kenneth Deines, Michael Scott, Frank Lopes | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 14:07 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan makes the free throw | 38-34 |
| 13:48 | LSU | John Caba hits a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Donald Adams | 40-34 |
| 13:28 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan clanks a driving attempt from the baseline | 40-34 |
| 13:26 | LSU | John Caba snags the defensive board | 40-34 |
| 13:01 | LSU | John Caba connects on the jump hook from close range set up by Donald Adams and the foul's on Grant Tucker - foul #3 on Grant Tucker, team foul #5 | 42-34 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Deines (PG), Michael Scott (SG) Donald Adams, Steven Kinman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 13:01 | LSU | John Caba makes the free throw | 43-34 |
| 12:41 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett's layup is rejected by Carl Krawczyk | 43-34 |
| 12:39 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk grabs the defensive rebound | 43-34 |
| 12:22 | LSU | James Anderson knocks in the jumper from the left side | 45-34 |
| 12:18 | South Carolina | Christopher Waldron loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 45-34 |
| 11:53 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk clanks a shot from the right side | 45-34 |
| 11:52 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett grabs the defensive rebound | 45-34 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Deines (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Anderson (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. PF - John Caba (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Carl Krawczyk (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 5 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Waldron (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - Boris Zanchez (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Bernard Moffett (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Grant Tucker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Stanley Carnahan (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:23 | South Carolina | Christopher Waldron hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 45-34 |
| 11:22 | LSU | Michael Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 45-34 |
| 11:08 | LSU | John Caba dunks the ball set up by James Anderson | 47-34 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 11:01 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-34 |
| 11:00 | LSU | James Anderson snags the defensive board | 47-34 |
| 10:44 | LSU | James Anderson can't connect on a runner in the lane but the foul's on Grant Tucker - foul #4 on Grant Tucker, team foul #6 | 47-34 |
| Subs | LSU | Frank Lopes (PF) John Caba | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski (PF) Grant Tucker | |
| 10:44 | LSU | James Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 48-34 |
| 10:44 | LSU | James Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 49-34 |
| 10:26 | South Carolina | Christopher Waldron misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 49-34 |
| 10:25 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski gets the offensive rebound | 49-34 |
| 10:01 | South Carolina | Christopher Waldron misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 49-34 |
| 10:00 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-34 |
| 09:42 | South Carolina | Christopher Waldron misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 49-34 |
| 09:40 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski misses the tip | 49-34 |
| 09:38 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez tips it home | 49-36 |
| 09:18 | LSU | Kenneth Deines's pass is intercepted by Robert Muszynski | 49-36 |
| 08:55 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 49-36 |
| 08:54 | South Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Muszynski | 49-36 |
| 08:42 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan works out of a doubleteam and scores on a runner near the basket | 49-38 |
| 08:29 | LSU | Kenneth Deines hits the front of the rim on the runner from the baseline | 49-38 |
| 08:27 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Bernard Moffett | 49-38 |
| 08:05 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by James Anderson - foul #1 on James Anderson, team foul #3 | 49-38 |
| Subs | LSU | Donald Adams (PG), Steven Kinman (SF), John Caba (PF) Kenneth Deines, James Anderson, Carl Krawczyk | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Albert (SG), Filip Zentz (SF), Frederick Titus (C) Boris Zanchez, Bernard Moffett, Stanley Carnahan | |
| 08:05 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski misses the 1st free throw | 49-38 |
| 08:05 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski makes the 2nd free throw | 49-39 |
| 07:39 | LSU | Michael Scott scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Donald Adams | 52-39 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Donald Adams (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Michael Scott (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SF - Steven Kinman (fresh) 3 reb. PF - John Caba (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Frank Lopes (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Waldron (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - Robert Albert (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Filip Zentz (fresh) PF - Robert Muszynski (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Frederick Titus (fresh) | |
| 07:30 | South Carolina | Robert Albert misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 52-39 |
| 07:28 | LSU | Michael Scott grabs the board | 52-39 |
| 07:20 | LSU | Steven Kinman knocks in the floater near the basket on a nice dish by Donald Adams | 54-39 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 07:00 | South Carolina | Filip Zentz hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 54-39 |
| 06:59 | South Carolina | Filip Zentz gets the offensive rebound | 54-39 |
| 06:45 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski misses the fadeaway from the right side | 54-39 |
| 06:44 | South Carolina | Robert Muszynski gets the offensive rebound | 54-39 |
| 06:33 | South Carolina | Filip Zentz scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Robert Albert and he's hacked by Steven Kinman - foul #2 on Steven Kinman, team foul #4 | 54-41 |
| Subs | LSU | Kenneth Deines (PG), Frank Laurel (C) Michael Scott, Frank Lopes | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez (SG), Grant Tucker (PF), Stanley Carnahan (C) Robert Albert, Robert Muszynski, Frederick Titus | |
| 06:33 | South Carolina | Filip Zentz makes the free throw | 54-42 |
| 06:16 | LSU | John Caba comes up short on the turnaround from the right block | 54-42 |
| 06:15 | South Carolina | Grant Tucker grabs the defensive rebound | 54-42 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 05:57 | South Carolina | John Caba steals it from Grant Tucker | 54-42 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 05:29 | LSU | John Caba knocks in the runner from close range | 56-42 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 05:14 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez is open and scores on a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Stanley Carnahan out of a doubleteam | 56-45 |
| 04:48 | LSU | Kenneth Deines misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 56-45 |
| 04:47 | South Carolina | Grant Tucker pulls down the rebound | 56-45 |
| 04:35 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan misses long on a shot from the right side | 56-45 |
| 04:33 | LSU | Frank Laurel gets the rebound | 56-45 |
| 04:33 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-45 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Scott (SG), James Anderson (SF), Carl Krawczyk (C) Donald Adams, Steven Kinman, Frank Laurel | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett (SF) Filip Zentz | |
| 04:14 | LSU | Michael Scott comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 56-45 |
| 04:12 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk can't tip it in | 56-45 |
| 04:11 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez pulls down the rebound | 56-45 |
| 04:06 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez connects on the jumper from close range and the foul's on Carl Krawczyk - foul #3 on Carl Krawczyk, team foul #5 | 56-47 |
| 04:06 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez makes the free throw | 56-48 |
| 03:59 | LSU | James Anderson hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Kenneth Deines | 59-48 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:42 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 59-51 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Kenneth Deines (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Anderson (fresh) 17 pts. 3 ast. PF - John Caba (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Carl Krawczyk (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. 5 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Christopher Waldron (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - Boris Zanchez (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SF - Bernard Moffett (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Grant Tucker (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. C - Stanley Carnahan (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:17 | LSU | Michael Scott misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 59-51 |
| 03:16 | LSU | Michael Scott gets the offensive rebound | 59-51 |
| 02:54 | LSU | James Anderson knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Kenneth Deines | 62-51 |
| 02:45 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan's floater is tipped away by John Caba | 62-51 |
| 02:44 | LSU | The rebound goes to John Caba | 62-51 |
| 02:37 | LSU | James Anderson is hacked by Bernard Moffett - foul #3 on Bernard Moffett, team foul #7 | 62-51 |
| 02:37 | LSU | James Anderson misses the 1st free throw | 62-51 |
| 02:37 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan gets the rebound | 62-51 |
| 02:29 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan misses the floater in the lane | 62-51 |
| 02:27 | LSU | James Anderson pulls down the rebound | 62-51 |
| 01:58 | LSU | James Anderson misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 62-51 |
| 01:56 | South Carolina | Grant Tucker grabs the defensive rebound | 62-51 |
| 01:36 | South Carolina | Grant Tucker misses the jump hook near the basket | 62-51 |
| 01:35 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk snags the defensive board | 62-51 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 01:32 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk is hacked by Christopher Waldron in the backcourt - foul #4 on Christopher Waldron, team foul #8 | 62-51 |
| 01:32 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk makes the 1st free throw | 63-51 |
| 01:32 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk misses the 2nd free throw | 63-51 |
| 01:32 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez pulls down the rebound | 63-51 |
| 01:13 | South Carolina | John Caba steals it from Bernard Moffett | 63-51 |
| 01:12 | LSU | James Anderson is hacked by Christopher Waldron in the backcourt - foul #5 on Christopher Waldron, team foul #9 | 63-51 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Albert (PG) Christopher Waldron | |
| 01:12 | LSU | James Anderson misses the 1st free throw | 63-51 |
| 01:12 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Stanley Carnahan | 63-51 |
| 01:05 | South Carolina | Boris Zanchez hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 63-51 |
| 01:03 | LSU | Michael Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 63-51 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:41 | LSU | Kenneth Deines comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 63-51 |
| 00:40 | LSU | Carl Krawczyk tips it back up and in | 65-51 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:36 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan misses short on a runner from the baseline | 65-51 |
| 00:34 | LSU | John Caba snags the defensive board | 65-51 |
| 00:10 | LSU | Michael Scott makes the floater from close range set up by Kenneth Deines | 67-51 |
| 00:04 | South Carolina | Bernard Moffett is hacked by James Anderson - foul #2 on James Anderson, team foul #6 | 67-51 |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | Stanley Carnahan loses the dribble to Carl Krawczyk | 67-51 |