| Lineup | Temple | PG - Robert Baughman (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Justin Williams (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Jonathan Poyner (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Wayne Carlson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Rudy Cox (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Delbert Briceno (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Noggle (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Greg Harris (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Damian Madalinski (fresh) 5 pts. C - John Bible (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Temple | Jonathan Poyner inbounds the ball | 47-29 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:42 | Temple | Rudy Cox is hacked by Greg Harris - foul #2 on Greg Harris, team foul #1 | 47-29 |
| 19:27 | Temple | Rudy Cox misses badly on a floater from the right side | 47-29 |
| 19:26 | Temple | Wayne Carlson hits the follow up shot | 49-29 |
| 19:10 | Xavier | Greg Harris lays it up and in and the foul's on Jonathan Poyner - foul #1 on Jonathan Poyner, team foul #1 | 49-31 |
| 19:10 | Xavier | Greg Harris misses the free throw | 49-31 |
| 19:10 | Temple | The rebound goes to Rudy Cox | 49-31 |
| 18:54 | Temple | Robert Baughman banks in the layup set up by Justin Williams and he's fouled by Damian Madalinski - foul #1 on Damian Madalinski, team foul #2 | 51-31 |
| 18:54 | Temple | Robert Baughman misses the free throw | 51-31 |
| 18:54 | Xavier | John Bible grabs the board | 51-31 |
| 18:36 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 51-31 |
| 18:34 | Xavier | John Bible tips it home | 51-33 |
| 18:23 | Temple | Wayne Carlson knocks in the shot from the left block and the foul's on Greg Harris - foul #3 on Greg Harris, team foul #3 | 53-33 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Kevin Thomas (SF) Greg Harris | |
| 18:23 | Temple | Wayne Carlson makes the free throw | 54-33 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 18:09 | Xavier | John Bible is hacked by Jonathan Poyner - foul #2 on Jonathan Poyner, team foul #2 | 54-33 |
| 17:53 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski lays it up and in set up by Delbert Briceno and the foul's on Wayne Carlson - foul #2 on Wayne Carlson, team foul #3 | 54-35 |
| Subs | Temple | Brett Casey (C) Rudy Cox | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 17:53 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski makes the free throw | 54-36 |
| 17:41 | Temple | John Bible steps in front of the Justin Williams pass | 54-36 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 17:20 | Xavier | John Bible is hacked by Brett Casey - foul #1 on Brett Casey, team foul #4 | 54-36 |
| Subs | Temple | James Rice (SG), James Turner (C) Justin Williams, Wayne Carlson | |
| Subs | Xavier | Anthony Williamson (PF) Damian Madalinski | |
| 17:09 | Xavier | Kevin Thomas misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 54-36 |
| 17:07 | Temple | Jonathan Poyner pulls down the rebound | 54-36 |
| 16:53 | Temple | James Turner's pass is intercepted by Delbert Briceno | 54-36 |
| 16:49 | Xavier | Delbert Briceno hits the finger roll | 54-38 |
| 16:27 | Temple | James Turner is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on James Turner, team foul #5 | 54-38 |
| Subs | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins (PG), Michael Knudsen (SF), Rudy Cox (C) Robert Baughman, Jonathan Poyner, James Turner | |
| Subs | Xavier | Damian Madalinski (PF), Donald Shumate (C) Anthony Williamson, John Bible | |
| 16:10 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 54-38 |
| 16:08 | Xavier | Kevin Thomas grabs the offensive board | 54-38 |
| 15:54 | Xavier | Delbert Briceno lays it in and he's fouled by Rudy Cox - foul #3 on Rudy Cox, team foul #6 | 54-40 |
| Subs | Temple | Wayne Carlson (PF) Brett Casey | |
| Subs | Xavier | Greg Harris (SG), Jay Borror (SF) Charles Noggle, Kevin Thomas | |
| 15:54 | Xavier | Delbert Briceno misses the free throw | 54-40 |
| 15:54 | Temple | Wayne Carlson grabs the board | 54-40 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Jeremy Jenkins (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Rice (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Knudsen (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Wayne Carlson (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Rudy Cox (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Delbert Briceno (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Greg Harris (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. SF - Jay Borror (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Damian Madalinski (fresh) 8 pts. C - Donald Shumate (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Temple | Michael Knudsen travels with the ball | 54-40 |
| Subs | Temple | Justin Williams (SG) Michael Knudsen | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 15:26 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski misses the floater near the basket | 54-40 |
| 15:25 | Temple | Rudy Cox grabs the defensive rebound | 54-40 |
| 15:02 | Temple | Justin Williams connects on the jumpshot from the left side | 56-40 |
| 14:47 | Xavier | Jay Borror misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 56-40 |
| 14:46 | Temple | Rudy Cox grabs the defensive rebound | 56-40 |
| 14:33 | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 56-40 |
| 14:31 | Xavier | Jay Borror grabs the defensive rebound | 56-40 |
| 14:26 | Xavier | Delbert Briceno misses the shot from the right wing | 56-40 |
| 14:24 | Temple | The rebound goes to Wayne Carlson | 56-40 |
| 14:08 | Temple | James Rice double dribbles | 56-40 |
| Subs | Temple | Robert Baughman (PG), Michael Knudsen (SG), Jonathan Poyner (SF), Brett Casey (C) Jeremy Jenkins, Justin Williams, James Rice, Rudy Cox | |
| Subs | Xavier | Charles Noggle (PG), Anthony Williamson (PF), John Bible (C) Delbert Briceno, Damian Madalinski, Donald Shumate | |
| 13:52 | Xavier | Charles Noggle misses the jumper from the right side | 56-40 |
| 13:51 | Temple | Robert Baughman grabs the board | 56-40 |
| 13:46 | Temple | Michael Knudsen drills a shot from the left block on a great pass from Robert Baughman | 58-40 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 13:35 | Xavier | Jay Borror loses the ball out of bounds | 58-40 |
| Subs | Temple | James Turner (C) Wayne Carlson | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 13:18 | Temple | Jonathan Poyner comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 58-40 |
| 13:17 | Temple | Brett Casey tips it in | 60-40 |
| 13:04 | Xavier | Greg Harris can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Michael Knudsen - foul #1 on Michael Knudsen, team foul #7 | 60-40 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Kevin Thomas (PG) Jay Borror | |
| 13:04 | Xavier | Greg Harris makes the 1st free throw | 60-41 |
| 13:04 | Xavier | Greg Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 60-42 |
| 12:44 | Temple | Jonathan Poyner misses badly on a jump hook near the basket | 60-42 |
| 12:42 | Xavier | Anthony Williamson gets the rebound | 60-42 |
| 12:22 | Xavier | Greg Harris comes up short on the shot from the right side | 60-42 |
| 12:21 | Temple | James Turner grabs the board | 60-42 |
| 12:17 | Temple | Robert Baughman misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 60-42 |
| 12:15 | Xavier | Greg Harris grabs the defensive rebound | 60-42 |
| 12:07 | Xavier | Jonathan Poyner picks off the pass by Kevin Thomas | 60-42 |
| 11:42 | Temple | James Turner is whistled for traveling | 60-42 |
| Subs | Temple | Justin Williams (SG), Wayne Carlson (PF), Rudy Cox (C) Michael Knudsen, Brett Casey, James Turner | |
| Subs | Xavier | Jay Borror (SF), Damian Madalinski (PF) Greg Harris, Anthony Williamson | |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Robert Baughman (fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Justin Williams (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jonathan Poyner (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Wayne Carlson (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Rudy Cox (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Kevin Thomas (fresh) SG - Charles Noggle (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Jay Borror (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Damian Madalinski (fresh) 8 pts. C - John Bible (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Xavier | Wayne Carlson is called for the reach on Kevin Thomas - foul #3 on Wayne Carlson, team foul #8 | 60-42 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Donald Shumate (C) John Bible | |
| 11:29 | Xavier | Kevin Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 60-43 |
| 11:29 | Xavier | Kevin Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 60-44 |
| 11:02 | Temple | Robert Baughman connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Justin Williams | 63-44 |
| 10:54 | Xavier | Donald Shumate hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 63-44 |
| 10:53 | Temple | Wayne Carlson gets the rebound | 63-44 |
| 10:36 | Temple | Rudy Cox is fouled on the floor by Donald Shumate - foul #2 on Donald Shumate, team foul #4 | 63-44 |
| Subs | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins (PG), James Rice (SF) Robert Baughman, Jonathan Poyner | |
| Subs | Xavier | Delbert Briceno (PG), John Bible (C) Kevin Thomas, Donald Shumate | |
| 10:16 | Temple | Rudy Cox can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 63-44 |
| 10:14 | Xavier | Jay Borror gets the rebound | 63-44 |
| 10:08 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski blows the dunk | 63-44 |
| 10:06 | Temple | Wayne Carlson grabs the board | 63-44 |
| 10:01 | Temple | Justin Williams hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 63-44 |
| 09:59 | Xavier | John Bible pulls down the rebound | 63-44 |
| 09:48 | Xavier | Jay Borror misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 63-44 |
| 09:46 | Temple | Justin Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 63-44 |
| 09:27 | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 63-44 |
| 09:26 | Temple | James Rice grabs the offensive board | 63-44 |
| 09:17 | Temple | Rudy Cox scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Rice | 65-44 |
| 08:59 | Xavier | Justin Williams takes the ball from John Bible | 65-44 |
| 08:56 | Temple | Wayne Carlson lays it in set up by Justin Williams | 67-44 |
| 08:40 | Xavier | Charles Noggle misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 67-44 |
| 08:38 | Temple | Wayne Carlson gets the rebound | 67-44 |
| 08:34 | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins scores on a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by James Rice | 70-44 |
| 08:17 | Xavier | Jeremy Jenkins is called for the reach on Jay Borror - foul #1 on Jeremy Jenkins, team foul #9 | 70-44 |
| Subs | Temple | Robert Baughman (PG), Jonathan Poyner (SF), Brett Casey (PF), James Turner (C) Jeremy Jenkins, Justin Williams, Wayne Carlson, Rudy Cox | |
| Subs | Xavier | Kevin Thomas (PG), Greg Harris (SG), Anthony Williamson (PF), Donald Shumate (C) Delbert Briceno, Charles Noggle, Damian Madalinski, John Bible | |
| 08:17 | Xavier | Jay Borror misses the 1st free throw | 70-44 |
| 08:17 | Temple | James Turner gets the rebound | 70-44 |
| 07:57 | Temple | Brett Casey loses the dribble to Donald Shumate | 70-44 |
| 07:42 | Xavier | Jay Borror makes the floater from the baseline set up by Kevin Thomas | 70-46 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Robert Baughman (fresh) 14 pts. 5 ast. SG - James Rice (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - Jonathan Poyner (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Brett Casey (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - James Turner (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Kevin Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Greg Harris (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. SF - Jay Borror (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Anthony Williamson (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - Donald Shumate (fresh) | |
| 07:23 | Temple | Brett Casey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 70-46 |
| Subs | Temple | Michael Knudsen (SG) James Rice | |
| Subs | Xavier | Delbert Briceno (PG) Jay Borror | |
| 07:06 | Xavier | Delbert Briceno clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 70-46 |
| 07:05 | Temple | Michael Knudsen grabs the board | 70-46 |
| 06:46 | Temple | Robert Baughman knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Michael Knudsen | 73-46 |
| 06:35 | Xavier | Delbert Briceno is hacked by James Turner - foul #2 on James Turner, team foul #10 | 73-46 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Charles Noggle (SG), Damian Madalinski (PF), John Bible (C) Kevin Thomas, Anthony Williamson, Donald Shumate | |
| 06:35 | Xavier | Delbert Briceno misses the 1st free throw | 73-46 |
| 06:35 | Xavier | Delbert Briceno makes the 2nd free throw | 73-47 |
| 06:18 | Temple | Robert Baughman clanks a 3 from the left wing | 73-47 |
| 06:17 | Xavier | Greg Harris gets the rebound | 73-47 |
| 06:01 | Xavier | John Bible misses the shot from the right side | 73-47 |
| 05:59 | Temple | Michael Knudsen gets the rebound | 73-47 |
| 05:37 | Temple | Robert Baughman hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 73-47 |
| 05:35 | Xavier | Greg Harris pulls down the rebound | 73-47 |
| 05:17 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski misses short on a runner from close range | 73-47 |
| 05:16 | Temple | The rebound goes to Michael Knudsen | 73-47 |
| 04:54 | Temple | Delbert Briceno steps in front of the Brett Casey pass | 73-47 |
| 04:40 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 73-47 |
| 04:39 | Temple | Michael Knudsen pulls down the rebound | 73-47 |
| 04:34 | Temple | Robert Baughman misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 73-47 |
| 04:33 | Xavier | Damian Madalinski grabs the defensive rebound | 73-47 |
| 04:10 | Xavier | Jonathan Poyner steals it from Damian Madalinski | 73-47 |
| 03:55 | Temple | Michael Knudsen makes the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Baughman | 76-47 |
| 03:40 | Xavier | John Bible clanks a runner from close range | 76-47 |
| 03:38 | Xavier | Greg Harris tips it in | 76-49 |
| Lineup | Temple | PG - Robert Baughman (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 6 ast. SG - Michael Knudsen (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jonathan Poyner (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. PF - Brett Casey (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - James Turner (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Delbert Briceno (tiring) 10 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Noggle (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Greg Harris (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. PF - Damian Madalinski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - John Bible (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:18 | Temple | Jonathan Poyner is fouled on the floor by Damian Madalinski - foul #2 on Damian Madalinski, team foul #5 | 76-49 |
| Subs | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins (PG), James Rice (SG), Marcus Finch (PF) Robert Baughman, Jonathan Poyner, James Turner | |
| Subs | Xavier | Kevin Thomas (PG), Jay Borror (SF), Anthony Williamson (PF), Donald Shumate (C) Delbert Briceno, Charles Noggle, Damian Madalinski, John Bible | |
| 02:51 | Temple | James Rice scores on a jumper from the left wing | 78-49 |
| 02:33 | Xavier | Jay Borror misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 78-49 |
| 02:31 | Temple | Brett Casey grabs the defensive rebound | 78-49 |
| 02:13 | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins drills a 3pt attempt from straight away | 81-49 |
| 02:07 | Xavier | Jay Borror clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 81-49 |
| 02:05 | Xavier | Anthony Williamson grabs the offensive rebound | 81-49 |
| 01:45 | Xavier | Greg Harris is hacked by James Rice - foul #1 on James Rice, team foul #11 | 81-49 |
| Subs | Temple | James Turner (C) Marcus Finch | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 01:45 | Xavier | Greg Harris misses the 1st free throw | 81-49 |
| 01:45 | Xavier | Greg Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 81-50 |
| 01:24 | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins double dribbles | 81-50 |
| 01:13 | Xavier | Jay Borror connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Kevin Thomas | 81-53 |
| 00:52 | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 81-53 |
| 00:51 | Temple | James Turner tips it back up and in | 83-53 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:45 | Xavier | Jay Borror misses the floater from the left side but the foul's on Michael Knudsen - foul #2 on Michael Knudsen, team foul #12 | 83-53 |
| 00:45 | Xavier | Jay Borror makes the 1st free throw | 83-54 |
| 00:45 | Xavier | Jay Borror makes the 2nd free throw | 83-55 |
| Game Plan | Temple | Temple is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:20 | Temple | Michael Knudsen hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Jay Borror - foul #4 on Jay Borror, team foul #6 | 83-55 |
| 00:20 | Temple | Michael Knudsen makes the 1st free throw | 84-55 |
| 00:20 | Temple | Michael Knudsen makes the 2nd free throw | 85-55 |
| 00:15 | Xavier | James Rice is called for the reach on Anthony Williamson - foul #2 on James Rice, team foul #13 | 85-55 |
| Subs | Temple | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Alvin Brault (PF) Jay Borror | |
| 00:15 | Xavier | Anthony Williamson makes the 1st free throw | 85-56 |
| 00:15 | Xavier | Anthony Williamson misses the 2nd free throw | 85-56 |
| 00:15 | Temple | Michael Knudsen pulls down the rebound | 85-56 |
| 00:00 | Temple | Jeremy Jenkins runs out the clock | 85-56 |