| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fresh) SG - Javier Martin (fresh) SF - Alexei Irizarry (fresh) PF - Viktor Palczewski (fresh) C - Herbert Michael (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Paul Pruitt (fresh) SG - Elmer McClave (fresh) SF - Mitchell Smith (fresh) PF - Michael Stewart (fresh) C - Herbert Corea (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 19:42 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the baseline | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | LSU | Mitchell Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:16 | LSU | Elmer McClave misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:15 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Stewart | 0-0 |
| 18:59 | LSU | Mitchell Smith hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 18:58 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Viktor Palczewski | 0-0 |
| 18:54 | South Carolina | Mitchell Smith steps in front of the Dikembe Masudi pass in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 18:33 | LSU | Michael Stewart hits a floater from the right side on a nice dish by Herbert Corea | 0-2 |
| 18:20 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-2 |
| 17:58 | LSU | Elmer McClave connects on the floater from close range on a great pass from Paul Pruitt and he's hacked by Dikembe Masudi - foul #1 on Dikembe Masudi, team foul #1 | 0-4 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Rufus Burlingame (SF), Lino Zevallos (PF), Nicholas Stiles (C) Dikembe Masudi, Javier Martin, Alexei Irizarry, Viktor Palczewski, Herbert Michael | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 17:58 | LSU | Elmer McClave makes the free throw | 0-5 |
| 17:40 | South Carolina | Mitchell Smith blocks the jumper by James Jordan | 0-5 |
| 17:38 | South Carolina | Stjepan Zhuang pulls down the offensive rebound | 0-5 |
| 17:19 | South Carolina | Lino Zevallos clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 0-5 |
| 17:17 | LSU | Herbert Corea grabs the board | 0-5 |
| 17:00 | LSU | Herbert Corea is fouled on the floor by Rufus Burlingame - foul #1 on Rufus Burlingame, team foul #2 | 0-5 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Javier Martin (SG), Viktor Palczewski (PF), Herbert Michael (C) James Jordan, Stjepan Zhuang, Lino Zevallos, Nicholas Stiles | |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Justice (SG), John Canning (C) Elmer McClave, Herbert Corea | |
| 16:45 | LSU | John Canning can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Herbert Michael - foul #1 on Herbert Michael, team foul #3 | 0-5 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Alexei Irizarry (SF), Lino Zevallos (C) Dikembe Masudi, Javier Martin, Viktor Palczewski, Herbert Michael | |
| Subs | LSU | Ronnie Moore (SF), Herbert Corea (C) Mitchell Smith, Michael Stewart | |
| 16:45 | LSU | John Canning makes the 1st free throw | 0-6 |
| 16:45 | LSU | John Canning makes the 2nd free throw | 0-7 |
| 16:28 | South Carolina | Lino Zevallos comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 0-7 |
| 16:26 | LSU | Herbert Corea grabs the defensive rebound | 0-7 |
| 16:11 | LSU | Ronnie Moore misses badly on a shot in the paint but the foul's on Alexei Irizarry - foul #1 on Alexei Irizarry, team foul #4 | 0-7 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Javier Martin (SG), Viktor Palczewski (PF), Herbert Michael (C) James Jordan, Stjepan Zhuang, Alexei Irizarry, Lino Zevallos | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 16:11 | LSU | Ronnie Moore misses the 1st free throw | 0-7 |
| 16:11 | LSU | Ronnie Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 0-8 |
| 15:42 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Herbert Corea - foul #1 on Herbert Corea, team foul #1 | 0-8 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry (SF) Rufus Burlingame | |
| Subs | LSU | Alan Coan (PG), Elmer McClave (SG), Mitchell Smith (SF) Paul Pruitt, Richard Justice, Herbert Corea | |
| 15:42 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael misses the 1st free throw | 0-8 |
| 15:42 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael makes the 2nd free throw | 1-8 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fresh) SG - Javier Martin (fresh) SF - Alexei Irizarry (fresh) PF - Viktor Palczewski (fresh) C - Herbert Michael (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Alan Coan (fresh) SG - Elmer McClave (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Mitchell Smith (fresh) PF - John Canning (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ronnie Moore (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 15:26 | LSU | Alan Coan knocks in the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Elmer McClave | 1-10 |
| 14:59 | South Carolina | John Canning swats the shot by Viktor Palczewski | 1-10 |
| 14:57 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael can't tip it in | 1-10 |
| 14:55 | LSU | Elmer McClave gets the rebound | 1-10 |
| 14:41 | LSU | Ronnie Moore is hacked by Herbert Michael - foul #2 on Herbert Michael, team foul #5 | 1-10 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Rufus Burlingame (PF), Lino Zevallos (C) Dikembe Masudi, Javier Martin, Viktor Palczewski, Herbert Michael | |
| Subs | LSU | Paul Pruitt (PG), Michael Stewart (PF) Alan Coan, John Canning | |
| 14:22 | LSU | Paul Pruitt buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Elmer McClave | 1-13 |
| 13:57 | South Carolina | Lino Zevallos buries a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by James Jordan | 3-13 |
| 13:41 | LSU | Ronnie Moore misses the floater from close range but the foul's on Lino Zevallos - foul #1 on Lino Zevallos, team foul #6 | 3-13 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Javier Martin (SG), Viktor Palczewski (PF), Nicholas Stiles (C) James Jordan, Stjepan Zhuang, Alexei Irizarry, Lino Zevallos | |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Justice (SG), Herbert Corea (C) Elmer McClave, Mitchell Smith | |
| 13:41 | LSU | Ronnie Moore misses the 1st free throw | 3-13 |
| 13:41 | LSU | Ronnie Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 3-13 |
| 13:41 | South Carolina | Nicholas Stiles grabs the defensive rebound | 3-13 |
| 13:39 | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #2 on Dikembe Masudi, team foul #7 | 3-13 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry (SF) Dikembe Masudi | |
| Subs | LSU | John Holland (SF) Ronnie Moore | |
| 13:19 | LSU | Paul Pruitt is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 3-13 |
| 13:18 | South Carolina | Nicholas Stiles grabs the defensive rebound | 3-13 |
| 13:01 | South Carolina | John Holland is called for the reach on Alexei Irizarry - foul #1 on John Holland, team foul #2 | 3-13 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG), Salvador Castro (C) Alexei Irizarry, Nicholas Stiles | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 12:43 | South Carolina | Javier Martin comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 3-13 |
| 12:41 | LSU | Richard Justice pulls down the rebound | 3-13 |
| 12:35 | LSU | Michael Stewart lays it up and in set up by Paul Pruitt | 3-15 |
| 12:07 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski makes the jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Rufus Burlingame | 5-15 |
| 11:44 | LSU | Michael Stewart's floater is tipped away by Salvador Castro | 5-15 |
| 11:42 | LSU | John Holland tips it back up and in | 5-17 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - James Jordan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Javier Martin (fresh) SF - Rufus Burlingame (fairly fresh) PF - Viktor Palczewski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Salvador Castro (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Paul Pruitt (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Justice (fresh) SF - John Holland (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Stewart (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Herbert Corea (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:24 | South Carolina | Javier Martin misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 5-17 |
| 11:22 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame snags the offensive board | 5-17 |
| 11:02 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski misses long on an open floater in the paint | 5-17 |
| 11:01 | LSU | Michael Stewart grabs the board | 5-17 |
| 10:44 | LSU | Paul Pruitt is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-17 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Lino Zevallos (PF), Nicholas Stiles (C) James Jordan, Javier Martin, Viktor Palczewski, Salvador Castro | |
| Subs | LSU | Alan Coan (PG), Elmer McClave (SG), Mitchell Smith (SF), John Canning (PF), Ronnie Moore (C) Paul Pruitt, Richard Justice, John Holland, Michael Stewart, Herbert Corea | |
| 10:42 | South Carolina | Lino Zevallos is hacked by John Canning in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Canning, team foul #3 | 5-17 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski (PF) Nicholas Stiles | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 10:28 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski scores on a turnaround from the right block set up by Stjepan Zhuang and he's fouled by John Canning - foul #2 on John Canning, team foul #4 | 7-17 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | LSU | Herbert Corea (C) John Canning | |
| 10:28 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski misses the free throw | 7-17 |
| 10:28 | LSU | Elmer McClave grabs the defensive rebound | 7-17 |
| 10:12 | LSU | Alan Coan knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing | 7-19 |
| 10:07 | South Carolina | Ronnie Moore picks off the pass by Rufus Burlingame in the backcourt | 7-19 |
| 09:57 | LSU | Alan Coan hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Lino Zevallos - foul #2 on Lino Zevallos, team foul #8 | 7-19 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Javier Martin (SG), Nicholas Stiles (C) Viktor Palczewski, Lino Zevallos | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 09:57 | LSU | Alan Coan makes the 1st free throw | 7-20 |
| 09:57 | LSU | Alan Coan misses the 2nd free throw | 7-20 |
| 09:57 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to Elmer McClave | 7-20 |
| 09:44 | LSU | Mitchell Smith comes up short on the runner from the left block | 7-20 |
| 09:42 | LSU | Elmer McClave tips it back up and in | 7-22 |
| 09:22 | South Carolina | Javier Martin is whistled for traveling | 7-22 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski (PF) Stjepan Zhuang | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 09:03 | LSU | Ronnie Moore misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 7-22 |
| 09:02 | LSU | Herbert Corea gets the offensive rebound | 7-22 |
| 08:50 | LSU | Alan Coan clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 7-22 |
| 08:48 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame gets the rebound | 7-22 |
| 08:28 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 7-22 |
| 08:27 | South Carolina | Javier Martin grabs the offensive board | 7-22 |
| 07:58 | South Carolina | Mitchell Smith steals the ball from Javier Martin | 7-22 |
| 07:37 | LSU | Herbert Corea misses the floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Alexei Irizarry - foul #2 on Alexei Irizarry, team foul #9 | 7-22 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SF), Salvador Castro (C) Alexei Irizarry, Rufus Burlingame, Nicholas Stiles | |
| Subs | LSU | Paul Pruitt (PG), Richard Justice (SG), John Holland (SF), Michael Stewart (PF) Alan Coan, Elmer McClave, Mitchell Smith, Ronnie Moore | |
| 07:37 | LSU | Herbert Corea misses the 1st free throw | 7-22 |
| 07:37 | LSU | Herbert Corea misses the 2nd free throw | 7-22 |
| 07:37 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to John Holland | 7-22 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - James Jordan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Javier Martin (fairly fresh) SF - Stjepan Zhuang (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Viktor Palczewski (tiring) 4 pts. C - Salvador Castro (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Paul Pruitt (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Justice (fresh) SF - John Holland (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Stewart (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Herbert Corea (tiring) 3 reb. | |
| 07:22 | LSU | Michael Stewart misses long on a runner from the right block but he's hacked by Javier Martin - foul #1 on Javier Martin, team foul #10 | 7-22 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame (PG) James Jordan | |
| Subs | LSU | Paul Curtis (SF) Herbert Corea | |
| 07:22 | LSU | Michael Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 7-23 |
| 07:22 | LSU | Michael Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 7-24 |
| 07:03 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 7-24 |
| 07:02 | LSU | The rebound goes to Richard Justice | 7-24 |
| 06:47 | LSU | Paul Pruitt clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 7-24 |
| 06:46 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Viktor Palczewski | 7-24 |
| 06:40 | South Carolina | Javier Martin makes the 3 from the left corner set up by Rufus Burlingame | 10-24 |
| 06:21 | LSU | Richard Justice throws a bad pass out of bounds | 10-24 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG) Stjepan Zhuang | |
| Subs | LSU | John Canning (PF) Paul Curtis | |
| 06:19 | South Carolina | Paul Pruitt takes the ball from James Jordan in the backcourt | 10-24 |
| 06:18 | LSU | Paul Pruitt can't throw it down | 10-24 |
| 06:16 | South Carolina | Salvador Castro grabs the board | 10-24 |
| 05:50 | South Carolina | The jump hook by Viktor Palczewski is blocked by Michael Stewart | 10-24 |
| 05:49 | LSU | John Canning snags the defensive board | 10-24 |
| 05:38 | LSU | Paul Pruitt evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 10-24 |
| 05:36 | LSU | John Canning grabs the offensive board | 10-24 |
| 05:20 | LSU | Michael Stewart scores on a jump hook from the right block | 10-26 |
| 04:54 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 10-26 |
| 04:52 | LSU | John Canning grabs the defensive rebound | 10-26 |
| 04:41 | LSU | Michael Stewart misses badly on the uncontested jumper from the right block | 10-26 |
| 04:39 | South Carolina | Salvador Castro snags the defensive board | 10-26 |
| 04:19 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame is fouled on the floor by John Holland - foul #2 on John Holland, team foul #5 | 10-26 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SF), Nicholas Stiles (C) James Jordan, Rufus Burlingame, Salvador Castro | |
| Subs | LSU | Alan Coan (PG), Elmer McClave (SG), Mitchell Smith (SF), Ronnie Moore (PF), Herbert Corea (C) Paul Pruitt, Richard Justice, John Holland, John Canning, Michael Stewart | |
| 03:58 | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi is hacked by Ronnie Moore - foul #1 on Ronnie Moore, team foul #6 | 10-26 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry (SF), Lino Zevallos (PF), Herbert Michael (C) Javier Martin, Viktor Palczewski, Nicholas Stiles | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 03:29 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Herbert Corea - foul #2 on Herbert Corea, team foul #7 | 10-26 |
| 03:29 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael makes the 1st free throw | 11-26 |
| 03:29 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael misses the 2nd free throw | 11-26 |
| 03:29 | LSU | Herbert Corea grabs the board | 11-26 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fresh) SG - Stjepan Zhuang (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Alexei Irizarry (fresh) PF - Lino Zevallos (fresh) 2 pts. C - Herbert Michael (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Alan Coan (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Elmer McClave (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mitchell Smith (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Ronnie Moore (fresh) 1 pts. C - Herbert Corea (tiring) 4 reb. | |
| 03:13 | LSU | Mitchell Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 11-26 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Javier Martin (SG) Stjepan Zhuang | |
| Subs | LSU | Paul Pruitt (PG) Alan Coan | |
| 02:44 | South Carolina | Herbert Corea swats the short shot by Herbert Michael | 11-26 |
| 02:42 | LSU | Elmer McClave grabs the board | 11-26 |
| 02:38 | LSU | Paul Pruitt is hacked by Javier Martin - foul #2 on Javier Martin, team foul #11 | 11-26 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Stjepan Zhuang (SG) Javier Martin | |
| Subs | LSU | Russell Gillon (SG) Elmer McClave | |
| 02:38 | LSU | Paul Pruitt makes the 1st free throw | 11-27 |
| 02:38 | LSU | Paul Pruitt misses the 2nd free throw | 11-27 |
| 02:38 | South Carolina | Lino Zevallos snags the defensive board | 11-27 |
| 02:15 | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Herbert Michael | 14-27 |
| 02:01 | LSU | Ronnie Moore is fouled on the floor by Alexei Irizarry - foul #3 on Alexei Irizarry, team foul #12 | 14-27 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Javier Martin (SG), Rufus Burlingame (SF) Stjepan Zhuang, Alexei Irizarry | |
| Subs | LSU | Richard Justice (SG), John Canning (PF), Michael Stewart (C) Russell Gillon, Mitchell Smith, Herbert Corea | |
| 02:01 | LSU | Ronnie Moore makes the 1st free throw | 14-28 |
| 02:01 | LSU | Ronnie Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 14-29 |
| 01:33 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Dikembe Masudi | 16-29 |
| 01:18 | LSU | John Canning makes the wide open runner from the right block on a great pass from Paul Pruitt | 16-31 |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | Lino Zevallos can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 16-31 |
| 00:53 | LSU | Ronnie Moore gets the rebound | 16-31 |
| 00:30 | LSU | Richard Justice scores on a 3 from the right wing | 16-34 |
| 00:01 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael misses the wide open pull-up jumper from the right wing | 16-34 |
| 00:00 | LSU | Michael Stewart gets the rebound | 16-34 |