| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Steven Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lee Zorich (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Hal Cox (fresh) 2 reb. PF - James Paulsen (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - James Shepherd (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNC Asheville | PG - Albert Huffman (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Tommy Lewis (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeff Alicea (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. PF - Edward Demery (fresh) 4 pts. C - Justin Sanders (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox inbounds the ball | 25-34 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:41 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen buries a runner from the left block on a nice dish by Steven Smith | 27-34 |
| 19:27 | UNC Asheville | Steven Smith is called for the reach on Jeff Alicea - foul #1 on Steven Smith, team foul #1 | 27-34 |
| 19:12 | UNC Asheville | Albert Huffman is called for traveling | 27-34 |
| 19:02 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox double dribbles | 27-34 |
| 18:49 | UNC Asheville | Jeff Alicea travels with the ball | 27-34 |
| 18:29 | UC Irvine | James Shepherd misses long on a fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Justin Sanders - foul #2 on Justin Sanders, team foul #1 | 27-34 |
| 18:29 | UC Irvine | James Shepherd makes the 1st free throw | 28-34 |
| 18:29 | UC Irvine | James Shepherd makes the 2nd free throw | 29-34 |
| 18:07 | UNC Asheville | Justin Sanders is hacked by James Shepherd - foul #1 on James Shepherd, team foul #2 | 29-34 |
| 18:02 | UNC Asheville | Albert Huffman drills a 3 from the left corner set up by Jeff Alicea | 29-37 |
| 17:48 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen loses the ball out of bounds | 29-37 |
| 17:26 | UNC Asheville | Edward Demery buries a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Jeff Alicea | 29-39 |
| 17:09 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox misses the runner near the basket but he's hacked by Justin Sanders - foul #3 on Justin Sanders, team foul #2 | 29-39 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Carl Jordan (C) James Shepherd | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Gerald Shields (PF), Gregory Alanis (C) Edward Demery, Justin Sanders | |
| 17:09 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox misses the 1st free throw | 29-39 |
| 17:09 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 30-39 |
| 17:02 | UNC Asheville | James Paulsen steals it from Albert Huffman | 30-39 |
| 16:51 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox misses badly on a jumper in the lane | 30-39 |
| 16:49 | UC Irvine | Carl Jordan tips it in | 32-39 |
| 16:37 | UNC Asheville | Lee Zorich steals the ball from Tommy Lewis | 32-39 |
| 16:25 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Steven Smith | 35-39 |
| 16:09 | UNC Asheville | Gerald Shields misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline | 35-39 |
| 16:07 | UNC Asheville | Gerald Shields grabs the offensive rebound | 35-39 |
| 15:55 | UNC Asheville | Jeff Alicea lays it in on a great pass from Albert Huffman | 35-41 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Steven Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Lee Zorich (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Hal Cox (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Paulsen (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Carl Jordan (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNC Asheville | PG - Albert Huffman (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Tommy Lewis (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeff Alicea (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Gerald Shields (fresh) 4 reb. C - Gregory Alanis (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:33 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 35-41 |
| 15:32 | UNC Asheville | Gregory Alanis pulls down the rebound | 35-41 |
| 15:16 | UNC Asheville | Gerald Shields misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on James Paulsen - foul #1 on James Paulsen, team foul #3 | 35-41 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Ronald McCants (PG), Donald Burd (SG), James Solinski (PF), James Shepherd (C) Steven Smith, Lee Zorich, Hal Cox, James Paulsen | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | John Butler (PG), Jimmy Lund (SG), Leon Lewis (SF), Justin Sanders (C) Albert Huffman, Tommy Lewis, Jeff Alicea, Gregory Alanis | |
| 15:16 | UNC Asheville | Gerald Shields misses the 1st free throw | 35-41 |
| 15:16 | UNC Asheville | Gerald Shields makes the 2nd free throw | 35-42 |
| 14:53 | UC Irvine | Carl Jordan misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 35-42 |
| 14:52 | UNC Asheville | Jimmy Lund gets the rebound | 35-42 |
| 14:34 | UNC Asheville | Leon Lewis throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-42 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich (SG) James Solinski | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Edward Demery (PF) Gerald Shields | |
| 14:09 | UC Irvine | Donald Burd hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 35-42 |
| 14:08 | UNC Asheville | Edward Demery gets the rebound | 35-42 |
| 13:49 | UNC Asheville | Jimmy Lund hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side but the foul's on Lee Zorich - foul #3 on Lee Zorich, team foul #4 | 35-42 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Hal Cox (SF) Carl Jordan | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | | |
| 13:49 | UNC Asheville | Jimmy Lund misses the 1st free throw | 35-42 |
| 13:49 | UNC Asheville | Jimmy Lund makes the 2nd free throw | 35-43 |
| 13:26 | UC Irvine | Jimmy Lund steals the ball from Donald Burd | 35-43 |
| 12:59 | UNC Asheville | Justin Sanders misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 35-43 |
| 12:58 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox snags the defensive board | 35-43 |
| 12:42 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 35-43 |
| 12:40 | UNC Asheville | Edward Demery grabs the board | 35-43 |
| 12:26 | UNC Asheville | Ronald McCants is called for the reach on John Butler - foul #2 on Ronald McCants, team foul #5 | 35-43 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Steven Smith (PG), James Paulsen (PF), Carl Jordan (C) Ronald McCants, Donald Burd, James Shepherd | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Albert Huffman (PG), Tommy Lewis (SG), Jeff Alicea (SF), Gerald Shields (PF), Gregory Alanis (C) Jimmy Lund, John Butler, Leon Lewis, Edward Demery, Justin Sanders | |
| 12:12 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-43 |
| 12:10 | UNC Asheville | Jeff Alicea pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-43 |
| 12:02 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Gregory Alanis | 35-46 |
| 11:45 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich is hacked by Gerald Shields - foul #3 on Gerald Shields, team foul #3 | 35-46 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Donald Burd (SG) Lee Zorich | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Steven Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Donald Burd (fresh) SF - Hal Cox (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Paulsen (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Carl Jordan (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNC Asheville | PG - Albert Huffman (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Tommy Lewis (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeff Alicea (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. PF - Gerald Shields (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Gregory Alanis (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:31 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen can't connect on a floater in the paint | 35-46 |
| 11:29 | UNC Asheville | Gerald Shields grabs the board | 35-46 |
| 11:14 | UNC Asheville | Jeff Alicea comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 35-46 |
| 11:12 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen snags the defensive board | 35-46 |
| 11:00 | UC Irvine | Donald Burd comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 35-46 |
| 10:59 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen misses the tip | 35-46 |
| 10:57 | UC Irvine | Donald Burd gets the offensive rebound | 35-46 |
| 10:52 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-46 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich (SG), James Shepherd (C) Donald Burd, Carl Jordan | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Edward Demery (PF) Gregory Alanis | |
| 10:27 | UNC Asheville | Gerald Shields lays it in set up by Albert Huffman | 35-48 |
| 10:10 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich is hacked by Albert Huffman - foul #2 on Albert Huffman, team foul #4 | 35-48 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Donald Burd (SF) Hal Cox | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | | |
| 09:53 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith scores on a jumper near the basket on a great pass from Donald Burd | 37-48 |
| 09:42 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 37-48 |
| 09:40 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen gets the rebound | 37-48 |
| 09:33 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith misses short on a fadeaway from the left side but the foul's on Albert Huffman - foul #3 on Albert Huffman, team foul #5 | 37-48 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Carl Jordan (SF) Donald Burd | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | John Butler (SG), Jimmy Lund (SF), Justin Sanders (C) Tommy Lewis, Jeff Alicea, Gerald Shields | |
| 09:33 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith makes the 1st free throw | 38-48 |
| 09:33 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 39-48 |
| 09:14 | UNC Asheville | Jimmy Lund comes up short on the floater from the right side | 39-48 |
| 09:13 | UC Irvine | James Shepherd gets the rebound | 39-48 |
| 08:45 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 39-48 |
| 08:43 | UNC Asheville | Justin Sanders snags the defensive board | 39-48 |
| 08:38 | UNC Asheville | Albert Huffman connects on the jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Edward Demery | 39-50 |
| 08:17 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich misses badly on a shot from the right block but he's hacked by John Butler - foul #1 on John Butler, team foul #6 | 39-50 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Ronald McCants (PG), Hal Cox (SF), Robin Keech (C) Steven Smith, James Paulsen, James Shepherd | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis (SG), Jeff Alicea (SF), Gerald Shields (PF) Albert Huffman, Jimmy Lund, Edward Demery | |
| 08:17 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich makes the 1st free throw | 40-50 |
| 08:17 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich makes the 2nd free throw | 41-50 |
| 07:59 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 41-50 |
| 07:57 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Carl Jordan | 41-50 |
| 07:52 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by Jeff Alicea - foul #2 on Jeff Alicea, team foul #7 | 41-50 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Donald Burd (SG) Lee Zorich | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | | |
| 07:52 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox makes the 1st free throw | 42-50 |
| 07:52 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox misses the 2nd free throw | 42-50 |
| 07:52 | UNC Asheville | Justin Sanders grabs the board | 42-50 |
| 07:28 | UNC Asheville | John Butler lays it in and he's fouled by Robin Keech - foul #1 on Robin Keech, team foul #6 | 42-52 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Solinski (PF) Carl Jordan | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Gregory Alanis (C) Justin Sanders | |
| 07:28 | UNC Asheville | John Butler misses the free throw | 42-52 |
| 07:28 | UC Irvine | Robin Keech gets the rebound | 42-52 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Ronald McCants (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Donald Burd (fresh) SF - Hal Cox (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Solinski (fresh) 1 pts. C - Robin Keech (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNC Asheville | PG - John Butler (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Tommy Lewis (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeff Alicea (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. PF - Gerald Shields (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Gregory Alanis (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:02 | UC Irvine | Donald Burd is fouled on the floor by Tommy Lewis - foul #2 on Tommy Lewis, team foul #8 | 42-52 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich (SG) James Solinski | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | | |
| 07:02 | UC Irvine | Donald Burd makes the 1st free throw | 43-52 |
| 07:02 | UC Irvine | Donald Burd misses the 2nd free throw | 43-52 |
| 07:02 | UNC Asheville | The rebound goes to Gerald Shields | 43-52 |
| 06:40 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint | 43-52 |
| 06:39 | UNC Asheville | John Butler tips it back up and in | 43-54 |
| 06:19 | UC Irvine | Ronald McCants misses long on a floater near the basket | 43-54 |
| 06:18 | UC Irvine | Robin Keech hits the follow up shot | 45-54 |
| 06:00 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis is hacked by Lee Zorich - foul #4 on Lee Zorich, team foul #7 | 45-54 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Steven Smith (PG), James Paulsen (PF), James Shepherd (C) Ronald McCants, Donald Burd, Robin Keech | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Albert Huffman (PG), Jimmy Lund (SF), Edward Demery (PF), Justin Sanders (C) John Butler, Jeff Alicea, Gerald Shields, Gregory Alanis | |
| 06:00 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 45-55 |
| 06:00 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis misses the 2nd free throw | 45-55 |
| 06:00 | UC Irvine | James Shepherd snags the defensive board | 45-55 |
| 05:49 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox misses the easy layup | 45-55 |
| 05:48 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-55 |
| 05:34 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-55 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Leon Lewis (SF) Tommy Lewis | |
| 05:17 | UNC Asheville | Leon Lewis hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 45-55 |
| 05:16 | UNC Asheville | Albert Huffman grabs the offensive rebound | 45-55 |
| 04:57 | UNC Asheville | Hal Cox steps in front of the Edward Demery pass | 45-55 |
| 04:52 | UC Irvine | Hal Cox hits the finger roll | 47-55 |
| 04:36 | UNC Asheville | Jimmy Lund makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Edward Demery | 47-57 |
| 04:15 | UC Irvine | James Shepherd's pass is intercepted by Justin Sanders | 47-57 |
| 04:04 | UNC Asheville | Leon Lewis is denied on a layup by James Paulsen | 47-57 |
| 04:02 | UNC Asheville | Justin Sanders tips it back up and in | 47-59 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:41 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Lee Zorich | 50-59 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:18 | UNC Asheville | Edward Demery misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 50-59 |
| 03:16 | UC Irvine | James Shepherd pulls down the rebound | 50-59 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Steven Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Lee Zorich (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Hal Cox (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Paulsen (fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - James Shepherd (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNC Asheville | PG - Albert Huffman (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jimmy Lund (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Leon Lewis (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Edward Demery (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Justin Sanders (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 02:58 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith is fouled on the floor by Albert Huffman - foul #4 on Albert Huffman, team foul #9 | 50-59 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Donald Burd (SG), Carl Jordan (SF), James Solinski (PF), Robin Keech (C) Lee Zorich, Hal Cox, James Paulsen, James Shepherd | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis (SG), Jeff Alicea (SF), Gerald Shields (PF), Gregory Alanis (C) Jimmy Lund, Leon Lewis, Edward Demery, Justin Sanders | |
| 02:58 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith makes the 1st free throw | 51-59 |
| 02:58 | UC Irvine | Steven Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 52-59 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:55 | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-59 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich (SG), Hal Cox (SF), James Paulsen (PF) Donald Burd, James Solinski, Robin Keech | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | | |
| 02:45 | UNC Asheville | Albert Huffman makes the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Tommy Lewis | 52-62 |
| 02:26 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen is called for traveling | 52-62 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Shepherd (C) Carl Jordan | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:05 | UNC Asheville | Jeff Alicea misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 52-62 |
| 02:04 | UC Irvine | James Shepherd gets the rebound | 52-62 |
| 01:59 | UC Irvine | Lee Zorich hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 52-62 |
| 01:57 | UNC Asheville | Jeff Alicea grabs the defensive rebound | 52-62 |
| 01:38 | UNC Asheville | Tommy Lewis drills a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Albert Huffman | 52-65 |
| 01:22 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen blows the layup but the foul's on Gerald Shields - foul #4 on Gerald Shields, team foul #10 | 52-65 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Ronald McCants (PG), Donald Burd (SG), Carl Jordan (SF), Robin Keech (C) Steven Smith, Lee Zorich, Hal Cox, James Shepherd | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | John Butler (PG), Jimmy Lund (SG), Leon Lewis (SF) Albert Huffman, Tommy Lewis, Jeff Alicea | |
| 01:22 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen makes the 1st free throw | 53-65 |
| 01:22 | UC Irvine | James Paulsen makes the 2nd free throw | 54-65 |
| 01:06 | UNC Asheville | John Butler makes the floater from the right wing set up by Gregory Alanis | 54-67 |
| 00:48 | UC Irvine | Robin Keech is whistled for traveling | 54-67 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Solinski (PF) James Paulsen | |
| Subs | UNC Asheville | | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:26 | UNC Asheville | Jimmy Lund is whistled for traveling | 54-67 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UNC Asheville | UNC Asheville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:22 | UC Irvine | Robin Keech drills a jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Ronald McCants | 56-67 |
| 00:00 | UNC Asheville | John Butler runs out the clock | 56-67 |