| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Joshua Nelson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mark Shelly (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joshua Washington (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. PF - Steven Yarger (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - John Little (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Javier Martin (fresh) SF - Alexei Irizarry (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Viktor Palczewski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Herbert Michael (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry inbounds the ball | 33-27 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 19:43 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski is fouled on the floor by John Little - foul #2 on John Little, team foul #1 | 33-27 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame (SF), Lino Zevallos (C) Alexei Irizarry, Herbert Michael | |
| 19:24 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame knocks in the floater from the right side | 33-29 |
| 19:03 | Tennessee | Mark Shelly scores on a fadeaway from the right wing set up by Joshua Washington | 35-29 |
| 18:55 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-29 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry (SF), Herbert Michael (C) Rufus Burlingame, Lino Zevallos | |
| 18:41 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington is called for traveling | 35-29 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG) Dikembe Masudi | |
| 18:18 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski misses badly on a jumper in the lane | 35-29 |
| 18:16 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski grabs the offensive rebound | 35-29 |
| 18:05 | South Carolina | Javier Martin can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 35-29 |
| 18:03 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington gets the rebound | 35-29 |
| 17:40 | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 35-29 |
| 17:38 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski grabs the defensive rebound | 35-29 |
| 17:22 | South Carolina | James Jordan's pass is intercepted by Joshua Nelson | 35-29 |
| 17:04 | Tennessee | Mark Shelly comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Javier Martin - foul #3 on Javier Martin, team foul #1 | 35-29 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Christopher Fay (C) John Little | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Rufus Burlingame (SF), Lino Zevallos (C) James Jordan, Javier Martin, Alexei Irizarry, Herbert Michael | |
| 17:04 | Tennessee | Mark Shelly makes the 1st free throw | 36-29 |
| 17:04 | Tennessee | Mark Shelly makes the 2nd free throw | 37-29 |
| 16:56 | South Carolina | Mark Shelly steals the ball from Lino Zevallos | 37-29 |
| 16:47 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington clanks a jumper near the basket but he's fouled by Lino Zevallos - foul #1 on Lino Zevallos, team foul #2 | 37-29 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Millard Haislip (PG) Joshua Nelson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry (SF) Viktor Palczewski | |
| 16:47 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington makes the 1st free throw | 38-29 |
| 16:47 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington makes the 2nd free throw | 39-29 |
| 16:25 | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi drills a jumper from the right side on a great pass from Stjepan Zhuang | 39-31 |
| 16:06 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger clanks a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Dikembe Masudi - foul #2 on Dikembe Masudi, team foul #3 | 39-31 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Steve Warner (SG), Joshua Foster (SF) Mark Shelly, Joshua Washington | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski (PF), Herbert Michael (C) Alexei Irizarry, Lino Zevallos | |
| 16:06 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger makes the 1st free throw | 40-31 |
| 16:06 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger misses the 2nd free throw | 40-31 |
| 16:06 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael pulls down the rebound | 40-31 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Millard Haislip (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Steve Warner (fresh) SF - Joshua Foster (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Steven Yarger (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Christopher Fay (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stjepan Zhuang (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Rufus Burlingame (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Viktor Palczewski (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Herbert Michael (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:48 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael can't finish the layup against a doubleteam but the foul's on Christopher Fay - foul #2 on Christopher Fay, team foul #2 | 40-31 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson (PG), William Stolberg (PF), John Little (C) Steve Warner, Steven Yarger, Christopher Fay | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Javier Martin (SG) Stjepan Zhuang | |
| 15:48 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael makes the 1st free throw | 40-32 |
| 15:48 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael makes the 2nd free throw | 40-33 |
| 15:26 | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner | 43-33 |
| 15:09 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael buries a turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Rufus Burlingame | 43-35 |
| 14:44 | Tennessee | John Little misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 43-35 |
| 14:42 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael gets the rebound | 43-35 |
| 14:31 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame misses badly on the uncontested turnaround from the left block | 43-35 |
| 14:30 | Tennessee | William Stolberg grabs the board | 43-35 |
| 14:09 | Tennessee | Millard Haislip travels with the ball | 43-35 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark Shelly (SG), Joshua Washington (SF), Steven Yarger (PF) Joshua Nelson, Joshua Foster, William Stolberg | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry (SF), Lino Zevallos (C) Viktor Palczewski, Herbert Michael | |
| 13:50 | South Carolina | Javier Martin hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 43-35 |
| 13:49 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger grabs the defensive rebound | 43-35 |
| 13:43 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 43-35 |
| 13:42 | Tennessee | The offensive rebound goes to Joshua Washington | 43-35 |
| 13:25 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger drills a fadeaway from the left wing set up by Mark Shelly | 45-35 |
| 13:12 | South Carolina | Javier Martin is called for a pushoff foul - foul #4 on Javier Martin, team foul #4 | 45-35 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson (PG), Christopher Fay (C) Millard Haislip, John Little | |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Viktor Palczewski (PF), Herbert Michael (C) Dikembe Masudi, Javier Martin, Rufus Burlingame, Lino Zevallos | |
| 12:54 | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Steven Yarger | 48-35 |
| 12:34 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael dunks the ball over the doubleteam on a nice dish by Alexei Irizarry | 48-37 |
| 12:19 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger throws a bad pass out of bounds | 48-37 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi (PG) James Jordan | |
| 11:57 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Christopher Fay - foul #3 on Christopher Fay, team foul #3 | 48-37 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame (PF) Viktor Palczewski | |
| 11:57 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael misses the 1st free throw | 48-37 |
| 11:57 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael misses the 2nd free throw | 48-37 |
| 11:57 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Steven Yarger | 48-37 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Joshua Nelson (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mark Shelly (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joshua Washington (fresh) 13 pts. 8 reb. PF - Steven Yarger (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Christopher Fay (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stjepan Zhuang (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Alexei Irizarry (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Rufus Burlingame (fresh) 5 pts. C - Herbert Michael (fresh) 18 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Tennessee | Mark Shelly makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Joshua Nelson | 51-37 |
| 11:10 | South Carolina | Joshua Nelson takes the ball from Dikembe Masudi | 51-37 |
| 10:57 | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Mark Shelly | 54-37 |
| 10:48 | South Carolina | Stjepan Zhuang misses the easy layup | 54-37 |
| 10:47 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger grabs the defensive rebound | 54-37 |
| 10:42 | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 54-37 |
| 10:41 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington tips it but misses | 54-37 |
| 10:39 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Stjepan Zhuang | 54-37 |
| 10:18 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 54-37 |
| 10:16 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael grabs the offensive board | 54-37 |
| 09:58 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael buries a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Dikembe Masudi and he's hacked by Christopher Fay - foul #4 on Christopher Fay, team foul #4 | 54-39 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Millard Haislip (PG), Steve Warner (SG), Joshua Foster (SF), William Stolberg (PF), John Little (C) Joshua Nelson, Mark Shelly, Joshua Washington, Steven Yarger, Christopher Fay | |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG), Viktor Palczewski (PF) Dikembe Masudi, Stjepan Zhuang | |
| 09:58 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael misses the free throw | 54-39 |
| 09:58 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to William Stolberg | 54-39 |
| 09:40 | Tennessee | Millard Haislip knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from John Little | 57-39 |
| 09:26 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski buries a shot from the left side set up by James Jordan | 57-41 |
| 09:04 | Tennessee | Joshua Foster banks in the layup | 59-41 |
| 08:47 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski makes the jumper from the right block on a nice dish by Rufus Burlingame | 59-43 |
| 08:31 | Tennessee | Joshua Foster misses the dunk attempt | 59-43 |
| 08:29 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame grabs the defensive rebound | 59-43 |
| 08:24 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the paint | 59-43 |
| 08:23 | Tennessee | William Stolberg grabs the defensive rebound | 59-43 |
| 08:04 | Tennessee | William Stolberg misses short on a turnaround in the lane but he's hacked by Viktor Palczewski - foul #2 on Viktor Palczewski, team foul #5 | 59-43 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson (PG), Mark Shelly (SG), Joshua Washington (SF) Millard Haislip, Steve Warner, Joshua Foster | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Lino Zevallos (C) James Jordan, Alexei Irizarry, Herbert Michael | |
| 08:04 | Tennessee | William Stolberg makes the 1st free throw | 60-43 |
| 08:04 | Tennessee | William Stolberg misses the 2nd free throw | 60-43 |
| 08:04 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski pulls down the rebound | 60-43 |
| 07:46 | South Carolina | Lino Zevallos connects on the 3pt shot from straight away | 60-46 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Joshua Nelson (fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Shelly (fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SF - Joshua Washington (fresh) 13 pts. 9 reb. PF - William Stolberg (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - John Little (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stjepan Zhuang (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Rufus Burlingame (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Viktor Palczewski (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Lino Zevallos (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:35 | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 60-46 |
| 07:33 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Rufus Burlingame | 60-46 |
| 07:21 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 60-46 |
| 07:20 | Tennessee | John Little pulls down the rebound | 60-46 |
| 06:55 | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 60-46 |
| 06:53 | Tennessee | John Little tips it home | 62-46 |
| 06:41 | South Carolina | Stjepan Zhuang loses the ball out of bounds | 62-46 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Steven Yarger (PF), Christopher Fay (C) William Stolberg, John Little | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Javier Martin (SG), Alexei Irizarry (SF) Stjepan Zhuang, Rufus Burlingame | |
| 06:25 | Tennessee | Mark Shelly is hacked by Javier Martin - foul #5 on Javier Martin, team foul #6 | 62-46 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Millard Haislip (PG) Joshua Nelson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame (SF), Nicholas Stiles (C) Javier Martin, Lino Zevallos | |
| 06:04 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Christopher Fay | 64-46 |
| 05:53 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski evades the doubleteam but misses long on a jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Christopher Fay - foul #5 on Christopher Fay, team foul #5 | 64-46 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joshua Foster (SF), Matthew Espiritu (C) Joshua Washington, Christopher Fay | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Herbert Michael (C) Nicholas Stiles | |
| 05:53 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski makes the 1st free throw | 64-47 |
| 05:53 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski misses the 2nd free throw | 64-47 |
| 05:53 | Tennessee | Matthew Espiritu snags the defensive board | 64-47 |
| 05:36 | Tennessee | Millard Haislip misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 64-47 |
| 05:34 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger grabs the offensive board | 64-47 |
| 05:15 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 64-47 |
| 05:14 | Tennessee | Matthew Espiritu gets the offensive rebound | 64-47 |
| 04:52 | Tennessee | Mark Shelly hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 64-47 |
| 04:50 | Tennessee | Millard Haislip tips it home | 66-47 |
| 04:39 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 66-47 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson (PG), Joshua Washington (SF), John Little (C) Millard Haislip, Joshua Foster, Matthew Espiritu | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Lino Zevallos (C) Rufus Burlingame, Herbert Michael | |
| 04:22 | Tennessee | Mark Shelly is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the left side set up by Joshua Nelson | 68-47 |
| 04:05 | South Carolina | Stjepan Zhuang misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 68-47 |
| 04:03 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington grabs the board | 68-47 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 03:34 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington misses short on an open shot from the baseline | 68-47 |
| 03:32 | Tennessee | John Little grabs the offensive rebound | 68-47 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Joshua Nelson (fresh) 15 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mark Shelly (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 4 ast. SF - Joshua Washington (fresh) 13 pts. 10 reb. PF - Steven Yarger (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. C - John Little (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Dikembe Masudi (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stjepan Zhuang (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Alexei Irizarry (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Viktor Palczewski (tiring) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Lino Zevallos (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:11 | Tennessee | Steven Yarger banks in the layup set up by Joshua Nelson | 70-47 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 02:59 | South Carolina | The short jumper by Viktor Palczewski is denied by Joshua Washington | 70-47 |
| 02:57 | Tennessee | John Little pulls down the rebound | 70-47 |
| 02:37 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington hits a shot from the baseline set up by Mark Shelly | 72-47 |
| 02:21 | South Carolina | Lino Zevallos is hacked by Mark Shelly - foul #1 on Mark Shelly, team foul #6 | 72-47 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Millard Haislip (SG), Joshua Foster (SF), William Stolberg (PF) Mark Shelly, Joshua Washington, Steven Yarger | |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Jordan (PG), Rufus Burlingame (SF), Salvador Castro (PF), Herbert Michael (C) Dikembe Masudi, Stjepan Zhuang, Viktor Palczewski, Lino Zevallos | |
| 02:10 | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 72-50 |
| 01:55 | Tennessee | William Stolberg drills a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 74-50 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle 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 (-3) | |
| 01:43 | South Carolina | Joshua Foster is called for the reach on Rufus Burlingame - foul #1 on Joshua Foster, team foul #7 | 74-50 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark Shelly (SG), Joshua Washington (SF), Steven Yarger (PF) Millard Haislip, Joshua Foster, William Stolberg | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Dikembe Masudi (PG), Stjepan Zhuang (SG), Viktor Palczewski (PF) James Jordan, Alexei Irizarry, Salvador Castro | |
| 01:43 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame makes the 1st free throw | 74-51 |
| 01:43 | South Carolina | Rufus Burlingame makes the 2nd free throw | 74-52 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 01:41 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 74-52 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Alexei Irizarry (SF) Rufus Burlingame | |
| 01:29 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael's fadeaway is rejected by John Little | 74-52 |
| 01:28 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski tips it but misses | 74-52 |
| 01:26 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Steven Yarger | 74-52 |
| 01:05 | Tennessee | Joshua Washington is open but comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 74-52 |
| 01:03 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski pulls down the rebound | 74-52 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 00:57 | South Carolina | Viktor Palczewski banks in the layup on a nice dish by Dikembe Masudi | 74-54 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 00:32 | Tennessee | John Little is hacked by Alexei Irizarry - foul #1 on Alexei Irizarry, team foul #7 | 74-54 |
| 00:32 | Tennessee | John Little misses the 1st free throw | 74-54 |
| 00:32 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael grabs the board | 74-54 |
| 00:25 | South Carolina | Herbert Michael evades the doubleteam and hits a jumpshot from the right wing | 74-56 |
| 00:00 | Tennessee | Joshua Nelson runs out the clock | 74-56 |