| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Wayne Skinner (fresh) SG - Kelly Duncan (fresh) SF - James Simmons (fresh) PF - Robert Cummings (fresh) C - Todd Scheetz (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Charles Franks (fresh) SG - Dikembe Abdelal (fresh) SF - Ray Smith (fresh) PF - Jonathan Blackmon (fresh) C - David Heidel (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:51 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz is whistled for a carry | 0-0 |
| 19:35 | UTEP | David Heidel is called for a charge - foul #1 on David Heidel, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:17 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:15 | UTEP | Charles Franks grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:11 | UTEP | Ray Smith buries a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Jonathan Blackmon | 0-2 |
| 18:52 | East Carolina | James Simmons double dribbles | 0-2 |
| 18:36 | UTEP | Dikembe Abdelal is hacked by Kelly Duncan - foul #1 on Kelly Duncan, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 18:17 | UTEP | Ray Smith hits a jump hook from the baseline set up by Charles Franks | 0-4 |
| 17:56 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings loses the ball out of bounds | 0-4 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Teddy Wright (SF), Todd Hardesty (PF) James Simmons, Robert Cummings | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 17:39 | UTEP | Charles Franks misses long on a floater from the left wing | 0-4 |
| 17:38 | UTEP | Ray Smith tips it home | 0-6 |
| 17:33 | East Carolina | Kelly Duncan loses the ball out of bounds | 0-6 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Hans Kuklenski (SG) Kelly Duncan | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 17:26 | UTEP | Dikembe Abdelal misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 0-6 |
| 17:25 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz gets the rebound | 0-6 |
| 17:19 | East Carolina | Hans Kuklenski is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Abdelal - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdelal, team foul #2 | 0-6 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Stewart Stone (PG), Karl Fenwick (C) Wayne Skinner, Todd Scheetz | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 16:58 | East Carolina | Teddy Wright blows the layup | 0-6 |
| 16:57 | UTEP | David Heidel pulls down the rebound | 0-6 |
| 16:46 | UTEP | Dikembe Abdelal connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Ray Smith | 0-9 |
| 16:23 | East Carolina | Todd Hardesty makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Teddy Wright | 3-9 |
| 16:06 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon banks in the layup on a great pass from Charles Franks and the foul's on Hans Kuklenski - foul #1 on Hans Kuklenski, team foul #2 | 3-11 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner (PG), Kelly Duncan (SG), James Simmons (SF), Robert Cummings (PF), Todd Scheetz (C) Stewart Stone, Hans Kuklenski, Teddy Wright, Todd Hardesty, Karl Fenwick | |
| Subs | UTEP | Douglas Gerber (SF), Eric Williams (C) Ray Smith, David Heidel | |
| 16:06 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon misses the free throw | 3-11 |
| 16:06 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz grabs the defensive rebound | 3-11 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Wayne Skinner (fresh) SG - Kelly Duncan (fresh) SF - James Simmons (fresh) PF - Robert Cummings (fresh) C - Todd Scheetz (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Charles Franks (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdelal (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Douglas Gerber (fresh) PF - Jonathan Blackmon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Eric Williams (fresh) | |
| 15:51 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings lays it up and in | 5-11 |
| 15:35 | UTEP | Charles Franks is called for a charge - foul #1 on Charles Franks, team foul #3 | 5-11 |
| 15:22 | East Carolina | Kelly Duncan misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 5-11 |
| 15:20 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz grabs the offensive board | 5-11 |
| 15:04 | East Carolina | James Simmons comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 5-11 |
| 15:02 | UTEP | Charles Franks grabs the board | 5-11 |
| 14:41 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 5-13 |
| 14:20 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 5-13 |
| 14:19 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz tips it home | 7-13 |
| 14:13 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber drills a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Jonathan Blackmon | 7-15 |
| 13:47 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz connects on the runner in the paint | 9-15 |
| 13:35 | UTEP | Eric Williams comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 9-15 |
| 13:33 | East Carolina | James Simmons grabs the defensive rebound | 9-15 |
| 13:14 | East Carolina | James Simmons clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 9-15 |
| 13:13 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings tips it in | 11-15 |
| 12:56 | UTEP | James Simmons steals it from Charles Franks | 11-15 |
| 12:47 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 11-15 |
| 12:45 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber pulls down the rebound | 11-15 |
| 12:24 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber misses the easy layup | 11-15 |
| 12:22 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz grabs the defensive rebound | 11-15 |
| 12:15 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings misses badly on a runner in the lane but he's fouled by Douglas Gerber - foul #1 on Douglas Gerber, team foul #4 | 11-15 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Stewart Stone (PG), Hans Kuklenski (SG), Teddy Wright (SF), Todd Hardesty (C) Wayne Skinner, Kelly Duncan, James Simmons, Todd Scheetz | |
| Subs | UTEP | Ray Smith (SF), David Heidel (C) Douglas Gerber, Eric Williams | |
| 12:15 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings makes the 1st free throw | 12-15 |
| 12:15 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings makes the 2nd free throw | 13-15 |
| 12:03 | UTEP | Dikembe Abdelal is hacked by Teddy Wright - foul #1 on Teddy Wright, team foul #3 | 13-15 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Karl Fenwick (C) Robert Cummings | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 11:47 | UTEP | Karl Fenwick steals it from Jonathan Blackmon | 13-15 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Stewart Stone (fresh) SG - Hans Kuklenski (fresh) SF - Teddy Wright (fresh) PF - Todd Hardesty (fresh) 3 pts. C - Karl Fenwick (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Charles Franks (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdelal (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ray Smith (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Jonathan Blackmon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - David Heidel (fresh) | |
| 11:42 | East Carolina | Teddy Wright drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing and he's fouled by Ray Smith - foul #1 on Ray Smith, team foul #5 | 15-15 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | UTEP | Rene Costa (SG) Jonathan Blackmon | |
| 11:42 | East Carolina | Teddy Wright makes the free throw | 16-15 |
| 11:20 | UTEP | Charles Franks misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 16-15 |
| 11:19 | UTEP | Ray Smith grabs the offensive board | 16-15 |
| 11:09 | UTEP | Ray Smith clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 16-15 |
| 11:07 | East Carolina | Karl Fenwick grabs the defensive rebound | 16-15 |
| 11:03 | East Carolina | Teddy Wright's pass is intercepted by Ray Smith | 16-15 |
| 10:52 | UTEP | A charge is called on Dikembe Abdelal - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdelal, team foul #6 | 16-15 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Kress (PG), Douglas Gerber (PF) Charles Franks, Dikembe Abdelal | |
| 10:31 | East Carolina | Hans Kuklenski misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 16-15 |
| 10:29 | UTEP | Ray Smith snags the defensive board | 16-15 |
| 10:13 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber clanks a jumper from the right block but he's fouled by Hans Kuklenski - foul #2 on Hans Kuklenski, team foul #4 | 16-15 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Allen (SG) Hans Kuklenski | |
| Subs | UTEP | Charles Franks (PG) Eric Kress | |
| 10:13 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber makes the 1st free throw | 16-16 |
| 10:13 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber misses the 2nd free throw | 16-16 |
| 10:13 | East Carolina | Karl Fenwick snags the defensive board | 16-16 |
| 10:08 | East Carolina | Jerry Allen clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 16-16 |
| 10:07 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber grabs the defensive rebound | 16-16 |
| 09:52 | UTEP | Ray Smith is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Ray Smith, team foul #7 | 16-16 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner (PG), Kelly Duncan (SG), Todd Scheetz (C) Stewart Stone, Jerry Allen, Karl Fenwick | |
| Subs | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon (PF) Ray Smith | |
| 09:32 | East Carolina | Teddy Wright misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-16 |
| 09:31 | UTEP | Rene Costa grabs the board | 16-16 |
| 09:11 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 16-16 |
| 09:09 | UTEP | The offensive rebound goes to Douglas Gerber | 16-16 |
| 08:58 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber lays it up and in | 16-18 |
| 08:43 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 16-18 |
| 08:41 | UTEP | Charles Franks grabs the defensive rebound | 16-18 |
| 08:24 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 16-18 |
| 08:23 | East Carolina | Teddy Wright grabs the defensive rebound | 16-18 |
| 08:21 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 16-18 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Stewart Stone (PG), James Simmons (SF), Robert Cummings (PF) Wayne Skinner, Teddy Wright, Todd Hardesty | |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Kress (PG), Eric Williams (C) Rene Costa, David Heidel | |
| 08:12 | UTEP | Eric Kress is fouled on the floor by Stewart Stone - foul #1 on Stewart Stone, team foul #5 | 16-18 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Karl Fenwick (C) Todd Scheetz | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 08:02 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon connects on the 3pt shot from straight away | 16-21 |
| 07:51 | East Carolina | James Simmons misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 16-21 |
| 07:50 | East Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Karl Fenwick | 16-21 |
| 07:38 | East Carolina | Karl Fenwick scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Kelly Duncan | 18-21 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Stewart Stone (fresh) SG - Kelly Duncan (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Simmons (fresh) PF - Robert Cummings (fresh) 6 pts. C - Karl Fenwick (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Eric Kress (fresh) SG - Charles Franks (tiring) 2 ast. SF - Douglas Gerber (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jonathan Blackmon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Eric Williams (fresh) | |
| 07:16 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber buries a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Jonathan Blackmon | 18-23 |
| 07:05 | East Carolina | Kelly Duncan can't finish the layup | 18-23 |
| 07:03 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber grabs the board | 18-23 |
| 06:44 | UTEP | James Simmons steals the ball from Douglas Gerber | 18-23 |
| 06:28 | East Carolina | Stewart Stone is fouled on the floor by Eric Kress - foul #1 on Eric Kress, team foul #8 | 18-23 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Allen (SG), Teddy Wright (SF), Todd Hardesty (PF), Todd Scheetz (C) Kelly Duncan, James Simmons, Robert Cummings, Karl Fenwick | |
| Subs | UTEP | Rene Costa (SG) Charles Franks | |
| 06:28 | East Carolina | Stewart Stone misses the 1st free throw | 18-23 |
| 06:28 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon pulls down the rebound | 18-23 |
| 06:10 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon misses the floater from the right side | 18-23 |
| 06:08 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon tips it back up and in | 18-25 |
| 05:46 | East Carolina | Todd Hardesty's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 18-25 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner (PG) Stewart Stone | |
| Subs | UTEP | Charles Franks (SG), David Heidel (C) Eric Kress, Eric Williams | |
| 05:25 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber travels with the ball | 18-25 |
| 05:07 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 18-25 |
| 05:05 | East Carolina | Teddy Wright tips it but misses | 18-25 |
| 05:04 | East Carolina | Todd Hardesty tips it back up and in | 20-25 |
| 04:50 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Teddy Wright - foul #2 on Teddy Wright, team foul #6 | 20-25 |
| Subs | East Carolina | James Simmons (SF), Robert Cummings (PF) Teddy Wright, Todd Hardesty | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 04:50 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon makes the 1st free throw | 20-26 |
| 04:50 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon misses the 2nd free throw | 20-26 |
| 04:50 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz pulls down the rebound | 20-26 |
| 04:44 | East Carolina | James Simmons loses the ball out of bounds | 20-26 |
| 04:19 | UTEP | David Heidel can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 20-26 |
| 04:18 | UTEP | David Heidel misses the tip | 20-26 |
| 04:17 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz snags the defensive board | 20-26 |
| 04:12 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 23-26 |
| 03:54 | UTEP | Jonathan Blackmon's floater is knocked away by Todd Scheetz | 23-26 |
| 03:53 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Robert Cummings | 23-26 |
| 03:47 | East Carolina | James Simmons hits the finger roll set up by Wayne Skinner and the foul's on Douglas Gerber - foul #2 on Douglas Gerber, team foul #9 | 25-26 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Kelly Duncan (SG), Teddy Wright (C) Jerry Allen, Todd Scheetz | |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Kress (PG), Dikembe Abdelal (SG), Ray Smith (SF) Rene Costa, Charles Franks, Douglas Gerber | |
| 03:47 | East Carolina | James Simmons misses the free throw | 25-26 |
| 03:47 | UTEP | Ray Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 25-26 |
| 03:27 | UTEP | Dikembe Abdelal buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Eric Kress | 25-29 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Wayne Skinner (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kelly Duncan (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Simmons (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Robert Cummings (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Teddy Wright (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Eric Kress (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdelal (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Ray Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jonathan Blackmon (tiring) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - David Heidel (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:11 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings throws it down on a nice dish by Kelly Duncan | 27-29 |
| 03:09 | UTEP | Eric Kress double dribbles in the backcourt | 27-29 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Stewart Stone (PG), Hans Kuklenski (SF), Todd Hardesty (C) Wayne Skinner, James Simmons, Robert Cummings | |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Williams (C) David Heidel | |
| 02:58 | East Carolina | Hans Kuklenski misses the 3 from the right corner | 27-29 |
| 02:57 | East Carolina | Stewart Stone pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-29 |
| 02:37 | East Carolina | Todd Hardesty misses the shot from the baseline | 27-29 |
| 02:35 | East Carolina | Kelly Duncan tips it in | 29-29 |
| 02:19 | UTEP | Ray Smith comes up short on the jumper from the right block but he's hacked by Stewart Stone - foul #2 on Stewart Stone, team foul #7 | 29-29 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz (C) Hans Kuklenski | |
| Subs | UTEP | Charles Franks (PG), Rene Costa (SG) Eric Kress, Jonathan Blackmon | |
| 02:19 | UTEP | Ray Smith makes the 1st free throw | 29-30 |
| 02:19 | UTEP | Ray Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 29-30 |
| 02:19 | East Carolina | Todd Scheetz pulls down the rebound | 29-30 |
| 02:12 | East Carolina | Todd Hardesty is hacked by Eric Williams - foul #1 on Eric Williams, team foul #10 | 29-30 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner (PG) Stewart Stone | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 02:12 | East Carolina | Todd Hardesty makes the 1st free throw | 30-30 |
| 02:12 | East Carolina | Todd Hardesty makes the 2nd free throw | 31-30 |
| 02:03 | UTEP | Ray Smith connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side and the foul's on Kelly Duncan - foul #2 on Kelly Duncan, team foul #8 | 31-32 |
| 02:03 | UTEP | Ray Smith makes the free throw | 31-33 |
| 01:45 | East Carolina | Ray Smith denies the turnaround by Todd Hardesty | 31-33 |
| 01:43 | UTEP | Eric Williams snags the defensive board | 31-33 |
| 01:30 | UTEP | Charles Franks misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Wayne Skinner - foul #1 on Wayne Skinner, team foul #9 | 31-33 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Hans Kuklenski (SG), Robert Cummings (PF) Kelly Duncan, Todd Hardesty | |
| Subs | UTEP | David Heidel (C) Eric Williams | |
| 01:30 | UTEP | Charles Franks makes the 1st free throw | 31-34 |
| 01:30 | UTEP | Charles Franks makes the 2nd free throw | 31-35 |
| 01:06 | East Carolina | The jump hook by Robert Cummings is blocked by Ray Smith | 31-35 |
| 01:04 | UTEP | Ray Smith gets the rebound | 31-35 |
| 00:59 | UTEP | Rene Costa misses the floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Hans Kuklenski - foul #3 on Hans Kuklenski, team foul #10 | 31-35 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Allen (SG), James Simmons (SF) Hans Kuklenski, Teddy Wright | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 00:59 | UTEP | Rene Costa makes the 1st free throw | 31-36 |
| 00:59 | UTEP | Rene Costa misses the 2nd free throw | 31-36 |
| 00:59 | East Carolina | Robert Cummings gets the rebound | 31-36 |
| 00:54 | East Carolina | James Simmons misses the jumper from the right wing | 31-36 |
| 00:52 | UTEP | The rebound goes to Dikembe Abdelal | 31-36 |
| 00:47 | UTEP | Charles Franks makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 31-38 |
| 00:41 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jerry Allen and he's hacked by Rene Costa - foul #1 on Rene Costa, team foul #11 | 33-38 |
| 00:41 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner makes the free throw | 34-38 |
| 00:19 | UTEP | Rene Costa double dribbles | 34-38 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Stewart Stone (PG), Kelly Duncan (SG) Wayne Skinner, Jerry Allen | |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Kress (PG), Jonathan Blackmon (PF) Charles Franks, Rene Costa | |
| 00:04 | East Carolina | Kelly Duncan misses short on a fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Dikembe Abdelal - foul #3 on Dikembe Abdelal, team foul #12 | 34-38 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Teddy Wright (SF), Todd Hardesty (C) James Simmons, Todd Scheetz | |
| Subs | UTEP | Charles Franks (SG), Douglas Gerber (SF) Dikembe Abdelal, Ray Smith | |
| 00:04 | East Carolina | Kelly Duncan misses the 1st free throw | 34-38 |
| 00:04 | East Carolina | Kelly Duncan misses the 2nd free throw | 34-38 |
| 00:04 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber grabs the defensive rebound | 34-38 |
| 00:00 | UTEP | Douglas Gerber misses short on a halfcourt shot | 34-38 |