| Lineup | Northeastern | PG - David Cloutier (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - George Foss (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Fisher (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dennis Weaver (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Linwood Williams (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Matt Setliff (fresh) SG - Yuri Grabski (fresh) 7 pts. SF - William Ownby (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Hipolito Bruno (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Karl Ventura (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northeastern | John Fisher inbounds the ball | 36-31 |
| Game Plan | Northeastern | Northeastern is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 19:47 | Northeastern | George Foss hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 36-31 |
| 19:46 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno grabs the defensive rebound | 36-31 |
| 19:23 | UMass | Karl Ventura loses the dribble to John Fisher | 36-31 |
| 19:04 | Northeastern | Linwood Williams can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 36-31 |
| 19:03 | UMass | Karl Ventura grabs the board | 36-31 |
| 18:51 | UMass | Dennis Weaver blocks the jumper by Yuri Grabski | 36-31 |
| 18:49 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno hits the follow up shot | 36-33 |
| 18:33 | Northeastern | Hipolito Bruno takes the ball from David Cloutier | 36-33 |
| 18:12 | UMass | Yuri Grabski misses long on a runner in the lane | 36-33 |
| 18:10 | Northeastern | Linwood Williams grabs the board | 36-33 |
| 17:51 | Northeastern | John Fisher clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 36-33 |
| 17:49 | UMass | Yuri Grabski grabs the defensive rebound | 36-33 |
| 17:35 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno can't finish the layup | 36-33 |
| 17:33 | UMass | William Ownby hits the follow up shot | 36-35 |
| 17:24 | Northeastern | George Foss connects on the jumpshot from the right wing | 38-35 |
| 17:09 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno buries a jumper near the basket | 38-37 |
| 17:04 | Northeastern | David Cloutier misses long on a shot from the right side | 38-37 |
| 17:02 | UMass | The rebound goes to Hipolito Bruno | 38-37 |
| 16:48 | UMass | Karl Ventura throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-37 |
| Subs | Northeastern | Raymond Royals (PG), Stephen Moffett (SG), George Dawe (SF), Sheng-li Tao (PF), Kevin Carle (C) David Cloutier, George Foss, John Fisher, Dennis Weaver, Linwood Williams | |
| Subs | UMass | James Young (PG), Stefan Costa (SG), Howard Halsted (SF), Alphonse Ricci (PF), Emilio Garcia (C) Matt Setliff, Yuri Grabski, William Ownby, Hipolito Bruno, Karl Ventura | |
| 16:24 | Northeastern | George Dawe is called for traveling | 38-37 |
| 16:09 | UMass | George Dawe steals the ball from Howard Halsted | 38-37 |
| 16:06 | Northeastern | Sheng-li Tao banks in the layup on a nice dish by George Dawe | 40-37 |
| Lineup | Northeastern | PG - Raymond Royals (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Moffett (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Dawe (fresh) PF - Sheng-li Tao (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Kevin Carle (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - James Young (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stefan Costa (fresh) SF - Howard Halsted (fresh) PF - Alphonse Ricci (fresh) C - Emilio Garcia (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 15:49 | UMass | Stephen Moffett picks off the pass by Howard Halsted | 40-37 |
| 15:44 | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett blows the layup | 40-37 |
| 15:43 | Northeastern | Raymond Royals tips it back up and in | 42-37 |
| 15:27 | UMass | Stefan Costa loses the dribble to Sheng-li Tao | 42-37 |
| 15:02 | Northeastern | George Dawe misses the jumper in the lane but he's hacked by Howard Halsted - foul #1 on Howard Halsted, team foul #1 | 42-37 |
| Subs | Northeastern | David Cloutier (PG), George Foss (SG), Dennis Weaver (PF), Linwood Williams (C) Raymond Royals, Stephen Moffett, Sheng-li Tao, Kevin Carle | |
| Subs | UMass | Matt Setliff (PG), Yuri Grabski (SG), William Ownby (SF), Terry Kent (PF), Karl Ventura (C) James Young, Stefan Costa, Howard Halsted, Alphonse Ricci, Emilio Garcia | |
| 15:02 | Northeastern | George Dawe misses the 1st free throw | 42-37 |
| 15:02 | Northeastern | George Dawe makes the 2nd free throw | 43-37 |
| 14:47 | UMass | Terry Kent can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 43-37 |
| 14:46 | Northeastern | Dennis Weaver grabs the board | 43-37 |
| 14:41 | Northeastern | George Foss comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 43-37 |
| 14:40 | Northeastern | George Dawe can't tip it in | 43-37 |
| 14:38 | UMass | Karl Ventura grabs the board | 43-37 |
| 14:29 | UMass | Terry Kent hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 43-37 |
| 14:28 | Northeastern | Dennis Weaver pulls down the rebound | 43-37 |
| 14:09 | Northeastern | Karl Ventura steals it from George Dawe | 43-37 |
| 13:48 | UMass | Yuri Grabski is hacked by Linwood Williams - foul #2 on Linwood Williams, team foul #1 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Northeastern | John Fisher (SF) George Dawe | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 13:42 | UMass | Karl Ventura misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 43-37 |
| 13:40 | Northeastern | John Fisher snags the defensive board | 43-37 |
| 13:22 | Northeastern | George Foss comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 43-37 |
| 13:21 | Northeastern | The offensive rebound goes to Linwood Williams | 43-37 |
| 13:01 | Northeastern | George Foss is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on George Foss, team foul #2 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Northeastern | | |
| Subs | UMass | Howard Halsted (SF) William Ownby | |
| 12:41 | UMass | Howard Halsted makes the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Yuri Grabski | 43-40 |
| 12:26 | Northeastern | George Foss clanks a floater from the left side but he's hacked by Howard Halsted - foul #2 on Howard Halsted, team foul #2 | 43-40 |
| Subs | Northeastern | Raymond Royals (PG) David Cloutier | |
| Subs | UMass | James Young (PG), Stefan Costa (SG), Emilio Garcia (C) Matt Setliff, Yuri Grabski, Karl Ventura | |
| 12:26 | Northeastern | George Foss makes the 1st free throw | 44-40 |
| 12:26 | Northeastern | George Foss makes the 2nd free throw | 45-40 |
| 12:12 | UMass | Terry Kent buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 45-43 |
| 12:03 | Northeastern | The short jumper by Dennis Weaver is denied by Emilio Garcia | 45-43 |
| 12:01 | UMass | James Young grabs the defensive rebound | 45-43 |
| Lineup | Northeastern | PG - Raymond Royals (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - George Foss (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Fisher (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dennis Weaver (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Linwood Williams (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - James Young (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stefan Costa (fresh) SF - Howard Halsted (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Terry Kent (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. C - Emilio Garcia (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 11:43 | UMass | Terry Kent misses short on a runner in the paint but he's hacked by George Foss - foul #3 on George Foss, team foul #3 | 45-43 |
| Subs | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett (SG), Sheng-li Tao (PF), Kevin Carle (C) George Foss, Dennis Weaver, Linwood Williams | |
| Subs | UMass | William Ownby (SF) Howard Halsted | |
| 11:43 | UMass | Terry Kent makes the 1st free throw | 45-44 |
| 11:43 | UMass | Terry Kent makes the 2nd free throw | 45-45 |
| 11:32 | Northeastern | Kevin Carle's floater is tipped away by Emilio Garcia | 45-45 |
| 11:31 | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett tips it home | 47-45 |
| 11:26 | UMass | William Ownby misses the lay-in | 47-45 |
| 11:25 | UMass | William Ownby tips it back up and in | 47-47 |
| 11:16 | Northeastern | Sheng-li Tao throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-47 |
| Subs | Northeastern | David Cloutier (PG), George Dawe (PF) Raymond Royals, Kevin Carle | |
| Subs | UMass | Yuri Grabski (SG), Hipolito Bruno (PF), Karl Ventura (C) Stefan Costa, Terry Kent, Emilio Garcia | |
| 10:57 | UMass | William Ownby misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 47-47 |
| 10:55 | Northeastern | George Dawe grabs the board | 47-47 |
| 10:41 | Northeastern | Hipolito Bruno blocks the short jumper by Stephen Moffett | 47-47 |
| 10:40 | UMass | Karl Ventura gets the rebound | 47-47 |
| 10:22 | UMass | James Young can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 47-47 |
| 10:20 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno misses the tip | 47-47 |
| 10:18 | Northeastern | George Dawe grabs the defensive rebound | 47-47 |
| 10:06 | Northeastern | Sheng-li Tao's pass is intercepted by William Ownby | 47-47 |
| 10:02 | UMass | James Young hits the finger roll set up by William Ownby | 47-49 |
| 09:40 | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 47-49 |
| 09:39 | UMass | The rebound goes to Karl Ventura | 47-49 |
| 09:30 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno connects on the jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Yuri Grabski | 47-51 |
| 09:09 | Northeastern | Sheng-li Tao can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Yuri Grabski - foul #1 on Yuri Grabski, team foul #3 | 47-51 |
| Subs | Northeastern | Raymond Royals (PG), George Foss (SG), Linwood Williams (C) David Cloutier, John Fisher, George Dawe | |
| Subs | UMass | Matt Setliff (PG), Stefan Costa (SG), Howard Halsted (SF), Terry Kent (PF), Emilio Garcia (C) James Young, Yuri Grabski, William Ownby, Hipolito Bruno, Karl Ventura | |
| 09:09 | Northeastern | Sheng-li Tao misses the 1st free throw | 47-51 |
| 09:09 | Northeastern | Sheng-li Tao makes the 2nd free throw | 48-51 |
| 09:01 | UMass | Matt Setliff is fouled on the floor by Raymond Royals - foul #2 on Raymond Royals, team foul #4 | 48-51 |
| Subs | Northeastern | Kenneth Calkins (SF), Dennis Weaver (PF) Stephen Moffett, Sheng-li Tao | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 08:50 | UMass | Emilio Garcia's floater is tipped away by Dennis Weaver | 48-51 |
| 08:48 | Northeastern | Dennis Weaver grabs the board | 48-51 |
| 08:31 | Northeastern | Kenneth Calkins is fouled on the floor by Howard Halsted - foul #3 on Howard Halsted, team foul #4 | 48-51 |
| 08:18 | Northeastern | Raymond Royals knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Kenneth Calkins | 50-51 |
| 08:11 | UMass | Stefan Costa makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-54 |
| 07:52 | Northeastern | Raymond Royals banks in the layup | 52-54 |
| Lineup | Northeastern | PG - Raymond Royals (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - George Foss (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Kenneth Calkins (fresh) PF - Dennis Weaver (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 4 blk. C - Linwood Williams (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Matt Setliff (fresh) SG - Stefan Costa (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Howard Halsted (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Terry Kent (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. C - Emilio Garcia (fresh) 5 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 07:42 | UMass | Matt Setliff buries a 3 from the right corner set up by Howard Halsted | 52-57 |
| 07:21 | Northeastern | Emilio Garcia steals the ball from Linwood Williams | 52-57 |
| 06:56 | UMass | Stefan Costa blows the layup | 52-57 |
| 06:54 | Northeastern | Kenneth Calkins grabs the board | 52-57 |
| 06:36 | Northeastern | Kenneth Calkins is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Kenneth Calkins, team foul #5 | 52-57 |
| Subs | Northeastern | David Cloutier (PG), John Fisher (SF) Raymond Royals, Kenneth Calkins | |
| Subs | UMass | James Young (PG), Yuri Grabski (SG), William Ownby (SF), Karl Ventura (C) Matt Setliff, Stefan Costa, Howard Halsted, Emilio Garcia | |
| 06:12 | UMass | Karl Ventura knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 52-60 |
| 05:51 | Northeastern | George Foss misses the floater in the paint | 52-60 |
| 05:50 | Northeastern | David Cloutier snags the offensive board | 52-60 |
| 05:29 | Northeastern | Dennis Weaver is whistled for traveling | 52-60 |
| Subs | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett (SG), George Dawe (PF), Sheng-li Tao (C) George Foss, Dennis Weaver, Linwood Williams | |
| Subs | UMass | Matt Setliff (PG), Hipolito Bruno (PF) James Young, Terry Kent | |
| 05:25 | UMass | Stephen Moffett steals the ball from Matt Setliff in the backcourt | 52-60 |
| 05:04 | Northeastern | Sheng-li Tao misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 52-60 |
| 05:03 | Northeastern | John Fisher pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-60 |
| 04:52 | Northeastern | George Dawe is hacked by Karl Ventura - foul #1 on Karl Ventura, team foul #5 | 52-60 |
| Subs | Northeastern | Kevin Carle (C) John Fisher | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 04:44 | Northeastern | George Dawe hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-60 |
| 04:43 | Northeastern | David Cloutier grabs the offensive board | 52-60 |
| 04:28 | Northeastern | David Cloutier misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 52-60 |
| 04:26 | UMass | Karl Ventura pulls down the rebound | 52-60 |
| 04:03 | UMass | Yuri Grabski buries a shot near the basket set up by Hipolito Bruno | 52-62 |
| 03:41 | Northeastern | George Dawe hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket | 52-62 |
| 03:39 | UMass | Karl Ventura gets the rebound | 52-62 |
| Lineup | Northeastern | PG - David Cloutier (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stephen Moffett (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - George Dawe (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Sheng-li Tao (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Kevin Carle (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Matt Setliff (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Yuri Grabski (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Ownby (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - Hipolito Bruno (fresh) 13 pts. 10 reb. 2 stl. C - Karl Ventura (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 12 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Northeastern | Northeastern is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 03:22 | UMass | Matt Setliff hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 52-62 |
| 03:21 | Northeastern | David Cloutier gets the rebound | 52-62 |
| 03:21 | Northeastern | Northeastern calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-62 |
| Subs | Northeastern | George Foss (SG), John Fisher (SF), Dennis Weaver (PF), Linwood Williams (C) Stephen Moffett, George Dawe, Sheng-li Tao, Kevin Carle | |
| Subs | UMass | Terry Kent (PF) Hipolito Bruno | |
| Game Plan | Northeastern | Northeastern is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 03:03 | Northeastern | Dennis Weaver clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-62 |
| 03:02 | UMass | Matt Setliff pulls down the rebound | 52-62 |
| 02:54 | UMass | Matt Setliff is whistled for a carry | 52-62 |
| 02:36 | Northeastern | John Fisher comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 52-62 |
| 02:35 | UMass | Karl Ventura grabs the defensive rebound | 52-62 |
| 02:28 | UMass | William Ownby connects on the runner from the left block and the foul's on Linwood Williams - foul #3 on Linwood Williams, team foul #6 | 52-64 |
| Subs | Northeastern | Raymond Royals (PG), Stephen Moffett (SG), George Dawe (SF), Sheng-li Tao (PF), Kevin Carle (C) David Cloutier, George Foss, John Fisher, Dennis Weaver, Linwood Williams | |
| Subs | UMass | James Young (PG), Stefan Costa (SG), Hipolito Bruno (PF), Emilio Garcia (C) Matt Setliff, Yuri Grabski, Terry Kent, Karl Ventura | |
| 02:28 | UMass | William Ownby makes the free throw | 52-65 |
| 02:10 | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett buries a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Raymond Royals | 55-65 |
| 01:53 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno is fouled on the floor by Sheng-li Tao - foul #1 on Sheng-li Tao, team foul #7 | 55-65 |
| Subs | Northeastern | | |
| Subs | UMass | Howard Halsted (SF) William Ownby | |
| 01:53 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno makes the 1st free throw | 55-66 |
| 01:53 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno makes the 2nd free throw | 55-67 |
| 01:41 | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 55-67 |
| 01:40 | UMass | Hipolito Bruno grabs the defensive rebound | 55-67 |
| 01:18 | UMass | Stefan Costa slams it home on a nice dish by James Young | 55-69 |
| 01:14 | Northeastern | Raymond Royals clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by James Young - foul #1 on James Young, team foul #6 | 55-69 |
| 01:14 | Northeastern | Raymond Royals makes the 1st free throw | 56-69 |
| 01:14 | Northeastern | Raymond Royals makes the 2nd free throw | 57-69 |
| 01:05 | UMass | Emilio Garcia misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 57-69 |
| 01:04 | Northeastern | George Dawe gets the rebound | 57-69 |
| 01:00 | Northeastern | George Dawe misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 57-69 |
| 00:58 | Northeastern | The offensive rebound goes to George Dawe | 57-69 |
| Game Plan | Northeastern | Northeastern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:55 | Northeastern | The short jumper by Kevin Carle is denied by Hipolito Bruno | 57-69 |
| 00:53 | UMass | The rebound goes to James Young | 57-69 |
| Game Plan | Northeastern | Northeastern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:30 | UMass | Stefan Costa scores on a shot from the left block set up by James Young and he's hacked by Sheng-li Tao - foul #2 on Sheng-li Tao, team foul #8 | 57-71 |
| 00:30 | UMass | Stefan Costa makes the free throw | 57-72 |
| 00:24 | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Stefan Costa - foul #1 on Stefan Costa, team foul #7 | 57-72 |
| 00:24 | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett makes the 1st free throw | 58-72 |
| 00:24 | Northeastern | Stephen Moffett makes the 2nd free throw | 59-72 |
| 00:00 | UMass | James Young runs out the clock | 59-72 |