| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Edward Kelty (fresh) 2 ast. SG - James Zipp (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - Darrick Gill (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Donald Ordonez (fresh) 4 reb. C - Claudio Rossi (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Stiltner (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Henry Blunt (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Ralph Choe (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jerry Underwood (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Matthew Wolfram (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Ralph Choe inbounds the ball | 30-31 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner connects on the jumpshot from the right wing | 30-33 |
| 19:23 | St. John's | James Zipp misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 30-33 |
| 19:22 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez tips it in | 32-33 |
| 18:56 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram comes up short on the shot from the left side but he's hacked by Donald Ordonez - foul #1 on Donald Ordonez, team foul #1 | 32-33 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (SF), Mark Curry (PF) Ralph Choe, Jerry Underwood | |
| 18:56 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram makes the 1st free throw | 32-34 |
| 18:56 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram misses the 2nd free throw | 32-34 |
| 18:56 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi snags the defensive board | 32-34 |
| 18:37 | St. John's | Darrick Gill throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-34 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ralph Choe (SF) Thomas Nusbaum | |
| 18:34 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner is fouled in the backcourt by Edward Kelty - foul #3 on Edward Kelty, team foul #2 | 32-34 |
| Subs | St. John's | James McCurren (PG) Edward Kelty | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 18:15 | Louisville | Claudio Rossi steals it from Henry Blunt | 32-34 |
| 17:57 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez misses the jump hook from the left block but he's fouled by Mark Curry - foul #1 on Mark Curry, team foul #1 | 32-34 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (SG), Jerry Underwood (PF) Henry Blunt, Mark Curry | |
| 17:57 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez makes the 1st free throw | 33-34 |
| 17:57 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez misses the 2nd free throw | 33-34 |
| 17:57 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jerry Underwood | 33-34 |
| 17:32 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Thomas Nusbaum | 33-37 |
| 17:14 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 33-37 |
| 17:13 | Louisville | Ralph Choe snags the defensive board | 33-37 |
| 16:45 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 33-37 |
| 16:44 | St. John's | James Zipp grabs the defensive rebound | 33-37 |
| 16:29 | St. John's | Darrick Gill can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 33-37 |
| 16:27 | Louisville | Ralph Choe grabs the board | 33-37 |
| 16:01 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 33-37 |
| 16:00 | St. John's | Darrick Gill gets the rebound | 33-37 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James McCurren (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Zipp (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. SF - Darrick Gill (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Donald Ordonez (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Claudio Rossi (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Stiltner (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Nusbaum (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ralph Choe (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jerry Underwood (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Matthew Wolfram (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:56 | St. John's | Darrick Gill misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 33-37 |
| 15:54 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Ordonez | 33-37 |
| 15:47 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 33-37 |
| 15:45 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram pulls down the rebound | 33-37 |
| 15:22 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 33-37 |
| 15:21 | St. John's | The rebound goes to James Zipp | 33-37 |
| 15:16 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi loses the dribble to Matthew Wolfram | 33-37 |
| 14:56 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner is denied on a layup by Claudio Rossi | 33-37 |
| 14:54 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi snags the defensive board | 33-37 |
| 14:48 | St. John's | James Zipp knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 36-37 |
| 14:21 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner scores on a fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Thomas Nusbaum | 36-39 |
| 14:06 | St. John's | James Zipp knocks in the shot from the right wing set up by Darrick Gill | 38-39 |
| 13:51 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Matthew Wolfram | 38-42 |
| 13:41 | St. John's | James McCurren throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-42 |
| Subs | St. John's | Edward Kelty (PG), Kenneth Howse (SG), Larry Robinson (SF), Leif Taberski (PF) James McCurren, James Zipp, Darrick Gill, Donald Ordonez | |
| Subs | Louisville | Henry Blunt (SG), Frank Brumback (SF), Robert Gibbens (PF) Thomas Nusbaum, Ralph Choe, Jerry Underwood | |
| 13:15 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens travels with the ball | 38-42 |
| 13:01 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi misses long on a floater from the right block | 38-42 |
| 13:00 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram snags the defensive board | 38-42 |
| 12:37 | Louisville | Henry Blunt clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 38-42 |
| 12:36 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner grabs the offensive rebound | 38-42 |
| 12:15 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-42 |
| Subs | St. John's | James Zipp (SG), Donald Ordonez (PF), Ivan Zausch (C) Kenneth Howse, Leif Taberski, Claudio Rossi | |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Curry (C) Matthew Wolfram | |
| 11:55 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez hits a 3 from the left wing set up by James Zipp | 41-42 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Edward Kelty (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Zipp (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. SF - Larry Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Donald Ordonez (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Ivan Zausch (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Stiltner (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 2 ast. SG - Henry Blunt (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Frank Brumback (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Robert Gibbens (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Mark Curry (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:26 | Louisville | Frank Brumback hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Larry Robinson - foul #1 on Larry Robinson, team foul #3 | 41-42 |
| Subs | St. John's | Darrick Gill (SF) Larry Robinson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram (C) Mark Curry | |
| 11:26 | Louisville | Frank Brumback makes the 1st free throw | 41-43 |
| 11:26 | Louisville | Frank Brumback makes the 2nd free throw | 41-44 |
| 11:06 | St. John's | James Zipp throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-44 |
| Subs | St. John's | Claudio Rossi (C) Ivan Zausch | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 10:47 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 41-44 |
| 10:45 | St. John's | Darrick Gill snags the defensive board | 41-44 |
| 10:41 | St. John's | Darrick Gill misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 41-44 |
| 10:39 | St. John's | James Zipp grabs the offensive board | 41-44 |
| 10:22 | St. John's | Darrick Gill clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-44 |
| 10:20 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram gets the rebound | 41-44 |
| 10:15 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Henry Blunt | 41-47 |
| 10:02 | St. John's | Darrick Gill's pass is intercepted by Matthew Wolfram | 41-47 |
| 09:46 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram makes the shot from the free throw line | 41-49 |
| 09:20 | St. John's | Edward Kelty knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 43-49 |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens clanks a turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Claudio Rossi - foul #1 on Claudio Rossi, team foul #4 | 43-49 |
| Subs | St. John's | Kenneth Howse (SG), Larry Robinson (SF), Leif Taberski (PF), Ivan Zausch (C) James Zipp, Darrick Gill, Donald Ordonez, Claudio Rossi | |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Curry (C) Matthew Wolfram | |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens misses the 1st free throw | 43-49 |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens makes the 2nd free throw | 43-50 |
| 08:50 | St. John's | Leif Taberski is fouled on the floor by Henry Blunt - foul #3 on Henry Blunt, team foul #2 | 43-50 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jerry Underwood (PF) Robert Gibbens | |
| 08:31 | St. John's | Leif Taberski is fouled on the floor by Jerry Underwood - foul #1 on Jerry Underwood, team foul #3 | 43-50 |
| 08:20 | St. John's | Kenneth Howse hits a shot from just outside the lane and he's hacked by Mark Curry - foul #2 on Mark Curry, team foul #4 | 45-50 |
| 08:20 | St. John's | Kenneth Howse makes the free throw | 46-50 |
| 08:01 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner connects on the 3 from the right corner set up by Jerry Underwood | 46-53 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Edward Kelty (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Kenneth Howse (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Larry Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leif Taberski (fresh) 1 pts. C - Ivan Zausch (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Stiltner (tiring) 25 pts. 2 ast. SG - Henry Blunt (fairly fresh) 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Frank Brumback (tiring) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jerry Underwood (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Mark Curry (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:33 | St. John's | Kenneth Howse knocks in the driving attempt near the basket | 48-53 |
| 07:05 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 48-53 |
| 07:04 | St. John's | Larry Robinson pulls down the rebound | 48-53 |
| 06:39 | St. John's | Richard Stiltner steals it from Larry Robinson | 48-53 |
| 06:36 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner lays it in | 48-55 |
| 06:14 | St. John's | Henry Blunt is called for the reach on Kenneth Howse - foul #4 on Henry Blunt, team foul #5 | 48-55 |
| Subs | St. John's | James McCurren (PG), James Zipp (SG), Darrick Gill (SF), Donald Ordonez (PF), Claudio Rossi (C) Edward Kelty, Kenneth Howse, Larry Robinson, Leif Taberski, Ivan Zausch | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Gibbens (PF), Matthew Wolfram (C) Jerry Underwood, Mark Curry | |
| 05:58 | St. John's | James McCurren comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Richard Stiltner - foul #1 on Richard Stiltner, team foul #6 | 48-55 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jerry Underwood (PF) Robert Gibbens | |
| 05:58 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 1st free throw | 49-55 |
| 05:58 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 2nd free throw | 50-55 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:29 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 50-55 |
| 05:28 | St. John's | Darrick Gill grabs the defensive rebound | 50-55 |
| 05:22 | St. John's | James McCurren hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side | 50-55 |
| 05:21 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez misses the tip | 50-55 |
| 05:19 | St. John's | Darrick Gill hits the follow up shot | 52-55 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Richard Stiltner, team foul #7 | 52-55 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Gibbens (PF) Jerry Underwood | |
| 04:46 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez hits the front of the rim on the floater near the basket but he's hacked by Richard Stiltner - foul #3 on Richard Stiltner, team foul #8 | 52-55 |
| 04:46 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez misses the 1st free throw | 52-55 |
| 04:46 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez misses the 2nd free throw | 52-55 |
| 04:46 | Louisville | Henry Blunt snags the defensive board | 52-55 |
| 04:35 | Louisville | Claudio Rossi swats the layup by Henry Blunt | 52-55 |
| 04:33 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi gets the rebound | 52-55 |
| 04:28 | St. John's | Matthew Wolfram swats the layup by Donald Ordonez | 52-55 |
| 04:26 | St. John's | Darrick Gill can't tip it in | 52-55 |
| 04:25 | Louisville | Frank Brumback snags the defensive board | 52-55 |
| 04:03 | Louisville | Henry Blunt hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on James Zipp - foul #1 on James Zipp, team foul #5 | 52-55 |
| Subs | St. John's | Edward Kelty (PG), Kenneth Howse (SG) James McCurren, James Zipp | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jerry Underwood (PF) Robert Gibbens | |
| 04:03 | Louisville | Henry Blunt makes the 1st free throw | 52-56 |
| 04:03 | Louisville | Henry Blunt makes the 2nd free throw | 52-57 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:46 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 52-57 |
| 03:45 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood gets the rebound | 52-57 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Edward Kelty (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Kenneth Howse (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Darrick Gill (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Donald Ordonez (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - Claudio Rossi (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Stiltner (tiring) 27 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Henry Blunt (tiring) 2 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - Frank Brumback (tiring) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Jerry Underwood (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Matthew Wolfram (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:19 | Louisville | Frank Brumback is fouled on the floor by Darrick Gill - foul #2 on Darrick Gill, team foul #6 | 52-57 |
| Subs | St. John's | Larry Robinson (SF), Leif Taberski (PF) Darrick Gill, Donald Ordonez | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (SG), Robert Gibbens (PF) Henry Blunt, Jerry Underwood | |
| 03:01 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Robert Gibbens | 52-60 |
| 02:58 | St. John's | St. John's calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-60 |
| Subs | St. John's | James Zipp (SG), Darrick Gill (SF), Donald Ordonez (PF) Kenneth Howse, Larry Robinson, Leif Taberski | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jerry Underwood (PF) Robert Gibbens | |
| 02:42 | St. John's | James Zipp misses short on a jumper from the left side | 52-60 |
| 02:41 | St. John's | Edward Kelty grabs the offensive rebound | 52-60 |
| 02:36 | St. John's | James Zipp is fouled on the floor by Richard Stiltner - foul #4 on Richard Stiltner, team foul #9 | 52-60 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Henry Blunt (SG), Mark Curry (PF) Thomas Nusbaum, Jerry Underwood | |
| 02:36 | St. John's | James Zipp misses the 1st free throw | 52-60 |
| 02:36 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Mark Curry | 52-60 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:24 | Louisville | Henry Blunt drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-63 |
| 02:04 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi is hacked by Henry Blunt - foul #5 on Henry Blunt, team foul #10 | 52-63 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (SG), Ralph Choe (SF), Robert Gibbens (PF) Henry Blunt, Frank Brumback, Matthew Wolfram | |
| 02:04 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi misses the 1st free throw | 52-63 |
| 02:04 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi makes the 2nd free throw | 53-63 |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Ralph Choe is hacked by Darrick Gill - foul #3 on Darrick Gill, team foul #7 | 53-63 |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Ralph Choe makes the 1st free throw | 53-64 |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Ralph Choe makes the 2nd free throw | 53-65 |
| 01:24 | St. John's | James Zipp can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 53-65 |
| 01:23 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens snags the defensive board | 53-65 |
| 01:15 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner is fouled on the floor by Edward Kelty - foul #4 on Edward Kelty, team foul #8 | 53-65 |
| 01:15 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner makes the 1st free throw | 53-66 |
| 01:15 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner makes the 2nd free throw | 53-67 |
| 00:55 | St. John's | Edward Kelty is hacked by Richard Stiltner - foul #5 on Richard Stiltner, team foul #11 | 53-67 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Frank Brumback (SG) Richard Stiltner | |
| 00:55 | St. John's | Edward Kelty makes the 1st free throw | 54-67 |
| 00:55 | St. John's | Edward Kelty makes the 2nd free throw | 55-67 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:34 | Louisville | Frank Brumback hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt near the basket | 55-67 |
| 00:33 | Louisville | Mark Curry tips it but misses | 55-67 |
| 00:31 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens tips it home | 55-69 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 00:25 | St. John's | James Zipp connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 57-69 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum runs out the clock | 57-69 |