| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Paul Reese (fresh) SG - Frank Emery (fresh) SF - Donald Massenburg (fresh) PF - Micheal Leonard (fresh) C - Walter Crews (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fresh) SG - Glenn Williams (fresh) SF - Heath Somers (fresh) PF - Walter Bettis (fresh) C - Paul Dunneback (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Xavier | Micheal Leonard wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| 19:45 | Xavier | Paul Reese misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Xavier | Walter Crews tips it home | 2-0 |
| 19:33 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 19:32 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis snags the offensive board | 2-0 |
| 19:27 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis connects on the shot near the basket set up by Heath Somers | 2-2 |
| 19:11 | Xavier | Micheal Leonard can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 2-2 |
| 19:10 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:49 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback is doubleteamed and loses the dribble to Micheal Leonard | 2-2 |
| 18:41 | Xavier | The pull-up jumper by Frank Emery is blocked by Walter Bettis | 2-2 |
| 18:39 | Xavier | Walter Crews snags the offensive board | 2-2 |
| 18:29 | Xavier | Walter Crews knocks in the fadeaway from close range | 4-2 |
| 18:12 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers is open and scores on a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Walter Bettis | 4-4 |
| 18:04 | Xavier | Frank Emery's pass is intercepted by Heath Somers | 4-4 |
| 18:01 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams can't throw it down | 4-4 |
| 18:00 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback grabs the offensive rebound | 4-4 |
| 17:47 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers is by himself and knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Walter Bettis | 4-7 |
| 17:27 | Xavier | Walter Crews can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 4-7 |
| 17:25 | Xavier | Frank Emery hits the follow up shot | 6-7 |
| 17:17 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the lay-in | 6-7 |
| 17:15 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis gets the offensive rebound | 6-7 |
| 17:10 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams connects on the open floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Charles Simon | 6-9 |
| 17:01 | Xavier | Paul Reese shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Frank Emery | 9-9 |
| 16:36 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Micheal Leonard - foul #1 on Micheal Leonard, team foul #1 | 9-9 |
| Subs | Xavier | Robin Belliveau (PG), Robert Stewart (SG), Joseph Ford (SF), Adam Whitley (PF), Marvin Duda (C) Paul Reese, Frank Emery, Donald Massenburg, Micheal Leonard, Walter Crews | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana (SF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Heath Somers, Paul Dunneback | |
| 16:36 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 16:36 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the 2nd free throw | 9-11 |
| 16:26 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Robert Stewart | 12-11 |
| 16:19 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina misses the dunk | 12-11 |
| 16:17 | Xavier | Marvin Duda snags the defensive board | 12-11 |
| 16:04 | Xavier | Adam Whitley misses the easy layup | 12-11 |
| 16:02 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina pulls down the rebound | 12-11 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Robin Belliveau (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Robert Stewart (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joseph Ford (fresh) PF - Adam Whitley (fresh) C - Marvin Duda (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Glenn Williams (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) PF - Walter Bettis (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Wilfredo Molina (fresh) | |
| 15:45 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the baseline | 12-11 |
| 15:44 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Joseph Ford | 12-11 |
| 15:33 | Xavier | Adam Whitley makes the floater from the free throw line | 14-11 |
| 15:17 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams is hacked by Robert Stewart - foul #1 on Robert Stewart, team foul #2 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Xavier | Paul Reese (PG) Robert Stewart | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Robert Zentz (SG), Paul Dunneback (C) Charles Simon, Glenn Williams, Walter Bettis | |
| 14:57 | Cincinnati | Joseph Ford swats the shot by Robert Zentz | 14-11 |
| 14:56 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau pulls down the rebound | 14-11 |
| 14:51 | Xavier | Bojan Wolinski steals the ball from Paul Reese | 14-11 |
| 14:36 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski is whistled for traveling | 14-11 |
| Subs | Xavier | Frank Emery (SG), Donald Massenburg (SF), Micheal Leonard (PF), Walter Crews (C) Robin Belliveau, Joseph Ford, Adam Whitley, Marvin Duda | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Heath Somers (SF) Israel Zambrana | |
| 14:23 | Xavier | Frank Emery misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 14-11 |
| 14:21 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski snags the defensive board | 14-11 |
| 14:02 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses badly on a turnaround near the basket but the foul's on Micheal Leonard - foul #2 on Micheal Leonard, team foul #3 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Xavier | Adam Whitley (PF) Micheal Leonard | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana (PF) Wilfredo Molina | |
| 14:02 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the 1st free throw | 14-12 |
| 14:02 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 2nd free throw | 14-12 |
| 14:02 | Xavier | Walter Crews grabs the defensive rebound | 14-12 |
| 13:44 | Xavier | Paul Reese's corner 3pt jumper is blocked by Israel Zambrana | 14-12 |
| 13:42 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback pulls down the rebound | 14-12 |
| 13:27 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Frank Emery - foul #1 on Frank Emery, team foul #4 | 14-12 |
| Subs | Xavier | Robin Belliveau (SG) Frank Emery | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis (PF) Paul Dunneback | |
| 13:27 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 1st free throw | 14-13 |
| 13:27 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses the 2nd free throw | 14-13 |
| 13:27 | Xavier | Walter Crews snags the defensive board | 14-13 |
| 13:05 | Xavier | Adam Whitley makes the jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Donald Massenburg and he's hacked by Heath Somers - foul #1 on Heath Somers, team foul #1 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Xavier | Frank Emery (SG), Marvin Duda (C) Donald Massenburg, Walter Crews | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG), Glenn Williams (SG), Paul Dunneback (C) Bojan Wolinski, Robert Zentz, Heath Somers | |
| 13:05 | Xavier | Adam Whitley misses the free throw | 16-13 |
| 13:05 | Xavier | The offensive rebound goes to Robin Belliveau | 16-13 |
| 12:51 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Frank Emery | 19-13 |
| 12:36 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits the finger roll set up by Glenn Williams | 19-15 |
| 12:27 | Xavier | Paul Reese misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 19-15 |
| 12:25 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon snags the defensive board | 19-15 |
| 12:18 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 19-15 |
| 12:16 | Xavier | Marvin Duda snags the defensive board | 19-15 |
| 12:02 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 19-15 |
| 12:01 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback grabs the board | 19-15 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Paul Reese (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Frank Emery (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robin Belliveau (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Adam Whitley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Marvin Duda (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Glenn Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fairly fresh) PF - Walter Bettis (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:44 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana is open and buries a fadeaway from the left block set up by Charles Simon | 19-17 |
| 11:30 | Xavier | Adam Whitley is fouled on the floor by Paul Dunneback - foul #1 on Paul Dunneback, team foul #2 | 19-17 |
| Subs | Xavier | Joseph Ford (SG), Donald Massenburg (SF), Walter Crews (C) Paul Reese, Frank Emery, Marvin Duda | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Heath Somers (SF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Charles Simon, Israel Zambrana, Paul Dunneback | |
| 11:21 | Xavier | Walter Crews clanks a runner from the right block | 19-17 |
| 11:20 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis pulls down the rebound | 19-17 |
| 11:00 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis's layup is rejected by Adam Whitley | 19-17 |
| 10:59 | Xavier | Adam Whitley pulls down the rebound | 19-17 |
| 10:48 | Xavier | Walter Crews misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on Wilfredo Molina - foul #1 on Wilfredo Molina, team foul #3 | 19-17 |
| Subs | Xavier | Paul Reese (PG), Frank Emery (SG), David Edgar (PF) Robin Belliveau, Joseph Ford, Adam Whitley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (SG) Glenn Williams | |
| 10:48 | Xavier | Walter Crews makes the 1st free throw | 20-17 |
| 10:48 | Xavier | Walter Crews makes the 2nd free throw | 21-17 |
| 10:39 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Robert Zentz | 21-19 |
| 10:31 | Xavier | Frank Emery clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 21-19 |
| 10:29 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina pulls down the rebound | 21-19 |
| 10:03 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina is hacked by Donald Massenburg - foul #1 on Donald Massenburg, team foul #5 | 21-19 |
| Subs | Xavier | Robin Belliveau (SG), Adam Whitley (PF) Frank Emery, David Edgar | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG), David Anderson (SG), Paul Dunneback (C) Bojan Wolinski, Heath Somers, Walter Bettis | |
| 09:55 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz works out of a doubleteam and scores on a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Charles Simon | 21-21 |
| 09:35 | Xavier | Paul Reese is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Paul Reese, team foul #6 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Xavier | Frank Emery (SG) Paul Reese | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams (SG), Israel Zambrana (PF) David Anderson, Paul Dunneback | |
| 09:20 | Cincinnati | Donald Massenburg is called for the reach on Robert Zentz - foul #2 on Donald Massenburg, team foul #7 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Xavier | Paul Reese (PG) Donald Massenburg | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 09:20 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 09:20 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 2nd free throw | 21-23 |
| 09:05 | Xavier | Paul Reese evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 21-23 |
| 09:04 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau snags the offensive board | 21-23 |
| 08:57 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau clanks a 3 from straight away | 21-23 |
| 08:55 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Israel Zambrana | 21-23 |
| 08:29 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana misses the shot near the basket but he's hacked by Robin Belliveau - foul #1 on Robin Belliveau, team foul #8 | 21-23 |
| Subs | Xavier | Joseph Ford (SF), David Edgar (PF) Frank Emery, Adam Whitley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Heath Somers (SF), Paul Dunneback (C) Robert Zentz, Wilfredo Molina | |
| 08:29 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana makes the 1st free throw | 21-24 |
| 08:29 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana makes the 2nd free throw | 21-25 |
| 08:12 | Xavier | Joseph Ford throws a bad pass out of bounds | 21-25 |
| Subs | Xavier | Frank Emery (SG) Joseph Ford | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG) Charles Simon | |
| 07:56 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback is fouled on the floor by Paul Reese as he's doubleteamed - foul #2 on Paul Reese, team foul #9 | 21-25 |
| Subs | Xavier | Joseph Ford (SF) Paul Reese | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (SG), Walter Bettis (PF) Glenn Williams, Israel Zambrana | |
| 07:56 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the 1st free throw | 21-26 |
| 07:56 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the 2nd free throw | 21-26 |
| 07:56 | Xavier | Joseph Ford grabs the defensive rebound | 21-26 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Robin Belliveau (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - Frank Emery (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Ford (fresh) PF - David Edgar (fresh) C - Walter Crews (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Heath Somers (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Walter Bettis (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:35 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 21-26 |
| 07:34 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis gets the rebound | 21-26 |
| 07:15 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski buries a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Robert Zentz | 21-28 |
| 07:03 | Xavier | Joseph Ford scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Frank Emery | 24-28 |
| 06:40 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits a shot from the left block on a great pass from Robert Zentz | 24-30 |
| 06:17 | Xavier | Heath Somers is called for the reach on Joseph Ford - foul #2 on Heath Somers, team foul #4 | 24-30 |
| Subs | Xavier | Robert Stewart (PG), Adam Whitley (PF), Marvin Duda (C) Joseph Ford, David Edgar, Walter Crews | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG), Glenn Williams (SG), Israel Zambrana (PF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Bojan Wolinski, Heath Somers, Walter Bettis, Paul Dunneback | |
| 06:04 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 24-30 |
| 06:02 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina grabs the board | 24-30 |
| 05:55 | Cincinnati | Robin Belliveau steals it from Wilfredo Molina | 24-30 |
| 05:50 | Xavier | Frank Emery hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Robin Belliveau | 26-30 |
| 05:39 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the contested fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Glenn Williams | 26-32 |
| 05:23 | Xavier | Frank Emery's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-32 |
| Subs | Xavier | Joseph Ford (SF), Walter Crews (C) Frank Emery, Marvin Duda | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis (PF) Robert Zentz | |
| 05:10 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis scores on a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Israel Zambrana | 26-34 |
| 04:51 | Xavier | Adam Whitley misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 26-34 |
| 04:49 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina gets the rebound | 26-34 |
| 04:38 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams is fouled on the floor by Robert Stewart - foul #2 on Robert Stewart, team foul #10 | 26-34 |
| Subs | Xavier | Frank Emery (SG), Marvin Duda (PF) Robert Stewart, Joseph Ford | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 04:38 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams makes the 1st free throw | 26-35 |
| 04:38 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 26-36 |
| 04:24 | Xavier | Wilfredo Molina picks off the pass by Robin Belliveau | 26-36 |
| 03:59 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams misses long on an open 3pt shot from straight away | 26-36 |
| 03:57 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana grabs the offensive board | 26-36 |
| 03:44 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Walter Bettis | 26-39 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Robin Belliveau (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Frank Emery (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Adam Whitley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Marvin Duda (fresh) 2 reb. C - Walter Crews (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Glenn Williams (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Walter Bettis (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Wilfredo Molina (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:29 | Xavier | Walter Bettis swats the short shot by Walter Crews | 26-39 |
| 03:27 | Xavier | Adam Whitley tips it but misses | 26-39 |
| 03:26 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana snags the defensive board | 26-39 |
| 03:22 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams buries a jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Charles Simon | 26-41 |
| 03:13 | Xavier | Frank Emery makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Walter Crews | 29-41 |
| 02:49 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis drills a jumper in the paint on a nice dish by Israel Zambrana and he's fouled by Walter Crews - foul #1 on Walter Crews, team foul #11 | 29-43 |
| Subs | Xavier | Paul Reese (PG), Donald Massenburg (SF), Micheal Leonard (PF), David Edgar (C) Frank Emery, Adam Whitley, Marvin Duda, Walter Crews | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Robert Zentz (SG), Heath Somers (SF), Paul Dunneback (C) Charles Simon, Glenn Williams, Israel Zambrana, Wilfredo Molina | |
| 02:49 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis misses the free throw | 29-43 |
| 02:49 | Xavier | Micheal Leonard snags the defensive board | 29-43 |
| 02:31 | Xavier | Paul Reese's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-43 |
| Subs | Xavier | Walter Crews (C) David Edgar | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 02:09 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Zentz | 29-46 |
| 01:57 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau misses long on a driving attempt from the left block | 29-46 |
| 01:56 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis gets the rebound | 29-46 |
| 01:30 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback's pass is intercepted by Micheal Leonard | 29-46 |
| 01:11 | Xavier | Paul Reese shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 29-46 |
| 01:09 | Xavier | The offensive rebound goes to Micheal Leonard | 29-46 |
| 01:02 | Xavier | Robin Belliveau is whistled for a carry | 29-46 |
| Subs | Xavier | Frank Emery (SG), Adam Whitley (C) Robin Belliveau, Walter Crews | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina (PF) Walter Bettis | |
| 00:49 | Cincinnati | Paul Reese steps in front of the Wilfredo Molina pass | 29-46 |
| 00:45 | Xavier | Frank Emery throws it down on a great pass from Paul Reese | 31-46 |
| 00:28 | Cincinnati | Micheal Leonard takes the ball from Robert Zentz | 31-46 |
| 00:02 | Xavier | Paul Reese is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 31-46 |
| 00:01 | Xavier | Donald Massenburg can't tip it in | 31-46 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Bojan Wolinski | 31-46 |