| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) SF - Charles Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 5 pts. C - Robert Hyslop (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Donald Quinn (fresh) 2 ast. SF - David Hollie (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ralph Anderson (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Charles Thomas inbounds the ball | 20-29 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:34 | Louisville | Mark Boyce is whistled for a carry | 20-29 |
| 19:07 | Cincinnati | David Hollie misses the dunk attempt | 20-29 |
| 19:05 | Louisville | Mark Boyce pulls down the rebound | 20-29 |
| 18:37 | Louisville | Eric Lee clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 20-29 |
| 18:35 | Louisville | Eric Lee hits the follow up shot | 22-29 |
| 18:13 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 22-29 |
| 18:11 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop pulls down the rebound | 22-29 |
| 18:07 | Louisville | Eric Lee evades the doubleteam but misses long on a jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by David Hollie - foul #2 on David Hollie, team foul #1 | 22-29 |
| 18:07 | Louisville | Eric Lee misses the 1st free throw | 22-29 |
| 18:07 | Louisville | Eric Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 22-29 |
| 18:07 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs grabs the board | 22-29 |
| 17:58 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 22-29 |
| 17:57 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum tips it home | 22-31 |
| 17:42 | Louisville | Charles Thomas can't connect on a jump hook from the left block | 22-31 |
| 17:41 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell can't tip it in | 22-31 |
| 17:40 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn grabs the defensive rebound | 22-31 |
| 17:19 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-31 |
| 17:02 | Louisville | The short jumper by Eric Lee is denied by Ernest Gibbs | 22-31 |
| 17:01 | Cincinnati | David Hollie grabs the board | 22-31 |
| 16:32 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs is hacked by Eric Lee - foul #3 on Eric Lee, team foul #1 | 22-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG), Mark Young (SF), Kerry Windham (PF) Eric Lee, Charles Thomas, Nicholas Yarnell | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Colby (SG), Jesse Ricca (SF), Edgar Davis (PF) Donald Quinn, David Hollie, Ralph Anderson | |
| 16:09 | Cincinnati | Jesse Ricca is hacked by Kerry Windham - foul #1 on Kerry Windham, team foul #2 | 22-31 |
| 15:56 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum hits the front of the rim on the jumper near the basket but he's hacked by Mark Young - foul #1 on Mark Young, team foul #3 | 22-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Eric Lee (PG) Mark Young | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Bowers (SF) Ernest Gibbs | |
| 15:56 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum makes the 1st free throw | 22-32 |
| 15:56 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum makes the 2nd free throw | 22-33 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) SF - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Kerry Windham (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Hyslop (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Colby (fresh) 3 pts. SF - James Bowers (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Jesse Ricca (fresh) 4 pts. C - Edgar Davis (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Louisville | Eric Lee hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 22-33 |
| 15:34 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum snags the defensive board | 22-33 |
| 15:26 | Cincinnati | David Colby scores on a 3 from the right corner set up by Carl Plum | 22-36 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 15:11 | Louisville | Kerry Windham connects on the floater from the left side set up by Zlatko Zukowsky and the foul's on Carl Plum - foul #2 on Carl Plum, team foul #2 | 24-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn (PG), David Hollie (SF), Ralph Anderson (PF) Carl Plum, James Bowers, Jesse Ricca | |
| 15:11 | Louisville | Kerry Windham makes the free throw | 25-36 |
| 14:45 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson's pass is intercepted by Robert Hyslop | 25-36 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 14:18 | Louisville | David Hollie is called for the reach on Zlatko Zukowsky - foul #3 on David Hollie, team foul #3 | 25-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Thomas (SF), Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Zlatko Zukowsky, Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG), Ernest Gibbs (C) David Colby, Edgar Davis | |
| 14:02 | Louisville | Eric Lee can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 25-36 |
| 14:00 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs gets the rebound | 25-36 |
| 13:38 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Carl Plum | 25-39 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 13:20 | Louisville | Ralph Anderson steals the ball from Charles Thomas | 25-39 |
| 12:57 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs is hacked by Robert Hyslop - foul #3 on Robert Hyslop, team foul #4 | 25-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Colby (SG), Jesse Ricca (PF) Donald Quinn, Ralph Anderson | |
| 12:37 | Cincinnati | Jesse Ricca comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 25-39 |
| 12:36 | Cincinnati | Jesse Ricca hits the follow up shot | 25-41 |
| 12:24 | Louisville | Charles Thomas hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block but the foul's on David Colby - foul #2 on David Colby, team foul #4 | 25-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis (PF) David Hollie | |
| 12:24 | Louisville | Charles Thomas misses the 1st free throw | 25-41 |
| 12:24 | Louisville | Charles Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 26-41 |
| 12:09 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by David Colby | 26-43 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 11:45 | Louisville | Carl Plum steps in front of the Nicholas Yarnell pass | 26-43 |
| 11:41 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum lays it up and in | 26-45 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Mark Boyce (fairly fresh) SF - Charles Thomas (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Hyslop (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. SG - David Colby (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jesse Ricca (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edgar Davis (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Louisville | Eric Lee shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jump hook near the basket | 26-45 |
| 11:35 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs snags the defensive board | 26-45 |
| 11:30 | Cincinnati | Eric Lee is called for the reach on Carl Plum in the backcourt - foul #4 on Eric Lee, team foul #5 | 26-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG), Mark Young (SF), Xavier Willis (C) Eric Lee, Charles Thomas, Robert Hyslop | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn (PG), Ralph Anderson (PF) Carl Plum, Edgar Davis | |
| 11:10 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing set up by David Colby | 26-47 |
| 11:02 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 26-47 |
| 11:01 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to David Colby | 26-47 |
| 10:33 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn makes the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Jesse Ricca | 26-50 |
| 10:28 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Jesse Ricca - foul #2 on Jesse Ricca, team foul #5 | 26-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (SG), Robert Hyslop (C) Mark Boyce, Xavier Willis | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG), David Hollie (SF), Edgar Davis (C) David Colby, Jesse Ricca, Ernest Gibbs | |
| 10:28 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell makes the 1st free throw | 27-50 |
| 10:28 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell makes the 2nd free throw | 28-50 |
| 10:15 | Cincinnati | David Hollie throws a bad pass out of bounds | 28-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kerry Windham (PF) Nicholas Yarnell | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 09:57 | Louisville | David Hollie steals it from Zlatko Zukowsky | 28-50 |
| 09:39 | Cincinnati | David Hollie makes the turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Carl Plum | 28-52 |
| 09:16 | Louisville | Kerry Windham misses the shot from the right side | 28-52 |
| 09:14 | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis pulls down the rebound | 28-52 |
| 08:54 | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis blows the layup | 28-52 |
| 08:53 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson hits the follow up shot | 28-54 |
| 08:35 | Louisville | David Roberts double dribbles | 28-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (SG), Xavier Willis (C) Mark Young, Robert Hyslop | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Colby (SG), Jesse Ricca (PF), Ernest Gibbs (C) Donald Quinn, Ralph Anderson, Edgar Davis | |
| 08:16 | Cincinnati | The pull-up jumper by Carl Plum is blocked by Kerry Windham | 28-54 |
| 08:14 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs snags the offensive board | 28-54 |
| 07:50 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs buries a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Carl Plum | 28-56 |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Carl Plum picks off the pass by Zlatko Zukowsky | 28-56 |
| 07:21 | Cincinnati | David Colby dunks the ball on a nice dish by Carl Plum | 28-58 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - David Roberts (fairly fresh) SG - Donald Fuhr (fresh) SF - Zlatko Zukowsky (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Kerry Windham (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Xavier Willis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) 10 pts. 8 ast. 2 stl. SG - David Colby (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - David Hollie (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Jesse Ricca (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:02 | Louisville | Xavier Willis hits the front of the rim on the shot in the paint | 28-58 |
| 07:00 | Cincinnati | David Hollie grabs the defensive rebound | 28-58 |
| 06:39 | Cincinnati | Jesse Ricca's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-58 |
| Subs | Louisville | Lawrence Abernethy (SG), Mark Young (SF) David Roberts, Zlatko Zukowsky | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn (PG), Ralph Anderson (PF) Carl Plum, David Hollie | |
| 06:28 | Louisville | Donald Fuhr comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 28-58 |
| 06:27 | Cincinnati | Jesse Ricca gets the rebound | 28-58 |
| 06:04 | Cincinnati | David Colby misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 28-58 |
| 06:02 | Louisville | Lawrence Abernethy pulls down the rebound | 28-58 |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Kerry Windham comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 28-58 |
| 05:52 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Donald Quinn | 28-58 |
| 05:30 | Cincinnati | David Colby scores on a 3pt shot from straight away | 28-61 |
| 05:11 | Louisville | Xavier Willis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG) Donald Fuhr | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG), David Hollie (SF) David Colby, Jesse Ricca | |
| 04:47 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 28-61 |
| 04:46 | Louisville | Kerry Windham gets the rebound | 28-61 |
| 04:40 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky makes the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Mark Young | 31-61 |
| 04:23 | Cincinnati | Xavier Willis takes the ball from David Hollie | 31-61 |
| 04:16 | Louisville | Xavier Willis comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 31-61 |
| 04:14 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs pulls down the rebound | 31-61 |
| 04:08 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson buries a shot in the paint on a great pass from Carl Plum | 31-63 |
| 04:04 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 31-63 |
| 04:02 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn gets the rebound | 31-63 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 03:44 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 31-63 |
| 03:42 | Louisville | Kerry Windham gets the rebound | 31-63 |
| 03:35 | Louisville | David Hollie takes the ball from Xavier Willis | 31-63 |
| 03:17 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson loses the dribble to Kerry Windham | 31-63 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Zlatko Zukowsky (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lawrence Abernethy (fairly fresh) SF - Mark Young (fairly fresh) PF - Kerry Windham (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Xavier Willis (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) 10 pts. 9 ast. 2 stl. SG - Donald Quinn (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - David Hollie (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. 3 pf. PF - Ralph Anderson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Ernest Gibbs (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 34-63 |
| 02:47 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson is denied on a layup by Xavier Willis | 34-63 |
| 02:45 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Xavier Willis | 34-63 |
| 02:25 | Louisville | Kerry Windham makes the jumper from the baseline | 36-63 |
| 02:02 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson clanks a jump hook from the left block but he's fouled by Lawrence Abernethy - foul #1 on Lawrence Abernethy, team foul #6 | 36-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG), Donald Fuhr (SG) Lawrence Abernethy, Mark Young | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Colby (SG), Jesse Ricca (SF), Edgar Davis (C) Donald Quinn, David Hollie, Ernest Gibbs | |
| 02:02 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 36-64 |
| 02:02 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson misses the 2nd free throw | 36-64 |
| 02:02 | Louisville | Kerry Windham gets the rebound | 36-64 |
| 01:51 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 36-64 |
| 01:49 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 36-64 |
| 01:30 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum makes the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from David Colby | 36-66 |
| 01:15 | Louisville | Donald Fuhr knocks in the floater from the left side on a great pass from Zlatko Zukowsky | 38-66 |
| 01:05 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum is called for 10 seconds | 38-66 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Young (SF) Donald Fuhr | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn (SG), David Hollie (SF), Ernest Gibbs (C) David Colby, Jesse Ricca, Edgar Davis | |
| 00:54 | Louisville | Xavier Willis misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by David Hollie - foul #4 on David Hollie, team foul #6 | 38-66 |
| 00:54 | Louisville | Xavier Willis makes the 1st free throw | 39-66 |
| 00:54 | Louisville | Xavier Willis misses the 2nd free throw | 39-66 |
| 00:54 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 39-66 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:32 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn lays it up and in set up by Carl Plum and he's hacked by David Roberts - foul #1 on David Roberts, team foul #7 | 39-68 |
| 00:32 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn misses the free throw | 39-68 |
| 00:32 | Louisville | Kerry Windham pulls down the rebound | 39-68 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Kerry Windham's floater is knocked away by Ernest Gibbs | 39-68 |
| 00:24 | Cincinnati | Ralph Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 39-68 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum runs out the clock | 39-68 |