| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Thomas Nusbaum (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Chase Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frank Brumback (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Jerry Underwood (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Gibbens (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James McCurren (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kenneth Howse (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Darrick Gill (fresh) 2 reb. PF - James Zipp (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Horton (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Frank Brumback inbounds the ball | 18-25 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:34 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens lays it up and in on a great pass from Thomas Nusbaum | 20-25 |
| 19:19 | St. John's | Kenneth Howse misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-25 |
| 19:17 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum gets the rebound | 20-25 |
| 19:04 | Louisville | Frank Brumback misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 20-25 |
| 19:03 | St. John's | James McCurren pulls down the rebound | 20-25 |
| 18:48 | St. John's | Darrick Gill can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 20-25 |
| 18:47 | St. John's | John Horton tips it but misses | 20-25 |
| 18:45 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood pulls down the rebound | 20-25 |
| 18:23 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Darrick Gill - foul #1 on Darrick Gill, team foul #1 | 20-25 |
| 18:23 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens misses the 1st free throw | 20-25 |
| 18:23 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens misses the 2nd free throw | 20-25 |
| 18:23 | St. John's | John Horton pulls down the rebound | 20-25 |
| 18:01 | St. John's | James Zipp comes up short on the shot in the paint | 20-25 |
| 18:00 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens grabs the defensive rebound | 20-25 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Frank Brumback can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 20-25 |
| 17:35 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood misses the tip | 20-25 |
| 17:33 | St. John's | John Horton grabs the defensive rebound | 20-25 |
| 17:17 | St. John's | Darrick Gill misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 20-25 |
| 17:16 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood pulls down the rebound | 20-25 |
| 17:00 | Louisville | Frank Brumback hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 20-25 |
| 16:59 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens grabs the offensive board | 20-25 |
| 16:32 | Louisville | Chase Brown clanks a jumper from the left wing | 20-25 |
| 16:31 | St. John's | Darrick Gill grabs the board | 20-25 |
| 16:27 | St. John's | Darrick Gill drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Kenneth Howse | 20-28 |
| 16:08 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Chase Brown | 22-28 |
| 15:48 | St. John's | Robert Gibbens steps in front of the Darrick Gill pass | 22-28 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Thomas Nusbaum (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Chase Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Frank Brumback (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Jerry Underwood (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Gibbens (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James McCurren (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kenneth Howse (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Darrick Gill (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Zipp (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - John Horton (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:28 | Louisville | Frank Brumback is hacked by Darrick Gill - foul #2 on Darrick Gill, team foul #2 | 22-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ralph Choe (PG), Ronald Maynard (SF), Steven Bushong (PF), Vasily Gavinski (C) Thomas Nusbaum, Frank Brumback, Jerry Underwood, Robert Gibbens | |
| Subs | St. John's | Edward Kelty (PG), Larry Robinson (SF) James McCurren, Kenneth Howse | |
| 15:06 | Louisville | Ralph Choe misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 22-28 |
| 15:05 | St. John's | Darrick Gill grabs the board | 22-28 |
| 15:01 | St. John's | Edward Kelty double dribbles in the backcourt | 22-28 |
| 14:40 | Louisville | Darrick Gill is called for the reach on Chase Brown - foul #3 on Darrick Gill, team foul #3 | 22-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (PG) Chase Brown | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 14:16 | Louisville | Ronald Maynard buries a jumper from the right side | 24-28 |
| 14:02 | St. John's | John Horton makes the shot in the lane set up by Darrick Gill | 24-30 |
| 13:40 | Louisville | Ralph Choe misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 24-30 |
| 13:39 | Louisville | Steven Bushong pulls down the offensive rebound | 24-30 |
| 13:13 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum scores on a jumpshot from the left wing | 26-30 |
| 13:02 | St. John's | Edward Kelty misses long on an open fadeaway from the left wing | 26-30 |
| 13:01 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Steven Bushong | 26-30 |
| 12:32 | Louisville | Steven Bushong is hacked by Larry Robinson - foul #3 on Larry Robinson, team foul #4 | 26-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Chase Brown (SG), Frank Brumback (SF), Jerry Underwood (PF), Robert Gibbens (C) Thomas Nusbaum, Ronald Maynard, Steven Bushong, Vasily Gavinski | |
| Subs | St. John's | James McCurren (PG), Kenneth Howse (SG) Edward Kelty, Darrick Gill | |
| 12:10 | Louisville | Ralph Choe connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Chase Brown | 29-30 |
| 11:54 | St. John's | Ralph Choe steps in front of the John Horton pass | 29-30 |
| 11:29 | Louisville | Ralph Choe's pass is intercepted by Kenneth Howse | 29-30 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ralph Choe (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SG - Chase Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Frank Brumback (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Jerry Underwood (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Gibbens (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James McCurren (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kenneth Howse (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Larry Robinson (fairly fresh) 3 pf. PF - James Zipp (tiring) 2 pts. C - John Horton (tiring) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:17 | St. John's | Larry Robinson hits a wide open 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by James McCurren | 29-33 |
| 10:51 | Louisville | Ralph Choe is whistled for a carry | 29-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (PG) Ralph Choe | |
| Subs | St. John's | Darrick Gill (SF), John Albrecht (C) Larry Robinson, John Horton | |
| 10:25 | St. John's | John Albrecht knocks in the fadeaway from close range set up by James McCurren | 29-35 |
| 10:08 | Louisville | Frank Brumback knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 32-35 |
| 09:45 | St. John's | James Zipp evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Jerry Underwood - foul #3 on Jerry Underwood, team foul #1 | 32-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ronald Maynard (SF) Frank Brumback | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 09:45 | St. John's | James Zipp misses the 1st free throw | 32-35 |
| 09:45 | St. John's | James Zipp makes the 2nd free throw | 32-36 |
| 09:28 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens scores on a jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Thomas Nusbaum | 34-36 |
| 09:06 | St. John's | Chase Brown is called for the reach on Kenneth Howse - foul #3 on Chase Brown, team foul #2 | 34-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ralph Choe (SG), Steven Bushong (PF), Vasily Gavinski (C) Chase Brown, Jerry Underwood, Robert Gibbens | |
| Subs | St. John's | Merle Hose (SG), Larry Robinson (SF) Kenneth Howse, James Zipp | |
| 08:51 | St. John's | Merle Hose makes the turnaround near the basket set up by John Albrecht | 34-38 |
| 08:24 | Louisville | Ralph Choe's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Frank Brumback (SG) Thomas Nusbaum | |
| Subs | St. John's | Edward Kelty (PG), John Horton (C) James McCurren, John Albrecht | |
| 08:06 | St. John's | Larry Robinson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 34-38 |
| 08:04 | Louisville | Ralph Choe snags the defensive board | 34-38 |
| 07:35 | Louisville | Frank Brumback misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 34-38 |
| 07:33 | St. John's | Edward Kelty grabs the defensive rebound | 34-38 |
| 07:23 | St. John's | John Horton blows the layup but the foul's on Vasily Gavinski - foul #2 on Vasily Gavinski, team foul #3 | 34-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Chase Brown (SG), Jerry Underwood (PF), Robert Gibbens (C) Ronald Maynard, Steven Bushong, Vasily Gavinski | |
| Subs | St. John's | James McCurren (PG), Kenneth Howse (SG), John Albrecht (C) Edward Kelty, Merle Hose, Darrick Gill | |
| 07:23 | St. John's | John Horton makes the 1st free throw | 34-39 |
| 07:23 | St. John's | John Horton makes the 2nd free throw | 34-40 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ralph Choe (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SG - Chase Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Frank Brumback (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Jerry Underwood (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Gibbens (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James McCurren (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Kenneth Howse (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Larry Robinson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - John Horton (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - John Albrecht (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 06:57 | Louisville | Chase Brown connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Robert Gibbens | 36-40 |
| 06:37 | St. John's | Larry Robinson drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 36-43 |
| 06:12 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 36-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (PG), Ronald Maynard (SF) Ralph Choe, Frank Brumback | |
| Subs | St. John's | Darrick Gill (SF), James Zipp (PF) Larry Robinson, John Albrecht | |
| 05:56 | St. John's | James Zipp is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 36-43 |
| 05:55 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens snags the defensive board | 36-43 |
| 05:38 | Louisville | Chase Brown can't connect on a shot from the right side | 36-43 |
| 05:36 | St. John's | James Zipp gets the rebound | 36-43 |
| 05:17 | St. John's | John Horton is fouled on the floor by Ronald Maynard - foul #1 on Ronald Maynard, team foul #4 | 36-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | John Albrecht (C) John Horton | |
| 05:05 | St. John's | Chase Brown steals it from Kenneth Howse | 36-43 |
| 05:02 | Louisville | Chase Brown throws it down | 38-43 |
| 04:43 | St. John's | Thomas Nusbaum is called for the reach on Darrick Gill - foul #1 on Thomas Nusbaum, team foul #5 | 38-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ralph Choe (SG), Frank Brumback (SF), Steven Bushong (PF), Vasily Gavinski (C) Chase Brown, Ronald Maynard, Jerry Underwood, Robert Gibbens | |
| Subs | St. John's | Edward Kelty (PG), Larry Robinson (SF) James McCurren, Darrick Gill | |
| 04:36 | St. John's | James Zipp works out of a doubleteam and scores on a floater in the lane on a nice dish by Edward Kelty | 38-45 |
| 04:17 | Louisville | Ralph Choe buries a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Frank Brumback | 41-45 |
| 04:13 | St. John's | Kenneth Howse hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 41-45 |
| 04:12 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski grabs the board | 41-45 |
| 03:50 | Louisville | Frank Brumback misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 41-45 |
| 03:48 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-45 |
| 03:30 | Louisville | Ralph Choe clanks a 3 from the right corner | 41-45 |
| 03:28 | St. John's | The rebound goes to John Albrecht | 41-45 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Thomas Nusbaum (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Ralph Choe (fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. SF - Frank Brumback (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Steven Bushong (fresh) 4 reb. C - Vasily Gavinski (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Edward Kelty (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Howse (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Larry Robinson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - James Zipp (tiring) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - John Albrecht (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:09 | St. John's | John Albrecht hits the front of the rim on the floater in the paint but he's fouled by Vasily Gavinski - foul #3 on Vasily Gavinski, team foul #6 | 41-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Chase Brown (SG), Jerry Underwood (PF), Robert Gibbens (C) Thomas Nusbaum, Steven Bushong, Vasily Gavinski | |
| Subs | St. John's | James McCurren (PG), Darrick Gill (SG), John Horton (PF) Edward Kelty, Kenneth Howse, James Zipp | |
| 03:09 | St. John's | John Albrecht makes the 1st free throw | 41-46 |
| 03:09 | St. John's | John Albrecht misses the 2nd free throw | 41-46 |
| 03:09 | St. John's | Larry Robinson snags the offensive board | 41-46 |
| 02:48 | St. John's | James McCurren is hacked by Ralph Choe - foul #2 on Ralph Choe, team foul #7 | 41-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ronald Maynard (SF) Frank Brumback | |
| Subs | St. John's | Merle Hose (SG) Larry Robinson | |
| 02:48 | St. John's | James McCurren misses the 1st free throw | 41-46 |
| 02:48 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens grabs the defensive rebound | 41-46 |
| 02:48 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 41-46 |
| 02:29 | Louisville | Ralph Choe misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 41-46 |
| 02:28 | St. John's | John Albrecht snags the defensive board | 41-46 |
| 02:28 | St. John's | St. John's calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 41-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (PG), Frank Brumback (SF) Ralph Choe, Ronald Maynard | |
| Subs | St. John's | Kenneth Howse (SG), James Zipp (PF) Merle Hose, John Albrecht | |
| 01:59 | St. John's | James Zipp shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 41-46 |
| 01:57 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens snags the defensive board | 41-46 |
| 01:37 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 41-46 |
| 01:36 | St. John's | John Horton pulls down the rebound | 41-46 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:19 | St. John's | James Zipp misses the lay-in over the doubleteam but the foul's on Jerry Underwood - foul #4 on Jerry Underwood, team foul #8 | 41-46 |
| 01:19 | St. John's | James Zipp makes the 1st free throw | 41-47 |
| 01:19 | St. John's | James Zipp makes the 2nd free throw | 41-48 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:52 | Louisville | Chase Brown misses long on a jumper in the paint but he's hacked by James McCurren - foul #2 on James McCurren, team foul #5 | 41-48 |
| 00:52 | Louisville | Chase Brown makes the 1st free throw | 42-48 |
| 00:52 | Louisville | Chase Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 43-48 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:51 | St. John's | James McCurren is hacked by Thomas Nusbaum in the backcourt - foul #2 on Thomas Nusbaum, team foul #9 | 43-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Larry Robinson (SF) Darrick Gill | |
| 00:51 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 1st free throw | 43-49 |
| 00:51 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 2nd free throw | 43-50 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:44 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 43-50 |
| 00:43 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood grabs the offensive rebound | 43-50 |
| 00:39 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens comes up short on the floater from the right side | 43-50 |
| 00:38 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Chase Brown | 43-50 |
| 00:36 | Louisville | Chase Brown knocks in the jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Thomas Nusbaum | 45-50 |
| 00:33 | St. John's | James McCurren is fouled in the backcourt by Thomas Nusbaum - foul #3 on Thomas Nusbaum, team foul #10 | 45-50 |
| 00:33 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 1st free throw | 45-51 |
| 00:33 | St. John's | James McCurren misses the 2nd free throw | 45-51 |
| 00:33 | St. John's | James Zipp gets the offensive rebound | 45-51 |
| 00:32 | St. John's | James Zipp is hacked by Frank Brumback - foul #2 on Frank Brumback, team foul #11 | 45-51 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Darrick Gill (PF) John Horton | |
| 00:32 | St. John's | James Zipp makes the 1st free throw | 45-52 |
| 00:32 | St. John's | James Zipp makes the 2nd free throw | 45-53 |
| 00:24 | Louisville | Frank Brumback hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 45-53 |
| 00:22 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Gibbens | 45-53 |
| 00:20 | Louisville | Kenneth Howse picks off the pass by Chase Brown | 45-53 |
| 00:17 | St. John's | James McCurren is fouled in the backcourt by Thomas Nusbaum - foul #4 on Thomas Nusbaum, team foul #12 | 45-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | John Horton (C) Darrick Gill | |
| 00:17 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 1st free throw | 45-54 |
| 00:17 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 2nd free throw | 45-55 |
| 00:10 | Louisville | Chase Brown misses the floater from the free throw line | 45-55 |
| 00:09 | Louisville | Chase Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 45-55 |
| 00:05 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 45-55 |
| 00:03 | St. John's | The rebound goes to James Zipp | 45-55 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:00 | St. John's | James McCurren runs out the clock | 45-55 |