| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fresh) 5 pts. 7 ast. SG - Bryan Schultz (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Heath Somers (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. PF - Stephen Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Patrick Hake (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Melvin Poling (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Rocky Costa (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Abshire (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Claudio Costa (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Clutter (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers inbounds the ball | 30-26 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:32 | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 33-26 |
| 19:28 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 33-26 |
| 19:26 | Rutgers | William Clutter tips it but misses | 33-26 |
| 19:25 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers grabs the defensive rebound | 33-26 |
| 19:19 | Cincinnati | The short jumper by Heath Somers is denied by William Clutter | 33-26 |
| 19:17 | Rutgers | William Clutter grabs the defensive rebound | 33-26 |
| 18:57 | Rutgers | Claudio Costa lays it up and in | 33-28 |
| 18:31 | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Charles Simon | 36-28 |
| 18:12 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 36-28 |
| 18:11 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake gets the rebound | 36-28 |
| 17:48 | Cincinnati | William Clutter picks off the pass by Charles Simon | 36-28 |
| 17:37 | Rutgers | William Clutter scores on a runner in the paint on a nice dish by Melvin Poling | 36-30 |
| 17:18 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Charles Simon | 39-30 |
| 16:53 | Rutgers | Patrick Hake steps in front of the William Clutter pass | 39-30 |
| 16:24 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon buries a jumper from the right wing | 41-30 |
| 16:07 | Rutgers | Brian Abshire makes the floater from the left block | 41-32 |
| 15:49 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 41-32 |
| 15:48 | Rutgers | Claudio Costa gets the rebound | 41-32 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fresh) 7 pts. 9 ast. SG - Bryan Schultz (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Heath Somers (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. PF - Stephen Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Patrick Hake (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Melvin Poling (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rocky Costa (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Abshire (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Claudio Costa (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - William Clutter (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 15:25 | Rutgers | Rocky Costa makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-35 |
| 15:08 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 41-35 |
| 15:07 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake misses the tip | 41-35 |
| 15:06 | Rutgers | Brian Abshire pulls down the rebound | 41-35 |
| 14:59 | Rutgers | Claudio Costa double dribbles | 41-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Tyrone Carroll (PG), Nathan Friend (SG), Emile Maldonado (PF), Pat Boyer (C) Melvin Poling, Rocky Costa, Claudio Costa, William Clutter | |
| 14:38 | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 41-35 |
| 14:36 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers tips it home | 43-35 |
| 14:32 | Rutgers | Nathan Friend can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 43-35 |
| 14:31 | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan pulls down the rebound | 43-35 |
| 14:05 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 43-35 |
| 14:03 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake hits the follow up shot | 45-35 |
| 13:58 | Rutgers | Nathan Friend makes the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Tyrone Carroll | 45-38 |
| 13:35 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 47-38 |
| 13:33 | Rutgers | Charles Simon picks off the pass by Tyrone Carroll in the backcourt | 47-38 |
| 13:31 | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz blows the layup | 47-38 |
| 13:29 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake tips it in | 49-38 |
| 13:17 | Rutgers | Emile Maldonado scores on a jumper from the right block and the foul's on Stephen Morgan - foul #1 on Stephen Morgan, team foul #1 | 49-40 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Claudio Costa (PF) Brian Abshire | |
| 13:17 | Rutgers | Emile Maldonado makes the free throw | 49-41 |
| 12:55 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers is fouled on the floor by Tyrone Carroll - foul #3 on Tyrone Carroll, team foul #1 | 49-41 |
| 12:26 | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Charles Simon | 52-41 |
| 12:08 | Rutgers | Stephen Morgan is called for the reach on Emile Maldonado - foul #2 on Stephen Morgan, team foul #2 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dwight Byrne (C) Patrick Hake | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Melvin Poling (PG), Rocky Costa (SF), William Clutter (C) Tyrone Carroll, Emile Maldonado, Pat Boyer | |
| 11:47 | Rutgers | William Clutter hits a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Nathan Friend | 52-43 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 10 ast. SG - Bryan Schultz (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Heath Somers (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. PF - Stephen Morgan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Dwight Byrne (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Melvin Poling (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nathan Friend (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Rocky Costa (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Claudio Costa (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - William Clutter (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:34 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 55-43 |
| 11:20 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Nathan Friend | 55-46 |
| 11:01 | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 55-46 |
| 10:59 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers hits the follow up shot | 57-46 |
| 10:40 | Rutgers | Nathan Friend scores on a 3 from the left wing set up by Melvin Poling | 57-49 |
| 10:19 | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan hits the finger roll on a great pass from Charles Simon and he's fouled by Claudio Costa - foul #1 on Claudio Costa, team foul #2 | 59-49 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Luis Hernandez (SF), Patrick Hake (C) Heath Somers, Dwight Byrne | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Tyrone Carroll (SG), Brian Abshire (SF), Emile Maldonado (PF) Nathan Friend, Rocky Costa, Claudio Costa | |
| 10:19 | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan makes the free throw | 60-49 |
| 09:59 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 60-49 |
| 09:58 | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan pulls down the rebound | 60-49 |
| 09:34 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Emile Maldonado - foul #3 on Emile Maldonado, team foul #3 | 60-49 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Juan Gonzalez (SF), Dwight Byrne (C) Bryan Schultz, Stephen Morgan | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Rocky Costa (SG), Pat Boyer (C) Melvin Poling, William Clutter | |
| 09:34 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake makes the 1st free throw | 61-49 |
| 09:34 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake makes the 2nd free throw | 62-49 |
| 09:08 | Rutgers | Pat Boyer misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 62-49 |
| 09:07 | Rutgers | Pat Boyer grabs the offensive rebound | 62-49 |
| 08:53 | Rutgers | Brian Abshire buries a shot from the left side and the foul's on Juan Gonzalez - foul #1 on Juan Gonzalez, team foul #3 | 62-51 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Heath Somers (SF) Charles Simon | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Claudio Costa (PF) Emile Maldonado | |
| 08:53 | Rutgers | Brian Abshire makes the free throw | 62-52 |
| 08:30 | Cincinnati | Luis Hernandez misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 62-52 |
| 08:28 | Rutgers | Claudio Costa grabs the defensive rebound | 62-52 |
| 08:11 | Rutgers | Pat Boyer's fadeaway is rejected by Heath Somers | 62-52 |
| 08:10 | Rutgers | Claudio Costa tips it home | 62-54 |
| 07:42 | Cincinnati | Juan Gonzalez misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 62-54 |
| 07:40 | Rutgers | Pat Boyer snags the defensive board | 62-54 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Juan Gonzalez (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Luis Hernandez (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Heath Somers (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 1 ast. PF - Patrick Hake (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Dwight Byrne (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Tyrone Carroll (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Rocky Costa (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Abshire (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Claudio Costa (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Pat Boyer (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:38 | Rutgers | Tyrone Carroll's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 62-54 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG), Bryan Schultz (SG), Stephen Morgan (PF) Juan Gonzalez, Luis Hernandez, Dwight Byrne | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Melvin Poling (PG), Nathan Friend (SG), William Clutter (C) Tyrone Carroll, Rocky Costa, Pat Boyer | |
| 07:21 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers hits a 3pt jumper from straight away | 65-54 |
| 07:05 | Rutgers | Claudio Costa misses the jumper in the lane but the foul's on Patrick Hake - foul #2 on Patrick Hake, team foul #4 | 65-54 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dwight Byrne (C) Patrick Hake | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 07:05 | Rutgers | Claudio Costa misses the 1st free throw | 65-54 |
| 07:05 | Rutgers | Claudio Costa makes the 2nd free throw | 65-55 |
| 06:51 | Cincinnati | William Clutter steals the ball from Stephen Morgan | 65-55 |
| 06:26 | Rutgers | Stephen Morgan steps in front of the Brian Abshire pass | 65-55 |
| 06:08 | Cincinnati | Claudio Costa denies the turnaround by Stephen Morgan | 65-55 |
| 06:06 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers grabs the offensive rebound | 65-55 |
| 05:41 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 65-55 |
| 05:39 | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan hits the follow up shot | 67-55 |
| 05:18 | Rutgers | Stephen Morgan blocks the short jumper by William Clutter | 67-55 |
| 05:16 | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan grabs the board | 67-55 |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan misses badly on a shot from close range | 67-55 |
| 04:56 | Rutgers | William Clutter grabs the board | 67-55 |
| 04:37 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling hits a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Nathan Friend | 67-58 |
| 04:11 | Cincinnati | Dwight Byrne is hacked by William Clutter - foul #1 on William Clutter, team foul #4 | 67-58 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Luis Hernandez (SF), Patrick Hake (C) Heath Somers, Dwight Byrne | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Tyrone Carroll (PG), Rocky Costa (SG), Emile Maldonado (PF), Pat Boyer (C) Melvin Poling, Nathan Friend, Claudio Costa, William Clutter | |
| 03:58 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake clanks a shot in the lane | 67-58 |
| 03:57 | Rutgers | Pat Boyer grabs the board | 67-58 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:45 | Rutgers | Pat Boyer knocks in the runner from the baseline set up by Tyrone Carroll | 67-60 |
| 03:20 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake misses long on a fadeaway from the left block | 67-60 |
| 03:18 | Rutgers | Emile Maldonado pulls down the rebound | 67-60 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (tiring) 7 pts. 11 ast. SG - Bryan Schultz (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Luis Hernandez (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Stephen Morgan (tiring) 7 pts. 9 reb. C - Patrick Hake (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Tyrone Carroll (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Rocky Costa (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Abshire (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Emile Maldonado (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Pat Boyer (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:00 | Rutgers | Rocky Costa scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Brian Abshire and the foul's on Charles Simon - foul #1 on Charles Simon, team foul #5 | 67-62 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Juan Gonzalez (PG) Charles Simon | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 03:00 | Rutgers | Rocky Costa misses the free throw | 67-62 |
| 03:00 | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan pulls down the rebound | 67-62 |
| 03:00 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 67-62 |
| 02:58 | Cincinnati | Juan Gonzalez's pass is intercepted by Tyrone Carroll in the backcourt | 67-62 |
| 02:56 | Rutgers | Rocky Costa lays it up and in set up by Tyrone Carroll | 67-64 |
| 02:35 | Cincinnati | Luis Hernandez connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Juan Gonzalez | 70-64 |
| 02:35 | Rutgers | Rutgers calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 70-64 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG), Heath Somers (SF) Juan Gonzalez, Luis Hernandez | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Melvin Poling (PG), Claudio Costa (PF), William Clutter (C) Tyrone Carroll, Emile Maldonado, Pat Boyer | |
| 02:12 | Rutgers | William Clutter misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 70-64 |
| 02:10 | Rutgers | Brian Abshire snags the offensive board | 70-64 |
| 01:47 | Rutgers | Rocky Costa misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 70-64 |
| 01:45 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling snags the offensive board | 70-64 |
| 01:32 | Rutgers | Stephen Morgan steps in front of the Claudio Costa pass | 70-64 |
| 01:14 | Cincinnati | William Clutter steals it from Stephen Morgan | 70-64 |
| 00:59 | Rutgers | Patrick Hake denies the turnaround by William Clutter | 70-64 |
| 00:57 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Patrick Hake | 70-64 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:56 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake is hacked by Melvin Poling in the backcourt - foul #1 on Melvin Poling, team foul #5 | 70-64 |
| 00:54 | Cincinnati | William Clutter is called for the reach on Patrick Hake - foul #2 on William Clutter, team foul #6 | 70-64 |
| 00:51 | Cincinnati | Melvin Poling is called for the reach on Charles Simon - foul #2 on Melvin Poling, team foul #7 | 70-64 |
| 00:51 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon makes the 1st free throw | 71-64 |
| 00:51 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon makes the 2nd free throw | 72-64 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:49 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling is fouled in the backcourt by Charles Simon - foul #2 on Charles Simon, team foul #6 | 72-64 |
| 00:45 | Rutgers | William Clutter is fouled on the floor by Patrick Hake - foul #3 on Patrick Hake, team foul #7 | 72-64 |
| 00:45 | Rutgers | William Clutter makes the 1st free throw | 72-65 |
| 00:45 | Rutgers | William Clutter makes the 2nd free throw | 72-66 |
| 00:44 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers is fouled in the backcourt by Melvin Poling - foul #3 on Melvin Poling, team foul #8 | 72-66 |
| 00:44 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers makes the 1st free throw | 73-66 |
| 00:44 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers makes the 2nd free throw | 74-66 |
| 00:38 | Rutgers | Rocky Costa clanks a 3 from the right wing | 74-66 |
| 00:36 | Rutgers | Brian Abshire pulls down the offensive rebound | 74-66 |
| 00:32 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling is hacked by Patrick Hake - foul #4 on Patrick Hake, team foul #8 | 74-66 |
| 00:32 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling makes the 1st free throw | 74-67 |
| 00:32 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling makes the 2nd free throw | 74-68 |
| 00:30 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers is fouled in the backcourt by Rocky Costa - foul #3 on Rocky Costa, team foul #9 | 74-68 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Luis Hernandez (PF) Stephen Morgan | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:30 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers makes the 1st free throw | 75-68 |
| 00:30 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers makes the 2nd free throw | 76-68 |
| 00:23 | Rutgers | Melvin Poling hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 76-68 |
| 00:21 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake pulls down the rebound | 76-68 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:19 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake is fouled in the backcourt by Melvin Poling - foul #4 on Melvin Poling, team foul #10 | 76-68 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Stephen Morgan (PF) Luis Hernandez | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:19 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake makes the 1st free throw | 77-68 |
| 00:19 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake makes the 2nd free throw | 78-68 |
| 00:12 | Rutgers | William Clutter's pass is intercepted by Bryan Schultz | 78-68 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon runs out the clock | 78-68 |