| Lineup | High Point | PG - John Menjivar (fresh) SG - Charlie Cayton (fresh) SF - Herman Seman (fresh) PF - David Elliott (fresh) C - Kenneth Damm (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Walter Weeks (fresh) SG - Keith Janson (fresh) SF - Kevin Delossantos (fresh) PF - Paul Gary (fresh) C - Michael Eberly (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Samford | Paul Gary wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | High Point | High Point is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:49 | Samford | Paul Gary knocks in the shot in the lane | 0-2 |
| 19:41 | High Point | Charlie Cayton buries a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by John Menjivar | 3-2 |
| 19:22 | Samford | Paul Gary hits a fadeaway in the paint and he's hacked by John Menjivar - foul #1 on John Menjivar, team foul #1 | 3-4 |
| 19:22 | Samford | Paul Gary misses the free throw | 3-4 |
| 19:22 | High Point | David Elliott pulls down the rebound | 3-4 |
| 19:00 | High Point | John Menjivar misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 3-4 |
| 18:58 | High Point | Charlie Cayton snags the offensive board | 3-4 |
| 18:47 | High Point | John Menjivar loses the dribble to Walter Weeks | 3-4 |
| 18:44 | Samford | Keith Janson lays it in on a nice dish by Walter Weeks | 3-6 |
| 18:26 | High Point | Herman Seman misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 3-6 |
| 18:25 | High Point | David Elliott misses the tip | 3-6 |
| 18:23 | Samford | Walter Weeks snags the defensive board | 3-6 |
| 18:03 | Samford | Kevin Delossantos misses long on a runner in the paint | 3-6 |
| 18:02 | High Point | The rebound goes to Kenneth Damm | 3-6 |
| 17:58 | High Point | John Menjivar loses the dribble to Keith Janson | 3-6 |
| 17:55 | Samford | Paul Gary lays it in on a nice dish by Keith Janson | 3-8 |
| 17:39 | High Point | John Menjivar is denied on a layup by Michael Eberly | 3-8 |
| 17:38 | Samford | Kevin Delossantos grabs the board | 3-8 |
| 17:19 | Samford | Kevin Delossantos throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-8 |
| Subs | High Point | | |
| Subs | Samford | Stanley Wilder (SG), David Catalan (SF), John Maxim (PF), James Cook (C) Keith Janson, Kevin Delossantos, Paul Gary, Michael Eberly | |
| 17:05 | High Point | David Elliott knocks in the jumper from close range set up by Herman Seman | 5-8 |
| 16:44 | Samford | Walter Weeks hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by John Maxim | 5-10 |
| 16:33 | High Point | Charlie Cayton makes the jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from John Menjivar | 7-10 |
| 16:11 | Samford | Stanley Wilder is whistled for a carry | 7-10 |
| Subs | High Point | Frank Wible (SF), Stephen Connelly (C) Herman Seman, Kenneth Damm | |
| Subs | Samford | John Beyer (SG), Kevin Delossantos (SF) Walter Weeks, David Catalan | |
| 15:51 | High Point | John Menjivar can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 7-10 |
| 15:49 | Samford | John Maxim snags the defensive board | 7-10 |
| Lineup | High Point | PG - John Menjivar (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Charlie Cayton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Frank Wible (fresh) PF - David Elliott (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Stephen Connelly (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Stanley Wilder (fresh) SG - John Beyer (fresh) SF - Kevin Delossantos (fresh) PF - John Maxim (fresh) C - James Cook (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Samford | James Cook hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 7-10 |
| 15:35 | High Point | Frank Wible grabs the board | 7-10 |
| 15:30 | High Point | John Menjivar drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by David Elliott | 10-10 |
| 15:11 | Samford | John Maxim misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 10-10 |
| 15:09 | High Point | Frank Wible grabs the board | 10-10 |
| 14:54 | High Point | John Menjivar misses the floater from just outside the lane | 10-10 |
| 14:52 | High Point | Frank Wible pulls down the offensive rebound | 10-10 |
| 14:34 | High Point | Frank Wible comes up short on the floater from the left side | 10-10 |
| 14:32 | Samford | John Maxim snags the defensive board | 10-10 |
| 14:16 | Samford | John Maxim comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 10-10 |
| 14:14 | High Point | Stephen Connelly gets the rebound | 10-10 |
| 14:09 | High Point | Charlie Cayton knocks in the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Frank Wible | 12-10 |
| 13:51 | Samford | David Elliott steals it from Stanley Wilder | 12-10 |
| 13:44 | High Point | John Maxim steps in front of the Charlie Cayton pass | 12-10 |
| 13:30 | Samford | John Maxim throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-10 |
| Subs | High Point | Herman Seman (SF), Kenneth Damm (C) Frank Wible, Stephen Connelly | |
| Subs | Samford | Walter Weeks (PG), Keith Janson (SG), David Catalan (SF), Paul Gary (PF), Michael Eberly (C) Stanley Wilder, John Beyer, Kevin Delossantos, John Maxim, James Cook | |
| 13:14 | High Point | John Menjivar buries a jumper from the left side set up by Charlie Cayton and he's fouled by Paul Gary - foul #1 on Paul Gary, team foul #1 | 14-10 |
| 13:14 | High Point | John Menjivar makes the free throw | 15-10 |
| 12:52 | Samford | Keith Janson misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 15-10 |
| 12:51 | Samford | Paul Gary tips it home | 15-12 |
| 12:38 | High Point | David Elliott makes the shot from the left wing | 17-12 |
| 12:21 | Samford | David Catalan connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Walter Weeks and he's fouled by John Menjivar - foul #2 on John Menjivar, team foul #2 | 17-14 |
| Subs | High Point | Andrew Hoover (SG), David Carroll (PF) John Menjivar, David Elliott | |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| 12:21 | Samford | David Catalan makes the free throw | 17-15 |
| 12:04 | High Point | Charlie Cayton clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 17-15 |
| 12:03 | Samford | Paul Gary gets the rebound | 17-15 |
| 11:34 | Samford | Keith Janson drills a 3 pointer from the left corner | 17-18 |
| Lineup | High Point | PG - Charlie Cayton (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Hoover (fresh) SF - Herman Seman (fresh) PF - David Carroll (fresh) C - Kenneth Damm (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Walter Weeks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Keith Janson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Catalan (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Paul Gary (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Eberly (fresh) | |
| 11:22 | High Point | Charlie Cayton misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 17-18 |
| 11:21 | Samford | Paul Gary gets the rebound | 17-18 |
| 11:02 | Samford | Keith Janson misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 17-18 |
| 11:01 | Samford | Paul Gary hits the follow up shot | 17-20 |
| 10:43 | High Point | Charlie Cayton drills a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Herman Seman | 20-20 |
| 10:28 | Samford | Walter Weeks's pass is intercepted by Herman Seman | 20-20 |
| 10:25 | High Point | Herman Seman banks in the layup | 22-20 |
| 10:11 | Samford | Walter Weeks misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 22-20 |
| 10:10 | High Point | David Carroll grabs the defensive rebound | 22-20 |
| 10:04 | High Point | Charlie Cayton clanks a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by David Catalan - foul #1 on David Catalan, team foul #2 | 22-20 |
| Subs | High Point | Frank Wible (SF), David Elliott (PF), Stephen Connelly (C) Herman Seman, David Carroll, Kenneth Damm | |
| Subs | Samford | Stanley Wilder (PG), John Beyer (SG), Kevin Delossantos (SF), John Mars (PF) Walter Weeks, Keith Janson, David Catalan, Paul Gary | |
| 10:04 | High Point | Charlie Cayton makes the 1st free throw | 23-20 |
| 10:04 | High Point | Charlie Cayton makes the 2nd free throw | 24-20 |
| 09:49 | Samford | John Beyer misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 24-20 |
| 09:47 | High Point | Stephen Connelly gets the rebound | 24-20 |
| 09:33 | High Point | Stanley Wilder is called for the reach on Andrew Hoover - foul #1 on Stanley Wilder, team foul #3 | 24-20 |
| Subs | High Point | Chester Seibel (PG) Andrew Hoover | |
| Subs | Samford | John Maxim (C) Michael Eberly | |
| 09:25 | High Point | Charlie Cayton misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 24-20 |
| 09:24 | Samford | John Mars pulls down the rebound | 24-20 |
| 09:14 | Samford | Chester Seibel is called for the reach on Stanley Wilder - foul #1 on Chester Seibel, team foul #3 | 24-20 |
| 08:59 | Samford | John Mars throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-20 |
| Subs | High Point | | |
| Subs | Samford | Walter Weeks (PG), James Cook (C) John Beyer, John Mars | |
| 08:43 | High Point | David Elliott can't connect on a turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Stanley Wilder - foul #2 on Stanley Wilder, team foul #4 | 24-20 |
| Subs | High Point | Andrew Hoover (PG) Charlie Cayton | |
| Subs | Samford | John Beyer (SG) Stanley Wilder | |
| 08:43 | High Point | David Elliott makes the 1st free throw | 25-20 |
| 08:43 | High Point | David Elliott makes the 2nd free throw | 26-20 |
| 08:33 | Samford | James Cook misses short on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Andrew Hoover - foul #1 on Andrew Hoover, team foul #4 | 26-20 |
| 08:33 | Samford | James Cook misses the 1st free throw | 26-20 |
| 08:33 | Samford | James Cook makes the 2nd free throw | 26-21 |
| 08:21 | High Point | Andrew Hoover is fouled on the floor by John Maxim - foul #1 on John Maxim, team foul #5 | 26-21 |
| Subs | High Point | | |
| Subs | Samford | John Mars (PF) John Maxim | |
| 08:03 | High Point | Stephen Connelly can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 26-21 |
| 08:02 | High Point | Stephen Connelly pulls down the offensive rebound | 26-21 |
| 07:53 | High Point | David Elliott connects on the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Chester Seibel and he's fouled by John Mars - foul #1 on John Mars, team foul #6 | 28-21 |
| Subs | High Point | Herman Seman (SF), Kenneth Damm (C) Frank Wible, Stephen Connelly | |
| Subs | Samford | Keith Janson (SG), David Catalan (C) John Beyer, James Cook | |
| 07:53 | High Point | David Elliott makes the free throw | 29-21 |
| 07:32 | Samford | John Mars misses the easy layup but he's hacked by David Elliott - foul #1 on David Elliott, team foul #5 | 29-21 |
| Subs | High Point | | |
| Subs | Samford | Paul Gary (PF) Kevin Delossantos | |
| 07:32 | Samford | John Mars makes the 1st free throw | 29-22 |
| 07:32 | Samford | John Mars makes the 2nd free throw | 29-23 |
| Lineup | High Point | PG - Andrew Hoover (fresh) SG - Chester Seibel (fresh) SF - Herman Seman (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Elliott (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Kenneth Damm (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Walter Weeks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Keith Janson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Mars (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Paul Gary (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - David Catalan (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:08 | High Point | David Elliott misses the fadeaway from close range | 29-23 |
| 07:06 | High Point | Kenneth Damm misses the tip | 29-23 |
| 07:05 | High Point | Chester Seibel grabs the offensive board | 29-23 |
| 06:40 | High Point | Herman Seman connects on the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Andrew Hoover and he's fouled by John Mars - foul #2 on John Mars, team foul #7 | 31-23 |
| Subs | High Point | Charlie Cayton (PG), Frank Wible (PF) Chester Seibel, David Elliott | |
| Subs | Samford | Keith Pittman (PG), Kevin Delossantos (SF), John Maxim (C) Walter Weeks, John Mars, David Catalan | |
| 06:40 | High Point | Herman Seman makes the free throw | 32-23 |
| 06:24 | Samford | Frank Wible steps in front of the John Maxim pass | 32-23 |
| 05:55 | High Point | Kenneth Damm throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-23 |
| Subs | High Point | Tracy Gambill (SF), Stephen Connelly (C) Herman Seman, Kenneth Damm | |
| Subs | Samford | Walter Weeks (PG), John Beyer (SG), Michael Eberly (C) Keith Pittman, Keith Janson, Paul Gary | |
| 05:40 | Samford | Charlie Cayton steals it from John Beyer | 32-23 |
| 05:36 | High Point | Frank Wible is whistled for a carry | 32-23 |
| 05:14 | Samford | John Beyer hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Walter Weeks | 32-26 |
| 04:58 | High Point | Frank Wible banks in the layup | 34-26 |
| 04:45 | Samford | Walter Weeks lays it in on a great pass from John Beyer and he's hacked by Tracy Gambill - foul #1 on Tracy Gambill, team foul #6 | 34-28 |
| Subs | High Point | Chester Seibel (SG), Herman Seman (SF), David Elliott (PF) Andrew Hoover, Tracy Gambill, Frank Wible | |
| Subs | Samford | David Catalan (SF), Paul Gary (PF) Kevin Delossantos, John Maxim | |
| 04:45 | Samford | Walter Weeks makes the free throw | 34-29 |
| 04:21 | High Point | David Elliott drills a shot near the basket on a nice dish by Charlie Cayton | 36-29 |
| 04:12 | Samford | Michael Eberly buries a floater from the right block set up by Walter Weeks | 36-31 |
| 04:05 | High Point | Herman Seman is fouled on the floor by David Catalan - foul #2 on David Catalan, team foul #8 | 36-31 |
| Subs | High Point | Kenneth Damm (C) Stephen Connelly | |
| Subs | Samford | Keith Pittman (PG), Keith Janson (SG), James Cook (C) Walter Weeks, David Catalan, Michael Eberly | |
| 04:05 | High Point | Herman Seman makes the 1st free throw | 37-31 |
| 04:05 | High Point | Herman Seman makes the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 03:46 | Samford | Keith Janson misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 38-31 |
| 03:44 | High Point | The rebound goes to David Elliott | 38-31 |
| 03:38 | High Point | David Elliott hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 38-31 |
| 03:37 | Samford | Paul Gary grabs the defensive rebound | 38-31 |
| 03:22 | Samford | James Cook clanks a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Kenneth Damm - foul #1 on Kenneth Damm, team foul #7 | 38-31 |
| Subs | High Point | John Menjivar (PG), Frank Wible (SF) Chester Seibel, Herman Seman | |
| Subs | Samford | Stanley Wilder (PG), Kevin Delossantos (SF), David Catalan (C) Keith Pittman, John Beyer, Paul Gary | |
| 03:22 | Samford | James Cook makes the 1st free throw | 38-32 |
| 03:22 | Samford | James Cook makes the 2nd free throw | 38-33 |
| Lineup | High Point | PG - John Menjivar (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charlie Cayton (tiring) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Frank Wible (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Elliott (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth Damm (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Stanley Wilder (fresh) SG - Keith Janson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kevin Delossantos (fresh) PF - James Cook (fresh) 3 pts. C - David Catalan (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:01 | High Point | David Elliott misses the easy layup | 38-33 |
| 02:59 | Samford | James Cook pulls down the rebound | 38-33 |
| 02:55 | Samford | Keith Janson is hacked by Kenneth Damm - foul #2 on Kenneth Damm, team foul #8 | 38-33 |
| Subs | High Point | | |
| Subs | Samford | Walter Weeks (PG), John Maxim (PF) Stanley Wilder, David Catalan | |
| 02:55 | Samford | Keith Janson makes the 1st free throw | 38-34 |
| 02:55 | Samford | Keith Janson makes the 2nd free throw | 38-35 |
| 02:41 | High Point | John Menjivar misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 38-35 |
| 02:40 | Samford | John Maxim gets the rebound | 38-35 |
| 02:24 | Samford | John Maxim makes the jump hook from the left block | 38-37 |
| 02:11 | High Point | Kenneth Damm misses the jumpshot from the left side | 38-37 |
| 02:09 | Samford | James Cook grabs the board | 38-37 |
| 01:58 | Samford | Keith Janson scores on a shot from the baseline and he's hacked by Charlie Cayton - foul #1 on Charlie Cayton, team foul #9 | 38-39 |
| Subs | High Point | Andrew Hoover (SG), Herman Seman (SF), David Carroll (PF), Stephen Connelly (C) Charlie Cayton, Frank Wible, David Elliott, Kenneth Damm | |
| Subs | Samford | Paul Gary (PF), Michael Eberly (C) John Maxim, James Cook | |
| 01:58 | Samford | Keith Janson makes the free throw | 38-40 |
| 01:41 | High Point | John Menjivar buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by David Carroll | 41-40 |
| 01:30 | Samford | Paul Gary's layup is rejected by David Carroll | 41-40 |
| 01:28 | Samford | Michael Eberly pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-40 |
| 01:15 | Samford | Paul Gary is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Paul Gary, team foul #9 | 41-40 |
| Subs | High Point | | |
| Subs | Samford | Stanley Wilder (SG), David Catalan (SF) Keith Janson, Kevin Delossantos | |
| 01:05 | High Point | John Menjivar makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Herman Seman | 43-40 |
| 00:45 | Samford | Stephen Connelly swats the short shot by Paul Gary | 43-40 |
| 00:43 | High Point | The rebound goes to John Menjivar | 43-40 |
| 00:39 | High Point | John Menjivar is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on John Menjivar, team foul #10 | 43-40 |
| Subs | High Point | Chester Seibel (SG), David Elliott (PF), Kenneth Damm (C) John Menjivar, David Carroll, Stephen Connelly | |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| 00:25 | Samford | Paul Gary loses the dribble to Herman Seman | 43-40 |
| 00:18 | High Point | Andrew Hoover hits a jumper from the left wing | 45-40 |
| 00:01 | Samford | David Catalan misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-40 |
| 00:00 | High Point | The rebound goes to Chester Seibel | 45-40 |