| Lineup | UConn | PG - Richard Burney (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joshua Doud (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Paul Lewis (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tom Delay (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Max Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Charles Jones (fresh) 11 pts. 3 stl. SG - Richard O'Laughlin (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Ward (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jurica Kurowski (fresh) 2 pts. C - Joshua Ashcraft (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UConn | Paul Lewis inbounds the ball | 37-27 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:31 | UConn | Richard Burney loses the ball out of bounds | 37-27 |
| 19:18 | New Mexico | Fred Ward scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Jurica Kurowski | 37-29 |
| 18:55 | UConn | Richard Burney banks in the layup on a nice dish by Tom Delay | 39-29 |
| 18:45 | New Mexico | Fred Ward comes up short on the jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Richard Burney - foul #1 on Richard Burney, team foul #1 | 39-29 |
| 18:45 | New Mexico | Fred Ward makes the 1st free throw | 39-30 |
| 18:45 | New Mexico | Fred Ward makes the 2nd free throw | 39-31 |
| 18:23 | UConn | Richard Burney buries a shot near the basket | 41-31 |
| 18:09 | New Mexico | Charles Jones misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 41-31 |
| 18:08 | UConn | Max Smith snags the defensive board | 41-31 |
| 17:57 | UConn | Joshua Doud makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Max Smith | 44-31 |
| 17:48 | New Mexico | Charles Jones hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 44-31 |
| 17:47 | UConn | Tom Delay grabs the board | 44-31 |
| 17:19 | UConn | Joshua Doud comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-31 |
| 17:17 | New Mexico | Charles Jones gets the rebound | 44-31 |
| 17:10 | New Mexico | Fred Ward clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 44-31 |
| 17:08 | UConn | Joshua Doud grabs the defensive rebound | 44-31 |
| 16:43 | UConn | Jurica Kurowski swats the layup by Max Smith | 44-31 |
| 16:41 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski grabs the board | 44-31 |
| 16:33 | New Mexico | Richard Burney takes the ball from Charles Jones | 44-31 |
| 16:12 | UConn | Joshua Doud double dribbles | 44-31 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Bowne (PG), Kevin Marasco (SF), Samuel Sebastian (C) Richard Burney, Paul Lewis, Max Smith | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Edward Peterson (PF) Jurica Kurowski | |
| 15:56 | New Mexico | Fred Ward is hacked by Tom Delay - foul #1 on Tom Delay, team foul #2 | 44-31 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Paul Bowne (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joshua Doud (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kevin Marasco (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Tom Delay (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Samuel Sebastian (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Charles Jones (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 stl. SG - Richard O'Laughlin (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Ward (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Edward Peterson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Joshua Ashcraft (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:42 | New Mexico | Richard O'Laughlin is hacked by Joshua Doud - foul #2 on Joshua Doud, team foul #3 | 44-31 |
| 15:19 | New Mexico | The jump hook by Edward Peterson is blocked by Tom Delay | 44-31 |
| 15:18 | UConn | The rebound goes to Tom Delay | 44-31 |
| 15:01 | UConn | Paul Bowne throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-31 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Lewis (SF), Max Smith (C) Joshua Doud, Samuel Sebastian | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 14:37 | New Mexico | Charles Jones hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Richard O'Laughlin | 44-34 |
| 14:19 | UConn | Max Smith misses badly on a runner from close range but he's fouled by Joshua Ashcraft - foul #3 on Joshua Ashcraft, team foul #1 | 44-34 |
| Subs | UConn | Richard Burney (PG) Tom Delay | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski (PF) Edward Peterson | |
| 14:19 | UConn | Max Smith makes the 1st free throw | 45-34 |
| 14:19 | UConn | Max Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 46-34 |
| 13:59 | New Mexico | Fred Ward can't connect on a turnaround from the baseline | 46-34 |
| 13:58 | UConn | Kevin Marasco snags the defensive board | 46-34 |
| 13:32 | UConn | Paul Lewis hits a pull-up jumper from the right side | 48-34 |
| 13:28 | New Mexico | Charles Jones knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner | 48-37 |
| 13:10 | UConn | Kevin Marasco makes the driving attempt in the paint on a nice dish by Richard Burney | 50-37 |
| 12:45 | New Mexico | Richard O'Laughlin is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Richard O'Laughlin, team foul #2 | 50-37 |
| Subs | UConn | Joshua Doud (SG), Samuel Sebastian (SF), Tom Delay (PF) Paul Bowne, Paul Lewis, Kevin Marasco | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Kendall Jones (SF), Edward Peterson (C) Fred Ward, Joshua Ashcraft | |
| 12:22 | UConn | Max Smith hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 50-37 |
| 12:21 | New Mexico | Richard O'Laughlin gets the rebound | 50-37 |
| 12:02 | New Mexico | Charles Jones misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 50-37 |
| 12:00 | UConn | Joshua Doud pulls down the rebound | 50-37 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Richard Burney (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Joshua Doud (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Samuel Sebastian (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tom Delay (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Max Smith (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Charles Jones (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 3 stl. SG - Richard O'Laughlin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kendall Jones (fresh) PF - Jurica Kurowski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Edward Peterson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:31 | UConn | Richard Burney can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 50-37 |
| 11:30 | New Mexico | Charles Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 50-37 |
| 11:23 | New Mexico | Charles Jones is called for traveling | 50-37 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Bowne (PG), Paul Lewis (SF), Kevin Marasco (C) Richard Burney, Samuel Sebastian, Max Smith | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Fred Ward (SF), Armand Costa (C) Kendall Jones, Jurica Kurowski | |
| 10:54 | UConn | Kevin Marasco is hacked by Fred Ward - foul #1 on Fred Ward, team foul #3 | 50-37 |
| Subs | UConn | Samuel Sebastian (C) Tom Delay | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Phelps (PG) Charles Jones | |
| 10:37 | UConn | Kevin Marasco connects on the shot from the right block set up by Joshua Doud | 52-37 |
| 10:30 | New Mexico | Samuel Sebastian swats the shot by Fred Ward | 52-37 |
| 10:29 | UConn | Joshua Doud gets the rebound | 52-37 |
| 10:09 | UConn | Paul Lewis can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by Armand Costa - foul #2 on Armand Costa, team foul #4 | 52-37 |
| Subs | UConn | Richard Burney (PG), Max Smith (C) Paul Bowne, Samuel Sebastian | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Jack Christopher (SG), Joshua Ashcraft (C) Richard O'Laughlin, Edward Peterson | |
| 10:09 | UConn | Paul Lewis misses the 1st free throw | 52-37 |
| 10:09 | UConn | Paul Lewis misses the 2nd free throw | 52-37 |
| 10:09 | New Mexico | Armand Costa grabs the board | 52-37 |
| 09:59 | New Mexico | Joshua Ashcraft is hacked by Kevin Marasco - foul #2 on Kevin Marasco, team foul #4 | 52-37 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski (PF) Armand Costa | |
| 09:41 | New Mexico | Kevin Marasco is called for the reach on Fred Ward - foul #3 on Kevin Marasco, team foul #5 | 52-37 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Charles Jones (PG), Kendall Jones (SF) John Phelps, Fred Ward | |
| 09:26 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski blows the layup but he's hacked by Kevin Marasco - foul #4 on Kevin Marasco, team foul #6 | 52-37 |
| Subs | UConn | Tom Delay (PF) Kevin Marasco | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 09:26 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski makes the 1st free throw | 52-38 |
| 09:26 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski makes the 2nd free throw | 52-39 |
| 09:16 | UConn | Paul Lewis scores on a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Joshua Doud | 54-39 |
| 09:14 | New Mexico | Charles Jones is called for traveling in the backcourt | 54-39 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Richard O'Laughlin (SG) Jack Christopher | |
| 08:50 | UConn | Max Smith makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 56-39 |
| 08:39 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski is fouled on the floor by Max Smith - foul #3 on Max Smith, team foul #7 | 56-39 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Bowne (SG), Samuel Sebastian (SF) Joshua Doud, Paul Lewis | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Edward Peterson (C) Joshua Ashcraft | |
| 08:39 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski makes the 1st free throw | 56-40 |
| 08:39 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski makes the 2nd free throw | 56-41 |
| 08:15 | UConn | Charles Jones steals the ball from Max Smith | 56-41 |
| 08:12 | New Mexico | Charles Jones hits the finger roll | 56-43 |
| 07:43 | UConn | Max Smith can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by Edward Peterson - foul #2 on Edward Peterson, team foul #5 | 56-43 |
| Subs | UConn | Joshua Doud (SG), Kevin Marasco (SF) Richard Burney, Tom Delay | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Fred Ward (SF), Armand Costa (C) Kendall Jones, Jurica Kurowski | |
| 07:43 | UConn | Max Smith misses the 1st free throw | 56-43 |
| 07:43 | UConn | Max Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 57-43 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Paul Bowne (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joshua Doud (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. SF - Kevin Marasco (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. PF - Samuel Sebastian (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Max Smith (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Charles Jones (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 4 stl. SG - Richard O'Laughlin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Fred Ward (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Edward Peterson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Armand Costa (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:32 | New Mexico | Richard O'Laughlin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-43 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Lewis (SF) Max Smith | |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| 07:12 | UConn | Samuel Sebastian lays it in set up by Paul Lewis and he's hacked by Armand Costa - foul #3 on Armand Costa, team foul #6 | 59-43 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Phelps (PG), Joshua Ashcraft (C) Charles Jones, Armand Costa | |
| 07:12 | UConn | Samuel Sebastian misses the free throw | 59-43 |
| 07:12 | New Mexico | Joshua Ashcraft snags the defensive board | 59-43 |
| 06:52 | New Mexico | Edward Peterson is called for traveling | 59-43 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Jack Christopher (SG), Armand Costa (PF) Richard O'Laughlin, Edward Peterson | |
| 06:33 | UConn | Paul Bowne knocks in the jump hook from the baseline on a great pass from Kevin Marasco | 61-43 |
| 06:15 | New Mexico | John Phelps clanks a fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Kevin Marasco - foul #5 on Kevin Marasco, team foul #8 | 61-43 |
| Subs | UConn | Richard Burney (PG), Tom Delay (PF), Max Smith (C) Paul Bowne, Kevin Marasco, Samuel Sebastian | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski (PF) Armand Costa | |
| 06:15 | New Mexico | John Phelps makes the 1st free throw | 61-44 |
| 06:15 | New Mexico | John Phelps misses the 2nd free throw | 61-44 |
| 06:15 | UConn | Max Smith snags the defensive board | 61-44 |
| 05:50 | UConn | Joshua Doud hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 64-44 |
| 05:32 | New Mexico | John Phelps connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 64-47 |
| 05:08 | UConn | Richard Burney connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 66-47 |
| 05:08 | New Mexico | New Mexico calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 66-47 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Charles Jones (PG), Richard O'Laughlin (SG) John Phelps, Jack Christopher | |
| 04:58 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski is fouled on the floor by Paul Lewis - foul #1 on Paul Lewis, team foul #9 | 66-47 |
| 04:58 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski makes the 1st free throw | 66-48 |
| 04:58 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski makes the 2nd free throw | 66-49 |
| 04:35 | UConn | Max Smith can't throw it down | 66-49 |
| 04:33 | UConn | Tom Delay can't tip it in | 66-49 |
| 04:32 | UConn | Max Smith tips it in | 68-49 |
| 04:19 | New Mexico | Charles Jones clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 68-49 |
| 04:18 | New Mexico | Richard O'Laughlin tips it in | 68-51 |
| 03:54 | UConn | Richard Burney scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Joshua Doud | 70-51 |
| 03:45 | New Mexico | Fred Ward misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 70-51 |
| 03:44 | UConn | Joshua Doud grabs the defensive rebound | 70-51 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Richard Burney (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Joshua Doud (fresh) 15 pts. 5 ast. SF - Paul Lewis (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tom Delay (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - Max Smith (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Charles Jones (fresh) 19 pts. 4 stl. SG - Richard O'Laughlin (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Fred Ward (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jurica Kurowski (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Joshua Ashcraft (tiring) 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:18 | UConn | Joshua Doud misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 70-51 |
| 03:16 | New Mexico | Fred Ward gets the rebound | 70-51 |
| 02:59 | New Mexico | Charles Jones misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 70-51 |
| 02:58 | UConn | Paul Lewis gets the rebound | 70-51 |
| 02:31 | UConn | Paul Lewis misses the shot from the right side but he's hacked by Joshua Ashcraft - foul #4 on Joshua Ashcraft, team foul #7 | 70-51 |
| Subs | UConn | Samuel Sebastian (PF) Tom Delay | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Kendall Jones (SF), Edward Peterson (C) Fred Ward, Joshua Ashcraft | |
| 02:31 | UConn | Paul Lewis misses the 1st free throw | 70-51 |
| 02:31 | UConn | Paul Lewis misses the 2nd free throw | 70-51 |
| 02:31 | UConn | Richard Burney snags the offensive board | 70-51 |
| 02:15 | UConn | Richard Burney misses the dunk attempt | 70-51 |
| 02:13 | UConn | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Lewis | 70-51 |
| 01:53 | UConn | Edward Peterson takes the ball from Samuel Sebastian | 70-51 |
| 01:46 | New Mexico | Charles Jones can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 70-51 |
| 01:44 | UConn | Samuel Sebastian grabs the defensive rebound | 70-51 |
| 01:23 | UConn | Paul Lewis can't finish the layup but the foul's on Kendall Jones - foul #1 on Kendall Jones, team foul #8 | 70-51 |
| Subs | UConn | Tom Delay (PF) Samuel Sebastian | |
| Subs | New Mexico | Fred Ward (SF), Joshua Ashcraft (C) Kendall Jones, Edward Peterson | |
| 01:23 | UConn | Paul Lewis misses the 1st free throw | 70-51 |
| 01:23 | UConn | Paul Lewis makes the 2nd free throw | 71-51 |
| 01:08 | New Mexico | Jurica Kurowski knocks in the runner from the baseline set up by Charles Jones | 71-53 |
| 00:51 | UConn | Richard O'Laughlin picks off the pass by Richard Burney | 71-53 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:47 | New Mexico | Charles Jones comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 71-53 |
| 00:46 | New Mexico | Joshua Ashcraft can't tip it in | 71-53 |
| 00:44 | New Mexico | Fred Ward tips it in | 71-55 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:24 | UConn | Joshua Doud knocks in the jumper from the right wing | 73-55 |
| 00:18 | New Mexico | Charles Jones hits a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Richard O'Laughlin | 73-58 |
| 00:00 | UConn | Richard Burney runs out the clock | 73-58 |