| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Wayne Skinner (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Duesenberg (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jerry Allen (fresh) PF - John Bennett (fresh) 4 pts. C - Kelly Walker (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Kelly Twombly (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - David Sin (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Cleveland Edwards (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Stephen Battle (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Eddie Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards inbounds the ball | 34-34 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | Montana | Eddie Thomas misses long on a fadeaway near the basket but the foul's on Kelly Walker - foul #2 on Kelly Walker, team foul #1 | 34-34 |
| 19:42 | Montana | Eddie Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 34-35 |
| 19:42 | Montana | Eddie Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 34-36 |
| 19:26 | East Carolina | Kelly Twombly is called for the reach on John Bennett - foul #1 on Kelly Twombly, team foul #1 | 34-36 |
| 19:20 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker connects on the jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by John Bennett and he's hacked by Cleveland Edwards - foul #2 on Cleveland Edwards, team foul #2 | 36-36 |
| 19:20 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker makes the free throw | 37-36 |
| 18:59 | Montana | The pull-up jumper by Eddie Thomas is blocked by Kelly Walker | 37-36 |
| 18:57 | Montana | Stephen Battle tips it back up and in | 37-38 |
| 18:34 | East Carolina | John Bennett's fadeaway is rejected by Eddie Thomas | 37-38 |
| 18:33 | Montana | Eddie Thomas snags the defensive board | 37-38 |
| 18:17 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Kelly Twombly | 37-41 |
| 18:13 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner misses the floater from the right side | 37-41 |
| 18:12 | Montana | Stephen Battle gets the rebound | 37-41 |
| 17:47 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards makes the floater from close range | 37-43 |
| 17:41 | East Carolina | John Bennett hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block but he's hacked by Kelly Twombly - foul #2 on Kelly Twombly, team foul #3 | 37-43 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (SG), Larry Christopher (C) David Duesenberg, Kelly Walker | |
| Subs | Montana | Jimmy Davidson (SG), Aaron Garnett (C) David Sin, Eddie Thomas | |
| 17:41 | East Carolina | John Bennett makes the 1st free throw | 38-43 |
| 17:41 | East Carolina | John Bennett makes the 2nd free throw | 39-43 |
| 17:18 | Montana | Larry Christopher blocks the short jumper by Kelly Twombly | 39-43 |
| 17:16 | Montana | Stephen Battle tips it home | 39-45 |
| 17:04 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon is fouled on the floor by Kelly Twombly - foul #3 on Kelly Twombly, team foul #4 | 39-45 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Stewart Stone (SF), Robert Weber (C) Jerry Allen, John Bennett | |
| Subs | Montana | Joshua Harris (PG), Daniel Pettit (SF), Tracy Dinardo (PF) Kelly Twombly, Cleveland Edwards, Stephen Battle | |
| 16:47 | East Carolina | Aaron Garnett swats the layup by Joshua Lawhon | 39-45 |
| 16:46 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo snags the defensive board | 39-45 |
| 16:31 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo clanks a shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Larry Christopher - foul #1 on Larry Christopher, team foul #2 | 39-45 |
| Subs | East Carolina | David Duesenberg (SG), Kelly Walker (C) Wayne Skinner, Robert Weber | |
| Subs | Montana | David Sin (SG), Eddie Thomas (C) Joshua Harris, Daniel Pettit | |
| 16:31 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo misses the 1st free throw | 39-45 |
| 16:31 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo makes the 2nd free throw | 39-46 |
| 16:14 | East Carolina | Larry Christopher hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the paint | 39-46 |
| 16:13 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg tips it home | 41-46 |
| 15:52 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 41-46 |
| 15:51 | East Carolina | Larry Christopher snags the defensive board | 41-46 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Joshua Lawhon (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Duesenberg (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Stewart Stone (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Larry Christopher (fresh) 5 reb. C - Kelly Walker (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Jimmy Davidson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Sin (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Tracy Dinardo (fresh) 11 pts. 2 stl. PF - Aaron Garnett (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Eddie Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:25 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Kelly Walker | 43-46 |
| 15:00 | Montana | Aaron Garnett connects on the jumper in the paint | 43-48 |
| 14:54 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Joshua Lawhon | 46-48 |
| 14:34 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 46-48 |
| 14:32 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg pulls down the rebound | 46-48 |
| 14:11 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 46-48 |
| 14:10 | Montana | Aaron Garnett pulls down the rebound | 46-48 |
| 13:54 | Montana | Aaron Garnett's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-48 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner (PG), Tony Wilhite (SG), Jerry Allen (SF), John Bennett (PF), Robert Weber (C) Joshua Lawhon, David Duesenberg, Stewart Stone, Larry Christopher, Kelly Walker | |
| Subs | Montana | Kelly Twombly (PG), Daniel Pettit (SG), Cleveland Edwards (SF), Stephen Battle (PF), Jimmy Turner (C) Jimmy Davidson, David Sin, Tracy Dinardo, Aaron Garnett, Eddie Thomas | |
| 13:38 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 49-48 |
| 13:23 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards is fouled on the floor by Tony Wilhite - foul #1 on Tony Wilhite, team foul #3 | 49-48 |
| 13:11 | Montana | Daniel Pettit can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 49-48 |
| 13:09 | Montana | Kelly Twombly hits the follow up shot | 49-50 |
| 13:05 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner clanks a jumper near the basket | 49-50 |
| 13:03 | Montana | Kelly Twombly pulls down the rebound | 49-50 |
| 12:59 | Montana | Daniel Pettit connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Stephen Battle | 49-53 |
| 12:30 | East Carolina | Jerry Allen's pass is intercepted by Daniel Pettit | 49-53 |
| 12:11 | Montana | Jimmy Turner misses badly on a jump hook in the paint but the foul's on Jerry Allen - foul #1 on Jerry Allen, team foul #4 | 49-53 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (SG) Tony Wilhite | |
| Subs | Montana | David Sin (SG) Daniel Pettit | |
| 12:11 | Montana | Jimmy Turner makes the 1st free throw | 49-54 |
| 12:11 | Montana | Jimmy Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 49-55 |
| 11:48 | East Carolina | Jerry Allen misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 49-55 |
| 11:46 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner tips it back up and in | 51-55 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Wayne Skinner (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joshua Lawhon (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Jerry Allen (fresh) PF - John Bennett (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - Robert Weber (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Kelly Twombly (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - David Sin (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Cleveland Edwards (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Stephen Battle (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Jimmy Turner (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:20 | Montana | Stephen Battle clanks a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Joshua Lawhon - foul #2 on Joshua Lawhon, team foul #5 | 51-55 |
| Subs | East Carolina | David Duesenberg (SG), Stewart Stone (SF), Larry Christopher (PF), Kelly Walker (C) Joshua Lawhon, Jerry Allen, John Bennett, Robert Weber | |
| Subs | Montana | Eddie Thomas (C) Jimmy Turner | |
| 11:20 | Montana | Stephen Battle makes the 1st free throw | 51-56 |
| 11:20 | Montana | Stephen Battle makes the 2nd free throw | 51-57 |
| 10:59 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker connects on the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from David Duesenberg | 54-57 |
| 10:44 | Montana | The short jumper by Stephen Battle is denied by Kelly Walker | 54-57 |
| 10:42 | East Carolina | Larry Christopher pulls down the rebound | 54-57 |
| 10:37 | East Carolina | Eddie Thomas steals the ball from Stewart Stone | 54-57 |
| 10:23 | Montana | Eddie Thomas scores on a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Cleveland Edwards | 54-59 |
| 10:01 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker misses badly on a jump hook from the right block | 54-59 |
| 09:59 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards gets the rebound | 54-59 |
| 09:31 | Montana | David Sin is hacked by Larry Christopher - foul #2 on Larry Christopher, team foul #6 | 54-59 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (PG), Tony Wilhite (SG), Jerry Allen (SF), John Bennett (PF), Robert Weber (C) Wayne Skinner, David Duesenberg, Stewart Stone, Larry Christopher, Kelly Walker | |
| Subs | Montana | Joshua Harris (PG), Jimmy Davidson (SG), Daniel Pettit (SF), Tracy Dinardo (PF), Aaron Garnett (C) Kelly Twombly, David Sin, Cleveland Edwards, Stephen Battle, Eddie Thomas | |
| 09:12 | Montana | Jimmy Davidson hits a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Daniel Pettit | 54-62 |
| 08:57 | East Carolina | Jerry Allen hits a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Tony Wilhite | 57-62 |
| 08:52 | Montana | Daniel Pettit clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 57-62 |
| 08:51 | East Carolina | John Bennett grabs the board | 57-62 |
| 08:44 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 57-62 |
| 08:42 | East Carolina | John Bennett tips it back up and in | 59-62 |
| 08:22 | Montana | Joshua Harris hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Joshua Lawhon - foul #3 on Joshua Lawhon, team foul #7 | 59-62 |
| Subs | East Carolina | David Duesenberg (SG) Tony Wilhite | |
| Subs | Montana | Eddie Thomas (C) Daniel Pettit | |
| 08:22 | Montana | Joshua Harris misses the 1st free throw | 59-62 |
| 08:22 | Montana | Joshua Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 59-63 |
| 08:07 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from David Duesenberg | 62-63 |
| 07:51 | Montana | Jerry Allen is called for the reach on Tracy Dinardo - foul #2 on Jerry Allen, team foul #8 | 62-63 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner (PG), Larry Christopher (PF), Kelly Walker (C) Joshua Lawhon, John Bennett, Robert Weber | |
| Subs | Montana | Kelly Twombly (PG), Cleveland Edwards (SF) Joshua Harris, Aaron Garnett | |
| 07:51 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo makes the 1st free throw | 62-64 |
| 07:51 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo makes the 2nd free throw | 62-65 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Wayne Skinner (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Duesenberg (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jerry Allen (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Larry Christopher (fresh) 6 reb. C - Kelly Walker (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Kelly Twombly (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Jimmy Davidson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Cleveland Edwards (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Tracy Dinardo (fresh) 13 pts. 2 stl. C - Eddie Thomas (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:39 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg is hacked by Jimmy Davidson - foul #2 on Jimmy Davidson, team foul #5 | 62-65 |
| 07:25 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker knocks in the turnaround from the right block on a great pass from David Duesenberg | 64-65 |
| 07:12 | Montana | Eddie Thomas makes the fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Tracy Dinardo | 64-67 |
| 06:50 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker blows the layup but the foul's on Eddie Thomas - foul #1 on Eddie Thomas, team foul #6 | 64-67 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (SG), Stewart Stone (SF) David Duesenberg, Jerry Allen | |
| Subs | Montana | David Sin (SG), Stephen Battle (PF), Aaron Garnett (C) Jimmy Davidson, Tracy Dinardo, Eddie Thomas | |
| 06:50 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker makes the 1st free throw | 65-67 |
| 06:50 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker makes the 2nd free throw | 66-67 |
| 06:34 | Montana | Aaron Garnett is hacked by Kelly Walker - foul #3 on Kelly Walker, team foul #9 | 66-67 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Robert Weber (PF) Larry Christopher | |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| 06:34 | Montana | Aaron Garnett makes the 1st free throw | 66-68 |
| 06:34 | Montana | Aaron Garnett makes the 2nd free throw | 66-69 |
| 06:10 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 66-69 |
| 06:08 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner snags the offensive board | 66-69 |
| 05:54 | East Carolina | Stephen Battle is called for the reach on Joshua Lawhon - foul #2 on Stephen Battle, team foul #7 | 66-69 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Allen (SF), John Bennett (PF) Stewart Stone, Kelly Walker | |
| Subs | Montana | Daniel Pettit (SF) Cleveland Edwards | |
| 05:54 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon makes the 1st free throw | 67-69 |
| 05:54 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon misses the 2nd free throw | 67-69 |
| 05:54 | Montana | Aaron Garnett pulls down the rebound | 67-69 |
| 05:41 | Montana | Stephen Battle knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Kelly Twombly | 67-72 |
| 05:22 | East Carolina | Jerry Allen misses short on a 3 from straight away | 67-72 |
| 05:20 | Montana | Stephen Battle grabs the board | 67-72 |
| 05:07 | Montana | David Sin is hacked by Joshua Lawhon - foul #4 on Joshua Lawhon, team foul #10 | 67-72 |
| Subs | East Carolina | David Duesenberg (SG), Larry Christopher (C) Joshua Lawhon, Robert Weber | |
| Subs | Montana | Tracy Dinardo (SF), Eddie Thomas (C) Daniel Pettit, Aaron Garnett | |
| 05:07 | Montana | David Sin makes the 1st free throw | 67-73 |
| 05:07 | Montana | David Sin makes the 2nd free throw | 67-74 |
| 04:46 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 67-74 |
| 04:44 | Montana | Eddie Thomas snags the defensive board | 67-74 |
| 04:28 | Montana | Eddie Thomas misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Larry Christopher - foul #3 on Larry Christopher, team foul #11 | 67-74 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (PG), Stewart Stone (SF), Kelly Walker (C) Wayne Skinner, Jerry Allen, Larry Christopher | |
| Subs | Montana | Jimmy Davidson (SG), Cleveland Edwards (SF) David Sin, Stephen Battle | |
| 04:28 | Montana | Eddie Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 67-75 |
| 04:28 | Montana | Eddie Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 67-75 |
| 04:28 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Kelly Walker | 67-75 |
| 04:14 | East Carolina | Eddie Thomas swats the layup by Stewart Stone | 67-75 |
| 04:12 | Montana | Eddie Thomas grabs the board | 67-75 |
| 04:04 | Montana | Eddie Thomas buries a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Kelly Twombly | 67-78 |
| 03:43 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 67-78 |
| 03:42 | Montana | Kelly Twombly grabs the board | 67-78 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Joshua Lawhon (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - David Duesenberg (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SF - Stewart Stone (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - John Bennett (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Kelly Walker (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Kelly Twombly (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Jimmy Davidson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Cleveland Edwards (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Tracy Dinardo (fresh) 13 pts. 2 stl. C - Eddie Thomas (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:17 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards buries a fadeaway in the lane set up by Jimmy Davidson | 67-80 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:54 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 67-80 |
| 02:52 | Montana | The rebound goes to Tracy Dinardo | 67-80 |
| 02:52 | Montana | Montana calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 67-80 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner (PG), Jerry Allen (SF), Larry Christopher (PF) Joshua Lawhon, Stewart Stone, John Bennett | |
| Subs | Montana | David Sin (SG), Stephen Battle (PF) Jimmy Davidson, Tracy Dinardo | |
| 02:33 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards misses the dunk attempt but he's hacked by Kelly Walker - foul #4 on Kelly Walker, team foul #12 | 67-80 |
| 02:33 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards misses the 1st free throw | 67-80 |
| 02:33 | Montana | Cleveland Edwards misses the 2nd free throw | 67-80 |
| 02:33 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker grabs the defensive rebound | 67-80 |
| 02:29 | East Carolina | David Sin steals it from Larry Christopher | 67-80 |
| 02:26 | Montana | Kelly Twombly hits the finger roll on a nice dish by David Sin | 67-82 |
| 02:02 | East Carolina | David Sin steps in front of the Larry Christopher pass | 67-82 |
| 01:36 | Montana | Stephen Battle buries a jumper from the right block | 67-84 |
| 01:10 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker connects on the jumper from the baseline | 69-84 |
| 00:48 | Montana | Larry Christopher steps in front of the Cleveland Edwards pass | 69-84 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:43 | East Carolina | The short jumper by Kelly Walker is denied by Stephen Battle | 69-84 |
| 00:42 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner grabs the offensive rebound | 69-84 |
| 00:39 | East Carolina | Wayne Skinner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 69-84 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (PG), Tony Wilhite (SG), Stewart Stone (SF), Robert Weber (C) Wayne Skinner, David Duesenberg, Jerry Allen, Kelly Walker | |
| Subs | Montana | Joshua Harris (PG), Jimmy Davidson (SG), Daniel Pettit (SF), Tracy Dinardo (PF), Aaron Garnett (C) Kelly Twombly, David Sin, Cleveland Edwards, Stephen Battle, Eddie Thomas | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:10 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo lays it in on a nice dish by Joshua Harris and he's fouled by Larry Christopher - foul #4 on Larry Christopher, team foul #13 | 69-86 |
| 00:10 | Montana | Tracy Dinardo makes the free throw | 69-87 |
| 00:04 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Joshua Lawhon | 72-87 |
| 00:00 | Montana | Joshua Harris runs out the clock | 72-87 |