| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Mark Johnson (fresh) SG - Robert Englund (fresh) SF - Paul Graham (fresh) PF - Shawn Moors (fresh) C - Melvin Vieira (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - James Brixey (fresh) SG - Brian Kyle (fresh) SF - Robert Mullaney (fresh) PF - Tim Squires (fresh) C - John Hite (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:31 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors hits a driving attempt from close range set up by Mark Johnson and the foul's on Tim Squires - foul #1 on Tim Squires, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:31 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors makes the free throw | 3-0 |
| 19:15 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 3-0 |
| 19:14 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires tips it back up and in | 3-2 |
| 18:49 | Syracuse | Robert Mullaney is called for the reach on Mark Johnson - foul #1 on Robert Mullaney, team foul #2 | 3-2 |
| 18:29 | Syracuse | Robert Englund clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 3-2 |
| 18:27 | Syracuse | Mark Johnson hits the follow up shot | 5-2 |
| 18:25 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires is hacked by Shawn Moors in the backcourt - foul #1 on Shawn Moors, team foul #1 | 5-2 |
| 18:13 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 5-2 |
| 18:11 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira grabs the board | 5-2 |
| 17:44 | Syracuse | Mark Johnson misses the dunk but he's hacked by Tim Squires - foul #2 on Tim Squires, team foul #3 | 5-2 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps (SG), Gary Jones (SF), Henry Oliveira (PF) Robert Englund, Paul Graham, Shawn Moors | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller (PF) Tim Squires | |
| 17:44 | Syracuse | Mark Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 6-2 |
| 17:44 | Syracuse | Mark Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 7-2 |
| 17:42 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle travels in the backcourt | 7-2 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Caputo (PG) Mark Johnson | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 17:20 | Syracuse | Henry Oliveira throws it down set up by Charles Caputo | 9-2 |
| 16:57 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller is fouled on the floor by Melvin Vieira - foul #1 on Melvin Vieira, team foul #2 | 9-2 |
| 16:37 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney loses the ball out of bounds | 9-2 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Johnson (PG), Paul Graham (SF), Shawn Moors (PF) Charles Caputo, Gary Jones, Henry Oliveira | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 16:17 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 9-2 |
| 16:15 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite snags the defensive board | 9-2 |
| 15:53 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 9-2 |
| 15:51 | Syracuse | Paul Graham grabs the board | 9-2 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Mark Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fairly fresh) SF - Paul Graham (fresh) PF - Shawn Moors (fresh) 3 pts. C - Melvin Vieira (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - James Brixey (fairly fresh) SG - Brian Kyle (fresh) SF - Robert Mullaney (fairly fresh) PF - Earl Miller (fresh) C - John Hite (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:32 | Syracuse | Mark Johnson misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 9-2 |
| 15:30 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Melvin Vieira | 9-2 |
| 15:10 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira's floater is tipped away by Earl Miller | 9-2 |
| 15:08 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors tips it in | 11-2 |
| 14:52 | Detroit Mercy | James Brixey misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 11-2 |
| 14:51 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller snags the offensive board | 11-2 |
| 14:36 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 11-2 |
| 14:34 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps grabs the board | 11-2 |
| 14:09 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors connects on the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Thomas Phelps | 13-2 |
| 13:54 | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller hits the finger roll set up by Brian Kyle | 13-4 |
| 13:34 | Syracuse | James Brixey swats the layup by Paul Graham | 13-4 |
| 13:32 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney pulls down the rebound | 13-4 |
| 13:15 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney misses the easy layup | 13-4 |
| 13:13 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite snags the offensive board | 13-4 |
| 12:54 | Detroit Mercy | 3 seconds is called on John Hite | 13-4 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Caputo (PG), Robert Englund (SG), Gary Jones (SF), Henry Oliveira (PF) Mark Johnson, Thomas Phelps, Paul Graham, Shawn Moors | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Walter Moore (PG), Micheal Sailer (SG), Edward Harbin (SF), Carl Cook (PF), Adam Turner (C) James Brixey, Brian Kyle, Robert Mullaney, Earl Miller, John Hite | |
| 12:36 | Syracuse | Robert Englund drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 16-4 |
| 12:09 | Detroit Mercy | Edward Harbin misses the 3 from straight away | 16-4 |
| 12:08 | Syracuse | Henry Oliveira snags the defensive board | 16-4 |
| 11:44 | Syracuse | Robert Englund makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Charles Caputo | 19-4 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Caputo (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Robert Englund (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Gary Jones (fresh) PF - Henry Oliveira (fresh) 2 pts. C - Melvin Vieira (tired) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Walter Moore (fresh) SG - Micheal Sailer (fresh) SF - Edward Harbin (fresh) PF - Carl Cook (fresh) C - Adam Turner (fresh) | |
| 11:42 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Englund steps in front of the Walter Moore pass in the backcourt | 19-4 |
| 11:20 | Syracuse | Robert Englund misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 19-4 |
| 11:18 | Detroit Mercy | Adam Turner grabs the defensive rebound | 19-4 |
| 11:00 | Detroit Mercy | Adam Turner is denied on a layup by Melvin Vieira | 19-4 |
| 10:59 | Detroit Mercy | Carl Cook snags the offensive board | 19-4 |
| 10:43 | Detroit Mercy | Walter Moore misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 19-4 |
| 10:41 | Syracuse | Gary Jones grabs the board | 19-4 |
| 10:36 | Syracuse | Charles Caputo makes the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Robert Englund | 22-4 |
| 10:34 | Detroit Mercy | Walter Moore travels in the backcourt | 22-4 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Johnson (PG), Paul Graham (SF), Johnny Katz (PF) Charles Caputo, Gary Jones, Henry Oliveira | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle (SG), Earl Miller (PF), John Hite (C) Walter Moore, Carl Cook, Adam Turner | |
| 10:20 | Syracuse | Robert Englund is whistled for a carry | 22-4 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Charles Blankenship (PG), Robert Mullaney (SF) Micheal Sailer, Edward Harbin | |
| 09:59 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle makes the driving attempt near the basket | 22-6 |
| 09:32 | Syracuse | Paul Graham hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the lane | 22-6 |
| 09:31 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite pulls down the rebound | 22-6 |
| 09:17 | Detroit Mercy | Mark Johnson steals the ball from Charles Blankenship | 22-6 |
| 09:00 | Syracuse | Robert Englund is hacked by John Hite - foul #1 on John Hite, team foul #4 | 22-6 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Caputo (PG), Shawn Moors (PF) Mark Johnson, Paul Graham | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Brixey (PG), Edward Harbin (SF), Carl Cook (PF) Charles Blankenship, Robert Mullaney, Earl Miller | |
| 08:44 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors is fouled on the floor by Brian Kyle - foul #1 on Brian Kyle, team foul #5 | 22-6 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (SF) Johnny Katz | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Adam Turner (C) John Hite | |
| 08:27 | Syracuse | Robert Englund misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 22-6 |
| 08:26 | Detroit Mercy | Carl Cook snags the defensive board | 22-6 |
| 08:22 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Englund - foul #1 on Robert Englund, team foul #3 | 22-6 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps (SG) Robert Englund | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer (SG) Brian Kyle | |
| 08:10 | Detroit Mercy | Adam Turner hits a wide open driving attempt near the basket set up by Micheal Sailer | 22-8 |
| 07:44 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors travels with the ball | 22-8 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Graham (SF), Henry Oliveira (PF), Patrick Williams (C) Gary Jones, Shawn Moors, Melvin Vieira | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Earl Miller (SF) Edward Harbin | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Caputo (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fresh) SF - Paul Graham (fairly fresh) PF - Henry Oliveira (fresh) 2 pts. C - Patrick Williams (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - James Brixey (fresh) SG - Micheal Sailer (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Earl Miller (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Carl Cook (fresh) 2 reb. C - Adam Turner (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:21 | Detroit Mercy | James Brixey clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 22-8 |
| 07:20 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams snags the defensive board | 22-8 |
| 07:16 | Syracuse | Paul Graham scores on a jumper from close range and the foul's on Adam Turner - foul #1 on Adam Turner, team foul #6 | 24-8 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Johnson (PG), Johnny Katz (SG) Charles Caputo, Thomas Phelps | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle (SG), Robert Mullaney (SF), John Hite (C) Micheal Sailer, Carl Cook, Adam Turner | |
| 07:16 | Syracuse | Paul Graham makes the free throw | 25-8 |
| 06:59 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 25-8 |
| 06:57 | Syracuse | Paul Graham grabs the defensive rebound | 25-8 |
| 06:34 | Syracuse | Henry Oliveira drills a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Paul Graham and he's fouled by John Hite - foul #2 on John Hite, team foul #7 | 27-8 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (SG) Paul Graham | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer (PG), Edward Harbin (SF), Carl Cook (C) James Brixey, Robert Mullaney, John Hite | |
| 06:34 | Syracuse | Henry Oliveira misses the free throw | 27-8 |
| 06:34 | Detroit Mercy | Carl Cook gets the rebound | 27-8 |
| 06:32 | Detroit Mercy | Henry Oliveira is called for the reach on Micheal Sailer in the backcourt - foul #1 on Henry Oliveira, team foul #4 | 27-8 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Shawn Moors (PF) Henry Oliveira | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 06:17 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 27-8 |
| 06:15 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams snags the defensive board | 27-8 |
| 06:08 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors clanks a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Micheal Sailer - foul #1 on Micheal Sailer, team foul #8 | 27-8 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Caputo (PG), Melvin Vieira (C) Mark Johnson, Patrick Williams | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 06:08 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors makes the 1st free throw | 28-8 |
| 06:08 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors makes the 2nd free throw | 29-8 |
| 05:57 | Detroit Mercy | Carl Cook misses the lay-in | 29-8 |
| 05:56 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz grabs the board | 29-8 |
| 05:31 | Syracuse | Gary Jones misses the easy layup | 29-8 |
| 05:30 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors hits the follow up shot | 31-8 |
| 05:13 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle can't finish the layup but the foul's on Gary Jones - foul #1 on Gary Jones, team foul #5 | 31-8 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps (SG), Paul Graham (SF), Henry Oliveira (PF) Gary Jones, Johnny Katz, Shawn Moors | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Brixey (PG), Adam Turner (PF) Micheal Sailer, Carl Cook | |
| 05:13 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle makes the 1st free throw | 31-9 |
| 05:13 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle misses the 2nd free throw | 31-9 |
| 05:13 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Paul Graham | 31-9 |
| 04:52 | Syracuse | Henry Oliveira comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block | 31-9 |
| 04:51 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Adam Turner | 31-9 |
| 04:42 | Detroit Mercy | James Brixey misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 31-9 |
| 04:40 | Syracuse | Henry Oliveira grabs the board | 31-9 |
| 04:24 | Syracuse | Charles Caputo is fouled on the floor by Earl Miller - foul #1 on Earl Miller, team foul #9 | 31-9 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Patrick Williams (C) Melvin Vieira | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer (SG), Robert Mullaney (SF) Brian Kyle, Edward Harbin | |
| 04:24 | Syracuse | Charles Caputo makes the 1st free throw | 32-9 |
| 04:24 | Syracuse | Charles Caputo misses the 2nd free throw | 32-9 |
| 04:24 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Earl Miller | 32-9 |
| 03:55 | Detroit Mercy | Micheal Sailer misses long on an open driving attempt near the basket | 32-9 |
| 03:53 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Patrick Williams | 32-9 |
| 03:34 | Syracuse | Charles Caputo misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 32-9 |
| 03:32 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Adam Turner | 32-9 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Caputo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fairly fresh) SF - Paul Graham (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Henry Oliveira (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Patrick Williams (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - James Brixey (fresh) SG - Micheal Sailer (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Mullaney (fresh) PF - Adam Turner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Earl Miller (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:07 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 32-9 |
| 03:06 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps gets the rebound | 32-9 |
| 02:46 | Syracuse | Charles Caputo loses the ball out of bounds | 32-9 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Johnson (PG), Robert Englund (SG), Gary Jones (SF), Shawn Moors (PF), Johnny Katz (C) Charles Caputo, Thomas Phelps, Paul Graham, Henry Oliveira, Patrick Williams | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle (SG), Tim Squires (PF), John Hite (C) James Brixey, Adam Turner, Earl Miller | |
| 02:32 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires hits the finger roll | 32-11 |
| 02:27 | Syracuse | Robert Englund drills a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Gary Jones | 35-11 |
| 02:10 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Mullaney throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-11 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira (C) Johnny Katz | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Walter Moore (PG), Carl Cook (SF) Micheal Sailer, Robert Mullaney | |
| 01:49 | Syracuse | Brian Kyle is called for the reach on Robert Englund - foul #2 on Brian Kyle, team foul #10 | 35-11 |
| 01:49 | Syracuse | Robert Englund makes the 1st free throw | 36-11 |
| 01:49 | Syracuse | Robert Englund makes the 2nd free throw | 37-11 |
| 01:46 | Detroit Mercy | Walter Moore's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 37-11 |
| 01:30 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors misses badly on a shot in the lane | 37-11 |
| 01:29 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires grabs the defensive rebound | 37-11 |
| 01:26 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle's pass is intercepted by Gary Jones in the backcourt | 37-11 |
| 01:23 | Syracuse | Mark Johnson lays it up and in on a great pass from Gary Jones | 39-11 |
| 01:14 | Detroit Mercy | Melvin Vieira denies the turnaround by John Hite | 39-11 |
| 01:12 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Shawn Moors | 39-11 |
| 01:08 | Syracuse | Robert Englund clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 39-11 |
| 01:07 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires snags the defensive board | 39-11 |
| 01:05 | Detroit Mercy | Brian Kyle throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 39-11 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Johnny Katz (SF), Patrick Williams (C) Gary Jones, Melvin Vieira | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Brixey (PG) Walter Moore | |
| 00:42 | Syracuse | Shawn Moors can't finish the layup | 39-11 |
| 00:40 | Detroit Mercy | Tim Squires pulls down the rebound | 39-11 |
| 00:28 | Detroit Mercy | John Hite hits the finger roll | 39-13 |
| 00:03 | Syracuse | Robert Englund misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 39-13 |
| 00:02 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams can't tip it in | 39-13 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Carl Cook | 39-13 |