| Lineup | Montana | PG - Willy Pannell (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Reece (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Sarzynski (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Vincent Holmes (fresh) 3 reb. C - Lee Yarbrough (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Lon Ranieri (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Weston Chapman (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Brock Pottorff (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ron Bluford (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - John Edwards (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Montana | Nicholas Sarzynski inbounds the ball | 40-34 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:49 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-34 |
| 19:48 | Air Force | John Edwards pulls down the rebound | 40-34 |
| 19:24 | Air Force | Ron Bluford misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 40-34 |
| 19:22 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough pulls down the rebound | 40-34 |
| 19:17 | Montana | Nicholas Sarzynski scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Willy Pannell | 42-34 |
| 19:05 | Air Force | Weston Chapman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-34 |
| 18:46 | Montana | James Reece hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 42-34 |
| 18:45 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff snags the defensive board | 42-34 |
| 18:22 | Air Force | John Edwards scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Lon Ranieri | 42-37 |
| 18:04 | Montana | James Reece buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Vincent Holmes | 45-37 |
| 17:47 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from John Edwards | 45-40 |
| 17:33 | Montana | James Reece buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 48-40 |
| 17:13 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 48-40 |
| 17:12 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff gets the offensive rebound | 48-40 |
| 16:59 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff banks in the layup on a great pass from Ron Bluford and the foul's on Nicholas Sarzynski - foul #3 on Nicholas Sarzynski, team foul #1 | 48-42 |
| Subs | Montana | Thomas Brock (PG), Thomas Bayliss (SF), Shawn Scala (PF), Scott Mitzel (C) Willy Pannell, Nicholas Sarzynski, Vincent Holmes, Lee Yarbrough | |
| Subs | Air Force | Nathan Walker (SG), Samuel Rayes (PF) Weston Chapman, Ron Bluford | |
| 16:59 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff makes the free throw | 48-43 |
| 16:40 | Montana | Thomas Bayliss clanks a 3 from the left corner | 48-43 |
| 16:39 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff grabs the defensive rebound | 48-43 |
| 16:34 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri knocks in the 3 from the right wing set up by Brock Pottorff | 48-46 |
| 16:19 | Montana | Thomas Brock misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 48-46 |
| 16:18 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff grabs the defensive rebound | 48-46 |
| 15:56 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri is fouled on the floor by James Reece - foul #1 on James Reece, team foul #2 | 48-46 |
| Subs | Montana | Willy Pannell (PG) James Reece | |
| Subs | Air Force | Ron Bluford (PF) Brock Pottorff | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Willy Pannell (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Thomas Brock (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Bayliss (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Shawn Scala (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Scott Mitzel (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Lon Ranieri (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Nathan Walker (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Samuel Rayes (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ron Bluford (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - John Edwards (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Air Force | Ron Bluford scores on a jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Nathan Walker | 48-48 |
| 15:25 | Montana | Willy Pannell clanks a 3 from straight away | 48-48 |
| 15:23 | Montana | Shawn Scala pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-48 |
| 15:07 | Montana | Willy Pannell misses short on a jumper from the left wing | 48-48 |
| 15:06 | Air Force | John Edwards snags the defensive board | 48-48 |
| 14:59 | Air Force | Ron Bluford comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 48-48 |
| 14:58 | Montana | Shawn Scala grabs the defensive rebound | 48-48 |
| 14:51 | Montana | Thomas Bayliss misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 48-48 |
| 14:49 | Air Force | The rebound goes to Ron Bluford | 48-48 |
| 14:32 | Air Force | Thomas Bayliss is called for the reach on John Edwards - foul #1 on Thomas Bayliss, team foul #3 | 48-48 |
| Subs | Montana | Nicholas Sarzynski (SF), Vincent Holmes (PF), Lee Yarbrough (C) Thomas Bayliss, Shawn Scala, Scott Mitzel | |
| Subs | Air Force | Weston Chapman (SF) Samuel Rayes | |
| 14:18 | Air Force | Nathan Walker is hacked by Thomas Brock - foul #1 on Thomas Brock, team foul #4 | 48-48 |
| Subs | Montana | James Reece (SG) Thomas Brock | |
| Subs | Air Force | Dennis Campbell (PF) Ron Bluford | |
| 14:03 | Air Force | Dennis Campbell misses badly on a fadeaway from the left block but the foul's on Lee Yarbrough - foul #2 on Lee Yarbrough, team foul #5 | 48-48 |
| Subs | Montana | Thomas Bayliss (PG) Willy Pannell | |
| Subs | Air Force | Brock Pottorff (SF) Nathan Walker | |
| 14:03 | Air Force | Dennis Campbell makes the 1st free throw | 48-49 |
| 14:03 | Air Force | Dennis Campbell misses the 2nd free throw | 48-49 |
| 14:03 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough pulls down the rebound | 48-49 |
| 13:45 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough blows the dunk | 48-49 |
| 13:43 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff grabs the board | 48-49 |
| 13:37 | Air Force | Weston Chapman connects on the 3 from the left corner | 48-52 |
| 13:22 | Montana | Thomas Bayliss scores on a driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from James Reece | 50-52 |
| 13:01 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff misses short on a jumper in the paint | 50-52 |
| 13:00 | Air Force | Weston Chapman tips it in | 50-54 |
| 12:55 | Montana | Thomas Bayliss throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-54 |
| Subs | Montana | Willy Pannell (PG) Thomas Bayliss | |
| Subs | Air Force | Nathan Walker (PG), Ron Bluford (PF) Lon Ranieri, Dennis Campbell | |
| 12:38 | Air Force | Nathan Walker is hacked by Willy Pannell - foul #1 on Willy Pannell, team foul #6 | 50-54 |
| 12:24 | Air Force | Weston Chapman drills a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Nathan Walker | 50-56 |
| 12:06 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-56 |
| 12:05 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff snags the defensive board | 50-56 |
| 11:46 | Air Force | Ron Bluford buries a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by John Edwards | 50-58 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Willy Pannell (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - James Reece (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Nicholas Sarzynski (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. PF - Vincent Holmes (fresh) 3 reb. C - Lee Yarbrough (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Nathan Walker (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Weston Chapman (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. SF - Brock Pottorff (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 9 reb. PF - Ron Bluford (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - John Edwards (tiring) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Montana | Nicholas Sarzynski loses the ball out of bounds | 50-58 |
| Subs | Montana | Thomas Brock (SG), Thomas Bayliss (SF), Shawn Scala (PF), Scott Mitzel (C) James Reece, Nicholas Sarzynski, Vincent Holmes, Lee Yarbrough | |
| Subs | Air Force | Issac Soule (SG), Samuel Rayes (C) Weston Chapman, John Edwards | |
| 11:18 | Air Force | Samuel Rayes misses the jumper near the basket | 50-58 |
| 11:17 | Montana | Scott Mitzel snags the defensive board | 50-58 |
| 11:05 | Montana | Thomas Brock misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 50-58 |
| 11:03 | Montana | Shawn Scala tips it home | 52-58 |
| 10:40 | Air Force | Nathan Walker misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 52-58 |
| 10:39 | Air Force | Samuel Rayes hits the follow up shot | 52-60 |
| 10:10 | Montana | Willy Pannell is called for traveling | 52-60 |
| Subs | Montana | James Reece (SG), Nicholas Sarzynski (SF), Vincent Holmes (PF) Willy Pannell, Thomas Bayliss, Scott Mitzel | |
| Subs | Air Force | Lon Ranieri (PG), Weston Chapman (SG), John Edwards (C) Nathan Walker, Issac Soule, Ron Bluford | |
| 09:58 | Air Force | James Reece is called for the reach on Lon Ranieri - foul #2 on James Reece, team foul #7 | 52-60 |
| Subs | Montana | Lee Yarbrough (C) Shawn Scala | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 09:58 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri makes the 1st free throw | 52-61 |
| 09:58 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri makes the 2nd free throw | 52-62 |
| 09:41 | Montana | Vincent Holmes can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 52-62 |
| 09:40 | Air Force | John Edwards grabs the defensive rebound | 52-62 |
| 09:32 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Nicholas Sarzynski - foul #4 on Nicholas Sarzynski, team foul #8 | 52-62 |
| Subs | Montana | Thomas Bayliss (SF) Nicholas Sarzynski | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 09:32 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri misses the 1st free throw | 52-62 |
| 09:32 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri makes the 2nd free throw | 52-63 |
| 09:22 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by James Reece | 54-63 |
| 09:04 | Air Force | Brock Pottorff connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Weston Chapman | 54-66 |
| 08:56 | Montana | Thomas Bayliss misses long on a floater from the right block but he's fouled by Samuel Rayes - foul #1 on Samuel Rayes, team foul #1 | 54-66 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Air Force | Dennis Campbell (PF) Samuel Rayes | |
| 08:56 | Montana | Thomas Bayliss misses the 1st free throw | 54-66 |
| 08:56 | Montana | Thomas Bayliss makes the 2nd free throw | 55-66 |
| 08:40 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 55-66 |
| 08:39 | Air Force | Dennis Campbell snags the offensive board | 55-66 |
| 08:27 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-69 |
| 08:07 | Montana | James Reece misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 55-69 |
| 08:06 | Air Force | The rebound goes to Weston Chapman | 55-69 |
| 07:47 | Air Force | Weston Chapman hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 55-69 |
| 07:46 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough gets the rebound | 55-69 |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Thomas Brock (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Reece (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Thomas Bayliss (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Vincent Holmes (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Lee Yarbrough (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Lon Ranieri (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 5 ast. SG - Weston Chapman (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. SF - Brock Pottorff (tiring) 15 pts. 9 reb. PF - Dennis Campbell (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - John Edwards (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Montana | Thomas Bayliss drills a driving attempt from the left block set up by James Reece | 57-69 |
| 06:56 | Air Force | Dennis Campbell connects on the jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Weston Chapman | 57-71 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 06:46 | Montana | Thomas Brock misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 57-71 |
| 06:44 | Air Force | The rebound goes to John Edwards | 57-71 |
| 06:32 | Air Force | John Edwards can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Vincent Holmes - foul #3 on Vincent Holmes, team foul #9 | 57-71 |
| Subs | Montana | Willy Pannell (PG), Nicholas Sarzynski (SF), Shawn Scala (PF), Scott Mitzel (C) Thomas Brock, James Reece, Vincent Holmes, Lee Yarbrough | |
| Subs | Air Force | Nathan Walker (PG), Issac Soule (SG), Samuel Rayes (SF), Ron Bluford (PF) Lon Ranieri, Weston Chapman, Brock Pottorff, Dennis Campbell | |
| 06:32 | Air Force | John Edwards makes the 1st free throw | 57-72 |
| 06:32 | Air Force | John Edwards makes the 2nd free throw | 57-73 |
| 06:20 | Montana | Willy Pannell comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 57-73 |
| 06:18 | Air Force | Issac Soule pulls down the rebound | 57-73 |
| 06:00 | Air Force | Issac Soule is hacked by Thomas Bayliss - foul #2 on Thomas Bayliss, team foul #10 | 57-73 |
| Subs | Montana | Charles Adamson (SG) Thomas Bayliss | |
| Subs | Air Force | Christopher Vineyard (C) John Edwards | |
| 06:00 | Air Force | Issac Soule makes the 1st free throw | 57-74 |
| 06:00 | Air Force | Issac Soule makes the 2nd free throw | 57-75 |
| 05:49 | Montana | Shawn Scala misses the easy layup | 57-75 |
| 05:47 | Montana | Shawn Scala gets the offensive rebound | 57-75 |
| 05:38 | Montana | Shawn Scala knocks in the turnaround near the basket | 59-75 |
| 05:19 | Air Force | Issac Soule is hacked by Charles Adamson - foul #1 on Charles Adamson, team foul #11 | 59-75 |
| 05:19 | Air Force | Issac Soule makes the 1st free throw | 59-76 |
| 05:19 | Air Force | Issac Soule misses the 2nd free throw | 59-76 |
| 05:19 | Montana | Shawn Scala snags the defensive board | 59-76 |
| 05:12 | Montana | Scott Mitzel misses long on a shot from close range but he's fouled by Christopher Vineyard - foul #2 on Christopher Vineyard, team foul #2 | 59-76 |
| 05:12 | Montana | Scott Mitzel misses the 1st free throw | 59-76 |
| 05:12 | Montana | Scott Mitzel makes the 2nd free throw | 60-76 |
| 04:49 | Air Force | Ron Bluford knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Nathan Walker | 60-78 |
| 04:44 | Montana | Willy Pannell makes the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Shawn Scala | 62-78 |
| 04:25 | Air Force | Ron Bluford connects on the pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Issac Soule | 62-80 |
| 04:16 | Montana | Charles Adamson drills a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Shawn Scala | 64-80 |
| 03:58 | Air Force | Christopher Vineyard lays it up and in on a great pass from Nathan Walker | 64-82 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:47 | Montana | Charles Adamson connects on the shot from the free throw line set up by Willy Pannell | 66-82 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Willy Pannell (fresh) 9 pts. 5 ast. SG - Charles Adamson (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Nicholas Sarzynski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 pf. PF - Scott Mitzel (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Shawn Scala (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Nathan Walker (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Issac Soule (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Samuel Rayes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ron Bluford (fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. C - Christopher Vineyard (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:27 | Air Force | Ron Bluford hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 66-82 |
| 03:26 | Air Force | Samuel Rayes tips it but misses | 66-82 |
| 03:25 | Montana | Charles Adamson grabs the defensive rebound | 66-82 |
| 03:25 | Montana | Montana calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 66-82 |
| Subs | Montana | James Reece (SG), Vincent Holmes (PF), Lee Yarbrough (C) Charles Adamson, Scott Mitzel, Shawn Scala | |
| Subs | Air Force | Lon Ranieri (PG), Weston Chapman (SG), John Edwards (C) Nathan Walker, Issac Soule, Christopher Vineyard | |
| 03:13 | Montana | Lon Ranieri steps in front of the Vincent Holmes pass | 66-82 |
| 02:51 | Air Force | Ron Bluford misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 66-82 |
| 02:49 | Air Force | John Edwards can't tip it in | 66-82 |
| 02:48 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough pulls down the rebound | 66-82 |
| 02:44 | Montana | James Reece can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 66-82 |
| 02:42 | Montana | Lee Yarbrough tips it in | 68-82 |
| 02:24 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri knocks in the floater from the free throw line set up by Weston Chapman | 68-84 |
| 02:03 | Montana | Willy Pannell makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Lee Yarbrough | 70-84 |
| 01:34 | Air Force | Lon Ranieri knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Samuel Rayes | 70-87 |
| 01:22 | Montana | Nicholas Sarzynski drills a jumper from the left side on a great pass from James Reece | 72-87 |
| 00:53 | Air Force | Weston Chapman is fouled on the floor by Lee Yarbrough - foul #3 on Lee Yarbrough, team foul #12 | 72-87 |
| Subs | Montana | Thomas Brock (PG), Thomas Bayliss (SG), Charles Adamson (SF), Shawn Scala (PF), Scott Mitzel (C) Willy Pannell, James Reece, Nicholas Sarzynski, Vincent Holmes, Lee Yarbrough | |
| Subs | Air Force | Nathan Walker (PG), Issac Soule (SG), Christopher Vineyard (C) Lon Ranieri, Ron Bluford, John Edwards | |
| 00:53 | Air Force | Weston Chapman makes the 1st free throw | 72-88 |
| 00:53 | Air Force | Weston Chapman makes the 2nd free throw | 72-89 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:46 | Montana | Christopher Vineyard steps in front of the Thomas Brock pass | 72-89 |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:19 | Air Force | Issac Soule clanks a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Thomas Bayliss - foul #3 on Thomas Bayliss, team foul #13 | 72-89 |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| Subs | Air Force | Dennis Campbell (PF) Weston Chapman | |
| 00:19 | Air Force | Issac Soule makes the 1st free throw | 72-90 |
| 00:19 | Air Force | Issac Soule misses the 2nd free throw | 72-90 |
| 00:19 | Montana | Shawn Scala grabs the defensive rebound | 72-90 |
| 00:13 | Montana | Thomas Brock drills a 3 from the right corner set up by Charles Adamson | 75-90 |
| 00:00 | Air Force | Nathan Walker runs out the clock | 75-90 |