| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Luis Gutierrez (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Sean Covell (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Steven Turney (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nelson Heard (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Sean Grady (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Joshua Lawhon (fresh) 10 pts. SG - David Duesenberg (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SF - Thurman Spear (fresh) 5 pts. PF - John Bennett (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Kelly Walker (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear inbounds the ball | 49-32 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:42 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-32 |
| 19:41 | UTEP | Nelson Heard grabs the board | 49-32 |
| 19:27 | UTEP | Nelson Heard is fouled on the floor by John Bennett - foul #1 on John Bennett, team foul #1 | 49-32 |
| 19:12 | UTEP | Joshua Lawhon picks off the pass by Nelson Heard | 49-32 |
| 19:08 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear hits the finger roll set up by Joshua Lawhon | 49-34 |
| 18:53 | UTEP | Nelson Heard can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 49-34 |
| 18:51 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear grabs the defensive rebound | 49-34 |
| 18:47 | East Carolina | John Bennett banks in the layup on a great pass from David Duesenberg | 49-36 |
| 18:28 | UTEP | Sean Covell makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Nelson Heard | 51-36 |
| 18:12 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker can't finish the layup | 51-36 |
| 18:11 | UTEP | Nelson Heard grabs the board | 51-36 |
| 17:59 | UTEP | Kelly Walker steals the ball from Sean Covell | 51-36 |
| 17:48 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 51-36 |
| 17:46 | East Carolina | John Bennett grabs the offensive rebound | 51-36 |
| 17:34 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon clanks a shot in the paint | 51-36 |
| 17:32 | UTEP | The rebound goes to Sean Grady | 51-36 |
| 17:27 | UTEP | Thurman Spear is called for the reach on Steven Turney - foul #2 on Thurman Spear, team foul #2 | 51-36 |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Lebo (PG), Gary Johnson (SF), Miguel Enriquez (PF), Sammie May (C) Sean Covell, Steven Turney, Nelson Heard, Sean Grady | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite (PG), Jeff Kendricks (SG), Robert Weber (SF), Larry Christopher (PF), John Blake (C) Joshua Lawhon, David Duesenberg, Thurman Spear, John Bennett, Kelly Walker | |
| 17:21 | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez misses long on a floater from the left wing | 51-36 |
| 17:20 | UTEP | The offensive rebound goes to Eric Lebo | 51-36 |
| 17:01 | UTEP | Tony Wilhite steals it from Eric Lebo | 51-36 |
| 16:57 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's hacked by Luis Gutierrez - foul #2 on Luis Gutierrez, team foul #1 | 51-36 |
| 16:57 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite misses the 1st free throw | 51-36 |
| 16:57 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite makes the 2nd free throw | 51-37 |
| 16:43 | UTEP | Sammie May is fouled on the floor by John Blake - foul #3 on John Blake, team foul #3 | 51-37 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mark Poore (PF) John Blake | |
| 16:34 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez misses long on a floater from the left side | 51-37 |
| 16:32 | East Carolina | Jeff Kendricks snags the defensive board | 51-37 |
| 16:27 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 51-37 |
| 16:25 | UTEP | Sammie May pulls down the rebound | 51-37 |
| 16:14 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 51-37 |
| 16:13 | UTEP | Gary Johnson gets the offensive rebound | 51-37 |
| 16:05 | UTEP | Tony Wilhite steals it from Sammie May | 51-37 |
| 16:00 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite lays it up and in | 51-39 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Eric Lebo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. SG - Luis Gutierrez (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Johnson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Miguel Enriquez (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Sammie May (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Tony Wilhite (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jeff Kendricks (fairly fresh) SF - Robert Weber (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mark Poore (fresh) 2 stl. C - Larry Christopher (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:49 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez hits a shot from the free throw line | 53-39 |
| 15:34 | East Carolina | Jeff Kendricks clanks a 3 from the right wing | 53-39 |
| 15:33 | East Carolina | Larry Christopher gets the offensive rebound | 53-39 |
| 15:16 | East Carolina | Jeff Kendricks throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-39 |
| Subs | UTEP | Robert Wilson (PG), Robert Ivey (SG), Steven Turney (SF), David Spaeth (PF), Sean Grady (C) Eric Lebo, Luis Gutierrez, Gary Johnson, Miguel Enriquez, Sammie May | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (PG), John Blake (SG), Thurman Spear (SF), Kelly Walker (C) Tony Wilhite, Jeff Kendricks, Robert Weber, Larry Christopher | |
| 14:50 | UTEP | Robert Wilson hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 53-39 |
| 14:49 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Mark Poore | 53-39 |
| 14:47 | East Carolina | Robert Wilson picks off the pass by Joshua Lawhon in the backcourt | 53-39 |
| 14:46 | UTEP | Steven Turney hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Robert Wilson | 55-39 |
| 14:38 | East Carolina | John Blake misses long on a shot from the left wing | 55-39 |
| 14:36 | East Carolina | John Blake grabs the offensive rebound | 55-39 |
| 14:18 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear clanks a fadeaway near the basket but he's hacked by Steven Turney - foul #1 on Steven Turney, team foul #2 | 55-39 |
| Subs | UTEP | Sean Covell (SF), Nelson Heard (PF) Steven Turney, David Spaeth | |
| Subs | East Carolina | David Duesenberg (SG), John Bennett (PF) Mark Poore, Kelly Walker | |
| 14:18 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear misses the 1st free throw | 55-39 |
| 14:18 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear makes the 2nd free throw | 55-40 |
| 13:56 | UTEP | Sean Grady misses long on a runner from the baseline but he's fouled by John Blake - foul #4 on John Blake, team foul #4 | 55-40 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Kelly Walker (C) John Blake | |
| 13:56 | UTEP | Sean Grady makes the 1st free throw | 56-40 |
| 13:56 | UTEP | Sean Grady makes the 2nd free throw | 57-40 |
| 13:54 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon is hacked by Robert Wilson in the backcourt - foul #4 on Robert Wilson, team foul #3 | 57-40 |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Lebo (PG) Robert Wilson | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 13:37 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 57-40 |
| 13:35 | UTEP | The rebound goes to Robert Ivey | 57-40 |
| 13:24 | UTEP | Sean Covell is fouled on the floor by Thurman Spear - foul #3 on Thurman Spear, team foul #5 | 57-40 |
| Subs | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez (C) Sean Grady | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite (PG), Larry Christopher (C) Joshua Lawhon, Kelly Walker | |
| 13:12 | UTEP | Nelson Heard misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 57-40 |
| 13:11 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Larry Christopher | 57-40 |
| 13:05 | East Carolina | Larry Christopher misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 57-40 |
| 13:03 | UTEP | Robert Ivey grabs the board | 57-40 |
| 12:47 | UTEP | Robert Ivey blows the layup but the foul's on David Duesenberg - foul #2 on David Duesenberg, team foul #6 | 57-40 |
| Subs | UTEP | Steven Turney (SF), David Spaeth (PF) Sean Covell, Nelson Heard | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jeff Kendricks (SG), Robert Weber (SF), Kelly Walker (C) David Duesenberg, Thurman Spear, John Bennett | |
| 12:47 | UTEP | Robert Ivey misses the 1st free throw | 57-40 |
| 12:47 | UTEP | Robert Ivey misses the 2nd free throw | 57-40 |
| 12:47 | East Carolina | Larry Christopher grabs the defensive rebound | 57-40 |
| 12:22 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Jeff Kendricks | 57-43 |
| 12:11 | UTEP | Robert Ivey misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 57-43 |
| 12:10 | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite grabs the defensive rebound | 57-43 |
| 12:04 | East Carolina | Steven Turney steps in front of the Jeff Kendricks pass | 57-43 |
| 11:58 | UTEP | Steven Turney slams it home set up by Eric Lebo | 59-43 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Eric Lebo (tiring) 4 pts. 5 reb. SG - Robert Ivey (tiring) 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Steven Turney (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Spaeth (fairly fresh) C - Miguel Enriquez (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Tony Wilhite (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jeff Kendricks (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Weber (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Larry Christopher (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - Kelly Walker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:54 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker is hacked by Eric Lebo in the backcourt - foul #3 on Eric Lebo, team foul #4 | 59-43 |
| Subs | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez (PG), Gary Johnson (SF), Nelson Heard (PF), Sammie May (C) Eric Lebo, Steven Turney, David Spaeth, Miguel Enriquez | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (PG), David Duesenberg (SG), Mark Poore (PF) Tony Wilhite, Robert Weber, Larry Christopher | |
| 11:44 | East Carolina | Jeff Kendricks hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Joshua Lawhon | 59-45 |
| 11:21 | UTEP | Robert Ivey is whistled for a carry | 59-45 |
| Subs | UTEP | Sean Covell (SG) Robert Ivey | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Thurman Spear (SF) Jeff Kendricks | |
| 11:12 | East Carolina | Mark Poore throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-45 |
| Subs | UTEP | Sean Grady (C) Sammie May | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 10:57 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez double dribbles | 59-45 |
| Subs | UTEP | Steven Turney (SF) Gary Johnson | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite (SG) David Duesenberg | |
| 10:37 | East Carolina | Mark Poore misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Steven Turney - foul #2 on Steven Turney, team foul #5 | 59-45 |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Lebo (PG) Luis Gutierrez | |
| Subs | East Carolina | John Bennett (PF) Kelly Walker | |
| 10:37 | East Carolina | Mark Poore misses the 1st free throw | 59-45 |
| 10:37 | East Carolina | Mark Poore makes the 2nd free throw | 59-46 |
| 10:16 | UTEP | Steven Turney misses short on a floater from the left block | 59-46 |
| 10:14 | UTEP | The offensive rebound goes to Sean Grady | 59-46 |
| 10:03 | UTEP | Eric Lebo travels with the ball | 59-46 |
| Subs | UTEP | Robert Ivey (SG), David Spaeth (PF), Miguel Enriquez (C) Sean Covell, Nelson Heard, Sean Grady | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jeff Kendricks (SG), Robert Weber (SF), Larry Christopher (C) Joshua Lawhon, Thurman Spear, Mark Poore | |
| 09:49 | East Carolina | Robert Weber hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Tony Wilhite | 59-49 |
| 09:34 | UTEP | David Spaeth scores on a jumper from the baseline | 61-49 |
| 09:15 | East Carolina | Robert Ivey is called for the reach on Robert Weber - foul #4 on Robert Ivey, team foul #6 | 61-49 |
| Subs | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez (PG), Sean Covell (SG), Gary Johnson (SF), Nelson Heard (PF), Sammie May (C) Eric Lebo, Robert Ivey, Steven Turney, David Spaeth, Miguel Enriquez | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wilfredo Lombardi (PG), David Duesenberg (SG) Tony Wilhite, Jeff Kendricks | |
| 09:00 | East Carolina | Larry Christopher can't throw it down | 61-49 |
| 08:58 | East Carolina | Robert Weber pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-49 |
| 08:50 | East Carolina | Larry Christopher's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-49 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (PG), Thurman Spear (SF), Mark Poore (PF), Kelly Walker (C) Wilfredo Lombardi, Robert Weber, John Bennett, Larry Christopher | |
| 08:38 | UTEP | Nelson Heard hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 61-49 |
| 08:37 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Kelly Walker | 61-49 |
| 08:32 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon is open and buries a shot from the baseline set up by David Duesenberg | 61-51 |
| 08:18 | UTEP | Sammie May connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Luis Gutierrez | 64-51 |
| 07:55 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing but he's fouled by Luis Gutierrez - foul #3 on Luis Gutierrez, team foul #7 | 64-51 |
| Subs | UTEP | Robert Wilson (PG), Robert Ivey (SG), Steven Turney (SF), David Spaeth (PF), Sean Grady (C) Luis Gutierrez, Sean Covell, Gary Johnson, Nelson Heard, Sammie May | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jeff Kendricks (SG), John Blake (SF), John Bennett (PF) David Duesenberg, Thurman Spear, Mark Poore | |
| 07:55 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker makes the 1st free throw | 64-52 |
| 07:55 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker misses the 2nd free throw | 64-52 |
| 07:55 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker misses the 3rd free throw | 64-52 |
| 07:55 | UTEP | David Spaeth snags the defensive board | 64-52 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Robert Wilson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. 4 pf. SG - Robert Ivey (fairly fresh) 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Steven Turney (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Spaeth (fresh) 2 pts. C - Sean Grady (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Joshua Lawhon (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeff Kendricks (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Blake (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - John Bennett (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Kelly Walker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:47 | UTEP | Robert Ivey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 64-52 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite (SG) Kelly Walker | |
| 07:31 | East Carolina | John Bennett is open but misses the lay-in | 64-52 |
| 07:29 | East Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Joshua Lawhon | 64-52 |
| 07:15 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by John Bennett | 64-55 |
| 06:59 | UTEP | David Spaeth misses the easy layup | 64-55 |
| 06:57 | UTEP | Robert Wilson tips it in | 66-55 |
| 06:42 | East Carolina | John Bennett is by himself and knocks in the floater from close range set up by Joshua Lawhon | 66-57 |
| 06:19 | UTEP | David Spaeth misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 66-57 |
| 06:18 | UTEP | Steven Turney grabs the offensive board | 66-57 |
| 06:13 | UTEP | Robert Ivey misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Tony Wilhite - foul #2 on Tony Wilhite, team foul #7 | 66-57 |
| Subs | UTEP | Gary Johnson (SF), Miguel Enriquez (PF), Sammie May (C) Steven Turney, David Spaeth, Sean Grady | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wilfredo Lombardi (PG), David Duesenberg (SG), Robert Weber (SF), Mark Poore (PF), Larry Christopher (C) Joshua Lawhon, Tony Wilhite, Jeff Kendricks, John Bennett, John Blake | |
| 06:13 | UTEP | Robert Ivey makes the 1st free throw | 67-57 |
| 06:13 | UTEP | Robert Ivey makes the 2nd free throw | 68-57 |
| 05:49 | East Carolina | Wilfredo Lombardi hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Gary Johnson - foul #1 on Gary Johnson, team foul #8 | 68-57 |
| Subs | UTEP | Sean Covell (SG) Robert Ivey | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 05:49 | East Carolina | Wilfredo Lombardi makes the 1st free throw | 68-58 |
| 05:49 | East Carolina | Wilfredo Lombardi makes the 2nd free throw | 68-59 |
| 05:29 | UTEP | Robert Wilson can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 68-59 |
| 05:28 | East Carolina | Robert Weber gets the rebound | 68-59 |
| 05:15 | East Carolina | Mark Poore drills a jump hook from close range | 68-61 |
| 04:53 | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez loses the ball out of bounds | 68-61 |
| Subs | UTEP | Steven Turney (SF), Nelson Heard (PF) Gary Johnson, Sammie May | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Tony Wilhite (SG), Thurman Spear (SF), Kelly Walker (C) David Duesenberg, Robert Weber, Mark Poore | |
| 04:34 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker misses the runner near the basket but the foul's on Robert Wilson - foul #5 on Robert Wilson, team foul #9 | 68-61 |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Lebo (PG), Robert Ivey (SG) Robert Wilson, Sean Covell | |
| Subs | East Carolina | John Blake (SG), John Bennett (PF) Wilfredo Lombardi, Larry Christopher | |
| 04:34 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker makes the 1st free throw | 68-62 |
| 04:34 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker misses the 2nd free throw | 68-62 |
| 04:34 | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez pulls down the rebound | 68-62 |
| 04:25 | UTEP | Eric Lebo is whistled for a carry | 68-62 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (PG) John Blake | |
| 04:10 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon makes the 3pt shot from the right corner | 68-65 |
| 03:46 | UTEP | Steven Turney comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 68-65 |
| 03:44 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Kelly Walker | 68-65 |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Eric Lebo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. SG - Robert Ivey (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Steven Turney (tiring) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nelson Heard (tiring) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Miguel Enriquez (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Joshua Lawhon (fresh) 18 pts. 3 ast. SG - Tony Wilhite (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Thurman Spear (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Bennett (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Kelly Walker (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:38 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear is whistled for traveling | 68-65 |
| Subs | UTEP | Sean Covell (SG), Sean Grady (C) Robert Ivey, Miguel Enriquez | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jeff Kendricks (SG), Robert Weber (SF), Mark Poore (PF), John Blake (C) Tony Wilhite, Thurman Spear, John Bennett, Kelly Walker | |
| 03:23 | UTEP | John Blake is called for the reach on Nelson Heard - foul #5 on John Blake, team foul #8 | 68-65 |
| Subs | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez (PG) Eric Lebo | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Wilfredo Lombardi (PG), Larry Christopher (C) Joshua Lawhon, John Blake | |
| 03:23 | UTEP | Nelson Heard misses the 1st free throw | 68-65 |
| 03:23 | UTEP | Steven Turney pulls down the offensive rebound | 68-65 |
| 03:11 | UTEP | Sean Covell is fouled on the floor by Mark Poore - foul #2 on Mark Poore, team foul #9 | 68-65 |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | David Duesenberg (SG) Wilfredo Lombardi | |
| 03:11 | UTEP | Sean Covell makes the 1st free throw | 69-65 |
| 03:11 | UTEP | Sean Covell misses the 2nd free throw | 69-65 |
| 03:11 | UTEP | Sean Grady grabs the offensive rebound | 69-65 |
| 02:55 | UTEP | Nelson Heard hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Mark Poore - foul #3 on Mark Poore, team foul #10 | 69-65 |
| Subs | UTEP | Gary Johnson (SF) Steven Turney | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 02:55 | UTEP | Nelson Heard makes the 1st free throw | 70-65 |
| 02:55 | UTEP | Nelson Heard misses the 2nd free throw | 70-65 |
| 02:55 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Larry Christopher | 70-65 |
| 02:55 | East Carolina | East Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 70-65 |
| 02:40 | East Carolina | Robert Weber is hacked by Gary Johnson - foul #2 on Gary Johnson, team foul #10 | 70-65 |
| Subs | UTEP | David Spaeth (PF), Sammie May (C) Nelson Heard, Sean Grady | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon (PG), Kelly Walker (C) Jeff Kendricks, Mark Poore | |
| 02:40 | East Carolina | Robert Weber makes the 1st free throw | 70-66 |
| 02:40 | East Carolina | Robert Weber makes the 2nd free throw | 70-67 |
| 02:27 | UTEP | Sammie May comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 70-67 |
| 02:26 | UTEP | David Spaeth tips it back up and in | 72-67 |
| 02:24 | East Carolina | Robert Weber is fouled in the backcourt by Sean Covell - foul #1 on Sean Covell, team foul #11 | 72-67 |
| Subs | UTEP | Eric Lebo (PG) Luis Gutierrez | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 02:24 | East Carolina | Robert Weber makes the 1st free throw | 72-68 |
| 02:24 | East Carolina | Robert Weber makes the 2nd free throw | 72-69 |
| 02:09 | UTEP | David Spaeth knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 75-69 |
| 02:09 | East Carolina | East Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 75-69 |
| Subs | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez (PF) David Spaeth | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Thurman Spear (SF), John Bennett (PF) Robert Weber, Larry Christopher | |
| 02:07 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker is called for a charge in the backcourt - foul #2 on Kelly Walker, team foul #11 | 75-69 |
| 01:48 | UTEP | Eric Lebo scores on a jumper from close range | 77-69 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:46 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear's pass is intercepted by Eric Lebo in the backcourt | 77-69 |
| 01:46 | UTEP | UTEP calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 77-69 |
| Subs | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez (PG), Robert Ivey (SG), Steven Turney (SF), Nelson Heard (PF), Sean Grady (C) Eric Lebo, Sean Covell, Gary Johnson, Miguel Enriquez, Sammie May | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:36 | UTEP | Nelson Heard hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 77-69 |
| 01:34 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Thurman Spear | 77-69 |
| 01:29 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Joshua Lawhon | 77-71 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:21 | UTEP | David Duesenberg steals it from Robert Ivey | 77-71 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:06 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg misses the shot from the right wing but the foul's on Sean Grady - foul #3 on Sean Grady, team foul #12 | 77-71 |
| 01:06 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg makes the 1st free throw | 77-72 |
| 01:06 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg makes the 2nd free throw | 77-73 |
| 00:41 | UTEP | Sean Grady is fouled on the floor by Kelly Walker - foul #3 on Kelly Walker, team foul #12 | 77-73 |
| 00:41 | UTEP | Sean Grady makes the 1st free throw | 78-73 |
| 00:41 | UTEP | Sean Grady makes the 2nd free throw | 79-73 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:34 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 79-73 |
| 00:33 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez grabs the board | 79-73 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:32 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez is fouled in the backcourt by Joshua Lawhon - foul #1 on Joshua Lawhon, team foul #13 | 79-73 |
| Subs | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez (C) Sean Grady | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 00:32 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez makes the 1st free throw | 80-73 |
| 00:32 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez makes the 2nd free throw | 81-73 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:26 | East Carolina | David Duesenberg makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from John Bennett | 81-76 |
| 00:24 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez is hacked by Joshua Lawhon in the backcourt - foul #2 on Joshua Lawhon, team foul #14 | 81-76 |
| 00:24 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez makes the 1st free throw | 82-76 |
| 00:24 | UTEP | Luis Gutierrez misses the 2nd free throw | 82-76 |
| 00:24 | East Carolina | Kelly Walker gets the rebound | 82-76 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:21 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 82-76 |
| 00:19 | UTEP | Nelson Heard is fouled on the floor by Joshua Lawhon - foul #3 on Joshua Lawhon, team foul #15 | 82-76 |
| 00:19 | UTEP | Nelson Heard makes the 1st free throw | 83-76 |
| 00:19 | UTEP | Nelson Heard makes the 2nd free throw | 84-76 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:17 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 84-76 |
| Subs | UTEP | Sean Covell (SG) Robert Ivey | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:16 | UTEP | David Duesenberg is called for the reach on Nelson Heard - foul #3 on David Duesenberg, team foul #16 | 84-76 |
| 00:16 | UTEP | Nelson Heard makes the 1st free throw | 85-76 |
| 00:16 | UTEP | Nelson Heard makes the 2nd free throw | 86-76 |
| 00:10 | East Carolina | Joshua Lawhon is alone and drills a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by David Duesenberg | 86-79 |
| 00:10 | UTEP | UTEP calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 86-79 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:09 | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez is fouled in the backcourt by Joshua Lawhon - foul #4 on Joshua Lawhon, team foul #17 | 86-79 |
| 00:09 | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez makes the 1st free throw | 87-79 |
| 00:09 | UTEP | Miguel Enriquez misses the 2nd free throw | 87-79 |
| 00:09 | East Carolina | John Bennett grabs the defensive rebound | 87-79 |
| 00:03 | East Carolina | Thurman Spear misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 87-79 |
| 00:02 | UTEP | Nelson Heard snags the defensive board | 87-79 |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | UTEP | Nelson Heard runs out the clock | 87-79 |