| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Crawley (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stephen Peden (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Carmelo Montes (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Paul Scott (fresh) C - Philip Born (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Karl Chambers (fresh) 2 pts. SG - William Smith (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Daniel Morgan (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Robert Rothrock (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Russell Hoover (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Carmelo Montes inbounds the ball | 44-20 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:39 | LSU | Stephen Peden connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from James Crawley | 47-20 |
| 19:28 | South Carolina | Paul Scott takes the ball from Russell Hoover | 47-20 |
| 19:15 | LSU | James Crawley scores on a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Stephen Peden | 50-20 |
| 19:01 | South Carolina | William Smith's pass is intercepted by Philip Born | 50-20 |
| 18:42 | LSU | Stephen Peden drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Philip Born | 53-20 |
| 18:19 | South Carolina | Stephen Peden is called for the reach on William Smith - foul #1 on Stephen Peden, team foul #1 | 53-20 |
| Subs | LSU | Larry McQuaide (PG), Lucas Scroggs (SG), Royce Simpson (SF), Joseph Echevarria (PF), Charles Hintze (C) James Crawley, Stephen Peden, Carmelo Montes, Paul Scott, Philip Born | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 18:05 | South Carolina | William Smith makes the 3 from the left wing | 53-23 |
| 17:36 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs drills a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Larry McQuaide | 55-23 |
| 17:17 | South Carolina | William Smith misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 55-23 |
| 17:15 | LSU | Charles Hintze gets the rebound | 55-23 |
| 16:53 | LSU | Russell Hoover blocks the short jumper by Charles Hintze | 55-23 |
| 16:52 | LSU | Charles Hintze misses the tip | 55-23 |
| 16:50 | South Carolina | Daniel Morgan snags the defensive board | 55-23 |
| 16:45 | South Carolina | William Smith hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 55-23 |
| 16:44 | South Carolina | Robert Rothrock misses the tip | 55-23 |
| 16:42 | South Carolina | Daniel Morgan hits the follow up shot | 55-25 |
| 16:24 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 55-25 |
| 16:22 | South Carolina | Russell Hoover grabs the board | 55-25 |
| 16:17 | South Carolina | Daniel Morgan clanks a 3 from straight away | 55-25 |
| 16:16 | LSU | Joseph Echevarria pulls down the rebound | 55-25 |
| 15:53 | LSU | Royce Simpson is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Royce Simpson, team foul #2 | 55-25 |
| Subs | LSU | James Crawley (PG), Stephen Peden (SG), Carmelo Montes (SF), Paul Scott (PF), Philip Born (C) Larry McQuaide, Lucas Scroggs, Royce Simpson, Joseph Echevarria, Charles Hintze | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lyle Conner (PG), Juan Rodriguez (SG), Gregory Badilla (PF), Stephen Scheele (C) Karl Chambers, William Smith, Robert Rothrock, Russell Hoover | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Crawley (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stephen Peden (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Carmelo Montes (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Paul Scott (fresh) C - Philip Born (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Lyle Conner (fresh) SG - Juan Rodriguez (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Daniel Morgan (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gregory Badilla (fresh) 2 pts. C - Stephen Scheele (fresh) | |
| 15:33 | South Carolina | The jumper by Gregory Badilla is denied by Philip Born | 55-25 |
| 15:31 | LSU | James Crawley grabs the defensive rebound | 55-25 |
| 15:03 | LSU | Stephen Peden double dribbles | 55-25 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Piazza (SF) Daniel Morgan | |
| 14:45 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla is whistled for a carry | 55-25 |
| Subs | LSU | Lucas Scroggs (SF) Carmelo Montes | |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Smith (SG) Robert Piazza | |
| 14:25 | LSU | James Crawley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-25 |
| 14:24 | LSU | Philip Born tips it in | 57-25 |
| 14:08 | South Carolina | The pull-up jumper by Juan Rodriguez is blocked by Philip Born | 57-25 |
| 14:07 | LSU | Paul Scott pulls down the rebound | 57-25 |
| 13:44 | LSU | Stephen Peden is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Stephen Peden, team foul #3 | 57-25 |
| Subs | LSU | Carmelo Montes (SF), Charles Hintze (C) Stephen Peden, Philip Born | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Karl Chambers (PG), Daniel Morgan (SF), Robert Rothrock (PF), Russell Hoover (C) Lyle Conner, Juan Rodriguez, Gregory Badilla, Stephen Scheele | |
| 13:35 | South Carolina | William Smith can't connect on a floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by James Crawley - foul #2 on James Crawley, team foul #4 | 57-25 |
| 13:35 | South Carolina | William Smith makes the 1st free throw | 57-26 |
| 13:35 | South Carolina | William Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 57-26 |
| 13:35 | LSU | Paul Scott pulls down the rebound | 57-26 |
| 13:11 | LSU | Charles Hintze makes the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Carmelo Montes and he's fouled by Russell Hoover - foul #1 on Russell Hoover, team foul #1 | 59-26 |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Peden (SG) Lucas Scroggs | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 13:11 | LSU | Charles Hintze makes the free throw | 60-26 |
| 12:54 | South Carolina | Russell Hoover comes up short on the jumper from close range | 60-26 |
| 12:53 | LSU | The rebound goes to Paul Scott | 60-26 |
| 12:33 | LSU | Carmelo Montes buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Charles Hintze | 63-26 |
| 12:21 | South Carolina | Paul Scott swats the dunk try by Karl Chambers | 63-26 |
| 12:19 | South Carolina | Karl Chambers tips it in | 63-28 |
| 11:55 | LSU | Charles Hintze's fadeaway is rejected by Russell Hoover | 63-28 |
| 11:54 | LSU | Carmelo Montes tips it back up and in | 65-28 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Crawley (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stephen Peden (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Carmelo Montes (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. PF - Paul Scott (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Charles Hintze (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Karl Chambers (fresh) 4 pts. SG - William Smith (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Daniel Morgan (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Rothrock (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Russell Hoover (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:32 | South Carolina | Russell Hoover makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Karl Chambers | 65-31 |
| 11:30 | LSU | James Crawley throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 65-31 |
| Subs | LSU | Larry McQuaide (PG), Lucas Scroggs (SG), Joseph Echevarria (PF), Philip Born (C) James Crawley, Stephen Peden, Paul Scott, Charles Hintze | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lyle Conner (PG), Juan Rodriguez (SG) Karl Chambers, William Smith | |
| 11:10 | South Carolina | Russell Hoover clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 65-31 |
| 11:09 | LSU | Carmelo Montes pulls down the rebound | 65-31 |
| 10:49 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Larry McQuaide | 68-31 |
| 10:38 | South Carolina | Russell Hoover comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 68-31 |
| 10:36 | South Carolina | Lyle Conner grabs the offensive board | 68-31 |
| 10:26 | South Carolina | Daniel Morgan comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 68-31 |
| 10:25 | LSU | Philip Born grabs the board | 68-31 |
| 10:20 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by Lyle Conner - foul #3 on Lyle Conner, team foul #2 | 68-31 |
| Subs | LSU | James Crawley (PG), Royce Simpson (SF), Paul Scott (PF) Larry McQuaide, Carmelo Montes, Joseph Echevarria | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Piazza (SF), Gregory Badilla (PF), Stephen Scheele (C) Daniel Morgan, Robert Rothrock, Russell Hoover | |
| 10:20 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs makes the 1st free throw | 69-31 |
| 10:20 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs misses the 2nd free throw | 69-31 |
| 10:20 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Gregory Badilla | 69-31 |
| 10:00 | South Carolina | The jump hook by Gregory Badilla is blocked by Philip Born | 69-31 |
| 09:59 | LSU | Philip Born pulls down the rebound | 69-31 |
| 09:35 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by James Crawley | 72-31 |
| 09:22 | South Carolina | Robert Piazza scores on a driving attempt from close range | 72-33 |
| 08:57 | LSU | James Crawley comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 72-33 |
| 08:56 | South Carolina | Stephen Scheele pulls down the rebound | 72-33 |
| 08:37 | South Carolina | Robert Piazza clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 72-33 |
| 08:35 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla grabs the offensive board | 72-33 |
| 08:15 | South Carolina | Juan Rodriguez drills a jumpshot from the left side and he's fouled by Royce Simpson - foul #3 on Royce Simpson, team foul #5 | 72-35 |
| Subs | LSU | Larry McQuaide (PG), Stephen Peden (SG), Carmelo Montes (SF), Charles Hintze (C) James Crawley, Lucas Scroggs, Royce Simpson, Philip Born | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 08:15 | South Carolina | Juan Rodriguez makes the free throw | 72-36 |
| 07:49 | LSU | Carmelo Montes misses the jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Juan Rodriguez - foul #1 on Juan Rodriguez, team foul #3 | 72-36 |
| Subs | LSU | James Crawley (PG), Joseph Echevarria (PF) Larry McQuaide, Paul Scott | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Henry Womack (SG) Juan Rodriguez | |
| 07:49 | LSU | Carmelo Montes misses the 1st free throw | 72-36 |
| 07:49 | LSU | Carmelo Montes misses the 2nd free throw | 72-36 |
| 07:49 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla grabs the board | 72-36 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Crawley (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Stephen Peden (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Carmelo Montes (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. PF - Joseph Echevarria (fresh) C - Charles Hintze (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Lyle Conner (fresh) 3 pf. SG - Henry Womack (fresh) SF - Robert Piazza (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregory Badilla (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Stephen Scheele (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:31 | South Carolina | Stephen Scheele misses long on a driving attempt near the basket | 72-36 |
| 07:29 | LSU | Stephen Peden grabs the board | 72-36 |
| 07:10 | LSU | Charles Hintze's floater is tipped away by Gregory Badilla | 72-36 |
| 07:08 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla grabs the board | 72-36 |
| 06:53 | South Carolina | Stephen Scheele misses long on a jumper in the lane | 72-36 |
| 06:51 | LSU | Carmelo Montes pulls down the rebound | 72-36 |
| 06:32 | LSU | Charles Hintze hits a shot from the right block set up by Carmelo Montes | 74-36 |
| 06:15 | South Carolina | Henry Womack misses short on a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Joseph Echevarria - foul #1 on Joseph Echevarria, team foul #6 | 74-36 |
| Subs | LSU | Larry McQuaide (PG), Lucas Scroggs (SF), Paul Scott (PF), Philip Born (C) James Crawley, Carmelo Montes, Joseph Echevarria, Charles Hintze | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Juan Rodriguez (SF), Melvin Lovett (C) Robert Piazza, Stephen Scheele | |
| 06:15 | South Carolina | Henry Womack makes the 1st free throw | 74-37 |
| 06:15 | South Carolina | Henry Womack makes the 2nd free throw | 74-38 |
| 05:48 | LSU | Stephen Peden misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 74-38 |
| 05:47 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla pulls down the rebound | 74-38 |
| 05:42 | South Carolina | Juan Rodriguez misses the pull-up jumper from the left side | 74-38 |
| 05:40 | South Carolina | Melvin Lovett snags the offensive board | 74-38 |
| 05:34 | South Carolina | Lyle Conner misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 74-38 |
| 05:33 | LSU | Paul Scott gets the rebound | 74-38 |
| 05:08 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Stephen Peden | 77-38 |
| 04:53 | South Carolina | Lyle Conner misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 77-38 |
| 04:52 | South Carolina | Melvin Lovett misses the tip | 77-38 |
| 04:50 | LSU | Lucas Scroggs gets the rebound | 77-38 |
| 04:25 | LSU | Philip Born is fouled on the floor by Henry Womack - foul #1 on Henry Womack, team foul #4 | 77-38 |
| Subs | LSU | James Crawley (PG), Carmelo Montes (SF), Charles Hintze (C) Stephen Peden, Lucas Scroggs, Philip Born | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Piazza (SF), Stephen Scheele (PF) Henry Womack, Gregory Badilla | |
| 04:04 | LSU | Charles Hintze drills a jump hook near the basket on a nice dish by Carmelo Montes | 79-38 |
| 03:46 | South Carolina | Lyle Conner connects on the shot from the right wing | 79-40 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - James Crawley (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Larry McQuaide (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SF - Carmelo Montes (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. PF - Paul Scott (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - Charles Hintze (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Lyle Conner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SG - Juan Rodriguez (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Robert Piazza (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Stephen Scheele (fresh) 2 reb. C - Melvin Lovett (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:21 | LSU | Charles Hintze misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 79-40 |
| 03:19 | LSU | The offensive rebound goes to Charles Hintze | 79-40 |
| 02:59 | LSU | Charles Hintze misses short on a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Melvin Lovett - foul #1 on Melvin Lovett, team foul #5 | 79-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Peden (SG), Royce Simpson (SF), Philip Born (C) Larry McQuaide, Carmelo Montes, Paul Scott | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Henry Womack (PG), Gregory Badilla (C) Lyle Conner, Melvin Lovett | |
| 02:59 | LSU | Charles Hintze misses the 1st free throw | 79-40 |
| 02:59 | LSU | Charles Hintze misses the 2nd free throw | 79-40 |
| 02:59 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla snags the defensive board | 79-40 |
| 02:49 | South Carolina | Juan Rodriguez hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 79-40 |
| 02:47 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla tips it but misses | 79-40 |
| 02:45 | LSU | Charles Hintze grabs the board | 79-40 |
| 02:23 | LSU | Robert Piazza is called for the reach on Philip Born - foul #1 on Robert Piazza, team foul #6 | 79-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Lucas Scroggs (SG), Carmelo Montes (SF), Paul Scott (PF) Stephen Peden, Royce Simpson, Charles Hintze | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 02:06 | LSU | James Crawley misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 79-40 |
| 02:04 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla grabs the defensive rebound | 79-40 |
| 01:42 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla comes up short on the fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Paul Scott - foul #2 on Paul Scott, team foul #7 | 79-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Stephen Peden (SG) Lucas Scroggs | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lyle Conner (PG) Henry Womack | |
| 01:42 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla makes the 1st free throw | 79-41 |
| 01:42 | South Carolina | Gregory Badilla misses the 2nd free throw | 79-41 |
| 01:42 | LSU | Philip Born gets the rebound | 79-41 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 01:18 | LSU | Stephen Peden misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 79-41 |
| 01:16 | LSU | Carmelo Montes tips it in | 81-41 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 01:07 | South Carolina | Juan Rodriguez hits the finger roll on a great pass from Lyle Conner and he's hacked by James Crawley - foul #3 on James Crawley, team foul #8 | 81-43 |
| 01:07 | South Carolina | Juan Rodriguez makes the free throw | 81-44 |
| 00:50 | LSU | Carmelo Montes hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 81-44 |
| 00:48 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Robert Piazza | 81-44 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:42 | South Carolina | Paul Scott swats the short shot by Robert Piazza | 81-44 |
| 00:40 | South Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Piazza | 81-44 |
| 00:36 | South Carolina | Robert Piazza clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 81-44 |
| 00:35 | LSU | Paul Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 81-44 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:10 | LSU | James Crawley scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Carmelo Montes | 83-44 |
| 00:03 | South Carolina | Philip Born takes the ball from Robert Piazza | 83-44 |
| 00:00 | LSU | James Crawley runs out the clock | 83-44 |