| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Thomas Bolden (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Joseph Radford (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Jeffrey Smith (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Edward Karst (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Harold Lovett (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Daniel Simmons (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Weston Green (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - George Shaw (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Floyd Duley (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Mark Williams (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith inbounds the ball | 20-28 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith double dribbles | 20-28 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Elmer Schindler (SG), Jeffrey Gilbert (PF) Weston Green, Floyd Duley | |
| 19:22 | Southern Cal | Elmer Schindler's floater is tipped away by Edward Karst | 20-28 |
| 19:20 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst pulls down the rebound | 20-28 |
| 18:54 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford loses the ball out of bounds | 20-28 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley (PF) Jeffrey Gilbert | |
| 18:35 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley is hacked by Thomas Bolden - foul #2 on Thomas Bolden, team foul #1 | 20-28 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Raymond Gillman (SG) George Shaw | |
| 18:21 | Southern Cal | Daniel Simmons hits a 3 pointer from the left corner | 20-31 |
| 18:00 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith makes the 3 from the right corner | 23-31 |
| 17:44 | Southern Cal | Raymond Gillman comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 23-31 |
| 17:43 | Virginia Tech | Harold Lovett grabs the board | 23-31 |
| 17:18 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 23-31 |
| 17:17 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst grabs the offensive rebound | 23-31 |
| 17:12 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford misses the lay-in | 23-31 |
| 17:10 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Mark Williams | 23-31 |
| 17:04 | Southern Cal | Raymond Gillman misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 23-31 |
| 17:03 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst snags the defensive board | 23-31 |
| 16:37 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Joseph Radford | 25-31 |
| 16:18 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley drills a shot from the left block on a nice dish by Daniel Simmons | 25-33 |
| 15:51 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Thomas Bolden | 28-33 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Thomas Bolden (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Radford (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Smith (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Edward Karst (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Harold Lovett (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Daniel Simmons (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Raymond Gillman (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Elmer Schindler (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Floyd Duley (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Mark Williams (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:39 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper from the baseline | 28-33 |
| 15:38 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden snags the defensive board | 28-33 |
| 15:26 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst connects on the fadeaway from the right block and the foul's on Daniel Simmons - foul #1 on Daniel Simmons, team foul #1 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo (PG), Michael Grenz (SG), Sergio Moreno (SF), Thomas Campbell (C) Thomas Bolden, Joseph Radford, Jeffrey Smith, Harold Lovett | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | George Shaw (PG), Weston Green (SG), Richard Jones (SF), Jeffrey Gilbert (PF) Daniel Simmons, Raymond Gillman, Elmer Schindler, Floyd Duley | |
| 15:26 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst makes the free throw | 31-33 |
| 15:24 | Southern Cal | Louis Balsamo takes the ball from George Shaw in the backcourt | 31-33 |
| 15:23 | Virginia Tech | Sergio Moreno hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Louis Balsamo | 33-33 |
| 15:03 | Southern Cal | Weston Green can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-33 |
| 15:02 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst grabs the board | 33-33 |
| 14:43 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Gilbert is called for the reach on Michael Grenz - foul #3 on Jeffrey Gilbert, team foul #2 | 33-33 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Perrotta (C) Edward Karst | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Mack (PG) Richard Jones | |
| 14:24 | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz is hacked by George Shaw - foul #2 on George Shaw, team foul #3 | 33-33 |
| 14:06 | Virginia Tech | Weston Green steals it from Robert Perrotta | 33-33 |
| 13:41 | Southern Cal | David Mack clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 33-33 |
| 13:39 | Southern Cal | Weston Green tips it home | 33-35 |
| 13:12 | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 33-35 |
| 13:11 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell grabs the offensive rebound | 33-35 |
| 12:54 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell misses short on a shot from the left side | 33-35 |
| 12:52 | Southern Cal | David Mack pulls down the rebound | 33-35 |
| 12:39 | Southern Cal | Mark Williams can't finish the layup | 33-35 |
| 12:38 | Southern Cal | George Shaw pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-35 |
| 12:30 | Southern Cal | George Shaw throws it down set up by Mark Williams and the foul's on Michael Grenz - foul #1 on Michael Grenz, team foul #2 | 33-37 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden (PG), Joseph Radford (SG), Jeffrey Smith (SF), Edward Karst (PF), Harold Lovett (C) Louis Balsamo, Michael Grenz, Sergio Moreno, Thomas Campbell, Robert Perrotta | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Raymond Gillman (SG), Richard Jones (SF), Floyd Duley (PF) David Mack, Weston Green, Jeffrey Gilbert | |
| 12:30 | Southern Cal | George Shaw makes the free throw | 33-38 |
| 12:08 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst banks in the layup | 35-38 |
| 11:41 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley is called for a backcourt violation | 35-38 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Daniel Simmons (PG) Richard Jones | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Thomas Bolden (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Radford (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Edward Karst (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. C - Harold Lovett (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - Daniel Simmons (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Raymond Gillman (fresh) 7 pts. SF - George Shaw (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Floyd Duley (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Mark Williams (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| 11:22 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 38-38 |
| 11:07 | Southern Cal | George Shaw banks in the wide open layup | 38-40 |
| 10:38 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith connects on the fadeaway from the left side | 40-40 |
| 10:33 | Southern Cal | George Shaw buries a turnaround in the lane set up by Daniel Simmons | 40-42 |
| 10:14 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-42 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz (SG), Thomas Campbell (C) Joseph Radford, Harold Lovett | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Weston Green (SG), Elmer Schindler (SF) Raymond Gillman, George Shaw | |
| 09:54 | Southern Cal | Elmer Schindler misses badly on a fadeaway from close range | 40-42 |
| 09:53 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell snags the defensive board | 40-42 |
| 09:32 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Floyd Duley - foul #1 on Floyd Duley, team foul #4 | 40-42 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo (PG) Thomas Bolden | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | George Shaw (PG), Raymond Gillman (SG) Daniel Simmons, Weston Green | |
| 09:32 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell makes the 1st free throw | 41-42 |
| 09:32 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell makes the 2nd free throw | 42-42 |
| 09:13 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley makes the contested driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Raymond Gillman and the foul's on Thomas Campbell - foul #2 on Thomas Campbell, team foul #3 | 42-44 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Sergio Moreno (SF) Jeffrey Smith | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Mack (PG), Weston Green (SG), Devin Cotta (C) George Shaw, Raymond Gillman, Mark Williams | |
| 09:13 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley makes the free throw | 42-45 |
| 08:46 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell dunks the ball on a great pass from Louis Balsamo | 44-45 |
| 08:38 | Southern Cal | Elmer Schindler connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Floyd Duley | 44-48 |
| 08:18 | Virginia Tech | Sergio Moreno's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-48 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden (PG), Joseph Radford (SG), Harold Lovett (C) Michael Grenz, Sergio Moreno, Thomas Campbell | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | George Shaw (PG), Raymond Gillman (SG), Richard Jones (SF), Jeffrey Gilbert (PF), Mark Williams (C) David Mack, Weston Green, Elmer Schindler, Floyd Duley, Devin Cotta | |
| 07:59 | Southern Cal | Mark Williams can't finish the uncontested layup | 44-48 |
| 07:57 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford gets the rebound | 44-48 |
| 07:30 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 44-48 |
| 07:28 | Southern Cal | Mark Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 44-48 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Thomas Bolden (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Radford (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Louis Balsamo (fresh) 3 ast. PF - Edward Karst (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. C - Harold Lovett (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - George Shaw (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. SG - Raymond Gillman (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Jones (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Gilbert (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. C - Mark Williams (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Southern Cal | George Shaw scores on a shot near the basket on a great pass from Richard Jones and he's hacked by Thomas Bolden - foul #3 on Thomas Bolden, team foul #4 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith (SF), Thomas Campbell (PF) Louis Balsamo, Edward Karst | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Daniel Simmons (PG), Floyd Duley (PF), Devin Cotta (C) Richard Jones, Jeffrey Gilbert, Mark Williams | |
| 07:23 | Southern Cal | George Shaw misses the free throw | 44-50 |
| 07:23 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell gets the rebound | 44-50 |
| 07:00 | Virginia Tech | Devin Cotta swats the short shot by Jeffrey Smith | 44-50 |
| 06:58 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley grabs the defensive rebound | 44-50 |
| 06:49 | Southern Cal | George Shaw's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-50 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Weston Green (SG), Elmer Schindler (SF), Mark Williams (C) Raymond Gillman, George Shaw, Devin Cotta | |
| 06:35 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden is fouled on the floor by Daniel Simmons - foul #2 on Daniel Simmons, team foul #5 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo (PG), Robert Perrotta (C) Thomas Bolden, Harold Lovett | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | George Shaw (PG) Daniel Simmons | |
| 06:14 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-50 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz (SG), Edward Karst (PF) Joseph Radford, Robert Perrotta | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Daniel Simmons (PG), Raymond Gillman (SG), Jeffrey Gilbert (PF) George Shaw, Weston Green, Floyd Duley | |
| 05:53 | Southern Cal | Jeffrey Gilbert jams it on a great pass from Daniel Simmons and he's hacked by Edward Karst - foul #3 on Edward Karst, team foul #5 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Mack (PG), Weston Green (SG), George Shaw (SF), Devin Cotta (C) Daniel Simmons, Raymond Gillman, Elmer Schindler, Mark Williams | |
| 05:53 | Southern Cal | Jeffrey Gilbert makes the free throw | 44-53 |
| 05:34 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 44-53 |
| 05:33 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell gets the offensive rebound | 44-53 |
| 05:14 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 44-53 |
| 05:12 | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz hits the follow up shot | 46-53 |
| 04:58 | Southern Cal | Jeffrey Gilbert loses the ball out of bounds | 46-53 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden (PG), Joseph Radford (SG), Harold Lovett (C) Louis Balsamo, Michael Grenz, Thomas Campbell | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Daniel Simmons (PG), Raymond Gillman (SG), Elmer Schindler (SF), Floyd Duley (PF), Mark Williams (C) David Mack, Weston Green, George Shaw, Jeffrey Gilbert, Devin Cotta | |
| 04:29 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst misses the easy layup | 46-53 |
| 04:28 | Southern Cal | Mark Williams gets the rebound | 46-53 |
| 04:06 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Harold Lovett - foul #1 on Harold Lovett, team foul #6 | 46-53 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Sergio Moreno (SF) Jeffrey Smith | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | George Shaw (SF), Devin Cotta (C) Elmer Schindler, Mark Williams | |
| 04:06 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley makes the 1st free throw | 46-54 |
| 04:06 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley makes the 2nd free throw | 46-55 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:43 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 46-55 |
| 03:41 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley pulls down the rebound | 46-55 |
| 03:36 | Southern Cal | Raymond Gillman connects on the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Daniel Simmons | 46-58 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:19 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Raymond Gillman - foul #2 on Raymond Gillman, team foul #6 | 46-58 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz (SF), Thomas Campbell (PF) Sergio Moreno, Edward Karst | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | David Mack (PG), Weston Green (SG), Elmer Schindler (SF), Mark Williams (C) Daniel Simmons, Raymond Gillman, George Shaw, Devin Cotta | |
| 03:19 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford makes the 1st free throw | 47-58 |
| 03:19 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford misses the 2nd free throw | 47-58 |
| 03:19 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley grabs the board | 47-58 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Thomas Bolden (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Joseph Radford (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Grenz (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thomas Campbell (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Harold Lovett (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern Cal | PG - David Mack (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Weston Green (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Elmer Schindler (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Floyd Duley (fresh) 14 pts. 9 reb. C - Mark Williams (tiring) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 02:53 | Southern Cal | Elmer Schindler clanks a 3 from the left wing | 47-58 |
| 02:51 | Southern Cal | Mark Williams snags the offensive board | 47-58 |
| 02:33 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley is denied on a layup by Harold Lovett | 47-58 |
| 02:32 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley gets the offensive rebound | 47-58 |
| 02:15 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley hits the finger roll set up by David Mack | 47-60 |
| 02:04 | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz scores on a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Thomas Bolden | 49-60 |
| 01:44 | Southern Cal | Mark Williams is called for traveling | 49-60 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo (PG), Sergio Moreno (SF), Robert Perrotta (C) Thomas Bolden, Joseph Radford, Harold Lovett | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Raymond Gillman (SG), Jeffrey Gilbert (PF), Devin Cotta (C) Weston Green, Floyd Duley, Mark Williams | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:30 | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz makes the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Louis Balsamo and the foul's on Raymond Gillman - foul #3 on Raymond Gillman, team foul #7 | 51-60 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden (PG), Jeffrey Smith (SF), Edward Karst (PF), Harold Lovett (C) Louis Balsamo, Sergio Moreno, Thomas Campbell, Robert Perrotta | |
| Subs | Southern Cal | Daniel Simmons (PG), Weston Green (SG), George Shaw (SF), Floyd Duley (PF), Mark Williams (C) David Mack, Raymond Gillman, Elmer Schindler, Jeffrey Gilbert, Devin Cotta | |
| 01:30 | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz misses the free throw | 51-60 |
| 01:30 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to Floyd Duley | 51-60 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:10 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley drills a fadeaway from the right side | 51-62 |
| 00:52 | Virginia Tech | The short jumper by Thomas Bolden is denied by Mark Williams | 51-62 |
| 00:51 | Southern Cal | The rebound goes to George Shaw | 51-62 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:25 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley hits the finger roll against a doubleteam set up by Daniel Simmons | 51-64 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern Cal | Southern Cal is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:19 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden's fadeaway is rejected by Weston Green | 51-64 |
| 00:17 | Southern Cal | Floyd Duley gets the rebound | 51-64 |
| 00:00 | Southern Cal | Daniel Simmons runs out the clock | 51-64 |