| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - John Miser (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - George Wilson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Russell Hough (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Willie Mathis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Ken Pegg (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - David Gary (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Joshua Tucker (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Beach (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Walker (fresh) 3 pts. C - Jordon Stebbins (fresh) 10 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Russell Hough inbounds the ball | 32-30 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:39 | Syracuse | John Miser comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 32-30 |
| 19:38 | Syracuse | Russell Hough pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-30 |
| 19:21 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block but the foul's on Jeffrey Beach - foul #2 on Jeffrey Beach, team foul #1 | 32-30 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Bell (PG), Greg Lively (PF) John Miser, Willie Mathis | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 19:21 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg misses the 1st free throw | 32-30 |
| 19:21 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg misses the 2nd free throw | 32-30 |
| 19:21 | Syracuse | Greg Lively pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-30 |
| 18:56 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 32-30 |
| 18:54 | Syracuse | Russell Hough pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-30 |
| 18:31 | Syracuse | Jordon Stebbins steals the ball from Ken Pegg | 32-30 |
| 18:09 | St. John's | William Walker can't connect on a floater from the right block | 32-30 |
| 18:07 | Syracuse | Greg Lively gets the rebound | 32-30 |
| 17:44 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg misses short on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by William Walker - foul #2 on William Walker, team foul #2 | 32-30 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Miser (PG), Joseph Thompson (SG), Willie Mathis (PF) Michael Bell, George Wilson, Greg Lively | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 17:44 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg makes the 1st free throw | 33-30 |
| 17:44 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg makes the 2nd free throw | 34-30 |
| 17:27 | St. John's | Joshua Tucker loses the ball out of bounds | 34-30 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dennis Heckman (C) Ken Pegg | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 16:58 | Syracuse | Dennis Heckman misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 34-30 |
| 16:56 | St. John's | Jeffrey Beach snags the defensive board | 34-30 |
| 16:27 | St. John's | David Gary comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-30 |
| 16:26 | St. John's | Jordon Stebbins tips it but misses | 34-30 |
| 16:25 | St. John's | Jordon Stebbins snags the offensive board | 34-30 |
| 15:58 | St. John's | David Gary misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 34-30 |
| 15:57 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to William Walker | 34-30 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - John Miser (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Thompson (fresh) SF - Russell Hough (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Willie Mathis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Dennis Heckman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - David Gary (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Joshua Tucker (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Beach (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Walker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Jordon Stebbins (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:34 | St. John's | Jeffrey Beach's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-30 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Bell (PG), George Wilson (SG), Greg Lively (PF), Ken Pegg (C) John Miser, Joseph Thompson, Willie Mathis, Dennis Heckman | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 15:06 | Syracuse | George Wilson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 34-30 |
| 15:04 | St. John's | David Gary pulls down the rebound | 34-30 |
| 15:01 | St. John's | David Gary loses the dribble to Russell Hough in the backcourt | 34-30 |
| 15:00 | Syracuse | Michael Bell lays it up and in on a great pass from Russell Hough | 36-30 |
| 14:44 | St. John's | Joshua Tucker makes the shot from the right side on a great pass from Jordon Stebbins | 36-32 |
| 14:23 | Syracuse | George Wilson is hacked by Jeffrey Beach - foul #3 on Jeffrey Beach, team foul #3 | 36-32 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Miser (PG), Willie Mathis (PF), Dennis Heckman (C) Michael Bell, Greg Lively, Ken Pegg | |
| Subs | St. John's | Waldo Coop (SF), Jared Smith (PF) Jeffrey Beach, William Walker | |
| 14:06 | Syracuse | Dennis Heckman clanks a floater in the paint | 36-32 |
| 14:04 | Syracuse | Dennis Heckman tips it back up and in | 38-32 |
| 13:51 | St. John's | David Gary is alone and drills a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Jordon Stebbins and the foul's on Willie Mathis - foul #2 on Willie Mathis, team foul #1 | 38-34 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Leonard Fults (SF) Jordon Stebbins | |
| 13:51 | St. John's | David Gary makes the free throw | 38-35 |
| 13:37 | Syracuse | George Wilson scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by John Miser and he's hacked by Jared Smith - foul #2 on Jared Smith, team foul #4 | 40-35 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | James Bergen (PG) David Gary | |
| 13:37 | Syracuse | George Wilson makes the free throw | 41-35 |
| 13:22 | St. John's | The pull-up jumper by Leonard Fults is blocked by Dennis Heckman | 41-35 |
| 13:21 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to John Miser | 41-35 |
| 12:53 | Syracuse | John Miser clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 41-35 |
| 12:51 | St. John's | Leonard Fults gets the rebound | 41-35 |
| 12:26 | St. John's | Joshua Tucker hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt shot from the right corner | 41-35 |
| 12:24 | Syracuse | Dennis Heckman pulls down the rebound | 41-35 |
| 11:55 | Syracuse | Joshua Tucker steps in front of the John Miser pass | 41-35 |
| 11:51 | St. John's | James Bergen lays it in on a great pass from Joshua Tucker | 41-37 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - John Miser (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - George Wilson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Russell Hough (tired) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Willie Mathis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Dennis Heckman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - James Bergen (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joshua Tucker (tiring) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Leonard Fults (fresh) PF - Waldo Coop (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Jared Smith (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:24 | Syracuse | John Miser knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 44-37 |
| 11:01 | St. John's | Waldo Coop can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 44-37 |
| 10:59 | Syracuse | John Miser grabs the defensive rebound | 44-37 |
| 10:39 | Syracuse | George Wilson buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from John Miser | 47-37 |
| 10:27 | St. John's | Leonard Fults comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 47-37 |
| 10:25 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis gets the rebound | 47-37 |
| 09:57 | Syracuse | John Miser misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 47-37 |
| 09:55 | St. John's | Jared Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 47-37 |
| 09:50 | St. John's | Joshua Tucker misses the 3 from the right corner | 47-37 |
| 09:49 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis snags the defensive board | 47-37 |
| 09:38 | Syracuse | John Miser buries a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by George Wilson | 50-37 |
| 09:35 | St. John's | Joshua Tucker's pass is intercepted by George Wilson in the backcourt | 50-37 |
| 09:10 | Syracuse | George Wilson makes the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from John Miser | 52-37 |
| 08:41 | St. John's | James Bergen buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Waldo Coop | 52-40 |
| 08:23 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 52-40 |
| 08:22 | St. John's | James Bergen snags the defensive board | 52-40 |
| 08:20 | St. John's | John Miser picks off the pass by James Bergen in the backcourt | 52-40 |
| 08:04 | Syracuse | Dennis Heckman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Bell (PG), Richard Luczak (SG), Greg Lively (PF), Ken Pegg (C) John Miser, George Wilson, Willie Mathis, Dennis Heckman | |
| Subs | St. John's | David Gary (PG), John Benfer (SG), Jeffrey Beach (SF), William Walker (PF), Jordon Stebbins (C) James Bergen, Joshua Tucker, Leonard Fults, Waldo Coop, Jared Smith | |
| 07:35 | St. John's | John Benfer comes up short on the floater from the left block | 52-40 |
| 07:33 | St. John's | David Gary hits the follow up shot | 52-42 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Bell (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Richard Luczak (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Russell Hough (very tired) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Greg Lively (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Ken Pegg (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - David Gary (fresh) 8 pts. SG - John Benfer (fresh) SF - Jeffrey Beach (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - William Walker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Jordon Stebbins (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:04 | Syracuse | Greg Lively connects on the fadeaway from the left wing | 54-42 |
| 06:41 | St. John's | David Gary hits a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from William Walker | 54-45 |
| 06:15 | Syracuse | Russell Hough buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 56-45 |
| 06:13 | St. John's | Michael Bell is called for the reach on David Gary in the backcourt - foul #2 on Michael Bell, team foul #2 | 56-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Joshua Tucker (SG) John Benfer | |
| 06:00 | St. John's | Jeffrey Beach is hacked by Russell Hough - foul #3 on Russell Hough, team foul #3 | 56-45 |
| 05:50 | St. John's | William Walker hits the finger roll on a nice dish by David Gary | 56-47 |
| 05:26 | Syracuse | Russell Hough misses short on a jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Jeffrey Beach - foul #4 on Jeffrey Beach, team foul #5 | 56-47 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Thompson (SG) Richard Luczak | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 05:26 | Syracuse | Russell Hough misses the 1st free throw | 56-47 |
| 05:26 | Syracuse | Russell Hough makes the 2nd free throw | 57-47 |
| 05:01 | St. John's | Joshua Tucker buries a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Jeffrey Beach | 57-50 |
| 04:41 | Syracuse | Greg Lively misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 57-50 |
| 04:39 | St. John's | Jordon Stebbins grabs the board | 57-50 |
| 04:34 | St. John's | Greg Lively swats the layup by Joshua Tucker | 57-50 |
| 04:32 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg gets the rebound | 57-50 |
| 04:08 | Syracuse | Greg Lively banks in the layup | 59-50 |
| 03:39 | St. John's | William Walker misses short on a jumper from the left block | 59-50 |
| 03:38 | Syracuse | Greg Lively pulls down the rebound | 59-50 |
| 03:11 | Syracuse | Russell Hough is called for traveling | 59-50 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Miser (PG), Richard Luczak (SG), Willie Mathis (PF) Michael Bell, Joseph Thompson, Greg Lively | |
| Subs | St. John's | John Benfer (SG), Waldo Coop (SF), Jared Smith (PF) Joshua Tucker, Jeffrey Beach, William Walker | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - John Miser (fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Richard Luczak (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Russell Hough (very tired) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Willie Mathis (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Ken Pegg (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - David Gary (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Benfer (fresh) SF - Waldo Coop (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jared Smith (fresh) C - Jordon Stebbins (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:57 | St. John's | Richard Luczak steals it from Jordon Stebbins | 59-50 |
| 02:36 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg is fouled on the floor by Jordon Stebbins - foul #1 on Jordon Stebbins, team foul #6 | 59-50 |
| Subs | Syracuse | George Wilson (SG), Dennis Heckman (SF) Richard Luczak, Russell Hough | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 02:13 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 59-50 |
| 02:12 | Syracuse | John Miser tips it back up and in | 61-50 |
| 01:55 | St. John's | John Benfer misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by George Wilson - foul #3 on George Wilson, team foul #4 | 61-50 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Russell Hough (SF) Dennis Heckman | |
| Subs | St. John's | James Bergen (PG), Leonard Fults (SF) David Gary, Jordon Stebbins | |
| 01:55 | St. John's | John Benfer makes the 1st free throw | 61-51 |
| 01:55 | St. John's | John Benfer makes the 2nd free throw | 61-52 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:28 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis is hacked by John Benfer - foul #1 on John Benfer, team foul #7 | 61-52 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | St. John's | David Gary (PG), Joshua Tucker (SG), Jeffrey Beach (SF), William Walker (PF), Jordon Stebbins (C) James Bergen, John Benfer, Leonard Fults, Waldo Coop, Jared Smith | |
| 01:28 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis misses the 1st free throw | 61-52 |
| 01:28 | St. John's | Jordon Stebbins grabs the defensive rebound | 61-52 |
| 01:24 | St. John's | Jeffrey Beach double dribbles in the backcourt | 61-52 |
| 01:06 | Syracuse | Russell Hough is whistled for a charge - foul #4 on Russell Hough, team foul #5 | 61-52 |
| 00:57 | St. John's | David Gary makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from William Walker | 61-55 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:55 | Syracuse | David Gary is called for the reach on John Miser in the backcourt - foul #2 on David Gary, team foul #8 | 61-55 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffery Albert (SF) Russell Hough | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 00:55 | Syracuse | John Miser misses the 1st free throw | 61-55 |
| 00:55 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis grabs the offensive board | 61-55 |
| 00:54 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis is hacked by Joshua Tucker - foul #2 on Joshua Tucker, team foul #9 | 61-55 |
| 00:54 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis makes the 1st free throw | 62-55 |
| 00:54 | Syracuse | Willie Mathis misses the 2nd free throw | 62-55 |
| 00:54 | St. John's | William Walker pulls down the rebound | 62-55 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:48 | St. John's | Joshua Tucker misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 62-55 |
| 00:47 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg grabs the board | 62-55 |
| 00:45 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg is hacked by David Gary in the backcourt - foul #3 on David Gary, team foul #10 | 62-55 |
| 00:45 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg makes the 1st free throw | 63-55 |
| 00:45 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg makes the 2nd free throw | 64-55 |
| 00:41 | St. John's | John Miser picks off the pass by David Gary in the backcourt | 64-55 |
| 00:40 | Syracuse | John Miser lays it in | 66-55 |
| 00:33 | St. John's | William Walker misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 66-55 |
| 00:32 | St. John's | Jordon Stebbins tips it back up and in | 66-57 |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg is fouled in the backcourt by David Gary - foul #4 on David Gary, team foul #11 | 66-57 |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg makes the 1st free throw | 67-57 |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Ken Pegg misses the 2nd free throw | 67-57 |
| 00:30 | St. John's | William Walker grabs the defensive rebound | 67-57 |
| 00:23 | St. John's | Willie Mathis steals the ball from William Walker | 67-57 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | John Miser runs out the clock | 67-57 |