| Lineup | South Alabama | PG - Michael Ferrell (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Keller (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Alexander Reed (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Johnathan Roberts (fresh) C - Larry White (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Gary Jones (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. SF - Melvin Vieira (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Patrick Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Mario Lunsford (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | South Alabama | Alexander Reed inbounds the ball | 26-35 |
| Game Plan | South Alabama | South Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 19:44 | South Alabama | Michael Ferrell drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 29-35 |
| 19:26 | Syracuse | Gary Jones makes the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Thomas Phelps | 29-38 |
| 19:05 | South Alabama | Larry White is hacked by Gary Jones - foul #1 on Gary Jones, team foul #1 | 29-38 |
| 18:55 | South Alabama | Alexander Reed hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 29-38 |
| 18:53 | Syracuse | Gary Jones gets the rebound | 29-38 |
| 18:28 | Syracuse | Gary Jones can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 29-38 |
| 18:26 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira gets the offensive rebound | 29-38 |
| 18:03 | Syracuse | Gary Jones buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Thomas Phelps | 29-41 |
| 17:58 | South Alabama | Gary Jones is called for the reach on Thomas Keller - foul #2 on Gary Jones, team foul #2 | 29-41 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Nathan Macedo (PG), Lon Mills (SG), Reginald Castillon (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Jerry Koop (C) Michael Ferrell, Thomas Keller, Alexander Reed, Johnathan Roberts, Larry White | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Johnny Katz (PG), Jeffrey Shelton (SG), Bruce Her (SF), Steven Citizen (PF), Kristopher Meadows (C) Gary Jones, Thomas Phelps, Melvin Vieira, Patrick Williams, Mario Lunsford | |
| 17:38 | South Alabama | Nathan Macedo misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 29-41 |
| 17:37 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows snags the defensive board | 29-41 |
| 17:08 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Jason Williams - foul #1 on Jason Williams, team foul #1 | 29-41 |
| 17:08 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen makes the 1st free throw | 29-42 |
| 17:08 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen misses the 2nd free throw | 29-42 |
| 17:08 | South Alabama | Jason Williams pulls down the rebound | 29-42 |
| 16:54 | South Alabama | Reginald Castillon hits a 3 from the left corner set up by Lon Mills | 32-42 |
| 16:31 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Johnny Katz | 32-45 |
| 16:08 | South Alabama | Reginald Castillon travels with the ball | 32-45 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton (PG), Thomas Keller (SG), Bradley Rogers (SF), Johnathan Roberts (PF), Larry White (C) Nathan Macedo, Lon Mills, Reginald Castillon, Jason Williams, Jerry Koop | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (PG), Christopher Baldwin (SG), Melvin Vieira (SF), Patrick Williams (PF), Gary Marcus (C) Johnny Katz, Jeffrey Shelton, Bruce Her, Steven Citizen, Kristopher Meadows | |
| 15:39 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams slams it home set up by Gary Marcus and he's hacked by Larry White - foul #1 on Larry White, team foul #2 | 32-47 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Alexander Reed (SF) Johnathan Roberts | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps (SG), Mario Lunsford (C) Christopher Baldwin, Gary Marcus | |
| 15:39 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams misses the free throw | 32-47 |
| 15:39 | South Alabama | Bradley Rogers grabs the defensive rebound | 32-47 |
| Lineup | South Alabama | PG - Gregory Drayton (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Thomas Keller (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Alexander Reed (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Bradley Rogers (fresh) 3 reb. C - Larry White (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Gary Jones (fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. SF - Melvin Vieira (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Patrick Williams (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Mario Lunsford (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:16 | South Alabama | Melvin Vieira picks off the pass by Thomas Keller | 32-47 |
| 15:12 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps lays it in set up by Melvin Vieira | 32-49 |
| 14:51 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller misses long on a runner in the paint but the foul's on Thomas Phelps - foul #1 on Thomas Phelps, team foul #3 | 32-49 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Michael Ferrell (PG), Reginald Castillon (SF), Johnathan Roberts (PF) Gregory Drayton, Alexander Reed, Bradley Rogers | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Baldwin (SF) Melvin Vieira | |
| 14:51 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller makes the 1st free throw | 33-49 |
| 14:51 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller makes the 2nd free throw | 34-49 |
| 14:47 | Syracuse | Gary Jones is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Ferrell - foul #2 on Michael Ferrell, team foul #3 | 34-49 |
| Subs | South Alabama | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Marcus (C) Mario Lunsford | |
| 14:21 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps connects on the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Gary Jones | 34-51 |
| 13:52 | South Alabama | Larry White connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 37-51 |
| 13:23 | Syracuse | Larry White is called for the reach on Gary Marcus - foul #2 on Larry White, team foul #4 | 37-51 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Nathan Macedo (PG), Alexander Reed (SF), Bradley Rogers (PF), Jerry Koop (C) Michael Ferrell, Reginald Castillon, Johnathan Roberts, Larry White | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Johnny Katz (PG), Jeffrey Shelton (SG), Steven Citizen (SF), Kristopher Meadows (PF), Mario Lunsford (C) Gary Jones, Thomas Phelps, Christopher Baldwin, Patrick Williams, Gary Marcus | |
| 13:02 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen buries a shot in the lane on a nice dish by Jeffrey Shelton | 37-53 |
| 12:36 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller misses long on a shot from the right side but he's hacked by Jeffrey Shelton - foul #2 on Jeffrey Shelton, team foul #4 | 37-53 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Lon Mills (SF), Jason Williams (PF) Alexander Reed, Bradley Rogers | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira (SF) Steven Citizen | |
| 12:36 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller misses the 1st free throw | 37-53 |
| 12:36 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller misses the 2nd free throw | 37-53 |
| 12:36 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows snags the defensive board | 37-53 |
| 12:31 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 37-53 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton (SG) Thomas Keller | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 12:16 | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton is fouled on the floor by Jeffrey Shelton - foul #3 on Jeffrey Shelton, team foul #5 | 37-53 |
| Subs | South Alabama | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Her (PF), Gary Marcus (C) Kristopher Meadows, Mario Lunsford | |
| 12:07 | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton misses short on an open 3 from the left corner | 37-53 |
| 12:06 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz pulls down the rebound | 37-53 |
| 11:48 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira misses badly on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Gregory Drayton - foul #2 on Gregory Drayton, team foul #5 | 37-53 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Reginald Castillon (SF), Bradley Rogers (PF) Nathan Macedo, Jerry Koop | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (PG), Thomas Phelps (SG) Johnny Katz, Jeffrey Shelton | |
| 11:48 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira makes the 1st free throw | 37-54 |
| 11:48 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira misses the 2nd free throw | 37-54 |
| 11:48 | South Alabama | Jason Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 37-54 |
| Game Plan | South Alabama | South Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 11:43 | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 37-54 |
| 11:41 | South Alabama | Jason Williams grabs the offensive board | 37-54 |
| 11:26 | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 37-54 |
| 11:24 | Syracuse | Bruce Her snags the defensive board | 37-54 |
| Lineup | South Alabama | PG - Lon Mills (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gregory Drayton (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Reginald Castillon (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bradley Rogers (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jason Williams (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Gary Jones (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. SF - Melvin Vieira (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Bruce Her (fresh) 5 pts. C - Gary Marcus (fairly fresh) 1 ast. | |
| 11:02 | Syracuse | Gregory Drayton takes the ball from Gary Jones | 37-54 |
| 10:49 | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 37-54 |
| 10:47 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira grabs the defensive rebound | 37-54 |
| 10:43 | Syracuse | Gary Jones can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 37-54 |
| 10:41 | South Alabama | Lon Mills grabs the defensive rebound | 37-54 |
| 10:36 | South Alabama | Reginald Castillon can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 37-54 |
| 10:35 | South Alabama | Bradley Rogers gets the offensive rebound | 37-54 |
| 10:18 | South Alabama | Reginald Castillon misses short on a turnaround from close range | 37-54 |
| 10:17 | Syracuse | Gary Jones grabs the board | 37-54 |
| 10:02 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira knocks in the jumper near the basket | 37-56 |
| 09:49 | South Alabama | Jason Williams misses long on a shot from the right side | 37-56 |
| 09:47 | South Alabama | Reginald Castillon pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-56 |
| 09:32 | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-56 |
| 09:15 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira knocks in the jump hook from close range on a great pass from Gary Jones | 40-58 |
| 09:01 | South Alabama | Bradley Rogers comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-58 |
| 09:00 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Gary Jones | 40-58 |
| 08:58 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps is hacked by Lon Mills in the backcourt - foul #3 on Lon Mills, team foul #6 | 40-58 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Michael Ferrell (PG), Thomas Keller (SG), Alexander Reed (SF), Johnathan Roberts (PF), Larry White (C) Lon Mills, Gregory Drayton, Reginald Castillon, Bradley Rogers, Jason Williams | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Johnny Katz (PG), Jeffrey Shelton (SG), Steven Citizen (SF), Patrick Williams (PF), Mario Lunsford (C) Gary Jones, Thomas Phelps, Melvin Vieira, Bruce Her, Gary Marcus | |
| 08:41 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Steven Citizen, team foul #6 | 40-58 |
| 08:22 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller lays it in on a nice dish by Alexander Reed | 42-58 |
| 08:01 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams is fouled on the floor by Michael Ferrell - foul #3 on Michael Ferrell, team foul #7 | 42-58 |
| 08:01 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams misses the 1st free throw | 42-58 |
| 08:01 | South Alabama | Larry White gets the rebound | 42-58 |
| 07:55 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller is fouled on the floor by Jeffrey Shelton - foul #4 on Jeffrey Shelton, team foul #7 | 42-58 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Jerry Koop (C) Larry White | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows (PF) Patrick Williams | |
| 07:55 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller makes the 1st free throw | 43-58 |
| 07:55 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller makes the 2nd free throw | 44-58 |
| 07:33 | Syracuse | Jerry Koop is called for the reach on Johnny Katz - foul #2 on Jerry Koop, team foul #8 | 44-58 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Nathan Macedo (PG) Michael Ferrell | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Baldwin (SG), Melvin Vieira (SF), Patrick Williams (PF) Jeffrey Shelton, Steven Citizen, Mario Lunsford | |
| 07:33 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz makes the 1st free throw | 44-59 |
| 07:33 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz makes the 2nd free throw | 44-60 |
| 07:24 | South Alabama | Nathan Macedo knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 47-60 |
| Lineup | South Alabama | PG - Nathan Macedo (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Thomas Keller (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Alexander Reed (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Johnathan Roberts (fairly fresh) C - Jerry Koop (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Johnny Katz (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Christopher Baldwin (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Melvin Vieira (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Patrick Williams (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Kristopher Meadows (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:04 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams misses the wide open jumper from the free throw line | 47-60 |
| 07:02 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz can't tip it in | 47-60 |
| 07:01 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows grabs the offensive rebound | 47-60 |
| 06:43 | Syracuse | Jerry Koop is called for the reach on Johnny Katz - foul #3 on Jerry Koop, team foul #9 | 47-60 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Larry White (C) Johnathan Roberts | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (PG), Mario Lunsford (C) Melvin Vieira, Kristopher Meadows | |
| 06:43 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz makes the 1st free throw | 47-61 |
| 06:43 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz makes the 2nd free throw | 47-62 |
| 06:30 | South Alabama | Gary Jones is called for the reach on Thomas Keller - foul #3 on Gary Jones, team foul #8 | 47-62 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Johnathan Roberts (PF) Jerry Koop | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps (SG) Johnny Katz | |
| 06:30 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller makes the 1st free throw | 48-62 |
| 06:30 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller makes the 2nd free throw | 49-62 |
| 06:15 | Syracuse | Gary Jones misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 49-62 |
| 06:14 | South Alabama | The rebound goes to Larry White | 49-62 |
| Game Plan | South Alabama | South Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 05:45 | South Alabama | Thomas Keller's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-62 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Michael Ferrell (PG), Reginald Castillon (SF) Nathan Macedo, Alexander Reed | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton (SG), Steven Citizen (SF) Thomas Phelps, Christopher Baldwin | |
| 05:21 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 49-62 |
| 05:19 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams misses the tip | 49-62 |
| 05:18 | South Alabama | Johnathan Roberts snags the defensive board | 49-62 |
| Game Plan | South Alabama | South Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 05:12 | South Alabama | Larry White throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-62 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Bradley Rogers (SF), Jerry Koop (PF) Thomas Keller, Johnathan Roberts | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Her (SF), Kristopher Meadows (C) Patrick Williams, Mario Lunsford | |
| 04:55 | Syracuse | Gary Jones misses short on an open fadeaway from the right side | 49-62 |
| 04:53 | South Alabama | Larry White pulls down the rebound | 49-62 |
| 04:35 | South Alabama | Bradley Rogers is hacked by Bruce Her - foul #1 on Bruce Her, team foul #9 | 49-62 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Thomas Keller (SG) Reginald Castillon | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Johnny Katz (PG), Thomas Phelps (SG), Patrick Williams (PF) Gary Jones, Jeffrey Shelton, Steven Citizen | |
| 04:35 | South Alabama | Bradley Rogers makes the 1st free throw | 50-62 |
| 04:35 | South Alabama | Bradley Rogers makes the 2nd free throw | 51-62 |
| 04:10 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 51-62 |
| 04:09 | Syracuse | Bruce Her grabs the offensive board | 51-62 |
| 03:40 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps comes up short on the floater in the lane | 51-62 |
| 03:38 | Syracuse | Bruce Her tips it back up and in | 51-64 |
| 03:33 | South Alabama | Bradley Rogers is called for traveling | 51-64 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Nathan Macedo (PG), Lon Mills (SG), Alexander Reed (SF), Johnathan Roberts (PF) Michael Ferrell, Thomas Keller, Bradley Rogers, Jerry Koop | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira (SF), Steven Citizen (PF), Gary Marcus (C) Bruce Her, Patrick Williams, Kristopher Meadows | |
| 03:31 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 51-64 |
| 03:16 | South Alabama | Alexander Reed loses the dribble to Melvin Vieira | 51-64 |
| Lineup | South Alabama | PG - Nathan Macedo (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Lon Mills (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Alexander Reed (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Johnathan Roberts (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Larry White (tiring) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Johnny Katz (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (tiring) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. SF - Melvin Vieira (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Steven Citizen (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Gary Marcus (fresh) 1 ast. | |
| 02:49 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen comes up short on the floater in the paint | 51-64 |
| 02:47 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen hits the follow up shot | 51-66 |
| 02:45 | South Alabama | Johnny Katz steals the ball from Nathan Macedo in the backcourt | 51-66 |
| 02:22 | Syracuse | Lon Mills is called for the reach on Johnny Katz - foul #4 on Lon Mills, team foul #10 | 51-66 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Gregory Drayton (SG), Reginald Castillon (SF), Jason Williams (PF), Jerry Koop (C) Lon Mills, Alexander Reed, Johnathan Roberts, Larry White | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton (SG), Christopher Baldwin (SF) Thomas Phelps, Melvin Vieira | |
| 02:22 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz misses the 1st free throw | 51-66 |
| 02:22 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz makes the 2nd free throw | 51-67 |
| 02:05 | South Alabama | Jason Williams double dribbles | 51-67 |
| Subs | South Alabama | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows (C) Gary Marcus | |
| 01:48 | Syracuse | Christopher Baldwin's pass is intercepted by Jason Williams | 51-67 |
| Game Plan | South Alabama | South Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:21 | South Alabama | Nathan Macedo comes up short on the floater from the left side | 51-67 |
| 01:20 | South Alabama | Jason Williams misses the tip | 51-67 |
| 01:19 | South Alabama | Jerry Koop pulls down the offensive rebound | 51-67 |
| 01:06 | South Alabama | Nathan Macedo can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 51-67 |
| 01:04 | South Alabama | Reginald Castillon snags the offensive board | 51-67 |
| 00:47 | South Alabama | Kristopher Meadows swats the shot by Reginald Castillon | 51-67 |
| 00:46 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen gets the rebound | 51-67 |
| Game Plan | South Alabama | South Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen drills a shot from the right block set up by Kristopher Meadows and the foul's on Nathan Macedo - foul #2 on Nathan Macedo, team foul #11 | 51-69 |
| Subs | South Alabama | Lon Mills (SG) Gregory Drayton | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Her (SF) Christopher Baldwin | |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen misses the free throw | 51-69 |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | Bruce Her grabs the offensive board | 51-69 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz runs out the clock | 51-69 |