| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Fred Moses (fresh) SG - Richard Bostick (fresh) SF - Quentin Cook (fresh) PF - Robert Mancha (fresh) C - Harold Fowler (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Major Porter (fresh) SG - Christopher Toomey (fresh) SF - James Tomberlin (fresh) PF - Theodore Pratt (fresh) C - Robert Ritchie (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:57 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt is hacked by Richard Bostick in the backcourt - foul #1 on Richard Bostick, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:52 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt jams it on a nice dish by Christopher Toomey | 0-2 |
| 19:30 | Virginia | Richard Bostick connects on the jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Quentin Cook | 2-2 |
| 19:18 | Columbia | Richard Bostick takes the ball from James Tomberlin | 2-2 |
| 18:53 | Virginia | Robert Mancha misses short on a shot from the left side | 2-2 |
| 18:51 | Virginia | Harold Fowler misses the tip | 2-2 |
| 18:50 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt grabs the defensive rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:26 | Columbia | James Tomberlin buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 2-5 |
| 18:04 | Virginia | Fred Moses misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 2-5 |
| 18:03 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Christopher Toomey | 2-5 |
| 17:44 | Columbia | Major Porter is fouled on the floor by Fred Moses - foul #1 on Fred Moses, team foul #2 | 2-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | Eric Maxwell (SG), Leon Ferdinand (SF) Richard Bostick, Quentin Cook | |
| Subs | Columbia | Edward Brown (PG), Richard Best (SG), Anthony Golightly (SF), Sidney Worthy (PF), Kurt Herron (C) Major Porter, Christopher Toomey, James Tomberlin, Theodore Pratt, Robert Ritchie | |
| 17:21 | Columbia | Sidney Worthy hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 2-5 |
| 17:19 | Virginia | Harold Fowler gets the rebound | 2-5 |
| 16:57 | Virginia | Robert Mancha hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Eric Maxwell | 4-5 |
| 16:43 | Columbia | Anthony Golightly loses the dribble to Robert Mancha | 4-5 |
| 16:18 | Virginia | Robert Mancha drills a turnaround from the right block and he's hacked by Sidney Worthy - foul #1 on Sidney Worthy, team foul #1 | 6-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (SG), Quentin Cook (SF), Robert Marmon (C) Fred Moses, Leon Ferdinand, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Columbia | Major Porter (PG), Theodore Pratt (PF) Richard Best, Sidney Worthy | |
| 16:18 | Virginia | Robert Mancha makes the free throw | 7-5 |
| 16:16 | Columbia | Kurt Herron loses the dribble to Eric Maxwell in the backcourt | 7-5 |
| 16:00 | Virginia | Anthony Golightly is called for the reach on Eric Maxwell - foul #1 on Anthony Golightly, team foul #2 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | Richard Bostick (SG), Thomas Crews (C) Ralph Howard, Robert Mancha | |
| Subs | Columbia | James Tomberlin (SF), Robert Ritchie (C) Anthony Golightly, Kurt Herron | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Eric Maxwell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Richard Bostick (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Quentin Cook (fresh) PF - Robert Marmon (fresh) C - Thomas Crews (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Major Porter (fresh) SG - Edward Brown (fresh) SF - James Tomberlin (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Theodore Pratt (fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Ritchie (fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Virginia | Robert Marmon scores on a floater in the paint on a great pass from Richard Bostick | 9-5 |
| 15:41 | Columbia | Major Porter loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 9-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Christopher Toomey (SG) Edward Brown | |
| 15:28 | Virginia | Richard Bostick hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 9-5 |
| 15:27 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell grabs the offensive board | 9-5 |
| 15:03 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell banks in the layup set up by Richard Bostick and he's fouled by Robert Ritchie - foul #1 on Robert Ritchie, team foul #3 | 11-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (SG), Leon Ferdinand (SF) Richard Bostick, Quentin Cook | |
| Subs | Columbia | Edward Brown (PG), Anthony Golightly (PF) Major Porter, Theodore Pratt | |
| 15:03 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell makes the free throw | 12-5 |
| 14:44 | Columbia | Anthony Golightly misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 12-5 |
| 14:43 | Virginia | Leon Ferdinand gets the rebound | 12-5 |
| 14:19 | Virginia | Robert Marmon buries a jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Ralph Howard | 14-5 |
| 14:04 | Columbia | Anthony Golightly connects on the open jumpshot from the free throw line | 14-7 |
| 13:39 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Edward Brown - foul #1 on Edward Brown, team foul #4 | 14-7 |
| Subs | Virginia | Fred Moses (PG), Richard Bostick (SG), Robert Mancha (PF), Harold Fowler (C) Ralph Howard, Leon Ferdinand, Robert Marmon, Thomas Crews | |
| Subs | Columbia | Major Porter (PG), Richard Best (SG), Theodore Pratt (PF), Kurt Herron (C) Edward Brown, Christopher Toomey, James Tomberlin, Robert Ritchie | |
| 13:39 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell makes the 1st free throw | 15-7 |
| 13:39 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell misses the 2nd free throw | 15-7 |
| 13:39 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt pulls down the rebound | 15-7 |
| 13:16 | Columbia | Anthony Golightly misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 15-7 |
| 13:14 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell grabs the defensive rebound | 15-7 |
| 12:51 | Virginia | Richard Bostick buries a jump hook from the left block set up by Robert Mancha | 17-7 |
| 12:49 | Columbia | Richard Bostick is called for the reach on Richard Best in the backcourt - foul #2 on Richard Bostick, team foul #3 | 17-7 |
| Subs | Virginia | Clifton Chambers (SG), Quentin Cook (SF) Richard Bostick, Eric Maxwell | |
| Subs | Columbia | Edward Brown (SG) Anthony Golightly | |
| 12:35 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt makes the jumper in the lane on a great pass from Major Porter and he's hacked by Robert Mancha - foul #1 on Robert Mancha, team foul #4 | 17-9 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (SG) Clifton Chambers | |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| 12:35 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt makes the free throw | 17-10 |
| 12:12 | Virginia | Harold Fowler misses the lay-in but the foul's on Kurt Herron - foul #1 on Kurt Herron, team foul #5 | 17-10 |
| Subs | Virginia | Thomas Crews (PF) Robert Mancha | |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| 12:12 | Virginia | Harold Fowler makes the 1st free throw | 18-10 |
| 12:12 | Virginia | Harold Fowler misses the 2nd free throw | 18-10 |
| 12:12 | Columbia | Kurt Herron snags the defensive board | 18-10 |
| 11:51 | Columbia | Edward Brown knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 18-13 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Fred Moses (fresh) SG - Ralph Howard (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Quentin Cook (fresh) PF - Thomas Crews (fresh) C - Harold Fowler (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Major Porter (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Edward Brown (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Richard Best (fresh) PF - Theodore Pratt (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Kurt Herron (fresh) | |
| 11:22 | Virginia | Thomas Crews is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Thomas Crews, team foul #5 | 18-13 |
| Subs | Virginia | Clifton Chambers (SG), Leon Ferdinand (SF), Robert Marmon (PF) Ralph Howard, Quentin Cook, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Columbia | Christopher Toomey (SG), James Tomberlin (SF), Anthony Golightly (PF), Robert Ritchie (C) Edward Brown, Richard Best, Theodore Pratt, Kurt Herron | |
| 11:06 | Columbia | Robert Ritchie makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Major Porter | 18-15 |
| 10:42 | Virginia | Robert Marmon misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 18-15 |
| 10:40 | Columbia | Robert Ritchie snags the defensive board | 18-15 |
| 10:37 | Columbia | Clifton Chambers picks off the pass by James Tomberlin in the backcourt | 18-15 |
| 10:35 | Virginia | Clifton Chambers lays it in | 20-15 |
| 10:15 | Columbia | Major Porter is hacked by Leon Ferdinand - foul #1 on Leon Ferdinand, team foul #6 | 20-15 |
| Subs | Virginia | James Kennedy (SF), Robert Mancha (PF), Harold Fowler (C) Leon Ferdinand, Robert Marmon, Thomas Crews | |
| Subs | Columbia | Edward Brown (PG) Major Porter | |
| 09:55 | Columbia | Edward Brown buries a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Christopher Toomey | 20-17 |
| 09:28 | Virginia | Harold Fowler clanks a jumper from the right side but the foul's on Robert Ritchie - foul #2 on Robert Ritchie, team foul #6 | 20-17 |
| Subs | Virginia | Eric Maxwell (PG), Ralph Howard (SG), Quentin Cook (SF) Fred Moses, Clifton Chambers, James Kennedy | |
| Subs | Columbia | Richard Best (SG), Dewey Campbell (SF), Theodore Pratt (PF), Kurt Herron (C) Christopher Toomey, James Tomberlin, Anthony Golightly, Robert Ritchie | |
| 09:28 | Virginia | Harold Fowler misses the 1st free throw | 20-17 |
| 09:28 | Virginia | Harold Fowler makes the 2nd free throw | 21-17 |
| 09:10 | Columbia | Dewey Campbell hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 21-17 |
| 09:08 | Virginia | Ralph Howard grabs the board | 21-17 |
| 08:58 | Virginia | Theodore Pratt steals the ball from Harold Fowler | 21-17 |
| 08:38 | Columbia | Richard Best hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 21-17 |
| 08:36 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt grabs the offensive board | 21-17 |
| 08:24 | Columbia | Dewey Campbell can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 21-17 |
| 08:22 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Eric Maxwell | 21-17 |
| 07:59 | Virginia | Ralph Howard misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 21-17 |
| 07:57 | Columbia | Richard Best snags the defensive board | 21-17 |
| 07:45 | Columbia | Richard Best misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 21-17 |
| 07:43 | Columbia | Theodore Pratt tips it back up and in | 21-19 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Eric Maxwell (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ralph Howard (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Quentin Cook (fairly fresh) PF - Robert Mancha (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Harold Fowler (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Edward Brown (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Richard Best (fresh) SF - Dewey Campbell (fairly fresh) PF - Theodore Pratt (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Kurt Herron (fairly fresh) | |
| 07:17 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell is hacked by Dewey Campbell - foul #1 on Dewey Campbell, team foul #7 | 21-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | Clifton Chambers (SG), Leon Ferdinand (SF), Robert Marmon (PF), Thomas Crews (C) Ralph Howard, Quentin Cook, Robert Mancha, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Columbia | Major Porter (PG), Christopher Toomey (SG), James Tomberlin (SF), Anthony Golightly (PF), Bernard Bramlett (C) Edward Brown, Richard Best, Dewey Campbell, Theodore Pratt, Kurt Herron | |
| 07:17 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell makes the 1st free throw | 22-19 |
| 07:17 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell misses the 2nd free throw | 22-19 |
| 07:17 | Columbia | Anthony Golightly pulls down the rebound | 22-19 |
| 07:07 | Columbia | Anthony Golightly is called for 10 seconds | 22-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | Fred Moses (PG) Eric Maxwell | |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| 06:51 | Virginia | Robert Marmon blows the dunk but the foul's on Anthony Golightly - foul #2 on Anthony Golightly, team foul #8 | 22-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Sidney Worthy (PF) Anthony Golightly | |
| 06:51 | Virginia | Robert Marmon misses the 1st free throw | 22-19 |
| 06:51 | Virginia | Robert Marmon misses the 2nd free throw | 22-19 |
| 06:51 | Columbia | Bernard Bramlett gets the rebound | 22-19 |
| 06:29 | Columbia | Sidney Worthy is hacked by Thomas Crews - foul #2 on Thomas Crews, team foul #7 | 22-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | Richard Bostick (SG) Fred Moses | |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| 06:29 | Columbia | Sidney Worthy misses the 1st free throw | 22-19 |
| 06:29 | Virginia | Thomas Crews snags the defensive board | 22-19 |
| 06:05 | Virginia | Robert Marmon misses the turnaround in the paint | 22-19 |
| 06:04 | Virginia | Leon Ferdinand grabs the offensive board | 22-19 |
| 05:43 | Virginia | Robert Marmon is whistled for a carry | 22-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | James Kennedy (SF) Leon Ferdinand | |
| Subs | Columbia | Richard Best (SG), Theodore Pratt (PF), Kurt Herron (C) Christopher Toomey, Sidney Worthy, Bernard Bramlett | |
| 05:20 | Columbia | The pull-up jumper by Kurt Herron is blocked by Robert Marmon | 22-19 |
| 05:19 | Columbia | The offensive rebound goes to Kurt Herron | 22-19 |
| 04:58 | Columbia | Kurt Herron comes up short on the runner from close range | 22-19 |
| 04:57 | Virginia | Robert Marmon snags the defensive board | 22-19 |
| 04:44 | Virginia | Thomas Crews buries a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Richard Bostick | 24-19 |
| 04:23 | Columbia | Robert Marmon picks off the pass by Richard Best | 24-19 |
| 03:57 | Virginia | Robert Marmon hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Clifton Chambers and the foul's on Theodore Pratt - foul #1 on Theodore Pratt, team foul #9 | 26-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | Fred Moses (PG), Eric Maxwell (SG), Quentin Cook (SF), Leon Ferdinand (C) Clifton Chambers, Richard Bostick, James Kennedy, Thomas Crews | |
| Subs | Columbia | Edward Brown (PG), Christopher Toomey (SG), Anthony Golightly (PF), Robert Ritchie (C) Major Porter, James Tomberlin, Theodore Pratt, Kurt Herron | |
| 03:57 | Virginia | Robert Marmon misses the free throw | 26-19 |
| 03:57 | Columbia | Richard Best grabs the board | 26-19 |
| 03:45 | Columbia | Richard Best misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 26-19 |
| 03:43 | Virginia | Robert Marmon gets the rebound | 26-19 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Fred Moses (fresh) SG - Eric Maxwell (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Quentin Cook (fresh) PF - Robert Marmon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Leon Ferdinand (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Edward Brown (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Christopher Toomey (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Richard Best (fresh) PF - Anthony Golightly (fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Ritchie (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:30 | Virginia | Robert Marmon can't connect on a jumper from the left block | 26-19 |
| 03:29 | Columbia | Christopher Toomey grabs the defensive rebound | 26-19 |
| 03:17 | Columbia | Christopher Toomey misses long on an open fadeaway from the right side | 26-19 |
| 03:16 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Robert Marmon | 26-19 |
| 02:53 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell comes up short on the shot near the basket | 26-19 |
| 02:51 | Columbia | Robert Ritchie grabs the board | 26-19 |
| 02:49 | Columbia | Christopher Toomey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 26-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (SG), Robert Mancha (PF), Harold Fowler (C) Quentin Cook, Robert Marmon, Leon Ferdinand | |
| Subs | Columbia | Theodore Pratt (PF) Richard Best | |
| 02:29 | Virginia | Harold Fowler clanks a floater from the left block but he's fouled by Robert Ritchie - foul #3 on Robert Ritchie, team foul #10 | 26-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Bernard Bramlett (C) Robert Ritchie | |
| 02:29 | Virginia | Harold Fowler makes the 1st free throw | 27-19 |
| 02:29 | Virginia | Harold Fowler makes the 2nd free throw | 28-19 |
| 02:08 | Columbia | Anthony Golightly loses the ball out of bounds | 28-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | Quentin Cook (SF) Eric Maxwell | |
| Subs | Columbia | Dewey Campbell (SG) Christopher Toomey | |
| 01:46 | Virginia | A charge is called on Harold Fowler - foul #1 on Harold Fowler, team foul #8 | 28-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | James Kennedy (SF) Quentin Cook | |
| Subs | Columbia | Major Porter (PG), James Tomberlin (SF) Dewey Campbell, Anthony Golightly | |
| 01:25 | Columbia | Major Porter comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 28-19 |
| 01:23 | Columbia | Bernard Bramlett pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-19 |
| 01:08 | Columbia | Edward Brown misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 28-19 |
| 01:06 | Virginia | Harold Fowler grabs the board | 28-19 |
| 00:41 | Virginia | Major Porter steps in front of the James Kennedy pass | 28-19 |
| 00:36 | Columbia | James Tomberlin banks in the layup set up by Major Porter | 28-21 |
| 00:17 | Virginia | Harold Fowler drills a runner from the right block on a great pass from Robert Mancha | 30-21 |
| 00:14 | Columbia | James Tomberlin is hacked by Harold Fowler in the backcourt - foul #2 on Harold Fowler, team foul #9 | 30-21 |
| Subs | Virginia | Eric Maxwell (PG), Richard Bostick (SG), Quentin Cook (SF), Leon Ferdinand (PF), Thomas Crews (C) Fred Moses, Ralph Howard, James Kennedy, Robert Mancha, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Columbia | Richard Best (PG), Christopher Toomey (SG), Anthony Golightly (PF), Kurt Herron (C) Major Porter, Edward Brown, Theodore Pratt, Bernard Bramlett | |
| 00:14 | Columbia | James Tomberlin misses the 1st free throw | 30-21 |
| 00:14 | Columbia | James Tomberlin snags the offensive board | 30-21 |
| 00:05 | Columbia | Kurt Herron is alone and drills a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 30-23 |
| 00:01 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell buries a runner from the right block | 32-23 |
| 00:00 | Columbia | James Tomberlin misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 32-23 |