| Lineup | Cal | PG - Gary Kennedy (fresh) SG - Mark Zager (fresh) SF - Norbert Osenkowski (fresh) PF - Norman Hoff (fresh) C - Alfred Towell (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Wesley Pittman (fresh) SG - Richard Harland (fresh) SF - Jeffrey Gilliam (fresh) PF - David Trojan (fresh) C - Cyril Hodges (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Providence | Cyril Hodges wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Cal | Cal is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Providence | Providence is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | Providence | Richard Harland knocks in the shot near the basket set up by Jeffrey Gilliam | 0-2 |
| 19:28 | Cal | Gary Kennedy misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 0-2 |
| 19:27 | Cal | Norman Hoff tips it back up and in | 2-2 |
| 19:09 | Providence | Wesley Pittman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-2 |
| 18:52 | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 18:50 | Providence | David Trojan grabs the defensive rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:29 | Providence | Wesley Pittman knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by David Trojan | 2-4 |
| 18:09 | Cal | Norman Hoff misses badly on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on David Trojan - foul #1 on David Trojan, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 18:09 | Cal | Norman Hoff misses the 1st free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:09 | Cal | Norman Hoff misses the 2nd free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:09 | Cal | Alfred Towell pulls down the offensive rebound | 2-4 |
| 17:53 | Cal | Gary Kennedy hits a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Norbert Osenkowski | 5-4 |
| 17:40 | Providence | Wesley Pittman misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 5-4 |
| 17:39 | Cal | Norman Hoff snags the defensive board | 5-4 |
| 17:10 | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 5-4 |
| 17:08 | Providence | Cyril Hodges grabs the board | 5-4 |
| 16:50 | Providence | Jeffrey Gilliam clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 5-4 |
| 16:48 | Cal | Alfred Towell pulls down the rebound | 5-4 |
| 16:33 | Cal | Cyril Hodges swats the shot by Norman Hoff | 5-4 |
| 16:32 | Providence | David Trojan snags the defensive board | 5-4 |
| 16:20 | Providence | Wesley Pittman clanks a jumper near the basket but he's hacked by Gary Kennedy - foul #1 on Gary Kennedy, team foul #1 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Cal | Wiley Guice (C) Alfred Towell | |
| Subs | Providence | James Trythall (SG), Abraham Jarrell (PF), Bobby Chandler (C) Richard Harland, David Trojan, Cyril Hodges | |
| 16:20 | Providence | Wesley Pittman makes the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 16:20 | Providence | Wesley Pittman makes the 2nd free throw | 5-6 |
| 16:11 | Cal | Mark Zager drills a runner in the lane set up by Gary Kennedy | 7-6 |
| 15:51 | Providence | Wesley Pittman is fouled on the floor by Gary Kennedy - foul #2 on Gary Kennedy, team foul #2 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Cal | Nicholas Moore (PG) Gary Kennedy | |
| Subs | Providence | James Hardy (PG) Wesley Pittman | |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Nicholas Moore (fresh) SG - Mark Zager (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Norbert Osenkowski (fresh) PF - Norman Hoff (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Wiley Guice (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - James Hardy (fresh) SG - James Trythall (fresh) SF - Jeffrey Gilliam (fairly fresh) PF - Abraham Jarrell (fresh) C - Bobby Chandler (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | Providence | James Hardy blows the layup | 7-6 |
| 15:40 | Cal | Nicholas Moore gets the rebound | 7-6 |
| 15:27 | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski is called for a charge - foul #1 on Norbert Osenkowski, team foul #3 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Cal | John Andrews (SG), Alex Magnuson (PF) Mark Zager, Norman Hoff | |
| Subs | Providence | Richard Harland (SG) James Trythall | |
| 15:13 | Providence | Wiley Guice picks off the pass by Bobby Chandler | 7-6 |
| 14:56 | Cal | Nicholas Moore's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 7-6 |
| Subs | Cal | Fred Coble (SF), Alfred Towell (C) Norbert Osenkowski, Wiley Guice | |
| Subs | Providence | David Trojan (PF) Abraham Jarrell | |
| 14:36 | Providence | Alex Magnuson blocks the short jumper by James Hardy | 7-6 |
| 14:34 | Cal | Alfred Towell grabs the defensive rebound | 7-6 |
| 14:12 | Cal | Alfred Towell misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 7-6 |
| 14:11 | Cal | Alfred Towell tips it but misses | 7-6 |
| 14:09 | Providence | Bobby Chandler gets the rebound | 7-6 |
| 13:52 | Providence | Richard Harland misses short on a floater in the lane but the foul's on Alex Magnuson - foul #1 on Alex Magnuson, team foul #4 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Cal | Mark Zager (SG), Norbert Osenkowski (SF), Norman Hoff (PF) John Andrews, Fred Coble, Alex Magnuson | |
| Subs | Providence | Wesley Pittman (PG), James Trythall (SF), Cyril Hodges (C) James Hardy, Jeffrey Gilliam, Bobby Chandler | |
| 13:52 | Providence | Richard Harland makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 13:52 | Providence | Richard Harland makes the 2nd free throw | 7-8 |
| 13:41 | Cal | Norman Hoff is called for a charge - foul #1 on Norman Hoff, team foul #5 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Providence | James Hardy (SG) Richard Harland | |
| 13:27 | Providence | Cyril Hodges misses short on a fadeaway in the paint | 7-8 |
| 13:26 | Providence | David Trojan tips it back up and in | 7-10 |
| 13:07 | Cal | Norman Hoff makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Norbert Osenkowski | 9-10 |
| 12:52 | Providence | James Trythall comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Alfred Towell - foul #1 on Alfred Towell, team foul #6 | 9-10 |
| Subs | Cal | John Andrews (SG), Wiley Guice (C) Nicholas Moore, Alfred Towell | |
| Subs | Providence | Abraham Jarrell (PF) David Trojan | |
| 12:52 | Providence | James Trythall makes the 1st free throw | 9-11 |
| 12:52 | Providence | James Trythall misses the 2nd free throw | 9-11 |
| 12:52 | Cal | The rebound goes to Wiley Guice | 9-11 |
| 12:28 | Cal | Norman Hoff is hacked by Abraham Jarrell - foul #1 on Abraham Jarrell, team foul #2 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Providence | Richard Harland (SG) James Hardy | |
| 12:08 | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski makes the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Mark Zager and he's fouled by James Trythall - foul #1 on James Trythall, team foul #3 | 11-11 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Providence | Jeffrey Gilliam (SF) James Trythall | |
| 12:08 | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski misses the free throw | 11-11 |
| 12:08 | Cal | The offensive rebound goes to Wiley Guice | 11-11 |
| 11:51 | Cal | Norman Hoff drills a shot in the paint on a nice dish by Wiley Guice | 13-11 |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Mark Zager (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Andrews (fresh) SF - Norbert Osenkowski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Norman Hoff (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Wiley Guice (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Wesley Pittman (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Richard Harland (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jeffrey Gilliam (fairly fresh) PF - Abraham Jarrell (fresh) C - Cyril Hodges (fresh) | |
| 11:34 | Providence | Wesley Pittman misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 13-11 |
| 11:32 | Providence | Cyril Hodges tips it back up and in | 13-13 |
| 11:13 | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski's pass is intercepted by Abraham Jarrell | 13-13 |
| 10:54 | Providence | Richard Harland loses the dribble to Wiley Guice | 13-13 |
| 10:44 | Cal | Mark Zager loses the dribble to Jeffrey Gilliam | 13-13 |
| 10:31 | Providence | Richard Harland misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 13-13 |
| 10:29 | Providence | Wesley Pittman tips it but misses | 13-13 |
| 10:28 | Cal | Norman Hoff snags the defensive board | 13-13 |
| 10:08 | Cal | Mark Zager misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Wesley Pittman - foul #1 on Wesley Pittman, team foul #4 | 13-13 |
| Subs | Cal | Nicholas Moore (PG), Fred Coble (SF), Alex Magnuson (PF), Alfred Towell (C) John Andrews, Norbert Osenkowski, Norman Hoff, Wiley Guice | |
| Subs | Providence | James Hardy (PG), James Trythall (SF), David Trojan (PF), Bobby Chandler (C) Wesley Pittman, Jeffrey Gilliam, Abraham Jarrell, Cyril Hodges | |
| 10:08 | Cal | Mark Zager makes the 1st free throw | 14-13 |
| 10:08 | Cal | Mark Zager makes the 2nd free throw | 15-13 |
| 09:53 | Providence | Richard Harland is fouled on the floor by Alfred Towell - foul #2 on Alfred Towell, team foul #7 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Cal | Christopher Jalbert (C) Alfred Towell | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 09:53 | Providence | Richard Harland makes the 1st free throw | 15-14 |
| 09:53 | Providence | Richard Harland makes the 2nd free throw | 15-15 |
| 09:34 | Cal | Mark Zager misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 15-15 |
| 09:33 | Cal | Alex Magnuson tips it but misses | 15-15 |
| 09:32 | Cal | Christopher Jalbert grabs the offensive rebound | 15-15 |
| 09:17 | Cal | David Trojan is called for the reach on Christopher Jalbert - foul #2 on David Trojan, team foul #5 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Providence | Abraham Jarrell (PF) David Trojan | |
| 09:01 | Cal | Mark Zager clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 15-15 |
| 09:00 | Providence | James Trythall snags the defensive board | 15-15 |
| 08:46 | Providence | Bobby Chandler can't finish the layup but the foul's on Nicholas Moore - foul #1 on Nicholas Moore, team foul #8 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Cal | Wiley Guice (C) Christopher Jalbert | |
| Subs | Providence | Wesley Pittman (PG) Richard Harland | |
| 08:46 | Providence | Bobby Chandler makes the 1st free throw | 15-16 |
| 08:46 | Providence | Bobby Chandler misses the 2nd free throw | 15-16 |
| 08:46 | Cal | Mark Zager snags the defensive board | 15-16 |
| 08:30 | Cal | Nicholas Moore is fouled on the floor by Abraham Jarrell - foul #2 on Abraham Jarrell, team foul #6 | 15-16 |
| Subs | Cal | John Andrews (SG), Norbert Osenkowski (SF), Norman Hoff (PF) Mark Zager, Fred Coble, Alex Magnuson | |
| Subs | Providence | Cyril Hodges (C) Abraham Jarrell | |
| 08:14 | Cal | Norman Hoff lays it in | 17-16 |
| 08:05 | Providence | James Trythall hits a jumper in the lane set up by James Hardy | 17-18 |
| 07:48 | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski can't connect on a jump hook near the basket | 17-18 |
| 07:46 | Providence | Cyril Hodges grabs the board | 17-18 |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Nicholas Moore (fairly fresh) SG - John Andrews (fresh) SF - Norbert Osenkowski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Norman Hoff (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Wiley Guice (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Wesley Pittman (fresh) 4 pts. SG - James Hardy (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Trythall (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bobby Chandler (fresh) 1 pts. C - Cyril Hodges (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Providence | James Hardy loses the ball out of bounds | 17-18 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Providence | Jeffrey Gilliam (SF) James Hardy | |
| 07:16 | Cal | Norman Hoff can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on James Trythall - foul #2 on James Trythall, team foul #7 | 17-18 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Providence | Richard Harland (SG) James Trythall | |
| 07:16 | Cal | Norman Hoff makes the 1st free throw | 18-18 |
| 07:16 | Cal | Norman Hoff makes the 2nd free throw | 19-18 |
| 06:57 | Providence | Bobby Chandler lays it in | 19-20 |
| 06:40 | Cal | John Andrews is hacked by Wesley Pittman - foul #2 on Wesley Pittman, team foul #8 | 19-20 |
| Subs | Cal | Alex Magnuson (PF), Christopher Jalbert (C) Norman Hoff, Wiley Guice | |
| Subs | Providence | James Hardy (PG) Wesley Pittman | |
| 06:40 | Cal | John Andrews makes the 1st free throw | 20-20 |
| 06:40 | Cal | John Andrews makes the 2nd free throw | 21-20 |
| 06:29 | Providence | Norbert Osenkowski steals the ball from James Hardy | 21-20 |
| 06:27 | Cal | James Hardy is called for the reach on Nicholas Moore in the backcourt - foul #1 on James Hardy, team foul #9 | 21-20 |
| Subs | Cal | Mark Zager (SG), Fred Coble (SF) John Andrews, Norbert Osenkowski | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 06:27 | Cal | Nicholas Moore makes the 1st free throw | 22-20 |
| 06:27 | Cal | Nicholas Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 23-20 |
| 06:09 | Providence | James Hardy misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 23-20 |
| 06:07 | Providence | The offensive rebound goes to Bobby Chandler | 23-20 |
| 05:52 | Providence | Richard Harland misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 23-20 |
| 05:50 | Providence | Bobby Chandler snags the offensive board | 23-20 |
| 05:35 | Providence | Bobby Chandler hits a shot from the left block | 23-22 |
| 05:22 | Cal | Mark Zager hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 23-22 |
| 05:21 | Providence | Cyril Hodges grabs the defensive rebound | 23-22 |
| 05:13 | Providence | James Hardy scores on a jump hook from the left block and the foul's on Fred Coble - foul #1 on Fred Coble, team foul #9 | 23-24 |
| Subs | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski (SF), Norman Hoff (PF), Wiley Guice (C) Fred Coble, Alex Magnuson, Christopher Jalbert | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 05:13 | Providence | James Hardy makes the free throw | 23-25 |
| 05:03 | Cal | Norbert Osenkowski is whistled for traveling | 23-25 |
| Subs | Cal | Fred Coble (SF) Mark Zager | |
| Subs | Providence | | |
| 04:43 | Providence | Bobby Chandler can't connect on a runner from close range | 23-25 |
| 04:41 | Cal | Norman Hoff grabs the board | 23-25 |
| 04:17 | Cal | Norman Hoff knocks in the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Nicholas Moore | 25-25 |
| 04:00 | Providence | Richard Harland is hacked by Nicholas Moore - foul #2 on Nicholas Moore, team foul #10 | 25-25 |
| Subs | Cal | Gary Kennedy (PG), Mark Zager (SG), Alfred Towell (C) Nicholas Moore, Fred Coble, Wiley Guice | |
| Subs | Providence | Wesley Pittman (PG), James Trythall (SF), David Trojan (PF) James Hardy, Jeffrey Gilliam, Bobby Chandler | |
| 04:00 | Providence | Richard Harland misses the 1st free throw | 25-25 |
| 04:00 | Providence | Richard Harland misses the 2nd free throw | 25-25 |
| 04:00 | Cal | Norman Hoff gets the rebound | 25-25 |
| 03:42 | Cal | Alfred Towell's fadeaway is rejected by Cyril Hodges | 25-25 |
| 03:40 | Providence | The rebound goes to David Trojan | 25-25 |
| Lineup | Cal | PG - Gary Kennedy (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Zager (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Norbert Osenkowski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Norman Hoff (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. C - Alfred Towell (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Providence | PG - Wesley Pittman (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Richard Harland (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - James Trythall (fresh) 3 pts. PF - David Trojan (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Cyril Hodges (tiring) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:36 | Providence | Wesley Pittman makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from David Trojan | 25-28 |
| 03:22 | Cal | Alfred Towell can't finish the layup but the foul's on Cyril Hodges - foul #1 on Cyril Hodges, team foul #10 | 25-28 |
| 03:22 | Cal | Alfred Towell makes the 1st free throw | 26-28 |
| 03:22 | Cal | Alfred Towell misses the 2nd free throw | 26-28 |
| 03:22 | Providence | David Trojan gets the rebound | 26-28 |
| 03:14 | Providence | Richard Harland comes up short on the fadeaway in the paint | 26-28 |
| 03:12 | Cal | Alfred Towell pulls down the rebound | 26-28 |
| 02:56 | Cal | Richard Harland steals it from Alfred Towell | 26-28 |
| 02:37 | Providence | David Trojan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 26-28 |
| Subs | Cal | Alex Magnuson (PF) Norman Hoff | |
| Subs | Providence | James Hardy (SG) Richard Harland | |
| 02:28 | Cal | Gary Kennedy misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 26-28 |
| 02:26 | Providence | David Trojan grabs the defensive rebound | 26-28 |
| 02:08 | Providence | Wesley Pittman hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 26-28 |
| 02:06 | Cal | The rebound goes to Gary Kennedy | 26-28 |
| 01:56 | Cal | Alex Magnuson misses the fadeaway near the basket | 26-28 |
| 01:55 | Providence | James Trythall grabs the defensive rebound | 26-28 |
| 01:39 | Providence | James Hardy is hacked by Alfred Towell - foul #3 on Alfred Towell, team foul #11 | 26-28 |
| Subs | Cal | John Andrews (SG), Fred Coble (SF), Wiley Guice (C) Mark Zager, Norbert Osenkowski, Alfred Towell | |
| Subs | Providence | Bobby Chandler (C) Cyril Hodges | |
| 01:39 | Providence | James Hardy makes the 1st free throw | 26-29 |
| 01:39 | Providence | James Hardy makes the 2nd free throw | 26-30 |
| 01:13 | Cal | Alex Magnuson connects on the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Gary Kennedy | 28-30 |
| 00:58 | Providence | Bobby Chandler loses the ball out of bounds | 28-30 |
| Subs | Cal | Norman Hoff (PF) Alex Magnuson | |
| Subs | Providence | Jeffrey Gilliam (SF), Abraham Jarrell (PF) James Trythall, David Trojan | |
| 00:45 | Cal | Norman Hoff throws a bad pass out of bounds | 28-30 |
| Subs | Cal | | |
| Subs | Providence | Richard Harland (SG) Wesley Pittman | |
| 00:21 | Providence | James Hardy hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 28-30 |
| 00:20 | Cal | The rebound goes to Gary Kennedy | 28-30 |
| 00:16 | Cal | Abraham Jarrell takes the ball from John Andrews | 28-30 |
| 00:01 | Providence | Richard Harland drills a 3 from straight away | 28-33 |
| 00:00 | Cal | Gary Kennedy hits the front of the rim on the fullcourt shot | 28-33 |