| Lineup | Alabama | PG - John Kelsch (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeremiah Hicks (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jamie Shields (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Cohn (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Bradley Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Darius Mitchell (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Ian Brown (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Andrew Cokley (fresh) 7 pts. C - Roger Basil (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Alabama | Jamie Shields inbounds the ball | 29-27 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 19:42 | Alabama | Jamie Shields misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 29-27 |
| 19:41 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley snags the defensive board | 29-27 |
| 19:18 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins travels with the ball | 29-27 |
| 19:03 | Alabama | John Kelsch scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 32-27 |
| 18:46 | South Carolina | Ian Brown hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 32-29 |
| 18:41 | Alabama | John Kelsch drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 35-29 |
| 18:22 | South Carolina | Ian Brown hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-29 |
| 18:21 | South Carolina | Roger Basil gets the offensive rebound | 35-29 |
| 18:08 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins is fouled on the floor by Jamie Shields - foul #1 on Jamie Shields, team foul #1 | 35-29 |
| 17:49 | South Carolina | Ian Brown misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 35-29 |
| 17:47 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Robert Cohn | 35-29 |
| 17:41 | Alabama | John Kelsch is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-29 |
| 17:39 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley snags the defensive board | 35-29 |
| 17:15 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley's fadeaway is rejected by Jamie Shields | 35-29 |
| 17:13 | South Carolina | Ian Brown grabs the offensive board | 35-29 |
| 16:51 | South Carolina | Ian Brown hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 35-31 |
| 16:37 | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks is hacked by Darius Mitchell - foul #2 on Darius Mitchell, team foul #1 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter (SG), Vaughn Frazier (PF), John Saldana (C) Jeremiah Hicks, Robert Cohn, Bradley Brown | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski (SG), John Loudermilk (PF), John Heilman (C) Darius Mitchell, Andrew Cokley, Roger Basil | |
| 16:30 | Alabama | Jamie Shields comes up short on the jump hook in the paint but the foul's on Ian Brown - foul #1 on Ian Brown, team foul #2 | 35-31 |
| 16:30 | Alabama | Jamie Shields makes the 1st free throw | 36-31 |
| 16:30 | Alabama | Jamie Shields makes the 2nd free throw | 37-31 |
| 16:12 | South Carolina | John Saldana picks off the pass by Garf Trembinski | 37-31 |
| 15:49 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 37-31 |
| 15:48 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-31 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - John Kelsch (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Raleigh Shorter (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jamie Shields (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Vaughn Frazier (fresh) 2 reb. C - John Saldana (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Garf Trembinski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ian Brown (fresh) 15 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Loudermilk (fresh) C - John Heilman (fresh) | |
| 15:31 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier is hacked by John Loudermilk - foul #2 on John Loudermilk, team foul #3 | 37-31 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks (SG), Robert Cohn (PF), Bradley Brown (C) John Kelsch, Jamie Shields, John Saldana | |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Moser (PG), Brock Wilkerson (SF) Richard Jenkins, Ian Brown | |
| 15:22 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter is fouled on the floor by William Moser - foul #2 on William Moser, team foul #4 | 37-31 |
| 15:11 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter drills a 3pt shot from straight away | 40-31 |
| 14:47 | South Carolina | William Moser misses the floater from the left wing | 40-31 |
| 14:46 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier snags the defensive board | 40-31 |
| 14:40 | Alabama | Bradley Brown blows the dunk | 40-31 |
| 14:39 | South Carolina | Brock Wilkerson grabs the board | 40-31 |
| 14:18 | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by William Moser | 40-34 |
| 14:12 | Alabama | Robert Cohn comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 40-34 |
| 14:11 | Alabama | Bradley Brown tips it in | 42-34 |
| 13:48 | South Carolina | William Moser misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 42-34 |
| 13:47 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Bradley Brown | 42-34 |
| 13:32 | Alabama | Garf Trembinski takes the ball from Vaughn Frazier | 42-34 |
| 13:14 | South Carolina | John Heilman comes up short on the jumper in the paint but he's hacked by Jeremiah Hicks - foul #1 on Jeremiah Hicks, team foul #2 | 42-34 |
| Subs | Alabama | John Kelsch (PG), Jamie Shields (SF), Eric Valenza (PF), John Saldana (C) Jeremiah Hicks, Vaughn Frazier, Robert Cohn, Bradley Brown | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins (PG), Darius Mitchell (SG), Ian Brown (SF), Andrew Cokley (PF) William Moser, Garf Trembinski, Brock Wilkerson, John Loudermilk | |
| 13:14 | South Carolina | John Heilman makes the 1st free throw | 42-35 |
| 13:14 | South Carolina | John Heilman misses the 2nd free throw | 42-35 |
| 13:14 | Alabama | The rebound goes to John Saldana | 42-35 |
| 12:51 | Alabama | John Kelsch evades the doubleteam but misses long on a floater from the left wing | 42-35 |
| 12:49 | Alabama | John Saldana pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-35 |
| 12:36 | Alabama | Richard Jenkins is called for the reach on Eric Valenza - foul #1 on Richard Jenkins, team foul #5 | 42-35 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks (SG) Raleigh Shorter | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Roger Basil (C) John Heilman | |
| 12:22 | Alabama | John Kelsch clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 42-35 |
| 12:21 | Alabama | John Saldana tips it in | 44-35 |
| 11:55 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 44-35 |
| 11:54 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Eric Valenza | 44-35 |
| 11:49 | Alabama | Jamie Shields misses the turnaround from the right block | 44-35 |
| 11:47 | South Carolina | Roger Basil snags the defensive board | 44-35 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - John Kelsch (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeremiah Hicks (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jamie Shields (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Eric Valenza (fresh) 4 pts. C - John Saldana (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Darius Mitchell (fresh) 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Ian Brown (fresh) 15 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andrew Cokley (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Roger Basil (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:21 | South Carolina | Ian Brown scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Richard Jenkins | 44-38 |
| 11:11 | Alabama | Jamie Shields can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 44-38 |
| 11:09 | Alabama | Jamie Shields tips it home | 46-38 |
| 10:54 | South Carolina | Ian Brown comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 46-38 |
| 10:53 | Alabama | John Saldana grabs the defensive rebound | 46-38 |
| 10:48 | Alabama | John Saldana is hacked by Roger Basil - foul #2 on Roger Basil, team foul #6 | 46-38 |
| Subs | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter (SG), Robert Cohn (PF), Bradley Brown (C) Jeremiah Hicks, Eric Valenza, John Saldana | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 10:38 | Alabama | Robert Cohn connects on the open jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Jamie Shields | 48-38 |
| 10:14 | South Carolina | Darius Mitchell drills a 3 from the right corner | 48-41 |
| 10:04 | Alabama | Jamie Shields scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from John Kelsch | 50-41 |
| 09:42 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Robert Cohn - foul #3 on Robert Cohn, team foul #3 | 50-41 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski (SG), John Heilman (C) Darius Mitchell, Roger Basil | |
| 09:42 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley makes the 1st free throw | 50-42 |
| 09:42 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley makes the 2nd free throw | 50-43 |
| 09:29 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 53-43 |
| 09:04 | South Carolina | Ian Brown is hacked by Jamie Shields - foul #2 on Jamie Shields, team foul #4 | 53-43 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks (SG), Vaughn Frazier (SF) John Kelsch, Jamie Shields | |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Moser (PG), John Loudermilk (PF) Richard Jenkins, Andrew Cokley | |
| 08:47 | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 53-43 |
| 08:45 | Alabama | Bradley Brown snags the defensive board | 53-43 |
| 08:40 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter evades the doubleteam but misses long on a turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Ian Brown - foul #2 on Ian Brown, team foul #7 | 53-43 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Brock Wilkerson (SF) Ian Brown | |
| 08:40 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter misses the 1st free throw | 53-43 |
| 08:40 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter makes the 2nd free throw | 54-43 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 08:12 | South Carolina | John Heilman buries a driving attempt from the baseline | 54-45 |
| 07:55 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 54-45 |
| 07:53 | South Carolina | John Loudermilk pulls down the rebound | 54-45 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 07:39 | South Carolina | John Heilman connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Garf Trembinski | 54-47 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Raleigh Shorter (fresh) 11 pts. SG - Jeremiah Hicks (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Vaughn Frazier (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Robert Cohn (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Bradley Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - William Moser (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Garf Trembinski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Brock Wilkerson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - John Loudermilk (fresh) 2 reb. C - John Heilman (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 07:33 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier scores on a turnaround from the baseline set up by Raleigh Shorter and he's hacked by Brock Wilkerson - foul #1 on Brock Wilkerson, team foul #8 | 56-47 |
| Subs | Alabama | John Kelsch (PG), Jamie Shields (SF), John Saldana (C) Raleigh Shorter, Robert Cohn, Bradley Brown | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins (PG), Darius Mitchell (SG), Ian Brown (SF), Roger Basil (C) William Moser, Garf Trembinski, Brock Wilkerson, John Heilman | |
| 07:33 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier misses the free throw | 56-47 |
| 07:33 | South Carolina | Roger Basil gets the rebound | 56-47 |
| 07:14 | South Carolina | Ian Brown's 3 pointer is rejected by John Saldana | 56-47 |
| 07:12 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Jeremiah Hicks | 56-47 |
| 07:06 | Alabama | Jamie Shields buries a turnaround from the left block set up by Jeremiah Hicks | 58-47 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 06:47 | South Carolina | Ian Brown misses the 3 from the left wing | 58-47 |
| 06:46 | Alabama | John Saldana grabs the defensive rebound | 58-47 |
| 06:42 | Alabama | John Kelsch comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 58-47 |
| 06:41 | South Carolina | Ian Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 58-47 |
| 06:22 | South Carolina | Darius Mitchell's fadeaway is rejected by Vaughn Frazier | 58-47 |
| 06:20 | Alabama | John Saldana pulls down the rebound | 58-47 |
| 06:14 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier misses long on a driving attempt near the basket | 58-47 |
| 06:12 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier gets the offensive rebound | 58-47 |
| 05:56 | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 58-47 |
| 05:55 | South Carolina | Ian Brown gets the rebound | 58-47 |
| 05:36 | South Carolina | Darius Mitchell is whistled for a carry | 58-47 |
| Subs | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter (SG), Robert Cohn (PF), Bradley Brown (C) Jeremiah Hicks, Vaughn Frazier, John Saldana | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley (PF), John Heilman (C) John Loudermilk, Roger Basil | |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 05:13 | Alabama | Bradley Brown is hacked by Andrew Cokley - foul #2 on Andrew Cokley, team foul #9 | 58-47 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski (SG) Darius Mitchell | |
| 05:13 | Alabama | Bradley Brown misses the 1st free throw | 58-47 |
| 05:13 | South Carolina | John Heilman grabs the board | 58-47 |
| 05:02 | South Carolina | Ian Brown hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 58-47 |
| 05:01 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley grabs the offensive board | 58-47 |
| 04:50 | South Carolina | Ian Brown misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 58-47 |
| 04:48 | South Carolina | John Heilman pulls down the offensive rebound | 58-47 |
| 04:32 | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski loses the dribble to Bradley Brown | 58-47 |
| 04:22 | Alabama | John Kelsch is by himself and knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 61-47 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 04:14 | South Carolina | John Heilman comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Jamie Shields - foul #3 on Jamie Shields, team foul #5 | 61-47 |
| Subs | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier (SF) Jamie Shields | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 04:14 | South Carolina | John Heilman makes the 1st free throw | 61-48 |
| 04:14 | South Carolina | John Heilman makes the 2nd free throw | 61-49 |
| 03:52 | Alabama | John Kelsch makes the 3pt jumper from straight away | 64-49 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 03:32 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley drills a floater in the paint set up by Richard Jenkins | 64-51 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - John Kelsch (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - Raleigh Shorter (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Vaughn Frazier (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Cohn (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Bradley Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Garf Trembinski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ian Brown (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 4 reb. PF - Andrew Cokley (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - John Heilman (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:08 | Alabama | Bradley Brown misses badly on a driving attempt near the basket but he's fouled by Ian Brown - foul #3 on Ian Brown, team foul #10 | 64-51 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks (SG), Jamie Shields (SF) John Kelsch, Vaughn Frazier | |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Moser (PG), Darius Mitchell (SG), Brock Wilkerson (SF), Roger Basil (C) Richard Jenkins, Garf Trembinski, Ian Brown, John Heilman | |
| 03:08 | Alabama | Bradley Brown makes the 1st free throw | 65-51 |
| 03:08 | Alabama | Bradley Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 66-51 |
| 02:56 | South Carolina | Jamie Shields steps in front of the Andrew Cokley pass | 66-51 |
| 02:37 | Alabama | Robert Cohn hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the baseline | 66-51 |
| 02:35 | Alabama | Bradley Brown pulls down the offensive rebound | 66-51 |
| 02:20 | Alabama | Bradley Brown makes the wide open jump hook from the right block | 68-51 |
| 02:12 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley can't connect on a fadeaway from close range | 68-51 |
| 02:11 | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks grabs the board | 68-51 |
| 02:06 | Alabama | William Moser takes the ball from Raleigh Shorter | 68-51 |
| 01:51 | South Carolina | Roger Basil is fouled on the floor by Bradley Brown - foul #1 on Bradley Brown, team foul #6 | 68-51 |
| Subs | Alabama | James Deblois (PG), Vaughn Frazier (SF), Eric Valenza (PF), John Saldana (C) Jeremiah Hicks, Jamie Shields, Robert Cohn, Bradley Brown | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski (SG), John Loudermilk (PF), John Heilman (C) Darius Mitchell, Andrew Cokley, Roger Basil | |
| 01:39 | South Carolina | William Moser connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane and the foul's on James Deblois - foul #2 on James Deblois, team foul #7 | 68-53 |
| 01:39 | South Carolina | William Moser misses the free throw | 68-53 |
| 01:39 | Alabama | John Saldana pulls down the rebound | 68-53 |
| 01:23 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 68-53 |
| 01:22 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier pulls down the offensive rebound | 68-53 |
| 01:04 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier lays it up and in | 70-53 |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | William Moser is hacked by Eric Valenza - foul #1 on Eric Valenza, team foul #8 | 70-53 |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | William Moser makes the 1st free throw | 70-54 |
| 00:54 | South Carolina | William Moser makes the 2nd free throw | 70-55 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:29 | Alabama | James Deblois double dribbles | 70-55 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:23 | South Carolina | John Heilman misses the dunk | 70-55 |
| 00:21 | Alabama | The rebound goes to John Saldana | 70-55 |
| 00:00 | Alabama | James Deblois runs out the clock | 70-55 |