| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fresh) SG - Darius Mitchell (fresh) SF - Ian Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Andrew Cokley (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Roger Basil (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Andreas Russo (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dustin Aldrich (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Marchese (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Gabriel Romano (fresh) C - John Doner (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Tennessee | Joseph Marchese inbounds the ball | 18-27 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Tennessee | Andreas Russo misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 18-27 |
| 19:41 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano snags the offensive board | 18-27 |
| 19:19 | Tennessee | John Doner comes up short on the floater in the lane but he's hacked by Roger Basil - foul #2 on Roger Basil, team foul #1 | 18-27 |
| 19:19 | Tennessee | John Doner makes the 1st free throw | 18-28 |
| 19:19 | Tennessee | John Doner misses the 2nd free throw | 18-28 |
| 19:19 | South Carolina | Roger Basil gets the rebound | 18-28 |
| 19:02 | South Carolina | Ian Brown misses short on a jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Dustin Aldrich - foul #1 on Dustin Aldrich, team foul #1 | 18-28 |
| 19:02 | South Carolina | Ian Brown makes the 1st free throw | 19-28 |
| 19:02 | South Carolina | Ian Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 20-28 |
| 18:50 | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 20-28 |
| 18:33 | South Carolina | Ian Brown misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 20-28 |
| 18:31 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to John Doner | 20-28 |
| 18:27 | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich is fouled on the floor by Darius Mitchell - foul #2 on Darius Mitchell, team foul #2 | 20-28 |
| 18:12 | Tennessee | Darius Mitchell is called for the reach on Gabriel Romano - foul #3 on Darius Mitchell, team foul #3 | 20-28 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski (SG) Darius Mitchell | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 17:56 | Tennessee | John Doner is denied on a layup by Roger Basil | 20-28 |
| 17:54 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Andrew Cokley | 20-28 |
| 17:34 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley hits a floater from the left block set up by Garf Trembinski | 22-28 |
| 17:20 | Tennessee | 3 seconds is called on Gabriel Romano | 22-28 |
| 16:51 | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 24-28 |
| 16:33 | Tennessee | Andreas Russo knocks in the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by John Doner | 24-30 |
| 16:12 | South Carolina | The jumper by Richard Jenkins is denied by John Doner | 24-30 |
| 16:11 | Tennessee | John Doner grabs the defensive rebound | 24-30 |
| 15:46 | Tennessee | Andrew Cokley swats the layup by Dustin Aldrich | 24-30 |
| 15:44 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano tips it but misses | 24-30 |
| 15:43 | South Carolina | Roger Basil grabs the defensive rebound | 24-30 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fresh) SG - Garf Trembinski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ian Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Andrew Cokley (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Roger Basil (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Andreas Russo (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dustin Aldrich (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Marchese (fairly fresh) 10 pts. PF - Gabriel Romano (fresh) 3 reb. C - John Doner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:39 | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 24-30 |
| 15:37 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins pulls down the offensive rebound | 24-30 |
| 15:16 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley buries a fadeaway near the basket set up by Richard Jenkins | 26-30 |
| 15:00 | Tennessee | Joseph Marchese clanks a jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Roger Basil - foul #3 on Roger Basil, team foul #4 | 26-30 |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Moser (PG), Darius Mitchell (SG), John Loudermilk (PF), John Heilman (C) Richard Jenkins, Garf Trembinski, Andrew Cokley, Roger Basil | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Merlin Yagi (PG), Christopher Conway (SG), Jared Woods (PF), Christopher Merlin (C) Andreas Russo, Dustin Aldrich, Gabriel Romano, John Doner | |
| 15:00 | Tennessee | Joseph Marchese makes the 1st free throw | 26-31 |
| 15:00 | Tennessee | Joseph Marchese misses the 2nd free throw | 26-31 |
| 15:00 | South Carolina | Darius Mitchell grabs the defensive rebound | 26-31 |
| 14:47 | South Carolina | William Moser misses short on a jumper in the lane but he's hacked by Merlin Yagi - foul #1 on Merlin Yagi, team foul #2 | 26-31 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Brock Wilkerson (SF) Ian Brown | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Gerald Barnard (C) Joseph Marchese | |
| 14:47 | South Carolina | William Moser makes the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 14:47 | South Carolina | William Moser misses the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 14:47 | South Carolina | John Heilman snags the offensive board | 27-31 |
| 14:29 | South Carolina | Brock Wilkerson drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 30-31 |
| 14:08 | Tennessee | Gerald Barnard misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 30-31 |
| 14:07 | South Carolina | Darius Mitchell grabs the board | 30-31 |
| 13:42 | South Carolina | Merlin Yagi is called for the reach on William Moser - foul #2 on Merlin Yagi, team foul #3 | 30-31 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins (PG), Ian Brown (SF) William Moser, Brock Wilkerson | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Andreas Russo (PG), Gabriel Romano (PF) Christopher Conway, Gerald Barnard | |
| 13:24 | South Carolina | John Heilman lays it in and the foul's on Christopher Merlin - foul #3 on Christopher Merlin, team foul #4 | 32-31 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich (SG), John Doner (C) Merlin Yagi, Christopher Merlin | |
| 13:24 | South Carolina | John Heilman makes the free throw | 33-31 |
| 13:07 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano is fouled on the floor by John Loudermilk - foul #1 on John Loudermilk, team foul #5 | 33-31 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley (PF) John Loudermilk | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 12:43 | Tennessee | Richard Jenkins is called for the reach on Andreas Russo - foul #3 on Richard Jenkins, team foul #6 | 33-31 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joseph Marchese (SF) Jared Woods | |
| 12:33 | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 33-31 |
| 12:31 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano misses the tip | 33-31 |
| 12:30 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to John Heilman | 33-31 |
| 12:12 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-31 |
| 12:00 | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich hits a runner in the paint set up by Andreas Russo | 33-33 |
| 11:34 | South Carolina | Ian Brown can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 33-33 |
| 11:32 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley tips it home | 35-33 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Darius Mitchell (fairly fresh) 3 pf. SF - Ian Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Andrew Cokley (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - John Heilman (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Andreas Russo (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dustin Aldrich (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Marchese (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Gabriel Romano (fresh) 4 reb. C - John Doner (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:15 | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich hits a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Andreas Russo | 35-35 |
| 10:55 | South Carolina | Ian Brown makes the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Richard Jenkins | 37-35 |
| 10:31 | Tennessee | Joseph Marchese hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 37-35 |
| 10:29 | South Carolina | John Heilman pulls down the rebound | 37-35 |
| 10:00 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 37-35 |
| 09:59 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano grabs the board | 37-35 |
| 09:46 | Tennessee | John Doner connects on the shot from the baseline | 37-37 |
| 09:24 | South Carolina | Ian Brown scores on a 3 from the left corner set up by John Heilman | 40-37 |
| 09:04 | Tennessee | John Doner buries a driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Andreas Russo | 40-39 |
| 08:43 | South Carolina | John Heilman hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 40-39 |
| 08:42 | Tennessee | Joseph Marchese gets the rebound | 40-39 |
| 08:23 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Gabriel Romano, team foul #5 | 40-39 |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Moser (PG), Garf Trembinski (SG), Brock Wilkerson (SF), John Loudermilk (PF), Roger Basil (C) Richard Jenkins, Darius Mitchell, Ian Brown, Andrew Cokley, John Heilman | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Merlin Yagi (PG), Christopher Conway (SG), Jared Woods (SF), Christopher Merlin (PF), Gerald Barnard (C) Andreas Russo, Dustin Aldrich, Joseph Marchese, Gabriel Romano, John Doner | |
| 07:54 | South Carolina | Brock Wilkerson makes the floater from the right wing on a nice dish by William Moser | 42-39 |
| 07:48 | South Carolina | The refs have stopped play. Brock Wilkerson is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. He's holding his knee. It's questionable as to whether he can play with that kind of injury. | 42-39 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Leonard Legler (SF) Brock Wilkerson | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 07:36 | Tennessee | Christopher Conway misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 42-39 |
| 07:34 | Tennessee | Christopher Merlin hits the follow up shot | 42-41 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - William Moser (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Garf Trembinski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Leonard Legler (fresh) PF - John Loudermilk (fresh) C - Roger Basil (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Merlin Yagi (fresh) SG - Christopher Conway (fresh) SF - Jared Woods (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Christopher Merlin (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. C - Gerald Barnard (fresh) | |
| 07:18 | South Carolina | Leonard Legler can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Jared Woods - foul #1 on Jared Woods, team foul #6 | 42-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ian Brown (SF) Garf Trembinski | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 07:18 | South Carolina | Leonard Legler makes the 1st free throw | 43-41 |
| 07:18 | South Carolina | Leonard Legler makes the 2nd free throw | 44-41 |
| 06:55 | Tennessee | Gerald Barnard can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 44-41 |
| 06:54 | South Carolina | John Loudermilk gets the rebound | 44-41 |
| 06:33 | South Carolina | William Moser misses short on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Merlin Yagi - foul #3 on Merlin Yagi, team foul #7 | 44-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski (SG) Leonard Legler | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Andreas Russo (PG), Gabriel Romano (PF) Christopher Conway, Gerald Barnard | |
| 06:33 | South Carolina | William Moser makes the 1st free throw | 45-41 |
| 06:33 | South Carolina | William Moser misses the 2nd free throw | 45-41 |
| 06:33 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Gabriel Romano | 45-41 |
| 06:16 | Tennessee | John Loudermilk steals the ball from Jared Woods | 45-41 |
| 05:49 | South Carolina | Ian Brown can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 45-41 |
| 05:48 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano grabs the defensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 05:30 | Tennessee | Christopher Merlin double dribbles | 45-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins (PG), Andrew Cokley (PF) William Moser, John Loudermilk | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich (SG), Joseph Marchese (SF), John Doner (C) Merlin Yagi, Jared Woods, Christopher Merlin | |
| 05:08 | South Carolina | Garf Trembinski buries a 3pt attempt from straight away | 48-41 |
| 04:52 | Tennessee | John Doner connects on the floater from just outside the lane set up by Andreas Russo | 48-43 |
| 04:27 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley misses badly on a runner near the basket | 48-43 |
| 04:25 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Gabriel Romano | 48-43 |
| 04:05 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano is hacked by Richard Jenkins - foul #4 on Richard Jenkins, team foul #7 | 48-43 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Darius Mitchell (SG), John Heilman (C) Garf Trembinski, Roger Basil | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 04:05 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano makes the 1st free throw | 48-44 |
| 04:05 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano makes the 2nd free throw | 48-45 |
| 03:43 | South Carolina | Ian Brown misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 48-45 |
| 03:41 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley gets the offensive rebound | 48-45 |
| 03:16 | South Carolina | Ian Brown makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Darius Mitchell | 51-45 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Richard Jenkins (fresh) 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Darius Mitchell (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Ian Brown (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. PF - Andrew Cokley (fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - John Heilman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Andreas Russo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - Dustin Aldrich (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Marchese (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gabriel Romano (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. C - John Doner (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano blows the dunk | 51-45 |
| 03:09 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Darius Mitchell | 51-45 |
| 02:46 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley is hacked by Gabriel Romano - foul #3 on Gabriel Romano, team foul #8 | 51-45 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Brock Wilkerson (SF) Ian Brown | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Merlin Yagi (PG), Jared Woods (SF), Christopher Merlin (PF) Andreas Russo, Joseph Marchese, Gabriel Romano | |
| 02:46 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley makes the 1st free throw | 52-45 |
| 02:46 | South Carolina | Andrew Cokley misses the 2nd free throw | 52-45 |
| 02:46 | Tennessee | Christopher Merlin snags the defensive board | 52-45 |
| 02:46 | Tennessee | Tennessee calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-45 |
| 02:31 | Tennessee | Jared Woods connects on the turnaround in the lane | 52-47 |
| 02:31 | South Carolina | South Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-47 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ian Brown (SF), Roger Basil (C) Brock Wilkerson, John Heilman | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Andreas Russo (PG), Joseph Marchese (SF), Gabriel Romano (PF) Merlin Yagi, Jared Woods, Christopher Merlin | |
| 02:02 | South Carolina | Ian Brown misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 52-47 |
| 02:00 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano gets the rebound | 52-47 |
| 01:45 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Andreas Russo | 52-49 |
| 01:21 | South Carolina | Dustin Aldrich takes the ball from Andrew Cokley | 52-49 |
| 01:17 | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich hits the finger roll | 52-51 |
| 00:58 | South Carolina | Roger Basil hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway near the basket | 52-51 |
| 00:57 | Tennessee | John Doner grabs the board | 52-51 |
| 00:38 | Tennessee | Gabriel Romano hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Joseph Marchese | 52-53 |
| 00:20 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins can't connect on a jumper from the left side but the foul's on Dustin Aldrich - foul #2 on Dustin Aldrich, team foul #9 | 52-53 |
| 00:20 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins makes the 1st free throw | 53-53 |
| 00:20 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins misses the 2nd free throw | 53-53 |
| 00:20 | South Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Andrew Cokley | 53-53 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:05 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins is hacked by Andreas Russo - foul #1 on Andreas Russo, team foul #10 | 53-53 |
| 00:05 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins makes the 1st free throw | 54-53 |
| 00:05 | South Carolina | Richard Jenkins misses the 2nd free throw | 54-53 |
| 00:05 | Tennessee | Joseph Marchese gets the rebound | 54-53 |
| 00:05 | Tennessee | Tennessee calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-53 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Tennessee | Dustin Aldrich connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 54-56 |