| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Peter Capone (fresh) SG - Clifford Julius (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jerry Meredith (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. PF - Cesar Bruno (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Stephen Welch (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Patrick Jelinski (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Percy Hunter (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Tony Lazaro (fresh) 3 reb. C - Tommy Eliason (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Jerry Meredith inbounds the ball | 29-26 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:53 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch hits the finger roll and he's fouled by Tommy Eliason - foul #1 on Tommy Eliason, team foul #1 | 31-26 |
| 19:53 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch makes the free throw | 32-26 |
| 19:32 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski is hacked by Peter Capone - foul #1 on Peter Capone, team foul #1 | 32-26 |
| 19:10 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski makes the 3 pointer from the left wing | 32-29 |
| 18:44 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno misses the driving attempt in the lane | 32-29 |
| 18:42 | UConn | Tommy Eliason grabs the defensive rebound | 32-29 |
| 18:16 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 32-29 |
| 18:15 | UConn | Tommy Eliason grabs the offensive rebound | 32-29 |
| 17:47 | UConn | Percy Hunter hits a runner in the paint set up by Tony Lazaro | 32-31 |
| 17:31 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 32-31 |
| 17:29 | UConn | Tommy Eliason snags the defensive board | 32-31 |
| 17:03 | UConn | Tony Lazaro hits the finger roll on a great pass from Patrick Jelinski | 32-33 |
| 16:46 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 32-33 |
| 16:44 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski gets the rebound | 32-33 |
| 16:27 | UConn | Tony Lazaro throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-33 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Harold Burns (PG), Matthew Jarrett (PF) Peter Capone, Cesar Bruno | |
| Subs | UConn | Peter Edwards (C) Tommy Eliason | |
| 16:08 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch buries a turnaround in the lane | 34-33 |
| 15:54 | UConn | Tony Lazaro double dribbles | 34-33 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Morris Connally (PG), Miladen Zimmerman (SF), Lee Young (C) Clifford Julius, Jerry Meredith, Stephen Welch | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Morris Connally (fresh) SG - Harold Burns (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Miladen Zimmerman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Matthew Jarrett (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Lee Young (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Patrick Jelinski (fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. SF - Percy Hunter (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Tony Lazaro (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Peter Edwards (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:33 | Rutgers | Miladen Zimmerman comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 34-33 |
| 15:31 | Rutgers | Lee Young misses the tip | 34-33 |
| 15:29 | Rutgers | Lee Young grabs the offensive board | 34-33 |
| 15:15 | Rutgers | Matthew Jarrett hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Miladen Zimmerman | 36-33 |
| 15:02 | UConn | Tony Lazaro is fouled on the floor by Lee Young - foul #1 on Lee Young, team foul #2 | 36-33 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Peter Capone (PG), Clifford Julius (SG) Morris Connally, Harold Burns | |
| Subs | UConn | Tommy Eliason (C) Peter Edwards | |
| 14:33 | UConn | Percy Hunter hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Matthew Jarrett - foul #1 on Matthew Jarrett, team foul #3 | 36-33 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jerry Meredith (SF), Cesar Bruno (PF), Stephen Welch (C) Miladen Zimmerman, Matthew Jarrett, Lee Young | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 14:33 | UConn | Percy Hunter makes the 1st free throw | 36-34 |
| 14:33 | UConn | Percy Hunter makes the 2nd free throw | 36-35 |
| 14:14 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch clanks a floater in the lane but the foul's on Percy Hunter - foul #1 on Percy Hunter, team foul #2 | 36-35 |
| 14:14 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch makes the 1st free throw | 37-35 |
| 14:14 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch misses the 2nd free throw | 37-35 |
| 14:14 | UConn | Tony Lazaro gets the rebound | 37-35 |
| 13:47 | UConn | Clifford Julius steals it from Patrick Jelinski | 37-35 |
| 13:28 | Rutgers | Clifford Julius is called for traveling | 37-35 |
| 13:10 | UConn | Tony Lazaro hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Cesar Bruno - foul #1 on Cesar Bruno, team foul #4 | 37-35 |
| 13:10 | UConn | Tony Lazaro makes the 1st free throw | 37-36 |
| 13:10 | UConn | Tony Lazaro makes the 2nd free throw | 37-37 |
| 12:48 | Rutgers | Jerry Meredith scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 40-37 |
| 12:27 | UConn | Tony Lazaro connects on the shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Leon Welch | 40-39 |
| 12:18 | Rutgers | Tony Lazaro swats the short shot by Stephen Welch | 40-39 |
| 12:17 | Rutgers | Clifford Julius grabs the offensive rebound | 40-39 |
| 12:12 | Rutgers | The jump hook by Stephen Welch is blocked by Tommy Eliason | 40-39 |
| 12:11 | UConn | Percy Hunter pulls down the rebound | 40-39 |
| 11:44 | UConn | Percy Hunter buries a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Patrick Jelinski | 40-41 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Peter Capone (fairly fresh) SG - Clifford Julius (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jerry Meredith (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. PF - Cesar Bruno (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Stephen Welch (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Patrick Jelinski (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SF - Percy Hunter (tiring) 14 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tony Lazaro (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Tommy Eliason (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:28 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno misses short on a driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Leon Welch - foul #2 on Leon Welch, team foul #3 | 40-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Morris Connally (PG), Harold Burns (SG), Miladen Zimmerman (SF), Lee Young (C) Peter Capone, Clifford Julius, Jerry Meredith, Stephen Welch | |
| Subs | UConn | Wayne Hatfield (SF), Peter Edwards (PF), Kenneth Rowley (C) Percy Hunter, Tony Lazaro, Tommy Eliason | |
| 11:28 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno makes the 1st free throw | 41-41 |
| 11:28 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno makes the 2nd free throw | 42-41 |
| 11:01 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-41 |
| 10:59 | Rutgers | Lee Young pulls down the rebound | 42-41 |
| 10:39 | Rutgers | Kenneth Rowley is called for the reach on Lee Young - foul #1 on Kenneth Rowley, team foul #4 | 42-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Matthew Jarrett (PF) Cesar Bruno | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 10:15 | Rutgers | Lee Young is called for traveling | 42-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jerry Meredith (SF), Stephen Welch (C) Morris Connally, Lee Young | |
| Subs | UConn | Tony Lazaro (PF) Kenneth Rowley | |
| 09:52 | UConn | Wayne Hatfield drills a 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-44 |
| 09:30 | Rutgers | Matthew Jarrett misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 42-44 |
| 09:28 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch hits the follow up shot | 44-44 |
| 09:18 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Wayne Hatfield | 44-47 |
| 09:00 | Rutgers | Miladen Zimmerman can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Tony Lazaro - foul #2 on Tony Lazaro, team foul #5 | 44-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Peter Capone (PG), Clifford Julius (SG) Harold Burns, Jerry Meredith | |
| Subs | UConn | Percy Hunter (SF), Tommy Eliason (C) Leon Welch, Peter Edwards | |
| 09:00 | Rutgers | Miladen Zimmerman misses the 1st free throw | 44-47 |
| 09:00 | Rutgers | Miladen Zimmerman misses the 2nd free throw | 44-47 |
| 09:00 | UConn | Tony Lazaro grabs the defensive rebound | 44-47 |
| 08:34 | UConn | Tommy Eliason throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jerry Meredith (SF) Miladen Zimmerman | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 08:16 | Rutgers | Peter Capone misses short on a fadeaway from the right side | 44-47 |
| 08:15 | UConn | Tony Lazaro grabs the board | 44-47 |
| 07:53 | UConn | Percy Hunter comes up short on the floater from close range | 44-47 |
| 07:51 | UConn | The offensive rebound goes to Tony Lazaro | 44-47 |
| 07:27 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski is fouled on the floor by Stephen Welch - foul #2 on Stephen Welch, team foul #5 | 44-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno (PF), Lee Young (C) Matthew Jarrett, Stephen Welch | |
| Subs | UConn | Leon Welch (PG), Peter Edwards (PF) Wayne Hatfield, Tony Lazaro | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Peter Capone (fresh) SG - Clifford Julius (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jerry Meredith (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. PF - Cesar Bruno (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Lee Young (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Patrick Jelinski (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 4 ast. SF - Percy Hunter (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. PF - Peter Edwards (fresh) 3 reb. C - Tommy Eliason (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:03 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Leon Welch | 44-50 |
| 06:41 | Rutgers | Jerry Meredith hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 44-50 |
| 06:39 | UConn | Peter Edwards snags the defensive board | 44-50 |
| 06:13 | UConn | Peter Capone is called for the reach on Leon Welch - foul #2 on Peter Capone, team foul #6 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Miladen Zimmerman (SF), Stephen Welch (C) Jerry Meredith, Lee Young | |
| Subs | UConn | Eric Gaddy (SG) Patrick Jelinski | |
| 06:00 | UConn | Tommy Eliason is hacked by Stephen Welch - foul #3 on Stephen Welch, team foul #7 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Harold Burns (PG) Peter Capone | |
| Subs | UConn | Wayne Hatfield (SG), Tony Lazaro (SF) Eric Gaddy, Percy Hunter | |
| 06:00 | UConn | Tommy Eliason makes the 1st free throw | 44-51 |
| 06:00 | UConn | Tommy Eliason makes the 2nd free throw | 44-52 |
| 05:42 | Rutgers | Miladen Zimmerman connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 47-52 |
| 05:25 | UConn | Tommy Eliason can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Harold Burns - foul #2 on Harold Burns, team foul #8 | 47-52 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | UConn | Patrick Jelinski (SG) Peter Edwards | |
| 05:25 | UConn | Tommy Eliason misses the 1st free throw | 47-52 |
| 05:25 | UConn | Tommy Eliason makes the 2nd free throw | 47-53 |
| 05:04 | Rutgers | Miladen Zimmerman misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 47-53 |
| 05:03 | UConn | Tommy Eliason snags the defensive board | 47-53 |
| 04:40 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 47-53 |
| 04:39 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno grabs the defensive rebound | 47-53 |
| 04:25 | Rutgers | Clifford Julius buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Harold Burns | 50-53 |
| 04:11 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 50-53 |
| 04:09 | UConn | Tommy Eliason tips it in | 50-55 |
| 04:06 | Rutgers | Harold Burns loses the dribble to Leon Welch in the backcourt | 50-55 |
| 03:52 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 50-55 |
| 03:51 | Rutgers | Harold Burns pulls down the rebound | 50-55 |
| 03:51 | Rutgers | Rutgers calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-55 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Peter Capone (PG), Jerry Meredith (SF) Harold Burns, Miladen Zimmerman | |
| Subs | UConn | Percy Hunter (SF) Wayne Hatfield | |
| 03:33 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno connects on the jumper from close range set up by Peter Capone | 52-55 |
| 03:06 | UConn | Percy Hunter misses badly on a runner in the paint | 52-55 |
| 03:05 | Rutgers | Stephen Welch gets the rebound | 52-55 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Peter Capone (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Clifford Julius (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jerry Meredith (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. PF - Cesar Bruno (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Stephen Welch (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Patrick Jelinski (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 4 ast. SF - Percy Hunter (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. PF - Tony Lazaro (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Tommy Eliason (fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 02:52 | Rutgers | Tony Lazaro steals the ball from Jerry Meredith | 52-55 |
| 02:38 | UConn | Tommy Eliason misses the easy layup | 52-55 |
| 02:37 | UConn | Leon Welch misses the tip | 52-55 |
| 02:36 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski grabs the offensive board | 52-55 |
| 02:16 | UConn | Percy Hunter drills a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Patrick Jelinski | 52-57 |
| 01:59 | Rutgers | Clifford Julius misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 52-57 |
| 01:57 | UConn | Tommy Eliason grabs the defensive rebound | 52-57 |
| 01:28 | UConn | Leon Welch makes the floater in the lane set up by Tony Lazaro and the foul's on Cesar Bruno - foul #2 on Cesar Bruno, team foul #9 | 52-59 |
| 01:28 | UConn | Leon Welch makes the free throw | 52-60 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 01:15 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Tony Lazaro - foul #3 on Tony Lazaro, team foul #6 | 52-60 |
| 01:15 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno misses the 1st free throw | 52-60 |
| 01:15 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno makes the 2nd free throw | 53-60 |
| 00:49 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Tommy Eliason | 53-63 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:43 | Rutgers | Cesar Bruno is called for a charge - foul #3 on Cesar Bruno, team foul #10 | 53-63 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Morris Connally (PG), Harold Burns (SG), Miladen Zimmerman (SF), Matthew Jarrett (PF), Lee Young (C) Peter Capone, Clifford Julius, Jerry Meredith, Cesar Bruno, Stephen Welch | |
| Subs | UConn | Wayne Hatfield (PG), Eric Gaddy (SG), Peter Edwards (PF), Kenneth Rowley (C) Leon Welch, Patrick Jelinski, Tony Lazaro, Tommy Eliason | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:40 | UConn | Wayne Hatfield is fouled in the backcourt by Morris Connally - foul #1 on Morris Connally, team foul #11 | 53-63 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | UConn | Leon Welch (PG) Percy Hunter | |
| 00:40 | UConn | Wayne Hatfield makes the 1st free throw | 53-64 |
| 00:40 | UConn | Wayne Hatfield makes the 2nd free throw | 53-65 |
| 00:35 | Rutgers | Lee Young can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 53-65 |
| 00:34 | UConn | Peter Edwards grabs the board | 53-65 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:14 | UConn | Wayne Hatfield lays it up and in | 53-67 |
| 00:09 | Rutgers | Lee Young can't connect on a floater from the baseline | 53-67 |
| 00:07 | UConn | Kenneth Rowley pulls down the rebound | 53-67 |
| 00:00 | UConn | Leon Welch runs out the clock | 53-67 |