| Lineup | Bucknell | PG - Reginald Topolski (fresh) SG - Frank Edwards (fresh) SF - James Faison (fresh) PF - Gary Fellers (fresh) C - James Peavy (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Robert Short (fresh) SG - Samuel Jackson (fresh) SF - Samuel Mandel (fresh) PF - Jacques Dubose (fresh) C - Bruce Ward (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Bucknell | Bucknell is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Sam Houston State | Sam Houston State is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:42 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Jackson makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Robert Short | 0-3 |
| 19:29 | Bucknell | Jacques Dubose blocks the 3 pointer from the left wing by Frank Edwards | 0-3 |
| 19:27 | Bucknell | James Peavy snags the offensive board | 0-3 |
| 19:12 | Bucknell | James Faison is open and scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 2-3 |
| 19:04 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel knocks in the fadeaway from the right side | 2-5 |
| 18:45 | Bucknell | Frank Edwards can't connect on an uncontested 3pt jumper from the left wing | 2-5 |
| 18:44 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel gets the rebound | 2-5 |
| 18:25 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 2-5 |
| 18:24 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers snags the defensive board | 2-5 |
| 17:59 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers buries a fadeaway from the baseline and the foul's on Samuel Mandel - foul #1 on Samuel Mandel, team foul #1 | 4-5 |
| Subs | Bucknell | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga (PG), Thomas Bryant (SG), Ben Hudson (SF), Miladen Zam (PF), Eric Knighten (C) Robert Short, Samuel Jackson, Samuel Mandel, Jacques Dubose, Bruce Ward | |
| 17:59 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers makes the free throw | 5-5 |
| 17:36 | Sam Houston State | Thomas Bryant misses the fadeaway from the left side | 5-5 |
| 17:34 | Bucknell | James Faison grabs the board | 5-5 |
| 17:30 | Bucknell | Ben Hudson steals the ball from James Faison in the backcourt | 5-5 |
| 17:29 | Sam Houston State | Ben Hudson slams it home | 5-7 |
| 17:25 | Bucknell | Reginald Topolski is fouled in the backcourt by Raymond Varga - foul #1 on Raymond Varga, team foul #2 | 5-7 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Roderick Sacks (PG) Reginald Topolski | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | | |
| 17:20 | Bucknell | James Peavy scores on a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Roderick Sacks | 7-7 |
| 16:58 | Sam Houston State | Ben Hudson's pass is intercepted by James Faison | 7-7 |
| 16:32 | Bucknell | James Peavy makes the wide open pull-up jumper from the right wing | 9-7 |
| 16:25 | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga is hacked by Roderick Sacks - foul #1 on Roderick Sacks, team foul #1 | 9-7 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Jason Wilcox (PG), Danny Francisco (SF), Lawrence Garrett (PF), Glenn Welker (C) Frank Edwards, James Faison, Gary Fellers, James Peavy | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Robert Short (PG), Samuel Jackson (SG), Samuel Mandel (SF), Jacques Dubose (PF), Bruce Ward (C) Raymond Varga, Thomas Bryant, Ben Hudson, Miladen Zam, Eric Knighten | |
| 16:15 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel throws it down on a nice dish by Robert Short | 9-9 |
| 15:54 | Bucknell | Lawrence Garrett buries a jumper from the left side | 11-9 |
| Lineup | Bucknell | PG - Jason Wilcox (fresh) SG - Roderick Sacks (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Danny Francisco (fresh) PF - Lawrence Garrett (fresh) 2 pts. C - Glenn Welker (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Robert Short (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Samuel Jackson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Samuel Mandel (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jacques Dubose (fresh) C - Bruce Ward (fresh) | |
| 15:39 | Sam Houston State | Jacques Dubose buries a shot from the right side set up by Robert Short | 11-11 |
| 15:23 | Bucknell | Glenn Welker misses badly on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Samuel Jackson - foul #1 on Samuel Jackson, team foul #3 | 11-11 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Reginald Topolski (PG), Frank Edwards (SG) Jason Wilcox, Roderick Sacks | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Ben Hudson (PG), Eric Knighten (C) Robert Short, Bruce Ward | |
| 15:23 | Bucknell | Glenn Welker makes the 1st free throw | 12-11 |
| 15:23 | Bucknell | Glenn Welker makes the 2nd free throw | 13-11 |
| 15:07 | Sam Houston State | Ben Hudson misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 13-11 |
| 15:06 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Jackson gets the offensive rebound | 13-11 |
| 14:43 | Sam Houston State | Lawrence Garrett picks off the pass by Samuel Mandel | 13-11 |
| 14:32 | Bucknell | Frank Edwards buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Reginald Topolski | 16-11 |
| 14:19 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel can't connect on a runner from the left block | 16-11 |
| 14:17 | Bucknell | Lawrence Garrett grabs the board | 16-11 |
| 14:15 | Bucknell | Ben Hudson is called for the reach on Reginald Topolski in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ben Hudson, team foul #4 | 16-11 |
| Subs | Bucknell | James Faison (SF), Gary Fellers (PF), James Peavy (C) Danny Francisco, Lawrence Garrett, Glenn Welker | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga (PG), Miladen Zam (PF), Bruce Ward (C) Ben Hudson, Samuel Mandel, Jacques Dubose | |
| 14:03 | Bucknell | Reginald Topolski buries a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by James Faison | 19-11 |
| 13:45 | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga connects on the fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Samuel Jackson and the foul's on Reginald Topolski - foul #1 on Reginald Topolski, team foul #2 | 19-13 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Jason Wilcox (PG), Roderick Sacks (SG) Reginald Topolski, Frank Edwards | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Robert Short (PG), Thomas Bryant (SF) Samuel Jackson, Eric Knighten | |
| 13:45 | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga makes the free throw | 19-14 |
| 13:27 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers can't connect on an uncontested fadeaway near the basket | 19-14 |
| 13:26 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers misses the tip | 19-14 |
| 13:25 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers tips it but misses | 19-14 |
| 13:24 | Sam Houston State | Miladen Zam snags the defensive board | 19-14 |
| 13:08 | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 19-14 |
| 13:07 | Bucknell | James Peavy snags the defensive board | 19-14 |
| 13:05 | Bucknell | Roderick Sacks throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 19-14 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Darwin Kinard (C) James Peavy | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Ben Hudson (SF), Alberto Yazzie (C) Raymond Varga, Bruce Ward | |
| 12:56 | Sam Houston State | Thomas Bryant can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Roderick Sacks - foul #2 on Roderick Sacks, team foul #3 | 19-14 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Frank Edwards (SG) Roderick Sacks | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Jacques Dubose (PF) Miladen Zam | |
| 12:56 | Sam Houston State | Thomas Bryant misses the 1st free throw | 19-14 |
| 12:56 | Sam Houston State | Thomas Bryant makes the 2nd free throw | 19-15 |
| 12:37 | Bucknell | James Faison hits the easy wide open finger roll set up by Gary Fellers | 21-15 |
| 12:21 | Sam Houston State | Thomas Bryant is hacked by Darwin Kinard - foul #1 on Darwin Kinard, team foul #4 | 21-15 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Reginald Topolski (PG), Danny Francisco (SF) Jason Wilcox, James Faison | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga (PG), Samuel Mandel (SF), Eric Knighten (PF) Robert Short, Thomas Bryant, Jacques Dubose | |
| 12:05 | Sam Houston State | Eric Knighten misses the fadeaway from the right block | 21-15 |
| 12:03 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers gets the rebound | 21-15 |
| 11:45 | Bucknell | Frank Edwards hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 21-15 |
| 11:43 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel gets the rebound | 21-15 |
| Lineup | Bucknell | PG - Reginald Topolski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Frank Edwards (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Danny Francisco (fresh) PF - Gary Fellers (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Darwin Kinard (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Raymond Varga (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Ben Hudson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Samuel Mandel (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Eric Knighten (fresh) C - Alberto Yazzie (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:27 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel connects on the floater in the lane on a great pass from Raymond Varga and he's hacked by Danny Francisco - foul #1 on Danny Francisco, team foul #5 | 21-17 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Lawrence Garrett (SF), Glenn Welker (PF), James Peavy (C) Frank Edwards, Gary Fellers, Darwin Kinard | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Robert Short (PG), Samuel Jackson (SG), Miladen Zam (PF), Bruce Ward (C) Raymond Varga, Ben Hudson, Eric Knighten, Alberto Yazzie | |
| 11:27 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel makes the free throw | 21-18 |
| 11:05 | Bucknell | Danny Francisco misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 21-18 |
| 11:03 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward grabs the defensive rebound | 21-18 |
| 10:37 | Sam Houston State | Robert Short hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 21-21 |
| 10:13 | Bucknell | Danny Francisco misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 21-21 |
| 10:12 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward snags the defensive board | 21-21 |
| 10:09 | Sam Houston State | Robert Short is hacked by Reginald Topolski in the backcourt - foul #2 on Reginald Topolski, team foul #6 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Jason Wilcox (PG), Frank Edwards (SG), James Faison (SF), Gary Fellers (PF) Reginald Topolski, Danny Francisco, Lawrence Garrett, Glenn Welker | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga (PG), Eric Knighten (SF), Jacques Dubose (PF) Robert Short, Samuel Mandel, Miladen Zam | |
| 09:53 | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 21-21 |
| 09:52 | Sam Houston State | The offensive rebound goes to Bruce Ward | 21-21 |
| 09:42 | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga is whistled for traveling | 21-21 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Darwin Kinard (C) James Peavy | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Ben Hudson (SG) Samuel Jackson | |
| 09:40 | Bucknell | Frank Edwards is fouled in the backcourt by Raymond Varga - foul #2 on Raymond Varga, team foul #5 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Bucknell | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Samuel Jackson (SG) Raymond Varga | |
| 09:27 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 21-21 |
| 09:25 | Sam Houston State | Eric Knighten pulls down the rebound | 21-21 |
| 09:20 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Jackson makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Eric Knighten | 21-24 |
| 09:06 | Bucknell | Eric Knighten is called for the reach on Jason Wilcox - foul #1 on Eric Knighten, team foul #6 | 21-24 |
| Subs | Bucknell | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Thomas Bryant (SG), Samuel Mandel (SF) Samuel Jackson, Bruce Ward | |
| 08:53 | Bucknell | Samuel Mandel is called for the reach on James Faison - foul #2 on Samuel Mandel, team foul #7 | 21-24 |
| Subs | Bucknell | James Peavy (C) Darwin Kinard | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Robert Short (PG), Bruce Ward (C) Ben Hudson, Samuel Mandel | |
| 08:53 | Bucknell | James Faison misses the 1st free throw | 21-24 |
| 08:53 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward grabs the board | 21-24 |
| 08:38 | Sam Houston State | Eric Knighten is called for traveling | 21-24 |
| Subs | Bucknell | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Miladen Zam (C) Bruce Ward | |
| 08:23 | Bucknell | Miladen Zam swats the dunk try by James Peavy | 21-24 |
| 08:21 | Sam Houston State | Robert Short gets the rebound | 21-24 |
| 08:00 | Sam Houston State | Robert Short drills a floater from the left side | 21-26 |
| 07:39 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers misses the lay-in | 21-26 |
| 07:37 | Bucknell | James Peavy gets the offensive rebound | 21-26 |
| Lineup | Bucknell | PG - Jason Wilcox (fairly fresh) SG - Frank Edwards (tiring) 3 pts. SF - James Faison (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Gary Fellers (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - James Peavy (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Robert Short (tiring) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Bryant (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Eric Knighten (fairly fresh) PF - Jacques Dubose (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Miladen Zam (fairly fresh) | |
| 07:16 | Bucknell | James Peavy misses short on an open shot from the left wing | 21-26 |
| 07:14 | Sam Houston State | Miladen Zam grabs the board | 21-26 |
| 06:57 | Sam Houston State | Thomas Bryant loses the ball out of bounds | 21-26 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Danny Francisco (SG), Lawrence Garrett (PF), Glenn Welker (C) Frank Edwards, Gary Fellers, James Peavy | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Samuel Jackson (SG), Ben Hudson (SF), Alberto Yazzie (PF), Bruce Ward (C) Thomas Bryant, Eric Knighten, Jacques Dubose, Miladen Zam | |
| 06:53 | Bucknell | Jason Wilcox's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 21-26 |
| 06:33 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Jackson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 21-26 |
| 06:31 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward hits the follow up shot | 21-28 |
| 06:04 | Bucknell | Danny Francisco scores on a turnaround from the left block set up by James Faison | 23-28 |
| 05:57 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward buries a shot from the left block set up by Samuel Jackson and he's hacked by Glenn Welker - foul #1 on Glenn Welker, team foul #7 | 23-30 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Darwin Kinard (C) James Faison | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | | |
| 05:57 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward makes the free throw | 23-31 |
| 05:54 | Bucknell | Lawrence Garrett's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 23-31 |
| Subs | Bucknell | | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Jacques Dubose (PF) Alberto Yazzie | |
| 05:33 | Sam Houston State | Jacques Dubose drills a shot from the right block | 23-33 |
| 05:13 | Bucknell | Lawrence Garrett can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 23-33 |
| 05:11 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward pulls down the rebound | 23-33 |
| 04:52 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Jackson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-33 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Frank Edwards (SG), James Faison (SF), Gary Fellers (PF) Danny Francisco, Lawrence Garrett, Glenn Welker | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Eric Knighten (SF), Miladen Zam (C) Robert Short, Bruce Ward | |
| 04:30 | Bucknell | Darwin Kinard can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 23-33 |
| 04:28 | Bucknell | Darwin Kinard misses the tip | 23-33 |
| 04:26 | Bucknell | James Faison grabs the offensive board | 23-33 |
| 04:07 | Bucknell | Samuel Jackson steals the ball from Gary Fellers | 23-33 |
| 04:03 | Sam Houston State | Ben Hudson jams it on a nice dish by Samuel Jackson | 23-35 |
| 03:36 | Bucknell | Darwin Kinard misses badly on a jump hook near the basket | 23-35 |
| 03:35 | Bucknell | Darwin Kinard grabs the offensive board | 23-35 |
| Lineup | Bucknell | PG - Jason Wilcox (tiring) SG - Frank Edwards (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - James Faison (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gary Fellers (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Darwin Kinard (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Sam Houston State | PG - Ben Hudson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Samuel Jackson (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Eric Knighten (fairly fresh) PF - Jacques Dubose (tiring) 4 pts. C - Miladen Zam (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:30 | Bucknell | Ben Hudson picks off the pass by Jason Wilcox | 23-35 |
| 03:05 | Sam Houston State | Eric Knighten is fouled on the floor by James Faison - foul #1 on James Faison, team foul #8 | 23-35 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Reginald Topolski (PG), Roderick Sacks (SG), Danny Francisco (SF), James Peavy (C) Jason Wilcox, Frank Edwards, James Faison, Darwin Kinard | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Raymond Varga (PG), Samuel Mandel (SF), Alberto Yazzie (C) Ben Hudson, Jacques Dubose, Miladen Zam | |
| 03:05 | Sam Houston State | Eric Knighten misses the 1st free throw | 23-35 |
| 03:05 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers grabs the board | 23-35 |
| 02:54 | Bucknell | Reginald Topolski misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 23-35 |
| 02:52 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers tips it home | 25-35 |
| 02:31 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Jackson misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 25-35 |
| 02:30 | Sam Houston State | Alberto Yazzie can't tip it in | 25-35 |
| 02:28 | Bucknell | Gary Fellers grabs the board | 25-35 |
| 02:23 | Bucknell | Danny Francisco hits a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Gary Fellers and he's fouled by Raymond Varga - foul #3 on Raymond Varga, team foul #8 | 27-35 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Lawrence Garrett (PF) Gary Fellers | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | Robert Short (PG), Thomas Bryant (SG), Bruce Ward (C) Raymond Varga, Samuel Jackson, Eric Knighten | |
| 02:23 | Bucknell | Danny Francisco misses the free throw | 27-35 |
| 02:23 | Sam Houston State | The rebound goes to Bruce Ward | 27-35 |
| 02:14 | Sam Houston State | Alberto Yazzie throws a bad pass out of bounds | 27-35 |
| Subs | Bucknell | Glenn Welker (PF) Danny Francisco | |
| Subs | Sam Houston State | | |
| 01:54 | Bucknell | Samuel Mandel denies the turnaround by Roderick Sacks | 27-35 |
| 01:52 | Sam Houston State | Bruce Ward grabs the defensive rebound | 27-35 |
| 01:31 | Sam Houston State | Samuel Mandel misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 27-35 |
| 01:30 | Bucknell | Glenn Welker grabs the defensive rebound | 27-35 |
| 01:09 | Bucknell | Alberto Yazzie swats the short shot by Roderick Sacks | 27-35 |
| 01:07 | Bucknell | Roderick Sacks gets the offensive rebound | 27-35 |
| 00:47 | Bucknell | Roderick Sacks misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-35 |
| 00:45 | Sam Houston State | Alberto Yazzie grabs the defensive rebound | 27-35 |
| 00:23 | Sam Houston State | Thomas Bryant buries a 3 from the right wing | 27-38 |
| 00:01 | Bucknell | Glenn Welker misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 27-38 |
| 00:00 | Bucknell | Glenn Welker gets the offensive rebound | 27-38 |