| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Vlade Zeitz (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Chang Hong (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Marko Liszewski (fresh) PF - Patrick Winkler (fresh) C - Darrell Medeiros (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Morris Bloomfield (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Dima Zill (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SF - Jason Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank Dennis (fresh) 3 pts. C - David Smith (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Jason Brown inbounds the ball | 21-21 |
| Game Plan | Memphis | Memphis is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:38 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 21-21 |
| 19:36 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler pulls down the rebound | 21-21 |
| 19:18 | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz is fouled on the floor by Morris Bloomfield - foul #1 on Morris Bloomfield, team foul #1 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski (PG), David Zinkievich (SG), Gary Rucker (C) Vlade Zeitz, Chang Hong, Darrell Medeiros | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 18:59 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler drills a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from David Zinkievich | 23-21 |
| 18:46 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on David Smith, team foul #2 | 23-21 |
| Subs | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros (C) Gary Rucker | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Victor Hudson (C) David Smith | |
| 18:30 | Memphis | Marko Liszewski buries a 3 pointer from the left wing | 26-21 |
| 18:08 | Eastern Kentucky | Victor Hudson is hacked by Patrick Winkler - foul #2 on Patrick Winkler, team foul #1 | 26-21 |
| Subs | Memphis | Chang Hong (SG), Bradly Shaw (C) David Zinkievich, Darrell Medeiros | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 17:45 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis buries a turnaround from close range | 26-23 |
| 17:24 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler's fadeaway is rejected by Morris Bloomfield | 26-23 |
| 17:22 | Eastern Kentucky | Jason Brown snags the defensive board | 26-23 |
| 17:17 | Eastern Kentucky | Yevgeny Polchinski is called for the reach on Morris Bloomfield - foul #2 on Yevgeny Polchinski, team foul #2 | 26-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz (PG), David Zinkievich (SG), Gary Rucker (PF), Darrell Medeiros (C) Yevgeny Polchinski, Chang Hong, Patrick Winkler, Bradly Shaw | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 17:06 | Eastern Kentucky | Marko Liszewski denies the turnaround by Frank Dennis | 26-23 |
| 17:05 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros snags the defensive board | 26-23 |
| 17:00 | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz makes the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from David Zinkievich | 29-23 |
| 16:44 | Eastern Kentucky | Dima Zill is called for traveling | 29-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | Chang Hong (SG), Bradly Shaw (PF) David Zinkievich, Gary Rucker | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Roger Johnson (SG), Barton McKeever (SF) Dima Zill, Jason Brown | |
| 16:22 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros makes the floater from the right block on a great pass from Chang Hong | 31-23 |
| 16:06 | Eastern Kentucky | Barton McKeever is called for 3 seconds | 31-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski (SG), David Zinkievich (SF), Patrick Winkler (PF) Chang Hong, Marko Liszewski, Bradly Shaw | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Angel Martin (PG), David Cavitt (PF) Morris Bloomfield, Frank Dennis | |
| 15:46 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler buries a runner from close range | 33-23 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Vlade Zeitz (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Yevgeny Polchinski (fresh) SF - David Zinkievich (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Patrick Winkler (fresh) 4 pts. C - Darrell Medeiros (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Angel Martin (fresh) SG - Roger Johnson (fresh) SF - Barton McKeever (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Cavitt (fresh) 2 pts. C - Victor Hudson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:30 | Eastern Kentucky | David Cavitt is hacked by Patrick Winkler - foul #3 on Patrick Winkler, team foul #3 | 33-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | Chang Hong (SG), Marko Liszewski (SF), Bradly Shaw (C) Yevgeny Polchinski, David Zinkievich, Darrell Medeiros | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Dima Zill (SG), David Smith (C) Roger Johnson, Victor Hudson | |
| 15:14 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith misses short on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Chang Hong - foul #1 on Chang Hong, team foul #4 | 33-23 |
| Subs | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski (PG), Gary Rucker (C) Vlade Zeitz, Patrick Winkler | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Jason Brown (SF) Barton McKeever | |
| 15:14 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith makes the 1st free throw | 33-24 |
| 15:14 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 33-24 |
| 15:14 | Memphis | The rebound goes to Gary Rucker | 33-24 |
| 14:49 | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Angel Martin - foul #3 on Angel Martin, team foul #3 | 33-24 |
| Subs | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz (PG), Patrick Winkler (PF), Darrell Medeiros (C) Chang Hong, Bradly Shaw, Gary Rucker | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Morris Bloomfield (PG), Frank Dennis (PF) Angel Martin, David Cavitt | |
| 14:49 | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski makes the 1st free throw | 34-24 |
| 14:49 | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski makes the 2nd free throw | 35-24 |
| 14:29 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis makes the floater near the basket on a nice dish by Dima Zill | 35-26 |
| 14:10 | Memphis | Marko Liszewski clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 35-26 |
| 14:09 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis grabs the board | 35-26 |
| 13:42 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis slams it home on a great pass from Dima Zill and he's fouled by Darrell Medeiros - foul #1 on Darrell Medeiros, team foul #5 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Memphis | Chang Hong (SG), David Zinkievich (SF), Bradly Shaw (PF), Gary Rucker (C) Yevgeny Polchinski, Marko Liszewski, Patrick Winkler, Darrell Medeiros | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Roger Johnson (SG) Dima Zill | |
| 13:42 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis misses the free throw | 35-28 |
| 13:42 | Memphis | Chang Hong snags the defensive board | 35-28 |
| 13:15 | Memphis | Chang Hong misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-28 |
| 13:14 | Eastern Kentucky | The rebound goes to Jason Brown | 35-28 |
| 12:55 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith drills a jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Morris Bloomfield | 35-30 |
| 12:30 | Memphis | Chang Hong misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 35-30 |
| 12:29 | Memphis | Bradly Shaw gets the offensive rebound | 35-30 |
| 12:01 | Memphis | David Smith is called for the reach on David Zinkievich - foul #4 on David Smith, team foul #4 | 35-30 |
| Subs | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski (PG), Marko Liszewski (SF), Patrick Winkler (PF), Darrell Medeiros (C) Vlade Zeitz, Chang Hong, Bradly Shaw, Gary Rucker | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Angel Martin (PG), Dima Zill (SG), Barton McKeever (SF), David Cavitt (PF), Victor Hudson (C) Morris Bloomfield, Roger Johnson, Jason Brown, Frank Dennis, David Smith | |
| 11:41 | Memphis | Marko Liszewski misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 35-30 |
| 11:40 | Eastern Kentucky | Angel Martin grabs the board | 35-30 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Yevgeny Polchinski (fresh) 2 pts. SG - David Zinkievich (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Marko Liszewski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Patrick Winkler (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. C - Darrell Medeiros (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Angel Martin (fresh) 3 pf. SG - Dima Zill (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Barton McKeever (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Cavitt (fresh) 2 pts. C - Victor Hudson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:17 | Eastern Kentucky | David Cavitt is whistled for traveling | 35-30 |
| Subs | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz (PG), Chang Hong (SG) Yevgeny Polchinski, David Zinkievich | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 11:02 | Memphis | Chang Hong comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 35-30 |
| 11:01 | Eastern Kentucky | Victor Hudson pulls down the rebound | 35-30 |
| 10:47 | Eastern Kentucky | Victor Hudson scores on a floater from the right side on a great pass from Dima Zill | 35-32 |
| 10:31 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane | 35-32 |
| 10:29 | Eastern Kentucky | The rebound goes to Victor Hudson | 35-32 |
| 10:08 | Eastern Kentucky | Barton McKeever is whistled for traveling | 35-32 |
| Subs | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski (PG), David Zinkievich (SG), Bradly Shaw (PF) Vlade Zeitz, Chang Hong, Patrick Winkler | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Morris Bloomfield (PG), Frank Dennis (PF) Angel Martin, David Cavitt | |
| 09:39 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros banks in the layup on a nice dish by Yevgeny Polchinski and he's fouled by Morris Bloomfield - foul #2 on Morris Bloomfield, team foul #5 | 37-32 |
| Subs | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz (PG) Yevgeny Polchinski | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Roger Johnson (SG), Jason Brown (SF) Dima Zill, Barton McKeever | |
| 09:39 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros misses the free throw | 37-32 |
| 09:39 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis gets the rebound | 37-32 |
| 09:14 | Eastern Kentucky | Jason Brown comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 37-32 |
| 09:12 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros snags the defensive board | 37-32 |
| 08:52 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros dunks the ball on a nice dish by Vlade Zeitz | 39-32 |
| 08:27 | Eastern Kentucky | Victor Hudson banks in the layup on a nice dish by Roger Johnson | 39-34 |
| 08:03 | Memphis | Marko Liszewski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-34 |
| Subs | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski (PG), Chang Hong (SG), Patrick Winkler (PF), Gary Rucker (C) Vlade Zeitz, David Zinkievich, Bradly Shaw, Darrell Medeiros | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Dima Zill (SG), Barton McKeever (C) Roger Johnson, Victor Hudson | |
| 07:48 | Eastern Kentucky | The jump hook by Frank Dennis is blocked by Gary Rucker | 39-34 |
| 07:47 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler snags the defensive board | 39-34 |
| 07:25 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler connects on the jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Chang Hong | 41-34 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Yevgeny Polchinski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Chang Hong (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Marko Liszewski (tiring) 3 pts. PF - Patrick Winkler (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Gary Rucker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Morris Bloomfield (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dima Zill (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jason Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Frank Dennis (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Barton McKeever (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:03 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis blows the layup but he's hacked by Marko Liszewski - foul #2 on Marko Liszewski, team foul #6 | 41-34 |
| Subs | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz (PG), David Zinkievich (SF), Darrell Medeiros (C) Yevgeny Polchinski, Marko Liszewski, Gary Rucker | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith (C) Jason Brown | |
| 07:03 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis makes the 1st free throw | 41-35 |
| 07:03 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis misses the 2nd free throw | 41-35 |
| 07:03 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith grabs the offensive rebound | 41-35 |
| 06:46 | Eastern Kentucky | Barton McKeever is fouled on the floor by David Zinkievich - foul #2 on David Zinkievich, team foul #7 | 41-35 |
| Subs | Memphis | Bradly Shaw (PF) Patrick Winkler | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | David Cavitt (PF) Frank Dennis | |
| 06:46 | Eastern Kentucky | Barton McKeever misses the 1st free throw | 41-35 |
| 06:46 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros grabs the defensive rebound | 41-35 |
| 06:24 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros misses long on a runner in the paint | 41-35 |
| 06:22 | Memphis | Bradly Shaw snags the offensive board | 41-35 |
| 06:06 | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 41-35 |
| 06:05 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith snags the defensive board | 41-35 |
| 05:50 | Eastern Kentucky | Darrell Medeiros is called for the reach on David Smith - foul #2 on Darrell Medeiros, team foul #8 | 41-35 |
| Subs | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski (PG), Marko Liszewski (SF), Patrick Winkler (PF) Vlade Zeitz, David Zinkievich, Darrell Medeiros | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Angel Martin (PG), Frank Dennis (PF) Morris Bloomfield, David Cavitt | |
| 05:50 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith makes the 1st free throw | 41-36 |
| 05:50 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 41-36 |
| 05:50 | Memphis | The rebound goes to Marko Liszewski | 41-36 |
| 05:35 | Memphis | Marko Liszewski misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 41-36 |
| 05:34 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith grabs the board | 41-36 |
| 05:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Chang Hong is called for the reach on Frank Dennis - foul #2 on Chang Hong, team foul #9 | 41-36 |
| Subs | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz (PG), Darrell Medeiros (C) Chang Hong, Bradly Shaw | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Roger Johnson (SG), Jason Brown (SF) Dima Zill, Barton McKeever | |
| 05:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis makes the 1st free throw | 41-37 |
| 05:21 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis makes the 2nd free throw | 41-38 |
| 05:00 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Frank Dennis - foul #1 on Frank Dennis, team foul #6 | 41-38 |
| Subs | Memphis | Chang Hong (SG) Yevgeny Polchinski | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 05:00 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler makes the 1st free throw | 42-38 |
| 05:00 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler misses the 2nd free throw | 42-38 |
| 05:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis snags the defensive board | 42-38 |
| 04:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis scores on a jump hook from the baseline | 42-40 |
| 04:06 | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz drills a jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Chang Hong | 44-40 |
| 03:49 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith jams it set up by Jason Brown | 44-42 |
| 03:21 | Memphis | Patrick Winkler lays it up and in set up by Vlade Zeitz | 46-42 |
| Lineup | Memphis | PG - Vlade Zeitz (fresh) 8 pts. 7 ast. SG - Chang Hong (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Marko Liszewski (tiring) 3 pts. PF - Patrick Winkler (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Darrell Medeiros (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Eastern Kentucky | PG - Angel Martin (fresh) 3 pf. SG - Roger Johnson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jason Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Frank Dennis (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. C - David Smith (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:04 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis misses long on a fadeaway from the left block | 46-42 |
| 03:03 | Eastern Kentucky | David Smith snags the offensive board | 46-42 |
| 03:03 | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 46-42 |
| Subs | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski (SG), David Zinkievich (SF), Bradly Shaw (PF), Gary Rucker (C) Chang Hong, Marko Liszewski, Patrick Winkler, Darrell Medeiros | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Morris Bloomfield (PG), Dima Zill (SG) Angel Martin, Roger Johnson | |
| 02:44 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis connects on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 46-44 |
| 02:15 | Memphis | Vlade Zeitz makes the 3pt jumper from straight away | 49-44 |
| 01:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Morris Bloomfield misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 49-44 |
| 01:52 | Memphis | Yevgeny Polchinski grabs the defensive rebound | 49-44 |
| 01:28 | Memphis | Gary Rucker hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 49-44 |
| 01:26 | Eastern Kentucky | Frank Dennis pulls down the rebound | 49-44 |
| 01:07 | Eastern Kentucky | Dima Zill drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-47 |
| 00:53 | Memphis | Gary Rucker can't connect on a floater from the right side but he's fouled by David Smith - foul #5 on David Smith, team foul #7 | 49-47 |
| Subs | Memphis | Chang Hong (SG), Patrick Winkler (PF), Darrell Medeiros (C) Yevgeny Polchinski, David Zinkievich, Bradly Shaw | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | Victor Hudson (C) David Smith | |
| 00:53 | Memphis | Gary Rucker misses the 1st free throw | 49-47 |
| 00:53 | Memphis | Gary Rucker misses the 2nd free throw | 49-47 |
| 00:53 | Eastern Kentucky | Victor Hudson gets the rebound | 49-47 |
| 00:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Gary Rucker is called for the reach on Jason Brown - foul #2 on Gary Rucker, team foul #10 | 49-47 |
| 00:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Jason Brown misses the 1st free throw | 49-47 |
| 00:35 | Eastern Kentucky | Jason Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 49-48 |
| Game Plan | Memphis | Memphis is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+3) | |
| 00:34 | Memphis | Dima Zill is called for the reach on Gary Rucker in the backcourt - foul #1 on Dima Zill, team foul #8 | 49-48 |
| 00:34 | Memphis | Gary Rucker misses the 1st free throw | 49-48 |
| 00:34 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros grabs the offensive board | 49-48 |
| 00:32 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros is fouled on the floor by Victor Hudson - foul #3 on Victor Hudson, team foul #9 | 49-48 |
| Subs | Memphis | Marko Liszewski (SF) Gary Rucker | |
| Subs | Eastern Kentucky | | |
| 00:32 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros makes the 1st free throw | 50-48 |
| 00:32 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros makes the 2nd free throw | 51-48 |
| 00:10 | Eastern Kentucky | Dima Zill makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Victor Hudson | 51-51 |
| 00:10 | Memphis | Memphis calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 51-51 |
| Game Plan | Memphis | Memphis is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:02 | Memphis | Darrell Medeiros jams it | 53-51 |
| 00:02 | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-51 |
| Game Plan | Memphis | Memphis is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:00 | Eastern Kentucky | Morris Bloomfield clanks a halfcourt shot | 53-51 |