| Lineup | Charlotte | PG - Harold Lucero (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Anthony Griffin (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jason Bethea (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Frederic Snelson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Kevin Fleming (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Stephen Walker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Phillip Blalock (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Roger Vizcarrondo (fresh) 16 pts. PF - James Luedtke (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Walter Jones (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo inbounds the ball | 34-26 |
| Game Plan | Charlotte | Charlotte is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:40 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Stephen Walker | 34-29 |
| 19:19 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 34-29 |
| 19:18 | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin tips it back up and in | 36-29 |
| 19:02 | UMass | Walter Jones hits a turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Stephen Walker | 36-31 |
| 18:37 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson misses the easy layup | 36-31 |
| 18:36 | Charlotte | The offensive rebound goes to Jason Bethea | 36-31 |
| 18:19 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson misses long on a runner in the paint | 36-31 |
| 18:18 | UMass | The rebound goes to Walter Jones | 36-31 |
| 18:13 | UMass | Walter Jones is fouled on the floor by Anthony Griffin - foul #2 on Anthony Griffin, team foul #1 | 36-31 |
| 18:03 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 36-31 |
| 18:02 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson snags the defensive board | 36-31 |
| 17:57 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero misses badly on a 3 from the right corner but he's fouled by Walter Jones - foul #2 on Walter Jones, team foul #1 | 36-31 |
| 17:57 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero makes the 1st free throw | 37-31 |
| 17:57 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero makes the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 17:57 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero makes the 3rd free throw | 39-31 |
| 17:33 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo connects on the 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Stephen Walker | 39-34 |
| 17:18 | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin travels with the ball | 39-34 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Courtney Evans (PF), Walter Ryland (C) Frederic Snelson, Kevin Fleming | |
| Subs | UMass | Bruce Carlson (SG), Gary Luke (PF) Phillip Blalock, James Luedtke | |
| 17:10 | UMass | Courtney Evans is called for the reach on Stephen Walker - foul #1 on Courtney Evans, team foul #2 | 39-34 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Rickey Harris (SG) Anthony Griffin | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 16:57 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo clanks a 3 from straight away | 39-34 |
| 16:56 | UMass | Walter Jones grabs the offensive rebound | 39-34 |
| 16:50 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo makes the floater in the lane | 39-36 |
| 16:33 | Charlotte | Walter Ryland misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 39-36 |
| 16:31 | UMass | Gary Luke pulls down the rebound | 39-36 |
| 16:15 | UMass | Walter Jones misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 39-36 |
| 16:13 | Charlotte | Rickey Harris grabs the board | 39-36 |
| 15:58 | Charlotte | Courtney Evans is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Courtney Evans, team foul #3 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Charlotte | David Williams (PG), Anthony Griffin (SG), Mike Sabol (SF), Frederic Snelson (PF) Harold Lucero, Rickey Harris, Jason Bethea, Courtney Evans | |
| Subs | UMass | Gilberto Rodriguez (PG), Phillip Blalock (SG), Todd Stamm (PF) Stephen Walker, Bruce Carlson, Gary Luke | |
| Lineup | Charlotte | PG - David Williams (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Anthony Griffin (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mike Sabol (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frederic Snelson (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Walter Ryland (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Gilberto Rodriguez (fresh) SG - Phillip Blalock (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Roger Vizcarrondo (fairly fresh) 24 pts. PF - Todd Stamm (fresh) 3 pf. C - Walter Jones (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:38 | UMass | David Williams takes the ball from Roger Vizcarrondo | 39-36 |
| 15:35 | Charlotte | David Williams banks in the layup | 41-36 |
| 15:25 | UMass | Todd Stamm hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing but the foul's on Anthony Griffin - foul #3 on Anthony Griffin, team foul #4 | 41-36 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming (C) Walter Ryland | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 15:25 | UMass | Todd Stamm misses the 1st free throw | 41-36 |
| 15:25 | UMass | Todd Stamm makes the 2nd free throw | 41-37 |
| 15:12 | Charlotte | David Williams throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-37 |
| 14:54 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo connects on the 3 from the right corner | 41-40 |
| 14:30 | Charlotte | Walter Jones denies the turnaround by Anthony Griffin | 41-40 |
| 14:28 | UMass | Walter Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 41-40 |
| 14:11 | UMass | Kevin Fleming takes the ball from Todd Stamm | 41-40 |
| 13:58 | Charlotte | Mike Sabol connects on the jump hook from the left block | 43-40 |
| 13:47 | UMass | The short jumper by Roger Vizcarrondo is denied by Frederic Snelson | 43-40 |
| 13:45 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson grabs the board | 43-40 |
| 13:22 | Charlotte | Walter Jones steals the ball from Mike Sabol | 43-40 |
| 13:08 | UMass | Walter Jones knocks in the jumper from the left side set up by Roger Vizcarrondo | 43-42 |
| 12:46 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming scores on a shot from the left block | 45-42 |
| 12:32 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 45-42 |
| 12:30 | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin gets the rebound | 45-42 |
| 12:11 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Anthony Griffin | 48-42 |
| 11:48 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 48-44 |
| Lineup | Charlotte | PG - David Williams (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Anthony Griffin (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Mike Sabol (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frederic Snelson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. C - Kevin Fleming (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Gilberto Rodriguez (fairly fresh) SG - Phillip Blalock (fairly fresh) 3 reb. SF - Roger Vizcarrondo (tiring) 29 pts. PF - Todd Stamm (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. C - Walter Jones (tiring) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:41 | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin misses the 3 from the left corner | 48-44 |
| 11:40 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson gets the offensive rebound | 48-44 |
| 11:27 | Charlotte | David Williams misses the floater from the right side | 48-44 |
| 11:26 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming hits the follow up shot | 50-44 |
| 11:07 | UMass | Frederic Snelson steals the ball from Roger Vizcarrondo | 50-44 |
| 10:48 | Charlotte | Mike Sabol misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 50-44 |
| 10:47 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming can't tip it in | 50-44 |
| 10:46 | UMass | The rebound goes to Todd Stamm | 50-44 |
| 10:37 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-44 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Harold Lucero (PG), Rickey Harris (SG), Jason Bethea (SF), Courtney Evans (PF), Walter Ryland (C) David Williams, Anthony Griffin, Mike Sabol, Frederic Snelson, Kevin Fleming | |
| Subs | UMass | Stephen Walker (PG), Bruce Carlson (SG), James Dobbins (SF), James Luedtke (PF), Gary Luke (C) Gilberto Rodriguez, Phillip Blalock, Roger Vizcarrondo, Todd Stamm, Walter Jones | |
| 10:26 | Charlotte | Rickey Harris misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 50-44 |
| 10:25 | UMass | James Luedtke grabs the defensive rebound | 50-44 |
| 10:00 | UMass | James Dobbins misses long on a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Harold Lucero - foul #2 on Harold Lucero, team foul #5 | 50-44 |
| 10:00 | UMass | James Dobbins misses the 1st free throw | 50-44 |
| 10:00 | UMass | James Dobbins misses the 2nd free throw | 50-44 |
| 10:00 | Charlotte | Courtney Evans gets the rebound | 50-44 |
| 09:44 | Charlotte | Rickey Harris is whistled for a carry | 50-44 |
| 09:34 | UMass | Bruce Carlson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 50-44 |
| 09:32 | UMass | Gary Luke grabs the offensive rebound | 50-44 |
| 09:17 | UMass | Bruce Carlson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 50-44 |
| 09:16 | UMass | James Dobbins hits the follow up shot | 50-46 |
| 08:55 | Charlotte | Rickey Harris misses the jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by James Luedtke - foul #1 on James Luedtke, team foul #2 | 50-46 |
| 08:55 | Charlotte | Rickey Harris makes the 1st free throw | 51-46 |
| 08:55 | Charlotte | Rickey Harris misses the 2nd free throw | 51-46 |
| 08:55 | UMass | Gary Luke snags the defensive board | 51-46 |
| 08:42 | UMass | Bruce Carlson buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 51-48 |
| 08:30 | Charlotte | James Luedtke swats the layup by Jason Bethea | 51-48 |
| 08:28 | UMass | Stephen Walker pulls down the rebound | 51-48 |
| 08:15 | UMass | Rickey Harris is called for the reach on Bruce Carlson - foul #1 on Rickey Harris, team foul #6 | 51-48 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin (SG), Kevin Fleming (C) Rickey Harris, Walter Ryland | |
| Subs | UMass | Walter Jones (C) Gary Luke | |
| 07:52 | UMass | Walter Jones is fouled on the floor by Kevin Fleming - foul #2 on Kevin Fleming, team foul #7 | 51-48 |
| Subs | Charlotte | | |
| Subs | UMass | Johnny Mayo (PG), Phillip Blalock (SG), Roger Vizcarrondo (SF), Todd Stamm (PF) Stephen Walker, Bruce Carlson, James Dobbins, James Luedtke | |
| 07:52 | UMass | Walter Jones misses the 1st free throw | 51-48 |
| 07:52 | Charlotte | Courtney Evans grabs the defensive rebound | 51-48 |
| Lineup | Charlotte | PG - Harold Lucero (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Anthony Griffin (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Jason Bethea (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Courtney Evans (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - Kevin Fleming (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Johnny Mayo (fresh) SG - Phillip Blalock (fairly fresh) 3 reb. SF - Roger Vizcarrondo (fairly fresh) 29 pts. PF - Todd Stamm (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. C - Walter Jones (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:37 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming loses the dribble to Johnny Mayo | 51-48 |
| 07:29 | UMass | Johnny Mayo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 51-48 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Anthony Cunniff (SF) Jason Bethea | |
| Subs | UMass | Gilberto Rodriguez (PG), Gary Luke (PF) Johnny Mayo, Todd Stamm | |
| 07:04 | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin is called for a charge - foul #4 on Anthony Griffin, team foul #8 | 51-48 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson (PF) Courtney Evans | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 06:38 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 51-48 |
| 06:36 | UMass | Walter Jones snags the offensive board | 51-48 |
| 06:12 | UMass | Walter Jones misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 51-48 |
| 06:11 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson pulls down the rebound | 51-48 |
| 05:51 | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 53-48 |
| 05:35 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 53-48 |
| 05:34 | UMass | Gilberto Rodriguez tips it in | 53-50 |
| 05:13 | Charlotte | Walter Jones picks off the pass by Harold Lucero | 53-50 |
| 04:57 | UMass | Walter Jones hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Phillip Blalock | 53-52 |
| 04:39 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 53-52 |
| 04:38 | UMass | Walter Jones pulls down the rebound | 53-52 |
| 04:38 | UMass | UMass calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-52 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Rickey Harris (SG), Jason Bethea (SF), Walter Ryland (C) Anthony Griffin, Anthony Cunniff, Kevin Fleming | |
| Subs | UMass | Stephen Walker (PG), Bruce Carlson (SG), Todd Stamm (PF) Gilberto Rodriguez, Phillip Blalock, Gary Luke | |
| 04:18 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 53-52 |
| 04:16 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson pulls down the rebound | 53-52 |
| 04:12 | Charlotte | Jason Bethea misses long on a floater from close range | 53-52 |
| 04:11 | UMass | Walter Jones gets the rebound | 53-52 |
| 03:53 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo's pass is intercepted by Frederic Snelson | 53-52 |
| Lineup | Charlotte | PG - Harold Lucero (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rickey Harris (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jason Bethea (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Frederic Snelson (fresh) 10 pts. 9 reb. 3 blk. 3 stl. C - Walter Ryland (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Stephen Walker (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Bruce Carlson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Roger Vizcarrondo (tiring) 29 pts. PF - Todd Stamm (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. C - Walter Jones (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 10 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:26 | Charlotte | Jason Bethea misses the lay-in | 53-52 |
| 03:24 | UMass | Walter Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 53-52 |
| 03:06 | UMass | Todd Stamm's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-52 |
| Subs | Charlotte | David Williams (PG), Courtney Evans (PF) Harold Lucero, Frederic Snelson | |
| Subs | UMass | James Dobbins (SF), Gary Luke (C) Roger Vizcarrondo, Walter Jones | |
| 02:42 | Charlotte | Bruce Carlson is called for the reach on Rickey Harris - foul #3 on Bruce Carlson, team foul #3 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin (SG) Rickey Harris | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 02:26 | Charlotte | Courtney Evans hits a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by David Williams | 55-52 |
| 02:26 | UMass | UMass calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-52 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Harold Lucero (PG), Frederic Snelson (PF) David Williams, Courtney Evans | |
| Subs | UMass | Phillip Blalock (SG), Roger Vizcarrondo (SF), Walter Jones (C) Bruce Carlson, James Dobbins, Gary Luke | |
| 02:14 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 55-52 |
| 02:13 | Charlotte | Walter Ryland grabs the board | 55-52 |
| 01:54 | Charlotte | Anthony Griffin misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 55-52 |
| 01:53 | Charlotte | Walter Ryland tips it back up and in | 57-52 |
| 01:28 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 57-52 |
| 01:27 | UMass | Walter Jones tips it but misses | 57-52 |
| 01:25 | UMass | Todd Stamm grabs the offensive rebound | 57-52 |
| 00:59 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 57-52 |
| 00:58 | Charlotte | Walter Ryland grabs the defensive rebound | 57-52 |
| Game Plan | Charlotte | Charlotte is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:37 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson can't connect on a floater from close range but he's fouled by Stephen Walker - foul #2 on Stephen Walker, team foul #4 | 57-52 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming (C) Walter Ryland | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 00:37 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson makes the 1st free throw | 58-52 |
| 00:37 | Charlotte | Frederic Snelson makes the 2nd free throw | 59-52 |
| Game Plan | Charlotte | Charlotte is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:30 | UMass | Phillip Blalock knocks in the 3 from straight away | 59-55 |
| Game Plan | Charlotte | Charlotte is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:27 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero is fouled in the backcourt by Stephen Walker - foul #3 on Stephen Walker, team foul #5 | 59-55 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Mike Sabol (SF) Jason Bethea | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 00:26 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming is fouled on the floor by Walter Jones - foul #3 on Walter Jones, team foul #6 | 59-55 |
| 00:25 | Charlotte | Stephen Walker is called for the reach on Harold Lucero - foul #4 on Stephen Walker, team foul #7 | 59-55 |
| 00:25 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero misses the 1st free throw | 59-55 |
| 00:25 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming gets the offensive rebound | 59-55 |
| 00:22 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming is fouled on the floor by Walter Jones - foul #4 on Walter Jones, team foul #8 | 59-55 |
| 00:22 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming makes the 1st free throw | 60-55 |
| 00:22 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming makes the 2nd free throw | 61-55 |
| 00:15 | UMass | Phillip Blalock misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 61-55 |
| 00:13 | UMass | Walter Jones pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-55 |
| 00:11 | UMass | Roger Vizcarrondo scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Stephen Walker | 61-58 |
| 00:10 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero is fouled in the backcourt by Stephen Walker - foul #5 on Stephen Walker, team foul #9 | 61-58 |
| Subs | Charlotte | | |
| Subs | UMass | Gilberto Rodriguez (PG) Stephen Walker | |
| 00:10 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero makes the 1st free throw | 62-58 |
| 00:10 | Charlotte | Harold Lucero makes the 2nd free throw | 63-58 |
| 00:06 | UMass | Phillip Blalock misses the 3 from the left corner | 63-58 |
| 00:04 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming pulls down the rebound | 63-58 |
| 00:03 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming is fouled in the backcourt by Gilberto Rodriguez - foul #1 on Gilberto Rodriguez, team foul #10 | 63-58 |
| Subs | Charlotte | Anthony Cunniff (SF) Mike Sabol | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 00:03 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming misses the 1st free throw | 63-58 |
| 00:03 | Charlotte | Kevin Fleming misses the 2nd free throw | 63-58 |
| 00:03 | UMass | The rebound goes to Todd Stamm | 63-58 |
| 00:00 | UMass | Todd Stamm misses short on a halfcourt shot | 63-58 |