| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Thornton (fresh) SG - Ricky Andersen (fresh) SF - Ronald Marquardt (fresh) PF - James Evans (fresh) C - Michael Watson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nevada | PG - Michael Ewert (fresh) SG - Leonard Dawe (fresh) SF - Eric Blatt (fresh) PF - Eric Gordan (fresh) C - Miguel Colon (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | New Mexico | Michael Watson wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | New Mexico | New Mexico is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Nevada | Nevada is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:53 | New Mexico | Michael Watson misses long on a floater from close range | 0-0 |
| 19:52 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | Nevada | Eric Blatt misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | New Mexico | Ronald Marquardt is hacked by Eric Blatt - foul #1 on Eric Blatt, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:15 | New Mexico | James Evans makes the shot from the left block on a nice dish by Ricky Andersen and the foul's on Eric Gordan - foul #1 on Eric Gordan, team foul #2 | 2-0 |
| 19:15 | New Mexico | James Evans makes the free throw | 3-0 |
| 18:54 | Nevada | Eric Blatt buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 3-3 |
| 18:35 | New Mexico | Michael Watson buries a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by James Evans | 5-3 |
| 18:15 | Nevada | Michael Ewert hits a fadeaway from the right wing set up by Eric Blatt | 5-5 |
| 18:03 | New Mexico | Michael Watson blows the layup but he's hacked by Miguel Colon - foul #1 on Miguel Colon, team foul #3 | 5-5 |
| 18:03 | New Mexico | Michael Watson misses the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 18:03 | New Mexico | Michael Watson makes the 2nd free throw | 6-5 |
| 17:45 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 6-5 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Philip Hankins (SG), Chris Abell (PF) Ricky Andersen, James Evans | |
| Subs | Nevada | | |
| 17:26 | New Mexico | John Thornton makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 9-5 |
| 17:11 | Nevada | Michael Ewert hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Leonard Dawe | 9-8 |
| 16:54 | New Mexico | Chris Abell drills a floater in the paint | 11-8 |
| 16:35 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 11-8 |
| 16:33 | New Mexico | John Thornton grabs the board | 11-8 |
| 16:29 | New Mexico | Leonard Dawe picks off the pass by Philip Hankins | 11-8 |
| 16:24 | Nevada | Michael Ewert lays it up and in on a nice dish by Leonard Dawe | 11-10 |
| 16:08 | New Mexico | John Thornton hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Eric Gordan - foul #2 on Eric Gordan, team foul #4 | 11-10 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen (SG), James Evans (PF) Philip Hankins, Michael Watson | |
| Subs | Nevada | Thomas Smith (PG), Troy Guillot (SG), Marijan Stodolski (PF), Mark Kim (C) Michael Ewert, Leonard Dawe, Eric Gordan, Miguel Colon | |
| 16:08 | New Mexico | John Thornton makes the 1st free throw | 12-10 |
| 16:08 | New Mexico | John Thornton makes the 2nd free throw | 13-10 |
| 15:53 | Nevada | James Evans picks off the pass by Marijan Stodolski | 13-10 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Thornton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Ricky Andersen (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ronald Marquardt (fairly fresh) PF - James Evans (fresh) 3 pts. C - Chris Abell (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Nevada | PG - Thomas Smith (fresh) SG - Troy Guillot (fresh) SF - Eric Blatt (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Marijan Stodolski (fresh) C - Mark Kim (fresh) | |
| 15:39 | New Mexico | James Evans misses the lay-in | 13-10 |
| 15:38 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski pulls down the rebound | 13-10 |
| 15:18 | Nevada | James Evans blocks the jumper by Marijan Stodolski | 13-10 |
| 15:17 | Nevada | Troy Guillot pulls down the offensive rebound | 13-10 |
| 15:01 | Nevada | Thomas Smith misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 13-10 |
| 14:59 | New Mexico | Chris Abell gets the rebound | 13-10 |
| 14:37 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen hits a 3 from the left corner set up by Ronald Marquardt | 16-10 |
| 14:27 | Nevada | Mark Kim misses the shot in the paint but he's fouled by Ronald Marquardt - foul #1 on Ronald Marquardt, team foul #1 | 16-10 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ted Donaldson (PG), Philip Hankins (SG), George Hoggan (SF), Michael Watson (C) John Thornton, Ricky Andersen, Ronald Marquardt, Chris Abell | |
| Subs | Nevada | Michael Ewert (PG), Leonard Dawe (SG), Miguel Colon (C) Troy Guillot, Eric Blatt, Marijan Stodolski | |
| 14:27 | Nevada | Mark Kim misses the 1st free throw | 16-10 |
| 14:27 | Nevada | Mark Kim misses the 2nd free throw | 16-10 |
| 14:27 | Nevada | Miguel Colon pulls down the offensive rebound | 16-10 |
| 14:19 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe knocks in the floater in the lane | 16-12 |
| 14:09 | New Mexico | Michael Watson hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 16-12 |
| 14:08 | New Mexico | Michael Watson grabs the offensive board | 16-12 |
| 13:47 | New Mexico | Philip Hankins is whistled for a carry | 16-12 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski (PF) Mark Kim | |
| 13:33 | Nevada | Thomas Smith buries a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Miguel Colon | 16-14 |
| 13:17 | New Mexico | Michael Watson makes the turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Philip Hankins | 18-14 |
| 12:57 | Nevada | Thomas Smith makes the jumper from the left wing | 18-16 |
| 12:47 | New Mexico | Michael Watson blows the layup | 18-16 |
| 12:46 | Nevada | Miguel Colon snags the defensive board | 18-16 |
| 12:27 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski's layup is rejected by James Evans | 18-16 |
| 12:25 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski gets the offensive rebound | 18-16 |
| 12:08 | Nevada | Thomas Smith misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 18-16 |
| 12:07 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe grabs the offensive board | 18-16 |
| 11:59 | Nevada | Miguel Colon hits a jump hook in the lane set up by Michael Ewert | 18-18 |
| 11:41 | New Mexico | Ted Donaldson misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 18-18 |
| 11:40 | Nevada | Miguel Colon grabs the board | 18-18 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - Ted Donaldson (fresh) SG - Philip Hankins (fresh) 1 ast. SF - George Hoggan (fresh) PF - James Evans (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. C - Michael Watson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Nevada | PG - Michael Ewert (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Leonard Dawe (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Smith (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Marijan Stodolski (fresh) 2 reb. C - Miguel Colon (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:21 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe comes up short on the floater from the left side | 18-18 |
| 11:19 | New Mexico | James Evans grabs the defensive rebound | 18-18 |
| 11:00 | New Mexico | Philip Hankins can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 18-18 |
| 10:58 | New Mexico | James Evans tips it back up and in | 20-18 |
| 10:38 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 20-18 |
| 10:37 | Nevada | Michael Ewert hits the follow up shot | 20-20 |
| 10:23 | New Mexico | Ted Donaldson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 20-20 |
| 10:21 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe gets the rebound | 20-20 |
| 09:57 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe throws a bad pass out of bounds | 20-20 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Thornton (PG), Ricky Andersen (SG), Ronald Marquardt (SF), Chris Abell (PF), Christopher Gladney (C) Ted Donaldson, Philip Hankins, George Hoggan, James Evans, Michael Watson | |
| Subs | Nevada | Troy Guillot (PG), Gary Ayoub (SG), Eric Blatt (SF), Charles Giles (PF), Mark Kim (C) Michael Ewert, Leonard Dawe, Thomas Smith, Marijan Stodolski, Miguel Colon | |
| 09:46 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen knocks in the jumper from the left wing set up by John Thornton | 22-20 |
| 09:34 | Nevada | Troy Guillot hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 22-23 |
| 09:21 | New Mexico | John Thornton misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 22-23 |
| 09:19 | Nevada | Mark Kim snags the defensive board | 22-23 |
| 08:53 | Nevada | Charles Giles misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 22-23 |
| 08:52 | New Mexico | Ronald Marquardt grabs the defensive rebound | 22-23 |
| 08:37 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen loses the ball out of bounds | 22-23 |
| Subs | New Mexico | | |
| Subs | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski (PF) Charles Giles | |
| 08:28 | Nevada | Eric Blatt loses the dribble to Ricky Andersen | 22-23 |
| 08:23 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by John Thornton | 25-23 |
| 08:03 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 25-23 |
| 08:02 | New Mexico | Chris Abell gets the rebound | 25-23 |
| 07:34 | New Mexico | Chris Abell hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 25-23 |
| 07:33 | New Mexico | The offensive rebound goes to Chris Abell | 25-23 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Thornton (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ricky Andersen (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ronald Marquardt (fairly fresh) PF - Chris Abell (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Christopher Gladney (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nevada | PG - Troy Guillot (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Gary Ayoub (fresh) SF - Eric Blatt (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Marijan Stodolski (fresh) 2 reb. C - Mark Kim (fresh) | |
| 07:12 | New Mexico | John Thornton misses the 3pt attempt from straight away but he's fouled by Mark Kim - foul #1 on Mark Kim, team foul #5 | 25-23 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Philip Hankins (SG), James Evans (PF), Michael Watson (C) Ricky Andersen, Chris Abell, Christopher Gladney | |
| Subs | Nevada | Michael Ewert (PG), Leonard Dawe (SG), Miguel Colon (C) Troy Guillot, Gary Ayoub, Mark Kim | |
| 07:12 | New Mexico | John Thornton makes the 1st free throw | 26-23 |
| 07:12 | New Mexico | John Thornton makes the 2nd free throw | 27-23 |
| 07:12 | New Mexico | John Thornton misses the 3rd free throw | 27-23 |
| 07:12 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe gets the rebound | 27-23 |
| 06:43 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski clanks a fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by James Evans - foul #1 on James Evans, team foul #2 | 27-23 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ted Donaldson (PG) John Thornton | |
| Subs | Nevada | | |
| 06:43 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski misses the 1st free throw | 27-23 |
| 06:43 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski makes the 2nd free throw | 27-24 |
| 06:29 | New Mexico | Philip Hankins makes the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Ted Donaldson | 30-24 |
| 06:24 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 30-24 |
| 06:23 | New Mexico | Ronald Marquardt grabs the defensive rebound | 30-24 |
| 06:14 | New Mexico | Philip Hankins makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 33-24 |
| 05:59 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Michael Watson - foul #1 on Michael Watson, team foul #3 | 33-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen (PG) Ted Donaldson | |
| Subs | Nevada | Thomas Smith (SF), Mark Kim (PF) Eric Blatt, Marijan Stodolski | |
| 05:59 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe misses the 1st free throw | 33-24 |
| 05:59 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe misses the 2nd free throw | 33-24 |
| 05:59 | New Mexico | James Evans grabs the board | 33-24 |
| 05:53 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 33-24 |
| 05:41 | Nevada | Michael Watson steals the ball from Miguel Colon | 33-24 |
| 05:24 | New Mexico | Mark Kim blocks the short jumper by James Evans | 33-24 |
| 05:23 | New Mexico | James Evans misses the tip | 33-24 |
| 05:22 | New Mexico | Ronald Marquardt gets the offensive rebound | 33-24 |
| 05:07 | New Mexico | James Evans is fouled on the floor by Mark Kim - foul #2 on Mark Kim, team foul #6 | 33-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Thornton (PG), Chris Abell (PF) Philip Hankins, James Evans | |
| Subs | Nevada | Eric Blatt (SF), Charles Giles (PF) Thomas Smith, Mark Kim | |
| 04:45 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen is hacked by Leonard Dawe - foul #1 on Leonard Dawe, team foul #7 | 33-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | George Hoggan (SF), Christopher Gladney (C) Ronald Marquardt, Michael Watson | |
| Subs | Nevada | | |
| 04:45 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen makes the 1st free throw | 34-24 |
| 04:45 | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen makes the 2nd free throw | 35-24 |
| 04:27 | Nevada | Charles Giles misses the 3 from the right wing | 35-24 |
| 04:26 | New Mexico | George Hoggan snags the defensive board | 35-24 |
| 04:06 | New Mexico | Christopher Gladney makes the turnaround in the lane and he's hacked by Michael Ewert - foul #1 on Michael Ewert, team foul #8 | 37-24 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Philip Hankins (SG) Ricky Andersen | |
| Subs | Nevada | Thomas Smith (SG), Marijan Stodolski (PF) Leonard Dawe, Charles Giles | |
| 04:06 | New Mexico | Christopher Gladney makes the free throw | 38-24 |
| 03:44 | Nevada | Eric Blatt misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 38-24 |
| 03:42 | New Mexico | John Thornton gets the rebound | 38-24 |
| 03:27 | New Mexico | Philip Hankins clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 38-24 |
| 03:25 | Nevada | The rebound goes to Michael Ewert | 38-24 |
| Lineup | New Mexico | PG - John Thornton (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Philip Hankins (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Hoggan (fresh) PF - Chris Abell (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Christopher Gladney (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Nevada | PG - Michael Ewert (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Smith (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Eric Blatt (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Marijan Stodolski (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Miguel Colon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:21 | Nevada | Thomas Smith knocks in the jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Michael Ewert and he's hacked by Chris Abell - foul #1 on Chris Abell, team foul #4 | 38-26 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ronald Marquardt (SF), Michael Watson (C) George Hoggan, Christopher Gladney | |
| Subs | Nevada | Troy Guillot (SG), Eric Gordan (PF) Michael Ewert, Miguel Colon | |
| 03:21 | Nevada | Thomas Smith makes the free throw | 38-27 |
| 02:55 | New Mexico | Chris Abell is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Chris Abell, team foul #5 | 38-27 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ted Donaldson (PG), James Evans (PF) John Thornton, Chris Abell | |
| Subs | Nevada | Gary Ayoub (SF) Eric Blatt | |
| 02:41 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski is hacked by Michael Watson - foul #2 on Michael Watson, team foul #6 | 38-27 |
| Subs | New Mexico | Ricky Andersen (PG) Ted Donaldson | |
| Subs | Nevada | Leonard Dawe (SG) Troy Guillot | |
| 02:22 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-27 |
| 02:20 | New Mexico | Michael Watson snags the defensive board | 38-27 |
| 02:00 | New Mexico | James Evans clanks a jumper from the left wing | 38-27 |
| 01:58 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski grabs the defensive rebound | 38-27 |
| 01:54 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Thomas Smith | 38-29 |
| 01:36 | New Mexico | Gary Ayoub takes the ball from Michael Watson | 38-29 |
| 01:20 | Nevada | Leonard Dawe makes the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas Smith | 38-31 |
| 01:10 | New Mexico | Michael Watson misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 38-31 |
| 01:09 | Nevada | Eric Gordan grabs the board | 38-31 |
| 00:53 | Nevada | Marijan Stodolski can't finish the layup | 38-31 |
| 00:52 | Nevada | Thomas Smith tips it back up and in | 38-33 |
| 00:47 | New Mexico | Philip Hankins hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 38-33 |
| 00:46 | Nevada | Eric Gordan grabs the defensive rebound | 38-33 |
| 00:44 | Nevada | Ricky Andersen steals the ball from Thomas Smith in the backcourt | 38-33 |
| 00:28 | New Mexico | Michael Watson connects on the runner near the basket and he's fouled by Marijan Stodolski - foul #1 on Marijan Stodolski, team foul #9 | 40-33 |
| Subs | New Mexico | John Thornton (PG), George Hoggan (SF), Chris Abell (PF) Philip Hankins, Ronald Marquardt, James Evans | |
| Subs | Nevada | Michael Ewert (PG), Troy Guillot (SG), Eric Blatt (SF), Miguel Colon (C) Thomas Smith, Leonard Dawe, Gary Ayoub, Marijan Stodolski | |
| 00:28 | New Mexico | Michael Watson makes the free throw | 41-33 |
| 00:02 | Nevada | Miguel Colon clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 41-33 |
| 00:00 | New Mexico | Chris Abell gets the rebound | 41-33 |