| Lineup | Canisius | PG - Kurt Counts (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Nelson (fresh) 4 pts. SF - James Beaty (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Leftwich (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Jason Earl (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Gary Cox (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Linwood Shimer (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. SF - Ross Bernard (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Ricky Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Tucker (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| 20:00 | Duke | Ross Bernard inbounds the ball | 36-31 |
| Game Plan | Canisius | Canisius is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:41 | Duke | Ross Bernard is whistled for traveling | 36-31 |
| 19:22 | Canisius | Kurt Counts comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Gary Cox - foul #2 on Gary Cox, team foul #1 | 36-31 |
| 19:22 | Canisius | Kurt Counts makes the 1st free throw | 37-31 |
| 19:22 | Canisius | Kurt Counts makes the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 19:22 | Canisius | Kurt Counts makes the 3rd free throw | 39-31 |
| 18:53 | Duke | James Beaty is called for the reach on Ross Bernard - foul #1 on James Beaty, team foul #1 | 39-31 |
| 18:36 | Duke | Linwood Shimer misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Jason Earl - foul #2 on Jason Earl, team foul #2 | 39-31 |
| 18:36 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 1st free throw | 39-32 |
| 18:36 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 2nd free throw | 39-33 |
| 18:19 | Canisius | Jason Earl banks in the layup | 41-33 |
| 17:53 | Duke | Robert Tucker can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 41-33 |
| 17:52 | Canisius | James Leftwich pulls down the rebound | 41-33 |
| 17:31 | Canisius | David Nelson comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-33 |
| 17:29 | Duke | The rebound goes to Ross Bernard | 41-33 |
| 17:09 | Duke | James Leftwich steals it from Robert Tucker | 41-33 |
| 17:02 | Canisius | Kurt Counts loses the dribble to Linwood Shimer in the backcourt | 41-33 |
| 16:40 | Duke | Ricky Brown misses long on a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by James Beaty - foul #2 on James Beaty, team foul #3 | 41-33 |
| Subs | Canisius | John Brown (PG), John Bear (SG), Michael Markowitz (SF), John Artman (PF), Timothy Anderson (C) Kurt Counts, David Nelson, James Beaty, James Leftwich, Jason Earl | |
| Subs | Duke | James Little (SG), Matt Leach (SF), Richard Roosevelt (C) Linwood Shimer, Ross Bernard, Robert Tucker | |
| 16:40 | Duke | Ricky Brown misses the 1st free throw | 41-33 |
| 16:40 | Duke | Ricky Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 41-34 |
| 16:23 | Canisius | Michael Markowitz comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 41-34 |
| 16:22 | Canisius | John Artman misses the tip | 41-34 |
| 16:21 | Canisius | The offensive rebound goes to Timothy Anderson | 41-34 |
| 15:58 | Canisius | John Bear misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 41-34 |
| 15:56 | Duke | Richard Roosevelt gets the rebound | 41-34 |
| Lineup | Canisius | PG - John Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Bear (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Markowitz (fresh) PF - John Artman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Timothy Anderson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Gary Cox (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Little (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Matt Leach (fresh) PF - Ricky Brown (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Roosevelt (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Duke | John Brown is called for the reach on Matt Leach - foul #1 on John Brown, team foul #4 | 41-34 |
| Subs | Canisius | Cletus Tyler (SF), James Leftwich (PF), Jason Earl (C) Michael Markowitz, John Artman, Timothy Anderson | |
| Subs | Duke | Linwood Shimer (SG), Ross Bernard (SF), Oscar Silva (PF) Gary Cox, Matt Leach, Ricky Brown | |
| 15:19 | Duke | Ross Bernard is denied on a layup by James Leftwich | 41-34 |
| 15:17 | Duke | Richard Roosevelt snags the offensive board | 41-34 |
| 14:50 | Duke | Linwood Shimer double dribbles | 41-34 |
| Subs | Canisius | Kurt Counts (PG), David Nelson (SG), James Beaty (SF) John Brown, John Bear, Cletus Tyler | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Tucker (C) Richard Roosevelt | |
| 14:27 | Canisius | Kurt Counts can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 41-34 |
| 14:25 | Duke | James Little grabs the defensive rebound | 41-34 |
| 14:06 | Duke | Robert Tucker buries a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Ross Bernard and he's fouled by Jason Earl - foul #3 on Jason Earl, team foul #5 | 41-36 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Duke | Gary Cox (PG) James Little | |
| 14:06 | Duke | Robert Tucker makes the free throw | 41-37 |
| 13:53 | Canisius | James Leftwich can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 41-37 |
| 13:51 | Duke | Linwood Shimer pulls down the rebound | 41-37 |
| 13:31 | Duke | Linwood Shimer comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 41-37 |
| 13:30 | Canisius | James Beaty gets the rebound | 41-37 |
| 13:24 | Canisius | Kurt Counts misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 41-37 |
| 13:22 | Canisius | The offensive rebound goes to Jason Earl | 41-37 |
| 13:06 | Canisius | James Leftwich's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-37 |
| Subs | Canisius | Cletus Tyler (SF), John Artman (PF), Timothy Anderson (C) James Beaty, James Leftwich, Jason Earl | |
| Subs | Duke | James Little (SG), Matt Leach (SF) Linwood Shimer, Ross Bernard | |
| 12:48 | Duke | Robert Tucker connects on the jump hook from the left block | 41-39 |
| 12:41 | Canisius | Cletus Tyler loses the ball out of bounds | 41-39 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Roosevelt (C) Robert Tucker | |
| 12:28 | Duke | Oscar Silva can't connect on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Cletus Tyler - foul #4 on Cletus Tyler, team foul #6 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Canisius | John Brown (PG), Michael Markowitz (SF) Kurt Counts, Cletus Tyler | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 12:28 | Duke | Oscar Silva makes the 1st free throw | 41-40 |
| 12:28 | Duke | Oscar Silva misses the 2nd free throw | 41-40 |
| 12:28 | Canisius | John Artman snags the defensive board | 41-40 |
| 12:05 | Canisius | Michael Markowitz misses long on a jumper from the left side | 41-40 |
| 12:04 | Duke | Richard Roosevelt snags the defensive board | 41-40 |
| 11:38 | Duke | Gary Cox misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 41-40 |
| 11:37 | Canisius | The rebound goes to Michael Markowitz | 41-40 |
| Lineup | Canisius | PG - John Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Nelson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Michael Markowitz (fresh) PF - John Artman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Timothy Anderson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Gary Cox (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Little (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Matt Leach (fresh) PF - Oscar Silva (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Roosevelt (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 11:31 | Canisius | David Nelson loses the ball out of bounds | 41-40 |
| Subs | Canisius | John Bear (SG), James Beaty (SF), James Leftwich (PF), Jason Earl (C) David Nelson, Michael Markowitz, John Artman, Timothy Anderson | |
| Subs | Duke | Linwood Shimer (SG), Ross Bernard (SF), Ricky Brown (PF) Gary Cox, Matt Leach, Oscar Silva | |
| 11:19 | Duke | Richard Roosevelt's floater is tipped away by James Leftwich | 41-40 |
| 11:18 | Canisius | Jason Earl grabs the board | 41-40 |
| 11:11 | Canisius | James Beaty hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by John Brown | 44-40 |
| 10:47 | Duke | Linwood Shimer hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane | 44-40 |
| 10:46 | Duke | James Little snags the offensive board | 44-40 |
| 10:24 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 44-42 |
| 10:11 | Canisius | James Leftwich misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 44-42 |
| 10:10 | Canisius | The offensive rebound goes to Jason Earl | 44-42 |
| 09:53 | Canisius | James Leftwich hits the finger roll on a great pass from John Bear | 46-42 |
| 09:27 | Duke | Linwood Shimer comes up short on the jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by John Brown - foul #2 on John Brown, team foul #7 | 46-42 |
| Subs | Canisius | Kurt Counts (PG), David Nelson (SG), Timothy Anderson (SF) John Brown, John Bear, James Beaty | |
| Subs | Duke | Gary Cox (PG), Robert Tucker (C) James Little, Richard Roosevelt | |
| 09:27 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 1st free throw | 46-43 |
| 09:27 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 2nd free throw | 46-44 |
| 09:04 | Canisius | Ross Bernard is called for the reach on David Nelson - foul #2 on Ross Bernard, team foul #2 | 46-44 |
| Subs | Canisius | Michael Markowitz (SF) Jason Earl | |
| Subs | Duke | Matt Leach (SF), Oscar Silva (PF) Ross Bernard, Ricky Brown | |
| 08:55 | Canisius | David Nelson clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 46-44 |
| 08:53 | Duke | The rebound goes to Matt Leach | 46-44 |
| 08:30 | Duke | Gary Cox is whistled for a carry | 46-44 |
| Subs | Canisius | John Artman (PF) James Leftwich | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Labarre (SG) Linwood Shimer | |
| 08:11 | Canisius | Kurt Counts can't finish the layup but the foul's on Matt Leach - foul #1 on Matt Leach, team foul #3 | 46-44 |
| 08:11 | Canisius | Kurt Counts makes the 1st free throw | 47-44 |
| 08:11 | Canisius | Kurt Counts makes the 2nd free throw | 48-44 |
| 07:52 | Duke | Richard Labarre knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away | 48-47 |
| 07:28 | Canisius | Kurt Counts misses long on a shot from the left side | 48-47 |
| 07:27 | Duke | Oscar Silva grabs the defensive rebound | 48-47 |
| Lineup | Canisius | PG - Kurt Counts (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Nelson (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Michael Markowitz (fresh) PF - John Artman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Timothy Anderson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Gary Cox (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Labarre (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Matt Leach (fresh) PF - Oscar Silva (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Tucker (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:07 | Duke | Oscar Silva hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 48-47 |
| 07:06 | Canisius | John Artman snags the defensive board | 48-47 |
| 06:58 | Canisius | David Nelson clanks a driving attempt in the lane | 48-47 |
| 06:56 | Canisius | Kurt Counts snags the offensive board | 48-47 |
| 06:40 | Canisius | David Nelson hits a 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Kurt Counts | 51-47 |
| 06:14 | Duke | Richard Labarre misses badly on a jumper from the right wing but the foul's on David Nelson - foul #3 on David Nelson, team foul #8 | 51-47 |
| Subs | Canisius | John Brown (PG), John Bear (SG), James Beaty (SF), James Leftwich (PF), Jason Earl (C) Kurt Counts, David Nelson, Michael Markowitz, John Artman, Timothy Anderson | |
| Subs | Duke | Linwood Shimer (SG), Ross Bernard (SF), Ricky Brown (PF), Richard Roosevelt (C) Gary Cox, Matt Leach, Oscar Silva, Robert Tucker | |
| 06:14 | Duke | Richard Labarre makes the 1st free throw | 51-48 |
| 06:14 | Duke | Richard Labarre makes the 2nd free throw | 51-49 |
| 05:47 | Canisius | Jason Earl is hacked by Ross Bernard - foul #3 on Ross Bernard, team foul #4 | 51-49 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Duke | James Little (PG) Richard Labarre | |
| 05:26 | Canisius | James Beaty buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by James Leftwich | 54-49 |
| 05:04 | Duke | Linwood Shimer is fouled on the floor by John Bear - foul #1 on John Bear, team foul #9 | 54-49 |
| Subs | Canisius | Kurt Counts (PG), David Nelson (SG) John Brown, John Bear | |
| Subs | Duke | Gary Cox (PG) James Little | |
| 05:04 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 1st free throw | 54-50 |
| 05:04 | Duke | Linwood Shimer misses the 2nd free throw | 54-50 |
| 05:04 | Canisius | James Leftwich gets the rebound | 54-50 |
| 04:55 | Canisius | Ross Bernard picks off the pass by David Nelson | 54-50 |
| 04:32 | Duke | Linwood Shimer can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 54-50 |
| 04:31 | Duke | Ricky Brown tips it back up and in | 54-52 |
| 04:26 | Canisius | David Nelson misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 54-52 |
| 04:25 | Canisius | Jason Earl can't tip it in | 54-52 |
| 04:24 | Duke | Ross Bernard pulls down the rebound | 54-52 |
| 03:55 | Duke | Linwood Shimer misses short on a floater from the left wing | 54-52 |
| 03:53 | Duke | Linwood Shimer grabs the offensive rebound | 54-52 |
| 03:26 | Duke | Richard Roosevelt throws a bad pass out of bounds | 54-52 |
| Subs | Canisius | John Brown (PG), Cletus Tyler (SF) Kurt Counts, James Beaty | |
| Subs | Duke | Oscar Silva (PF), Robert Tucker (C) Ricky Brown, Richard Roosevelt | |
| Lineup | Canisius | PG - John Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Nelson (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SF - Cletus Tyler (fresh) 4 pf. PF - James Leftwich (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Jason Earl (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Gary Cox (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Linwood Shimer (fresh) 17 pts. 3 stl. SF - Ross Bernard (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Oscar Silva (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Tucker (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 03:15 | Canisius | James Leftwich is fouled on the floor by Oscar Silva - foul #2 on Oscar Silva, team foul #5 | 54-52 |
| 02:55 | Canisius | John Brown makes the jumpshot from the left side | 56-52 |
| 02:31 | Duke | Oscar Silva knocks in the driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Gary Cox | 56-54 |
| 02:31 | Canisius | Canisius calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-54 |
| Subs | Canisius | Kurt Counts (PG), James Beaty (SF) John Brown, Cletus Tyler | |
| Subs | Duke | Ricky Brown (PF) Oscar Silva | |
| 02:18 | Canisius | Jason Earl's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Tucker | 56-54 |
| 02:17 | Duke | Robert Tucker snags the defensive board | 56-54 |
| 02:12 | Duke | Gary Cox's pass is intercepted by Kurt Counts in the backcourt | 56-54 |
| 02:11 | Canisius | David Nelson banks in the layup on a great pass from Kurt Counts | 58-54 |
| 01:52 | Duke | Linwood Shimer misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 58-54 |
| 01:50 | Canisius | Jason Earl grabs the defensive rebound | 58-54 |
| 01:45 | Canisius | Kurt Counts clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 58-54 |
| 01:44 | Duke | The rebound goes to Robert Tucker | 58-54 |
| 01:29 | Duke | Linwood Shimer is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Linwood Shimer, team foul #6 | 58-54 |
| 01:06 | Canisius | David Nelson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 58-54 |
| 01:05 | Duke | Ross Bernard grabs the board | 58-54 |
| 00:36 | Duke | Robert Tucker hits a turnaround from the left block | 58-56 |
| Game Plan | Canisius | Canisius is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:35 | Canisius | Jason Earl is hacked by Gary Cox in the backcourt - foul #3 on Gary Cox, team foul #7 | 58-56 |
| 00:35 | Canisius | Jason Earl makes the 1st free throw | 59-56 |
| 00:35 | Canisius | Jason Earl makes the 2nd free throw | 60-56 |
| Game Plan | Canisius | Canisius is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:29 | Duke | Ross Bernard makes the shot from the free throw line set up by Gary Cox | 60-58 |
| 00:27 | Canisius | Linwood Shimer is called for the reach on Jason Earl in the backcourt - foul #2 on Linwood Shimer, team foul #8 | 60-58 |
| 00:27 | Canisius | Jason Earl makes the 1st free throw | 61-58 |
| 00:27 | Canisius | Jason Earl makes the 2nd free throw | 62-58 |
| 00:20 | Duke | Linwood Shimer misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 62-58 |
| 00:19 | Canisius | James Leftwich grabs the board | 62-58 |
| 00:17 | Canisius | James Leftwich is hacked by Gary Cox in the backcourt - foul #4 on Gary Cox, team foul #9 | 62-58 |
| 00:17 | Canisius | James Leftwich makes the 1st free throw | 63-58 |
| 00:17 | Canisius | James Leftwich makes the 2nd free throw | 64-58 |
| 00:12 | Duke | David Nelson is called for the reach on Linwood Shimer - foul #4 on David Nelson, team foul #10 | 64-58 |
| 00:12 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 1st free throw | 64-59 |
| 00:12 | Duke | Linwood Shimer makes the 2nd free throw | 64-60 |
| 00:11 | Canisius | James Leftwich is fouled in the backcourt by Gary Cox - foul #5 on Gary Cox, team foul #10 | 64-60 |
| Subs | Canisius | | |
| Subs | Duke | James Little (PG) Gary Cox | |
| 00:11 | Canisius | James Leftwich misses the 1st free throw | 64-60 |
| 00:11 | Canisius | James Leftwich makes the 2nd free throw | 65-60 |
| 00:05 | Duke | Linwood Shimer misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 65-60 |
| 00:03 | Canisius | Jason Earl grabs the defensive rebound | 65-60 |
| 00:02 | Canisius | Jason Earl is hacked by James Little in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Little, team foul #11 | 65-60 |
| Subs | Canisius | Cletus Tyler (SF) James Beaty | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 00:02 | Canisius | Jason Earl misses the 1st free throw | 65-60 |
| 00:02 | Canisius | Jason Earl makes the 2nd free throw | 66-60 |
| 00:00 | Duke | James Little clanks a halfcourt shot | 66-60 |