| Lineup | Akron | PG - Leonardo Russo (fresh) SG - Walter Fedler (fresh) SF - David Brown (fresh) 2 stl. PF - Luis Davis (fresh) 2 reb. C - Bernard Pucci (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - Frederick Niewieroski (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Denney (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Ronald Godfrey (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Thomas Saine (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Freddy McCurty (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Pepperdine | Ronald Godfrey inbounds the ball | 13-22 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pepperdine | Pepperdine is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:37 | Pepperdine | James Denney misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 13-22 |
| 19:35 | Akron | Bernard Pucci grabs the board | 13-22 |
| 19:13 | Akron | Luis Davis is hacked by Thomas Saine - foul #3 on Thomas Saine, team foul #1 | 13-22 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack (PF) Thomas Saine | |
| 18:51 | Akron | Bernard Pucci connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Luis Davis | 16-22 |
| 18:28 | Pepperdine | Luis Davis is called for the reach on James Denney - foul #1 on Luis Davis, team foul #1 | 16-22 |
| 18:15 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Denney and he's fouled by Walter Fedler - foul #3 on Walter Fedler, team foul #2 | 16-24 |
| Subs | Akron | Zachary Overbey (SG) Walter Fedler | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | | |
| 18:15 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski makes the free throw | 16-25 |
| 17:58 | Akron | Zachary Overbey loses the ball out of bounds | 16-25 |
| 17:51 | Pepperdine | David Brown is called for the reach on James Denney - foul #2 on David Brown, team foul #3 | 16-25 |
| 17:31 | Pepperdine | James Denney drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Frederick Niewieroski | 16-28 |
| 17:11 | Akron | Luis Davis scores on a driving attempt in the paint on a nice dish by Zachary Overbey | 18-28 |
| 16:55 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski is fouled on the floor by Leonardo Russo - foul #1 on Leonardo Russo, team foul #4 | 18-28 |
| Subs | Akron | Michael Marshall (PG), Matthew Gasser (SF), Herbert Jones (PF), Marvin Harrison (C) Leonardo Russo, David Brown, Luis Davis, Bernard Pucci | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | John Kell (PG), Larry Gould (C) Frederick Niewieroski, Freddy McCurty | |
| 16:32 | Pepperdine | James Denney makes the jumper from close range on a great pass from John Kell | 18-30 |
| 16:18 | Akron | Matthew Gasser throws a bad pass out of bounds | 18-30 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander (SG), Lester Bowman (PF) James Denney, Daniel Pack | |
| 16:03 | Pepperdine | Matthew Gasser is called for the reach on Ronald Godfrey - foul #1 on Matthew Gasser, team foul #5 | 18-30 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | David Dalzell (SG) Ronald Godfrey | |
| 15:38 | Pepperdine | Lester Bowman misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Matthew Gasser - foul #2 on Matthew Gasser, team foul #6 | 18-30 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Fedler (SG), Luis Davis (PF), Bernard Pucci (C) Zachary Overbey, Matthew Gasser, Marvin Harrison | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski (PG), Thomas Saine (PF) John Kell, David Dalzell | |
| 15:38 | Pepperdine | Lester Bowman makes the 1st free throw | 18-31 |
| 15:38 | Pepperdine | Lester Bowman makes the 2nd free throw | 18-32 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Michael Marshall (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Walter Fedler (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Herbert Jones (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Luis Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Bernard Pucci (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - Frederick Niewieroski (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Alexander (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Lester Bowman (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Thomas Saine (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Larry Gould (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:31 | Akron | Bernard Pucci blows the layup but he's fouled by Larry Gould - foul #2 on Larry Gould, team foul #2 | 18-32 |
| Subs | Akron | David Brown (SF) Herbert Jones | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | John Kell (SG), Freddy McCurty (C) Lester Bowman, Larry Gould | |
| 15:31 | Akron | Bernard Pucci makes the 1st free throw | 19-32 |
| 15:31 | Akron | Bernard Pucci makes the 2nd free throw | 20-32 |
| 15:08 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Kenneth Alexander | 20-35 |
| 14:57 | Akron | Bernard Pucci misses short on a 3 from straight away | 20-35 |
| 14:56 | Akron | David Brown misses the tip | 20-35 |
| 14:54 | Pepperdine | Thomas Saine grabs the board | 20-35 |
| 14:39 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 20-35 |
| 14:38 | Pepperdine | Freddy McCurty tips it back up and in | 20-37 |
| 14:25 | Akron | Luis Davis misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 20-37 |
| 14:23 | Pepperdine | Thomas Saine pulls down the rebound | 20-37 |
| 14:10 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 20-37 |
| 14:08 | Pepperdine | Freddy McCurty tips it but misses | 20-37 |
| 14:07 | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander gets the offensive rebound | 20-37 |
| 13:49 | Pepperdine | Thomas Saine's layup is rejected by David Brown | 20-37 |
| 13:48 | Akron | David Brown grabs the board | 20-37 |
| 13:36 | Akron | Walter Fedler knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Luis Davis | 23-37 |
| 13:16 | Pepperdine | Freddy McCurty makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 23-39 |
| 12:56 | Akron | Bernard Pucci hits a shot near the basket | 25-39 |
| 12:41 | Pepperdine | David Brown steps in front of the Kenneth Alexander pass | 25-39 |
| 12:17 | Akron | Bernard Pucci's fadeaway is rejected by Kenneth Alexander | 25-39 |
| 12:15 | Pepperdine | Freddy McCurty pulls down the rebound | 25-39 |
| 11:58 | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 25-39 |
| 11:56 | Akron | Luis Davis grabs the defensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 11:52 | Akron | Michael Marshall makes the jumpshot from the free throw line | 27-39 |
| 11:34 | Pepperdine | John Kell hits a 3 from straight away set up by Frederick Niewieroski | 27-42 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Michael Marshall (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Walter Fedler (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - David Brown (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Luis Davis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Bernard Pucci (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - Frederick Niewieroski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Kell (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Alexander (fairly fresh) 3 ast. PF - Thomas Saine (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. C - Freddy McCurty (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:17 | Akron | Luis Davis misses the easy layup | 27-42 |
| 11:15 | Akron | Luis Davis tips it home | 29-42 |
| 11:01 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski is hacked by Michael Marshall - foul #2 on Michael Marshall, team foul #7 | 29-42 |
| Subs | Akron | Leonardo Russo (PG), Zachary Overbey (SG), Matthew Gasser (SF), Herbert Jones (PF), Marvin Harrison (C) Michael Marshall, Walter Fedler, David Brown, Luis Davis, Bernard Pucci | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | James Denney (SG), Ronald Godfrey (SF), Daniel Pack (PF), Larry Gould (C) John Kell, Kenneth Alexander, Thomas Saine, Freddy McCurty | |
| 11:01 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski makes the 1st free throw | 29-43 |
| 11:01 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski misses the 2nd free throw | 29-43 |
| 11:01 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack grabs the offensive rebound | 29-43 |
| 10:48 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski hits a 3pt shot from straight away | 29-46 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pepperdine | Pepperdine is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:36 | Akron | Matthew Gasser misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 29-46 |
| 10:35 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack grabs the defensive rebound | 29-46 |
| 10:24 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 29-48 |
| 10:07 | Akron | Matthew Gasser throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-48 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | John Beach (PG) Frederick Niewieroski | |
| 09:44 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack misses the fadeaway from the right side but the foul's on Herbert Jones - foul #2 on Herbert Jones, team foul #8 | 29-48 |
| 09:44 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack makes the 1st free throw | 29-49 |
| 09:44 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack misses the 2nd free throw | 29-49 |
| 09:44 | Akron | Herbert Jones gets the rebound | 29-49 |
| 09:33 | Akron | Matthew Gasser buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Leonardo Russo | 32-49 |
| 09:11 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack scores on a jumpshot from the right side set up by James Denney | 32-51 |
| 08:45 | Akron | Zachary Overbey misses short on a 3 from straight away | 32-51 |
| 08:44 | Pepperdine | Larry Gould snags the defensive board | 32-51 |
| 08:19 | Pepperdine | Marvin Harrison is called for the reach on Larry Gould - foul #1 on Marvin Harrison, team foul #9 | 32-51 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Fedler (SG), Luis Davis (PF) Leonardo Russo, Herbert Jones | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | John Kell (PG), Thomas Saine (PF) John Beach, Daniel Pack | |
| 08:19 | Pepperdine | Larry Gould makes the 1st free throw | 32-52 |
| 08:19 | Pepperdine | Larry Gould misses the 2nd free throw | 32-52 |
| 08:19 | Akron | Luis Davis grabs the board | 32-52 |
| 08:08 | Akron | Zachary Overbey loses the dribble to John Kell | 32-52 |
| 08:04 | Pepperdine | John Kell blows the layup | 32-52 |
| 08:03 | Akron | Luis Davis snags the defensive board | 32-52 |
| 07:46 | Akron | Luis Davis hits the finger roll and he's hacked by Larry Gould - foul #3 on Larry Gould, team foul #3 | 34-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Michael Marshall (PG), Bernard Pucci (C) Matthew Gasser, Marvin Harrison | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander (SG), Freddy McCurty (C) James Denney, Larry Gould | |
| 07:46 | Akron | Luis Davis makes the free throw | 35-52 |
| 07:17 | Pepperdine | Ronald Godfrey misses the lay-in | 35-52 |
| 07:16 | Akron | Luis Davis pulls down the rebound | 35-52 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Michael Marshall (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Walter Fedler (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - Zachary Overbey (fairly fresh) 4 reb. PF - Luis Davis (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Bernard Pucci (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - John Kell (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kenneth Alexander (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Ronald Godfrey (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Thomas Saine (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. C - Freddy McCurty (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:10 | Akron | Michael Marshall loses the dribble to John Kell | 35-52 |
| 07:07 | Pepperdine | Ronald Godfrey lays it up and in on a nice dish by John Kell | 35-54 |
| 06:59 | Akron | Zachary Overbey clanks a floater from the left side but he's hacked by Thomas Saine - foul #4 on Thomas Saine, team foul #4 | 35-54 |
| Subs | Akron | Leonardo Russo (PG), David Brown (SF) Michael Marshall, Walter Fedler | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski (PG) Ronald Godfrey | |
| 06:59 | Akron | Zachary Overbey makes the 1st free throw | 36-54 |
| 06:59 | Akron | Zachary Overbey makes the 2nd free throw | 37-54 |
| 06:41 | Pepperdine | Frederick Niewieroski double dribbles | 37-54 |
| Subs | Akron | Walter Fedler (SG), Herbert Jones (PF) Zachary Overbey, Luis Davis | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | James Denney (SG) John Kell | |
| 06:21 | Akron | David Brown is called for a pushoff foul - foul #3 on David Brown, team foul #10 | 37-54 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack (PF), Larry Gould (C) Thomas Saine, Freddy McCurty | |
| 05:52 | Pepperdine | James Denney misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 37-54 |
| 05:51 | Pepperdine | Larry Gould pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-54 |
| 05:32 | Pepperdine | James Denney comes up short on the jumper from the right block | 37-54 |
| 05:31 | Akron | Herbert Jones snags the defensive board | 37-54 |
| 05:23 | Akron | David Brown misses short on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by James Denney - foul #1 on James Denney, team foul #5 | 37-54 |
| Subs | Akron | Michael Marshall (PG), Luis Davis (PF) Leonardo Russo, Bernard Pucci | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | John Kell (PG), Ronald Godfrey (SF) Frederick Niewieroski, Kenneth Alexander | |
| 05:23 | Akron | David Brown misses the 1st free throw | 37-54 |
| 05:23 | Akron | David Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 38-54 |
| 04:56 | Pepperdine | Larry Gould lays it up and in and he's hacked by Herbert Jones - foul #3 on Herbert Jones, team foul #11 | 38-56 |
| Subs | Akron | Zachary Overbey (SG), Matthew Gasser (SF), Marvin Harrison (C) Walter Fedler, David Brown, Luis Davis | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander (SG), Lester Bowman (SF) James Denney, Ronald Godfrey | |
| 04:56 | Pepperdine | Larry Gould makes the free throw | 38-57 |
| 04:47 | Akron | Herbert Jones comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 38-57 |
| 04:46 | Akron | Marvin Harrison grabs the offensive rebound | 38-57 |
| 04:31 | Akron | Michael Marshall misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-57 |
| 04:30 | Pepperdine | Lester Bowman snags the defensive board | 38-57 |
| 04:25 | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander is fouled on the floor by Zachary Overbey - foul #1 on Zachary Overbey, team foul #12 | 38-57 |
| Subs | Akron | Ricky Weaver (C) Herbert Jones | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | David Dalzell (SG) Larry Gould | |
| 04:25 | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 38-58 |
| 04:25 | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander misses the 2nd free throw | 38-58 |
| 04:25 | Akron | Zachary Overbey snags the defensive board | 38-58 |
| 04:05 | Akron | Daniel Pack swats the shot by Michael Marshall | 38-58 |
| 04:03 | Akron | Matthew Gasser can't tip it in | 38-58 |
| 04:01 | Pepperdine | The rebound goes to Daniel Pack | 38-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pepperdine | Pepperdine is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:56 | Pepperdine | Zachary Overbey steals it from John Kell | 38-58 |
| 03:45 | Akron | Michael Marshall's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 38-58 |
| 03:21 | Pepperdine | Kenneth Alexander hits a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Lester Bowman | 38-60 |
| 03:06 | Akron | Matthew Gasser is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Alexander - foul #1 on Kenneth Alexander, team foul #6 | 38-60 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | Larry Gould (C) Daniel Pack | |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Michael Marshall (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Zachary Overbey (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. SF - Matthew Gasser (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Marvin Harrison (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ricky Weaver (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pepperdine | PG - John Kell (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - David Dalzell (fresh) SF - Kenneth Alexander (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Lester Bowman (fresh) 2 pts. C - Larry Gould (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 02:57 | Akron | Marvin Harrison buries a fadeaway from the baseline | 40-60 |
| 02:31 | Pepperdine | David Dalzell throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-60 |
| Subs | Akron | Herbert Jones (SF) Michael Marshall | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | John Beach (PG), Daniel Pack (C) John Kell, Lester Bowman | |
| 02:24 | Akron | Herbert Jones misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 40-60 |
| 02:22 | Akron | Marvin Harrison gets the offensive rebound | 40-60 |
| 02:09 | Akron | Zachary Overbey is hacked by David Dalzell - foul #1 on David Dalzell, team foul #7 | 40-60 |
| Subs | Akron | Andrew Haskin (PG) Marvin Harrison | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | | |
| 02:09 | Akron | Zachary Overbey misses the 1st free throw | 40-60 |
| 02:09 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack snags the defensive board | 40-60 |
| 01:40 | Pepperdine | David Dalzell misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-60 |
| 01:38 | Akron | The rebound goes to Ricky Weaver | 40-60 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pepperdine | Pepperdine is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 01:31 | Akron | Zachary Overbey loses the dribble to Daniel Pack | 40-60 |
| 01:12 | Pepperdine | Daniel Pack makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Alexander | 40-63 |
| 01:04 | Akron | Ricky Weaver throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-63 |
| Subs | Akron | Michael Marshall (PG), Marvin Harrison (C) Andrew Haskin, Ricky Weaver | |
| Subs | Pepperdine | John Kell (PG), Lester Bowman (SF) John Beach, David Dalzell | |
| 00:44 | Pepperdine | Matthew Gasser is called for the reach on John Kell - foul #3 on Matthew Gasser, team foul #13 | 40-63 |
| 00:44 | Pepperdine | John Kell misses the 1st free throw | 40-63 |
| 00:44 | Pepperdine | John Kell makes the 2nd free throw | 40-64 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pepperdine | Pepperdine is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:38 | Akron | Herbert Jones makes the shot from the left block set up by Zachary Overbey | 42-64 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pepperdine | Pepperdine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:10 | Pepperdine | Herbert Jones blocks the jumper by Larry Gould | 42-64 |
| 00:09 | Pepperdine | Lester Bowman grabs the offensive board | 42-64 |
| 00:00 | Pepperdine | John Kell runs out the clock | 42-64 |