| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Ty Johnson (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Woods (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Freeman (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Booker Starnes (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Hauser (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - James Herman (fresh) SG - Sidney Foxx (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Chad Joyal (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - James Chacko (fresh) C - Thomas Lusher (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisiana State | William Freeman inbounds the ball | 40-20 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:41 | Louisiana State | Thomas Lusher is called for the reach on William Freeman - foul #1 on Thomas Lusher, team foul #1 | 40-20 |
| 19:20 | Louisiana State | John Woods makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Richard Hauser | 42-20 |
| 19:03 | UNLV | Chad Joyal connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by James Herman | 42-23 |
| 18:48 | Louisiana State | Sidney Foxx steps in front of the Richard Hauser pass as he passes out of a doubleteam | 42-23 |
| 18:45 | UNLV | Sidney Foxx hits the finger roll | 42-25 |
| 18:20 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes drills a floater in the lane on a great pass from Ty Johnson | 44-25 |
| 18:12 | UNLV | Booker Starnes swats the short shot by Thomas Lusher | 44-25 |
| 18:11 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to Ty Johnson | 44-25 |
| 17:45 | Louisiana State | Ty Johnson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-25 |
| 17:43 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser tips it home | 46-25 |
| 17:36 | UNLV | Ty Johnson steps in front of the Chad Joyal pass | 46-25 |
| 17:33 | Louisiana State | Ty Johnson throws it down | 48-25 |
| 17:22 | UNLV | James Chacko misses the easy layup | 48-25 |
| 17:21 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher tips it back up and in | 48-27 |
| 17:04 | Louisiana State | James Herman picks off the pass by William Freeman | 48-27 |
| 17:00 | UNLV | James Chacko lays it in on a great pass from James Herman | 48-29 |
| 16:40 | Louisiana State | John Woods is open and buries a turnaround from the left block set up by Ty Johnson out of the doubleteam | 50-29 |
| 16:23 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher misses the jump hook from the right block | 50-29 |
| 16:22 | UNLV | The offensive rebound goes to Chad Joyal | 50-29 |
| 15:58 | UNLV | Chad Joyal misses the 3 from the right corner | 50-29 |
| 15:57 | UNLV | James Chacko tips it in | 50-31 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Ty Johnson (fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Woods (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Freeman (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Booker Starnes (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Richard Hauser (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - James Herman (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Sidney Foxx (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Chad Joyal (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - James Chacko (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Lusher (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Louisiana State | John Woods misses short on a fadeaway from the right side | 50-31 |
| 15:33 | UNLV | Chad Joyal pulls down the rebound | 50-31 |
| 15:23 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 50-31 |
| 15:21 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to Richard Hauser | 50-31 |
| 15:00 | Louisiana State | William Freeman misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 50-31 |
| 14:58 | UNLV | James Chacko grabs the board | 50-31 |
| 14:42 | UNLV | Chad Joyal is fouled on the floor by William Freeman - foul #1 on William Freeman, team foul #1 | 50-31 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz (PG), Andre Sloan (SG), Howard Claiborne (SF), Frank Larsen (C) Ty Johnson, John Woods, William Freeman, Richard Hauser | |
| Subs | UNLV | James Johnson (PG), Dennis Leath (SF), Fred Cranmer (PF), Theodore Chung (C) James Herman, Chad Joyal, James Chacko, Thomas Lusher | |
| 14:35 | UNLV | James Johnson misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 50-31 |
| 14:34 | UNLV | Dennis Leath gets the offensive rebound | 50-31 |
| 14:26 | UNLV | James Johnson misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 50-31 |
| 14:25 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes grabs the board | 50-31 |
| 13:56 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes is denied on a dunk by Theodore Chung | 50-31 |
| 13:55 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Dennis Leath | 50-31 |
| 13:45 | UNLV | James Johnson can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 50-31 |
| 13:43 | Louisiana State | Frank Larsen pulls down the rebound | 50-31 |
| 13:20 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes misses long on a driving attempt from the right block | 50-31 |
| 13:19 | UNLV | Fred Cranmer gets the rebound | 50-31 |
| 13:03 | UNLV | Dennis Leath comes up short on the floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Andre Sloan - foul #1 on Andre Sloan, team foul #2 | 50-31 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Ty Johnson (PG), Richard Hauser (C) Andre Sloan, Booker Starnes | |
| Subs | UNLV | Chad Joyal (SG), Thomas Lusher (PF) Sidney Foxx, Fred Cranmer | |
| 13:03 | UNLV | Dennis Leath misses the 1st free throw | 50-31 |
| 13:03 | UNLV | Dennis Leath misses the 2nd free throw | 50-31 |
| 13:03 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-31 |
| 12:54 | UNLV | Chad Joyal misses short on a 3 from straight away | 50-31 |
| 12:52 | Louisiana State | Howard Claiborne gets the rebound | 50-31 |
| 12:48 | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz is open but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 50-31 |
| 12:47 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher grabs the board | 50-31 |
| 12:35 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher makes the jump hook from the right block | 50-33 |
| 12:14 | Louisiana State | Frank Larsen clanks a fadeaway from the baseline | 50-33 |
| 12:12 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher grabs the defensive rebound | 50-33 |
| 11:48 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher scores on a jumper from the right wing | 50-35 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Ty Johnson (fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Anthony Kautz (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Howard Claiborne (fresh) PF - Frank Larsen (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Richard Hauser (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - James Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SG - Chad Joyal (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. SF - Dennis Leath (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Thomas Lusher (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Theodore Chung (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 11:20 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser misses the jumpshot from the left wing but the foul's on Theodore Chung - foul #2 on Theodore Chung, team foul #2 | 50-35 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | John Woods (SG), William Freeman (SF), Booker Starnes (PF) Anthony Kautz, Howard Claiborne, Frank Larsen | |
| Subs | UNLV | James Herman (SG), James Chacko (PF) Dennis Leath, Theodore Chung | |
| 11:20 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser makes the 1st free throw | 51-35 |
| 11:20 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser misses the 2nd free throw | 51-35 |
| 11:20 | UNLV | The rebound goes to Thomas Lusher | 51-35 |
| 11:02 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher drills a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from James Johnson | 51-37 |
| 10:42 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes misses short on an open jumper from close range | 51-37 |
| 10:41 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes grabs the offensive rebound | 51-37 |
| 10:24 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser can't connect on a floater from the right side | 51-37 |
| 10:23 | Louisiana State | Ty Johnson tips it in | 53-37 |
| 10:08 | UNLV | James Johnson misses short on a jumper from the left wing | 53-37 |
| 10:07 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes grabs the defensive rebound | 53-37 |
| 09:49 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser makes the contested turnaround from close range | 55-37 |
| 09:32 | UNLV | James Johnson is hacked by Booker Starnes - foul #1 on Booker Starnes, team foul #3 | 55-37 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz (SG), Howard Claiborne (SF), Frank Larsen (C) John Woods, William Freeman, Richard Hauser | |
| Subs | UNLV | Sidney Foxx (SG), Dennis Leath (SF) James Johnson, Chad Joyal | |
| 09:23 | UNLV | James Chacko misses short on a jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Booker Starnes - foul #2 on Booker Starnes, team foul #4 | 55-37 |
| 09:23 | UNLV | James Chacko makes the 1st free throw | 55-38 |
| 09:23 | UNLV | James Chacko makes the 2nd free throw | 55-39 |
| 08:54 | Louisiana State | Thomas Lusher swats the short shot by Booker Starnes | 55-39 |
| 08:53 | UNLV | James Chacko snags the defensive board | 55-39 |
| 08:48 | UNLV | Dennis Leath knocks in the shot from just outside the lane | 55-41 |
| 08:23 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes buries a jump hook from the left block on a great pass from Ty Johnson and the foul's on James Chacko - foul #3 on James Chacko, team foul #3 | 57-41 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Andre Sloan (SG) Ty Johnson | |
| Subs | UNLV | Chad Joyal (SF), Fred Cranmer (PF), Theodore Chung (C) Dennis Leath, James Chacko, Thomas Lusher | |
| 08:23 | Louisiana State | Booker Starnes makes the free throw | 58-41 |
| 08:15 | UNLV | Sidney Foxx misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 58-41 |
| 08:13 | Louisiana State | Frank Larsen gets the rebound | 58-41 |
| 08:08 | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 58-41 |
| 08:07 | UNLV | Chad Joyal snags the defensive board | 58-41 |
| 07:56 | UNLV | Howard Claiborne is called for the reach on Chad Joyal - foul #1 on Howard Claiborne, team foul #5 | 58-41 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | John Woods (SG), Richard Hauser (C) Andre Sloan, Booker Starnes | |
| Subs | UNLV | James Johnson (PG) James Herman | |
| 07:47 | UNLV | James Johnson misses long on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Howard Claiborne - foul #2 on Howard Claiborne, team foul #6 | 58-41 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Andre Sloan (PG) Anthony Kautz | |
| Subs | UNLV | | |
| 07:47 | UNLV | James Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 58-42 |
| 07:47 | UNLV | James Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 58-42 |
| 07:47 | Louisiana State | John Woods grabs the board | 58-42 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Andre Sloan (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Woods (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Howard Claiborne (fresh) PF - Frank Larsen (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Richard Hauser (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - James Johnson (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Sidney Foxx (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Chad Joyal (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Fred Cranmer (fresh) 2 reb. C - Theodore Chung (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Louisiana State | Howard Claiborne connects on the jumpshot from the left side and he's hacked by Chad Joyal - foul #2 on Chad Joyal, team foul #4 | 60-42 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Ty Johnson (PG), William Freeman (PF) Andre Sloan, Frank Larsen | |
| Subs | UNLV | Thomas Lusher (PF) Fred Cranmer | |
| 07:25 | Louisiana State | Howard Claiborne makes the free throw | 61-42 |
| 07:06 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher is fouled on the floor by William Freeman - foul #2 on William Freeman, team foul #7 | 61-42 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | UNLV | James Chacko (PF) Theodore Chung | |
| 07:06 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher makes the 1st free throw | 61-43 |
| 07:06 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher makes the 2nd free throw | 61-44 |
| 06:44 | Louisiana State | Howard Claiborne is wide open but clanks a shot from the left wing | 61-44 |
| 06:43 | UNLV | James Chacko grabs the board | 61-44 |
| 06:38 | UNLV | James Johnson hits a pull-up jumper from the right side | 61-46 |
| 06:11 | Louisiana State | Ty Johnson evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Howard Claiborne | 64-46 |
| 05:55 | UNLV | Thomas Lusher makes the jump hook from close range set up by James Johnson | 64-48 |
| 05:37 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser's fadeaway is rejected by Thomas Lusher | 64-48 |
| 05:35 | Louisiana State | Howard Claiborne hits the follow up shot | 66-48 |
| 05:20 | UNLV | Chad Joyal is fouled on the floor by William Freeman - foul #3 on William Freeman, team foul #8 | 66-48 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz (PG), Andre Sloan (SG), Booker Starnes (PF), Frank Larsen (C) Ty Johnson, John Woods, Howard Claiborne, Richard Hauser | |
| Subs | UNLV | Dennis Leath (SF), Theodore Chung (C) Sidney Foxx, James Chacko | |
| 05:20 | UNLV | Chad Joyal makes the 1st free throw | 66-49 |
| 05:20 | UNLV | Chad Joyal makes the 2nd free throw | 66-50 |
| 04:54 | Louisiana State | William Freeman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 66-50 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| Subs | UNLV | James Herman (SG), Fred Cranmer (PF) Chad Joyal, Thomas Lusher | |
| 04:43 | UNLV | Dennis Leath hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 66-50 |
| 04:42 | UNLV | Theodore Chung gets the offensive rebound | 66-50 |
| 04:33 | UNLV | Theodore Chung comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 66-50 |
| 04:31 | Louisiana State | Frank Larsen grabs the defensive rebound | 66-50 |
| 04:13 | Louisiana State | William Freeman hits a fadeaway from the right side set up by Anthony Kautz | 68-50 |
| 03:53 | UNLV | James Johnson scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by James Herman | 68-53 |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Anthony Kautz (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Andre Sloan (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Freeman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Booker Starnes (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Frank Larsen (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | UNLV | PG - James Johnson (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Herman (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Dennis Leath (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Fred Cranmer (fresh) 2 reb. C - Theodore Chung (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 03:25 | Louisiana State | Andre Sloan scores on a turnaround from the left block | 70-53 |
| 03:04 | UNLV | James Herman connects on the floater from the right side on a great pass from James Johnson | 70-55 |
| 02:38 | Louisiana State | Andre Sloan clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 70-55 |
| 02:36 | UNLV | Theodore Chung snags the defensive board | 70-55 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:23 | UNLV | James Johnson buries a floater from the left side | 70-57 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 01:59 | Louisiana State | Theodore Chung is called for the reach on Frank Larsen - foul #3 on Theodore Chung, team foul #5 | 70-57 |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Howard Claiborne (SF), Richard Hauser (C) William Freeman, Booker Starnes | |
| Subs | UNLV | Zoran Zourkos (PG) James Johnson | |
| 01:37 | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz is called for traveling | 70-57 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 01:08 | UNLV | Zoran Zourkos buries a floater from the right wing | 70-59 |
| 00:45 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a jump hook near the basket but the foul's on Theodore Chung - foul #4 on Theodore Chung, team foul #6 | 70-59 |
| 00:45 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser makes the 1st free throw | 71-59 |
| 00:45 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser makes the 2nd free throw | 72-59 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:40 | UNLV | Dennis Leath misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 72-59 |
| 00:38 | Louisiana State | Richard Hauser grabs the defensive rebound | 72-59 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | UNLV | UNLV is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:15 | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz clanks a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Dennis Leath - foul #2 on Dennis Leath, team foul #7 | 72-59 |
| 00:15 | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz makes the 1st free throw | 73-59 |
| 00:15 | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz makes the 2nd free throw | 74-59 |
| 00:11 | UNLV | Zoran Zourkos is fouled in the backcourt by Anthony Kautz - foul #1 on Anthony Kautz, team foul #9 | 74-59 |
| 00:11 | UNLV | Zoran Zourkos makes the 1st free throw | 74-60 |
| 00:11 | UNLV | Zoran Zourkos makes the 2nd free throw | 74-61 |
| 00:00 | Louisiana State | Anthony Kautz runs out the clock | 74-61 |