| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Cecil Beaubien (fresh) 21 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Clarence Anderson (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Gerald Frew (fresh) 3 reb. PF - James Brown (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. C - Dikembe Abke (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - James Rollins (fresh) SG - Doyle Delvalle (fresh) 2 pts. SF - James Fields (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Joseph Todd (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Edward Fields (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Columbia | James Fields inbounds the ball | 43-27 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:43 | Columbia | Joseph Todd blows the layup | 43-27 |
| 19:42 | Columbia | Edward Fields misses the tip | 43-27 |
| 19:41 | Columbia | Edward Fields tips it back up and in | 43-29 |
| 19:26 | Penn State | James Brown misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 43-29 |
| 19:25 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Edward Fields | 43-29 |
| 19:04 | Columbia | Joseph Todd buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Doyle Delvalle | 43-32 |
| 18:48 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien is hacked by Joseph Todd - foul #3 on Joseph Todd, team foul #1 | 43-32 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Bradley Nichols (PF) Joseph Todd | |
| 18:25 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 43-32 |
| 18:23 | Penn State | Dikembe Abke tips it back up and in | 45-32 |
| 18:09 | Columbia | Bradley Nichols knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-35 |
| 17:52 | Penn State | James Brown comes up short on the floater in the paint but the foul's on Bradley Nichols - foul #2 on Bradley Nichols, team foul #2 | 45-35 |
| 17:52 | Penn State | James Brown makes the 1st free throw | 46-35 |
| 17:52 | Penn State | James Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 47-35 |
| 17:27 | Columbia | Doyle Delvalle throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-35 |
| 17:09 | Penn State | James Brown misses the shot from the left wing | 47-35 |
| 17:07 | Columbia | James Fields pulls down the rebound | 47-35 |
| 17:00 | Columbia | Doyle Delvalle is hacked by Gerald Frew - foul #2 on Gerald Frew, team foul #1 | 47-35 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield (PG), William Noga (SG), Brandon Rutledge (C) James Rollins, Doyle Delvalle, Edward Fields | |
| 16:49 | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 47-35 |
| 16:48 | Penn State | The rebound goes to James Brown | 47-35 |
| 16:28 | Penn State | James Brown is hacked by Bradley Nichols - foul #3 on Bradley Nichols, team foul #3 | 47-35 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Eric Robertson (PF) Bradley Nichols | |
| 16:18 | Penn State | James Brown's layup is rejected by Eric Robertson | 47-35 |
| 16:16 | Penn State | James Brown hits the follow up shot | 49-35 |
| 15:53 | Columbia | James Fields works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 49-35 |
| 15:52 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson grabs the board | 49-35 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Cecil Beaubien (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Clarence Anderson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Gerald Frew (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - James Brown (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. C - Dikembe Abke (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Joseph Litchfield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Noga (fresh) 4 pts. SF - James Fields (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Eric Robertson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Brandon Rutledge (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:47 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Clarence Anderson | 51-35 |
| 15:33 | Columbia | William Noga throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-35 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Columbia | James Rollins (PG), Doyle Delvalle (SG), Joseph Todd (PF), Edward Fields (C) Joseph Litchfield, James Fields, Eric Robertson, Brandon Rutledge | |
| 15:21 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien is hacked by Edward Fields - foul #2 on Edward Fields, team foul #4 | 51-35 |
| 15:07 | Penn State | James Brown connects on the shot from the left side on a nice dish by Clarence Anderson and the foul's on Edward Fields - foul #3 on Edward Fields, team foul #5 | 53-35 |
| 15:07 | Penn State | James Brown makes the free throw | 54-35 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 14:59 | Columbia | Joseph Todd misses the lay-in | 54-35 |
| 14:58 | Penn State | James Brown snags the defensive board | 54-35 |
| 14:46 | Penn State | James Brown can't finish the layup | 54-35 |
| 14:45 | Penn State | Dikembe Abke tips it home | 56-35 |
| 14:28 | Columbia | Joseph Todd hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 56-35 |
| 14:26 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien grabs the board | 56-35 |
| 14:10 | Penn State | James Brown throws it down on a nice dish by Cecil Beaubien | 58-35 |
| 13:49 | Columbia | Joseph Todd hits the finger roll on a great pass from Doyle Delvalle and he's fouled by Dikembe Abke - foul #2 on Dikembe Abke, team foul #2 | 58-37 |
| Subs | Penn State | Willard Drayton (C) Dikembe Abke | |
| Subs | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield (PG), James Fields (SF) James Rollins, William Noga | |
| 13:49 | Columbia | Joseph Todd misses the free throw | 58-37 |
| 13:49 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien grabs the defensive rebound | 58-37 |
| 13:29 | Penn State | James Brown clanks a turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Edward Fields - foul #4 on Edward Fields, team foul #6 | 58-37 |
| Subs | Penn State | Carl Umana (SF) Gerald Frew | |
| Subs | Columbia | Eric Robertson (SG), Bradley Nichols (C) Doyle Delvalle, Edward Fields | |
| 13:29 | Penn State | James Brown misses the 1st free throw | 58-37 |
| 13:29 | Penn State | James Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 58-37 |
| 13:29 | Columbia | Bradley Nichols snags the defensive board | 58-37 |
| 13:11 | Columbia | James Fields comes up short on the driving attempt from the baseline | 58-37 |
| 13:10 | Penn State | Willard Drayton grabs the defensive rebound | 58-37 |
| 12:49 | Penn State | James Brown is called for a charge - foul #1 on James Brown, team foul #3 | 58-37 |
| Subs | Penn State | Franjo Taberski (SG) Clarence Anderson | |
| Subs | Columbia | William Noga (SG) Eric Robertson | |
| 12:41 | Columbia | Bradley Nichols clanks a 3 from straight away | 58-37 |
| 12:40 | Penn State | James Brown pulls down the rebound | 58-37 |
| 12:19 | Penn State | James Brown misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 58-37 |
| 12:17 | Columbia | The rebound goes to James Fields | 58-37 |
| 12:01 | Columbia | James Fields misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 58-37 |
| 11:59 | Columbia | Bradley Nichols tips it back up and in | 58-39 |
| 11:54 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Willard Drayton | 61-39 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Cecil Beaubien (fairly fresh) 26 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Franjo Taberski (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Carl Umana (fresh) PF - James Brown (tiring) 20 pts. 9 reb. C - Willard Drayton (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Joseph Litchfield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Noga (fresh) 4 pts. SF - James Fields (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Todd (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Bradley Nichols (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:42 | Columbia | Cecil Beaubien steals the ball from William Noga | 61-39 |
| 11:25 | Penn State | William Noga steps in front of the Willard Drayton pass | 61-39 |
| 10:58 | Columbia | William Noga misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 61-39 |
| 10:56 | Columbia | Joseph Todd tips it home | 61-41 |
| 10:33 | Penn State | Bradley Nichols is called for the reach on Cecil Beaubien - foul #4 on Bradley Nichols, team foul #7 | 61-41 |
| Subs | Penn State | Clarence Anderson (SG), Gerald Frew (SF), Dikembe Abke (C) Franjo Taberski, Carl Umana, Willard Drayton | |
| Subs | Columbia | James Rollins (PG), Doyle Delvalle (SG), Brandon Rutledge (C) Joseph Litchfield, Joseph Todd, Bradley Nichols | |
| 10:33 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien misses the 1st free throw | 61-41 |
| 10:33 | Columbia | William Noga pulls down the rebound | 61-41 |
| 10:26 | Columbia | William Noga is fouled on the floor by Clarence Anderson - foul #3 on Clarence Anderson, team foul #4 | 61-41 |
| Subs | Penn State | Harold Sperber (PG) Cecil Beaubien | |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| 10:09 | Columbia | Brandon Rutledge's pass is intercepted by Clarence Anderson | 61-41 |
| 10:05 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson lays it in | 63-41 |
| 09:47 | Columbia | The short jumper by William Noga is denied by Gerald Frew | 63-41 |
| 09:46 | Penn State | The rebound goes to James Brown | 63-41 |
| 09:26 | Penn State | Gerald Frew can't connect on a shot from the right side | 63-41 |
| 09:25 | Columbia | Brandon Rutledge pulls down the rebound | 63-41 |
| 09:07 | Columbia | Brandon Rutledge's layup is rejected by Gerald Frew | 63-41 |
| 09:06 | Penn State | James Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 63-41 |
| 08:39 | Penn State | Gerald Frew clanks a shot from the left side | 63-41 |
| 08:38 | Columbia | William Noga grabs the defensive rebound | 63-41 |
| 08:33 | Columbia | Doyle Delvalle's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 63-41 |
| Subs | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien (PG), Carl Umana (PF), Willard Drayton (C) Harold Sperber, James Brown, Dikembe Abke | |
| Subs | Columbia | Eric Robertson (SF), Joseph Todd (PF) James Fields, William Noga | |
| 08:23 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien misses short on a floater from close range | 63-41 |
| 08:22 | Penn State | Carl Umana misses the tip | 63-41 |
| 08:21 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Joseph Todd | 63-41 |
| 08:02 | Columbia | Joseph Todd is whistled for a charge - foul #4 on Joseph Todd, team foul #8 | 63-41 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield (PG), Kevin Mier (SF) James Rollins, Joseph Todd | |
| 07:46 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson is whistled for a carry | 63-41 |
| Subs | Penn State | Franjo Taberski (SG) Clarence Anderson | |
| Subs | Columbia | Joseph Todd (PF), Edward Fields (C) Doyle Delvalle, Brandon Rutledge | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Cecil Beaubien (fairly fresh) 26 pts. 2 ast. 4 stl. SG - Franjo Taberski (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Gerald Frew (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Carl Umana (fresh) 2 reb. C - Willard Drayton (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Joseph Litchfield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eric Robertson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kevin Mier (fresh) PF - Joseph Todd (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. C - Edward Fields (fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:35 | Columbia | Eric Robertson hits a runner in the lane on a great pass from Kevin Mier and the foul's on Franjo Taberski - foul #1 on Franjo Taberski, team foul #5 | 63-43 |
| 07:35 | Columbia | Eric Robertson makes the free throw | 63-44 |
| 07:15 | Penn State | Edward Fields is called for the reach on Cecil Beaubien - foul #5 on Edward Fields, team foul #9 | 63-44 |
| Subs | Penn State | Dikembe Abke (C) Carl Umana | |
| Subs | Columbia | Bradley Nichols (C) Edward Fields | |
| 07:15 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the 1st free throw | 64-44 |
| 07:15 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the 2nd free throw | 65-44 |
| 07:00 | Columbia | Eric Robertson is whistled for a carry | 65-44 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Columbia | William Noga (SG), James Fields (SF) Eric Robertson, Kevin Mier | |
| 06:45 | Penn State | Gerald Frew buries a jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Cecil Beaubien and he's hacked by James Fields - foul #2 on James Fields, team foul #10 | 67-44 |
| Subs | Penn State | Clarence Anderson (SG) Franjo Taberski | |
| Subs | Columbia | James Rollins (PG) Joseph Litchfield | |
| 06:45 | Penn State | Gerald Frew makes the free throw | 68-44 |
| 06:27 | Columbia | Joseph Todd scores on a shot from the right side set up by James Rollins | 68-46 |
| 06:13 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the runner in the lane on a nice dish by Clarence Anderson | 70-46 |
| 06:03 | Columbia | James Fields is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on James Fields, team foul #11 | 70-46 |
| Subs | Penn State | Franjo Taberski (SF), Carl Umana (PF) Gerald Frew, Willard Drayton | |
| Subs | Columbia | Doyle Delvalle (SG) William Noga | |
| 05:51 | Penn State | Doyle Delvalle takes the ball from Carl Umana | 70-46 |
| 05:42 | Columbia | Bradley Nichols misses the easy layup but the foul's on Dikembe Abke - foul #3 on Dikembe Abke, team foul #6 | 70-46 |
| Subs | Penn State | Harold Sperber (PG), Dennis Kinley (PF), Willard Drayton (C) Cecil Beaubien, Clarence Anderson, Dikembe Abke | |
| Subs | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield (PG), William Noga (SG), Eric Robertson (SF), Brandon Rutledge (C) James Rollins, Doyle Delvalle, James Fields, Joseph Todd | |
| 05:42 | Columbia | Bradley Nichols makes the 1st free throw | 70-47 |
| 05:42 | Columbia | Bradley Nichols misses the 2nd free throw | 70-47 |
| 05:42 | Penn State | Dennis Kinley gets the rebound | 70-47 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:38 | Penn State | Harold Sperber knocks in the floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Carl Umana | 72-47 |
| 05:23 | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield is hacked by Franjo Taberski - foul #2 on Franjo Taberski, team foul #7 | 72-47 |
| 05:23 | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield makes the 1st free throw | 72-48 |
| 05:23 | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield makes the 2nd free throw | 72-49 |
| 05:08 | Penn State | Willard Drayton is fouled on the floor by Bradley Nichols - foul #5 on Bradley Nichols, team foul #12 | 72-49 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Columbia | Kevin Mier (SF) Bradley Nichols | |
| 05:08 | Penn State | Willard Drayton makes the 1st free throw | 73-49 |
| 05:08 | Penn State | Willard Drayton makes the 2nd free throw | 74-49 |
| 04:55 | Columbia | Kevin Mier hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 74-49 |
| 04:53 | Columbia | Brandon Rutledge misses the tip | 74-49 |
| 04:52 | Columbia | Brandon Rutledge gets the offensive rebound | 74-49 |
| 04:40 | Columbia | Dennis Kinley swats the short shot by Eric Robertson | 74-49 |
| 04:38 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Willard Drayton | 74-49 |
| 04:10 | Penn State | Franjo Taberski misses the floater from the left wing | 74-49 |
| 04:09 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Kevin Mier | 74-49 |
| 04:05 | Columbia | Franjo Taberski takes the ball from Joseph Litchfield | 74-49 |
| 03:49 | Penn State | Willard Drayton is whistled for a carry | 74-49 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Harold Sperber (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Franjo Taberski (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Carl Umana (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Dennis Kinley (fresh) C - Willard Drayton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Joseph Litchfield (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eric Robertson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Kevin Mier (fresh) PF - William Noga (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Brandon Rutledge (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 03:33 | Columbia | Eric Robertson can't connect on a shot in the lane but he's fouled by Franjo Taberski - foul #3 on Franjo Taberski, team foul #8 | 74-49 |
| 03:33 | Columbia | Eric Robertson makes the 1st free throw | 74-50 |
| 03:33 | Columbia | Eric Robertson makes the 2nd free throw | 74-51 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:04 | Penn State | Carl Umana misses badly on a floater near the basket | 74-51 |
| 03:03 | Columbia | William Noga pulls down the rebound | 74-51 |
| 02:55 | Columbia | Kevin Mier comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 74-51 |
| 02:53 | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield gets the offensive rebound | 74-51 |
| 02:42 | Columbia | Joseph Litchfield hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side | 74-51 |
| 02:40 | Columbia | Eric Robertson tips it home | 74-53 |
| 02:25 | Penn State | Carl Umana can't finish the layup but the foul's on Kevin Mier - foul #1 on Kevin Mier, team foul #13 | 74-53 |
| Subs | Penn State | Norman Taylor (SG) Franjo Taberski | |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| 02:25 | Penn State | Carl Umana makes the 1st free throw | 75-53 |
| 02:25 | Penn State | Carl Umana makes the 2nd free throw | 76-53 |
| 02:17 | Columbia | William Noga misses the floater from the left side | 76-53 |
| 02:16 | Penn State | Harold Sperber pulls down the rebound | 76-53 |
| 01:53 | Penn State | Harold Sperber lays it in on a nice dish by Norman Taylor | 78-53 |
| 01:41 | Columbia | Dennis Kinley is called for the reach on William Noga - foul #1 on Dennis Kinley, team foul #9 | 78-53 |
| Subs | Penn State | Franjo Taberski (SG) Norman Taylor | |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| 01:41 | Columbia | William Noga makes the 1st free throw | 78-54 |
| 01:41 | Columbia | William Noga makes the 2nd free throw | 78-55 |
| 01:20 | Penn State | Kevin Mier is called for the reach on Franjo Taberski - foul #2 on Kevin Mier, team foul #14 | 78-55 |
| 01:20 | Penn State | Franjo Taberski makes the 1st free throw | 79-55 |
| 01:20 | Penn State | Franjo Taberski makes the 2nd free throw | 80-55 |
| 01:02 | Columbia | William Noga knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Joseph Litchfield | 80-58 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:57 | Penn State | Carl Umana connects on the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Franjo Taberski | 82-58 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:50 | Columbia | Kevin Mier misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 82-58 |
| 00:49 | Columbia | Brandon Rutledge hits the follow up shot | 82-60 |
| 00:23 | Penn State | Franjo Taberski buries a turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Harold Sperber | 84-60 |
| 00:17 | Columbia | William Noga is fouled on the floor by Franjo Taberski - foul #4 on Franjo Taberski, team foul #10 | 84-60 |
| 00:17 | Columbia | William Noga makes the 1st free throw | 84-61 |
| 00:17 | Columbia | William Noga makes the 2nd free throw | 84-62 |
| 00:00 | Penn State | Harold Sperber runs out the clock | 84-62 |