| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Ivan Kresge (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brett Shirley (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Fred Porter (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Walter Fairbank (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Goran Balic (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duquesne | PG - Robert Zak (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Prince (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Watts (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Willie Whiteman (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eric Chao (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Duquesne | Gary Watts inbounds the ball | 33-30 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duquesne | Duquesne is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:33 | Duquesne | Robert Zak's layup is rejected by Goran Balic | 33-30 |
| 19:32 | Harvard | Fred Porter grabs the board | 33-30 |
| 19:08 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank is hacked by Willie Whiteman - foul #1 on Willie Whiteman, team foul #1 | 33-30 |
| 18:59 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank connects on the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Ivan Kresge | 35-30 |
| 18:42 | Duquesne | William Prince comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 35-30 |
| 18:40 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Goran Balic | 35-30 |
| 18:36 | Harvard | Brett Shirley misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 35-30 |
| 18:34 | Duquesne | Willie Whiteman gets the rebound | 35-30 |
| 18:07 | Duquesne | Fred Porter steals it from Robert Zak | 35-30 |
| 18:03 | Harvard | Brett Shirley banks in the layup set up by Fred Porter | 37-30 |
| 17:38 | Duquesne | Fred Porter steps in front of the Eric Chao pass | 37-30 |
| 17:16 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Ivan Kresge | 39-30 |
| 16:58 | Duquesne | Robert Zak hits a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 39-32 |
| 16:38 | Harvard | Gary Watts picks off the pass by Goran Balic | 39-32 |
| 16:22 | Duquesne | Eric Chao buries a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Robert Zak | 39-34 |
| 15:55 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank misses long on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Willie Whiteman - foul #2 on Willie Whiteman, team foul #2 | 39-34 |
| Subs | Harvard | Eric Meadow (PG), Harold Carpenter (SG), Willie Zieser (SF), Stephen Bacote (C) Ivan Kresge, Brett Shirley, Fred Porter, Goran Balic | |
| Subs | Duquesne | Ralph Esters (PG), Timothy Colson (SG), Clark Desalvo (SF), John Hiatt (PF), Raymond Pauley (C) Robert Zak, William Prince, Gary Watts, Willie Whiteman, Eric Chao | |
| 15:55 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank misses the 1st free throw | 39-34 |
| 15:55 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank makes the 2nd free throw | 40-34 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Eric Meadow (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Harold Carpenter (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Willie Zieser (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Walter Fairbank (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Stephen Bacote (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duquesne | PG - Ralph Esters (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Colson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Clark Desalvo (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Hiatt (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Pauley (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:33 | Duquesne | Timothy Colson is whistled for a carry | 40-34 |
| 15:17 | Harvard | Eric Meadow misses short on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Timothy Colson - foul #1 on Timothy Colson, team foul #3 | 40-34 |
| 15:17 | Harvard | Eric Meadow misses the 1st free throw | 40-34 |
| 15:17 | Harvard | Eric Meadow misses the 2nd free throw | 40-34 |
| 15:17 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley gets the rebound | 40-34 |
| 15:03 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley knocks in the jump hook from the baseline | 40-36 |
| 14:34 | Harvard | Eric Meadow buries a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Harold Carpenter | 42-36 |
| 14:25 | Duquesne | John Hiatt can't finish the layup | 42-36 |
| 14:24 | Harvard | Stephen Bacote grabs the board | 42-36 |
| 14:05 | Harvard | Harold Carpenter is fouled on the floor by Clark Desalvo - foul #1 on Clark Desalvo, team foul #4 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Kresge (PG), Brett Shirley (SG), Fred Porter (SF) Eric Meadow, Harold Carpenter, Willie Zieser | |
| Subs | Duquesne | | |
| 13:49 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Walter Fairbank | 45-36 |
| 13:25 | Duquesne | Timothy Colson loses the dribble to Ivan Kresge | 45-36 |
| 13:22 | Harvard | Fred Porter can't finish the layup | 45-36 |
| 13:21 | Duquesne | Timothy Colson grabs the defensive rebound | 45-36 |
| 13:09 | Duquesne | Ivan Kresge steps in front of the Raymond Pauley pass | 45-36 |
| 13:04 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge can't throw it down | 45-36 |
| 13:02 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley grabs the board | 45-36 |
| 12:39 | Duquesne | John Hiatt is hacked by Brett Shirley - foul #2 on Brett Shirley, team foul #1 | 45-36 |
| Subs | Harvard | Goran Balic (C) Stephen Bacote | |
| Subs | Duquesne | Robert Zak (PG), William Prince (SG), Gary Watts (SF), Willie Whiteman (PF), Eric Chao (C) Ralph Esters, Timothy Colson, Clark Desalvo, John Hiatt, Raymond Pauley | |
| 12:20 | Duquesne | William Prince clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 45-36 |
| 12:19 | Duquesne | Eric Chao grabs the offensive rebound | 45-36 |
| 12:14 | Duquesne | William Prince buries a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Eric Chao | 45-38 |
| 12:01 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge drills a 3 from the left corner | 48-38 |
| 11:56 | Duquesne | Gary Watts comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane but he's hacked by Fred Porter - foul #1 on Fred Porter, team foul #2 | 48-38 |
| Subs | Harvard | Willie Zieser (SF) Fred Porter | |
| Subs | Duquesne | | |
| 11:56 | Duquesne | Gary Watts misses the 1st free throw | 48-38 |
| 11:56 | Duquesne | Gary Watts misses the 2nd free throw | 48-38 |
| 11:56 | Harvard | Goran Balic gets the rebound | 48-38 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Ivan Kresge (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Brett Shirley (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Willie Zieser (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Walter Fairbank (tiring) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Goran Balic (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Duquesne | PG - Robert Zak (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Prince (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Watts (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Willie Whiteman (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eric Chao (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Robert Zak - foul #1 on Robert Zak, team foul #5 | 48-38 |
| 11:29 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge makes the 1st free throw | 49-38 |
| 11:29 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge makes the 2nd free throw | 50-38 |
| 11:10 | Duquesne | Robert Zak makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 50-40 |
| 10:59 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge is called for traveling | 50-40 |
| 10:34 | Duquesne | Gary Watts hits a wide open 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Robert Zak | 50-43 |
| 10:16 | Harvard | Eric Chao blocks the 3 pointer from the left wing by Ivan Kresge | 50-43 |
| 10:15 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank gets the offensive rebound | 50-43 |
| 10:07 | Harvard | Brett Shirley makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Goran Balic | 53-43 |
| 09:57 | Duquesne | Eric Chao misses the wide open shot near the basket | 53-43 |
| 09:55 | Harvard | Goran Balic pulls down the rebound | 53-43 |
| 09:45 | Harvard | Gary Watts steals the ball from Goran Balic | 53-43 |
| 09:19 | Duquesne | Robert Zak is hacked by Ivan Kresge - foul #1 on Ivan Kresge, team foul #3 | 53-43 |
| Subs | Harvard | Eric Meadow (PG), Harold Carpenter (SG), Fred Porter (SF), Edwin Linehan (PF), Stephen Bacote (C) Ivan Kresge, Brett Shirley, Willie Zieser, Walter Fairbank, Goran Balic | |
| Subs | Duquesne | Ralph Esters (PG), Timothy Colson (SG), Clark Desalvo (SF), John Hiatt (PF), Raymond Pauley (C) Robert Zak, William Prince, Gary Watts, Willie Whiteman, Eric Chao | |
| 09:02 | Duquesne | Clark Desalvo can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Fred Porter - foul #2 on Fred Porter, team foul #4 | 53-43 |
| 09:02 | Duquesne | Clark Desalvo misses the 1st free throw | 53-43 |
| 09:02 | Duquesne | Clark Desalvo makes the 2nd free throw | 53-44 |
| 08:46 | Harvard | Edwin Linehan misses badly on a floater from the baseline | 53-44 |
| 08:45 | Duquesne | John Hiatt grabs the defensive rebound | 53-44 |
| 08:41 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley is fouled on the floor by Stephen Bacote - foul #4 on Stephen Bacote, team foul #5 | 53-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | Goran Balic (C) Stephen Bacote | |
| Subs | Duquesne | | |
| 08:35 | Duquesne | Ralph Esters misses the pull-up jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Edwin Linehan - foul #1 on Edwin Linehan, team foul #6 | 53-44 |
| 08:35 | Duquesne | Ralph Esters makes the 1st free throw | 53-45 |
| 08:35 | Duquesne | Ralph Esters misses the 2nd free throw | 53-45 |
| 08:35 | Duquesne | John Hiatt grabs the offensive rebound | 53-45 |
| 08:16 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley is hacked by Goran Balic - foul #3 on Goran Balic, team foul #7 | 53-45 |
| 08:16 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley makes the 1st free throw | 53-46 |
| 08:16 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley makes the 2nd free throw | 53-47 |
| 08:03 | Harvard | Edwin Linehan banks in the layup on a nice dish by Eric Meadow | 55-47 |
| 07:43 | Duquesne | Harold Carpenter steals the ball from Clark Desalvo | 55-47 |
| 07:39 | Harvard | Harold Carpenter banks in the layup | 57-47 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Eric Meadow (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Harold Carpenter (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Porter (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - Edwin Linehan (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Goran Balic (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duquesne | PG - Ralph Esters (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Colson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Clark Desalvo (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Hiatt (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Raymond Pauley (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:22 | Duquesne | Ralph Esters loses the ball out of bounds | 57-47 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Kresge (PG), Brett Shirley (SG), Walter Fairbank (PF), Stephen Bacote (C) Eric Meadow, Harold Carpenter, Edwin Linehan, Goran Balic | |
| Subs | Duquesne | Robert Zak (PG), William Prince (SG), Gary Watts (SF), Willie Whiteman (PF), Eric Chao (C) Ralph Esters, Timothy Colson, Clark Desalvo, John Hiatt, Raymond Pauley | |
| 07:14 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 57-47 |
| 07:13 | Harvard | Fred Porter tips it but misses | 57-47 |
| 07:12 | Duquesne | Eric Chao snags the defensive board | 57-47 |
| 06:52 | Duquesne | Robert Zak banks in the layup over the doubleteam on a great pass from William Prince and he's hacked by Stephen Bacote - foul #5 on Stephen Bacote, team foul #8 | 57-49 |
| Subs | Harvard | Eric Meadow (C) Stephen Bacote | |
| Subs | Duquesne | | |
| 06:52 | Duquesne | Robert Zak makes the free throw | 57-50 |
| 06:37 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 57-50 |
| 06:36 | Duquesne | Eric Chao grabs the defensive rebound | 57-50 |
| 06:26 | Duquesne | Willie Whiteman drills a fadeaway in the paint set up by Robert Zak out of the doubleteam | 57-52 |
| 06:07 | Harvard | Fred Porter misses the driving attempt from close range | 57-52 |
| 06:06 | Duquesne | Eric Chao gets the rebound | 57-52 |
| 05:53 | Duquesne | William Prince hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 57-52 |
| 05:52 | Duquesne | Willie Whiteman pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-52 |
| 05:41 | Duquesne | Robert Zak hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Eric Meadow - foul #1 on Eric Meadow, team foul #9 | 57-52 |
| Subs | Harvard | Willie Zieser (SF), Goran Balic (C) Fred Porter, Eric Meadow | |
| Subs | Duquesne | John Hiatt (PF) Willie Whiteman | |
| 05:41 | Duquesne | Robert Zak makes the 1st free throw | 57-53 |
| 05:41 | Duquesne | Robert Zak makes the 2nd free throw | 57-54 |
| 05:18 | Harvard | Robert Zak steps in front of the Walter Fairbank pass | 57-54 |
| 05:13 | Duquesne | Gary Watts lays it up and in set up by Robert Zak | 57-56 |
| 04:54 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Ivan Kresge | 59-56 |
| 04:43 | Duquesne | Robert Zak's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-56 |
| Subs | Harvard | Edwin Linehan (PF) Walter Fairbank | |
| Subs | Duquesne | Ralph Esters (PG), Timothy Colson (SG), Clark Desalvo (SF), Raymond Pauley (C) Robert Zak, William Prince, Gary Watts, Eric Chao | |
| 04:16 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge connects on the floater from the right side | 61-56 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Duquesne | Duquesne is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:04 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley hits a jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Clark Desalvo | 61-58 |
| 03:57 | Harvard | Brett Shirley misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 61-58 |
| 03:56 | Harvard | Goran Balic pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-58 |
| 03:46 | Harvard | Brett Shirley is hacked by Clark Desalvo - foul #2 on Clark Desalvo, team foul #6 | 61-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | Eric Meadow (PG), Harold Carpenter (SG), Fred Porter (SF) Ivan Kresge, Brett Shirley, Willie Zieser | |
| Subs | Duquesne | Willie Whiteman (PF) John Hiatt | |
| 03:35 | Harvard | Eric Meadow can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 61-58 |
| 03:33 | Duquesne | Raymond Pauley snags the defensive board | 61-58 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Eric Meadow (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Harold Carpenter (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Porter (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. PF - Edwin Linehan (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Goran Balic (fairly fresh) 6 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duquesne | PG - Ralph Esters (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Timothy Colson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Clark Desalvo (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Willie Whiteman (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Raymond Pauley (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duquesne | Duquesne is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:29 | Duquesne | Clark Desalvo hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 61-58 |
| 03:27 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Edwin Linehan | 61-58 |
| 03:20 | Harvard | Harold Carpenter banks in the layup | 63-58 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Duquesne | Duquesne is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:02 | Duquesne | Goran Balic swats the short shot by Clark Desalvo | 63-58 |
| 03:01 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Eric Meadow | 63-58 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Duquesne | Duquesne is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:59 | Harvard | Harvard calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Kresge (PG), Brett Shirley (SG), Walter Fairbank (PF) Eric Meadow, Harold Carpenter, Edwin Linehan | |
| Subs | Duquesne | Robert Zak (PG), William Prince (SG), Gary Watts (SF), Eric Chao (C) Ralph Esters, Timothy Colson, Clark Desalvo, Raymond Pauley | |
| 02:44 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank can't connect on a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Willie Whiteman - foul #3 on Willie Whiteman, team foul #7 | 63-58 |
| 02:44 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank misses the 1st free throw | 63-58 |
| 02:44 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank misses the 2nd free throw | 63-58 |
| 02:44 | Duquesne | The rebound goes to Eric Chao | 63-58 |
| 02:42 | Duquesne | Robert Zak's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 63-58 |
| 02:27 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge is fouled on the floor by Eric Chao - foul #1 on Eric Chao, team foul #8 | 63-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | Edwin Linehan (C) Goran Balic | |
| Subs | Duquesne | | |
| 02:27 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge makes the 1st free throw | 64-58 |
| 02:27 | Harvard | Ivan Kresge makes the 2nd free throw | 65-58 |
| 02:10 | Duquesne | Eric Chao buries a jumper in the lane set up by Robert Zak | 65-60 |
| 01:41 | Harvard | Robert Zak is called for the reach on Walter Fairbank - foul #2 on Robert Zak, team foul #9 | 65-60 |
| Subs | Harvard | Goran Balic (C) Edwin Linehan | |
| Subs | Duquesne | | |
| 01:41 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank makes the 1st free throw | 66-60 |
| 01:41 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank makes the 2nd free throw | 67-60 |
| 01:15 | Duquesne | Eric Chao banks in the wide open layup on a great pass from Willie Whiteman | 67-62 |
| 00:58 | Harvard | Walter Fairbank can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 67-62 |
| 00:56 | Duquesne | Eric Chao gets the rebound | 67-62 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Duquesne | Duquesne is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:50 | Duquesne | William Prince scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Willie Whiteman | 67-65 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Duquesne | Duquesne is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:25 | Harvard | Brett Shirley misses short on a shot from the left wing but the foul's on William Prince - foul #1 on William Prince, team foul #10 | 67-65 |
| 00:25 | Harvard | Brett Shirley misses the 1st free throw | 67-65 |
| 00:25 | Harvard | Brett Shirley makes the 2nd free throw | 68-65 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duquesne | Duquesne is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:07 | Duquesne | Gary Watts comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 68-65 |
| 00:05 | Duquesne | Eric Chao grabs the offensive board | 68-65 |
| 00:03 | Duquesne | Gary Watts hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 68-65 |
| 00:01 | Duquesne | Robert Zak pulls down the offensive rebound | 68-65 |
| 00:00 | Duquesne | The clock runs out | 68-65 |