| Lineup | Denver | PG - Shawn Baird (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Sidney Kircher (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Bunch (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ralph Harvey (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Shawn Shofner (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - James Dunn (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SG - Danny Morrone (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard Floyd (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Harry Yawn (fresh) C - Robert Hinton (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Denver | James Bunch inbounds the ball | 27-17 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:36 | Denver | Sidney Kircher makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by James Bunch and he's fouled by James Dunn - foul #2 on James Dunn, team foul #1 | 29-17 |
| 19:36 | Denver | Sidney Kircher makes the free throw | 30-17 |
| 19:16 | BYU | James Dunn hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 30-17 |
| 19:14 | Denver | Shawn Baird snags the defensive board | 30-17 |
| 18:56 | Denver | Sidney Kircher's layup is rejected by Robert Hinton | 30-17 |
| 18:55 | Denver | Shawn Shofner tips it but misses | 30-17 |
| 18:53 | BYU | The rebound goes to Richard Floyd | 30-17 |
| 18:48 | BYU | The jump hook by James Dunn is blocked by Shawn Shofner | 30-17 |
| 18:46 | Denver | Shawn Baird pulls down the rebound | 30-17 |
| 18:26 | Denver | James Bunch misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Richard Floyd - foul #2 on Richard Floyd, team foul #2 | 30-17 |
| 18:26 | Denver | James Bunch makes the 1st free throw | 31-17 |
| 18:26 | Denver | James Bunch makes the 2nd free throw | 32-17 |
| 18:09 | BYU | James Dunn connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 32-19 |
| 17:54 | Denver | Shawn Shofner misses the floater from the right wing | 32-19 |
| 17:53 | BYU | Robert Hinton gets the rebound | 32-19 |
| 17:46 | BYU | Robert Hinton's layup is rejected by Shawn Shofner | 32-19 |
| 17:44 | Denver | Ralph Harvey gets the rebound | 32-19 |
| 17:20 | Denver | Ralph Harvey misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 32-19 |
| 17:19 | BYU | The rebound goes to Robert Hinton | 32-19 |
| 17:03 | BYU | James Dunn hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Danny Morrone and he's fouled by Shawn Baird - foul #2 on Shawn Baird, team foul #1 | 32-21 |
| Subs | Denver | Donald Zysk (SG), John Swift (SF), Jason Cox (C) Sidney Kircher, James Bunch, Shawn Shofner | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 17:03 | BYU | James Dunn makes the free throw | 32-22 |
| 16:38 | Denver | Ralph Harvey hits a 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-22 |
| 16:19 | BYU | James Dunn connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-25 |
| 15:59 | Denver | John Swift's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-25 |
| Subs | Denver | Sidney Kircher (SG), Jay Noe (SF), Steven Aragon (C) Shawn Baird, John Swift, Ralph Harvey | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Donald Zysk (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Sidney Kircher (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jay Noe (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jason Cox (fresh) 2 reb. C - Steven Aragon (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - James Dunn (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 stl. SG - Danny Morrone (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Floyd (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Harry Yawn (fairly fresh) C - Robert Hinton (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:40 | BYU | Robert Hinton scores on a jumpshot from the left wing | 35-27 |
| 15:29 | Denver | Jay Noe banks in the layup on a nice dish by Donald Zysk | 37-27 |
| 15:17 | BYU | Richard Floyd scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 37-29 |
| 15:00 | Denver | Sidney Kircher is whistled for traveling | 37-29 |
| Subs | Denver | Ralph Harvey (PF), Shawn Shofner (C) Jason Cox, Steven Aragon | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 14:40 | BYU | Robert Hinton misses short on a jumper from the right block but the foul's on Shawn Shofner - foul #1 on Shawn Shofner, team foul #2 | 37-29 |
| Subs | Denver | Shawn Baird (PG) Donald Zysk | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 14:40 | BYU | Robert Hinton makes the 1st free throw | 37-30 |
| 14:40 | BYU | Robert Hinton misses the 2nd free throw | 37-30 |
| 14:40 | Denver | Ralph Harvey grabs the board | 37-30 |
| 14:25 | Denver | Ralph Harvey misses the easy layup | 37-30 |
| 14:24 | BYU | Robert Hinton grabs the board | 37-30 |
| 14:03 | BYU | James Dunn misses short on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Shawn Baird - foul #3 on Shawn Baird, team foul #3 | 37-30 |
| Subs | Denver | Donald Zysk (SG) Sidney Kircher | |
| Subs | BYU | William Haywood (PF) Harry Yawn | |
| 14:03 | BYU | James Dunn makes the 1st free throw | 37-31 |
| 14:03 | BYU | James Dunn makes the 2nd free throw | 37-32 |
| 13:46 | Denver | Robert Hinton steps in front of the Ralph Harvey pass | 37-32 |
| 13:24 | BYU | William Haywood misses long on a runner from the right block but he's hacked by Ralph Harvey - foul #3 on Ralph Harvey, team foul #4 | 37-32 |
| Subs | Denver | Jason Cox (C) Shawn Shofner | |
| Subs | BYU | John Eslick (PG), David Arteaga (C) James Dunn, Robert Hinton | |
| 13:24 | BYU | William Haywood misses the 1st free throw | 37-32 |
| 13:24 | BYU | William Haywood misses the 2nd free throw | 37-32 |
| 13:24 | Denver | Jay Noe snags the defensive board | 37-32 |
| 12:57 | Denver | Shawn Baird misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-32 |
| 12:56 | Denver | Ralph Harvey tips it home | 39-32 |
| 12:29 | BYU | David Arteaga hits a jumper from the right side | 39-34 |
| 12:17 | Denver | Shawn Baird misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 39-34 |
| 12:16 | BYU | David Arteaga snags the defensive board | 39-34 |
| 11:57 | BYU | Richard Floyd can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Jay Noe - foul #4 on Jay Noe, team foul #5 | 39-34 |
| Subs | Denver | James Bunch (PG), Sidney Kircher (SG), John Swift (SF), Shawn Shofner (C) Shawn Baird, Donald Zysk, Jay Noe, Ralph Harvey | |
| Subs | BYU | James Dunn (PG), Harry Yawn (PF), Robert Hinton (C) Danny Morrone, William Haywood, David Arteaga | |
| 11:57 | BYU | Richard Floyd makes the 1st free throw | 39-35 |
| 11:57 | BYU | Richard Floyd makes the 2nd free throw | 39-36 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - James Bunch (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sidney Kircher (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Swift (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jason Cox (fresh) 2 reb. C - Shawn Shofner (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - James Dunn (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 stl. SG - John Eslick (fresh) SF - Richard Floyd (tiring) 7 pts. PF - Harry Yawn (fairly fresh) C - Robert Hinton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:46 | Denver | The jump hook by Shawn Shofner is blocked by Robert Hinton | 39-36 |
| 11:44 | BYU | James Dunn snags the defensive board | 39-36 |
| 11:26 | BYU | Robert Hinton connects on the turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Richard Floyd | 39-38 |
| 11:11 | Denver | Sidney Kircher misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 39-38 |
| 11:10 | Denver | James Bunch pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-38 |
| 10:57 | Denver | John Swift misses the lay-in | 39-38 |
| 10:56 | Denver | Jason Cox tips it home | 41-38 |
| 10:39 | BYU | James Dunn connects on the floater from the free throw line | 41-40 |
| 10:15 | Denver | John Swift hits a floater near the basket and the foul's on Robert Hinton - foul #2 on Robert Hinton, team foul #3 | 43-40 |
| Subs | Denver | Shawn Baird (PG), Ralph Harvey (PF), Steven Aragon (C) James Bunch, Jason Cox, Shawn Shofner | |
| Subs | BYU | Danny Morrone (SG), William Haywood (SF) James Dunn, Richard Floyd | |
| 10:15 | Denver | John Swift makes the free throw | 44-40 |
| 10:00 | BYU | Danny Morrone knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Robert Hinton | 44-42 |
| 09:53 | Denver | Shawn Baird knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 47-42 |
| 09:40 | BYU | Harry Yawn misses badly on a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Ralph Harvey - foul #4 on Ralph Harvey, team foul #6 | 47-42 |
| Subs | Denver | James Bunch (SF), John McGuire (C) John Swift, Ralph Harvey | |
| Subs | BYU | David Arteaga (C) Robert Hinton | |
| 09:40 | BYU | Harry Yawn makes the 1st free throw | 47-43 |
| 09:40 | BYU | Harry Yawn makes the 2nd free throw | 47-44 |
| 09:18 | Denver | John McGuire misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 47-44 |
| 09:17 | Denver | Steven Aragon misses the tip | 47-44 |
| 09:15 | BYU | Danny Morrone snags the defensive board | 47-44 |
| 08:57 | BYU | John Eslick can't connect on a shot from the left side but he's hacked by Shawn Baird - foul #4 on Shawn Baird, team foul #7 | 47-44 |
| Subs | Denver | Donald Zysk (PG), Shawn Shofner (C) Shawn Baird, John McGuire | |
| Subs | BYU | William Kelley (PF) Harry Yawn | |
| 08:57 | BYU | John Eslick makes the 1st free throw | 47-45 |
| 08:57 | BYU | John Eslick makes the 2nd free throw | 47-46 |
| 08:35 | Denver | James Bunch scores on a 3pt shot from straight away | 50-46 |
| 08:09 | BYU | Danny Morrone misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 50-46 |
| 08:08 | BYU | William Haywood pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-46 |
| 07:54 | BYU | Steven Aragon blocks the jumper by David Arteaga | 50-46 |
| 07:52 | BYU | David Arteaga snags the offensive board | 50-46 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Donald Zysk (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sidney Kircher (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Bunch (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. PF - Steven Aragon (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Shawn Shofner (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - John Eslick (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Danny Morrone (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Haywood (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - William Kelley (fresh) C - David Arteaga (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:40 | BYU | David Arteaga comes up short on the floater near the basket but he's fouled by Steven Aragon - foul #2 on Steven Aragon, team foul #8 | 50-46 |
| Subs | Denver | Shawn Baird (PG), Jay Noe (SF), Ralph Harvey (PF), Jason Cox (C) Sidney Kircher, James Bunch, Steven Aragon, Shawn Shofner | |
| Subs | BYU | James Dunn (PG), Richard Floyd (SF) Danny Morrone, William Kelley | |
| 07:40 | BYU | David Arteaga makes the 1st free throw | 50-47 |
| 07:40 | BYU | David Arteaga makes the 2nd free throw | 50-48 |
| 07:23 | Denver | Jason Cox scores on a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Ralph Harvey | 52-48 |
| 07:06 | BYU | James Dunn misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 52-48 |
| 07:04 | Denver | Ralph Harvey grabs the board | 52-48 |
| 06:47 | Denver | Ralph Harvey comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 52-48 |
| 06:45 | BYU | The rebound goes to David Arteaga | 52-48 |
| 06:39 | BYU | Donald Zysk takes the ball from James Dunn | 52-48 |
| 06:32 | Denver | Donald Zysk hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 52-48 |
| 06:30 | BYU | The rebound goes to William Haywood | 52-48 |
| 06:14 | BYU | Ralph Harvey swats the short shot by David Arteaga | 52-48 |
| 06:12 | Denver | Ralph Harvey grabs the board | 52-48 |
| 05:53 | Denver | Shawn Baird comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by James Dunn - foul #3 on James Dunn, team foul #4 | 52-48 |
| Subs | Denver | Sidney Kircher (SG), Shawn Shofner (C) Donald Zysk, Jason Cox | |
| Subs | BYU | Danny Morrone (SG), Harry Yawn (PF), Robert Hinton (C) John Eslick, William Haywood, David Arteaga | |
| 05:53 | Denver | Shawn Baird makes the 1st free throw | 53-48 |
| 05:53 | Denver | Shawn Baird makes the 2nd free throw | 54-48 |
| 05:53 | Denver | Shawn Baird makes the 3rd free throw | 55-48 |
| 05:44 | BYU | Danny Morrone is fouled on the floor by Ralph Harvey - foul #5 on Ralph Harvey, team foul #9 | 55-48 |
| Subs | Denver | Steven Aragon (PF) Ralph Harvey | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 05:44 | BYU | Danny Morrone makes the 1st free throw | 55-49 |
| 05:44 | BYU | Danny Morrone makes the 2nd free throw | 55-50 |
| 05:15 | Denver | Shawn Baird is hacked by Robert Hinton - foul #3 on Robert Hinton, team foul #5 | 55-50 |
| 04:54 | Denver | Jay Noe misses short on a shot in the lane | 55-50 |
| 04:52 | BYU | The rebound goes to Robert Hinton | 55-50 |
| 04:30 | BYU | Richard Floyd loses the dribble to Shawn Shofner | 55-50 |
| 04:04 | Denver | Sidney Kircher knocks in the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Steven Aragon | 58-50 |
| 03:38 | BYU | Harry Yawn knocks in the shot from the right side | 58-52 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Shawn Baird (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - Sidney Kircher (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jay Noe (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Steven Aragon (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Shawn Shofner (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | BYU | PG - James Dunn (tiring) 18 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Danny Morrone (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Floyd (tiring) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Harry Yawn (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Robert Hinton (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 03:21 | Denver | Shawn Shofner hits a shot from the left block on a nice dish by Sidney Kircher | 60-52 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:00 | BYU | Harry Yawn's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 60-52 |
| Subs | Denver | Donald Zysk (PG), James Bunch (SG), John Swift (SF), Jason Cox (PF), John McGuire (C) Shawn Baird, Sidney Kircher, Jay Noe, Steven Aragon, Shawn Shofner | |
| Subs | BYU | John Eslick (PG), William Haywood (SF), William Kelley (PF) James Dunn, Richard Floyd, Harry Yawn | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:58 | Denver | Denver calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-52 |
| Subs | Denver | Steven Aragon (C) John McGuire | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 02:41 | Denver | Steven Aragon's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Hinton | 60-52 |
| 02:40 | BYU | William Kelley pulls down the rebound | 60-52 |
| 02:40 | BYU | BYU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-52 |
| Subs | Denver | Shawn Baird (PG), Sidney Kircher (SG), Jay Noe (SF), Shawn Shofner (C) Donald Zysk, James Bunch, John Swift, Steven Aragon | |
| Subs | BYU | James Dunn (PG), Richard Floyd (SF), Harry Yawn (PF) John Eslick, William Haywood, William Kelley | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:31 | BYU | James Dunn comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-52 |
| 02:30 | Denver | Shawn Shofner gets the rebound | 60-52 |
| 02:13 | Denver | Shawn Shofner buries a fadeaway from close range set up by Sidney Kircher | 62-52 |
| 01:52 | BYU | James Dunn banks in the layup | 62-54 |
| 01:23 | Denver | Shawn Shofner is fouled on the floor by Robert Hinton - foul #4 on Robert Hinton, team foul #6 | 62-54 |
| 01:04 | Denver | Shawn Shofner misses badly on a turnaround from the right block | 62-54 |
| 01:03 | BYU | Danny Morrone grabs the defensive rebound | 62-54 |
| 00:48 | BYU | Danny Morrone drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Richard Floyd | 62-57 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:46 | Denver | Jason Cox is fouled in the backcourt by James Dunn - foul #4 on James Dunn, team foul #7 | 62-57 |
| Subs | Denver | Donald Zysk (SG) Sidney Kircher | |
| Subs | BYU | | |
| 00:46 | Denver | Jason Cox makes the 1st free throw | 63-57 |
| 00:46 | Denver | Jason Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 64-57 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:40 | BYU | James Dunn's pass is intercepted by Shawn Baird | 64-57 |
| 00:36 | Denver | Donald Zysk lays it in on a great pass from Shawn Baird | 66-57 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:30 | BYU | Danny Morrone comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 66-57 |
| 00:29 | Denver | Shawn Shofner grabs the defensive rebound | 66-57 |
| 00:29 | Denver | Denver calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 66-57 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:27 | Denver | James Dunn is called for the reach on Shawn Baird in the backcourt - foul #5 on James Dunn, team foul #8 | 66-57 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | BYU | John Eslick (PG) James Dunn | |
| 00:27 | Denver | Shawn Baird misses the 1st free throw | 66-57 |
| 00:27 | BYU | The rebound goes to Robert Hinton | 66-57 |
| 00:20 | BYU | Danny Morrone misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 66-57 |
| 00:18 | Denver | The rebound goes to Donald Zysk | 66-57 |
| 00:18 | Denver | Denver calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 66-57 |
| 00:16 | Denver | Danny Morrone is called for the reach on Jason Cox in the backcourt - foul #3 on Danny Morrone, team foul #9 | 66-57 |
| 00:16 | Denver | Jason Cox makes the 1st free throw | 67-57 |
| 00:16 | Denver | Jason Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 68-57 |
| 00:09 | BYU | Danny Morrone misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 68-57 |
| 00:08 | Denver | Jay Noe gets the rebound | 68-57 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | BYU | BYU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Denver | Shawn Baird runs out the clock | 68-57 |