| Lineup | Merrimack | PG - Douglas Kelly (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Burt Childs (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mark Graham (fresh) 7 pts. PF - George Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. C - Tod Curtis (fresh) 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Pace | PG - Duane Day (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark Sweet (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Sol Bruno (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Mark Carden (fresh) 2 reb. C - Paul Jackson (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Merrimack | Mark Graham inbounds the ball | 24-30 |
| Game Plan | Merrimack | Merrimack is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pace | Pace is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:47 | Merrimack | Tod Curtis misses short on a turnaround in the paint | 24-30 |
| 19:45 | Pace | Paul Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 24-30 |
| 19:41 | Pace | Mark Sweet comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 24-30 |
| 19:40 | Merrimack | Mark Graham snags the defensive board | 24-30 |
| 19:17 | Merrimack | Mark Graham makes the 3 pointer from the left corner | 27-30 |
| 19:02 | Pace | Burt Childs is called for the reach on Mark Sweet - foul #2 on Burt Childs, team foul #1 | 27-30 |
| 18:46 | Pace | Mark Sweet is fouled on the floor by Tod Curtis - foul #2 on Tod Curtis, team foul #2 | 27-30 |
| 18:28 | Pace | Mark Sweet scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Duane Day | 27-33 |
| 18:16 | Merrimack | Burt Childs misses short on a jump hook from close range but he's fouled by Mark Sweet - foul #1 on Mark Sweet, team foul #1 | 27-33 |
| 18:16 | Merrimack | Burt Childs makes the 1st free throw | 28-33 |
| 18:16 | Merrimack | Burt Childs misses the 2nd free throw | 28-33 |
| 18:16 | Pace | The rebound goes to Mark Sweet | 28-33 |
| 17:52 | Pace | Duane Day connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Mark Sweet | 28-35 |
| 17:30 | Merrimack | Tod Curtis is hacked by Paul Jackson - foul #2 on Paul Jackson, team foul #2 | 28-35 |
| 17:25 | Merrimack | Burt Childs knocks in the turnaround near the basket set up by Mark Graham | 30-35 |
| 17:10 | Pace | Paul Jackson lays it up and in on a nice dish by Mark Carden and he's hacked by Tod Curtis - foul #3 on Tod Curtis, team foul #3 | 30-37 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Martin Taylor (C) Tod Curtis | |
| Subs | Pace | Steven Bright (SF), Shawn Drury (PF) Sol Bruno, Mark Carden | |
| 17:10 | Pace | Paul Jackson makes the free throw | 30-38 |
| 16:49 | Merrimack | Mark Graham misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 30-38 |
| 16:48 | Merrimack | Mark Graham grabs the offensive rebound | 30-38 |
| 16:38 | Merrimack | Burt Childs misses the turnaround from the left block | 30-38 |
| 16:36 | Merrimack | Martin Taylor tips it in | 32-38 |
| 16:15 | Pace | Steven Bright drills a jumper from the right block set up by Paul Jackson | 32-40 |
| 15:51 | Merrimack | George Taylor knocks in the shot in the paint | 34-40 |
| Lineup | Merrimack | PG - Douglas Kelly (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Burt Childs (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mark Graham (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - George Taylor (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Martin Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pace | PG - Duane Day (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mark Sweet (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - Steven Bright (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. PF - Shawn Drury (fresh) C - Paul Jackson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:31 | Pace | Paul Jackson scores on a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Steven Bright | 34-42 |
| 15:18 | Merrimack | Mark Graham hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 34-42 |
| 15:16 | Pace | Shawn Drury snags the defensive board | 34-42 |
| 15:12 | Pace | Steven Bright banks in the layup on a nice dish by Mark Sweet and he's hacked by George Taylor - foul #1 on George Taylor, team foul #4 | 34-44 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Orlando Wayt (PG), James Nickens (SG), Geoffrey Laird (SF), Tod Curtis (C) Douglas Kelly, Burt Childs, Mark Graham, George Taylor | |
| Subs | Pace | Kelvin Forgey (SG), Sol Bruno (SF), Mark Carden (PF), William Miller (C) Duane Day, Mark Sweet, Shawn Drury, Paul Jackson | |
| 15:12 | Pace | Steven Bright makes the free throw | 34-45 |
| 14:53 | Merrimack | Martin Taylor misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 34-45 |
| 14:52 | Merrimack | Tod Curtis tips it home | 36-45 |
| 14:26 | Pace | The jump hook by Steven Bright is blocked by Tod Curtis | 36-45 |
| 14:24 | Pace | The offensive rebound goes to Sol Bruno | 36-45 |
| 14:05 | Pace | Steven Bright is whistled for a carry | 36-45 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Alvin Richardson (PF) Martin Taylor | |
| Subs | Pace | | |
| 13:47 | Merrimack | Tod Curtis makes the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from James Nickens | 38-45 |
| 13:28 | Pace | Sol Bruno hits a jumper in the paint on a nice dish by Steven Bright and the foul's on Tod Curtis - foul #4 on Tod Curtis, team foul #5 | 38-47 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly (PG), Burt Childs (SG) Orlando Wayt, Tod Curtis | |
| Subs | Pace | Carlton Bush (SG) Steven Bright | |
| 13:28 | Pace | Sol Bruno makes the free throw | 38-48 |
| 13:08 | Merrimack | Kelvin Forgey steals the ball from Burt Childs | 38-48 |
| 12:54 | Pace | Kelvin Forgey knocks in the floater from just outside the lane and he's hacked by Alvin Richardson - foul #3 on Alvin Richardson, team foul #6 | 38-50 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Mark Graham (SF), George Taylor (PF), Martin Taylor (C) James Nickens, Alvin Richardson, Geoffrey Laird | |
| Subs | Pace | Mark Sweet (SG), Paul Jackson (C) Carlton Bush, William Miller | |
| 12:54 | Pace | Kelvin Forgey makes the free throw | 38-51 |
| 12:34 | Merrimack | Burt Childs buries a jumper from the left block set up by Mark Graham | 40-51 |
| 12:10 | Pace | Mark Sweet knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 40-54 |
| 12:05 | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly makes the jumper from close range set up by Mark Graham and he's hacked by Kelvin Forgey - foul #2 on Kelvin Forgey, team foul #3 | 42-54 |
| Subs | Merrimack | | |
| Subs | Pace | Duane Day (PG), Steven Bright (SF), Shawn Drury (PF) Kelvin Forgey, Sol Bruno, Mark Carden | |
| 12:05 | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly makes the free throw | 43-54 |
| 11:47 | Pace | Shawn Drury buries a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Mark Sweet | 43-56 |
| Lineup | Merrimack | PG - Douglas Kelly (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Burt Childs (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mark Graham (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - George Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. C - Martin Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pace | PG - Duane Day (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mark Sweet (fresh) 14 pts. 5 ast. SF - Steven Bright (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. PF - Shawn Drury (fresh) 2 pts. C - Paul Jackson (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:40 | Merrimack | Mark Graham knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Burt Childs | 46-56 |
| 11:20 | Pace | Mark Sweet misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 46-56 |
| 11:19 | Merrimack | Martin Taylor gets the rebound | 46-56 |
| 10:56 | Merrimack | Shawn Drury steals the ball from Douglas Kelly | 46-56 |
| 10:51 | Pace | Duane Day buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Paul Jackson | 46-59 |
| 10:35 | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly's layup is rejected by Shawn Drury | 46-59 |
| 10:33 | Pace | Steven Bright grabs the board | 46-59 |
| 10:28 | Pace | Duane Day is hacked by Mark Graham - foul #3 on Mark Graham, team foul #7 | 46-59 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Orlando Wayt (PG), James Nickens (SG), Geoffrey Laird (SF), Alvin Richardson (C) Douglas Kelly, Burt Childs, Mark Graham, Martin Taylor | |
| Subs | Pace | Sol Bruno (SF), Mark Carden (PF), William Miller (C) Mark Sweet, Shawn Drury, Paul Jackson | |
| 10:28 | Pace | Duane Day misses the 1st free throw | 46-59 |
| 10:28 | Merrimack | George Taylor snags the defensive board | 46-59 |
| 10:06 | Merrimack | Alvin Richardson knocks in the floater in the lane on a great pass from Orlando Wayt | 48-59 |
| 09:46 | Pace | William Miller can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 48-59 |
| 09:45 | Merrimack | Alvin Richardson grabs the defensive rebound | 48-59 |
| 09:26 | Merrimack | James Nickens lays it in | 50-59 |
| 09:11 | Pace | William Miller is denied on a layup by Alvin Richardson | 50-59 |
| 09:10 | Pace | Mark Carden can't tip it in | 50-59 |
| 09:08 | Pace | Mark Carden can't tip it in | 50-59 |
| 09:06 | Merrimack | The rebound goes to James Nickens | 50-59 |
| 08:50 | Merrimack | James Nickens hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 52-59 |
| 08:29 | Pace | William Miller is whistled for traveling | 52-59 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly (PG), Burt Childs (SG), Mark Graham (SF), Martin Taylor (PF) Orlando Wayt, James Nickens, Geoffrey Laird, George Taylor | |
| Subs | Pace | Kelvin Forgey (PG), Mark Sweet (SG), Shawn Drury (PF), Paul Jackson (C) Duane Day, Steven Bright, Mark Carden, William Miller | |
| 08:18 | Merrimack | Burt Childs is fouled on the floor by Mark Sweet - foul #2 on Mark Sweet, team foul #4 | 52-59 |
| Subs | Merrimack | | |
| Subs | Pace | Jeffrey Hang (SF) Sol Bruno | |
| 08:05 | Merrimack | Burt Childs comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 52-59 |
| 08:03 | Pace | Shawn Drury grabs the board | 52-59 |
| 07:44 | Pace | Jeffrey Hang misses badly on a floater from the left side | 52-59 |
| 07:43 | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly grabs the defensive rebound | 52-59 |
| Lineup | Merrimack | PG - Douglas Kelly (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Burt Childs (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mark Graham (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Martin Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Alvin Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Pace | PG - Kelvin Forgey (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Mark Sweet (fresh) 14 pts. 5 ast. SF - Jeffrey Hang (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Shawn Drury (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Paul Jackson (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:24 | Merrimack | Mark Graham misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 52-59 |
| 07:23 | Merrimack | Martin Taylor pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-59 |
| 07:07 | Merrimack | Mark Sweet steals the ball from Douglas Kelly | 52-59 |
| 06:46 | Pace | Kelvin Forgey makes the jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Paul Jackson | 52-61 |
| 06:28 | Merrimack | Alvin Richardson can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 52-61 |
| 06:26 | Merrimack | Burt Childs grabs the offensive board | 52-61 |
| 06:15 | Merrimack | Burt Childs is fouled on the floor by Jeffrey Hang - foul #2 on Jeffrey Hang, team foul #5 | 52-61 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Tod Curtis (C) Alvin Richardson | |
| Subs | Pace | Duane Day (PG), Sol Bruno (SF), Mark Carden (PF) Kelvin Forgey, Jeffrey Hang, Shawn Drury | |
| 06:06 | Merrimack | Martin Taylor throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-61 |
| Subs | Merrimack | George Taylor (PF) Martin Taylor | |
| Subs | Pace | | |
| 05:49 | Pace | Sol Bruno misses short on a fadeaway from close range | 52-61 |
| 05:48 | Merrimack | The rebound goes to Douglas Kelly | 52-61 |
| 05:31 | Merrimack | Tod Curtis misses short on a turnaround near the basket | 52-61 |
| 05:29 | Pace | Mark Carden gets the rebound | 52-61 |
| 05:07 | Pace | Sol Bruno hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 52-61 |
| 05:05 | Merrimack | George Taylor grabs the defensive rebound | 52-61 |
| 04:49 | Merrimack | Burt Childs misses short on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Mark Carden - foul #2 on Mark Carden, team foul #6 | 52-61 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Orlando Wayt (PG), James Nickens (SF) Douglas Kelly, Mark Graham | |
| Subs | Pace | Steven Bright (SG), William Miller (C) Mark Sweet, Paul Jackson | |
| 04:49 | Merrimack | Burt Childs makes the 1st free throw | 53-61 |
| 04:49 | Merrimack | Burt Childs makes the 2nd free throw | 54-61 |
| 04:38 | Pace | Mark Carden misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 54-61 |
| 04:36 | Merrimack | Burt Childs gets the rebound | 54-61 |
| 04:17 | Merrimack | George Taylor makes the 3 from the left wing set up by Burt Childs | 57-61 |
| 04:03 | Pace | Sol Bruno hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 57-61 |
| 04:01 | Pace | Mark Carden hits the follow up shot | 57-63 |
| 03:39 | Merrimack | Tod Curtis connects on the shot from close range | 59-63 |
| Lineup | Merrimack | PG - Orlando Wayt (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Burt Childs (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Nickens (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - George Taylor (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Tod Curtis (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Pace | PG - Duane Day (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Steven Bright (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Sol Bruno (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Mark Carden (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - William Miller (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:35 | Pace | The jump hook by Steven Bright is blocked by James Nickens | 59-63 |
| 03:34 | Merrimack | Tod Curtis grabs the defensive rebound | 59-63 |
| 03:21 | Merrimack | James Nickens clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 59-63 |
| 03:20 | Pace | Duane Day grabs the defensive rebound | 59-63 |
| 03:16 | Pace | Tod Curtis denies the turnaround by Duane Day | 59-63 |
| 03:14 | Pace | Mark Carden tips it home | 59-65 |
| 02:58 | Merrimack | James Nickens hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 59-65 |
| 02:56 | Pace | William Miller grabs the defensive rebound | 59-65 |
| 02:56 | Pace | Pace calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-65 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly (PG), Mark Graham (SF) Orlando Wayt, Burt Childs | |
| Subs | Pace | Mark Sweet (SG), Paul Jackson (C) Steven Bright, William Miller | |
| 02:36 | Pace | Paul Jackson makes the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Duane Day | 59-67 |
| Game Plan | Merrimack | Merrimack is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pace | Pace is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 02:24 | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 59-67 |
| 02:23 | Merrimack | Tod Curtis grabs the offensive board | 59-67 |
| 02:12 | Merrimack | Paul Jackson swats the short shot by Mark Graham | 59-67 |
| 02:11 | Pace | The rebound goes to Sol Bruno | 59-67 |
| Game Plan | Merrimack | Merrimack is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pace | Pace is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 02:06 | Pace | Sol Bruno clanks a turnaround from the baseline | 59-67 |
| 02:04 | Pace | Paul Jackson tips it home | 59-69 |
| 01:49 | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly is fouled on the floor by Paul Jackson - foul #3 on Paul Jackson, team foul #7 | 59-69 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Geoffrey Laird (SF), Martin Taylor (PF), Alvin Richardson (C) Mark Graham, George Taylor, Tod Curtis | |
| Subs | Pace | Steven Bright (PG), Kelvin Forgey (SG), Jeffrey Hang (SF), Shawn Drury (PF), William Miller (C) Duane Day, Mark Sweet, Sol Bruno, Mark Carden, Paul Jackson | |
| 01:49 | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly misses the 1st free throw | 59-69 |
| 01:49 | Pace | The rebound goes to William Miller | 59-69 |
| 01:35 | Pace | Kelvin Forgey is fouled on the floor by James Nickens - foul #1 on James Nickens, team foul #8 | 59-69 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Orlando Wayt (PG) Douglas Kelly | |
| Subs | Pace | | |
| 01:35 | Pace | Kelvin Forgey misses the 1st free throw | 59-69 |
| 01:35 | Merrimack | The rebound goes to Alvin Richardson | 59-69 |
| 01:15 | Merrimack | The short jumper by Geoffrey Laird is denied by Shawn Drury | 59-69 |
| 01:14 | Pace | Jeffrey Hang grabs the defensive rebound | 59-69 |
| 01:10 | Pace | Steven Bright hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 59-69 |
| 01:09 | Merrimack | James Nickens pulls down the rebound | 59-69 |
| 00:49 | Merrimack | Orlando Wayt scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Martin Taylor | 61-69 |
| 00:49 | Pace | Pace calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 61-69 |
| Subs | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly (PG), Burt Childs (SG), Mark Graham (SF), George Taylor (PF), Tod Curtis (C) Orlando Wayt, James Nickens, Geoffrey Laird, Martin Taylor, Alvin Richardson | |
| Subs | Pace | Duane Day (PG), Mark Sweet (SG), Sol Bruno (SF), Mark Carden (PF), Paul Jackson (C) Kelvin Forgey, Steven Bright, Jeffrey Hang, Shawn Drury, William Miller | |
| Game Plan | Merrimack | Merrimack is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pace | Pace is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:47 | Pace | Sol Bruno is fouled in the backcourt by Douglas Kelly - foul #2 on Douglas Kelly, team foul #9 | 61-69 |
| Subs | Merrimack | | |
| Subs | Pace | William Miller (C) Paul Jackson | |
| 00:47 | Pace | Sol Bruno misses the 1st free throw | 61-69 |
| 00:47 | Pace | Mark Carden pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-69 |
| 00:44 | Pace | George Taylor is called for the reach on Mark Carden - foul #2 on George Taylor, team foul #10 | 61-69 |
| 00:44 | Pace | Mark Carden makes the 1st free throw | 61-70 |
| 00:44 | Pace | Mark Carden misses the 2nd free throw | 61-70 |
| 00:44 | Merrimack | Burt Childs gets the rebound | 61-70 |
| Game Plan | Merrimack | Merrimack is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pace | Pace is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:37 | Merrimack | Mark Graham hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 61-70 |
| 00:36 | Merrimack | Burt Childs grabs the offensive rebound | 61-70 |
| 00:33 | Merrimack | Douglas Kelly comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 61-70 |
| 00:31 | Pace | The rebound goes to William Miller | 61-70 |
| 00:28 | Pace | William Miller is fouled in the backcourt by Douglas Kelly - foul #3 on Douglas Kelly, team foul #11 | 61-70 |
| 00:28 | Pace | William Miller makes the 1st free throw | 61-71 |
| 00:28 | Pace | William Miller misses the 2nd free throw | 61-71 |
| 00:28 | Merrimack | The rebound goes to Tod Curtis | 61-71 |
| 00:21 | Merrimack | Mark Graham misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 61-71 |
| 00:19 | Pace | William Miller gets the rebound | 61-71 |
| Game Plan | Merrimack | Merrimack is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pace | Pace is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Pace | Duane Day runs out the clock | 61-71 |