| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Angel Gallo (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Alan Quist (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Monty Collins (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - James Dolloff (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Rodney Quick (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Jeffery Houston (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Andres Ferrari (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Heriberto Giordano (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. PF - Mark Heiman (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Wambua Yusuf (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Xavier | Heriberto Giordano inbounds the ball | 29-41 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:49 | Xavier | Mark Heiman is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Mark Heiman, team foul #1 | 29-41 |
| 19:28 | Saint Louis | Andres Ferrari steals the ball from Monty Collins | 29-41 |
| 19:01 | Xavier | Andres Ferrari misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 29-41 |
| 19:00 | Saint Louis | The rebound goes to Monty Collins | 29-41 |
| 18:45 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick hits a fadeaway from the baseline | 31-41 |
| 18:35 | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf's pass is intercepted by Rodney Quick | 31-41 |
| 18:30 | Saint Louis | Alan Quist hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 31-41 |
| 18:28 | Xavier | Mark Heiman grabs the defensive rebound | 31-41 |
| 18:07 | Xavier | Andres Ferrari makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Jeffery Houston | 31-44 |
| 17:41 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick connects on the shot near the basket on a nice dish by Angel Gallo | 33-44 |
| 17:26 | Xavier | Mark Heiman buries a driving attempt in the lane set up by Heriberto Giordano | 33-46 |
| 17:10 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline | 33-46 |
| 17:08 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick hits the follow up shot | 35-46 |
| 16:53 | Xavier | Jeffery Houston is hacked by Angel Gallo - foul #2 on Angel Gallo, team foul #1 | 35-46 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ronald Parks (SG), Russell Wight (PF) Alan Quist, James Dolloff | |
| Subs | Xavier | Timothy Cooper (PG), Robert Harris (PF), Floyd Arden (C) Jeffery Houston, Mark Heiman, Wambua Yusuf | |
| 16:39 | Xavier | Monty Collins steals it from Andres Ferrari out of a doubleteam | 35-46 |
| 16:16 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 35-46 |
| 16:15 | Saint Louis | Ronald Parks misses the tip | 35-46 |
| 16:13 | Xavier | Floyd Arden grabs the defensive rebound | 35-46 |
| 15:51 | Xavier | Heriberto Giordano hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side but he's hacked by Monty Collins - foul #1 on Monty Collins, team foul #2 | 35-46 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Alan Quist (SG), James Dolloff (PF) Ronald Parks, Russell Wight | |
| Subs | Xavier | Jeffery Houston (PG), David Saffold (SG), Mark Heiman (PF), Wambua Yusuf (C) Timothy Cooper, Andres Ferrari, Robert Harris, Floyd Arden | |
| 15:51 | Xavier | Heriberto Giordano makes the 1st free throw | 35-47 |
| 15:51 | Xavier | Heriberto Giordano makes the 2nd free throw | 35-48 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Angel Gallo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Alan Quist (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Monty Collins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - James Dolloff (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Rodney Quick (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Jeffery Houston (fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - David Saffold (fresh) SF - Heriberto Giordano (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. PF - Mark Heiman (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Wambua Yusuf (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Saint Louis | Monty Collins misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-48 |
| 15:41 | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf grabs the defensive rebound | 35-48 |
| 15:27 | Xavier | Heriberto Giordano misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 35-48 |
| 15:26 | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf tips it but misses | 35-48 |
| 15:25 | Saint Louis | The rebound goes to Monty Collins | 35-48 |
| 15:20 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick misses the lay-in but he's hacked by David Saffold - foul #2 on David Saffold, team foul #2 | 35-48 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Daniel Bolden (SF) Heriberto Giordano | |
| 15:20 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick makes the 1st free throw | 36-48 |
| 15:20 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick misses the 2nd free throw | 36-48 |
| 15:20 | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf gets the rebound | 36-48 |
| 15:03 | Xavier | The jumper by Jeffery Houston is denied by Rodney Quick | 36-48 |
| 15:01 | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf misses the tip | 36-48 |
| 15:00 | Saint Louis | James Dolloff grabs the defensive rebound | 36-48 |
| 14:38 | Saint Louis | Alan Quist can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Jeffery Houston - foul #1 on Jeffery Houston, team foul #3 | 36-48 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Andres Ferrari (SG) David Saffold | |
| 14:38 | Saint Louis | Alan Quist makes the 1st free throw | 37-48 |
| 14:38 | Saint Louis | Alan Quist makes the 2nd free throw | 38-48 |
| 14:21 | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf drills a floater in the lane set up by Jeffery Houston and he's hacked by Monty Collins - foul #2 on Monty Collins, team foul #3 | 38-50 |
| 14:21 | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf makes the free throw | 38-51 |
| 14:03 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 41-51 |
| 13:38 | Xavier | Mark Heiman shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the driving attempt from the left block | 41-53 |
| 13:18 | Saint Louis | James Dolloff misses the floater from the right side | 41-53 |
| 13:17 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick tips it but misses | 41-53 |
| 13:15 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick grabs the offensive rebound | 41-53 |
| 12:59 | Saint Louis | Andres Ferrari picks off the pass by Monty Collins | 41-53 |
| 12:56 | Xavier | Andres Ferrari hits the finger roll | 41-55 |
| 12:54 | Saint Louis | Jeffery Houston is called for the reach on Angel Gallo in the backcourt - foul #2 on Jeffery Houston, team foul #4 | 41-55 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ronald Parks (SG), Russell Wight (PF), Darin Johnson (C) Alan Quist, James Dolloff, Rodney Quick | |
| Subs | Xavier | Timothy Cooper (PG), David Saffold (SG), Heriberto Giordano (SF), Robert Harris (PF), Floyd Arden (C) Jeffery Houston, Andres Ferrari, Daniel Bolden, Mark Heiman, Wambua Yusuf | |
| 12:41 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo drills a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Ronald Parks | 44-55 |
| 12:30 | Xavier | Darin Johnson steals it from Floyd Arden | 44-55 |
| 12:07 | Saint Louis | Timothy Cooper picks off the pass by Russell Wight | 44-55 |
| 11:54 | Xavier | Robert Harris hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Darin Johnson - foul #1 on Darin Johnson, team foul #4 | 44-55 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick (C) Monty Collins | |
| Subs | Xavier | Andres Ferrari (SG) David Saffold | |
| 11:54 | Xavier | Robert Harris makes the 1st free throw | 44-56 |
| 11:54 | Xavier | Robert Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 44-57 |
| 11:40 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 44-57 |
| 11:39 | Xavier | Heriberto Giordano pulls down the rebound | 44-57 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Angel Gallo (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Parks (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Darin Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Russell Wight (fresh) C - Rodney Quick (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Timothy Cooper (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Andres Ferrari (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Heriberto Giordano (fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. PF - Robert Harris (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Floyd Arden (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:24 | Xavier | Andres Ferrari is hacked by Ronald Parks - foul #1 on Ronald Parks, team foul #5 | 44-57 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Alan Quist (SG), James Dolloff (PF) Angel Gallo, Russell Wight | |
| Subs | Xavier | Jeffery Houston (PG), Mark Heiman (PF), Wambua Yusuf (C) Timothy Cooper, Robert Harris, Floyd Arden | |
| 11:12 | Xavier | Mark Heiman splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Darin Johnson - foul #2 on Darin Johnson, team foul #6 | 44-57 |
| 11:12 | Xavier | Mark Heiman misses the 1st free throw | 44-57 |
| 11:12 | Xavier | Mark Heiman makes the 2nd free throw | 44-58 |
| 10:59 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 44-58 |
| 10:58 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Wambua Yusuf | 44-58 |
| 10:48 | Xavier | Mark Heiman's fadeaway is rejected by Alan Quist | 44-58 |
| 10:47 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick grabs the defensive rebound | 44-58 |
| 10:32 | Saint Louis | Jeffery Houston is called for the reach on Darin Johnson - foul #3 on Jeffery Houston, team foul #5 | 44-58 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Monty Collins (SF) Darin Johnson | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 10:15 | Saint Louis | Andres Ferrari is called for the reach on Alan Quist - foul #3 on Andres Ferrari, team foul #6 | 44-58 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo (PG), Russell Wight (PF) Ronald Parks, Rodney Quick | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 09:53 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-58 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Floyd Arden (C) Wambua Yusuf | |
| 09:29 | Xavier | Mark Heiman shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Andres Ferrari | 44-60 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 09:12 | Saint Louis | Alan Quist misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 44-60 |
| 09:10 | Xavier | Jeffery Houston snags the defensive board | 44-60 |
| 08:54 | Xavier | Floyd Arden throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-60 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ronald Parks (SG), Rodney Quick (C) Alan Quist, James Dolloff | |
| Subs | Xavier | Timothy Cooper (PG), David Saffold (SG), Daniel Bolden (SF), Robert Harris (PF), Wambua Yusuf (C) Jeffery Houston, Andres Ferrari, Heriberto Giordano, Mark Heiman, Floyd Arden | |
| 08:38 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-60 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Darin Johnson (SF) Monty Collins | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 08:18 | Xavier | The short jumper by Wambua Yusuf is denied by Rodney Quick | 44-60 |
| 08:17 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight snags the defensive board | 44-60 |
| 07:54 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick misses long on a turnaround near the basket | 44-60 |
| 07:52 | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf snags the defensive board | 44-60 |
| 07:25 | Xavier | Rodney Quick swats the layup by Robert Harris | 44-60 |
| 07:24 | Xavier | Robert Harris tips it home | 44-62 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Angel Gallo (tiring) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Parks (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Darin Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Russell Wight (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Rodney Quick (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Timothy Cooper (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Saffold (fresh) SF - Daniel Bolden (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Harris (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Wambua Yusuf (fresh) 5 pts. 10 reb. | |
| 07:05 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight can't throw it down but he's fouled by David Saffold - foul #3 on David Saffold, team foul #7 | 44-62 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Alan Quist (SG), Monty Collins (SF) Angel Gallo, Darin Johnson | |
| Subs | Xavier | Jeffery Houston (PG), Andres Ferrari (SG), Heriberto Giordano (SF), Mark Heiman (PF), Floyd Arden (C) Timothy Cooper, David Saffold, Daniel Bolden, Robert Harris, Wambua Yusuf | |
| 07:05 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight makes the 1st free throw | 45-62 |
| 07:05 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight makes the 2nd free throw | 46-62 |
| 06:48 | Xavier | Floyd Arden misses badly on the uncontested turnaround from the left block | 46-62 |
| 06:46 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight grabs the defensive rebound | 46-62 |
| 06:27 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick knocks in the fadeaway from close range | 48-62 |
| 06:17 | Xavier | Mark Heiman misses the dunk attempt against a doubleteam | 48-62 |
| 06:16 | Xavier | Jeffery Houston gets the offensive rebound | 48-62 |
| 05:59 | Xavier | Floyd Arden is open but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 48-62 |
| 05:57 | Saint Louis | The rebound goes to Rodney Quick | 48-62 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:51 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Floyd Arden - foul #3 on Floyd Arden, team foul #8 | 48-62 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo (PG), James Dolloff (C) Ronald Parks, Rodney Quick | |
| Subs | Xavier | Wambua Yusuf (C) Floyd Arden | |
| 05:51 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight makes the 1st free throw | 49-62 |
| 05:51 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight misses the 2nd free throw | 49-62 |
| 05:51 | Saint Louis | Monty Collins pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-62 |
| 05:46 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo clanks a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Heriberto Giordano - foul #2 on Heriberto Giordano, team foul #9 | 49-62 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Darin Johnson (C) Russell Wight | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 05:46 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo makes the 1st free throw | 50-62 |
| 05:46 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo makes the 2nd free throw | 51-62 |
| 05:31 | Xavier | Mark Heiman loses the dribble to Darin Johnson | 51-62 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:06 | Saint Louis | Alan Quist misses badly on a floater from the right side | 51-62 |
| 05:05 | Xavier | Andres Ferrari pulls down the rebound | 51-62 |
| 04:56 | Xavier | Jeffery Houston hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 51-65 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 04:38 | Saint Louis | Andres Ferrari is called for the reach on Angel Gallo - foul #4 on Andres Ferrari, team foul #10 | 51-65 |
| 04:38 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo makes the 1st free throw | 52-65 |
| 04:38 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo misses the 2nd free throw | 52-65 |
| 04:38 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Mark Heiman | 52-65 |
| 04:23 | Xavier | Jeffery Houston misses the lay-in | 52-65 |
| 04:22 | Saint Louis | The rebound goes to Darin Johnson | 52-65 |
| 04:16 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo scores on a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Alan Quist | 54-65 |
| 03:58 | Xavier | Mark Heiman splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jumper in the lane but the foul's on Alan Quist - foul #2 on Alan Quist, team foul #7 | 54-65 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Ronald Parks (SG), Rodney Quick (C) Alan Quist, Monty Collins | |
| Subs | Xavier | Timothy Cooper (PG), David Saffold (SG) Jeffery Houston, Andres Ferrari | |
| 03:58 | Xavier | Mark Heiman makes the 1st free throw | 54-66 |
| 03:58 | Xavier | Mark Heiman makes the 2nd free throw | 54-67 |
| 03:38 | Saint Louis | Darin Johnson connects on the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Ronald Parks | 56-67 |
| 03:16 | Xavier | Heriberto Giordano blows the layup | 56-67 |
| 03:14 | Xavier | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Heiman | 56-67 |
| Lineup | Saint Louis | PG - Angel Gallo (tiring) 16 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Parks (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Darin Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - James Dolloff (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Rodney Quick (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 9 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Timothy Cooper (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Saffold (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Heriberto Giordano (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 stl. PF - Mark Heiman (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 5 reb. C - Wambua Yusuf (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 10 reb. | |
| 02:53 | Xavier | David Saffold is hacked by Ronald Parks - foul #2 on Ronald Parks, team foul #8 | 56-67 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Monty Collins (SF) Darin Johnson | |
| Subs | Xavier | Andres Ferrari (SG), Daniel Bolden (SF), Robert Harris (PF), Floyd Arden (C) Timothy Cooper, Heriberto Giordano, Mark Heiman, Wambua Yusuf | |
| 02:53 | Xavier | David Saffold misses the 1st free throw | 56-67 |
| 02:53 | Saint Louis | The rebound goes to Rodney Quick | 56-67 |
| 02:39 | Saint Louis | Angel Gallo misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 56-67 |
| 02:37 | Saint Louis | Rodney Quick grabs the offensive board | 56-67 |
| 02:23 | Saint Louis | Floyd Arden steps in front of the Angel Gallo pass | 56-67 |
| 01:58 | Xavier | Robert Harris is fouled on the floor by James Dolloff - foul #3 on James Dolloff, team foul #9 | 56-67 |
| Subs | Saint Louis | Alan Quist (SG), Darin Johnson (SF), Russell Wight (PF), Dwight White (C) Angel Gallo, Monty Collins, James Dolloff, Rodney Quick | |
| Subs | Xavier | Timothy Cooper (PG) Andres Ferrari | |
| 01:58 | Xavier | Robert Harris makes the 1st free throw | 56-68 |
| 01:58 | Xavier | Robert Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 56-69 |
| 01:44 | Saint Louis | Alan Quist misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-69 |
| 01:42 | Saint Louis | Darin Johnson gets the offensive rebound | 56-69 |
| 01:25 | Saint Louis | Darin Johnson clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 56-69 |
| 01:23 | Xavier | Floyd Arden snags the defensive board | 56-69 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:08 | Xavier | Robert Harris hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 56-69 |
| 01:07 | Saint Louis | Russell Wight gets the rebound | 56-69 |
| 00:58 | Saint Louis | Timothy Cooper takes the ball from Ronald Parks | 56-69 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:30 | Xavier | Robert Harris makes the shot near the basket on a great pass from Timothy Cooper | 56-71 |
| Game Plan | Saint Louis | Saint Louis is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:24 | Saint Louis | Darin Johnson scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Russell Wight | 59-71 |
| 00:00 | Xavier | Timothy Cooper runs out the clock | 59-71 |