| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Robert Turner (fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SG - Zachary Haefner (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Morrison (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Donald Vaughn (fresh) 6 pts. C - Patrick Pounds (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Harding | PG - Lloyd Rice (fresh) SG - Dana Lavergne (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Bailey (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Ryan Bailey (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - David McClammy (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Gary Morrison inbounds the ball | 32-20 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:41 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner hits a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Gary Morrison | 34-20 |
| 19:24 | Harding | Lloyd Rice is whistled for a carry | 34-20 |
| 19:06 | Rutgers | Gary Morrison misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-20 |
| 19:04 | Harding | Ryan Bailey grabs the defensive rebound | 34-20 |
| 18:45 | Harding | Ryan Bailey knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 34-22 |
| 18:28 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-22 |
| 18:27 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn grabs the offensive board | 34-22 |
| 18:16 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner clanks a fadeaway from the right block | 34-22 |
| 18:14 | Harding | David McClammy snags the defensive board | 34-22 |
| 17:45 | Harding | Ryan Bailey hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Patrick Pounds - foul #1 on Patrick Pounds, team foul #1 | 34-22 |
| 17:45 | Harding | Ryan Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 34-23 |
| 17:45 | Harding | Ryan Bailey makes the 2nd free throw | 34-24 |
| 17:16 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-24 |
| 17:14 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-24 |
| 17:00 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 34-24 |
| 16:59 | Harding | John Bailey pulls down the rebound | 34-24 |
| 16:40 | Harding | John Bailey lays it in | 34-26 |
| 16:24 | Rutgers | Ryan Bailey blocks the short jumper by Patrick Pounds | 34-26 |
| 16:23 | Harding | The rebound goes to Ryan Bailey | 34-26 |
| 16:07 | Harding | Ryan Bailey comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 34-26 |
| 16:05 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn grabs the defensive rebound | 34-26 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Robert Turner (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SG - Zachary Haefner (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Morrison (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Donald Vaughn (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Patrick Pounds (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Harding | PG - Lloyd Rice (fairly fresh) SG - Dana Lavergne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Bailey (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ryan Bailey (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - David McClammy (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:40 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 34-26 |
| 15:39 | Harding | David McClammy snags the defensive board | 34-26 |
| 15:23 | Harding | Ryan Bailey can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side | 34-26 |
| 15:21 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Patrick Pounds | 34-26 |
| 14:55 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner is hacked by Dana Lavergne - foul #3 on Dana Lavergne, team foul #1 | 34-26 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stephen Hutchinson (PG), Larry Dumais (SG), Eric Dixon (SF), Justin Alers (PF), Christopher Peterson (C) Robert Turner, Zachary Haefner, Gary Morrison, Donald Vaughn, Patrick Pounds | |
| Subs | Harding | Raymond Matthias (PG), Carlos Patterson (SG), Larry Infante (SF), Anthony Morgan (PF), Harlan Roberts (C) Lloyd Rice, Dana Lavergne, John Bailey, Ryan Bailey, David McClammy | |
| 14:36 | Rutgers | Eric Dixon is hacked by Raymond Matthias - foul #2 on Raymond Matthias, team foul #2 | 34-26 |
| 14:25 | Rutgers | Eric Dixon connects on the shot near the basket | 36-26 |
| 14:06 | Harding | Larry Infante hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 36-26 |
| 14:05 | Harding | Anthony Morgan gets the offensive rebound | 36-26 |
| 13:39 | Harding | Carlos Patterson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-26 |
| 13:38 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Christopher Peterson | 36-26 |
| 13:32 | Rutgers | Larry Infante steals the ball from Eric Dixon | 36-26 |
| 13:06 | Harding | Larry Infante's pass is intercepted by Stephen Hutchinson | 36-26 |
| 13:02 | Rutgers | Larry Dumais lays it up and in on a nice dish by Stephen Hutchinson | 38-26 |
| 12:41 | Harding | Carlos Patterson connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 38-29 |
| 12:26 | Rutgers | Larry Dumais is fouled on the floor by Carlos Patterson - foul #2 on Carlos Patterson, team foul #3 | 38-29 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Robert Turner (PG), Zachary Haefner (SG), Gary Morrison (SF), Donald Vaughn (PF) Stephen Hutchinson, Larry Dumais, Eric Dixon, Justin Alers | |
| Subs | Harding | Lloyd Rice (PG), Dana Lavergne (SG), John Bailey (SF), Ryan Bailey (PF), David McClammy (C) Raymond Matthias, Carlos Patterson, Larry Infante, Anthony Morgan, Harlan Roberts | |
| 12:07 | Rutgers | David McClammy is called for the reach on Robert Turner - foul #1 on David McClammy, team foul #4 | 38-29 |
| 11:46 | Rutgers | Robert Turner misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-29 |
| 11:44 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn tips it in | 40-29 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Robert Turner (fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SG - Zachary Haefner (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Morrison (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Donald Vaughn (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Peterson (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Harding | PG - Lloyd Rice (fresh) SG - Dana Lavergne (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - John Bailey (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ryan Bailey (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - David McClammy (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:24 | Harding | Ryan Bailey makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Lloyd Rice | 40-31 |
| 11:05 | Rutgers | Gary Morrison misses long on a floater from the left side but he's fouled by Dana Lavergne - foul #4 on Dana Lavergne, team foul #5 | 40-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Patrick Pounds (C) Christopher Peterson | |
| Subs | Harding | | |
| 11:05 | Rutgers | Gary Morrison makes the 1st free throw | 41-31 |
| 11:05 | Rutgers | Gary Morrison makes the 2nd free throw | 42-31 |
| 10:42 | Harding | Lloyd Rice is whistled for traveling | 42-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Justin Alers (C) Donald Vaughn | |
| Subs | Harding | | |
| 10:28 | Rutgers | Justin Alers knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Zachary Haefner and the foul's on Ryan Bailey - foul #4 on Ryan Bailey, team foul #6 | 44-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Harding | Raymond Matthias (PG) Lloyd Rice | |
| 10:28 | Rutgers | Justin Alers misses the free throw | 44-31 |
| 10:28 | Harding | Ryan Bailey pulls down the rebound | 44-31 |
| 10:05 | Harding | Justin Alers is called for the reach on Ryan Bailey - foul #1 on Justin Alers, team foul #2 | 44-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Christopher Peterson (C) Justin Alers | |
| Subs | Harding | | |
| 09:47 | Harding | David McClammy comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Gary Morrison - foul #2 on Gary Morrison, team foul #3 | 44-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Harding | Anthony Morgan (PF) Ryan Bailey | |
| 09:47 | Harding | David McClammy makes the 1st free throw | 44-32 |
| 09:47 | Harding | David McClammy makes the 2nd free throw | 44-33 |
| 09:35 | Rutgers | Christopher Peterson misses badly on a floater in the paint but he's hacked by Anthony Morgan - foul #2 on Anthony Morgan, team foul #7 | 44-33 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn (PF) Patrick Pounds | |
| Subs | Harding | | |
| 09:35 | Rutgers | Christopher Peterson misses the 1st free throw | 44-33 |
| 09:35 | Rutgers | Christopher Peterson makes the 2nd free throw | 45-33 |
| 09:11 | Harding | Donald Vaughn picks off the pass by David McClammy | 45-33 |
| 08:54 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's fouled by Anthony Morgan - foul #3 on Anthony Morgan, team foul #8 | 45-33 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stephen Hutchinson (PG), Eric Dixon (SF) Robert Turner, Gary Morrison | |
| Subs | Harding | Lloyd Rice (PG), Larry Infante (SF) Raymond Matthias, John Bailey | |
| 08:54 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn makes the 1st free throw | 46-33 |
| 08:54 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn makes the 2nd free throw | 47-33 |
| 08:33 | Harding | Dana Lavergne can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 47-33 |
| 08:31 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner gets the rebound | 47-33 |
| 08:14 | Rutgers | Stephen Hutchinson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-33 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Dumais (SG) Zachary Haefner | |
| Subs | Harding | Carlos Patterson (SG), Ryan Bailey (PF), Harlan Roberts (C) Dana Lavergne, Anthony Morgan, David McClammy | |
| 07:51 | Harding | Lloyd Rice hits a pull-up jumper from the right side | 47-35 |
| 07:36 | Rutgers | Stephen Hutchinson travels with the ball | 47-35 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Robert Turner (PG), Gary Morrison (SF), Patrick Pounds (PF), Justin Alers (C) Larry Dumais, Eric Dixon, Donald Vaughn, Christopher Peterson | |
| Subs | Harding | John Bailey (SF) Larry Infante | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Robert Turner (fresh) 6 pts. 6 ast. SG - Stephen Hutchinson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gary Morrison (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Patrick Pounds (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - Justin Alers (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Harding | PG - Lloyd Rice (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Carlos Patterson (fresh) 6 pts. SF - John Bailey (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ryan Bailey (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Harlan Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Harding | John Bailey misses long on a jumper from close range but the foul's on Gary Morrison - foul #3 on Gary Morrison, team foul #4 | 47-35 |
| 07:21 | Harding | John Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 47-36 |
| 07:21 | Harding | John Bailey misses the 2nd free throw | 47-36 |
| 07:21 | Rutgers | Justin Alers snags the defensive board | 47-36 |
| 07:08 | Rutgers | Carlos Patterson picks off the pass by Justin Alers | 47-36 |
| 06:42 | Harding | Lloyd Rice misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 47-36 |
| 06:41 | Rutgers | Gary Morrison pulls down the rebound | 47-36 |
| 06:31 | Rutgers | Gary Morrison misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 47-36 |
| 06:29 | Harding | Harlan Roberts gets the rebound | 47-36 |
| 06:05 | Harding | John Bailey comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 47-36 |
| 06:04 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Patrick Pounds | 47-36 |
| 05:46 | Rutgers | Justin Alers comes up short on the floater in the lane | 47-36 |
| 05:44 | Rutgers | Justin Alers tips it back up and in | 49-36 |
| 05:44 | Harding | Harding calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-36 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner (SG), Donald Vaughn (PF), Christopher Peterson (C) Stephen Hutchinson, Patrick Pounds, Justin Alers | |
| Subs | Harding | Dana Lavergne (SG), David McClammy (C) Carlos Patterson, Harlan Roberts | |
| 05:21 | Harding | Lloyd Rice hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Gary Morrison - foul #4 on Gary Morrison, team foul #5 | 49-36 |
| 05:21 | Harding | Lloyd Rice makes the 1st free throw | 49-37 |
| 05:21 | Harding | Lloyd Rice makes the 2nd free throw | 49-38 |
| 05:08 | Rutgers | Robert Turner misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-38 |
| 05:06 | Rutgers | Christopher Peterson pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-38 |
| 04:46 | Rutgers | Robert Turner hits a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Zachary Haefner | 52-38 |
| 04:21 | Harding | David McClammy makes the fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Lloyd Rice and he's fouled by Gary Morrison - foul #5 on Gary Morrison, team foul #6 | 52-40 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Eric Dixon (SF) Gary Morrison | |
| Subs | Harding | | |
| 04:21 | Harding | David McClammy misses the free throw | 52-40 |
| 04:21 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Donald Vaughn | 52-40 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:00 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 52-40 |
| 03:59 | Harding | The rebound goes to Ryan Bailey | 52-40 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:30 | Harding | Eric Dixon swats the shot by Ryan Bailey | 52-40 |
| 03:29 | Harding | The offensive rebound goes to David McClammy | 52-40 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Robert Turner (fresh) 9 pts. 6 ast. SG - Zachary Haefner (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Eric Dixon (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Donald Vaughn (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Christopher Peterson (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Harding | PG - Lloyd Rice (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dana Lavergne (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. SF - John Bailey (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ryan Bailey (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. C - David McClammy (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:08 | Harding | Ryan Bailey makes the driving attempt in the paint and he's hacked by Donald Vaughn - foul #1 on Donald Vaughn, team foul #7 | 52-42 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stephen Hutchinson (PG) Robert Turner | |
| Subs | Harding | Raymond Matthias (PG), Larry Infante (SF) Lloyd Rice, John Bailey | |
| 03:08 | Harding | Ryan Bailey misses the free throw | 52-42 |
| 03:08 | Rutgers | Christopher Peterson gets the rebound | 52-42 |
| 02:45 | Rutgers | Larry Infante swats the layup by Christopher Peterson | 52-42 |
| 02:43 | Harding | Raymond Matthias snags the defensive board | 52-42 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:25 | Harding | Ryan Bailey misses the jumpshot from the right side | 52-42 |
| 02:24 | Harding | Ryan Bailey misses the tip | 52-42 |
| 02:22 | Harding | Ryan Bailey can't tip it in | 52-42 |
| 02:21 | Rutgers | Eric Dixon pulls down the rebound | 52-42 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 02:08 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn misses long on a jump hook from the right block | 52-42 |
| 02:06 | Harding | David McClammy snags the defensive board | 52-42 |
| 01:48 | Harding | Larry Infante's pass is intercepted by Stephen Hutchinson | 52-42 |
| 01:43 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner lays it in on a great pass from Stephen Hutchinson | 54-42 |
| 01:24 | Harding | Ryan Bailey hits a fadeaway from the right wing | 54-44 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 01:23 | Rutgers | Dana Lavergne is called for the reach on Donald Vaughn in the backcourt - foul #5 on Dana Lavergne, team foul #9 | 54-44 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Dumais (PG), Justin Alers (C) Zachary Haefner, Christopher Peterson | |
| Subs | Harding | Lloyd Rice (PG), Carlos Patterson (SG), John Bailey (SF) Raymond Matthias, Dana Lavergne, Larry Infante | |
| 01:23 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn makes the 1st free throw | 55-44 |
| 01:23 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn misses the 2nd free throw | 55-44 |
| 01:23 | Harding | David McClammy pulls down the rebound | 55-44 |
| 01:02 | Harding | Carlos Patterson connects on the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Lloyd Rice | 55-47 |
| 01:02 | Rutgers | Rutgers calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Robert Turner (PG), Zachary Haefner (SG) Larry Dumais, Stephen Hutchinson | |
| Subs | Harding | | |
| 01:00 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner is hacked by Lloyd Rice in the backcourt - foul #2 on Lloyd Rice, team foul #10 | 55-47 |
| 01:00 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner makes the 1st free throw | 56-47 |
| 01:00 | Rutgers | Zachary Haefner makes the 2nd free throw | 57-47 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:52 | Harding | David McClammy scores on a shot in the lane set up by Ryan Bailey | 57-49 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:50 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn is fouled in the backcourt by Lloyd Rice - foul #3 on Lloyd Rice, team foul #11 | 57-49 |
| 00:50 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn makes the 1st free throw | 58-49 |
| 00:50 | Rutgers | Donald Vaughn makes the 2nd free throw | 59-49 |
| 00:45 | Harding | Carlos Patterson misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 59-49 |
| 00:43 | Rutgers | Justin Alers grabs the board | 59-49 |
| 00:42 | Rutgers | Justin Alers is hacked by Carlos Patterson in the backcourt - foul #3 on Carlos Patterson, team foul #12 | 59-49 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Dumais (PG), Stephen Hutchinson (SG), Gary Farr (C) Robert Turner, Zachary Haefner, Donald Vaughn | |
| Subs | Harding | | |
| 00:42 | Rutgers | Justin Alers misses the 1st free throw | 59-49 |
| 00:42 | Rutgers | Justin Alers misses the 2nd free throw | 59-49 |
| 00:42 | Harding | David McClammy gets the rebound | 59-49 |
| 00:36 | Harding | Carlos Patterson misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 59-49 |
| 00:34 | Rutgers | Justin Alers pulls down the rebound | 59-49 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harding | Harding is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:14 | Rutgers | Justin Alers connects on the jumper in the paint on a nice dish by Stephen Hutchinson | 61-49 |
| 00:07 | Harding | Ryan Bailey is denied on a layup by Justin Alers | 61-49 |
| 00:05 | Rutgers | Gary Farr grabs the board | 61-49 |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | Larry Dumais runs out the clock | 61-49 |