| Lineup | Akron | PG - Christopher McLin (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Charlie Lee (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Bartlett (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Anthony Lynch (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Trenton Hoss (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Alan Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Caldwell (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Fred White (fresh) PF - Alfredo Carrillo (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Ben Kacprowski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Akron | Robert Bartlett inbounds the ball | 23-39 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:43 | Akron | Trenton Hoss is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Trenton Hoss, team foul #1 | 23-39 |
| 19:24 | Xavier | A charge is called on Alan Smith - foul #1 on Alan Smith, team foul #1 | 23-39 |
| 19:02 | Akron | Robert Bartlett makes the floater from close range | 25-39 |
| 18:51 | Xavier | John Caldwell is whistled for traveling | 25-39 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 18:22 | Akron | Charlie Lee misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 25-39 |
| 18:21 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Fred White | 25-39 |
| 18:10 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo is hacked by Robert Bartlett - foul #1 on Robert Bartlett, team foul #2 | 25-39 |
| 17:58 | Xavier | John Caldwell hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 25-39 |
| 17:56 | Xavier | Fred White gets the offensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 17:37 | Xavier | John Caldwell misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 25-39 |
| 17:35 | Akron | The rebound goes to Anthony Lynch | 25-39 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 17:09 | Akron | Charlie Lee can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side | 25-39 |
| 17:08 | Akron | Charlie Lee grabs the offensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 17:01 | Akron | Anthony Lynch can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 25-39 |
| 17:00 | Xavier | Alan Smith grabs the board | 25-39 |
| 16:49 | Xavier | Alan Smith misses short on a shot from the right block | 25-39 |
| 16:48 | Akron | Anthony Lynch pulls down the rebound | 25-39 |
| 16:26 | Akron | Fred White steals the ball from Christopher McLin | 25-39 |
| 16:08 | Xavier | John Caldwell hits a 3 from the right wing | 25-42 |
| 15:49 | Akron | Anthony Lynch buries a driving attempt from close range | 27-42 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Christopher McLin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Charlie Lee (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Bartlett (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Anthony Lynch (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Trenton Hoss (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Alan Smith (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Caldwell (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Fred White (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Alfredo Carrillo (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Ben Kacprowski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Xavier | Alan Smith is denied on a layup by Anthony Lynch | 27-42 |
| 15:30 | Xavier | The offensive rebound goes to Alan Smith | 27-42 |
| 15:16 | Xavier | Ben Kacprowski misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 27-42 |
| 15:15 | Akron | Anthony Lynch grabs the board | 27-42 |
| 14:57 | Akron | Charlie Lee buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 30-42 |
| 14:51 | Xavier | Fred White's pass is intercepted by Christopher McLin | 30-42 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 14:34 | Akron | Charlie Lee loses the ball out of bounds | 30-42 |
| Subs | Akron | Carlos Montalvo (PG), Kerry Baer (SG), Alfredo Ramos (SF), Walter Keller (PF), Bruce Pickering (C) Christopher McLin, Charlie Lee, Robert Bartlett, Anthony Lynch, Trenton Hoss | |
| Subs | Xavier | Darryl Cavin (PG), David Coleman (SG), William Bennett (SF), Filip Jaroski (PF), Anthony Gambill (C) Alan Smith, John Caldwell, Fred White, Alfredo Carrillo, Ben Kacprowski | |
| 14:16 | Xavier | Filip Jaroski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-42 |
| 13:55 | Akron | Alfredo Ramos lays it up and in on a nice dish by Walter Keller | 32-42 |
| 13:35 | Xavier | William Bennett scores on a fadeaway near the basket set up by Filip Jaroski | 32-44 |
| 13:24 | Akron | Alfredo Ramos hits the front of the rim on the jumper from close range but he's fouled by William Bennett - foul #2 on William Bennett, team foul #2 | 32-44 |
| 13:24 | Akron | Alfredo Ramos makes the 1st free throw | 33-44 |
| 13:24 | Akron | Alfredo Ramos misses the 2nd free throw | 33-44 |
| 13:24 | Xavier | Anthony Gambill pulls down the rebound | 33-44 |
| 13:00 | Xavier | Filip Jaroski clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 33-44 |
| 12:59 | Akron | Walter Keller pulls down the rebound | 33-44 |
| 12:34 | Akron | Alfredo Ramos's floater is tipped away by Filip Jaroski | 33-44 |
| 12:32 | Xavier | Filip Jaroski gets the rebound | 33-44 |
| 12:28 | Xavier | Darryl Cavin works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3 from the right wing set up by Filip Jaroski | 33-47 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 12:09 | Akron | Alfredo Ramos slams it home on a great pass from Kerry Baer | 35-47 |
| 11:52 | Xavier | David Coleman is hacked by Kerry Baer - foul #3 on Kerry Baer, team foul #3 | 35-47 |
| Subs | Akron | Charlie Lee (SG), Robert Bartlett (SF), Anthony Lynch (PF), Trenton Hoss (C) Kerry Baer, Alfredo Ramos, Walter Keller, Bruce Pickering | |
| Subs | Xavier | Alan Smith (PG), John Caldwell (SG), William Landrum (SF), Alfredo Carrillo (PF), Ben Kacprowski (C) Darryl Cavin, David Coleman, William Bennett, Filip Jaroski, Anthony Gambill | |
| 11:41 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-47 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Carlos Montalvo (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Charlie Lee (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Bartlett (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Anthony Lynch (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Trenton Hoss (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Alan Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Caldwell (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - William Landrum (fresh) PF - Alfredo Carrillo (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Ben Kacprowski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:22 | Akron | Charlie Lee comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 35-47 |
| 11:20 | Xavier | William Landrum grabs the board | 35-47 |
| 11:04 | Xavier | Alan Smith comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 35-47 |
| 11:02 | Akron | Robert Bartlett grabs the board | 35-47 |
| 10:57 | Akron | Trenton Hoss is fouled on the floor by Alfredo Carrillo - foul #3 on Alfredo Carrillo, team foul #3 | 35-47 |
| Subs | Akron | Christopher McLin (PG) Carlos Montalvo | |
| Subs | Xavier | Fred White (SF) William Landrum | |
| 10:46 | Akron | Charlie Lee is fouled on the floor by Ben Kacprowski - foul #1 on Ben Kacprowski, team foul #4 | 35-47 |
| 10:26 | Akron | Alfredo Carrillo is called for the reach on Charlie Lee - foul #4 on Alfredo Carrillo, team foul #5 | 35-47 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Filip Jaroski (PF) Alfredo Carrillo | |
| 10:11 | Akron | Robert Bartlett splits the doubleteam but misses short on a floater from the right block but the foul's on Ben Kacprowski - foul #2 on Ben Kacprowski, team foul #6 | 35-47 |
| 10:11 | Akron | Robert Bartlett makes the 1st free throw | 36-47 |
| 10:11 | Akron | Robert Bartlett makes the 2nd free throw | 37-47 |
| 09:59 | Xavier | Alan Smith makes the jump hook near the basket | 37-49 |
| 09:43 | Akron | Charlie Lee is fouled on the floor by Filip Jaroski - foul #1 on Filip Jaroski, team foul #7 | 37-49 |
| Subs | Akron | Carlos Montalvo (PG) Christopher McLin | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 09:43 | Akron | Charlie Lee makes the 1st free throw | 38-49 |
| 09:43 | Akron | Charlie Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 38-49 |
| 09:43 | Xavier | Ben Kacprowski snags the defensive board | 38-49 |
| 09:27 | Xavier | John Caldwell shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Ben Kacprowski | 38-52 |
| 09:08 | Akron | Filip Jaroski denies the turnaround by Anthony Lynch | 38-52 |
| 09:07 | Xavier | Filip Jaroski snags the defensive board | 38-52 |
| 09:03 | Xavier | Alan Smith is fouled on the floor by Carlos Montalvo - foul #4 on Carlos Montalvo, team foul #4 | 38-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Christopher McLin (PG), Kerry Baer (SG) Carlos Montalvo, Charlie Lee | |
| Subs | Xavier | Darryl Cavin (SG), William Bennett (SF) John Caldwell, Fred White | |
| 08:44 | Xavier | Robert Bartlett takes the ball from William Bennett | 38-52 |
| 08:29 | Akron | Christopher McLin is hacked by Filip Jaroski - foul #2 on Filip Jaroski, team foul #8 | 38-52 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Xavier | David Coleman (SG), Anthony Gambill (PF) Alan Smith, Filip Jaroski | |
| 08:29 | Akron | Christopher McLin makes the 1st free throw | 39-52 |
| 08:29 | Akron | Christopher McLin misses the 2nd free throw | 39-52 |
| 08:29 | Xavier | Ben Kacprowski snags the defensive board | 39-52 |
| 08:09 | Xavier | Ben Kacprowski misses short on a jump hook from the baseline | 39-52 |
| 08:07 | Akron | Anthony Lynch snags the defensive board | 39-52 |
| 07:45 | Akron | Anthony Lynch misses short on a floater from close range | 39-52 |
| 07:44 | Akron | Robert Bartlett snags the offensive board | 39-52 |
| 07:24 | Akron | Trenton Hoss hits a runner in the paint and he's hacked by Ben Kacprowski - foul #3 on Ben Kacprowski, team foul #9 | 41-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Carlos Montalvo (PG), Charlie Lee (SG), Alfredo Ramos (SF), Walter Keller (PF) Christopher McLin, Kerry Baer, Robert Bartlett, Anthony Lynch | |
| Subs | Xavier | Alan Smith (PG), John Caldwell (SG), Fred White (SF), Alfredo Carrillo (PF) Darryl Cavin, David Coleman, William Bennett, Ben Kacprowski | |
| 07:24 | Akron | Trenton Hoss makes the free throw | 42-52 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Carlos Montalvo (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Charlie Lee (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Alfredo Ramos (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Walter Keller (fresh) 2 pts. C - Trenton Hoss (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Alan Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Caldwell (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Fred White (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Alfredo Carrillo (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Anthony Gambill (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:06 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 42-52 |
| 07:05 | Akron | Walter Keller grabs the defensive rebound | 42-52 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 06:38 | Akron | Alfredo Carrillo steals the ball from Alfredo Ramos | 42-52 |
| 06:27 | Xavier | John Caldwell comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 42-52 |
| 06:25 | Akron | Alfredo Ramos pulls down the rebound | 42-52 |
| 06:08 | Akron | Fred White swats the layup by Trenton Hoss | 42-52 |
| 06:06 | Xavier | Fred White snags the defensive board | 42-52 |
| 05:44 | Xavier | Alan Smith is open but misses the lay-in | 42-52 |
| 05:43 | Akron | The rebound goes to Trenton Hoss | 42-52 |
| 05:37 | Akron | Charlie Lee is hacked by Fred White - foul #2 on Fred White, team foul #10 | 42-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Robert Bartlett (SF), Anthony Lynch (PF), Bruce Pickering (C) Alfredo Ramos, Walter Keller, Trenton Hoss | |
| Subs | Xavier | William Bennett (SF), Ben Kacprowski (C) Fred White, Anthony Gambill | |
| 05:37 | Akron | Charlie Lee misses the 1st free throw | 42-52 |
| 05:37 | Akron | Charlie Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 43-52 |
| 05:22 | Xavier | Ben Kacprowski is called for traveling | 43-52 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:53 | Akron | Carlos Montalvo misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 43-52 |
| 04:52 | Xavier | John Caldwell snags the defensive board | 43-52 |
| 04:37 | Xavier | Ben Kacprowski lays it in uncontested set up by William Bennett | 43-54 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:33 | Akron | Robert Bartlett hits a 3pt attempt from straight away | 46-54 |
| 04:15 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Bruce Pickering - foul #1 on Bruce Pickering, team foul #5 | 46-54 |
| Subs | Akron | Kerry Baer (SG) Charlie Lee | |
| Subs | Xavier | Darryl Cavin (PG), David Coleman (SG), Fred White (SF) Alan Smith, John Caldwell, William Bennett | |
| 04:15 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo makes the 1st free throw | 46-55 |
| 04:15 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo makes the 2nd free throw | 46-56 |
| 03:57 | Akron | Robert Bartlett hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-56 |
| 03:55 | Xavier | Ben Kacprowski gets the rebound | 46-56 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:33 | Xavier | Darryl Cavin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-56 |
| Subs | Akron | Christopher McLin (PG), Trenton Hoss (C) Carlos Montalvo, Bruce Pickering | |
| Subs | Xavier | Filip Jaroski (PF) Alfredo Carrillo | |
| 03:12 | Akron | Trenton Hoss is open and scores on a jump hook from the right block set up by Robert Bartlett out of the doubleteam | 48-56 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Christopher McLin (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Kerry Baer (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Robert Bartlett (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Anthony Lynch (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Trenton Hoss (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Darryl Cavin (fresh) 9 pts. SG - David Coleman (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Fred White (fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. PF - Filip Jaroski (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Ben Kacprowski (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 02:54 | Xavier | Darryl Cavin splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 48-56 |
| 02:52 | Akron | Kerry Baer pulls down the rebound | 48-56 |
| 02:52 | Akron | Akron calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-56 |
| Subs | Akron | Carlos Montalvo (PG), Charlie Lee (SG) Christopher McLin, Kerry Baer | |
| Subs | Xavier | Alan Smith (PG), John Caldwell (SG), Alfredo Carrillo (PF) Darryl Cavin, David Coleman, Filip Jaroski | |
| 02:26 | Akron | Charlie Lee misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 48-56 |
| 02:25 | Akron | Anthony Lynch snags the offensive board | 48-56 |
| 02:09 | Akron | Anthony Lynch misses the lay-in but the foul's on Alan Smith - foul #2 on Alan Smith, team foul #11 | 48-56 |
| 02:09 | Akron | Anthony Lynch makes the 1st free throw | 49-56 |
| 02:09 | Akron | Anthony Lynch makes the 2nd free throw | 50-56 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:45 | Xavier | Alan Smith makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 50-58 |
| 01:28 | Akron | Robert Bartlett comes up short on the shot from the left side | 50-58 |
| 01:26 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Ben Kacprowski | 50-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:25 | Xavier | Ben Kacprowski is fouled in the backcourt by Charlie Lee - foul #1 on Charlie Lee, team foul #6 | 50-58 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Darryl Cavin (SG), William Landrum (SF) John Caldwell, Fred White | |
| 01:23 | Xavier | Alan Smith is hacked by Carlos Montalvo - foul #5 on Carlos Montalvo, team foul #7 | 50-58 |
| Subs | Akron | Christopher McLin (PG) Carlos Montalvo | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 01:23 | Xavier | Alan Smith makes the 1st free throw | 50-59 |
| 01:23 | Xavier | Alan Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 50-60 |
| 01:13 | Akron | Robert Bartlett's fadeaway is rejected by Ben Kacprowski | 50-60 |
| 01:11 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo gets the rebound | 50-60 |
| 01:10 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo is fouled in the backcourt by Christopher McLin - foul #3 on Christopher McLin, team foul #8 | 50-60 |
| Subs | Akron | Kerry Baer (SG), Alfredo Ramos (SF), Walter Keller (PF), Bruce Pickering (C) Charlie Lee, Robert Bartlett, Anthony Lynch, Trenton Hoss | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 01:10 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo makes the 1st free throw | 50-61 |
| 01:10 | Xavier | Alfredo Carrillo misses the 2nd free throw | 50-61 |
| 01:10 | Akron | Kerry Baer gets the rebound | 50-61 |
| 00:51 | Akron | A charge is called on Kerry Baer - foul #4 on Kerry Baer, team foul #9 | 50-61 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:29 | Xavier | Alan Smith makes the contested floater from just outside the lane | 50-63 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:24 | Akron | Alfredo Ramos's pass is intercepted by Ben Kacprowski | 50-63 |
| 00:00 | Xavier | Alan Smith runs out the clock | 50-63 |