| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Clarence Allen (fresh) SG - He-ping Zhou (fresh) SF - George Richardson (fresh) PF - James Humes (fresh) C - Kenneth Severns (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Thomas Cook (fresh) SG - David Fontaine (fresh) SF - Marshall Baxter (fresh) PF - Andrei Rogalski (fresh) C - Reginald Wallace (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Montana | Montana is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 19:37 | Xavier | He-ping Zhou is fouled on the floor by Marshall Baxter - foul #1 on Marshall Baxter, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:21 | Xavier | George Richardson is whistled for a carry | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | Montana | Reginald Wallace blows the layup but the foul's on He-ping Zhou - foul #1 on He-ping Zhou, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | Montana | Reginald Wallace misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | Montana | Reginald Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 18:51 | Xavier | Clarence Allen splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 0-1 |
| 18:49 | Xavier | George Richardson pulls down the offensive rebound | 0-1 |
| 18:31 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns clanks a driving attempt near the basket | 0-1 |
| 18:29 | Montana | Andrei Rogalski snags the defensive board | 0-1 |
| 18:12 | Montana | Reginald Wallace is called for 3 seconds | 0-1 |
| 18:02 | Xavier | Clarence Allen can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 0-1 |
| 18:01 | Xavier | James Humes grabs the offensive board | 0-1 |
| 17:50 | Xavier | He-ping Zhou hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Clarence Allen | 3-1 |
| 17:32 | Montana | Reginald Wallace throws a bad pass out of bounds | 3-1 |
| 17:16 | Xavier | Clarence Allen evades the doubleteam but misses long on a jumper from the baseline but the foul's on David Fontaine - foul #1 on David Fontaine, team foul #2 | 3-1 |
| 17:16 | Xavier | Clarence Allen makes the 1st free throw | 4-1 |
| 17:16 | Xavier | Clarence Allen makes the 2nd free throw | 5-1 |
| 17:00 | Montana | Reginald Wallace's layup is rejected by Kenneth Severns | 5-1 |
| 16:58 | Xavier | James Humes pulls down the rebound | 5-1 |
| 16:44 | Xavier | George Richardson's layup is rejected by Andrei Rogalski | 5-1 |
| 16:43 | Xavier | He-ping Zhou grabs the offensive board | 5-1 |
| 16:37 | Xavier | He-ping Zhou's pass is intercepted by Marshall Baxter | 5-1 |
| 16:24 | Montana | David Fontaine hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 5-1 |
| 16:23 | Xavier | James Humes grabs the defensive rebound | 5-1 |
| 16:10 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns misses the 3 from straight away | 5-1 |
| 16:09 | Montana | Marshall Baxter snags the defensive board | 5-1 |
| 16:03 | Montana | Thomas Cook hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 5-1 |
| 16:01 | Montana | Marshall Baxter hits the follow up shot | 5-3 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Clarence Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - He-ping Zhou (fresh) 3 pts. SF - George Richardson (fresh) PF - James Humes (fresh) 3 reb. C - Kenneth Severns (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Thomas Cook (fresh) SG - David Fontaine (fresh) SF - Marshall Baxter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andrei Rogalski (fresh) C - Reginald Wallace (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 15:47 | Xavier | He-ping Zhou hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 5-3 |
| 15:46 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns snags the offensive board | 5-3 |
| 15:41 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns can't finish the layup but the foul's on Reginald Wallace - foul #1 on Reginald Wallace, team foul #3 | 5-3 |
| Subs | Xavier | Samuel Sevin (PF) James Humes | |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| 15:41 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns misses the 1st free throw | 5-3 |
| 15:41 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns misses the 2nd free throw | 5-3 |
| 15:41 | Montana | David Fontaine grabs the defensive rebound | 5-3 |
| 15:14 | Montana | George Richardson steals it from Andrei Rogalski | 5-3 |
| 15:11 | Xavier | George Richardson jams it | 7-3 |
| 14:50 | Montana | Marshall Baxter misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 7-3 |
| 14:48 | Xavier | Clarence Allen grabs the board | 7-3 |
| 14:28 | Xavier | George Richardson misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 7-3 |
| 14:26 | Montana | Reginald Wallace grabs the board | 7-3 |
| 14:03 | Montana | Andrei Rogalski misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 7-3 |
| 14:01 | Montana | Reginald Wallace snags the offensive board | 7-3 |
| 13:41 | Montana | Thomas Cook buries a shot from the left side on a great pass from David Fontaine | 7-5 |
| 13:21 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 7-5 |
| Subs | Xavier | Hans Zartman (SG), Hedeon Swierczynski (SF), James Humes (PF), Ivan Majewski (C) Clarence Allen, He-ping Zhou, George Richardson, Kenneth Severns | |
| Subs | Montana | Rolando Morales (SG), Edward Jackson (SF), Sandy Rieves (PF), Greg Vose (C) David Fontaine, Marshall Baxter, Andrei Rogalski, Reginald Wallace | |
| 12:53 | Montana | Thomas Cook makes the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Rolando Morales | 7-8 |
| 12:43 | Xavier | Hedeon Swierczynski makes the driving attempt from close range set up by Samuel Sevin | 9-8 |
| 12:21 | Montana | Thomas Cook loses the dribble to Samuel Sevin | 9-8 |
| 12:04 | Xavier | Hans Zartman is whistled for traveling | 9-8 |
| Subs | Xavier | Clarence Allen (PG), George Richardson (SF) Samuel Sevin, Ivan Majewski | |
| Subs | Montana | David Fontaine (SG) Thomas Cook | |
| 11:40 | Montana | Rolando Morales buries a driving attempt from the baseline | 9-10 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Clarence Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Hans Zartman (fresh) SF - George Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Humes (fresh) 3 reb. C - Hedeon Swierczynski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Rolando Morales (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Fontaine (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Edward Jackson (fresh) PF - Sandy Rieves (fresh) C - Greg Vose (fresh) | |
| 11:20 | Xavier | Hans Zartman comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by David Fontaine - foul #2 on David Fontaine, team foul #4 | 9-10 |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| Subs | Montana | Marshall Baxter (PG) David Fontaine | |
| 11:20 | Xavier | Hans Zartman makes the 1st free throw | 10-10 |
| 11:20 | Xavier | Hans Zartman misses the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 11:20 | Montana | Edward Jackson grabs the board | 10-10 |
| 11:01 | Montana | Clarence Allen takes the ball from Edward Jackson | 10-10 |
| 10:58 | Xavier | Clarence Allen banks in the layup | 12-10 |
| 10:46 | Montana | Rolando Morales comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 12-10 |
| 10:45 | Xavier | Hedeon Swierczynski gets the rebound | 12-10 |
| 10:32 | Xavier | James Humes can't connect on a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Sandy Rieves - foul #1 on Sandy Rieves, team foul #5 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Xavier | He-ping Zhou (SG), Samuel Sevin (C) Hans Zartman, Hedeon Swierczynski | |
| Subs | Montana | Andrei Rogalski (SF), Reginald Wallace (C) Edward Jackson, Greg Vose | |
| 10:32 | Xavier | James Humes makes the 1st free throw | 13-10 |
| 10:32 | Xavier | James Humes misses the 2nd free throw | 13-10 |
| 10:32 | Montana | Reginald Wallace snags the defensive board | 13-10 |
| 10:20 | Montana | Andrei Rogalski misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 13-10 |
| 10:18 | Montana | Reginald Wallace hits the follow up shot | 13-12 |
| 10:03 | Xavier | George Richardson misses the floater from the left side but he's hacked by Andrei Rogalski - foul #1 on Andrei Rogalski, team foul #6 | 13-12 |
| Subs | Xavier | Kenneth Severns (C) James Humes | |
| Subs | Montana | Thomas Cook (PG) Rolando Morales | |
| 10:03 | Xavier | George Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 14-12 |
| 10:03 | Xavier | George Richardson misses the 2nd free throw | 14-12 |
| 10:03 | Montana | Sandy Rieves pulls down the rebound | 14-12 |
| 09:34 | Montana | Andrei Rogalski comes up short on the floater from the left block | 14-12 |
| 09:32 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Samuel Sevin | 14-12 |
| 09:15 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns loses the dribble to Marshall Baxter | 14-12 |
| 09:10 | Montana | Thomas Cook connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Reginald Wallace | 14-15 |
| 08:53 | Xavier | Clarence Allen splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 14-15 |
| 08:52 | Montana | Sandy Rieves pulls down the rebound | 14-15 |
| 08:23 | Montana | Marshall Baxter connects on the shot from the baseline set up by Sandy Rieves | 14-17 |
| 08:06 | Xavier | George Richardson misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 14-17 |
| 08:04 | Montana | Sandy Rieves snags the defensive board | 14-17 |
| 07:49 | Montana | Thomas Cook hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Clarence Allen - foul #1 on Clarence Allen, team foul #2 | 14-17 |
| Subs | Xavier | Goran Stolinski (PG), Hans Zartman (SG), Hedeon Swierczynski (SF), James Humes (PF), Ivan Majewski (C) Clarence Allen, He-ping Zhou, George Richardson, Samuel Sevin, Kenneth Severns | |
| Subs | Montana | Rolando Morales (SG), Edward Jackson (SF), Greg Vose (PF), Michael Lawing (C) Marshall Baxter, Andrei Rogalski, Sandy Rieves, Reginald Wallace | |
| 07:49 | Montana | Thomas Cook makes the 1st free throw | 14-18 |
| 07:49 | Montana | Thomas Cook makes the 2nd free throw | 14-19 |
| 07:33 | Xavier | Hans Zartman hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 14-19 |
| 07:31 | Montana | Michael Lawing snags the defensive board | 14-19 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Goran Stolinski (fresh) SG - Hans Zartman (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Hedeon Swierczynski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Humes (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Ivan Majewski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Thomas Cook (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Rolando Morales (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Jackson (fresh) PF - Greg Vose (fresh) C - Michael Lawing (fresh) | |
| 07:26 | Montana | Thomas Cook clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 14-19 |
| 07:24 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Hans Zartman | 14-19 |
| 07:20 | Xavier | Hans Zartman misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 14-19 |
| 07:18 | Montana | Edward Jackson snags the defensive board | 14-19 |
| 06:53 | Montana | Michael Lawing can't connect on a jump hook near the basket | 14-19 |
| 06:51 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Ivan Majewski | 14-19 |
| 06:34 | Xavier | James Humes hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Hans Zartman and he's hacked by Greg Vose - foul #1 on Greg Vose, team foul #7 | 16-19 |
| Subs | Xavier | He-ping Zhou (SG) Goran Stolinski | |
| Subs | Montana | David Fontaine (SG) Thomas Cook | |
| 06:34 | Xavier | James Humes makes the free throw | 17-19 |
| 06:10 | Montana | David Fontaine hits a 3 pointer from the left corner | 17-22 |
| 06:02 | Xavier | Ivan Majewski makes the floater in the lane | 19-22 |
| 05:41 | Montana | David Fontaine misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 19-22 |
| 05:39 | Montana | Greg Vose grabs the offensive rebound | 19-22 |
| 05:34 | Montana | Rolando Morales double dribbles | 19-22 |
| Subs | Xavier | Clarence Allen (PG), George Richardson (SF), Kenneth Severns (C) Hedeon Swierczynski, Hans Zartman, Ivan Majewski | |
| Subs | Montana | Marshall Baxter (SF), Andrei Rogalski (PF), Reginald Wallace (C) Edward Jackson, Greg Vose, Michael Lawing | |
| 05:27 | Xavier | He-ping Zhou hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 19-22 |
| 05:25 | Montana | Andrei Rogalski grabs the defensive rebound | 19-22 |
| 05:09 | Montana | Andrei Rogalski buries a driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from David Fontaine and he's fouled by James Humes - foul #1 on James Humes, team foul #3 | 19-24 |
| Subs | Xavier | Samuel Sevin (PF) James Humes | |
| Subs | Montana | Thomas Cook (PG) Rolando Morales | |
| 05:09 | Montana | Andrei Rogalski makes the free throw | 19-25 |
| 04:54 | Xavier | Samuel Sevin misses the floater in the lane but he's hacked by Andrei Rogalski - foul #2 on Andrei Rogalski, team foul #8 | 19-25 |
| 04:54 | Xavier | Samuel Sevin makes the 1st free throw | 20-25 |
| 04:54 | Xavier | Samuel Sevin makes the 2nd free throw | 21-25 |
| 04:40 | Montana | Thomas Cook connects on the turnaround in the lane and he's fouled by He-ping Zhou - foul #2 on He-ping Zhou, team foul #4 | 21-27 |
| Subs | Xavier | Christopher Lamon (PF) He-ping Zhou | |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| 04:40 | Montana | Thomas Cook makes the free throw | 21-28 |
| 04:19 | Xavier | George Richardson is open and buries a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Kenneth Severns | 23-28 |
| 04:01 | Montana | Andrei Rogalski is hacked by Kenneth Severns - foul #1 on Kenneth Severns, team foul #5 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Xavier | Hans Zartman (SG), James Humes (PF) Samuel Sevin, Christopher Lamon | |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| 03:48 | Montana | David Fontaine is hacked by Hans Zartman - foul #1 on Hans Zartman, team foul #6 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Xavier | He-ping Zhou (SG) Hans Zartman | |
| Subs | Montana | Sandy Rieves (PF) Andrei Rogalski | |
| 03:30 | Montana | David Fontaine is hacked by He-ping Zhou - foul #3 on He-ping Zhou, team foul #7 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Xavier | Hans Zartman (SG) He-ping Zhou | |
| Subs | Montana | | |
| 03:30 | Montana | David Fontaine makes the 1st free throw | 23-29 |
| 03:30 | Montana | David Fontaine misses the 2nd free throw | 23-29 |
| 03:30 | Montana | Sandy Rieves snags the offensive board | 23-29 |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Clarence Allen (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Hans Zartman (fresh) 1 pts. SF - George Richardson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - James Humes (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth Severns (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Montana | PG - Thomas Cook (fresh) 13 pts. SG - David Fontaine (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Marshall Baxter (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Sandy Rieves (fresh) 4 reb. C - Reginald Wallace (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:17 | Montana | Thomas Cook comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 23-29 |
| 03:15 | Xavier | Hans Zartman snags the defensive board | 23-29 |
| 03:10 | Xavier | Clarence Allen is doubleteamed and called for traveling | 23-29 |
| Subs | Xavier | Samuel Sevin (C) Kenneth Severns | |
| Subs | Montana | Rolando Morales (SG) David Fontaine | |
| 02:56 | Montana | Thomas Cook misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 23-29 |
| 02:54 | Xavier | James Humes gets the rebound | 23-29 |
| 02:32 | Xavier | James Humes is whistled for a carry | 23-29 |
| Subs | Xavier | Hedeon Swierczynski (C) James Humes | |
| Subs | Montana | Edward Jackson (SF), Andrei Rogalski (PF) Marshall Baxter, Reginald Wallace | |
| 02:12 | Montana | Rolando Morales knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 23-32 |
| 02:05 | Xavier | Hedeon Swierczynski's layup is rejected by Andrei Rogalski | 23-32 |
| 02:03 | Montana | Rolando Morales grabs the board | 23-32 |
| 01:48 | Montana | Hans Zartman takes the ball from Andrei Rogalski | 23-32 |
| 01:33 | Xavier | Clarence Allen makes the contested 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Hans Zartman | 26-32 |
| 01:11 | Montana | Edward Jackson is fouled on the floor by Hans Zartman - foul #2 on Hans Zartman, team foul #8 | 26-32 |
| Subs | Xavier | Goran Stolinski (PG), James Humes (PF), Kenneth Severns (C) Clarence Allen, Hans Zartman, George Richardson | |
| Subs | Montana | David Fontaine (SG), Marshall Baxter (SF), Greg Vose (C) Thomas Cook, Rolando Morales, Andrei Rogalski | |
| 01:11 | Montana | Edward Jackson misses the 1st free throw | 26-32 |
| 01:11 | Xavier | Kenneth Severns snags the defensive board | 26-32 |
| 00:58 | Xavier | Edward Jackson steals it from Goran Stolinski | 26-32 |
| 00:32 | Montana | Sandy Rieves can't connect on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by James Humes - foul #2 on James Humes, team foul #9 | 26-32 |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| Subs | Montana | Rolando Morales (PG), Reginald Wallace (C) Edward Jackson, Greg Vose | |
| 00:32 | Montana | Sandy Rieves makes the 1st free throw | 26-33 |
| 00:32 | Montana | Sandy Rieves makes the 2nd free throw | 26-34 |
| 00:14 | Xavier | James Humes can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 26-34 |
| 00:12 | Xavier | Hedeon Swierczynski hits the follow up shot | 28-34 |
| 00:03 | Montana | Reginald Wallace buries a jumper from the left side | 28-36 |
| 00:00 | Xavier | Hedeon Swierczynski clanks a halfcourt shot | 28-36 |