| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Jeffery Wilson (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Rod Kenny (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Kenneth Wilkin (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tommie Rogers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Sebastian Staley (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Cyrus Koga (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Clyde Wotring (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willie Garner (fresh) PF - James Olson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Maurice Orcutt (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Louisiana Tech | Willie Garner inbounds the ball | 29-31 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:46 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson misses long on a turnaround from the right block but the foul's on Jeffery Wilson - foul #2 on Jeffery Wilson, team foul #1 | 29-31 |
| Subs | Alabama | James Hayner (PG), William Oliver (PF) Jeffery Wilson, Tommie Rogers | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 19:46 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson makes the 1st free throw | 29-32 |
| 19:46 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson misses the 2nd free throw | 29-32 |
| 19:46 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley grabs the board | 29-32 |
| 19:17 | Alabama | Rod Kenny misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 29-32 |
| 19:15 | Louisiana Tech | Willie Garner pulls down the rebound | 29-32 |
| 19:08 | Louisiana Tech | Willie Garner misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 29-32 |
| 19:07 | Alabama | James Hayner grabs the board | 29-32 |
| 18:59 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley misses the floater from the left block | 29-32 |
| 18:57 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson grabs the defensive rebound | 29-32 |
| 18:43 | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-32 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson (PG), Tommie Rogers (PF) James Hayner, Kenneth Wilkin | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 18:15 | Alabama | Rod Kenny connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from William Oliver | 32-32 |
| 17:58 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson misses the 3 from straight away | 32-32 |
| 17:56 | Alabama | Rod Kenny grabs the board | 32-32 |
| 17:38 | Alabama | Rod Kenny misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 32-32 |
| 17:36 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson grabs the board | 32-32 |
| 17:12 | Louisiana Tech | Willie Garner comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 32-32 |
| 17:11 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson tips it back up and in | 32-34 |
| 16:47 | Alabama | William Oliver lays it in on a nice dish by Rod Kenny and he's hacked by Maurice Orcutt - foul #2 on Maurice Orcutt, team foul #1 | 34-34 |
| Subs | Alabama | James Hayner (PG), Kenneth Wilkin (SF), James Bober (C) Jeffery Wilson, Tommie Rogers, Sebastian Staley | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Wesley Charles (PG), Nicolas Wade (SG), Harvey Irwin (SF), Gerard Hobbs (PF), Scott Manning (C) Cyrus Koga, Clyde Wotring, Willie Garner, James Olson, Maurice Orcutt | |
| 16:47 | Alabama | William Oliver makes the free throw | 35-34 |
| 16:25 | Louisiana Tech | Wesley Charles is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Wesley Charles, team foul #2 | 35-34 |
| Subs | Alabama | Tommie Rogers (PF), Sebastian Staley (C) William Oliver, James Bober | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 15:56 | Alabama | Rod Kenny lays it up and in set up by James Hayner and he's fouled by Nicolas Wade - foul #1 on Nicolas Wade, team foul #3 | 37-34 |
| Subs | Alabama | William Oliver (PF) Tommie Rogers | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 15:56 | Alabama | Rod Kenny makes the free throw | 38-34 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - James Hayner (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rod Kenny (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Kenneth Wilkin (fresh) 2 pts. PF - William Oliver (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Sebastian Staley (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Wesley Charles (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nicolas Wade (fresh) SF - Harvey Irwin (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Gerard Hobbs (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Scott Manning (fresh) 3 reb. 3 stl. | |
| 15:33 | Louisiana Tech | Sebastian Staley swats the layup by Harvey Irwin | 38-34 |
| 15:31 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Sebastian Staley | 38-34 |
| 15:03 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley is fouled on the floor by Scott Manning - foul #2 on Scott Manning, team foul #4 | 38-34 |
| Subs | Alabama | Philip Hewitt (SG), Tommie Rogers (PF), James Bober (C) Rod Kenny, William Oliver, Sebastian Staley | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga (PG), Willie Garner (SF) Wesley Charles, Harvey Irwin | |
| 14:47 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers drills a jump hook from close range set up by Kenneth Wilkin | 40-34 |
| 14:32 | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga makes the floater in the lane set up by Nicolas Wade | 40-36 |
| 14:13 | Alabama | Kenneth Wilkin comes up short on the floater near the basket but he's hacked by Willie Garner - foul #3 on Willie Garner, team foul #5 | 40-36 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson (PG), Rod Kenny (SG), Sebastian Staley (C) James Hayner, Philip Hewitt, James Bober | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Clyde Wotring (SG), James Olson (PF) Nicolas Wade, Gerard Hobbs | |
| 14:13 | Alabama | Kenneth Wilkin misses the 1st free throw | 40-36 |
| 14:13 | Alabama | Kenneth Wilkin makes the 2nd free throw | 41-36 |
| 13:55 | Louisiana Tech | Tommie Rogers swats the layup by James Olson | 41-36 |
| 13:54 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Sebastian Staley | 41-36 |
| 13:30 | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Cyrus Koga - foul #2 on Cyrus Koga, team foul #6 | 41-36 |
| Subs | Alabama | William Oliver (SF) Kenneth Wilkin | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Wesley Charles (PG), Walter McDonald (C) Cyrus Koga, Scott Manning | |
| 13:30 | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson misses the 1st free throw | 41-36 |
| 13:30 | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 42-36 |
| 13:13 | Louisiana Tech | Clyde Wotring hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 42-36 |
| 13:12 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Sebastian Staley | 42-36 |
| 12:48 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers misses the lay-in but he's hacked by James Olson - foul #2 on James Olson, team foul #7 | 42-36 |
| Subs | Alabama | James Hayner (PG) Jeffery Wilson | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade (PG), Maurice Orcutt (C) Wesley Charles, Walter McDonald | |
| 12:48 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers makes the 1st free throw | 43-36 |
| 12:48 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers misses the 2nd free throw | 43-36 |
| 12:48 | Louisiana Tech | Maurice Orcutt grabs the board | 43-36 |
| 12:31 | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade is hacked by James Hayner - foul #3 on James Hayner, team foul #2 | 43-36 |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Wilkin (SF) Tommie Rogers | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga (PG) Clyde Wotring | |
| 12:16 | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade knocks in the jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Willie Garner | 43-38 |
| 11:56 | Alabama | William Oliver misses badly on a turnaround in the lane | 43-38 |
| 11:54 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley tips it home | 45-38 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - James Hayner (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Rod Kenny (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Kenneth Wilkin (fresh) 3 pts. PF - William Oliver (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Sebastian Staley (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Cyrus Koga (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Nicolas Wade (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willie Garner (fairly fresh) 3 pf. PF - James Olson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Maurice Orcutt (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:47 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 45-38 |
| 11:45 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley gets the rebound | 45-38 |
| 11:16 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Maurice Orcutt - foul #3 on Maurice Orcutt, team foul #8 | 45-38 |
| Subs | Alabama | Philip Hewitt (SG), Tommie Rogers (PF) Rod Kenny, Kenneth Wilkin | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Clyde Wotring (SG), Harvey Irwin (SF), Gerard Hobbs (PF), Scott Manning (C) Nicolas Wade, Willie Garner, James Olson, Maurice Orcutt | |
| 11:16 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley makes the 1st free throw | 46-38 |
| 11:16 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley makes the 2nd free throw | 47-38 |
| 10:51 | Louisiana Tech | Clyde Wotring is fouled on the floor by Philip Hewitt - foul #2 on Philip Hewitt, team foul #3 | 47-38 |
| Subs | Alabama | Rod Kenny (SG), James Bober (C) Philip Hewitt, Sebastian Staley | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade (PG) Cyrus Koga | |
| 10:33 | Louisiana Tech | Clyde Wotring misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 47-38 |
| 10:31 | Alabama | The rebound goes to James Hayner | 47-38 |
| 10:08 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers makes the runner in the lane on a great pass from William Oliver | 49-38 |
| 09:47 | Louisiana Tech | Harvey Irwin misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-38 |
| 09:46 | Louisiana Tech | Scott Manning hits the follow up shot | 49-40 |
| 09:19 | Alabama | James Hayner is hacked by Nicolas Wade - foul #2 on Nicolas Wade, team foul #9 | 49-40 |
| Subs | Alabama | Philip Hewitt (SG), Kenneth Wilkin (SF), Sebastian Staley (C) Rod Kenny, Tommie Rogers, James Bober | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga (PG), Willie Garner (SF), James Olson (PF), Maurice Orcutt (C) Nicolas Wade, Clyde Wotring, Gerard Hobbs, Scott Manning | |
| 09:19 | Alabama | James Hayner makes the 1st free throw | 50-40 |
| 09:19 | Alabama | James Hayner makes the 2nd free throw | 51-40 |
| 09:08 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-40 |
| 09:07 | Alabama | Philip Hewitt pulls down the rebound | 51-40 |
| 08:38 | Alabama | James Olson steals the ball from William Oliver | 51-40 |
| 08:20 | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga hits a turnaround from close range and he's hacked by William Oliver - foul #1 on William Oliver, team foul #4 | 51-42 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson (PG), Rod Kenny (SG), Tommie Rogers (PF) James Hayner, Philip Hewitt, Kenneth Wilkin | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade (SG) Harvey Irwin | |
| 08:20 | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga misses the free throw | 51-42 |
| 08:20 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers grabs the board | 51-42 |
| 07:54 | Alabama | Rod Kenny banks in the layup set up by Jeffery Wilson | 53-42 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Jeffery Wilson (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Rod Kenny (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - William Oliver (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Tommie Rogers (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Sebastian Staley (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 10 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Cyrus Koga (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Nicolas Wade (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willie Garner (fresh) 3 pf. PF - James Olson (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - Maurice Orcutt (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:33 | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 53-42 |
| 07:31 | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga grabs the offensive board | 53-42 |
| 07:21 | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade misses badly on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Rod Kenny - foul #2 on Rod Kenny, team foul #5 | 53-42 |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Wilkin (SF) William Oliver | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Clyde Wotring (SG), Gerard Hobbs (PF), Scott Manning (C) Cyrus Koga, James Olson, Maurice Orcutt | |
| 07:21 | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade makes the 1st free throw | 53-43 |
| 07:21 | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade makes the 2nd free throw | 53-44 |
| 06:53 | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson is hacked by Clyde Wotring - foul #1 on Clyde Wotring, team foul #10 | 53-44 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Wesley Charles (PG), Harvey Irwin (SF) Nicolas Wade, Willie Garner | |
| 06:53 | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 54-44 |
| 06:53 | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 55-44 |
| 06:32 | Louisiana Tech | Jeffery Wilson is called for the reach on Wesley Charles - foul #3 on Jeffery Wilson, team foul #6 | 55-44 |
| Subs | Alabama | James Hayner (PG), William Oliver (PF) Jeffery Wilson, Tommie Rogers | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 06:16 | Louisiana Tech | Clyde Wotring misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 55-44 |
| 06:15 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley pulls down the rebound | 55-44 |
| 05:54 | Alabama | Rod Kenny clanks a 3 from straight away | 55-44 |
| 05:53 | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs grabs the board | 55-44 |
| 05:30 | Louisiana Tech | Wesley Charles scores on a jumper from the left wing | 55-46 |
| 05:04 | Alabama | Clyde Wotring knocks away the 3 by Rod Kenny | 55-46 |
| 05:02 | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs grabs the defensive rebound | 55-46 |
| 05:02 | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-46 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson (PG), Philip Hewitt (SG), Tommie Rogers (PF) James Hayner, Rod Kenny, Kenneth Wilkin | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga (PG), Willie Garner (SF), James Olson (PF), Maurice Orcutt (C) Wesley Charles, Harvey Irwin, Gerard Hobbs, Scott Manning | |
| 04:43 | Louisiana Tech | James Olson clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 55-46 |
| 04:41 | Louisiana Tech | Willie Garner tips it home | 55-48 |
| 04:19 | Alabama | Jeffery Wilson scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Philip Hewitt | 57-48 |
| 04:02 | Louisiana Tech | Cyrus Koga comes up short on the shot from the right block | 57-48 |
| 04:01 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Tommie Rogers | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:57 | Alabama | James Olson steals it from Sebastian Staley | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Jeffery Wilson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Philip Hewitt (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Oliver (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Tommie Rogers (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Sebastian Staley (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 11 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Cyrus Koga (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Clyde Wotring (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willie Garner (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - James Olson (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 3 stl. C - Maurice Orcutt (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 03:43 | Louisiana Tech | A charge is called on Clyde Wotring - foul #2 on Clyde Wotring, team foul #11 | 57-48 |
| Subs | Alabama | James Hayner (PG), Rod Kenny (SG), Kenneth Wilkin (SF), James Bober (C) Jeffery Wilson, Philip Hewitt, William Oliver, Sebastian Staley | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade (SG) Clyde Wotring | |
| 03:28 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers can't connect on a floater in the paint but he's hacked by James Olson - foul #3 on James Olson, team foul #12 | 57-48 |
| Subs | Alabama | Sebastian Staley (C) James Bober | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 03:28 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers misses the 1st free throw | 57-48 |
| 03:28 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers makes the 2nd free throw | 58-48 |
| 03:08 | Louisiana Tech | Maurice Orcutt is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Maurice Orcutt, team foul #13 | 58-48 |
| Subs | Alabama | William Oliver (SF) Kenneth Wilkin | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs (C) Maurice Orcutt | |
| 02:39 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers knocks in the shot in the paint on a great pass from James Hayner | 60-48 |
| 02:34 | Louisiana Tech | Nicolas Wade clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 60-48 |
| 02:32 | Alabama | Rod Kenny grabs the board | 60-48 |
| 02:19 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley banks in the layup set up by James Hayner and he's fouled by Cyrus Koga - foul #3 on Cyrus Koga, team foul #14 | 62-48 |
| Subs | Alabama | Philip Hewitt (SG), James Bober (C) Rod Kenny, Tommie Rogers | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Wesley Charles (PG), Harvey Irwin (SF), Scott Manning (C) Cyrus Koga, Willie Garner, James Olson | |
| 02:19 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley misses the free throw | 62-48 |
| 02:19 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Gerard Hobbs | 62-48 |
| 02:01 | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 62-48 |
| 01:59 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley grabs the defensive rebound | 62-48 |
| 01:42 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley is hacked by Gerard Hobbs - foul #1 on Gerard Hobbs, team foul #15 | 62-48 |
| 01:42 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley makes the 1st free throw | 63-48 |
| 01:42 | Alabama | Sebastian Staley misses the 2nd free throw | 63-48 |
| 01:42 | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs gets the rebound | 63-48 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:25 | Louisiana Tech | The short jumper by Gerard Hobbs is denied by Sebastian Staley | 63-48 |
| 01:23 | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs gets the offensive rebound | 63-48 |
| 01:09 | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs lays it up and in and the foul's on Sebastian Staley - foul #1 on Sebastian Staley, team foul #7 | 63-50 |
| Subs | Alabama | Tommie Rogers (PF) Sebastian Staley | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 01:09 | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs misses the free throw | 63-50 |
| 01:09 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Tommie Rogers | 63-50 |
| 00:49 | Alabama | Philip Hewitt can't connect on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Nicolas Wade - foul #3 on Nicolas Wade, team foul #16 | 63-50 |
| 00:49 | Alabama | Philip Hewitt makes the 1st free throw | 64-50 |
| 00:49 | Alabama | Philip Hewitt misses the 2nd free throw | 64-50 |
| 00:49 | Louisiana Tech | Gerard Hobbs grabs the defensive rebound | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:43 | Louisiana Tech | Harvey Irwin is hacked by William Oliver - foul #2 on William Oliver, team foul #8 | 64-50 |
| 00:43 | Louisiana Tech | Harvey Irwin misses the 1st free throw | 64-50 |
| 00:43 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers pulls down the rebound | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:19 | Alabama | James Bober connects on the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Philip Hewitt | 66-50 |
| 00:13 | Louisiana Tech | Wesley Charles clanks a jumper from the right side | 66-50 |
| 00:11 | Alabama | Tommie Rogers snags the defensive board | 66-50 |
| 00:00 | Alabama | James Hayner runs out the clock | 66-50 |