| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Mark Latham (fresh) SG - James Vance (fresh) SF - Brian Green (fresh) PF - Robert English (fresh) C - Larry Westmoreland (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Sammy French (fresh) SG - Archie Stockdale (fresh) SF - Jerome Aquino (fresh) PF - James Roberts (fresh) C - Gary McNeill (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Niagara | Larry Westmoreland wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Niagara | Niagara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Manhattan | Manhattan is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:37 | Niagara | Mark Latham makes the floater from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 19:17 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale misses short on an open 3pt jumper from the right corner | 2-0 |
| 19:15 | Niagara | The rebound goes to Brian Green | 2-0 |
| 19:13 | Niagara | Sammy French is called for the reach on James Vance in the backcourt - foul #1 on Sammy French, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:58 | Niagara | Larry Westmoreland can't connect on a fadeaway from the left block | 2-0 |
| 18:57 | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino gets the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:55 | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino is fouled in the backcourt by Larry Westmoreland - foul #1 on Larry Westmoreland, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:31 | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 2-0 |
| 18:29 | Niagara | James Vance snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 18:23 | Niagara | James Vance is called for traveling | 2-0 |
| 17:59 | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino hits a runner from the left block on a nice dish by Sammy French and he's fouled by Robert English - foul #1 on Robert English, team foul #2 | 2-2 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Brown (PG), Bruce Bond (SG), Noah Lapoint (SF), Mark Schuyler (PF), Robert Perkins (C) Mark Latham, James Vance, Brian Green, Robert English, Larry Westmoreland | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 17:59 | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino makes the free throw | 2-3 |
| 17:57 | Niagara | Noah Lapoint's pass is intercepted by Archie Stockdale in the backcourt | 2-3 |
| 17:56 | Manhattan | James Roberts lays it up and in on a great pass from Archie Stockdale | 2-5 |
| 17:40 | Niagara | Mark Schuyler can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 2-5 |
| 17:39 | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino snags the defensive board | 2-5 |
| 17:19 | Manhattan | Sammy French is fouled on the floor by Robert Perkins - foul #1 on Robert Perkins, team foul #3 | 2-5 |
| Subs | Niagara | Donald Berkley (C) Robert Perkins | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Paul Mitchell (PG), Todd Myhre (SG), Ivan Dembinski (SF), John Ransdell (PF), Rodney Chong (C) Sammy French, Archie Stockdale, Jerome Aquino, James Roberts, Gary McNeill | |
| 16:54 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre misses badly on the uncontested jumper from the left side | 2-5 |
| 16:53 | Niagara | The rebound goes to Bruce Bond | 2-5 |
| 16:35 | Niagara | Noah Lapoint can't finish the layup | 2-5 |
| 16:33 | Niagara | John Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 2-5 |
| 16:15 | Niagara | Mark Schuyler drills a fadeaway from the free throw line set up by John Brown | 4-5 |
| 15:59 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre blows the layup but he's hacked by Bruce Bond - foul #1 on Bruce Bond, team foul #4 | 4-5 |
| Subs | Niagara | Mark Latham (PG), James Vance (SG), Brian Green (SF), Robert Perkins (PF), Larry Westmoreland (C) John Brown, Bruce Bond, Noah Lapoint, Mark Schuyler, Donald Berkley | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Sammy French (PG), Jerome Aquino (SF), James Roberts (PF), Gary McNeill (C) Paul Mitchell, Ivan Dembinski, John Ransdell, Rodney Chong | |
| 15:59 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre makes the 1st free throw | 4-6 |
| 15:59 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre makes the 2nd free throw | 4-7 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Mark Latham (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Vance (fresh) SF - Brian Green (fresh) PF - Robert Perkins (fresh) C - Larry Westmoreland (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Sammy French (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Todd Myhre (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jerome Aquino (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. C - Gary McNeill (fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Niagara | James Vance misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 4-7 |
| 15:41 | Niagara | Brian Green snags the offensive board | 4-7 |
| 15:30 | Niagara | Robert Perkins can't connect on an uncontested fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 4-7 |
| 15:28 | Manhattan | The rebound goes to Todd Myhre | 4-7 |
| 14:59 | Manhattan | Gary McNeill is open but misses the lay-in | 4-7 |
| 14:58 | Niagara | Robert Perkins gets the rebound | 4-7 |
| 14:38 | Niagara | Mark Latham buries a fadeaway from the free throw line | 6-7 |
| 14:09 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Sammy French | 6-9 |
| 14:04 | Niagara | James Vance hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 6-9 |
| 14:03 | Manhattan | James Roberts pulls down the rebound | 6-9 |
| 13:38 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre throws a bad pass out of bounds | 6-9 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Brown (PG), Bruce Bond (SG), Robert English (PF), Donald Berkley (C) Mark Latham, James Vance, Robert Perkins, Larry Westmoreland | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Paul Mitchell (PG), Archie Stockdale (SG), Ivan Dembinski (SF), John Ransdell (PF), Rodney Chong (C) Sammy French, Todd Myhre, Jerome Aquino, James Roberts, Gary McNeill | |
| 13:21 | Niagara | John Brown misses short on a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Paul Mitchell - foul #1 on Paul Mitchell, team foul #2 | 6-9 |
| Subs | Niagara | Mark Schuyler (C) Donald Berkley | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 13:21 | Niagara | John Brown makes the 1st free throw | 7-9 |
| 13:21 | Niagara | John Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 8-9 |
| 13:14 | Manhattan | Robert English is called for the reach on Archie Stockdale in the backcourt - foul #2 on Robert English, team foul #5 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Niagara | Donald Berkley (C) Robert English | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 12:51 | Manhattan | Ivan Dembinski is fouled on the floor by Mark Schuyler - foul #1 on Mark Schuyler, team foul #6 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Niagara | Noah Lapoint (SF) Brian Green | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 12:36 | Manhattan | Ivan Dembinski misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 8-9 |
| 12:35 | Manhattan | John Ransdell misses the tip | 8-9 |
| 12:34 | Manhattan | John Ransdell tips it in | 8-11 |
| 12:21 | Niagara | John Brown clanks a jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Archie Stockdale - foul #1 on Archie Stockdale, team foul #3 | 8-11 |
| Subs | Niagara | James Vance (SG), Larry Westmoreland (C) Bruce Bond, Donald Berkley | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Sammy French (PG), Gary McNeill (C) Paul Mitchell, Rodney Chong | |
| 12:21 | Niagara | John Brown makes the 1st free throw | 9-11 |
| 12:21 | Niagara | John Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 10-11 |
| 11:59 | Manhattan | Gary McNeill's fadeaway is rejected by Noah Lapoint | 10-11 |
| 11:57 | Niagara | Larry Westmoreland gets the rebound | 10-11 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - John Brown (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Vance (fairly fresh) SF - Noah Lapoint (fairly fresh) PF - Mark Schuyler (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Larry Westmoreland (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Sammy French (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Archie Stockdale (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ivan Dembinski (fairly fresh) PF - John Ransdell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Gary McNeill (fresh) | |
| 11:53 | Niagara | Archie Stockdale steps in front of the Larry Westmoreland pass in the backcourt | 10-11 |
| 11:51 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale jams it | 10-13 |
| 11:46 | Niagara | Archie Stockdale picks off the pass by Noah Lapoint in the backcourt | 10-13 |
| 11:20 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale travels with the ball | 10-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | Mark Latham (PG), Brian Green (SF) John Brown, Noah Lapoint | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Paul Mitchell (PG), Jerome Aquino (SF), James Roberts (PF) Sammy French, Ivan Dembinski, John Ransdell | |
| 11:06 | Niagara | Mark Latham is hacked by Gary McNeill - foul #1 on Gary McNeill, team foul #4 | 10-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | Bruce Bond (SG), Donald Berkley (C) James Vance, Larry Westmoreland | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 10:52 | Niagara | Jerome Aquino is called for the reach on Brian Green - foul #1 on Jerome Aquino, team foul #5 | 10-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Rodney Chong (C) Gary McNeill | |
| 10:32 | Niagara | Rodney Chong steals the ball from Mark Latham | 10-13 |
| 10:26 | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino loses the dribble to Mark Latham in the backcourt | 10-13 |
| 10:17 | Niagara | Mark Latham is fouled on the floor by Archie Stockdale - foul #2 on Archie Stockdale, team foul #6 | 10-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | Larry Westmoreland (C) Donald Berkley | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Sammy French (PG), Todd Myhre (SG), Gary McNeill (C) Paul Mitchell, Archie Stockdale, Rodney Chong | |
| 10:01 | Niagara | Larry Westmoreland knocks in the floater from the left block set up by Mark Latham | 12-13 |
| 09:59 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre travels in the backcourt | 12-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jeffrey Stewart (PG), James Vance (SG) Mark Latham, Bruce Bond | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Ivan Dembinski (SF) Jerome Aquino | |
| 09:47 | Niagara | Larry Westmoreland throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Brown (PG), Noah Lapoint (PF) Jeffrey Stewart, Mark Schuyler | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 09:19 | Manhattan | James Vance is called for the reach on James Roberts - foul #1 on James Vance, team foul #7 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Rodney Chong (C) Gary McNeill | |
| 09:19 | Manhattan | James Roberts makes the 1st free throw | 12-14 |
| 09:19 | Manhattan | James Roberts makes the 2nd free throw | 12-15 |
| 09:10 | Niagara | James Vance hits a wide open jump hook from the right block on a great pass from John Brown | 14-15 |
| 08:56 | Manhattan | Sammy French misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 14-15 |
| 08:55 | Niagara | John Brown snags the defensive board | 14-15 |
| 08:52 | Niagara | James Vance is fouled in the backcourt by Sammy French - foul #2 on Sammy French, team foul #7 | 14-15 |
| Subs | Niagara | Mark Latham (PG), Mark Schuyler (PF), Donald Berkley (C) John Brown, Noah Lapoint, Larry Westmoreland | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Paul Mitchell (PG), Jerome Aquino (SF), John Ransdell (PF) Sammy French, Ivan Dembinski, James Roberts | |
| 08:52 | Niagara | James Vance makes the 1st free throw | 15-15 |
| 08:52 | Niagara | James Vance makes the 2nd free throw | 16-15 |
| 08:32 | Manhattan | Paul Mitchell misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 16-15 |
| 08:31 | Niagara | The rebound goes to James Vance | 16-15 |
| 08:16 | Niagara | James Vance's pass is intercepted by Rodney Chong | 16-15 |
| 07:56 | Manhattan | Paul Mitchell drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Rodney Chong | 16-18 |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Mark Latham (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Vance (tiring) 4 pts. SF - Brian Green (tired) 2 reb. PF - Mark Schuyler (tiring) 2 pts. C - Donald Berkley (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Paul Mitchell (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Todd Myhre (tiring) 4 pts. SF - Jerome Aquino (tired) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Ransdell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Rodney Chong (fairly fresh) 2 stl. | |
| 07:50 | Niagara | Brian Green misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by John Ransdell - foul #1 on John Ransdell, team foul #8 | 16-18 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Brown (PG), Bruce Bond (SG), Noah Lapoint (PF), Robert Perkins (C) Mark Latham, James Vance, Mark Schuyler, Donald Berkley | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Ivan Dembinski (SF), Gary McNeill (C) Jerome Aquino, Rodney Chong | |
| 07:50 | Niagara | Brian Green makes the 1st free throw | 17-18 |
| 07:50 | Niagara | Brian Green makes the 2nd free throw | 18-18 |
| 07:23 | Manhattan | Gary McNeill buries a floater from close range on a great pass from Paul Mitchell and he's fouled by Bruce Bond - foul #2 on Bruce Bond, team foul #8 | 18-20 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jeffrey Stewart (PG), Larry Westmoreland (C) Bruce Bond, Brian Green | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 07:23 | Manhattan | Gary McNeill makes the free throw | 18-21 |
| 07:16 | Niagara | John Brown comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 18-21 |
| 07:15 | Niagara | Robert Perkins grabs the offensive board | 18-21 |
| 07:00 | Niagara | Noah Lapoint is denied on a layup by Gary McNeill | 18-21 |
| 06:58 | Niagara | Robert Perkins hits the follow up shot | 20-21 |
| 06:39 | Manhattan | Gary McNeill hits a jump hook from close range | 20-23 |
| 06:19 | Niagara | Robert Perkins is fouled on the floor by Todd Myhre - foul #1 on Todd Myhre, team foul #9 | 20-23 |
| Subs | Niagara | Mark Latham (PG), James Vance (SG), Brian Green (SF), Mark Schuyler (PF) Jeffrey Stewart, John Brown, Noah Lapoint, Larry Westmoreland | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino (SF), James Roberts (PF) Ivan Dembinski, John Ransdell | |
| 06:19 | Niagara | Robert Perkins makes the 1st free throw | 21-23 |
| 06:19 | Niagara | Robert Perkins makes the 2nd free throw | 22-23 |
| 06:17 | Manhattan | Mark Schuyler picks off the pass by Todd Myhre in the backcourt | 22-23 |
| 06:04 | Niagara | Brian Green clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 22-23 |
| 06:02 | Manhattan | Paul Mitchell snags the defensive board | 22-23 |
| 06:00 | Manhattan | Mark Latham steals it from Paul Mitchell in the backcourt | 22-23 |
| 05:58 | Niagara | Mark Latham misses the easy layup | 22-23 |
| 05:57 | Niagara | The offensive rebound goes to Brian Green | 22-23 |
| 05:38 | Niagara | Brian Green hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block | 22-23 |
| 05:37 | Niagara | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Perkins | 22-23 |
| 05:17 | Niagara | Brian Green misses long on a jumper from the baseline | 22-23 |
| 05:15 | Manhattan | Gary McNeill gets the rebound | 22-23 |
| 05:11 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on James Vance - foul #2 on James Vance, team foul #9 | 22-23 |
| Subs | Niagara | John Brown (SG), Noah Lapoint (SF), Donald Berkley (C) James Vance, Brian Green, Robert Perkins | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Rodney Chong (C) Gary McNeill | |
| 05:11 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre makes the 1st free throw | 22-24 |
| 05:11 | Manhattan | Todd Myhre makes the 2nd free throw | 22-25 |
| 04:49 | Niagara | Mark Latham is fouled on the floor by Paul Mitchell - foul #2 on Paul Mitchell, team foul #10 | 22-25 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Sammy French (PG), Ivan Dembinski (SF) Paul Mitchell, Jerome Aquino | |
| 04:49 | Niagara | Mark Latham makes the 1st free throw | 23-25 |
| 04:49 | Niagara | Mark Latham makes the 2nd free throw | 24-25 |
| 04:25 | Manhattan | Ivan Dembinski double dribbles | 24-25 |
| Subs | Niagara | Jeffrey Stewart (PG) Mark Latham | |
| Subs | Manhattan | John Ransdell (PF) James Roberts | |
| 04:02 | Niagara | Jeffrey Stewart misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 24-25 |
| 04:00 | Manhattan | Ivan Dembinski grabs the defensive rebound | 24-25 |
| 03:50 | Manhattan | John Ransdell is called for traveling | 24-25 |
| Subs | Niagara | Bruce Bond (SG), Brian Green (SF), Robert English (PF), Larry Westmoreland (C) John Brown, Noah Lapoint, Mark Schuyler, Donald Berkley | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale (SG), Jerome Aquino (SF), Gary McNeill (C) Todd Myhre, Ivan Dembinski, Rodney Chong | |
| Lineup | Niagara | PG - Jeffrey Stewart (fresh) SG - Bruce Bond (fresh) SF - Brian Green (tired) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert English (fresh) C - Larry Westmoreland (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Sammy French (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Archie Stockdale (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Jerome Aquino (tired) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Ransdell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Gary McNeill (fairly fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 03:46 | Niagara | Sammy French is called for the reach on Jeffrey Stewart in the backcourt - foul #3 on Sammy French, team foul #11 | 24-25 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Paul Mitchell (PG) Sammy French | |
| 03:46 | Niagara | Jeffrey Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 25-25 |
| 03:46 | Niagara | Jeffrey Stewart misses the 2nd free throw | 25-25 |
| 03:46 | Manhattan | John Ransdell snags the defensive board | 25-25 |
| 03:17 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale drills a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Paul Mitchell | 25-28 |
| 02:50 | Niagara | Bruce Bond hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 25-28 |
| 02:49 | Manhattan | Gary McNeill snags the defensive board | 25-28 |
| 02:29 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale is by himself and knocks in the shot from the left side on a great pass from John Ransdell | 25-30 |
| 02:24 | Niagara | Paul Mitchell is called for the reach on Jeffrey Stewart in the backcourt - foul #3 on Paul Mitchell, team foul #12 | 25-30 |
| Subs | Niagara | Mark Latham (PG) Brian Green | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Todd Myhre (PG), Ivan Dembinski (SF), James Roberts (PF) Paul Mitchell, Jerome Aquino, John Ransdell | |
| 02:24 | Niagara | Jeffrey Stewart makes the 1st free throw | 26-30 |
| 02:24 | Niagara | Jeffrey Stewart makes the 2nd free throw | 27-30 |
| 02:05 | Manhattan | James Roberts can't connect on an uncontested turnaround in the lane | 27-30 |
| 02:03 | Manhattan | Ivan Dembinski pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-30 |
| 01:44 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 27-30 |
| 01:43 | Niagara | Robert English gets the rebound | 27-30 |
| 01:18 | Niagara | Bruce Bond misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 27-30 |
| 01:17 | Manhattan | The rebound goes to James Roberts | 27-30 |
| 00:57 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale can't connect on a jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Bruce Bond - foul #3 on Bruce Bond, team foul #10 | 27-30 |
| Subs | Niagara | James Vance (SG), John Brown (SF), Donald Berkley (C) Bruce Bond, Jeffrey Stewart, Larry Westmoreland | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Jerome Aquino (SF), Rodney Chong (C) Ivan Dembinski, Gary McNeill | |
| 00:57 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale makes the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 00:57 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale makes the 2nd free throw | 27-32 |
| 00:40 | Niagara | James Vance is by himself and knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 30-32 |
| 00:40 | Manhattan | Manhattan calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 30-32 |
| Subs | Niagara | | |
| Subs | Manhattan | John Ransdell (PF) James Roberts | |
| 00:13 | Manhattan | Archie Stockdale knocks in the 3 from the left wing | 30-35 |
| 00:01 | Niagara | Mark Latham hits the front of the rim on the wide open shot from the right wing | 30-35 |
| 00:00 | Manhattan | Rodney Chong gets the rebound | 30-35 |