| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Jason Gothard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Cote (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Michael Leighton (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Hondo (fresh) 5 pts. C - Shannon Bottomley (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | USC Upstate | PG - Jason Delaney (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Dillard (fresh) SF - John Dewees (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Walter Ebel (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Todd Harker (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | USC Upstate | John Dewees inbounds the ball | 45-26 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | USC Upstate | USC Upstate is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:31 | USC Upstate | John Dewees drills a 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-29 |
| 19:15 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Dillard steps in front of the Michael Cote pass | 45-29 |
| 18:54 | USC Upstate | John Dewees misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-29 |
| 18:53 | Gardner-Webb | Raymond Hondo gets the rebound | 45-29 |
| 18:32 | Gardner-Webb | Raymond Hondo misses short on a runner in the paint but he's hacked by Walter Ebel - foul #2 on Walter Ebel, team foul #1 | 45-29 |
| 18:32 | Gardner-Webb | Raymond Hondo misses the 1st free throw | 45-29 |
| 18:32 | Gardner-Webb | Raymond Hondo makes the 2nd free throw | 46-29 |
| 18:10 | USC Upstate | Walter Ebel scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing and the foul's on Raymond Hondo - foul #3 on Raymond Hondo, team foul #1 | 46-31 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette (PF) Raymond Hondo | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | | |
| 18:10 | USC Upstate | Walter Ebel makes the free throw | 46-32 |
| 17:53 | Gardner-Webb | Jason Gothard's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-32 |
| 17:38 | USC Upstate | Todd Harker can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Shannon Bottomley - foul #1 on Shannon Bottomley, team foul #2 | 46-32 |
| 17:38 | USC Upstate | Todd Harker makes the 1st free throw | 46-33 |
| 17:38 | USC Upstate | Todd Harker makes the 2nd free throw | 46-34 |
| 17:28 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 46-34 |
| 17:26 | USC Upstate | John Dewees grabs the board | 46-34 |
| 17:08 | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-34 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Sean Bergsma (PG) Jason Gothard | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason (SG), Malcolm Fox (SF), Jason Lor (PF), George Goshorn (C) Michael Dillard, John Dewees, Walter Ebel, Todd Harker | |
| 16:50 | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette can't finish the layup but he's hacked by George Goshorn - foul #2 on George Goshorn, team foul #2 | 46-34 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Gary Kaufman (SF), Joseph Hunsaker (C) Michael Leighton, Shannon Bottomley | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | | |
| 16:50 | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette misses the 1st free throw | 46-34 |
| 16:50 | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette makes the 2nd free throw | 47-34 |
| 16:28 | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 47-34 |
| 16:26 | Gardner-Webb | Joseph Hunsaker pulls down the rebound | 47-34 |
| 16:22 | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette scores on a jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Michael Cote | 49-34 |
| 15:53 | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason misses the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Michael Cote - foul #2 on Michael Cote, team foul #3 | 49-34 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Jason Gothard (PG), Michael Leighton (SF), Raymond Hondo (PF), Shannon Bottomley (C) Michael Cote, Gary Kaufman, Joel Cadorette, Joseph Hunsaker | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Pedro Medina (PG), Todd Harker (C) Jason Delaney, George Goshorn | |
| 15:53 | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason makes the 1st free throw | 49-35 |
| 15:53 | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason makes the 2nd free throw | 49-36 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Jason Gothard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Sean Bergsma (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Leighton (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Hondo (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. C - Shannon Bottomley (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | USC Upstate | PG - Pedro Medina (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Jeffrey Cason (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Malcolm Fox (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jason Lor (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Todd Harker (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:31 | Gardner-Webb | Sean Bergsma can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 49-36 |
| 15:29 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton tips it but misses | 49-36 |
| 15:28 | USC Upstate | The rebound goes to Todd Harker | 49-36 |
| 15:05 | USC Upstate | Todd Harker connects on the fadeaway in the lane set up by Pedro Medina | 49-38 |
| 14:49 | Gardner-Webb | Jason Gothard misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 49-38 |
| 14:47 | USC Upstate | Malcolm Fox grabs the defensive rebound | 49-38 |
| 14:28 | USC Upstate | Pedro Medina's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-38 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Michael Cote (SG) Sean Bergsma | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney (PG), Michael Dillard (SG), John Dewees (SF), Walter Ebel (PF) Pedro Medina, Jeffrey Cason, Malcolm Fox, Jason Lor | |
| 14:04 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Walter Ebel - foul #3 on Walter Ebel, team foul #3 | 49-38 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bracken (PG), Joel Cadorette (C) Jason Gothard, Shannon Bottomley | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | George Goshorn (C) Todd Harker | |
| 14:04 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton makes the 1st free throw | 50-38 |
| 14:04 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton makes the 2nd free throw | 51-38 |
| 13:47 | USC Upstate | Walter Ebel hits a jump hook from close range | 51-40 |
| 13:30 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Cote is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Michael Cote, team foul #4 | 51-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Sean Bergsma (PG), Gary Kaufman (SF), Joseph Hunsaker (C) Andrew Bracken, Michael Leighton, Raymond Hondo | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | | |
| 13:03 | USC Upstate | John Dewees is hacked by Gary Kaufman - foul #3 on Gary Kaufman, team foul #5 | 51-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Jason Gothard (PG), Shannon Bottomley (C) Sean Bergsma, Joseph Hunsaker | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jason Lor (C) George Goshorn | |
| 12:34 | USC Upstate | John Dewees hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 51-40 |
| 12:32 | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette gets the rebound | 51-40 |
| 12:15 | Gardner-Webb | Shannon Bottomley can't connect on a jump hook from the right block but he's fouled by John Dewees - foul #3 on John Dewees, team foul #4 | 51-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton (SF) Gary Kaufman | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Todd Harker (C) Jason Lor | |
| 12:15 | Gardner-Webb | Shannon Bottomley makes the 1st free throw | 52-40 |
| 12:15 | Gardner-Webb | Shannon Bottomley makes the 2nd free throw | 53-40 |
| 11:57 | USC Upstate | Michael Dillard is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Michael Dillard, team foul #5 | 53-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Raymond Hondo (PF) Joel Cadorette | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Pedro Medina (PG), Malcolm Fox (SF), Jason Lor (PF) Jason Delaney, John Dewees, Walter Ebel | |
| 11:47 | Gardner-Webb | Jason Gothard knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Michael Cote | 55-40 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Jason Gothard (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Cote (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Michael Leighton (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. PF - Raymond Hondo (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. C - Shannon Bottomley (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | USC Upstate | PG - Pedro Medina (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Dillard (fresh) 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Malcolm Fox (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jason Lor (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Todd Harker (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:24 | USC Upstate | Jason Lor blows the dunk but he's fouled by Raymond Hondo - foul #4 on Raymond Hondo, team foul #6 | 55-40 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Sean Bergsma (PG), Gary Kaufman (SG), Joseph Hunsaker (PF), Paul Hoskins (C) Jason Gothard, Michael Cote, Raymond Hondo, Shannon Bottomley | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason (SG) Michael Dillard | |
| 11:24 | USC Upstate | Jason Lor misses the 1st free throw | 55-40 |
| 11:24 | USC Upstate | Jason Lor makes the 2nd free throw | 55-41 |
| 11:10 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton misses badly on a fadeaway from close range | 55-41 |
| 11:09 | USC Upstate | Malcolm Fox snags the defensive board | 55-41 |
| 10:50 | USC Upstate | Malcolm Fox comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 55-41 |
| 10:49 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Hoskins gets the rebound | 55-41 |
| 10:37 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton is denied on a dunk by Jason Lor | 55-41 |
| 10:36 | USC Upstate | Jason Lor grabs the board | 55-41 |
| 10:13 | USC Upstate | Jason Lor makes the jumper from the right side | 55-43 |
| 10:02 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Hoskins misses long on a floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Malcolm Fox - foul #1 on Malcolm Fox, team foul #6 | 55-43 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Jason Gothard (PG), Michael Cote (SG), Joel Cadorette (PF), Shannon Bottomley (C) Sean Bergsma, Gary Kaufman, Michael Leighton, Joseph Hunsaker | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney (PG), Michael Dillard (SG), John Dewees (SF), Walter Ebel (PF), George Goshorn (C) Pedro Medina, Jeffrey Cason, Malcolm Fox, Jason Lor, Todd Harker | |
| 10:02 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Hoskins misses the 1st free throw | 55-43 |
| 10:02 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Hoskins makes the 2nd free throw | 56-43 |
| 09:34 | USC Upstate | Walter Ebel's fadeaway is rejected by Shannon Bottomley | 56-43 |
| 09:32 | Gardner-Webb | The rebound goes to Jason Gothard | 56-43 |
| 09:14 | Gardner-Webb | Walter Ebel is called for the reach on Paul Hoskins - foul #4 on Walter Ebel, team foul #7 | 56-43 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Daniel Butler (PF) Walter Ebel | |
| 09:14 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Hoskins misses the 1st free throw | 56-43 |
| 09:14 | USC Upstate | Daniel Butler grabs the board | 56-43 |
| 08:53 | USC Upstate | Daniel Butler loses the dribble to Jason Gothard | 56-43 |
| 08:38 | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette buries a jump hook from the left block set up by Jason Gothard | 58-43 |
| 08:14 | USC Upstate | George Goshorn knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side | 58-45 |
| 07:59 | Gardner-Webb | Jason Delaney steals it from Paul Hoskins | 58-45 |
| 07:40 | USC Upstate | George Goshorn misses the jump hook from close range but he's fouled by Jason Gothard - foul #3 on Jason Gothard, team foul #7 | 58-45 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Sean Bergsma (PG), Michael Leighton (SF), Raymond Hondo (PF) Jason Gothard, Paul Hoskins, Joel Cadorette | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason (SG), Malcolm Fox (SF), Walter Ebel (PF) Michael Dillard, John Dewees, Daniel Butler | |
| 07:40 | USC Upstate | George Goshorn makes the 1st free throw | 58-46 |
| 07:40 | USC Upstate | George Goshorn misses the 2nd free throw | 58-46 |
| 07:40 | Gardner-Webb | The rebound goes to Shannon Bottomley | 58-46 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Sean Bergsma (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Cote (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Michael Leighton (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. PF - Raymond Hondo (fresh) 6 pts. 4 pf. C - Shannon Bottomley (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | USC Upstate | PG - Jason Delaney (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Jeffrey Cason (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Malcolm Fox (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Walter Ebel (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - George Goshorn (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:14 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton is fouled on the floor by Malcolm Fox - foul #2 on Malcolm Fox, team foul #8 | 58-46 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Joseph Hunsaker (C) Shannon Bottomley | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Todd Harker (C) George Goshorn | |
| 07:14 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton makes the 1st free throw | 59-46 |
| 07:14 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton makes the 2nd free throw | 60-46 |
| 07:07 | USC Upstate | Malcolm Fox is fouled on the floor by Sean Bergsma - foul #1 on Sean Bergsma, team foul #8 | 60-46 |
| 07:07 | USC Upstate | Malcolm Fox makes the 1st free throw | 60-47 |
| 07:07 | USC Upstate | Malcolm Fox makes the 2nd free throw | 60-48 |
| 06:47 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Cote misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 60-48 |
| 06:46 | USC Upstate | Todd Harker pulls down the rebound | 60-48 |
| 06:19 | USC Upstate | Sean Bergsma steals it from Malcolm Fox | 60-48 |
| 06:04 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Cote scores on a 3 from the right wing set up by Michael Leighton | 63-48 |
| 05:42 | USC Upstate | Walter Ebel is called for the illegal screen - foul #5 on Walter Ebel, team foul #9 | 63-48 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Jason Gothard (PG), Shannon Bottomley (C) Michael Cote, Joseph Hunsaker | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Pedro Medina (PG), Michael Dillard (SG), John Dewees (SF), Jason Lor (PF) Jason Delaney, Jeffrey Cason, Malcolm Fox, Walter Ebel | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | USC Upstate | USC Upstate is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:17 | Gardner-Webb | Shannon Bottomley misses short on a floater from the left block | 63-48 |
| 05:16 | USC Upstate | Jason Lor gets the rebound | 63-48 |
| 04:47 | USC Upstate | Pedro Medina jams it on a nice dish by John Dewees | 63-50 |
| 04:26 | Gardner-Webb | Shannon Bottomley misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 63-50 |
| 04:24 | Gardner-Webb | Sean Bergsma gets the offensive rebound | 63-50 |
| 04:12 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton is fouled on the floor by Jason Lor - foul #2 on Jason Lor, team foul #10 | 63-50 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Michael Cote (SG), Joel Cadorette (PF) Sean Bergsma, Raymond Hondo | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney (PG), George Goshorn (C) Pedro Medina, Todd Harker | |
| 04:12 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton makes the 1st free throw | 64-50 |
| 04:12 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Leighton makes the 2nd free throw | 65-50 |
| 03:49 | USC Upstate | Shannon Bottomley takes the ball from Jason Delaney | 65-50 |
| 03:25 | Gardner-Webb | Michael Cote clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 65-50 |
| 03:23 | Gardner-Webb | Shannon Bottomley tips it in | 67-50 |
| Lineup | Gardner-Webb | PG - Jason Gothard (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Michael Cote (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Michael Leighton (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 reb. PF - Joel Cadorette (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Shannon Bottomley (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | USC Upstate | PG - Jason Delaney (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Dillard (fresh) 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - John Dewees (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Jason Lor (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - George Goshorn (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | USC Upstate | USC Upstate is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:55 | USC Upstate | Michael Leighton is called for the reach on Jason Delaney - foul #1 on Michael Leighton, team foul #9 | 67-50 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Andrew Bracken (PG), Gary Kaufman (SG), Joseph Hunsaker (SF), Paul Hoskins (C) Jason Gothard, Michael Cote, Michael Leighton, Shannon Bottomley | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason (SG), Malcolm Fox (SF), Daniel Butler (PF) Michael Dillard, John Dewees, Jason Lor | |
| 02:55 | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney makes the 1st free throw | 67-51 |
| 02:55 | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney makes the 2nd free throw | 67-52 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | USC Upstate | USC Upstate is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:36 | Gardner-Webb | Gary Kaufman misses long on a 3 from straight away | 67-52 |
| 02:35 | Gardner-Webb | Paul Hoskins gets the offensive rebound | 67-52 |
| 02:12 | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette loses the dribble to Daniel Butler | 67-52 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | USC Upstate | USC Upstate is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:58 | USC Upstate | Malcolm Fox clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 67-52 |
| 01:57 | Gardner-Webb | The rebound goes to Paul Hoskins | 67-52 |
| 01:37 | Gardner-Webb | Gary Kaufman clanks a shot from the left block | 67-52 |
| 01:36 | Gardner-Webb | Joseph Hunsaker tips it back up and in | 69-52 |
| 01:23 | USC Upstate | Jeffrey Cason drills a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Malcolm Fox | 69-55 |
| 00:54 | Gardner-Webb | The pull-up jumper by Gary Kaufman is blocked by Malcolm Fox | 69-55 |
| 00:53 | Gardner-Webb | Joel Cadorette tips it back up and in | 71-55 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | USC Upstate | USC Upstate is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:46 | USC Upstate | Gary Kaufman takes the ball from George Goshorn | 71-55 |
| 00:42 | Gardner-Webb | Gary Kaufman hits the finger roll | 73-55 |
| 00:37 | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Andrew Bracken - foul #1 on Andrew Bracken, team foul #10 | 73-55 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | Sean Bergsma (SG) Paul Hoskins | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Jason Lor (PF) Daniel Butler | |
| 00:37 | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney makes the 1st free throw | 73-56 |
| 00:37 | USC Upstate | Jason Delaney makes the 2nd free throw | 73-57 |
| Game Plan | Gardner-Webb | Gardner-Webb is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | USC Upstate | USC Upstate is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:09 | Gardner-Webb | A charge is called on Sean Bergsma - foul #2 on Sean Bergsma, team foul #11 | 73-57 |
| Subs | Gardner-Webb | | |
| Subs | USC Upstate | Pedro Medina (PG) Jason Delaney | |
| 00:03 | USC Upstate | Jason Lor comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 73-57 |
| 00:02 | USC Upstate | Pedro Medina pulls down the offensive rebound | 73-57 |
| 00:00 | USC Upstate | The clock runs out | 73-57 |