| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Fyodor Zayac (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Moore (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Richard Hernandes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Robert Burns (fresh) 1 ast. C - Mark McShaw (fresh) 15 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Stephen Walsh (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Arnold Stone (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Easterling (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ray Murray (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Lee (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Dayton | Charles Easterling inbounds the ball | 26-30 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:39 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 26-30 |
| 19:38 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh gets the offensive rebound | 26-30 |
| 19:29 | Dayton | Michael Lee can't connect on a runner from the right block | 26-30 |
| 19:28 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw pulls down the rebound | 26-30 |
| 19:23 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac clanks a shot in the paint | 26-30 |
| 19:21 | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes can't tip it in | 26-30 |
| 19:19 | Dayton | Michael Lee gets the rebound | 26-30 |
| 19:05 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh drills a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Ray Murray | 26-32 |
| 18:37 | South Carolina | The jumper by Fyodor Zayac is denied by Ray Murray | 26-32 |
| 18:35 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw gets the offensive rebound | 26-32 |
| 18:19 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw banks in the layup set up by Thomas Moore | 28-32 |
| 18:04 | Dayton | Michael Lee blows the layup but he's hacked by Mark McShaw - foul #1 on Mark McShaw, team foul #1 | 28-32 |
| 18:04 | Dayton | Michael Lee makes the 1st free throw | 28-33 |
| 18:04 | Dayton | Michael Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 28-34 |
| 17:35 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw slams it home on a nice dish by Thomas Moore | 30-34 |
| 17:26 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh misses badly on a shot in the paint but he's fouled by Fyodor Zayac - foul #1 on Fyodor Zayac, team foul #2 | 30-34 |
| 17:26 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh makes the 1st free throw | 30-35 |
| 17:26 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh misses the 2nd free throw | 30-35 |
| 17:26 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw grabs the board | 30-35 |
| 16:58 | South Carolina | Stephen Walsh steps in front of the Robert Burns pass | 30-35 |
| 16:43 | Dayton | Charles Easterling misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 30-35 |
| 16:41 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw gets the rebound | 30-35 |
| 16:36 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac lays it in on a nice dish by Robert Burns | 32-35 |
| 16:22 | Dayton | Arnold Stone loses the dribble to Mark McShaw | 32-35 |
| 16:01 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw's floater is tipped away by Ray Murray | 32-35 |
| 16:00 | Dayton | Arnold Stone gets the rebound | 32-35 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Fyodor Zayac (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Moore (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Richard Hernandes (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Robert Burns (fresh) 2 ast. C - Mark McShaw (fresh) 19 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Stephen Walsh (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Arnold Stone (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Easterling (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ray Murray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. C - Michael Lee (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 15:55 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh is hacked by Fyodor Zayac - foul #2 on Fyodor Zayac, team foul #3 | 32-35 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Scott Browne (SG), Josh Byrne (PF), Peter Attebery (C) Thomas Moore, Robert Burns, Mark McShaw | |
| Subs | Dayton | John Lai (SG), Joshua Carpenter (SF), Jeffery Polster (PF), Robert Reichenbach (C) Arnold Stone, Charles Easterling, Ray Murray, Michael Lee | |
| 15:38 | Dayton | Jeffery Polster is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Jeffery Polster, team foul #1 | 32-35 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Joseph Childers (PG) Stephen Walsh | |
| 15:21 | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes is hacked by Joshua Carpenter - foul #2 on Joshua Carpenter, team foul #2 | 32-35 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Thomas Moore (SG) Fyodor Zayac | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 15:02 | South Carolina | Thomas Moore hits a jumper from the right block | 34-35 |
| 14:44 | Dayton | Jeffery Polster misses the runner near the basket | 34-35 |
| 14:43 | Dayton | Joshua Carpenter tips it in | 34-37 |
| 14:14 | South Carolina | Scott Browne connects on the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Thomas Moore | 37-37 |
| 13:57 | Dayton | Robert Reichenbach's layup is rejected by Peter Attebery | 37-37 |
| 13:55 | South Carolina | Thomas Moore pulls down the rebound | 37-37 |
| 13:38 | South Carolina | Thomas Moore misses the turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on John Lai - foul #1 on John Lai, team foul #3 | 37-37 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac (PG), Robert Burns (PF), Mark McShaw (C) Scott Browne, Richard Hernandes, Josh Byrne | |
| Subs | Dayton | Stephen Walsh (PG), Arnold Stone (SG), Charles Easterling (SF), Ray Murray (PF), Michael Lee (C) Joseph Childers, John Lai, Joshua Carpenter, Jeffery Polster, Robert Reichenbach | |
| 13:38 | South Carolina | Thomas Moore misses the 1st free throw | 37-37 |
| 13:38 | South Carolina | Thomas Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 38-37 |
| 13:21 | Dayton | Arnold Stone is called for traveling | 38-37 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Scott Browne (SG) Thomas Moore | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 13:01 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw lays it in on a nice dish by Fyodor Zayac | 40-37 |
| 12:43 | Dayton | Charles Easterling misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 40-37 |
| 12:41 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw grabs the board | 40-37 |
| 12:16 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Scott Browne | 42-37 |
| 12:04 | Dayton | Arnold Stone is hacked by Scott Browne - foul #1 on Scott Browne, team foul #4 | 42-37 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes (SF) Peter Attebery | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 11:54 | Dayton | Arnold Stone hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 42-37 |
| 11:52 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw gets the rebound | 42-37 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Fyodor Zayac (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Scott Browne (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Hernandes (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Robert Burns (fresh) 2 ast. C - Mark McShaw (fresh) 21 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Stephen Walsh (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Arnold Stone (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Easterling (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ray Murray (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. C - Michael Lee (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:28 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw misses long on a driving attempt near the basket but the foul's on Stephen Walsh - foul #3 on Stephen Walsh, team foul #4 | 42-37 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Thomas Moore (SG) Richard Hernandes | |
| Subs | Dayton | Jeffery Polster (C) Michael Lee | |
| 11:28 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw makes the 1st free throw | 43-37 |
| 11:28 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw makes the 2nd free throw | 44-37 |
| 11:14 | Dayton | Charles Easterling connects on the 3 pointer from straight away | 44-40 |
| 11:01 | South Carolina | Jeffery Polster swats the short shot by Mark McShaw | 44-40 |
| 10:59 | Dayton | Ray Murray grabs the board | 44-40 |
| 10:31 | Dayton | Jeffery Polster misses the 3 from the right corner | 44-40 |
| 10:29 | South Carolina | Scott Browne grabs the board | 44-40 |
| 10:03 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac misses short on a fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Arnold Stone - foul #1 on Arnold Stone, team foul #5 | 44-40 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Peter Attebery (SF) Scott Browne | |
| Subs | Dayton | John Lai (SG), Joshua Carpenter (SF), Michael Lee (C) Arnold Stone, Charles Easterling, Ray Murray | |
| 10:03 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac makes the 1st free throw | 45-40 |
| 10:03 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac makes the 2nd free throw | 46-40 |
| 09:38 | Dayton | Joshua Carpenter can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 46-40 |
| 09:36 | Dayton | Joshua Carpenter grabs the offensive rebound | 46-40 |
| 09:17 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 46-43 |
| 08:49 | South Carolina | Thomas Moore is hacked by John Lai - foul #2 on John Lai, team foul #6 | 46-43 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes (SF), Josh Byrne (PF) Robert Burns, Mark McShaw | |
| Subs | Dayton | Joseph Childers (PG) Stephen Walsh | |
| 08:30 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac clanks a shot from the right side | 46-43 |
| 08:29 | Dayton | Michael Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 46-43 |
| 08:14 | Dayton | Jeffery Polster connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 46-45 |
| 07:50 | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes is hacked by Joseph Childers - foul #1 on Joseph Childers, team foul #7 | 46-45 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Scott Browne (PG) Fyodor Zayac | |
| Subs | Dayton | Stephen Walsh (PG), Arnold Stone (SG), Charles Easterling (SF), Ray Murray (PF), Robert Reichenbach (C) Joseph Childers, John Lai, Joshua Carpenter, Jeffery Polster, Michael Lee | |
| 07:50 | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes misses the 1st free throw | 46-45 |
| 07:50 | Dayton | Ray Murray pulls down the rebound | 46-45 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Scott Browne (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Moore (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Richard Hernandes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Josh Byrne (fresh) C - Peter Attebery (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Stephen Walsh (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Arnold Stone (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Easterling (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Ray Murray (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Robert Reichenbach (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 07:31 | Dayton | Ray Murray misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 46-45 |
| 07:30 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh hits the follow up shot | 46-47 |
| 07:08 | South Carolina | Peter Attebery is fouled on the floor by Robert Reichenbach - foul #3 on Robert Reichenbach, team foul #8 | 46-47 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Burns (PF), Mark McShaw (C) Richard Hernandes, Josh Byrne | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 07:08 | South Carolina | Peter Attebery makes the 1st free throw | 47-47 |
| 07:08 | South Carolina | Peter Attebery misses the 2nd free throw | 47-47 |
| 07:08 | Dayton | Robert Reichenbach grabs the board | 47-47 |
| 06:49 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 47-47 |
| 06:47 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw gets the rebound | 47-47 |
| 06:22 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw misses the lay-in | 47-47 |
| 06:21 | Dayton | Charles Easterling pulls down the rebound | 47-47 |
| 06:10 | Dayton | Charles Easterling's fadeaway is rejected by Mark McShaw | 47-47 |
| 06:08 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw pulls down the rebound | 47-47 |
| 05:45 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw comes up short on the shot in the lane but he's hacked by Ray Murray - foul #2 on Ray Murray, team foul #9 | 47-47 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac (PG), Richard Hernandes (SF) Thomas Moore, Peter Attebery | |
| Subs | Dayton | Michael Lee (C) Robert Reichenbach | |
| 05:45 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw makes the 1st free throw | 48-47 |
| 05:45 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw makes the 2nd free throw | 49-47 |
| 05:28 | Dayton | Arnold Stone hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 49-47 |
| 05:26 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Fyodor Zayac | 49-47 |
| 04:59 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw's pass is intercepted by Ray Murray | 49-47 |
| 04:36 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh is fouled on the floor by Robert Burns - foul #2 on Robert Burns, team foul #5 | 49-47 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Joseph Childers (PG), John Lai (SG), Joshua Carpenter (SF), Jeffery Polster (PF) Stephen Walsh, Arnold Stone, Charles Easterling, Ray Murray | |
| 04:23 | Dayton | Michael Lee misses the jump hook near the basket | 49-47 |
| 04:21 | Dayton | Jeffery Polster tips it in | 49-49 |
| 03:59 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 49-49 |
| 03:57 | South Carolina | Robert Burns grabs the offensive board | 49-49 |
| 03:37 | South Carolina | Scott Browne loses the ball out of bounds | 49-49 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Thomas Moore (SG), Peter Attebery (C) Scott Browne, Mark McShaw | |
| Subs | Dayton | Stephen Walsh (PG) Joseph Childers | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Fyodor Zayac (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Thomas Moore (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Richard Hernandes (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Robert Burns (fresh) 2 ast. C - Peter Attebery (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Stephen Walsh (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - John Lai (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joshua Carpenter (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jeffery Polster (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Lee (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 03:19 | Dayton | Fyodor Zayac steps in front of the Joshua Carpenter pass | 49-49 |
| 02:50 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Joshua Carpenter - foul #3 on Joshua Carpenter, team foul #10 | 49-49 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Josh Byrne (PF) Robert Burns | |
| Subs | Dayton | Arnold Stone (SG), Charles Easterling (SF), Ray Murray (PF) John Lai, Joshua Carpenter, Michael Lee | |
| 02:50 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac misses the 1st free throw | 49-49 |
| 02:50 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac makes the 2nd free throw | 50-49 |
| 02:28 | Dayton | Jeffery Polster clanks a 3 from straight away | 50-49 |
| 02:27 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Josh Byrne | 50-49 |
| 02:27 | South Carolina | South Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-49 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Robert Burns (PF), Mark McShaw (C) Richard Hernandes, Josh Byrne | |
| Subs | Dayton | Michael Lee (C) Jeffery Polster | |
| 02:03 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw's fadeaway is rejected by Michael Lee | 50-49 |
| 02:01 | Dayton | Ray Murray pulls down the rebound | 50-49 |
| 01:47 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh is fouled on the floor by Thomas Moore - foul #3 on Thomas Moore, team foul #6 | 50-49 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes (SF) Peter Attebery | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 01:25 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 50-49 |
| 01:23 | Dayton | Michael Lee grabs the offensive rebound | 50-49 |
| 01:06 | Dayton | Charles Easterling clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 50-49 |
| 01:04 | South Carolina | Thomas Moore snags the defensive board | 50-49 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 00:35 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw buries a floater from the right block on a nice dish by Fyodor Zayac | 52-49 |
| 00:19 | Dayton | Michael Lee loses the dribble to Robert Burns | 52-49 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:18 | South Carolina | Stephen Walsh is called for the reach on Robert Burns in the backcourt - foul #4 on Stephen Walsh, team foul #11 | 52-49 |
| 00:18 | South Carolina | Robert Burns makes the 1st free throw | 53-49 |
| 00:18 | South Carolina | Robert Burns misses the 2nd free throw | 53-49 |
| 00:18 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw grabs the offensive board | 53-49 |
| 00:17 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw is hacked by Charles Easterling - foul #1 on Charles Easterling, team foul #12 | 53-49 |
| 00:17 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw makes the 1st free throw | 54-49 |
| 00:17 | South Carolina | Mark McShaw makes the 2nd free throw | 55-49 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:10 | Dayton | Arnold Stone clanks a 3 from the left corner | 55-49 |
| 00:09 | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes grabs the board | 55-49 |
| 00:08 | South Carolina | Arnold Stone is called for the reach on Richard Hernandes in the backcourt - foul #2 on Arnold Stone, team foul #13 | 55-49 |
| 00:08 | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes misses the 1st free throw | 55-49 |
| 00:08 | South Carolina | Richard Hernandes misses the 2nd free throw | 55-49 |
| 00:08 | Dayton | Michael Lee grabs the board | 55-49 |
| 00:02 | Dayton | Stephen Walsh connects on the 3 pointer from straight away | 55-52 |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | Fyodor Zayac runs out the clock | 55-52 |