| Lineup | UConn | PG - Dane Hackett (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Terry Ullrich (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jody Purdie (fresh) PF - Richard Geise (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Paul Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Curtis Boice (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Collins (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Oliver Nixon (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dustin Ponder (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jonathan Scott (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon inbounds the ball | 38-33 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:31 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon buries a shot from the left side set up by Steven Collins | 38-35 |
| 19:02 | UConn | Dane Hackett misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 38-35 |
| 19:01 | UTEP | Dustin Ponder gets the rebound | 38-35 |
| 18:50 | UTEP | Jonathan Scott misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 38-35 |
| 18:48 | UConn | Paul Roberts snags the defensive board | 38-35 |
| 18:42 | UConn | Jody Purdie misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 38-35 |
| 18:40 | UTEP | Jonathan Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 38-35 |
| 18:31 | UTEP | Jonathan Scott clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 38-35 |
| 18:29 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon tips it in | 38-37 |
| 18:09 | UConn | Jody Purdie comes up short on the shot from the left side but he's fouled by Oliver Nixon - foul #1 on Oliver Nixon, team foul #1 | 38-37 |
| Subs | UConn | Sean Deville (PG), Michael Cloud (SG), Gary Williams (PF), Scott Williams (C) Dane Hackett, Terry Ullrich, Richard Geise, Paul Roberts | |
| Subs | UTEP | Erik Holloway (PG), Robert Bourke (SG), Nathaniel Hudson (SF), Carl Tatum (PF), Richard Chisolm (C) Curtis Boice, Steven Collins, Oliver Nixon, Dustin Ponder, Jonathan Scott | |
| 18:09 | UConn | Jody Purdie makes the 1st free throw | 39-37 |
| 18:09 | UConn | Jody Purdie makes the 2nd free throw | 40-37 |
| 17:56 | UTEP | Robert Bourke hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 40-37 |
| 17:54 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson snags the offensive board | 40-37 |
| 17:42 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson comes up short on the fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by Scott Williams - foul #1 on Scott Williams, team foul #1 | 40-37 |
| Subs | UConn | Freddy Williams (SF) Jody Purdie | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 17:42 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson makes the 1st free throw | 40-38 |
| 17:42 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson makes the 2nd free throw | 40-39 |
| 17:16 | UConn | Robert Bourke steals it from Scott Williams | 40-39 |
| 17:13 | UTEP | Robert Bourke lays it up and in | 40-41 |
| 16:44 | UConn | Sean Deville hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Gary Williams | 43-41 |
| 16:23 | UTEP | Freddy Williams is called for the reach on Nathaniel Hudson - foul #2 on Freddy Williams, team foul #2 | 43-41 |
| Subs | UConn | Dane Hackett (PG), Stephen Pinette (SG), Jody Purdie (SF), Ronald Archer (PF), Paul Roberts (C) Sean Deville, Michael Cloud, Freddy Williams, Gary Williams, Scott Williams | |
| Subs | UTEP | Curtis Boice (PG), Steven Collins (SG), Oliver Nixon (SF), Dustin Ponder (PF), Jonathan Scott (C) Erik Holloway, Robert Bourke, Nathaniel Hudson, Carl Tatum, Richard Chisolm | |
| 16:13 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-44 |
| 16:06 | UConn | Paul Roberts is fouled in the backcourt by Jonathan Scott - foul #3 on Jonathan Scott, team foul #2 | 43-44 |
| Subs | UConn | Richard Geise (PF) Ronald Archer | |
| Subs | UTEP | Carl Tatum (C) Jonathan Scott | |
| 15:49 | UConn | Dustin Ponder takes the ball from Dane Hackett | 43-44 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Dane Hackett (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Pinette (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jody Purdie (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Richard Geise (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Paul Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Curtis Boice (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Collins (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Oliver Nixon (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Dustin Ponder (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Carl Tatum (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:31 | UTEP | Curtis Boice clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 43-44 |
| 15:30 | UConn | Richard Geise gets the rebound | 43-44 |
| 15:09 | UConn | Stephen Pinette misses short on a jumper in the paint | 43-44 |
| 15:08 | UConn | Richard Geise tips it in | 45-44 |
| 14:53 | UTEP | Curtis Boice misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 45-44 |
| 14:51 | UConn | Richard Geise grabs the board | 45-44 |
| 14:32 | UConn | Dane Hackett makes the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Jody Purdie | 48-44 |
| 14:19 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 48-44 |
| 14:18 | UTEP | Carl Tatum tips it home | 48-46 |
| 13:53 | UConn | Paul Roberts hits the front of the rim on the wide open pull-up jumper from the right side | 48-46 |
| 13:51 | UTEP | Carl Tatum snags the defensive board | 48-46 |
| 13:46 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner but he's fouled by Jody Purdie - foul #1 on Jody Purdie, team foul #3 | 48-46 |
| Subs | UConn | Sean Deville (PG), Terry Ullrich (SG), Freddy Williams (SF), Gary Williams (PF), Scott Williams (C) Dane Hackett, Stephen Pinette, Jody Purdie, Richard Geise, Paul Roberts | |
| Subs | UTEP | Erik Holloway (PG), Robert Bourke (SG), Nathaniel Hudson (PF), Richard Chisolm (C) Curtis Boice, Steven Collins, Dustin Ponder, Carl Tatum | |
| 13:46 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon makes the 1st free throw | 48-47 |
| 13:46 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon misses the 2nd free throw | 48-47 |
| 13:46 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon makes the 3rd free throw | 48-48 |
| 13:23 | UConn | Sean Deville makes the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Freddy Williams | 50-48 |
| 13:00 | UTEP | Gary Williams takes the ball from Richard Chisolm | 50-48 |
| 12:42 | UConn | Erik Holloway is called for the reach on Sean Deville - foul #1 on Erik Holloway, team foul #3 | 50-48 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | UTEP | Christopher Smith (PG), Jonathan Scott (C) Robert Bourke, Oliver Nixon | |
| 12:26 | UConn | Terry Ullrich clanks a driving attempt from the right block | 50-48 |
| 12:25 | UConn | Gary Williams gets the offensive rebound | 50-48 |
| 12:13 | UConn | Terry Ullrich lays it up and in on a nice dish by Sean Deville and he's hacked by Jonathan Scott - foul #4 on Jonathan Scott, team foul #4 | 52-48 |
| Subs | UConn | Dane Hackett (PG), Jody Purdie (SF), Richard Geise (PF), Ronald Archer (C) Sean Deville, Freddy Williams, Gary Williams, Scott Williams | |
| Subs | UTEP | Steven Collins (SG), James Draper (SF), Dustin Ponder (PF) Nathaniel Hudson, Richard Chisolm, Jonathan Scott | |
| 12:13 | UConn | Terry Ullrich makes the free throw | 53-48 |
| 11:53 | UTEP | Christopher Smith misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-48 |
| 11:51 | UConn | Dane Hackett snags the defensive board | 53-48 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Dane Hackett (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Terry Ullrich (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jody Purdie (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Richard Geise (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Ronald Archer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Christopher Smith (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Steven Collins (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Draper (fresh) PF - Dustin Ponder (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Erik Holloway (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. | |
| 11:22 | UConn | Jody Purdie can't connect on an uncontested shot from the baseline | 53-48 |
| 11:21 | UTEP | Dustin Ponder pulls down the rebound | 53-48 |
| 10:52 | UTEP | Dustin Ponder is called for 3 seconds | 53-48 |
| Subs | UConn | Sean Deville (PG), Michael Cloud (SG), Freddy Williams (SF), Gary Williams (PF), Scott Williams (C) Dane Hackett, Terry Ullrich, Jody Purdie, Richard Geise, Ronald Archer | |
| Subs | UTEP | Curtis Boice (PG), Robert Bourke (SG), Nathaniel Hudson (SF), Carl Tatum (C) Christopher Smith, Steven Collins, James Draper, Erik Holloway | |
| 10:29 | UConn | Michael Cloud comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 53-48 |
| 10:27 | UConn | Gary Williams snags the offensive board | 53-48 |
| 10:01 | UConn | Sean Deville is hacked by Curtis Boice - foul #2 on Curtis Boice, team foul #5 | 53-48 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Roberts (C) Scott Williams | |
| Subs | UTEP | Oliver Nixon (SF), Richard Chisolm (C) Nathaniel Hudson, Carl Tatum | |
| 09:53 | UConn | Michael Cloud drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Gary Williams | 56-48 |
| 09:36 | UTEP | The jumper by Curtis Boice is denied by Freddy Williams | 56-48 |
| 09:35 | UConn | Gary Williams gets the rebound | 56-48 |
| 09:11 | UConn | Richard Chisolm is called for the reach on Sean Deville - foul #2 on Richard Chisolm, team foul #6 | 56-48 |
| Subs | UConn | Dane Hackett (PG), Stephen Pinette (SG), Jody Purdie (SF), Ronald Archer (PF) Sean Deville, Michael Cloud, Freddy Williams, Gary Williams | |
| Subs | UTEP | Christopher Smith (PG), Steven Collins (SG), James Draper (SF) Curtis Boice, Robert Bourke, Oliver Nixon | |
| 08:48 | UConn | Dane Hackett misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 56-48 |
| 08:46 | UConn | Jody Purdie grabs the offensive board | 56-48 |
| 08:23 | UConn | Dane Hackett is open but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 56-48 |
| 08:22 | UConn | Stephen Pinette hits the follow up shot | 58-48 |
| 08:05 | UTEP | Dustin Ponder hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 58-48 |
| 08:04 | UConn | Dane Hackett snags the defensive board | 58-48 |
| 07:36 | UConn | Dane Hackett connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Stephen Pinette | 61-48 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Dane Hackett (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Pinette (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jody Purdie (tiring) 2 pts. PF - Ronald Archer (fairly fresh) C - Paul Roberts (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Christopher Smith (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Steven Collins (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Draper (fairly fresh) PF - Dustin Ponder (tiring) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Chisolm (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:11 | UTEP | Stephen Pinette takes the ball from Christopher Smith | 61-48 |
| 07:06 | UConn | James Draper is called for the reach on Dane Hackett in the backcourt - foul #1 on James Draper, team foul #7 | 61-48 |
| Subs | UConn | Michael Cloud (SG), Gary Williams (SF), Richard Geise (PF), Scott Williams (C) Stephen Pinette, Jody Purdie, Ronald Archer, Paul Roberts | |
| Subs | UTEP | Erik Holloway (PG), Robert Bourke (SG), Nathaniel Hudson (SF), Carl Tatum (PF), Jonathan Scott (C) Christopher Smith, Steven Collins, James Draper, Dustin Ponder, Richard Chisolm | |
| 07:06 | UConn | Dane Hackett makes the 1st free throw | 62-48 |
| 07:06 | UConn | Dane Hackett makes the 2nd free throw | 63-48 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 06:51 | UTEP | Scott Williams picks off the pass by Nathaniel Hudson | 63-48 |
| 06:49 | UConn | Jonathan Scott takes the ball from Dane Hackett in the backcourt | 63-48 |
| 06:43 | UTEP | Gary Williams denies the turnaround by Nathaniel Hudson | 63-48 |
| 06:41 | UConn | The rebound goes to Gary Williams | 63-48 |
| 06:35 | UConn | Richard Geise loses the dribble to Nathaniel Hudson | 63-48 |
| 06:17 | UTEP | Erik Holloway throws a bad pass out of bounds | 63-48 |
| Subs | UConn | Sean Deville (PG), Terry Ullrich (SG), Freddy Williams (SF) Dane Hackett, Michael Cloud, Richard Geise | |
| Subs | UTEP | Curtis Boice (PG), Oliver Nixon (SF) Robert Bourke, Carl Tatum | |
| 05:55 | UConn | Sean Deville is hacked by Erik Holloway - foul #2 on Erik Holloway, team foul #8 | 63-48 |
| Subs | UConn | Richard Geise (PF) Gary Williams | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 05:55 | UConn | Sean Deville misses the 1st free throw | 63-48 |
| 05:55 | UTEP | The rebound goes to Jonathan Scott | 63-48 |
| 05:30 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon comes up short on the shot from the left side but the foul's on Sean Deville - foul #2 on Sean Deville, team foul #4 | 63-48 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Roberts (C) Scott Williams | |
| Subs | UTEP | Steven Collins (SG), Carl Tatum (PF) Nathaniel Hudson, Jonathan Scott | |
| 05:30 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon misses the 1st free throw | 63-48 |
| 05:30 | UTEP | Oliver Nixon makes the 2nd free throw | 63-49 |
| 05:06 | UConn | Sean Deville misses long on an open turnaround from the left block | 63-49 |
| 05:04 | UConn | Paul Roberts tips it home | 65-49 |
| 04:37 | UTEP | Steven Collins's floater is knocked away by Paul Roberts | 65-49 |
| 04:35 | UConn | Freddy Williams snags the defensive board | 65-49 |
| 04:25 | UConn | Terry Ullrich misses long on an open fadeaway from close range | 65-49 |
| 04:24 | UConn | Paul Roberts snags the offensive board | 65-49 |
| 04:09 | UConn | Sean Deville is fouled on the floor by Oliver Nixon - foul #2 on Oliver Nixon, team foul #9 | 65-49 |
| Subs | UConn | Michael Cloud (SG), Gary Williams (SF), Ronald Archer (PF), Scott Williams (C) Terry Ullrich, Freddy Williams, Richard Geise, Paul Roberts | |
| Subs | UTEP | Christopher Smith (PG), Robert Bourke (SG), James Draper (SF), Nathaniel Hudson (PF), Jonathan Scott (C) Curtis Boice, Steven Collins, Oliver Nixon, Carl Tatum, Erik Holloway | |
| 04:09 | UConn | Sean Deville makes the 1st free throw | 66-49 |
| 04:09 | UConn | Sean Deville misses the 2nd free throw | 66-49 |
| 04:09 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson grabs the board | 66-49 |
| 03:53 | UTEP | James Draper misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 66-49 |
| 03:51 | UConn | Sean Deville grabs the defensive rebound | 66-49 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 03:38 | UConn | Ronald Archer can't finish the uncontested layup | 66-49 |
| 03:37 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson snags the defensive board | 66-49 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Sean Deville (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Cloud (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. PF - Ronald Archer (fresh) C - Scott Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. | |
| Lineup | UTEP | PG - Christopher Smith (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Robert Bourke (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SF - James Draper (fresh) PF - Nathaniel Hudson (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Jonathan Scott (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:25 | UTEP | Sean Deville is called for the reach on Nathaniel Hudson - foul #3 on Sean Deville, team foul #5 | 66-49 |
| Subs | UConn | Stephen Pinette (SG) Sean Deville | |
| Subs | UTEP | Richard Chisolm (C) Jonathan Scott | |
| 03:13 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Ronald Archer - foul #1 on Ronald Archer, team foul #6 | 66-49 |
| Subs | UConn | Freddy Williams (SF) Ronald Archer | |
| Subs | UTEP | | |
| 03:13 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson makes the 1st free throw | 66-50 |
| 03:13 | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson makes the 2nd free throw | 66-51 |
| 02:49 | UConn | Michael Cloud knocks in the jump hook from the left block | 68-51 |
| 02:22 | UTEP | Robert Bourke travels with the ball | 68-51 |
| Subs | UConn | Sean Deville (PG) Michael Cloud | |
| Subs | UTEP | Erik Holloway (SF), Carl Tatum (C) James Draper, Nathaniel Hudson | |
| 01:53 | UConn | Stephen Pinette can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 68-51 |
| 01:52 | UTEP | Richard Chisolm grabs the defensive rebound | 68-51 |
| 01:48 | UTEP | Erik Holloway misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 68-51 |
| 01:47 | UConn | Sean Deville gets the rebound | 68-51 |
| 01:29 | UConn | Stephen Pinette scores on a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Sean Deville | 70-51 |
| 01:23 | UTEP | Robert Bourke is hacked by Stephen Pinette - foul #1 on Stephen Pinette, team foul #7 | 70-51 |
| Subs | UConn | Michael Cloud (SG) Stephen Pinette | |
| Subs | UTEP | Nathaniel Hudson (SF) Christopher Smith | |
| 01:23 | UTEP | Robert Bourke misses the 1st free throw | 70-51 |
| 01:23 | UConn | Gary Williams snags the defensive board | 70-51 |
| 00:54 | UConn | Michael Cloud can't connect on an uncontested 3pt shot from the left corner | 70-51 |
| 00:52 | UTEP | Carl Tatum snags the defensive board | 70-51 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:45 | UTEP | Richard Chisolm buries a floater from the left wing | 70-53 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | UTEP | UTEP is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:38 | UConn | Nathaniel Hudson takes the ball from Sean Deville in the backcourt | 70-53 |
| 00:36 | UTEP | Robert Bourke misses the easy layup | 70-53 |
| 00:35 | UTEP | Richard Chisolm grabs the offensive board | 70-53 |
| 00:31 | UTEP | Richard Chisolm misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 70-53 |
| 00:30 | UConn | Freddy Williams pulls down the rebound | 70-53 |
| 00:00 | UConn | Sean Deville runs out the clock | 70-53 |