| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Larry Oliveri (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Walsh (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Nguyen (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Byron Berry (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Henry Spears (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Paul Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Duane Barr (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frederick Tippett (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Sean Dirks (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Raymond Spencer (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen inbounds the ball | 21-19 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:31 | St. John's | Henry Spears evades the doubleteam and hits a jump hook from close range | 23-19 |
| 19:09 | Rutgers | Frederick Tippett clanks a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Donald Nguyen - foul #1 on Donald Nguyen, team foul #1 | 23-19 |
| 19:09 | Rutgers | Frederick Tippett makes the 1st free throw | 23-20 |
| 19:09 | Rutgers | Frederick Tippett makes the 2nd free throw | 23-21 |
| 18:41 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen clanks a shot from the left block but the foul's on Paul Johnson - foul #2 on Paul Johnson, team foul #1 | 23-21 |
| 18:41 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen makes the 1st free throw | 24-21 |
| 18:41 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen makes the 2nd free throw | 25-21 |
| 18:12 | Rutgers | Paul Johnson is hacked by Larry Oliveri - foul #2 on Larry Oliveri, team foul #2 | 25-21 |
| 17:47 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks drills a shot from the left block set up by Paul Johnson | 25-23 |
| 17:18 | St. John's | Frederick Tippett is called for the reach on Donald Nguyen - foul #1 on Frederick Tippett, team foul #2 | 25-23 |
| 17:00 | St. John's | Michael Walsh scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Henry Spears | 28-23 |
| 16:35 | Rutgers | Paul Johnson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 28-23 |
| 16:34 | St. John's | Henry Spears grabs the defensive rebound | 28-23 |
| 16:10 | St. John's | Michael Walsh misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 28-23 |
| 16:09 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks pulls down the rebound | 28-23 |
| 15:41 | Rutgers | Larry Oliveri steals the ball from Raymond Spencer | 28-23 |
| 15:36 | St. John's | Larry Oliveri hits the finger roll | 30-23 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Larry Oliveri (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Walsh (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Nguyen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Byron Berry (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Henry Spears (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Paul Johnson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Duane Barr (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frederick Tippett (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Sean Dirks (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Spencer (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:13 | Rutgers | Raymond Spencer makes the jumper from close range on a great pass from Frederick Tippett and he's hacked by Henry Spears - foul #3 on Henry Spears, team foul #3 | 30-25 |
| Subs | St. John's | Christopher Melton (PG), Corey Craig (SG), Michael Hoots (SF), Richard Cummings (PF) Larry Oliveri, Michael Walsh, Donald Nguyen, Byron Berry | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Danny Boatman (PG), Luis York (SG), David Davenport (SF), Goran Ziebart (PF) Paul Johnson, Duane Barr, Frederick Tippett, Sean Dirks | |
| 15:13 | Rutgers | Raymond Spencer makes the free throw | 30-26 |
| 14:53 | St. John's | Michael Hoots misses badly on a shot from the left block | 30-26 |
| 14:52 | Rutgers | Luis York pulls down the rebound | 30-26 |
| 14:29 | Rutgers | Luis York connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Goran Ziebart | 30-29 |
| 14:08 | St. John's | Henry Spears can't connect on a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Raymond Spencer - foul #3 on Raymond Spencer, team foul #3 | 30-29 |
| Subs | St. John's | Michael Walsh (SG) Michael Hoots | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Samuel Eichner (C) Raymond Spencer | |
| 14:08 | St. John's | Henry Spears makes the 1st free throw | 31-29 |
| 14:08 | St. John's | Henry Spears makes the 2nd free throw | 32-29 |
| 13:48 | Rutgers | David Davenport loses the dribble to Corey Craig | 32-29 |
| 13:19 | St. John's | Michael Walsh knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Christopher Melton | 35-29 |
| 12:51 | Rutgers | Danny Boatman misses the 3 from the left wing | 35-29 |
| 12:49 | St. John's | Henry Spears gets the rebound | 35-29 |
| 12:20 | St. John's | Michael Walsh double dribbles | 35-29 |
| Subs | St. John's | Larry Oliveri (PG), Donald Nguyen (SF), Byron Berry (PF) Christopher Melton, Corey Craig, Richard Cummings | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Paul Johnson (PG), Duane Barr (SG), Frederick Tippett (SF), Sean Dirks (PF), Raymond Spencer (C) Danny Boatman, Luis York, David Davenport, Goran Ziebart, Samuel Eichner | |
| 12:00 | Rutgers | Paul Johnson is fouled on the floor by Larry Oliveri - foul #3 on Larry Oliveri, team foul #4 | 35-29 |
| 11:37 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Byron Berry - foul #1 on Byron Berry, team foul #5 | 35-29 |
| Subs | St. John's | Randy Fuller (SG) Michael Walsh | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 11:37 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks makes the 1st free throw | 35-30 |
| 11:37 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks misses the 2nd free throw | 35-30 |
| 11:37 | St. John's | Byron Berry snags the defensive board | 35-30 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Larry Oliveri (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Randy Fuller (fresh) SF - Donald Nguyen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Byron Berry (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Henry Spears (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Paul Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Duane Barr (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frederick Tippett (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Sean Dirks (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Raymond Spencer (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:12 | St. John's | Sean Dirks is called for the reach on Byron Berry - foul #3 on Sean Dirks, team foul #4 | 35-30 |
| Subs | St. John's | Corey Craig (SG) Randy Fuller | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 10:53 | St. John's | Larry Oliveri is fouled on the floor by Raymond Spencer - foul #4 on Raymond Spencer, team foul #5 | 35-30 |
| 10:40 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen misses badly on a jumper from the left block but he's hacked by Sean Dirks - foul #4 on Sean Dirks, team foul #6 | 35-30 |
| Subs | St. John's | Michael Walsh (SG) Corey Craig | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Goran Ziebart (PF) Sean Dirks | |
| 10:40 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen makes the 1st free throw | 36-30 |
| 10:40 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen makes the 2nd free throw | 37-30 |
| 10:20 | Rutgers | Frederick Tippett comes up short on the runner from the right block | 37-30 |
| 10:19 | St. John's | Byron Berry gets the rebound | 37-30 |
| 09:54 | St. John's | Michael Walsh comes up short on the shot from the left side | 37-30 |
| 09:52 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Raymond Spencer | 37-30 |
| 09:30 | Rutgers | Raymond Spencer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-30 |
| Subs | St. John's | Michael Hoots (C) Henry Spears | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Samuel Eichner (C) Raymond Spencer | |
| 09:08 | St. John's | Michael Walsh knocks in the jumper from the free throw line | 39-30 |
| 08:43 | Rutgers | Goran Ziebart comes up short on the jumper from close range but he's hacked by Michael Hoots - foul #2 on Michael Hoots, team foul #6 | 39-30 |
| Subs | St. John's | Christopher Melton (PG), Corey Craig (SF), Richard Cummings (PF) Larry Oliveri, Donald Nguyen, Byron Berry | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Danny Boatman (PG), David Davenport (SF) Paul Johnson, Frederick Tippett | |
| 08:43 | Rutgers | Goran Ziebart makes the 1st free throw | 39-31 |
| 08:43 | Rutgers | Goran Ziebart makes the 2nd free throw | 39-32 |
| 08:25 | St. John's | Samuel Eichner swats the shot by Michael Walsh | 39-32 |
| 08:23 | St. John's | Michael Hoots tips it but misses | 39-32 |
| 08:21 | Rutgers | Goran Ziebart pulls down the rebound | 39-32 |
| 07:56 | Rutgers | Duane Barr hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-35 |
| 07:28 | St. John's | Michael Walsh hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-35 |
| 07:26 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Danny Boatman | 39-35 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Christopher Melton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Walsh (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - Corey Craig (fresh) PF - Richard Cummings (fresh) 2 pts. C - Michael Hoots (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Danny Boatman (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Duane Barr (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Davenport (fresh) PF - Goran Ziebart (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Samuel Eichner (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:02 | Rutgers | Duane Barr comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-35 |
| 07:01 | St. John's | Richard Cummings snags the defensive board | 39-35 |
| 06:33 | St. John's | Michael Walsh misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-35 |
| 06:31 | Rutgers | Goran Ziebart grabs the board | 39-35 |
| 06:06 | Rutgers | Samuel Eichner clanks a jumper from the left block but the foul's on Michael Walsh - foul #1 on Michael Walsh, team foul #7 | 39-35 |
| Subs | St. John's | Larry Oliveri (PG), Donald Nguyen (SF), Byron Berry (PF), Henry Spears (C) Christopher Melton, Michael Walsh, Richard Cummings, Michael Hoots | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Paul Johnson (PG), Luis York (SG), Frederick Tippett (SF), Sean Dirks (PF) Danny Boatman, Duane Barr, David Davenport, Goran Ziebart | |
| 06:06 | Rutgers | Samuel Eichner misses the 1st free throw | 39-35 |
| 06:06 | Rutgers | Samuel Eichner misses the 2nd free throw | 39-35 |
| 06:06 | St. John's | Henry Spears snags the defensive board | 39-35 |
| 05:49 | St. John's | Byron Berry clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Samuel Eichner - foul #2 on Samuel Eichner, team foul #7 | 39-35 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Raymond Spencer (C) Samuel Eichner | |
| 05:49 | St. John's | Byron Berry makes the 1st free throw | 40-35 |
| 05:49 | St. John's | Byron Berry misses the 2nd free throw | 40-35 |
| 05:49 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks snags the defensive board | 40-35 |
| 05:33 | Rutgers | Paul Johnson connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Raymond Spencer | 40-38 |
| 05:14 | St. John's | Henry Spears evades the doubleteam but misses long on a driving attempt from the right block | 40-38 |
| 05:12 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Nguyen | 40-38 |
| 04:53 | St. John's | Byron Berry loses the ball out of bounds | 40-38 |
| Subs | St. John's | Randy Fuller (SG) Corey Craig | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 04:27 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks buries a shot from the left wing set up by Paul Johnson | 40-40 |
| 04:03 | St. John's | Randy Fuller comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 40-40 |
| 04:02 | St. John's | Henry Spears tips it back up and in | 42-40 |
| 03:39 | Rutgers | Paul Johnson knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Luis York | 42-43 |
| 03:16 | St. John's | Byron Berry lays it in set up by Henry Spears | 44-43 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Larry Oliveri (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Randy Fuller (fresh) SF - Donald Nguyen (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Byron Berry (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Henry Spears (fresh) 11 pts. 10 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Paul Johnson (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Luis York (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frederick Tippett (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Sean Dirks (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Raymond Spencer (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 02:48 | Rutgers | Byron Berry swats the short shot by Sean Dirks | 44-43 |
| 02:47 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Henry Spears | 44-43 |
| 02:18 | St. John's | Larry Oliveri misses the 3 from the left corner | 44-43 |
| 02:17 | St. John's | Byron Berry grabs the offensive board | 44-43 |
| 01:58 | St. John's | Henry Spears lays it up and in | 46-43 |
| 01:29 | Rutgers | Henry Spears steps in front of the Raymond Spencer pass | 46-43 |
| 01:05 | St. John's | Larry Oliveri makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Donald Nguyen | 48-43 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:46 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks double dribbles | 48-43 |
| Subs | St. John's | Michael Walsh (SG) Randy Fuller | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Duane Barr (SG) Luis York | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:44 | St. John's | Byron Berry is hacked by Paul Johnson in the backcourt - foul #3 on Paul Johnson, team foul #8 | 48-43 |
| Subs | St. John's | Randy Fuller (PG), Michael Hoots (SF), Richard Cummings (C) Larry Oliveri, Donald Nguyen, Henry Spears | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:44 | St. John's | Byron Berry makes the 1st free throw | 49-43 |
| 00:44 | St. John's | Byron Berry misses the 2nd free throw | 49-43 |
| 00:44 | Rutgers | Frederick Tippett pulls down the rebound | 49-43 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:40 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks misses the driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Michael Walsh - foul #2 on Michael Walsh, team foul #8 | 49-43 |
| Subs | St. John's | Larry Oliveri (PG), Donald Nguyen (SF), Henry Spears (C) Randy Fuller, Michael Hoots, Richard Cummings | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:40 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks makes the 1st free throw | 49-44 |
| 00:40 | Rutgers | Sean Dirks makes the 2nd free throw | 49-45 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:37 | St. John's | Michael Walsh is fouled in the backcourt by Paul Johnson - foul #4 on Paul Johnson, team foul #9 | 49-45 |
| 00:37 | St. John's | Michael Walsh makes the 1st free throw | 50-45 |
| 00:37 | St. John's | Michael Walsh makes the 2nd free throw | 51-45 |
| 00:32 | Rutgers | Frederick Tippett is hacked by Donald Nguyen - foul #2 on Donald Nguyen, team foul #9 | 51-45 |
| 00:32 | Rutgers | Frederick Tippett misses the 1st free throw | 51-45 |
| 00:32 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen grabs the defensive rebound | 51-45 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:29 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen is hacked by Paul Johnson in the backcourt - foul #5 on Paul Johnson, team foul #10 | 51-45 |
| Subs | St. John's | Randy Fuller (PG), Michael Hoots (C) Larry Oliveri, Henry Spears | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Danny Boatman (PG) Paul Johnson | |
| 00:29 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen makes the 1st free throw | 52-45 |
| 00:29 | St. John's | Donald Nguyen makes the 2nd free throw | 53-45 |
| 00:24 | Rutgers | Danny Boatman scores on a 3 from straight away | 53-48 |
| 00:24 | St. John's | St. John's calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-48 |
| Subs | St. John's | Larry Oliveri (PG) Donald Nguyen | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:22 | St. John's | Michael Walsh is hacked by Danny Boatman in the backcourt - foul #2 on Danny Boatman, team foul #11 | 53-48 |
| 00:22 | St. John's | Michael Walsh makes the 1st free throw | 54-48 |
| 00:22 | St. John's | Michael Walsh makes the 2nd free throw | 55-48 |
| 00:17 | Rutgers | Larry Oliveri picks off the pass by Danny Boatman | 55-48 |
| 00:14 | St. John's | Larry Oliveri banks in the layup | 57-48 |
| 00:08 | Rutgers | Duane Barr is hacked by Michael Walsh - foul #3 on Michael Walsh, team foul #10 | 57-48 |
| Subs | St. John's | Donald Nguyen (SF), Henry Spears (C) Randy Fuller, Michael Hoots | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:08 | Rutgers | Duane Barr misses the 1st free throw | 57-48 |
| 00:08 | Rutgers | Duane Barr misses the 2nd free throw | 57-48 |
| 00:08 | St. John's | Byron Berry grabs the defensive rebound | 57-48 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:00 | St. John's | Larry Oliveri runs out the clock | 57-48 |