| Lineup | UAB | PG - Clinton Ford (fresh) 2 ast. SG - John Graham (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Thomas Carter (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Terry Wilkins (fresh) C - Ernest Phillips (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jerry Cook (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Cox (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Sales (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Igor Zierden (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Duong (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | UAB | Thomas Carter inbounds the ball | 29-30 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | UAB | Thomas Carter misses the turnaround from the baseline | 29-30 |
| 19:42 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden snags the defensive board | 29-30 |
| 19:36 | East Carolina | Jerry Cook is hacked by Clinton Ford - foul #1 on Clinton Ford, team foul #1 | 29-30 |
| 19:21 | East Carolina | Robert Duong misses long on a shot from the right block | 29-30 |
| 19:20 | UAB | Ernest Phillips pulls down the rebound | 29-30 |
| 19:16 | UAB | John Graham makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Terry Wilkins | 31-30 |
| 18:52 | East Carolina | Robert Duong hits a fadeaway from the right wing and he's hacked by Ernest Phillips - foul #3 on Ernest Phillips, team foul #2 | 31-32 |
| Subs | UAB | Louis Culley (C) Ernest Phillips | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 18:52 | East Carolina | Robert Duong misses the free throw | 31-32 |
| 18:52 | UAB | Louis Culley pulls down the rebound | 31-32 |
| 18:32 | UAB | John Graham buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Clinton Ford | 33-32 |
| 18:23 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden is whistled for a charge - foul #3 on Igor Zierden, team foul #1 | 33-32 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Derrick Ashbaugh (PF) Igor Zierden | |
| 18:12 | UAB | Louis Culley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-32 |
| 17:54 | East Carolina | John Sales's dunk attempt is rejected by Louis Culley | 33-32 |
| 17:53 | UAB | Terry Wilkins snags the defensive board | 33-32 |
| 17:29 | UAB | John Graham can't finish the layup but the foul's on John Sales - foul #3 on John Sales, team foul #2 | 33-32 |
| Subs | UAB | Mark Capers (C) Terry Wilkins | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Buck (SG), Richard Repp (SF) Ronald Cox, John Sales | |
| 17:29 | UAB | John Graham makes the 1st free throw | 34-32 |
| 17:29 | UAB | John Graham makes the 2nd free throw | 35-32 |
| 17:19 | East Carolina | Robert Duong knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Jerry Cook | 35-34 |
| 16:57 | UAB | Thomas Carter banks in the layup set up by Clinton Ford | 37-34 |
| 16:30 | East Carolina | Robert Duong is whistled for a carry | 37-34 |
| Subs | UAB | Simon Frye (PG), Derek Henson (SG), Terry Wilkins (PF), Nathan Levay (C) Clinton Ford, John Graham, Thomas Carter, Louis Culley | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronald Cox (SG) Jerry Buck | |
| 16:21 | UAB | Terry Wilkins lays it in on a great pass from Mark Capers | 39-34 |
| 16:03 | East Carolina | Ronald Cox comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 39-34 |
| 16:01 | East Carolina | Robert Duong misses the tip | 39-34 |
| 16:00 | East Carolina | Derrick Ashbaugh snags the offensive board | 39-34 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Simon Frye (fresh) SG - Derek Henson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Mark Capers (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Terry Wilkins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Nathan Levay (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jerry Cook (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ronald Cox (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Richard Repp (fresh) PF - Derrick Ashbaugh (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Duong (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:42 | East Carolina | Robert Duong comes up short on the jumper from the left block | 39-34 |
| 15:41 | UAB | Derek Henson snags the defensive board | 39-34 |
| 15:19 | UAB | Terry Wilkins scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Simon Frye | 42-34 |
| 15:07 | East Carolina | Jerry Cook misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 42-34 |
| 15:06 | UAB | Terry Wilkins grabs the defensive rebound | 42-34 |
| 14:47 | UAB | Derek Henson hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Simon Frye | 44-34 |
| 14:27 | East Carolina | Robert Duong is whistled for traveling | 44-34 |
| Subs | UAB | Clinton Ford (PG), John Graham (SG), Thomas Carter (SF), Louis Culley (PF), Ernest Phillips (C) Simon Frye, Derek Henson, Mark Capers, Terry Wilkins, Nathan Levay | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Buck (PG), John Sales (SF), Igor Zierden (PF) Jerry Cook, Richard Repp, Derrick Ashbaugh | |
| 14:17 | UAB | John Graham can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Jerry Buck - foul #1 on Jerry Buck, team foul #3 | 44-34 |
| 14:17 | UAB | John Graham misses the 1st free throw | 44-34 |
| 14:17 | UAB | John Graham makes the 2nd free throw | 45-34 |
| 14:05 | East Carolina | Jerry Buck's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-34 |
| 13:41 | UAB | John Graham connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Clinton Ford | 48-34 |
| 13:37 | East Carolina | Ronald Cox knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner | 48-37 |
| 13:27 | UAB | Clinton Ford's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-37 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Cook (PG) Ronald Cox | |
| 13:08 | East Carolina | Robert Duong misses the jumper near the basket | 48-37 |
| 13:07 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden tips it in | 48-39 |
| 13:05 | UAB | Clinton Ford is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 48-39 |
| Subs | UAB | | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Richard Repp (C) Robert Duong | |
| 12:56 | East Carolina | Richard Repp makes the jumper in the paint | 48-41 |
| 12:41 | UAB | Clinton Ford hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by John Sales - foul #4 on John Sales, team foul #4 | 48-41 |
| Subs | UAB | Terry Wilkins (PF) Louis Culley | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Robert Duong (C) John Sales | |
| 12:41 | UAB | Clinton Ford makes the 1st free throw | 49-41 |
| 12:41 | UAB | Clinton Ford makes the 2nd free throw | 50-41 |
| 12:24 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden's layup is rejected by Thomas Carter | 50-41 |
| 12:22 | East Carolina | Jerry Cook tips it back up and in | 50-43 |
| 11:59 | UAB | John Graham misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 50-43 |
| 11:57 | East Carolina | Robert Duong pulls down the rebound | 50-43 |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Clinton Ford (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Graham (fresh) 15 pts. SF - Thomas Carter (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Terry Wilkins (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Ernest Phillips (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jerry Cook (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jerry Buck (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Richard Repp (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Igor Zierden (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Duong (tiring) 13 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:52 | East Carolina | Richard Repp can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Thomas Carter - foul #1 on Thomas Carter, team foul #3 | 50-43 |
| Subs | UAB | Simon Frye (SG) John Graham | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 11:52 | East Carolina | Richard Repp makes the 1st free throw | 50-44 |
| 11:52 | East Carolina | Richard Repp makes the 2nd free throw | 50-45 |
| 11:38 | UAB | Clinton Ford connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 52-45 |
| 11:20 | East Carolina | Simon Frye steals it from Jerry Cook | 52-45 |
| 11:03 | UAB | Ernest Phillips can't connect on a shot in the lane | 52-45 |
| 11:02 | East Carolina | Richard Repp pulls down the rebound | 52-45 |
| 10:58 | East Carolina | The jump hook by Jerry Buck is blocked by Thomas Carter | 52-45 |
| 10:56 | UAB | Thomas Carter snags the defensive board | 52-45 |
| 10:38 | UAB | Clinton Ford drills a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Simon Frye | 54-45 |
| 10:23 | East Carolina | Richard Repp misses long on a floater from the left block but the foul's on Simon Frye - foul #2 on Simon Frye, team foul #4 | 54-45 |
| Subs | UAB | John Graham (SG), Mark Capers (SF), Calvin Taylor (PF), Louis Culley (C) Clinton Ford, Thomas Carter, Terry Wilkins, Ernest Phillips | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronald Cox (SG), Derrick Ashbaugh (C) Jerry Cook, Robert Duong | |
| 10:23 | East Carolina | Richard Repp misses the 1st free throw | 54-45 |
| 10:23 | East Carolina | Richard Repp makes the 2nd free throw | 54-46 |
| 09:54 | UAB | Mark Capers drills a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Simon Frye | 56-46 |
| 09:36 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden connects on the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jerry Buck | 56-48 |
| 09:12 | UAB | Louis Culley hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Mark Capers | 59-48 |
| 09:05 | East Carolina | Ronald Cox is fouled on the floor by Simon Frye - foul #3 on Simon Frye, team foul #5 | 59-48 |
| Subs | UAB | Ernest Phillips (C) Calvin Taylor | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Robert Duong (C) Richard Repp | |
| 08:46 | East Carolina | Robert Duong drills a jumper from close range | 59-50 |
| 08:27 | UAB | Simon Frye drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from John Graham | 62-50 |
| 08:25 | East Carolina | Simon Frye picks off the pass by Jerry Buck in the backcourt | 62-50 |
| 08:04 | UAB | Ernest Phillips's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Duong | 62-50 |
| 08:03 | UAB | Louis Culley tips it in | 64-50 |
| 07:36 | East Carolina | Ronald Cox is hacked by John Graham - foul #2 on John Graham, team foul #6 | 64-50 |
| Subs | UAB | Clinton Ford (PG), Derek Henson (SG), Thomas Carter (SF), Terry Wilkins (PF) Simon Frye, John Graham, Mark Capers, Louis Culley | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Cook (PG), John Sales (SF) Ronald Cox, Derrick Ashbaugh | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Clinton Ford (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Derek Henson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Carter (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Terry Wilkins (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Ernest Phillips (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jerry Cook (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jerry Buck (tiring) 2 ast. SF - John Sales (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Igor Zierden (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Duong (tiring) 15 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:25 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden double dribbles | 64-50 |
| Subs | UAB | Nathan Levay (C) Ernest Phillips | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:01 | UAB | Igor Zierden steals the ball from Terry Wilkins | 64-50 |
| 06:55 | East Carolina | John Sales clanks a floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Thomas Carter - foul #2 on Thomas Carter, team foul #7 | 64-50 |
| 06:55 | East Carolina | John Sales misses the 1st free throw | 64-50 |
| 06:55 | East Carolina | John Sales makes the 2nd free throw | 64-51 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:41 | UAB | Robert Duong blocks the short jumper by Thomas Carter | 64-51 |
| 06:40 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden grabs the board | 64-51 |
| 06:36 | East Carolina | Jerry Cook hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 64-54 |
| 06:09 | UAB | Clinton Ford hits a shot from the right wing | 66-54 |
| 06:03 | East Carolina | Robert Duong misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Thomas Carter - foul #3 on Thomas Carter, team foul #8 | 66-54 |
| Subs | UAB | John Graham (SG), Ernest Phillips (C) Derek Henson, Nathan Levay | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronald Cox (SG), Richard Repp (PF) Jerry Buck, Igor Zierden | |
| 06:03 | East Carolina | Robert Duong makes the 1st free throw | 66-55 |
| 06:03 | East Carolina | Robert Duong makes the 2nd free throw | 66-56 |
| 05:54 | UAB | Clinton Ford makes the shot from the baseline | 68-56 |
| 05:41 | East Carolina | Robert Duong misses short on a turnaround in the paint | 68-56 |
| 05:40 | UAB | Clinton Ford pulls down the rebound | 68-56 |
| 05:27 | UAB | Ernest Phillips drills a 3pt shot from the right corner | 71-56 |
| 05:22 | East Carolina | Clinton Ford picks off the pass by Richard Repp | 71-56 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:59 | UAB | Ronald Cox is called for the reach on John Graham - foul #1 on Ronald Cox, team foul #5 | 71-56 |
| Subs | UAB | Louis Culley (PF) Terry Wilkins | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Derrick Ashbaugh (PF) Robert Duong | |
| 04:31 | UAB | Louis Culley can't throw it down | 71-56 |
| 04:30 | UAB | Louis Culley tips it in | 73-56 |
| 04:05 | East Carolina | Ronald Cox is hacked by John Graham - foul #3 on John Graham, team foul #9 | 73-56 |
| Subs | UAB | Simon Frye (PG), Derek Henson (SG), Mark Capers (SF) Clinton Ford, John Graham, Thomas Carter | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Buck (PG), Igor Zierden (PF) Jerry Cook, Richard Repp | |
| 04:05 | East Carolina | Ronald Cox makes the 1st free throw | 73-57 |
| 04:05 | East Carolina | Ronald Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 73-58 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:37 | UAB | Ernest Phillips loses the dribble to Igor Zierden | 73-58 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Lineup | UAB | PG - Simon Frye (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Derek Henson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mark Capers (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Louis Culley (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. C - Ernest Phillips (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Jerry Buck (tiring) 2 ast. SG - Ronald Cox (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - John Sales (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Igor Zierden (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Derrick Ashbaugh (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:28 | East Carolina | John Sales misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 73-58 |
| 03:27 | East Carolina | John Sales tips it back up and in | 73-60 |
| 02:58 | UAB | Derek Henson misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Ronald Cox - foul #2 on Ronald Cox, team foul #6 | 73-60 |
| Subs | UAB | John Graham (SG), Thomas Carter (SF), Terry Wilkins (PF) Simon Frye, Mark Capers, Ernest Phillips | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Jerry Cook (PG), Richard Repp (C) Ronald Cox, Derrick Ashbaugh | |
| 02:58 | UAB | Derek Henson makes the 1st free throw | 74-60 |
| 02:58 | UAB | Derek Henson misses the 2nd free throw | 74-60 |
| 02:58 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden snags the defensive board | 74-60 |
| 02:50 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden lays it in on a great pass from Jerry Cook | 74-62 |
| 02:50 | UAB | UAB calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 74-62 |
| Subs | UAB | Clinton Ford (PG), Ernest Phillips (C) Derek Henson, Louis Culley | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 02:21 | UAB | Thomas Carter misses badly on a turnaround from the right block | 74-62 |
| 02:19 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden grabs the defensive rebound | 74-62 |
| 02:13 | East Carolina | John Sales dunks the ball | 74-64 |
| 01:53 | UAB | Igor Zierden swats the layup by Thomas Carter | 74-64 |
| 01:51 | East Carolina | John Sales gets the rebound | 74-64 |
| 01:47 | East Carolina | John Graham takes the ball from Jerry Cook | 74-64 |
| 01:24 | UAB | Ernest Phillips is fouled on the floor by Richard Repp - foul #2 on Richard Repp, team foul #7 | 74-64 |
| Subs | UAB | Simon Frye (PG), Derek Henson (SG), Mark Capers (SF), Louis Culley (PF) Clinton Ford, John Graham, Thomas Carter, Terry Wilkins | |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronald Cox (SG), Robert Duong (C) Jerry Buck, Richard Repp | |
| 01:24 | UAB | Ernest Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 75-64 |
| 01:24 | UAB | Ernest Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 76-64 |
| 01:15 | East Carolina | Jerry Cook connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Ronald Cox | 76-67 |
| 01:15 | UAB | UAB calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 76-67 |
| Subs | UAB | Clinton Ford (PG), John Graham (SG), Thomas Carter (SF), Terry Wilkins (PF) Simon Frye, Derek Henson, Mark Capers, Louis Culley | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 00:58 | UAB | Ernest Phillips can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 76-67 |
| 00:57 | UAB | Thomas Carter gets the offensive rebound | 76-67 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:56 | UAB | Thomas Carter is hacked by Igor Zierden - foul #4 on Igor Zierden, team foul #8 | 76-67 |
| 00:56 | UAB | Thomas Carter makes the 1st free throw | 77-67 |
| 00:56 | UAB | Thomas Carter misses the 2nd free throw | 77-67 |
| 00:56 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Igor Zierden | 77-67 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:51 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden throws a bad pass out of bounds | 77-67 |
| Subs | UAB | Simon Frye (PG), Derek Henson (SG), Mark Capers (SF), Calvin Taylor (PF), Louis Culley (C) Clinton Ford, John Graham, Thomas Carter, Terry Wilkins, Ernest Phillips | |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| 00:50 | UAB | Simon Frye is fouled in the backcourt by Jerry Cook - foul #2 on Jerry Cook, team foul #9 | 77-67 |
| 00:50 | UAB | Simon Frye makes the 1st free throw | 78-67 |
| 00:50 | UAB | Simon Frye makes the 2nd free throw | 79-67 |
| 00:44 | East Carolina | Simon Frye picks off the pass by Robert Duong | 79-67 |
| 00:40 | UAB | Simon Frye lays it up and in | 81-67 |
| 00:34 | East Carolina | Igor Zierden clanks a floater from the free throw line | 81-67 |
| 00:32 | East Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Igor Zierden | 81-67 |
| 00:29 | East Carolina | John Sales lays it in set up by Igor Zierden | 81-69 |
| Game Plan | UAB | UAB is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | UAB | Simon Frye runs out the clock | 81-69 |