| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Jeffrey Hammons (fresh) SG - William Steele (fresh) SF - Bill Story (fresh) PF - Paul Sanders (fresh) C - Michael Scott (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Woodrow Parker (fresh) SG - Michael Chumbley (fresh) SF - Igor Paluszynski (fresh) PF - Stacey Boucher (fresh) C - John Simpson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Rhode Island | Rhode Island is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Manhattan | Manhattan is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:42 | Rhode Island | William Steele misses short on an open fadeaway from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | Manhattan | Woodrow Parker grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Manhattan | Igor Paluszynski lays it in on a great pass from Stacey Boucher | 0-2 |
| 19:07 | Rhode Island | William Steele hits a wide open 3pt attempt from straight away | 3-2 |
| 18:43 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 3-2 |
| 18:41 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott pulls down the rebound | 3-2 |
| 18:35 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott misses badly on a jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by John Simpson - foul #1 on John Simpson, team foul #1 | 3-2 |
| 18:35 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott makes the 1st free throw | 4-2 |
| 18:35 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 5-2 |
| 18:14 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 5-2 |
| 18:13 | Rhode Island | William Steele snags the defensive board | 5-2 |
| 17:57 | Rhode Island | William Steele knocks in the shot from the free throw line set up by Jeffrey Hammons | 7-2 |
| 17:43 | Manhattan | Woodrow Parker connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 7-4 |
| 17:16 | Rhode Island | Igor Paluszynski steals it from William Steele | 7-4 |
| 17:11 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley banks in the layup on a nice dish by Igor Paluszynski | 7-6 |
| 17:09 | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons is hacked by Woodrow Parker in the backcourt - foul #1 on Woodrow Parker, team foul #2 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Walter Christensen (PG), Rodney Westervelt (SG), Jason Harrigan (SF), Jesus Medina (PF), Dusty Smith (C) Jeffrey Hammons, William Steele, Bill Story, Paul Sanders, Michael Scott | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey (SG), Jon Leathers (SF), Michael Vanauken (PF), James Glaser (C) Michael Chumbley, Igor Paluszynski, Stacey Boucher, John Simpson | |
| 16:48 | Rhode Island | Rodney Westervelt scores on a jumper from the free throw line | 9-6 |
| 16:25 | Manhattan | Michael Vanauken makes the floater in the lane set up by Darryl Lindsey | 9-8 |
| 16:08 | Rhode Island | Walter Christensen clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 9-8 |
| 16:06 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey grabs the defensive rebound | 9-8 |
| 15:49 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey is called for 3 seconds | 9-8 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Steele (SG) Rodney Westervelt | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley (SG), Stacey Boucher (PF) Woodrow Parker, Michael Vanauken | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Walter Christensen (fresh) SG - William Steele (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Jason Harrigan (fresh) PF - Jesus Medina (fresh) C - Dusty Smith (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Jon Leathers (fresh) SG - Michael Chumbley (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Darryl Lindsey (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Stacey Boucher (fresh) C - James Glaser (fresh) | |
| 15:23 | Rhode Island | James Glaser is called for the reach on Jesus Medina - foul #1 on James Glaser, team foul #3 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons (PG), Bill Story (SF), Guillermo Lozano (PF), William Leathers (C) Walter Christensen, Jason Harrigan, Jesus Medina, Dusty Smith | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Igor Paluszynski (SF), Billy Scott (C) Jon Leathers, James Glaser | |
| 15:13 | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons can't connect on an uncontested pull-up jumper from the right wing | 9-8 |
| 15:12 | Manhattan | Billy Scott snags the defensive board | 9-8 |
| 14:55 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley is hacked by Bill Story - foul #1 on Bill Story, team foul #1 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| Subs | Manhattan | John Simpson (C) Darryl Lindsey | |
| 14:45 | Manhattan | Igor Paluszynski is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Igor Paluszynski, team foul #4 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Paul Sanders (PF) Guillermo Lozano | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Peter Pelkey (PF) Stacey Boucher | |
| 14:41 | Rhode Island | Igor Paluszynski picks off the pass by Jeffrey Hammons in the backcourt | 9-8 |
| 14:25 | Manhattan | Billy Scott clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Jeffrey Hammons - foul #1 on Jeffrey Hammons, team foul #2 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rodney Westervelt (PG), Jesus Medina (C) Jeffrey Hammons, William Leathers | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Woodrow Parker (PG) Michael Chumbley | |
| 14:25 | Manhattan | Billy Scott makes the 1st free throw | 9-9 |
| 14:25 | Manhattan | Billy Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 9-10 |
| 14:12 | Rhode Island | Bill Story drills a fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Rodney Westervelt | 11-10 |
| 14:01 | Manhattan | Peter Pelkey hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 11-10 |
| 14:00 | Manhattan | Billy Scott tips it home | 11-12 |
| 13:55 | Rhode Island | Rodney Westervelt loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 11-12 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Walter Christensen (PG), Jason Harrigan (SG), Dusty Smith (SF), Michael Scott (C) Rodney Westervelt, William Steele, Bill Story, Paul Sanders | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Jon Leathers (SG), Stacey Boucher (PF), Michael Vanauken (C) Billy Scott, Igor Paluszynski, John Simpson | |
| 13:36 | Manhattan | Peter Pelkey's floater is knocked away by Jason Harrigan | 11-12 |
| 13:34 | Manhattan | The offensive rebound goes to Jon Leathers | 11-12 |
| 13:13 | Manhattan | Jon Leathers comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 11-12 |
| 13:12 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Michael Scott | 11-12 |
| 13:09 | Rhode Island | Jason Harrigan is hacked by Jon Leathers in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jon Leathers, team foul #5 | 11-12 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons (PG), William Leathers (C) Jesus Medina, Michael Scott | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley (SG), Darryl Lindsey (SF), James Glaser (C) Woodrow Parker, Peter Pelkey, Michael Vanauken | |
| 12:49 | Rhode Island | Dusty Smith misses short on an open jumper from the right block | 11-12 |
| 12:48 | Manhattan | James Glaser gets the rebound | 11-12 |
| 12:43 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Darryl Lindsey, team foul #6 | 11-12 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rodney Westervelt (SG), Bill Story (SF), Paul Sanders (PF) Walter Christensen, Jason Harrigan, Dusty Smith | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Billy Scott (C) Stacey Boucher | |
| 12:25 | Rhode Island | Bill Story hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 11-12 |
| 12:24 | Rhode Island | Bill Story hits the follow up shot | 13-12 |
| 12:02 | Manhattan | Billy Scott misses long on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by William Leathers - foul #1 on William Leathers, team foul #3 | 13-12 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Steele (SG), Jesus Medina (C) Jeffrey Hammons, William Leathers | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Woodrow Parker (PG), Igor Paluszynski (SF) Jon Leathers, Michael Chumbley | |
| 12:02 | Manhattan | Billy Scott misses the 1st free throw | 13-12 |
| 12:02 | Manhattan | Billy Scott misses the 2nd free throw | 13-12 |
| 12:02 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina snags the defensive board | 13-12 |
| 11:50 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina is hacked by James Glaser - foul #2 on James Glaser, team foul #7 | 13-12 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Michael Scott (C) Paul Sanders | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Michael Vanauken (PF), John Simpson (C) James Glaser, Billy Scott | |
| 11:50 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina makes the 1st free throw | 14-12 |
| 11:50 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina misses the 2nd free throw | 14-12 |
| 11:50 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott grabs the offensive rebound | 14-12 |
| 11:37 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina is called for traveling | 14-12 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jason Harrigan (SF) Bill Story | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Rodney Westervelt (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Steele (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Jason Harrigan (fresh) PF - Jesus Medina (fresh) 1 pts. C - Michael Scott (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Woodrow Parker (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Darryl Lindsey (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Igor Paluszynski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Michael Vanauken (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Simpson (fresh) | |
| 11:14 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey misses short on a floater from the right side | 14-12 |
| 11:13 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to William Steele | 14-12 |
| 10:58 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina blows the layup | 14-12 |
| 10:57 | Rhode Island | William Steele hits the follow up shot | 16-12 |
| 10:44 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 16-12 |
| 10:43 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina grabs the defensive rebound | 16-12 |
| 10:19 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina misses the 3 from straight away | 16-12 |
| 10:18 | Manhattan | John Simpson pulls down the rebound | 16-12 |
| 10:12 | Manhattan | Igor Paluszynski scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Michael Vanauken | 16-15 |
| 09:52 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina makes the driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by William Steele | 18-15 |
| 09:29 | Manhattan | John Simpson hits a jumpshot from the right side | 18-17 |
| 09:14 | Rhode Island | William Steele can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 18-17 |
| 09:13 | Rhode Island | The offensive rebound goes to William Steele | 18-17 |
| 09:03 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott is open but comes up short on the shot from the baseline | 18-17 |
| 09:01 | Manhattan | Michael Vanauken pulls down the rebound | 18-17 |
| 08:56 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Rodney Westervelt - foul #1 on Rodney Westervelt, team foul #4 | 18-17 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons (PG), Walter Christensen (SG), Bill Story (SF), Paul Sanders (PF), Dusty Smith (C) Rodney Westervelt, William Steele, Jason Harrigan, Jesus Medina, Michael Scott | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Jon Leathers (PG), Michael Chumbley (SG), Stacey Boucher (PF), Billy Scott (C) Woodrow Parker, Igor Paluszynski, Michael Vanauken, John Simpson | |
| 08:56 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey makes the 1st free throw | 18-18 |
| 08:56 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey makes the 2nd free throw | 18-19 |
| 08:37 | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons misses long on a fadeaway from the right side | 18-19 |
| 08:35 | Manhattan | Stacey Boucher pulls down the rebound | 18-19 |
| 08:21 | Manhattan | Jon Leathers misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 18-19 |
| 08:19 | Manhattan | Billy Scott tips it but misses | 18-19 |
| 08:18 | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons grabs the board | 18-19 |
| 08:13 | Rhode Island | Bill Story travels in the backcourt | 18-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Peter Pelkey (SF) Darryl Lindsey | |
| 07:54 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Michael Chumbley, team foul #8 | 18-19 |
| 07:29 | Rhode Island | Walter Christensen misses the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Peter Pelkey - foul #1 on Peter Pelkey, team foul #9 | 18-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Leathers (C) Paul Sanders | |
| Subs | Manhattan | John Simpson (C) Billy Scott | |
| 07:29 | Rhode Island | Walter Christensen makes the 1st free throw | 19-19 |
| 07:29 | Rhode Island | Walter Christensen makes the 2nd free throw | 20-19 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Jeffrey Hammons (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Walter Christensen (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Bill Story (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Dusty Smith (fresh) C - William Leathers (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Jon Leathers (fresh) SG - Michael Chumbley (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Peter Pelkey (fresh) PF - Stacey Boucher (fresh) C - John Simpson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:13 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley is hacked by Dusty Smith - foul #1 on Dusty Smith, team foul #5 | 20-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Steele (SG), Guillermo Lozano (PF) Walter Christensen, Dusty Smith | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Woodrow Parker (PG) Jon Leathers | |
| 07:04 | Manhattan | John Simpson misses the floater from the right block | 20-19 |
| 07:02 | Manhattan | John Simpson pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-19 |
| 06:42 | Manhattan | Peter Pelkey misses badly on a shot near the basket but he's fouled by Bill Story - foul #2 on Bill Story, team foul #6 | 20-19 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Walter Christensen (SF) Bill Story | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 06:42 | Manhattan | Peter Pelkey makes the 1st free throw | 20-20 |
| 06:42 | Manhattan | Peter Pelkey makes the 2nd free throw | 20-21 |
| 06:21 | Rhode Island | William Steele knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Jeffrey Hammons | 23-21 |
| 06:03 | Manhattan | William Steele is called for the reach on Stacey Boucher - foul #1 on William Steele, team foul #7 | 23-21 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Dusty Smith (SF), Paul Sanders (PF), Jesus Medina (C) Walter Christensen, Guillermo Lozano, William Leathers | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Jon Leathers (PG), Igor Paluszynski (SF), Billy Scott (C) Woodrow Parker, Peter Pelkey, John Simpson | |
| 06:03 | Manhattan | Stacey Boucher makes the 1st free throw | 23-22 |
| 06:03 | Manhattan | Stacey Boucher makes the 2nd free throw | 23-23 |
| 05:47 | Rhode Island | Paul Sanders misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 23-23 |
| 05:45 | Manhattan | Jon Leathers gets the rebound | 23-23 |
| 05:37 | Manhattan | Stacey Boucher's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-23 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jason Harrigan (PG), Rodney Westervelt (SG) Jeffrey Hammons, William Steele | |
| Subs | Manhattan | | |
| 05:25 | Rhode Island | Stacey Boucher picks off the pass by Jesus Medina | 23-23 |
| 05:06 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley knocks in the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Jon Leathers | 23-26 |
| 04:52 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina misses the shot from the baseline but the foul's on Jon Leathers - foul #2 on Jon Leathers, team foul #10 | 23-26 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Steele (SG), William Leathers (C) Dusty Smith, Paul Sanders | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Woodrow Parker (PG), Darryl Lindsey (SG), Michael Vanauken (C) Jon Leathers, Michael Chumbley, Billy Scott | |
| 04:52 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina misses the 1st free throw | 23-26 |
| 04:52 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina makes the 2nd free throw | 24-26 |
| 04:36 | Manhattan | Michael Vanauken misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 24-26 |
| 04:35 | Rhode Island | William Leathers snags the defensive board | 24-26 |
| 04:06 | Rhode Island | Jesus Medina lays it in uncontested on a nice dish by William Leathers | 26-26 |
| 04:00 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey comes up short on the floater in the paint | 26-26 |
| 03:59 | Rhode Island | William Leathers grabs the defensive rebound | 26-26 |
| 03:41 | Rhode Island | William Leathers buries a jumper in the paint on a nice dish by William Steele | 28-26 |
| 03:26 | Manhattan | Igor Paluszynski comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 28-26 |
| 03:24 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey tips it home | 28-28 |
| Lineup | Rhode Island | PG - Rodney Westervelt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Steele (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jason Harrigan (fairly fresh) PF - Jesus Medina (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - William Leathers (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Manhattan | PG - Woodrow Parker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Darryl Lindsey (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Igor Paluszynski (tiring) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Stacey Boucher (tiring) 2 pts. C - Michael Vanauken (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| 03:21 | Rhode Island | Rodney Westervelt throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 28-28 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons (PG), Walter Christensen (SG), Bill Story (SF), Paul Sanders (PF), Michael Scott (C) Rodney Westervelt, William Steele, Jason Harrigan, Jesus Medina, William Leathers | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Jon Leathers (PG), Michael Chumbley (SG), Peter Pelkey (SF), James Glaser (PF), Billy Scott (C) Woodrow Parker, Darryl Lindsey, Igor Paluszynski, Stacey Boucher, Michael Vanauken | |
| 03:10 | Manhattan | Jon Leathers misses badly on a floater from the left side | 28-28 |
| 03:09 | Manhattan | Billy Scott grabs the offensive board | 28-28 |
| 02:58 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Jon Leathers | 28-31 |
| 02:44 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott can't finish the uncontested layup | 28-31 |
| 02:42 | Rhode Island | Paul Sanders snags the offensive board | 28-31 |
| 02:32 | Rhode Island | Michael Scott connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Jeffrey Hammons | 30-31 |
| 02:16 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley makes the jumper from the right side | 30-33 |
| 02:14 | Rhode Island | Michael Chumbley is called for the reach on Bill Story in the backcourt - foul #2 on Michael Chumbley, team foul #11 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | William Steele (SG), Dusty Smith (PF), William Leathers (C) Jeffrey Hammons, Paul Sanders, Michael Scott | |
| Subs | Manhattan | John Simpson (C) Billy Scott | |
| 02:14 | Rhode Island | Bill Story misses the 1st free throw | 30-33 |
| 02:14 | Rhode Island | Bill Story misses the 2nd free throw | 30-33 |
| 02:14 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley snags the defensive board | 30-33 |
| 01:57 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 30-33 |
| 01:56 | Manhattan | John Simpson tips it home | 30-35 |
| 01:28 | Rhode Island | William Leathers can't finish the layup | 30-35 |
| 01:26 | Manhattan | Michael Chumbley grabs the board | 30-35 |
| 01:02 | Manhattan | Peter Pelkey is whistled for a carry | 30-35 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons (PG), Paul Sanders (PF), Michael Scott (C) Walter Christensen, Bill Story, William Leathers | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Woodrow Parker (PG), Darryl Lindsey (SG), Igor Paluszynski (SF), Stacey Boucher (PF) Jon Leathers, Michael Chumbley, Peter Pelkey, James Glaser | |
| 00:33 | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Steele and the foul's on Stacey Boucher - foul #1 on Stacey Boucher, team foul #12 | 32-35 |
| Subs | Rhode Island | Rodney Westervelt (SG), Jason Harrigan (SF) William Steele, Dusty Smith | |
| Subs | Manhattan | Billy Scott (C) John Simpson | |
| 00:33 | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons makes the free throw | 33-35 |
| 00:07 | Manhattan | Darryl Lindsey clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 33-35 |
| 00:05 | Rhode Island | The rebound goes to Michael Scott | 33-35 |
| 00:00 | Rhode Island | Jeffrey Hammons buries a shot from the left wing | 35-35 |