| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Tom Bono (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Kevin Ponder (fresh) 4 ast. SF - Larry Childress (fresh) PF - Richard Adams (fresh) 5 pts. C - James Trotman (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edwin Reed (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ricky Cole (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Chambless (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Stephen Goebel (fresh) 3 reb. C - Max Noble (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless inbounds the ball | 26-33 |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:39 | Louisiana Tech | Kevin Ponder is called for the reach on Ricky Cole - foul #1 on Kevin Ponder, team foul #1 | 26-33 |
| 19:31 | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 26-33 |
| 19:29 | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel grabs the offensive rebound | 26-33 |
| 19:24 | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel connects on the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Max Noble | 26-35 |
| 19:02 | Air Force | James Trotman's pass is intercepted by Max Noble | 26-35 |
| 18:49 | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble makes the 3 from the left wing set up by Edwin Reed | 26-38 |
| 18:35 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 29-38 |
| 18:22 | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 29-38 |
| 18:20 | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble tips it but misses | 29-38 |
| 18:19 | Air Force | James Trotman grabs the defensive rebound | 29-38 |
| 18:07 | Air Force | Larry Childress can't connect on a runner from the baseline | 29-38 |
| 18:05 | Air Force | James Trotman can't tip it in | 29-38 |
| 18:04 | Air Force | James Trotman hits the follow up shot | 31-38 |
| 17:49 | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless scores on a floater from close range on a nice dish by Stephen Goebel and he's fouled by James Trotman - foul #1 on James Trotman, team foul #2 | 31-40 |
| 17:49 | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless makes the free throw | 31-41 |
| 17:37 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder loses the ball out of bounds | 31-41 |
| 17:29 | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 31-41 |
| 17:27 | Air Force | Larry Childress pulls down the rebound | 31-41 |
| 17:15 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 34-41 |
| 16:56 | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble scores on a floater near the basket | 34-43 |
| 16:43 | Air Force | Larry Childress makes the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Richard Adams | 37-43 |
| 16:20 | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-43 |
| 16:18 | Louisiana Tech | The offensive rebound goes to Max Noble | 37-43 |
| 16:01 | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel scores on a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Max Noble | 37-45 |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Tom Bono (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SG - Kevin Ponder (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Larry Childress (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Adams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - James Trotman (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edwin Reed (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Ricky Cole (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Chambless (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Stephen Goebel (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Max Noble (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Air Force | Ricky Cole is called for the reach on Kevin Ponder - foul #2 on Ricky Cole, team foul #1 | 37-45 |
| Subs | Air Force | James Frank (PG), Ralph Clark (SG), William Kays (SF), Allen Reynolds (PF), Harvey Rinehart (C) Tom Bono, Kevin Ponder, Larry Childress, Richard Adams, James Trotman | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell (PG), Steve Winkel (SG), Ming-Hoa Xiong (SF), Edward Griffin (PF), William Williams (C) Edwin Reed, Ricky Cole, John Chambless, Stephen Goebel, Max Noble | |
| 15:28 | Air Force | William Kays misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 37-45 |
| 15:27 | Air Force | Harvey Rinehart pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-45 |
| 15:15 | Air Force | Ralph Clark connects on the jumper from the left wing | 39-45 |
| 14:55 | Louisiana Tech | Ming-Hoa Xiong can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-45 |
| 14:53 | Air Force | William Kays gets the rebound | 39-45 |
| 14:46 | Air Force | William Kays comes up short on the turnaround near the basket | 39-45 |
| 14:44 | Louisiana Tech | Ming-Hoa Xiong pulls down the rebound | 39-45 |
| 14:29 | Louisiana Tech | Harvey Rinehart takes the ball from Steve Winkel | 39-45 |
| 14:22 | Air Force | Ralph Clark clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-45 |
| 14:21 | Air Force | Allen Reynolds grabs the offensive rebound | 39-45 |
| 14:11 | Air Force | Harvey Rinehart connects on the runner from the left block and he's hacked by Steve Winkel - foul #3 on Steve Winkel, team foul #2 | 41-45 |
| Subs | Air Force | Tom Bono (PG) William Kays | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed (PG) Steve Winkel | |
| 14:11 | Air Force | Harvey Rinehart makes the free throw | 42-45 |
| 13:52 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Griffin drills a jumper in the paint | 42-47 |
| 13:42 | Air Force | Tom Bono hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 42-47 |
| 13:41 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed grabs the defensive rebound | 42-47 |
| 13:21 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell's pass is intercepted by Ralph Clark | 42-47 |
| 13:08 | Air Force | Allen Reynolds misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 42-47 |
| 13:07 | Louisiana Tech | Ming-Hoa Xiong gets the rebound | 42-47 |
| 12:56 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 42-49 |
| 12:35 | Air Force | William Williams is called for the reach on Allen Reynolds - foul #2 on William Williams, team foul #3 | 42-49 |
| Subs | Air Force | Kevin Ponder (SG), Larry Childress (SF), Richard Adams (PF), James Trotman (C) Ralph Clark, James Frank, Harvey Rinehart, Allen Reynolds | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole (SG), John Chambless (SF), Stephen Goebel (PF), Max Noble (C) Herbert Cornell, Ming-Hoa Xiong, Edward Griffin, William Williams | |
| 12:17 | Air Force | James Trotman clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-49 |
| 12:15 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed grabs the defensive rebound | 42-49 |
| 11:58 | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble is hacked by Tom Bono - foul #2 on Tom Bono, team foul #3 | 42-49 |
| Subs | Air Force | Ryan Herman (PG) Tom Bono | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Ryan Herman (fresh) SG - Kevin Ponder (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Larry Childress (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Adams (fresh) 5 pts. C - James Trotman (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edwin Reed (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Ricky Cole (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Chambless (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Stephen Goebel (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Max Noble (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:48 | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble clanks a floater from close range | 42-49 |
| 11:46 | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble tips it back up and in | 42-51 |
| 11:36 | Air Force | James Trotman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-51 |
| Subs | Air Force | Ralph Clark (PG) Ryan Herman | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 11:18 | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 42-51 |
| 11:16 | Air Force | Ralph Clark grabs the defensive rebound | 42-51 |
| 11:11 | Air Force | Ralph Clark is hacked by Stephen Goebel - foul #1 on Stephen Goebel, team foul #4 | 42-51 |
| Subs | Air Force | James Frank (PG) Ralph Clark | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell (PG) Edwin Reed | |
| 11:01 | Air Force | Larry Childress hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 42-51 |
| 10:59 | Air Force | James Trotman tips it home | 44-51 |
| 10:42 | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by John Chambless and he's fouled by Kevin Ponder - foul #2 on Kevin Ponder, team foul #4 | 44-53 |
| Subs | Air Force | Tom Bono (PG) James Frank | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Hooper (PF), Edward Griffin (C) Stephen Goebel, Max Noble | |
| 10:42 | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole makes the free throw | 44-54 |
| 10:31 | Air Force | Richard Adams misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 44-54 |
| 10:30 | Air Force | Larry Childress tips it home | 46-54 |
| 10:18 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Tom Bono - foul #3 on Tom Bono, team foul #5 | 46-54 |
| Subs | Air Force | Ralph Clark (SG), Allen Reynolds (PF) Kevin Ponder, Richard Adams | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed (PG) Ronald Hooper | |
| 10:18 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell makes the 1st free throw | 46-55 |
| 10:18 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell makes the 2nd free throw | 46-56 |
| 10:07 | Air Force | Larry Childress makes the shot from the free throw line set up by Tom Bono and he's hacked by John Chambless - foul #1 on John Chambless, team foul #5 | 48-56 |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | William Williams (C) Herbert Cornell | |
| 10:07 | Air Force | Larry Childress misses the free throw | 48-56 |
| 10:07 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Edward Griffin | 48-56 |
| 09:43 | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 48-56 |
| 09:42 | Air Force | James Trotman gets the rebound | 48-56 |
| 09:36 | Air Force | Tom Bono misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 48-56 |
| 09:34 | Air Force | Larry Childress tips it in | 50-56 |
| 09:14 | Louisiana Tech | Tom Bono steps in front of the Ricky Cole pass | 50-56 |
| 09:11 | Air Force | Tom Bono banks in the layup | 52-56 |
| 08:52 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Griffin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-56 |
| Subs | Air Force | Kevin Ponder (SG), James Frank (SF), Richard Adams (PF) Ralph Clark, Larry Childress, James Trotman | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell (SG), Stephen Goebel (PF), Max Noble (C) Ricky Cole, John Chambless, William Williams | |
| 08:31 | Air Force | Edward Griffin steals the ball from Richard Adams | 52-56 |
| 08:07 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 52-56 |
| 08:06 | Air Force | James Frank gets the rebound | 52-56 |
| 07:47 | Air Force | The pull-up jumper by Tom Bono is blocked by Max Noble | 52-56 |
| 07:46 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed grabs the board | 52-56 |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Tom Bono (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Kevin Ponder (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - James Frank (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Richard Adams (fresh) 5 pts. C - Allen Reynolds (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edwin Reed (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Herbert Cornell (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Griffin (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Stephen Goebel (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Max Noble (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 07:40 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Griffin hits a jump hook near the basket set up by Max Noble | 52-58 |
| 07:22 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder is fouled on the floor by Herbert Cornell - foul #3 on Herbert Cornell, team foul #6 | 52-58 |
| Subs | Air Force | Ralph Clark (SF), James Trotman (C) Tom Bono, Allen Reynolds | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Steve Winkel (SG), John Chambless (SF) Edwin Reed, Edward Griffin | |
| 07:06 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder knocks in the shot from the left side | 54-58 |
| 06:39 | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell blows the layup | 54-58 |
| 06:37 | Air Force | James Frank grabs the defensive rebound | 54-58 |
| 06:25 | Air Force | James Frank hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Kevin Ponder | 57-58 |
| 06:10 | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 57-58 |
| 06:09 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder snags the defensive board | 57-58 |
| 05:57 | Air Force | Steve Winkel steps in front of the Ralph Clark pass | 57-58 |
| 05:39 | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 57-58 |
| 05:37 | Air Force | The rebound goes to James Trotman | 57-58 |
| 05:32 | Air Force | Air Force calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-58 |
| Subs | Air Force | Tom Bono (PG), Larry Childress (SF) James Frank, Ralph Clark | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed (PG), Ricky Cole (SG), Edward Griffin (C) Herbert Cornell, Steve Winkel, Max Noble | |
| 05:12 | Air Force | Edwin Reed takes the ball from Larry Childress | 57-58 |
| 04:57 | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel is fouled on the floor by Tom Bono - foul #4 on Tom Bono, team foul #6 | 57-58 |
| Subs | Air Force | Ralph Clark (SG), Allen Reynolds (PF) Kevin Ponder, Richard Adams | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | William Williams (C) Stephen Goebel | |
| 04:37 | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 57-58 |
| 04:36 | Air Force | James Trotman gets the rebound | 57-58 |
| 04:21 | Air Force | Tom Bono makes the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Larry Childress | 59-58 |
| 04:17 | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 59-58 |
| 04:15 | Louisiana Tech | William Williams can't tip it in | 59-58 |
| 04:14 | Louisiana Tech | The offensive rebound goes to Ricky Cole | 59-58 |
| 03:59 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Griffin makes the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by John Chambless and he's fouled by Tom Bono - foul #5 on Tom Bono, team foul #7 | 59-60 |
| Subs | Air Force | James Frank (PG) Tom Bono | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble (C) William Williams | |
| 03:59 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Griffin makes the free throw | 59-61 |
| 03:34 | Air Force | Larry Childress can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 59-61 |
| 03:32 | Louisiana Tech | Max Noble snags the defensive board | 59-61 |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - James Frank (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ralph Clark (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Larry Childress (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Allen Reynolds (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - James Trotman (fresh) 14 pts. 11 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Edwin Reed (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ricky Cole (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Chambless (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Edward Griffin (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Max Noble (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Max Noble | 59-64 |
| 03:13 | Air Force | Allen Reynolds scores on a jumper from just outside the lane set up by Ralph Clark | 61-64 |
| 03:04 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed can't connect on a shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by James Frank - foul #1 on James Frank, team foul #8 | 61-64 |
| Subs | Air Force | Kevin Ponder (SG), Richard Adams (PF) Ralph Clark, James Trotman | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel (PF) Edward Griffin | |
| 03:04 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed makes the 1st free throw | 61-65 |
| 03:04 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed makes the 2nd free throw | 61-66 |
| 02:44 | Air Force | Allen Reynolds comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 61-66 |
| 02:42 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed snags the defensive board | 61-66 |
| 02:21 | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 61-66 |
| 02:19 | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless grabs the offensive rebound | 61-66 |
| 02:07 | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-66 |
| Subs | Air Force | Ralph Clark (SF), Harvey Rinehart (C) Larry Childress, Allen Reynolds | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Herbert Cornell (SG), Edward Griffin (SF), William Williams (C) Ricky Cole, John Chambless, Max Noble | |
| 02:02 | Air Force | Air Force calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 61-66 |
| Subs | Air Force | James Trotman (C) Harvey Rinehart | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless (SF) William Williams | |
| 01:43 | Air Force | James Frank is fouled on the floor by Edwin Reed - foul #3 on Edwin Reed, team foul #7 | 61-66 |
| Subs | Air Force | Larry Childress (SF) Ralph Clark | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ricky Cole (SG), Max Noble (C) Herbert Cornell, Edward Griffin | |
| 01:43 | Air Force | James Frank makes the 1st free throw | 62-66 |
| 01:43 | Air Force | James Frank makes the 2nd free throw | 63-66 |
| 01:27 | Louisiana Tech | Larry Childress steals the ball from Ricky Cole | 63-66 |
| 01:11 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder scores on a floater from the right block set up by Larry Childress and he's hacked by Edwin Reed - foul #4 on Edwin Reed, team foul #8 | 65-66 |
| 01:11 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder makes the free throw | 66-66 |
| 00:46 | Louisiana Tech | John Chambless misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 66-66 |
| 00:45 | Louisiana Tech | Stephen Goebel tips it home | 66-68 |
| 00:26 | Air Force | James Trotman makes the jumper from the right block on a nice dish by James Frank | 68-68 |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:01 | Louisiana Tech | James Frank is called for the reach on Edwin Reed - foul #2 on James Frank, team foul #9 | 68-68 |
| 00:01 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed makes the 1st free throw | 68-69 |
| 00:01 | Louisiana Tech | Edwin Reed makes the 2nd free throw | 68-70 |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 68-70 |