| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Daniel Davis (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Arthur Pease (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Clarence Yuen (fresh) 2 pts. PF - George Singh (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Martin Stice (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Tom Bono (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kevin Ponder (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Larry Childress (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Richard Adams (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - James Trotman (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen inbounds the ball | 30-28 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:42 | San Diego State | The jumper by Arthur Pease is denied by James Trotman | 30-28 |
| 19:41 | Air Force | Richard Adams snags the defensive board | 30-28 |
| 19:31 | Air Force | Larry Childress can't connect on a shot from the right side | 30-28 |
| 19:29 | San Diego State | Arthur Pease gets the rebound | 30-28 |
| 19:23 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen lays it in and the foul's on Larry Childress - foul #2 on Larry Childress, team foul #1 | 32-28 |
| 19:23 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen makes the free throw | 33-28 |
| 18:54 | Air Force | Larry Childress misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 33-28 |
| 18:53 | San Diego State | Martin Stice pulls down the rebound | 33-28 |
| 18:34 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis misses the fadeaway from the right side | 33-28 |
| 18:33 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen tips it but misses | 33-28 |
| 18:32 | San Diego State | George Singh tips it home | 35-28 |
| 18:15 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder buries a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Tom Bono | 35-30 |
| 17:59 | San Diego State | Martin Stice hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 35-30 |
| 17:58 | San Diego State | The offensive rebound goes to Martin Stice | 35-30 |
| 17:43 | San Diego State | Arthur Pease hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Daniel Davis | 38-30 |
| 17:27 | Air Force | James Trotman misses long on a jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Martin Stice - foul #2 on Martin Stice, team foul #1 | 38-30 |
| Subs | San Diego State | William Teal (C) Martin Stice | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 17:27 | Air Force | James Trotman makes the 1st free throw | 38-31 |
| 17:27 | Air Force | James Trotman misses the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 17:27 | Air Force | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Adams | 38-31 |
| 17:13 | Air Force | George Singh is called for the reach on Kevin Ponder - foul #2 on George Singh, team foul #2 | 38-31 |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| Subs | Air Force | Ralph Clark (SG) Kevin Ponder | |
| 16:59 | Air Force | Richard Adams loses the dribble to Clarence Yuen | 38-31 |
| 16:54 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Arthur Pease | 41-31 |
| 16:41 | Air Force | Ralph Clark hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the baseline | 41-31 |
| 16:40 | Air Force | Richard Adams hits the follow up shot | 41-33 |
| 16:28 | San Diego State | James Trotman picks off the pass by Clarence Yuen | 41-33 |
| 16:26 | Air Force | Daniel Davis steps in front of the Tom Bono pass in the backcourt | 41-33 |
| 16:08 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen comes up short on the jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by James Trotman - foul #3 on James Trotman, team foul #2 | 41-33 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Elijah Masten (PG), Robert Reider (SG), Martin Stice (C) Daniel Davis, Arthur Pease, George Singh | |
| Subs | Air Force | James Frank (PG), Kevin Ponder (SG), Allen Reynolds (PF), Harvey Rinehart (C) Tom Bono, Larry Childress, Richard Adams, James Trotman | |
| 16:08 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen makes the 1st free throw | 42-33 |
| 16:08 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen makes the 2nd free throw | 43-33 |
| 15:52 | Air Force | James Frank comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 43-33 |
| 15:51 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen pulls down the rebound | 43-33 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Elijah Masten (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Reider (fresh) SF - Clarence Yuen (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Teal (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Martin Stice (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - James Frank (fresh) SG - Kevin Ponder (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ralph Clark (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Allen Reynolds (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Harvey Rinehart (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:36 | San Diego State | Martin Stice is fouled on the floor by Harvey Rinehart - foul #1 on Harvey Rinehart, team foul #3 | 43-33 |
| Subs | San Diego State | James Hudson (SG), Kevin Henderson (SF) Robert Reider, Clarence Yuen | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 15:23 | San Diego State | Martin Stice can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 43-33 |
| 15:22 | Air Force | James Frank gets the rebound | 43-33 |
| 15:06 | Air Force | James Frank misses short on a floater from the right side but the foul's on James Hudson - foul #4 on James Hudson, team foul #3 | 43-33 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Arthur Pease (PG) James Hudson | |
| Subs | Air Force | Tom Bono (PG) Ralph Clark | |
| 15:06 | Air Force | James Frank makes the 1st free throw | 43-34 |
| 15:06 | Air Force | James Frank makes the 2nd free throw | 43-35 |
| 14:38 | San Diego State | William Teal misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 43-35 |
| 14:36 | San Diego State | William Teal grabs the offensive rebound | 43-35 |
| 14:19 | San Diego State | William Teal travels with the ball | 43-35 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Davis (PG), Clarence Yuen (SF), George Singh (PF), Dominic Marino (C) Elijah Masten, Kevin Henderson, William Teal, Martin Stice | |
| Subs | Air Force | Ralph Clark (SG), Larry Childress (SF), Richard Adams (PF), James Trotman (C) Kevin Ponder, James Frank, Allen Reynolds, Harvey Rinehart | |
| 14:03 | Air Force | Tom Bono throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-35 |
| 13:47 | San Diego State | Ralph Clark steals the ball from Clarence Yuen | 43-35 |
| 13:25 | Air Force | Tom Bono comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 43-35 |
| 13:23 | San Diego State | George Singh grabs the defensive rebound | 43-35 |
| 13:10 | San Diego State | Arthur Pease can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 43-35 |
| 13:09 | Air Force | Larry Childress gets the rebound | 43-35 |
| 12:54 | Air Force | Tom Bono misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 43-35 |
| 12:53 | Air Force | James Trotman tips it back up and in | 43-37 |
| 12:41 | San Diego State | Dominic Marino is fouled on the floor by Richard Adams - foul #2 on Richard Adams, team foul #4 | 43-37 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Elijah Masten (SG), Martin Stice (C) Arthur Pease, Dominic Marino | |
| Subs | Air Force | James Frank (PG), Kevin Ponder (SG) Tom Bono, Ralph Clark | |
| 12:29 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 43-37 |
| 12:28 | Air Force | The rebound goes to James Trotman | 43-37 |
| 12:18 | Air Force | Richard Adams misses badly on a jumper from the right wing but the foul's on George Singh - foul #3 on George Singh, team foul #4 | 43-37 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Kevin Henderson (SF) Clarence Yuen | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 12:18 | Air Force | Richard Adams misses the 1st free throw | 43-37 |
| 12:18 | Air Force | Richard Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 43-38 |
| 12:02 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Martin Stice | 46-38 |
| 11:45 | Air Force | Richard Adams is fouled on the floor by Elijah Masten - foul #1 on Elijah Masten, team foul #5 | 46-38 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Arthur Pease (SG), William Teal (PF) Elijah Masten, George Singh | |
| Subs | Air Force | Tom Bono (PG), Allen Reynolds (PF) Larry Childress, Richard Adams | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Daniel Davis (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Arthur Pease (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Kevin Henderson (fresh) PF - William Teal (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Martin Stice (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Tom Bono (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kevin Ponder (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Frank (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Allen Reynolds (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - James Trotman (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:28 | Air Force | William Teal is called for the reach on Kevin Ponder - foul #1 on William Teal, team foul #6 | 46-38 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen (SF) Kevin Henderson | |
| Subs | Air Force | Harvey Rinehart (C) James Trotman | |
| 11:16 | Air Force | Harvey Rinehart hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 46-38 |
| 11:15 | Air Force | Allen Reynolds tips it but misses | 46-38 |
| 11:13 | Air Force | James Frank grabs the offensive rebound | 46-38 |
| 10:48 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Arthur Pease - foul #1 on Arthur Pease, team foul #7 | 46-38 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Elijah Masten (SG), Dominic Marino (C) Daniel Davis, Martin Stice | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 10:48 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder makes the 1st free throw | 46-39 |
| 10:48 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder makes the 2nd free throw | 46-40 |
| 10:23 | San Diego State | Arthur Pease comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 46-40 |
| 10:21 | Air Force | James Frank grabs the defensive rebound | 46-40 |
| 09:55 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 46-40 |
| 09:54 | San Diego State | Dominic Marino pulls down the rebound | 46-40 |
| 09:50 | San Diego State | Elijah Masten loses the dribble to Kevin Ponder | 46-40 |
| 09:29 | Air Force | Elijah Masten is called for the reach on Kevin Ponder - foul #2 on Elijah Masten, team foul #8 | 46-40 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Davis (PG), Kevin Henderson (SF), George Singh (PF), Martin Stice (C) Arthur Pease, Clarence Yuen, William Teal, Dominic Marino | |
| Subs | Air Force | Ralph Clark (PG), Larry Childress (SF), Richard Adams (PF), James Trotman (C) Tom Bono, James Frank, Allen Reynolds, Harvey Rinehart | |
| 09:29 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder makes the 1st free throw | 46-41 |
| 09:29 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder makes the 2nd free throw | 46-42 |
| 09:13 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 49-42 |
| 08:56 | Air Force | Richard Adams comes up short on the turnaround near the basket but he's fouled by George Singh - foul #4 on George Singh, team foul #9 | 49-42 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Dominic Marino (PF) George Singh | |
| Subs | Air Force | Ryan Herman (PG) Kevin Ponder | |
| 08:56 | Air Force | Richard Adams makes the 1st free throw | 49-43 |
| 08:56 | Air Force | Richard Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 49-44 |
| 08:44 | San Diego State | Larry Childress is called for the reach on Elijah Masten - foul #3 on Larry Childress, team foul #5 | 49-44 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen (SF) Kevin Henderson | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 08:33 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 49-44 |
| 08:31 | Air Force | James Trotman grabs the board | 49-44 |
| 08:17 | Air Force | Ralph Clark misses short on a fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by Dominic Marino - foul #1 on Dominic Marino, team foul #10 | 49-44 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Arthur Pease (SG), William Teal (PF) Elijah Masten, Dominic Marino | |
| Subs | Air Force | Tom Bono (PG) Ryan Herman | |
| 08:17 | Air Force | Ralph Clark makes the 1st free throw | 49-45 |
| 08:17 | Air Force | Ralph Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 49-45 |
| 08:17 | San Diego State | William Teal grabs the board | 49-45 |
| 08:01 | San Diego State | William Teal can't connect on a turnaround from the baseline | 49-45 |
| 08:00 | Air Force | Larry Childress pulls down the rebound | 49-45 |
| 07:35 | Air Force | Larry Childress clanks a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Clarence Yuen - foul #1 on Clarence Yuen, team foul #11 | 49-45 |
| Subs | San Diego State | James Hudson (SG), George Singh (PF) Arthur Pease, Martin Stice | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 07:35 | Air Force | Larry Childress makes the 1st free throw | 49-46 |
| 07:35 | Air Force | Larry Childress makes the 2nd free throw | 49-47 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Daniel Davis (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - James Hudson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 pf. SF - Clarence Yuen (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - George Singh (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. C - William Teal (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - Tom Bono (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ralph Clark (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Larry Childress (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Richard Adams (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - James Trotman (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:14 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Tom Bono - foul #2 on Tom Bono, team foul #6 | 49-47 |
| 07:14 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis misses the 1st free throw | 49-47 |
| 07:14 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 50-47 |
| 07:03 | Air Force | Larry Childress knocks in the runner in the lane on a nice dish by Ralph Clark | 50-49 |
| 06:46 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 50-49 |
| 06:44 | Air Force | James Trotman snags the defensive board | 50-49 |
| 06:25 | Air Force | Larry Childress is hacked by George Singh - foul #5 on George Singh, team foul #12 | 50-49 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Arthur Pease (PG), Kevin Henderson (SF), Dominic Marino (PF), Martin Stice (C) Daniel Davis, Clarence Yuen, George Singh, William Teal | |
| Subs | Air Force | Kevin Ponder (SG), Allen Reynolds (PF) Ralph Clark, Richard Adams | |
| 06:25 | Air Force | Larry Childress makes the 1st free throw | 50-50 |
| 06:25 | Air Force | Larry Childress makes the 2nd free throw | 50-51 |
| 06:04 | San Diego State | James Hudson misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 50-51 |
| 06:02 | Air Force | James Trotman grabs the board | 50-51 |
| 05:46 | Air Force | Arthur Pease picks off the pass by Larry Childress | 50-51 |
| 05:32 | San Diego State | Dominic Marino misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 50-51 |
| 05:31 | Air Force | Allen Reynolds snags the defensive board | 50-51 |
| 05:08 | Air Force | Tom Bono misses the shot from the right wing | 50-51 |
| 05:06 | San Diego State | Dominic Marino grabs the board | 50-51 |
| 04:55 | San Diego State | Martin Stice is whistled for traveling | 50-51 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Davis (PG), Clarence Yuen (SF), William Teal (PF) Arthur Pease, Kevin Henderson, Martin Stice | |
| Subs | Air Force | James Frank (PG), Ralph Clark (SF), Richard Adams (PF) Tom Bono, Larry Childress, James Trotman | |
| 04:46 | Air Force | James Frank knocks in the floater from just outside the lane set up by Kevin Ponder | 50-53 |
| 04:39 | San Diego State | William Teal misses long on a jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Richard Adams - foul #3 on Richard Adams, team foul #7 | 50-53 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Arthur Pease (SG) James Hudson | |
| Subs | Air Force | | |
| 04:39 | San Diego State | William Teal misses the 1st free throw | 50-53 |
| 04:39 | San Diego State | William Teal makes the 2nd free throw | 51-53 |
| 04:23 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Arthur Pease - foul #2 on Arthur Pease, team foul #13 | 51-53 |
| 04:23 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder misses the 1st free throw | 51-53 |
| 04:23 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder misses the 2nd free throw | 51-53 |
| 04:23 | San Diego State | William Teal grabs the board | 51-53 |
| 04:04 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block but he's fouled by James Frank - foul #2 on James Frank, team foul #8 | 51-53 |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| Subs | Air Force | William Kays (SF) Kevin Ponder | |
| 04:04 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis misses the 1st free throw | 51-53 |
| 04:04 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 52-53 |
| 03:43 | Air Force | Dominic Marino takes the ball from William Kays | 52-53 |
| 03:32 | San Diego State | Dominic Marino loses the dribble to Richard Adams | 52-53 |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Daniel Davis (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Arthur Pease (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Clarence Yuen (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Teal (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Dominic Marino (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Air Force | PG - James Frank (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Ralph Clark (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Kays (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Richard Adams (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Allen Reynolds (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Air Force | William Kays misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 52-53 |
| 03:26 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis grabs the board | 52-53 |
| 03:19 | San Diego State | Arthur Pease misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on William Kays - foul #1 on William Kays, team foul #9 | 52-53 |
| Subs | San Diego State | James Hudson (SG), Daryl Finnegan (PF), Martin Stice (C) Daniel Davis, William Teal, Dominic Marino | |
| Subs | Air Force | Tom Bono (PG), James Trotman (C) William Kays, Allen Reynolds | |
| 03:19 | San Diego State | Arthur Pease misses the 1st free throw | 52-53 |
| 03:19 | San Diego State | Arthur Pease makes the 2nd free throw | 53-53 |
| 03:00 | Air Force | Richard Adams loses the ball out of bounds | 53-53 |
| Subs | San Diego State | Daniel Davis (PG) Arthur Pease | |
| Subs | Air Force | Kevin Ponder (SG), Larry Childress (SF), Harvey Rinehart (PF) Ralph Clark, James Frank, Richard Adams | |
| 02:49 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis knocks in the floater from the left side | 55-53 |
| 02:33 | Air Force | Tom Bono misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 55-53 |
| 02:31 | San Diego State | Martin Stice snags the defensive board | 55-53 |
| 02:12 | San Diego State | Martin Stice comes up short on the turnaround near the basket | 55-53 |
| 02:11 | Air Force | Larry Childress grabs the board | 55-53 |
| 01:54 | Air Force | Harvey Rinehart buries a jumpshot from the free throw line | 55-55 |
| 01:33 | San Diego State | The pull-up jumper by Clarence Yuen is blocked by Harvey Rinehart | 55-55 |
| 01:32 | San Diego State | Daniel Davis pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-55 |
| 01:18 | San Diego State | James Hudson misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 55-55 |
| 01:17 | Air Force | Harvey Rinehart pulls down the rebound | 55-55 |
| 00:56 | Air Force | James Trotman misses the jumpshot from the right side | 55-55 |
| 00:54 | San Diego State | Martin Stice grabs the defensive rebound | 55-55 |
| 00:37 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 58-55 |
| 00:14 | Air Force | Kevin Ponder scores on a fadeaway in the lane | 58-57 |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Air Force | Air Force is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:13 | San Diego State | Tom Bono is called for the reach on Clarence Yuen in the backcourt - foul #3 on Tom Bono, team foul #10 | 58-57 |
| Subs | San Diego State | William Teal (PF) Daryl Finnegan | |
| Subs | Air Force | Richard Adams (PF) Harvey Rinehart | |
| 00:13 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen makes the 1st free throw | 59-57 |
| 00:13 | San Diego State | Clarence Yuen misses the 2nd free throw | 59-57 |
| 00:13 | Air Force | James Trotman gets the rebound | 59-57 |
| 00:01 | Air Force | Larry Childress misses long on a shot from the left side | 59-57 |
| 00:00 | San Diego State | The rebound goes to Daniel Davis | 59-57 |