| Lineup | Howard | PG - Gary Wilson (fresh) SG - Steven Dixon (fresh) SF - Will Pinheiro (fresh) PF - Frederick Patterson (fresh) C - Marshall Liles (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Delaware State | PG - Samuel Eller (fresh) SG - Horace Zeegers (fresh) SF - Cedrick Prichard (fresh) PF - Mark Merritt (fresh) C - William Jenkins (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Howard | Marshall Liles wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Howard | Howard is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Delaware State | Delaware State is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:42 | Howard | Horace Zeegers picks off the pass by Steven Dixon | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Delaware State | William Jenkins buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Horace Zeegers | 0-3 |
| 19:10 | Howard | Gary Wilson comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Samuel Eller - foul #1 on Samuel Eller, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| 19:10 | Howard | Gary Wilson misses the 1st free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:10 | Howard | Gary Wilson misses the 2nd free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:10 | Delaware State | Mark Merritt gets the rebound | 0-3 |
| 19:01 | Delaware State | William Jenkins connects on the fadeaway near the basket set up by Samuel Eller and the foul's on Marshall Liles - foul #1 on Marshall Liles, team foul #1 | 0-5 |
| 19:01 | Delaware State | William Jenkins makes the free throw | 0-6 |
| 18:40 | Howard | Steven Dixon can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 0-6 |
| 18:38 | Delaware State | The rebound goes to Mark Merritt | 0-6 |
| 18:18 | Delaware State | Samuel Eller is whistled for traveling | 0-6 |
| 18:00 | Howard | Frederick Patterson drills a floater from the left side | 2-6 |
| 17:53 | Delaware State | Samuel Eller scores on a fadeaway from the left wing set up by Horace Zeegers | 2-8 |
| 17:35 | Howard | Frederick Patterson hits the finger roll | 4-8 |
| 17:21 | Delaware State | Horace Zeegers hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 4-8 |
| 17:20 | Howard | Frederick Patterson grabs the defensive rebound | 4-8 |
| 17:17 | Howard | Horace Zeegers takes the ball from Will Pinheiro in the backcourt | 4-8 |
| 16:55 | Delaware State | William Jenkins can't throw it down but he's fouled by Marshall Liles - foul #2 on Marshall Liles, team foul #2 | 4-8 |
| Subs | Howard | Walter Black (PG), Anthony Huggins (SG), George Rice (SF), Robert Stewart (PF), Keith Burdette (C) Gary Wilson, Steven Dixon, Will Pinheiro, Frederick Patterson, Marshall Liles | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Robert Yopp (PG), Donald Fields (SG), Jamaal Stubbs (SF), Frank Fortune (PF) Samuel Eller, Horace Zeegers, Cedrick Prichard, Mark Merritt | |
| 16:55 | Delaware State | William Jenkins misses the 1st free throw | 4-8 |
| 16:55 | Delaware State | William Jenkins makes the 2nd free throw | 4-9 |
| 16:35 | Howard | The short jumper by Keith Burdette is denied by William Jenkins | 4-9 |
| 16:33 | Delaware State | Frank Fortune pulls down the rebound | 4-9 |
| 16:26 | Delaware State | William Jenkins's pass is intercepted by George Rice | 4-9 |
| 16:15 | Howard | George Rice loses the ball out of bounds | 4-9 |
| Subs | Howard | | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Greg Getchell (C) William Jenkins | |
| 15:57 | Delaware State | Robert Yopp misses short on a jumper from the left side | 4-9 |
| 15:56 | Howard | Anthony Huggins gets the rebound | 4-9 |
| Lineup | Howard | PG - Walter Black (fresh) SG - Anthony Huggins (fresh) SF - George Rice (fresh) PF - Robert Stewart (fresh) C - Keith Burdette (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Delaware State | PG - Robert Yopp (fresh) SG - Donald Fields (fresh) SF - Jamaal Stubbs (fresh) PF - Frank Fortune (fresh) C - Greg Getchell (fresh) | |
| 15:54 | Howard | Frank Fortune picks off the pass by Walter Black in the backcourt | 4-9 |
| 15:34 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs comes up short on the floater near the basket | 4-9 |
| 15:33 | Howard | The rebound goes to Keith Burdette | 4-9 |
| 15:17 | Howard | Walter Black misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 4-9 |
| 15:15 | Delaware State | Frank Fortune gets the rebound | 4-9 |
| 15:10 | Delaware State | Robert Yopp misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 4-9 |
| 15:08 | Howard | George Rice grabs the board | 4-9 |
| 14:45 | Howard | Donald Fields is called for the reach on Robert Stewart - foul #1 on Donald Fields, team foul #2 | 4-9 |
| Subs | Howard | Eugene Bluford (PG), Steven Dixon (SG), Will Pinheiro (SF), Frederick Patterson (PF) Walter Black, Anthony Huggins, George Rice, Keith Burdette | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Samuel Eller (PG), Horace Zeegers (SG), Cedrick Prichard (SF), Mark Merritt (PF), Kyle Knepper (C) Robert Yopp, Donald Fields, Jamaal Stubbs, Frank Fortune, Greg Getchell | |
| 14:31 | Howard | Frederick Patterson misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 4-9 |
| 14:29 | Delaware State | Cedrick Prichard grabs the defensive rebound | 4-9 |
| 14:25 | Delaware State | Mark Merritt's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-9 |
| Subs | Howard | Gary Wilson (PG) Eugene Bluford | |
| Subs | Delaware State | | |
| 14:23 | Howard | Gary Wilson is hacked by Samuel Eller in the backcourt - foul #2 on Samuel Eller, team foul #3 | 4-9 |
| Subs | Howard | | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Robert Yopp (PG) Samuel Eller | |
| 14:09 | Howard | Robert Stewart connects on the jumper from the right wing set up by Steven Dixon | 6-9 |
| 13:49 | Delaware State | Robert Yopp is hacked by Robert Stewart - foul #1 on Robert Stewart, team foul #3 | 6-9 |
| Subs | Howard | Eugene Bluford (SG) Steven Dixon | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Peter Dejesus (SF) Cedrick Prichard | |
| 13:44 | Delaware State | Robert Yopp is whistled for traveling | 6-9 |
| 13:25 | Howard | Robert Stewart is open and scores on a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Gary Wilson and the foul's on Kyle Knepper - foul #1 on Kyle Knepper, team foul #4 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Howard | | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Greg Getchell (C) Kyle Knepper | |
| 13:25 | Howard | Robert Stewart makes the free throw | 9-9 |
| 13:14 | Delaware State | Horace Zeegers drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Mark Merritt | 9-12 |
| 13:08 | Howard | Gary Wilson is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Yopp - foul #1 on Robert Yopp, team foul #5 | 9-12 |
| Subs | Howard | Steven Dixon (SG), Walter Black (SF), Keith Burdette (C) Gary Wilson, Will Pinheiro, Robert Stewart | |
| Subs | Delaware State | William Jenkins (C) Robert Yopp | |
| 12:43 | Howard | Steven Dixon can't throw it down | 9-12 |
| 12:42 | Howard | Steven Dixon gets the offensive rebound | 9-12 |
| 12:29 | Howard | Keith Burdette can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 9-12 |
| 12:27 | Howard | Frederick Patterson grabs the offensive rebound | 9-12 |
| 12:07 | Howard | Frederick Patterson comes up short on the shot from the right side | 9-12 |
| 12:06 | Delaware State | Greg Getchell pulls down the rebound | 9-12 |
| 12:01 | Delaware State | Greg Getchell misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 9-12 |
| 12:00 | Delaware State | Peter Dejesus snags the offensive board | 9-12 |
| 11:48 | Delaware State | Horace Zeegers throws a bad pass out of bounds | 9-12 |
| Subs | Howard | Gary Wilson (PG), Anthony Huggins (SG), Will Pinheiro (SF), George Rice (C) Eugene Bluford, Steven Dixon, Walter Black, Keith Burdette | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Donald Fields (PG), Cedrick Prichard (SF), Frank Fortune (PF), Kyle Knepper (C) Greg Getchell, Peter Dejesus, Mark Merritt, William Jenkins | |
| Lineup | Howard | PG - Gary Wilson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Anthony Huggins (fresh) SF - Will Pinheiro (fairly fresh) PF - Frederick Patterson (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - George Rice (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Delaware State | PG - Donald Fields (fresh) SG - Horace Zeegers (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Cedrick Prichard (fresh) PF - Frank Fortune (fresh) 2 reb. C - Kyle Knepper (fresh) | |
| 11:28 | Howard | Gary Wilson is by himself and knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side | 11-12 |
| 11:18 | Delaware State | Kyle Knepper makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Cedrick Prichard | 11-14 |
| 10:58 | Howard | Gary Wilson misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 11-14 |
| 10:57 | Delaware State | Kyle Knepper pulls down the rebound | 11-14 |
| 10:50 | Delaware State | Kyle Knepper connects on the jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Cedrick Prichard | 11-16 |
| 10:48 | Howard | Gary Wilson double dribbles in the backcourt | 11-16 |
| Subs | Howard | Robert Stewart (C) Frederick Patterson | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs (PF) Frank Fortune | |
| 10:35 | Delaware State | Kyle Knepper banks in the layup set up by Cedrick Prichard | 11-18 |
| 10:30 | Howard | Gary Wilson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 11-18 |
| Subs | Howard | Eugene Bluford (PG), Walter Black (SF) Gary Wilson, Will Pinheiro | |
| Subs | Delaware State | William Jenkins (C) Kyle Knepper | |
| 10:18 | Delaware State | Horace Zeegers misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 11-18 |
| 10:16 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs tips it in | 11-20 |
| 09:54 | Howard | Walter Black is hacked by Cedrick Prichard - foul #1 on Cedrick Prichard, team foul #6 | 11-20 |
| Subs | Howard | Steven Dixon (SG), Frederick Patterson (PF), Keith Burdette (C) Anthony Huggins, George Rice, Robert Stewart | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Robert Yopp (PG), Mark Merritt (PF), Greg Getchell (C) Donald Fields, Cedrick Prichard, William Jenkins | |
| 09:38 | Howard | Steven Dixon is fouled on the floor by Greg Getchell - foul #1 on Greg Getchell, team foul #7 | 11-20 |
| 09:38 | Howard | Steven Dixon misses the 1st free throw | 11-20 |
| 09:38 | Delaware State | Mark Merritt gets the rebound | 11-20 |
| 09:13 | Delaware State | Robert Yopp is fouled on the floor by Keith Burdette - foul #1 on Keith Burdette, team foul #4 | 11-20 |
| Subs | Howard | Gary Wilson (PG), Will Pinheiro (SF) Eugene Bluford, Walter Black | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Peter Dejesus (SF), Frank Fortune (PF), Kyle Knepper (C) Horace Zeegers, Jamaal Stubbs, Mark Merritt | |
| 09:00 | Delaware State | Peter Dejesus misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 11-20 |
| 08:58 | Howard | Keith Burdette snags the defensive board | 11-20 |
| 08:55 | Howard | Will Pinheiro is hacked by Peter Dejesus in the backcourt - foul #1 on Peter Dejesus, team foul #8 | 11-20 |
| Subs | Howard | | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Donald Fields (SG) Greg Getchell | |
| 08:55 | Howard | Will Pinheiro misses the 1st free throw | 11-20 |
| 08:55 | Delaware State | Kyle Knepper pulls down the rebound | 11-20 |
| 08:43 | Delaware State | Gary Wilson takes the ball from Donald Fields | 11-20 |
| 08:40 | Howard | Steven Dixon misses the lay-in | 11-20 |
| 08:38 | Delaware State | Peter Dejesus grabs the defensive rebound | 11-20 |
| 08:34 | Delaware State | Donald Fields is whistled for traveling | 11-20 |
| Subs | Howard | George Rice (PF) Frederick Patterson | |
| Subs | Delaware State | | |
| 08:11 | Howard | Will Pinheiro is fouled on the floor by Peter Dejesus - foul #2 on Peter Dejesus, team foul #9 | 11-20 |
| Subs | Howard | Walter Black (PG), Anthony Huggins (SG), Robert Stewart (C) Gary Wilson, Steven Dixon, Keith Burdette | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Horace Zeegers (SG), Cedrick Prichard (SF), Jamaal Stubbs (PF), William Jenkins (C) Robert Yopp, Peter Dejesus, Frank Fortune, Kyle Knepper | |
| 08:11 | Howard | Will Pinheiro makes the 1st free throw | 12-20 |
| 08:11 | Howard | Will Pinheiro misses the 2nd free throw | 12-20 |
| 08:11 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs snags the defensive board | 12-20 |
| 08:03 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs connects on the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Donald Fields | 12-22 |
| 07:46 | Howard | Anthony Huggins misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 12-22 |
| 07:44 | Howard | George Rice tips it but misses | 12-22 |
| 07:43 | Howard | Will Pinheiro grabs the offensive board | 12-22 |
| Lineup | Howard | PG - Walter Black (fresh) SG - Anthony Huggins (fresh) SF - Will Pinheiro (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - George Rice (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Robert Stewart (tiring) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Delaware State | PG - Donald Fields (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Horace Zeegers (tiring) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Cedrick Prichard (fresh) PF - Jamaal Stubbs (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - William Jenkins (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| 07:21 | Howard | Will Pinheiro misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 12-22 |
| 07:19 | Delaware State | Donald Fields grabs the defensive rebound | 12-22 |
| 07:15 | Delaware State | Horace Zeegers clanks a shot from the free throw line | 12-22 |
| 07:14 | Delaware State | William Jenkins snags the offensive board | 12-22 |
| 06:59 | Delaware State | Donald Fields clanks a 3 from the left wing | 12-22 |
| 06:57 | Howard | Anthony Huggins snags the defensive board | 12-22 |
| 06:42 | Howard | Will Pinheiro makes the driving attempt from the baseline | 14-22 |
| 06:26 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs clanks a fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by Walter Black - foul #1 on Walter Black, team foul #5 | 14-22 |
| Subs | Howard | Gary Wilson (PG), Steven Dixon (SG), Frederick Patterson (PF), Keith Burdette (C) Anthony Huggins, Will Pinheiro, George Rice, Robert Stewart | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Greg Getchell (PG), Robert Yopp (SG), Mark Merritt (PF), Frank Fortune (C) Donald Fields, Horace Zeegers, Cedrick Prichard, William Jenkins | |
| 06:26 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs makes the 1st free throw | 14-23 |
| 06:26 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs misses the 2nd free throw | 14-23 |
| 06:26 | Howard | Frederick Patterson grabs the defensive rebound | 14-23 |
| 06:09 | Howard | Frederick Patterson is denied on a layup by Mark Merritt | 14-23 |
| 06:07 | Delaware State | Frank Fortune gets the rebound | 14-23 |
| 06:00 | Delaware State | Robert Yopp scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Jamaal Stubbs | 14-26 |
| 05:48 | Howard | Walter Black misses the easy dunk attempt | 14-26 |
| 05:46 | Delaware State | Greg Getchell snags the defensive board | 14-26 |
| 05:41 | Delaware State | Robert Yopp is hacked by Keith Burdette - foul #2 on Keith Burdette, team foul #6 | 14-26 |
| Subs | Howard | Will Pinheiro (SF), Robert Stewart (C) Walter Black, Keith Burdette | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Cedrick Prichard (SF) Jamaal Stubbs | |
| 05:27 | Delaware State | Frederick Patterson picks off the pass by Frank Fortune | 14-26 |
| 05:25 | Howard | Will Pinheiro is fouled in the backcourt by Cedrick Prichard - foul #2 on Cedrick Prichard, team foul #10 | 14-26 |
| Subs | Howard | Eugene Bluford (PG) Gary Wilson | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs (SF), Kyle Knepper (C) Cedrick Prichard, Frank Fortune | |
| 05:25 | Howard | Will Pinheiro makes the 1st free throw | 15-26 |
| 05:25 | Howard | Will Pinheiro makes the 2nd free throw | 16-26 |
| 05:04 | Delaware State | Mark Merritt misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 16-26 |
| 05:03 | Howard | Eugene Bluford snags the defensive board | 16-26 |
| 04:42 | Howard | Will Pinheiro misses long on a floater from close range | 16-26 |
| 04:40 | Delaware State | Robert Yopp grabs the defensive rebound | 16-26 |
| 04:35 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs misses badly on a floater from the left block | 16-26 |
| 04:33 | Delaware State | Kyle Knepper can't tip it in | 16-26 |
| 04:32 | Delaware State | Jamaal Stubbs misses the tip | 16-26 |
| 04:31 | Howard | Will Pinheiro snags the defensive board | 16-26 |
| 04:18 | Howard | Robert Stewart hits a jumper in the paint | 18-26 |
| 04:04 | Delaware State | Mark Merritt blows the layup | 18-26 |
| 04:02 | Delaware State | Greg Getchell gets the offensive rebound | 18-26 |
| 03:47 | Delaware State | Robert Stewart takes the ball from Kyle Knepper | 18-26 |
| 03:33 | Howard | Frederick Patterson misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 18-26 |
| 03:31 | Howard | Will Pinheiro snags the offensive board | 18-26 |
| Lineup | Howard | PG - Eugene Bluford (fairly fresh) SG - Steven Dixon (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Will Pinheiro (tiring) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frederick Patterson (tired) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Stewart (tired) 7 pts. | |
| Lineup | Delaware State | PG - Greg Getchell (fairly fresh) 3 reb. SG - Robert Yopp (tiring) 3 pts. SF - Jamaal Stubbs (tiring) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Mark Merritt (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Kyle Knepper (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:11 | Howard | Will Pinheiro misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 18-26 |
| 03:10 | Howard | Eugene Bluford pulls down the offensive rebound | 18-26 |
| 02:49 | Howard | Frederick Patterson can't connect on a jumper in the paint but the foul's on Jamaal Stubbs - foul #1 on Jamaal Stubbs, team foul #11 | 18-26 |
| Subs | Howard | Gary Wilson (PG), Anthony Huggins (SG), Walter Black (SF), Marshall Liles (C) Eugene Bluford, Steven Dixon, Will Pinheiro, Robert Stewart | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Samuel Eller (PG), Donald Fields (SG), Cedrick Prichard (SF), Frank Fortune (PF), William Jenkins (C) Greg Getchell, Robert Yopp, Jamaal Stubbs, Mark Merritt, Kyle Knepper | |
| 02:49 | Howard | Frederick Patterson makes the 1st free throw | 19-26 |
| 02:49 | Howard | Frederick Patterson misses the 2nd free throw | 19-26 |
| 02:49 | Delaware State | The rebound goes to Cedrick Prichard | 19-26 |
| 02:34 | Delaware State | Donald Fields comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 19-26 |
| 02:33 | Delaware State | William Jenkins tips it home | 19-28 |
| 02:21 | Howard | Anthony Huggins knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away | 22-28 |
| 01:59 | Delaware State | William Jenkins misses the driving attempt in the paint | 22-28 |
| 01:58 | Howard | Gary Wilson snags the defensive board | 22-28 |
| 01:33 | Howard | Marshall Liles drills a jumpshot from the left wing | 24-28 |
| 01:15 | Delaware State | Samuel Eller comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 24-28 |
| 01:13 | Howard | Marshall Liles grabs the defensive rebound | 24-28 |
| 01:10 | Howard | Anthony Huggins loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 24-28 |
| Subs | Howard | Eugene Bluford (SG), George Rice (PF), Keith Burdette (C) Anthony Huggins, Frederick Patterson, Marshall Liles | |
| Subs | Delaware State | Horace Zeegers (SG), Peter Dejesus (SF), Mark Merritt (PF) Donald Fields, Cedrick Prichard, Frank Fortune | |
| 00:56 | Delaware State | Mark Merritt is fouled on the floor by Keith Burdette - foul #3 on Keith Burdette, team foul #7 | 24-28 |
| Subs | Howard | Marshall Liles (C) Keith Burdette | |
| Subs | Delaware State | | |
| 00:56 | Delaware State | Mark Merritt misses the 1st free throw | 24-28 |
| 00:56 | Howard | George Rice snags the defensive board | 24-28 |
| 00:54 | Howard | Horace Zeegers steals it from George Rice in the backcourt | 24-28 |
| 00:39 | Delaware State | Horace Zeegers misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 24-28 |
| 00:37 | Delaware State | William Jenkins tips it in | 24-30 |
| 00:35 | Howard | Horace Zeegers takes the ball from Gary Wilson in the backcourt | 24-30 |
| 00:15 | Delaware State | Peter Dejesus blows the layup | 24-30 |
| 00:13 | Delaware State | Mark Merritt grabs the offensive board | 24-30 |
| 00:01 | Delaware State | Samuel Eller hits a 3 from the right corner | 24-33 |
| 00:00 | Howard | Gary Wilson hits the front of the rim on the fullcourt shot | 24-33 |