| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Charles Toon (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Malcolm Sullivan (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Tommy Charboneau (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Noah Guel (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Danny McElvany (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Douglas Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SF - Frank Renosky (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jesus Martin (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Mikel Yasinski (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | St. John's | Michael Taylor inbounds the ball | 35-31 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:50 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-31 |
| 19:49 | St. John's | Michael Taylor misses the tip | 35-31 |
| 19:48 | UConn | Jesus Martin grabs the board | 35-31 |
| 19:26 | UConn | Douglas Taylor makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Jesus Martin | 35-33 |
| 19:05 | St. John's | Noah Guel comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 35-33 |
| 19:04 | UConn | Jesus Martin snags the defensive board | 35-33 |
| 18:50 | UConn | Danny McElvany clanks a shot in the paint | 35-33 |
| 18:49 | UConn | Jesus Martin snags the offensive board | 35-33 |
| 18:22 | UConn | Tommy Charboneau takes the ball from Mikel Yasinski | 35-33 |
| 18:05 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau knocks in the fadeaway from the baseline set up by Malcolm Sullivan | 37-33 |
| 17:52 | UConn | Danny McElvany comes up short on the jumper from the right side but the foul's on Malcolm Sullivan - foul #3 on Malcolm Sullivan, team foul #1 | 37-33 |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Gayhart (SG) Malcolm Sullivan | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 17:52 | UConn | Danny McElvany makes the 1st free throw | 37-34 |
| 17:52 | UConn | Danny McElvany makes the 2nd free throw | 37-35 |
| 17:35 | St. John's | Michael Taylor loses the dribble to Danny McElvany | 37-35 |
| 17:19 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski clanks a jumper near the basket but he's fouled by Michael Taylor - foul #1 on Michael Taylor, team foul #2 | 37-35 |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Freitag (PF) Tommy Charboneau | |
| Subs | UConn | William Head (SG), John Deaton (PF) Douglas Taylor, Jesus Martin | |
| 17:19 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski misses the 1st free throw | 37-35 |
| 17:19 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski misses the 2nd free throw | 37-35 |
| 17:19 | St. John's | Noah Guel grabs the board | 37-35 |
| 17:07 | St. John's | Michael Taylor misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 37-35 |
| 17:06 | St. John's | Ronald Gayhart grabs the offensive rebound | 37-35 |
| 16:52 | St. John's | Michael Taylor knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Robert Freitag | 39-35 |
| 16:47 | UConn | The pull-up jumper by Danny McElvany is blocked by Robert Freitag | 39-35 |
| 16:45 | St. John's | Noah Guel snags the defensive board | 39-35 |
| 16:27 | St. John's | Charles Toon misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 39-35 |
| 16:26 | UConn | Frank Renosky grabs the defensive rebound | 39-35 |
| 16:15 | UConn | Frank Renosky can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 39-35 |
| 16:13 | St. John's | Robert Freitag snags the defensive board | 39-35 |
| 16:03 | St. John's | Ronald Gayhart is hacked by Frank Renosky - foul #2 on Frank Renosky, team foul #1 | 39-35 |
| Subs | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau (PF), Michael Lombardo (C) Michael Taylor, Noah Guel | |
| Subs | UConn | Douglas Taylor (SG), Frank Thompson (SF), Jesus Martin (PF) Danny McElvany, Frank Renosky, Mikel Yasinski | |
| 15:51 | St. John's | Charles Toon knocks in the floater from the left block on a nice dish by Ronald Gayhart | 41-35 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Charles Toon (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Gayhart (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Freitag (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. PF - Tommy Charboneau (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Michael Lombardo (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - William Head (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Douglas Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Frank Thompson (fresh) PF - Jesus Martin (fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. C - John Deaton (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:33 | UConn | William Head misses short on a shot from the left side | 41-35 |
| 15:32 | UConn | John Deaton grabs the offensive rebound | 41-35 |
| 15:19 | UConn | A charge is called on John Deaton - foul #1 on John Deaton, team foul #2 | 41-35 |
| Subs | St. John's | Matthew Lindsey (PG), Malcolm Sullivan (SG) Charles Toon, Ronald Gayhart | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 15:03 | St. John's | Frank Thompson steals the ball from Robert Freitag | 41-35 |
| 14:59 | UConn | Douglas Taylor jams it on a nice dish by Frank Thompson | 41-37 |
| 14:51 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Matthew Lindsey | 44-37 |
| 14:24 | UConn | Frank Thompson is hacked by Robert Freitag - foul #1 on Robert Freitag, team foul #3 | 44-37 |
| Subs | St. John's | Michael Taylor (SF), Noah Guel (C) Robert Freitag, Tommy Charboneau | |
| Subs | UConn | Danny McElvany (PG), Michael Carter (PF), Mikel Yasinski (C) William Head, Jesus Martin, John Deaton | |
| 14:17 | UConn | Michael Carter scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Douglas Taylor | 44-39 |
| 13:55 | St. John's | Noah Guel's pass is intercepted by Danny McElvany | 44-39 |
| 13:43 | UConn | Danny McElvany misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 44-39 |
| 13:42 | UConn | Frank Thompson pulls down the offensive rebound | 44-39 |
| 13:23 | UConn | Douglas Taylor loses the dribble to Malcolm Sullivan | 44-39 |
| 13:11 | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan blows the layup but the foul's on Danny McElvany - foul #1 on Danny McElvany, team foul #3 | 44-39 |
| Subs | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau (PF) Michael Lombardo | |
| Subs | UConn | Arthur Greeley (SG), Frank Renosky (SF), Jesus Martin (PF) Douglas Taylor, Frank Thompson, Michael Carter | |
| 13:11 | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan makes the 1st free throw | 45-39 |
| 13:11 | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan makes the 2nd free throw | 46-39 |
| 12:54 | UConn | Frank Renosky drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Arthur Greeley | 46-42 |
| 12:36 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 46-42 |
| 12:34 | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan can't tip it in | 46-42 |
| 12:32 | UConn | Frank Renosky pulls down the rebound | 46-42 |
| 12:15 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski hits the finger roll on a great pass from Frank Renosky | 46-44 |
| 11:59 | St. John's | Matthew Lindsey is hacked by Danny McElvany - foul #2 on Danny McElvany, team foul #4 | 46-44 |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Toon (SG), Robert Freitag (SF) Malcolm Sullivan, Michael Taylor | |
| Subs | UConn | William Head (SG) Arthur Greeley | |
| 11:48 | St. John's | Charles Toon misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 46-44 |
| 11:46 | UConn | The rebound goes to Frank Renosky | 46-44 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Matthew Lindsey (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Charles Toon (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Freitag (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 stl. PF - Tommy Charboneau (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Noah Guel (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Danny McElvany (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Head (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Frank Renosky (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jesus Martin (fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. C - Mikel Yasinski (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:37 | UConn | Danny McElvany hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-44 |
| 11:36 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau grabs the board | 46-44 |
| 11:21 | St. John's | Noah Guel comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 46-44 |
| 11:19 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski pulls down the rebound | 46-44 |
| 11:02 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski misses the turnaround from the right block | 46-44 |
| 11:01 | St. John's | Robert Freitag pulls down the rebound | 46-44 |
| 10:52 | St. John's | Matthew Lindsey hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 46-44 |
| 10:51 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau gets the offensive rebound | 46-44 |
| 10:36 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau misses the 3 from straight away | 46-44 |
| 10:35 | UConn | Frank Renosky pulls down the rebound | 46-44 |
| 10:09 | UConn | William Head clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 46-44 |
| 10:08 | St. John's | Noah Guel pulls down the rebound | 46-44 |
| 09:51 | St. John's | William Head takes the ball from Tommy Charboneau | 46-44 |
| 09:47 | UConn | Danny McElvany dunks the ball set up by William Head | 46-46 |
| 09:18 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 46-46 |
| 09:17 | UConn | The rebound goes to Danny McElvany | 46-46 |
| 08:52 | UConn | Jesus Martin misses badly on a shot from the right side | 46-46 |
| 08:51 | UConn | Jesus Martin gets the offensive rebound | 46-46 |
| 08:35 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski can't finish the layup | 46-46 |
| 08:33 | St. John's | Robert Freitag gets the rebound | 46-46 |
| 08:29 | St. John's | Charles Toon drills a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Matthew Lindsey | 48-46 |
| 08:12 | UConn | William Head misses short on a jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by Charles Toon - foul #2 on Charles Toon, team foul #4 | 48-46 |
| Subs | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan (SG), Michael Taylor (SF), Brian Bozeman (PF), Michael Lombardo (C) Matthew Lindsey, Robert Freitag, Tommy Charboneau, Noah Guel | |
| Subs | UConn | Douglas Taylor (SG), Frank Thompson (SF), John Deaton (PF), Michael Carter (C) Danny McElvany, Frank Renosky, Jesus Martin, Mikel Yasinski | |
| 08:12 | UConn | William Head makes the 1st free throw | 48-47 |
| 08:12 | UConn | William Head makes the 2nd free throw | 48-48 |
| 07:59 | St. John's | William Head is called for the reach on Michael Lombardo - foul #1 on William Head, team foul #5 | 48-48 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | UConn | Arthur Greeley (PG) William Head | |
| 07:46 | St. John's | Michael Lombardo lays it up and in set up by Charles Toon | 50-48 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Charles Toon (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Malcolm Sullivan (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Michael Taylor (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Brian Bozeman (fresh) C - Michael Lombardo (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Arthur Greeley (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Douglas Taylor (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SF - Frank Thompson (fresh) PF - John Deaton (fresh) 3 reb. C - Michael Carter (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:40 | UConn | Frank Thompson banks in the layup set up by Arthur Greeley | 50-50 |
| 07:21 | St. John's | Michael Lombardo is hacked by Michael Carter - foul #1 on Michael Carter, team foul #6 | 50-50 |
| Subs | St. John's | Ronald Gayhart (PG) Charles Toon | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 07:01 | St. John's | Brian Bozeman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 50-50 |
| 06:43 | UConn | John Deaton hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Douglas Taylor | 50-52 |
| 06:24 | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan makes the jumper in the lane | 52-52 |
| 06:12 | UConn | Douglas Taylor can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 52-52 |
| 06:11 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Michael Lombardo | 52-52 |
| 05:52 | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 52-52 |
| 05:50 | UConn | The rebound goes to John Deaton | 52-52 |
| 05:34 | UConn | Frank Thompson connects on the fadeaway in the lane | 52-54 |
| 05:14 | St. John's | Michael Lombardo can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Michael Carter - foul #2 on Michael Carter, team foul #7 | 52-54 |
| Subs | St. John's | Matthew Lindsey (PG), Charles Toon (SF), Noah Guel (C) Ronald Gayhart, Michael Taylor, Brian Bozeman | |
| Subs | UConn | Danny McElvany (PG), William Head (SG), Frank Renosky (SF), Jesus Martin (PF), Mikel Yasinski (C) Arthur Greeley, Douglas Taylor, Frank Thompson, John Deaton, Michael Carter | |
| 05:14 | St. John's | Michael Lombardo makes the 1st free throw | 53-54 |
| 05:14 | St. John's | Michael Lombardo makes the 2nd free throw | 54-54 |
| 04:56 | UConn | Frank Renosky lays it in on a great pass from Danny McElvany and he's fouled by Malcolm Sullivan - foul #4 on Malcolm Sullivan, team foul #5 | 54-56 |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Freitag (PF) Michael Lombardo | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 04:56 | UConn | Frank Renosky makes the free throw | 54-57 |
| 04:37 | St. John's | Charles Toon misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 54-57 |
| 04:35 | UConn | The rebound goes to Jesus Martin | 54-57 |
| 04:26 | UConn | Matthew Lindsey picks off the pass by Mikel Yasinski | 54-57 |
| 04:22 | St. John's | Matthew Lindsey hits the finger roll | 56-57 |
| 04:03 | UConn | Frank Renosky misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 56-57 |
| 04:02 | St. John's | Charles Toon grabs the board | 56-57 |
| 03:41 | St. John's | Matthew Lindsey misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 56-57 |
| 03:40 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski grabs the board | 56-57 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Matthew Lindsey (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Malcolm Sullivan (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Charles Toon (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. PF - Robert Freitag (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 stl. C - Noah Guel (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Danny McElvany (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Head (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SF - Frank Renosky (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. PF - Jesus Martin (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 9 reb. C - Mikel Yasinski (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:12 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski hits the finger roll on a great pass from Frank Renosky | 56-59 |
| 03:09 | St. John's | St. John's calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-59 |
| Subs | St. John's | Michael Taylor (SF), Tommy Charboneau (PF) Charles Toon, Robert Freitag | |
| Subs | UConn | Douglas Taylor (SG), John Deaton (PF) William Head, Jesus Martin | |
| 02:53 | St. John's | Frank Renosky blocks the short jumper by Matthew Lindsey | 56-59 |
| 02:52 | St. John's | Michael Taylor gets the offensive rebound | 56-59 |
| 02:39 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau buries a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Michael Taylor | 58-59 |
| 02:26 | UConn | John Deaton hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Matthew Lindsey - foul #4 on Matthew Lindsey, team foul #6 | 58-59 |
| 02:26 | UConn | John Deaton misses the 1st free throw | 58-59 |
| 02:26 | UConn | John Deaton misses the 2nd free throw | 58-59 |
| 02:26 | St. John's | Noah Guel pulls down the rebound | 58-59 |
| 02:10 | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan misses the driving attempt near the basket | 58-59 |
| 02:08 | UConn | The rebound goes to Mikel Yasinski | 58-59 |
| 01:48 | UConn | Frank Renosky is fouled on the floor by Michael Taylor - foul #2 on Michael Taylor, team foul #7 | 58-59 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | UConn | Jesus Martin (PF) John Deaton | |
| 01:48 | UConn | Frank Renosky misses the 1st free throw | 58-59 |
| 01:48 | St. John's | Noah Guel snags the defensive board | 58-59 |
| 01:40 | St. John's | Michael Taylor misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 58-59 |
| 01:38 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski snags the defensive board | 58-59 |
| 01:32 | UConn | Frank Renosky scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Douglas Taylor and he's fouled by Michael Taylor - foul #3 on Michael Taylor, team foul #8 | 58-61 |
| 01:32 | UConn | Frank Renosky makes the free throw | 58-62 |
| 01:19 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau is whistled for traveling | 58-62 |
| 01:04 | UConn | Mikel Yasinski loses the dribble to Malcolm Sullivan | 58-62 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:49 | St. John's | Malcolm Sullivan buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Matthew Lindsey | 61-62 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:25 | UConn | Danny McElvany throws a bad pass out of bounds | 61-62 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:09 | St. John's | Noah Guel comes up short on the shot in the paint | 61-62 |
| 00:08 | UConn | Jesus Martin gets the rebound | 61-62 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:07 | UConn | Jesus Martin is fouled in the backcourt by Malcolm Sullivan - foul #5 on Malcolm Sullivan, team foul #9 | 61-62 |
| Subs | St. John's | Charles Toon (SG) Malcolm Sullivan | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 00:07 | UConn | Jesus Martin misses the 1st free throw | 61-62 |
| 00:07 | St. John's | Tommy Charboneau snags the defensive board | 61-62 |
| 00:07 | St. John's | St. John's calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-62 |
| 00:01 | St. John's | Noah Guel makes the jumpshot from the right side | 63-62 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | UConn | Frank Renosky misses the fullcourt shot | 63-62 |