| Lineup | George Mason | PG - Richard Malkowski (fresh) SG - Percy Armstrong (fresh) SF - Scott Kuhl (fresh) PF - Sobieslaw Mihalkovic (fresh) C - Dikembe Aoki (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Willie Ragan (fresh) SG - Gerard Turner (fresh) SF - James Craig (fresh) PF - Theodore Everett (fresh) C - Larry Newborn (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | George Mason | George Mason is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:58 | UC Irvine | Willie Ragan is called for a charge in the backcourt - foul #1 on Willie Ragan, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Percy Armstrong | 3-0 |
| 19:38 | UC Irvine | Willie Ragan misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 3-0 |
| 19:37 | George Mason | Sobieslaw Mihalkovic grabs the defensive rebound | 3-0 |
| 19:23 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong knocks in the shot in the paint on a great pass from Richard Malkowski | 5-0 |
| 19:09 | UC Irvine | Willie Ragan misses the turnaround in the lane | 5-0 |
| 19:08 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn grabs the offensive board | 5-0 |
| 18:52 | UC Irvine | Percy Armstrong takes the ball from Theodore Everett | 5-0 |
| 18:37 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Percy Armstrong | 8-0 |
| 18:16 | UC Irvine | Willie Ragan loses the ball out of bounds | 8-0 |
| 18:04 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski is hacked by Willie Ragan - foul #2 on Willie Ragan, team foul #2 | 8-0 |
| Subs | George Mason | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra (PG) Willie Ragan | |
| 17:49 | George Mason | Scott Kuhl throws a bad pass out of bounds | 8-0 |
| Subs | George Mason | Devin Reynolds (SG) Percy Armstrong | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Raymond Squire (SG), Adam Nutt (SF), Lee Scott (PF), Eugene Burkart (C) Gerard Turner, James Craig, Theodore Everett, Larry Newborn | |
| 17:29 | UC Irvine | Adam Nutt's floater is tipped away by Dikembe Aoki | 8-0 |
| 17:27 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds pulls down the rebound | 8-0 |
| 17:05 | George Mason | Eugene Burkart denies the turnaround by Sobieslaw Mihalkovic | 8-0 |
| 17:03 | George Mason | Sobieslaw Mihalkovic grabs the offensive board | 8-0 |
| 16:51 | George Mason | Scott Kuhl misses the fadeaway near the basket but the foul's on Adam Nutt - foul #1 on Adam Nutt, team foul #3 | 8-0 |
| Subs | George Mason | Patrick Andrews (PF), Raphael Fuentes (C) Sobieslaw Mihalkovic, Dikembe Aoki | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett (PF), Larry Newborn (C) Adam Nutt, Eugene Burkart | |
| 16:51 | George Mason | Scott Kuhl misses the 1st free throw | 8-0 |
| 16:51 | George Mason | Scott Kuhl makes the 2nd free throw | 9-0 |
| 16:36 | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra is fouled on the floor by Richard Malkowski - foul #1 on Richard Malkowski, team foul #1 | 9-0 |
| Subs | George Mason | Gilberto Ferrari (PG), Percy Armstrong (SG) Richard Malkowski, Scott Kuhl | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gerard Turner (SG) Raymond Squire | |
| 16:19 | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra misses long on a turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Raphael Fuentes - foul #1 on Raphael Fuentes, team foul #2 | 9-0 |
| 16:19 | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra makes the 1st free throw | 9-1 |
| 16:19 | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra makes the 2nd free throw | 9-2 |
| 15:58 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong comes up short on the floater from the left side but the foul's on Theodore Everett - foul #1 on Theodore Everett, team foul #4 | 9-2 |
| 15:58 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong makes the 1st free throw | 10-2 |
| 15:58 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong misses the 2nd free throw | 10-2 |
| 15:58 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn pulls down the rebound | 10-2 |
| Lineup | George Mason | PG - Gilberto Ferrari (fresh) SG - Percy Armstrong (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Devin Reynolds (fresh) PF - Patrick Andrews (fresh) C - Raphael Fuentes (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Robert Pereyra (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Gerard Turner (fresh) SF - Lee Scott (fresh) PF - Theodore Everett (fresh) C - Larry Newborn (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:43 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn is hacked by Patrick Andrews - foul #1 on Patrick Andrews, team foul #3 | 10-2 |
| Subs | George Mason | Richard Malkowski (PG), Sobieslaw Mihalkovic (PF), Dikembe Aoki (C) Gilberto Ferrari, Patrick Andrews, Raphael Fuentes | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Craig (SF) Lee Scott | |
| 15:36 | UC Irvine | Gerard Turner scores on a floater in the lane on a great pass from Robert Pereyra | 10-4 |
| 15:21 | George Mason | Larry Newborn swats the short shot by Devin Reynolds | 10-4 |
| 15:20 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn grabs the defensive rebound | 10-4 |
| 15:07 | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 10-4 |
| 15:05 | George Mason | The rebound goes to Percy Armstrong | 10-4 |
| 14:53 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 10-4 |
| 14:52 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn grabs the board | 10-4 |
| 14:31 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Dikembe Aoki - foul #1 on Dikembe Aoki, team foul #4 | 10-4 |
| Subs | George Mason | Gilberto Ferrari (SG), Scott Kuhl (SF) Percy Armstrong, Devin Reynolds | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gregory Ostenberg (PG), Raymond Squire (SG), Lee Scott (PF) Robert Pereyra, Gerard Turner, Theodore Everett | |
| 14:31 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn makes the 1st free throw | 10-5 |
| 14:31 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn makes the 2nd free throw | 10-6 |
| 14:11 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 10-6 |
| 14:10 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn gets the rebound | 10-6 |
| 14:05 | UC Irvine | James Craig comes up short on the runner in the paint | 10-6 |
| 14:04 | George Mason | Dikembe Aoki grabs the board | 10-6 |
| 13:46 | George Mason | Lee Scott blocks the short jumper by Dikembe Aoki | 10-6 |
| 13:45 | George Mason | Sobieslaw Mihalkovic tips it back up and in | 12-6 |
| 13:25 | UC Irvine | Gregory Ostenberg makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 12-9 |
| 13:02 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 12-9 |
| 13:01 | George Mason | Dikembe Aoki tips it home | 14-9 |
| 12:42 | UC Irvine | Richard Malkowski steals it from Gregory Ostenberg | 14-9 |
| 12:28 | George Mason | Dikembe Aoki scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Scott Kuhl | 17-9 |
| 12:08 | UC Irvine | Sobieslaw Mihalkovic blocks the short jumper by Larry Newborn | 17-9 |
| 12:06 | UC Irvine | The offensive rebound goes to James Craig | 17-9 |
| 11:49 | UC Irvine | James Craig connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Lee Scott | 17-12 |
| Lineup | George Mason | PG - Richard Malkowski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gilberto Ferrari (fresh) SF - Scott Kuhl (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Sobieslaw Mihalkovic (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Dikembe Aoki (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Gregory Ostenberg (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Raymond Squire (fresh) SF - James Craig (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Lee Scott (fairly fresh) C - Larry Newborn (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:34 | George Mason | Raymond Squire is called for the reach on Gilberto Ferrari - foul #1 on Raymond Squire, team foul #5 | 17-12 |
| Subs | George Mason | Devin Reynolds (PG), Percy Armstrong (SG), Patrick Andrews (PF), Raphael Fuentes (C) Richard Malkowski, Gilberto Ferrari, Sobieslaw Mihalkovic, Dikembe Aoki | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra (PG), Gerard Turner (SG), Adam Nutt (SF), Theodore Everett (PF), Eugene Burkart (C) Gregory Ostenberg, Raymond Squire, James Craig, Lee Scott, Larry Newborn | |
| 11:12 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 17-12 |
| 11:11 | UC Irvine | Adam Nutt gets the rebound | 17-12 |
| 10:50 | UC Irvine | Gerard Turner makes the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Adam Nutt | 17-15 |
| 10:31 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds misses short on a floater from the left block but he's fouled by Robert Pereyra - foul #1 on Robert Pereyra, team foul #6 | 17-15 |
| Subs | George Mason | Darryl Demarco (PG) Scott Kuhl | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| 10:31 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds makes the 1st free throw | 18-15 |
| 10:31 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds makes the 2nd free throw | 19-15 |
| 10:07 | UC Irvine | Patrick Andrews steals it from Robert Pereyra | 19-15 |
| 09:53 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds can't connect on a runner near the basket | 19-15 |
| 09:51 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett grabs the defensive rebound | 19-15 |
| 09:38 | UC Irvine | Eugene Burkart makes the runner from the left block on a nice dish by Adam Nutt and he's hacked by Raphael Fuentes - foul #2 on Raphael Fuentes, team foul #5 | 19-17 |
| Subs | George Mason | Richard Malkowski (PG), Akim Khov (C) Darryl Demarco, Raphael Fuentes | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Lee Scott (SF) Adam Nutt | |
| 09:38 | UC Irvine | Eugene Burkart makes the free throw | 19-18 |
| 09:21 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski misses badly on a runner from the baseline | 19-18 |
| 09:19 | UC Irvine | Lee Scott grabs the board | 19-18 |
| 09:08 | UC Irvine | Lee Scott's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 19-18 |
| Subs | George Mason | Scott Kuhl (SF), Sobieslaw Mihalkovic (PF), Dikembe Aoki (C) Devin Reynolds, Patrick Andrews, Akim Khov | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| 08:49 | George Mason | Scott Kuhl throws a bad pass out of bounds | 19-18 |
| Subs | George Mason | Gilberto Ferrari (SG) Percy Armstrong | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn (C) Eugene Burkart | |
| 08:21 | UC Irvine | Lee Scott buries a 3 from the left corner set up by Robert Pereyra | 19-21 |
| 08:08 | George Mason | Scott Kuhl's floater is tipped away by Theodore Everett | 19-21 |
| 08:07 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn gets the rebound | 19-21 |
| 08:03 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett drills a driving attempt from the baseline set up by Gerard Turner | 19-23 |
| 07:46 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 19-23 |
| 07:44 | George Mason | Scott Kuhl can't tip it in | 19-23 |
| 07:42 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Theodore Everett | 19-23 |
| Lineup | George Mason | PG - Richard Malkowski (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gilberto Ferrari (fresh) SF - Scott Kuhl (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Sobieslaw Mihalkovic (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Dikembe Aoki (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Robert Pereyra (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gerard Turner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lee Scott (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Theodore Everett (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Larry Newborn (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:22 | UC Irvine | Lee Scott comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 19-23 |
| 07:20 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski grabs the defensive rebound | 19-23 |
| 07:14 | George Mason | Scott Kuhl scores on a runner from the left block set up by Dikembe Aoki | 21-23 |
| 06:54 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn buries a turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by Gerard Turner | 21-25 |
| 06:42 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski misses the 3 from the right wing | 21-25 |
| 06:41 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn grabs the defensive rebound | 21-25 |
| 06:19 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett blows the dunk but the foul's on Sobieslaw Mihalkovic - foul #1 on Sobieslaw Mihalkovic, team foul #6 | 21-25 |
| Subs | George Mason | Percy Armstrong (SG), Devin Reynolds (SF), Patrick Andrews (PF), Akim Khov (C) Richard Malkowski, Scott Kuhl, Sobieslaw Mihalkovic, Dikembe Aoki | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gregory Ostenberg (PG), Raymond Squire (SG), James Craig (SF), Eugene Burkart (C) Robert Pereyra, Gerard Turner, Lee Scott, Larry Newborn | |
| 06:19 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett makes the 1st free throw | 21-26 |
| 06:19 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett makes the 2nd free throw | 21-27 |
| 05:56 | George Mason | Akim Khov clanks a shot from the left side | 21-27 |
| 05:55 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to Gregory Ostenberg | 21-27 |
| 05:50 | UC Irvine | James Craig clanks a shot from the left side but the foul's on Gilberto Ferrari - foul #1 on Gilberto Ferrari, team foul #7 | 21-27 |
| Subs | George Mason | Darryl Demarco (PG) Gilberto Ferrari | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Adam Nutt (C) Theodore Everett | |
| 05:50 | UC Irvine | James Craig misses the 1st free throw | 21-27 |
| 05:50 | UC Irvine | James Craig makes the 2nd free throw | 21-28 |
| 05:24 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds hits the finger roll on a great pass from Percy Armstrong | 23-28 |
| 05:08 | UC Irvine | Patrick Andrews denies the turnaround by Adam Nutt | 23-28 |
| 05:07 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds grabs the defensive rebound | 23-28 |
| 05:02 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong is hacked by Gregory Ostenberg - foul #1 on Gregory Ostenberg, team foul #7 | 23-28 |
| Subs | George Mason | Richard Malkowski (PG), Dikembe Aoki (C) Darryl Demarco, Akim Khov | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn (C) Adam Nutt | |
| 05:02 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong misses the 1st free throw | 23-28 |
| 05:02 | George Mason | Percy Armstrong gets the offensive rebound | 23-28 |
| 04:51 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-28 |
| Subs | George Mason | Scott Kuhl (SF), Sobieslaw Mihalkovic (PF) Devin Reynolds, Patrick Andrews | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| 04:34 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn is whistled for traveling | 23-28 |
| Subs | George Mason | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Lee Scott (PF) Eugene Burkart | |
| 04:13 | George Mason | Dikembe Aoki throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-28 |
| Subs | George Mason | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gerard Turner (SG) Raymond Squire | |
| 03:54 | UC Irvine | James Craig misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Scott Kuhl - foul #1 on Scott Kuhl, team foul #8 | 23-28 |
| Subs | George Mason | Devin Reynolds (SG) Percy Armstrong | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Willie Ragan (PG) Gregory Ostenberg | |
| 03:54 | UC Irvine | James Craig makes the 1st free throw | 23-29 |
| 03:54 | UC Irvine | James Craig makes the 2nd free throw | 23-30 |
| 03:34 | George Mason | Dikembe Aoki hits a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Devin Reynolds | 25-30 |
| Lineup | George Mason | PG - Richard Malkowski (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Devin Reynolds (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Scott Kuhl (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Sobieslaw Mihalkovic (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Dikembe Aoki (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Willie Ragan (fresh) SG - Gerard Turner (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Craig (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Lee Scott (fresh) 3 pts. C - Larry Newborn (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:18 | UC Irvine | Willie Ragan scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Gerard Turner | 25-32 |
| 02:58 | George Mason | Dikembe Aoki hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the baseline | 25-32 |
| 02:57 | George Mason | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Malkowski | 25-32 |
| 02:41 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Scott Kuhl | 28-32 |
| 02:27 | UC Irvine | James Craig is fouled on the floor by Scott Kuhl - foul #2 on Scott Kuhl, team foul #9 | 28-32 |
| Subs | George Mason | Gilberto Ferrari (PG), Percy Armstrong (SG), Patrick Andrews (PF), Raphael Fuentes (C) Richard Malkowski, Scott Kuhl, Sobieslaw Mihalkovic, Dikembe Aoki | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra (SG), Theodore Everett (PF), Eugene Burkart (C) Gerard Turner, Lee Scott, Larry Newborn | |
| 02:27 | UC Irvine | James Craig makes the 1st free throw | 28-33 |
| 02:27 | UC Irvine | James Craig makes the 2nd free throw | 28-34 |
| 02:17 | George Mason | Gilberto Ferrari makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Devin Reynolds | 31-34 |
| 02:01 | UC Irvine | James Craig is whistled for a carry | 31-34 |
| Subs | George Mason | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Adam Nutt (SF) James Craig | |
| 01:41 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds lays it up and in on a nice dish by Gilberto Ferrari | 33-34 |
| 01:29 | UC Irvine | Adam Nutt lays it up and in and he's hacked by Devin Reynolds - foul #1 on Devin Reynolds, team foul #10 | 33-36 |
| Subs | George Mason | | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Gerard Turner (SG) Robert Pereyra | |
| 01:29 | UC Irvine | Adam Nutt makes the free throw | 33-37 |
| 01:06 | George Mason | Devin Reynolds is whistled for a carry | 33-37 |
| Subs | George Mason | Richard Malkowski (PG), Scott Kuhl (SF) Gilberto Ferrari, Devin Reynolds | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra (PG), Larry Newborn (C) Willie Ragan, Eugene Burkart | |
| 00:49 | UC Irvine | Gerard Turner loses the ball out of bounds | 33-37 |
| Subs | George Mason | Gilberto Ferrari (SG), Sobieslaw Mihalkovic (PF), Dikembe Aoki (C) Percy Armstrong, Patrick Andrews, Raphael Fuentes | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Lee Scott (SF) Adam Nutt | |
| 00:38 | George Mason | Gilberto Ferrari can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 33-37 |
| 00:36 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett snags the defensive board | 33-37 |
| 00:32 | UC Irvine | Robert Pereyra misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-37 |
| 00:30 | UC Irvine | Larry Newborn pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-37 |
| 00:02 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett misses long on a jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Gilberto Ferrari - foul #2 on Gilberto Ferrari, team foul #11 | 33-37 |
| Subs | George Mason | Devin Reynolds (SG) Gilberto Ferrari | |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Willie Ragan (PG) Robert Pereyra | |
| 00:02 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett misses the 1st free throw | 33-37 |
| 00:02 | UC Irvine | Theodore Everett makes the 2nd free throw | 33-38 |
| 00:00 | George Mason | Richard Malkowski misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 33-38 |