| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Ronald Petrus (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Rene Colombo (fresh) SF - Fred Noggle (fresh) 7 pts. PF - John Kunze (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Scott (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Gary Hill (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Bobby Gess (fresh) SF - Leon Emmert (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. PF - Ronald Zurawski (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Wetherbee (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | VCU | Leon Emmert inbounds the ball | 30-30 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:46 | VCU | Ronald Zurawski clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 30-30 |
| 19:44 | East Carolina | Rene Colombo gets the rebound | 30-30 |
| 19:39 | East Carolina | Gary Hill steps in front of the Rene Colombo pass | 30-30 |
| 19:28 | VCU | Bobby Gess hits the finger roll | 30-32 |
| 19:13 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle hits a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Ronald Petrus | 32-32 |
| 18:57 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Joseph Wetherbee, team foul #1 | 32-32 |
| 18:43 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus misses the easy layup but the foul's on Gary Hill - foul #3 on Gary Hill, team foul #2 | 32-32 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | VCU | Michael McFarlen (PG) Gary Hill | |
| 18:43 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus misses the 1st free throw | 32-32 |
| 18:43 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus makes the 2nd free throw | 33-32 |
| 18:25 | VCU | John Kunze steals it from Joseph Wetherbee | 33-32 |
| 18:09 | East Carolina | Robert Scott clanks a shot from the left block | 33-32 |
| 18:07 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee gets the rebound | 33-32 |
| 17:55 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee can't finish the layup | 33-32 |
| 17:54 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee tips it home | 33-34 |
| 17:39 | East Carolina | Robert Scott hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 33-34 |
| 17:37 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle snags the offensive board | 33-34 |
| 17:18 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 33-34 |
| 17:17 | East Carolina | Robert Scott gets the offensive rebound | 33-34 |
| 16:56 | East Carolina | Rene Colombo drills a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Ronald Petrus | 36-34 |
| 16:38 | VCU | Ronald Zurawski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-34 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer (PG), Dikembe Awai (SG), Robert Upshaw (SF), Nathan Scott (PF), David Hendricks (C) Ronald Petrus, Rene Colombo, Fred Noggle, John Kunze, Robert Scott | |
| Subs | VCU | Sam Greenbaum (SG), Richard Parker (SF), Otis Matteo (PF), Paul Hendrick (C) Bobby Gess, Leon Emmert, Ronald Zurawski, Joseph Wetherbee | |
| 16:28 | East Carolina | Sam Greenbaum takes the ball from Nathan Scott | 36-34 |
| 16:18 | VCU | Sam Greenbaum knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Richard Parker | 36-36 |
| 16:03 | East Carolina | Dikembe Awai connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Robert Upshaw | 39-36 |
| 15:50 | VCU | Otis Matteo makes the floater from the right block on a great pass from Michael McFarlen and he's fouled by Nathan Scott - foul #2 on Nathan Scott, team foul #1 | 39-38 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | VCU | Gary Hill (PG) Michael McFarlen | |
| 15:50 | VCU | Otis Matteo misses the free throw | 39-38 |
| 15:50 | East Carolina | David Hendricks gets the rebound | 39-38 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Mark Sheaffer (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Dikembe Awai (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Upshaw (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Nathan Scott (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - David Hendricks (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Gary Hill (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Sam Greenbaum (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Richard Parker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Otis Matteo (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Paul Hendrick (fresh) | |
| 15:33 | East Carolina | Richard Parker steps in front of the David Hendricks pass | 39-38 |
| 15:28 | VCU | Sam Greenbaum misses the easy layup | 39-38 |
| 15:27 | VCU | Otis Matteo tips it in | 39-40 |
| 15:04 | East Carolina | Nathan Scott knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Mark Sheaffer | 42-40 |
| 14:57 | VCU | Otis Matteo double dribbles | 42-40 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus (PG), Fred Noggle (SF), Robert Scott (C) Dikembe Awai, Robert Upshaw, David Hendricks | |
| Subs | VCU | Bobby Gess (SG), Ronald Zurawski (PF), Joseph Wetherbee (C) Sam Greenbaum, Otis Matteo, Paul Hendrick | |
| 14:39 | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-40 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Rene Colombo (SG), John Kunze (PF) Mark Sheaffer, Nathan Scott | |
| Subs | VCU | Leon Emmert (SF) Richard Parker | |
| 14:17 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee misses long on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Fred Noggle - foul #3 on Fred Noggle, team foul #2 | 42-40 |
| 14:17 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee makes the 1st free throw | 42-41 |
| 14:17 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee makes the 2nd free throw | 42-42 |
| 13:58 | East Carolina | Ronald Zurawski takes the ball from John Kunze | 42-42 |
| 13:43 | VCU | Leon Emmert is fouled on the floor by Rene Colombo - foul #1 on Rene Colombo, team foul #3 | 42-42 |
| 13:14 | VCU | Gary Hill is whistled for traveling | 42-42 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Robert Upshaw (SF) Fred Noggle | |
| Subs | VCU | Michael McFarlen (SG), Richard Parker (SF), Otis Matteo (PF) Bobby Gess, Leon Emmert, Ronald Zurawski | |
| 12:55 | East Carolina | Michael McFarlen steps in front of the Rene Colombo pass | 42-42 |
| 12:37 | VCU | Michael McFarlen misses the lay-in | 42-42 |
| 12:36 | East Carolina | Robert Scott pulls down the rebound | 42-42 |
| 12:15 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 42-42 |
| 12:13 | East Carolina | Robert Scott can't tip it in | 42-42 |
| 12:12 | VCU | Michael McFarlen gets the rebound | 42-42 |
| 11:51 | VCU | Robert Scott picks off the pass by Joseph Wetherbee | 42-42 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Ronald Petrus (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Rene Colombo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Upshaw (fresh) 3 pts. PF - John Kunze (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Scott (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Gary Hill (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Michael McFarlen (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Parker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Otis Matteo (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Joseph Wetherbee (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:33 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 42-42 |
| 11:32 | VCU | Richard Parker grabs the board | 42-42 |
| 11:27 | VCU | Gary Hill misses the jumpshot from the left side | 42-42 |
| 11:25 | East Carolina | Robert Upshaw grabs the defensive rebound | 42-42 |
| 11:20 | East Carolina | Rene Colombo's pass is intercepted by Gary Hill | 42-42 |
| 11:06 | VCU | Michael McFarlen buries a jumpshot from the right side set up by Otis Matteo and the foul's on Rene Colombo - foul #2 on Rene Colombo, team foul #4 | 42-44 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer (PG), Dikembe Awai (SG), Fred Noggle (SF), Nathan Scott (PF), David Hendricks (C) Ronald Petrus, Rene Colombo, Robert Upshaw, John Kunze, Robert Scott | |
| Subs | VCU | Bobby Gess (SG), Leon Emmert (SF), Ronald Zurawski (PF) Gary Hill, Richard Parker, Joseph Wetherbee | |
| 11:06 | VCU | Michael McFarlen makes the free throw | 42-45 |
| 10:49 | East Carolina | Dikembe Awai misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 42-45 |
| 10:47 | VCU | Ronald Zurawski pulls down the rebound | 42-45 |
| 10:30 | VCU | Michael McFarlen banks in the layup on a nice dish by Bobby Gess and he's hacked by Mark Sheaffer - foul #3 on Mark Sheaffer, team foul #5 | 42-47 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | VCU | Richard Parker (C) Otis Matteo | |
| 10:30 | VCU | Michael McFarlen makes the free throw | 42-48 |
| 10:14 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle scores on a shot in the paint set up by Mark Sheaffer | 44-48 |
| 09:48 | VCU | Bobby Gess loses the dribble to Fred Noggle | 44-48 |
| 09:26 | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 44-48 |
| 09:24 | VCU | Leon Emmert snags the defensive board | 44-48 |
| 09:20 | VCU | Michael McFarlen misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 44-48 |
| 09:19 | VCU | Leon Emmert misses the tip | 44-48 |
| 09:18 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle pulls down the rebound | 44-48 |
| 09:12 | East Carolina | Nathan Scott can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Ronald Zurawski - foul #2 on Ronald Zurawski, team foul #3 | 44-48 |
| Subs | East Carolina | | |
| Subs | VCU | Gary Hill (PG), Joseph Wetherbee (C) Michael McFarlen, Richard Parker | |
| 09:12 | East Carolina | Nathan Scott misses the 1st free throw | 44-48 |
| 09:12 | East Carolina | Nathan Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 45-48 |
| 08:58 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee banks in the layup on a great pass from Ronald Zurawski | 45-50 |
| 08:35 | East Carolina | Bobby Gess steals it from Nathan Scott | 45-50 |
| 08:23 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 45-50 |
| 08:21 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to Nathan Scott | 45-50 |
| 08:04 | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 45-50 |
| 08:03 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee snags the defensive board | 45-50 |
| 07:53 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-50 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus (PG), Rene Colombo (SG), Robert Upshaw (SF), John Kunze (PF), Robert Scott (C) Mark Sheaffer, Dikembe Awai, Fred Noggle, Nathan Scott, David Hendricks | |
| Subs | VCU | Sam Greenbaum (SG), Richard Parker (SF), Otis Matteo (PF) Bobby Gess, Leon Emmert, Ronald Zurawski | |
| 07:36 | East Carolina | Sam Greenbaum steps in front of the Robert Upshaw pass | 45-50 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Ronald Petrus (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Rene Colombo (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Upshaw (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Kunze (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Scott (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Gary Hill (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SG - Sam Greenbaum (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SF - Richard Parker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Otis Matteo (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Joseph Wetherbee (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:19 | VCU | Richard Parker scores on a 3 from the left wing | 45-53 |
| 07:14 | East Carolina | Robert Upshaw buries a 3 from the left wing | 48-53 |
| 06:50 | VCU | Richard Parker's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Scott | 48-53 |
| 06:48 | VCU | Sam Greenbaum pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-53 |
| 06:35 | VCU | John Kunze swats the layup by Otis Matteo | 48-53 |
| 06:33 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee tips it home | 48-55 |
| 06:29 | East Carolina | John Kunze knocks in the turnaround in the lane | 50-55 |
| 06:18 | VCU | Gary Hill misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 50-55 |
| 06:16 | VCU | The offensive rebound goes to Otis Matteo | 50-55 |
| 06:00 | VCU | Sam Greenbaum misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-55 |
| 05:58 | East Carolina | Robert Upshaw gets the rebound | 50-55 |
| 05:54 | East Carolina | Rene Colombo misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 50-55 |
| 05:52 | VCU | The rebound goes to Otis Matteo | 50-55 |
| 05:41 | VCU | Otis Matteo's pass is intercepted by Rene Colombo | 50-55 |
| 05:37 | East Carolina | Rene Colombo hits the finger roll | 52-55 |
| 05:25 | VCU | The short jumper by Otis Matteo is denied by John Kunze | 52-55 |
| 05:23 | East Carolina | The rebound goes to John Kunze | 52-55 |
| 05:04 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus drills a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 54-55 |
| 05:04 | VCU | VCU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-55 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Fred Noggle (SF) Robert Upshaw | |
| Subs | VCU | Michael McFarlen (PG), Bobby Gess (SG), Leon Emmert (SF), Ronald Zurawski (PF) Gary Hill, Sam Greenbaum, Richard Parker, Joseph Wetherbee | |
| 04:49 | VCU | Michael McFarlen misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 54-55 |
| 04:48 | East Carolina | Robert Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 54-55 |
| 04:44 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus connects on the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Fred Noggle | 57-55 |
| 04:21 | VCU | Ronald Zurawski blows the layup | 57-55 |
| 04:20 | VCU | Bobby Gess gets the offensive rebound | 57-55 |
| 04:04 | VCU | Bobby Gess misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 57-55 |
| 04:03 | East Carolina | Robert Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 57-55 |
| 03:58 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 57-55 |
| 03:56 | East Carolina | Robert Scott grabs the offensive board | 57-55 |
| 03:34 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 57-55 |
| 03:32 | VCU | The rebound goes to Otis Matteo | 57-55 |
| Lineup | East Carolina | PG - Ronald Petrus (fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Rene Colombo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. SF - Fred Noggle (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - John Kunze (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. C - Robert Scott (fresh) 3 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Michael McFarlen (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bobby Gess (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Leon Emmert (fresh) 6 pts. 9 reb. PF - Ronald Zurawski (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Otis Matteo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:15 | VCU | John Kunze denies the turnaround by Bobby Gess | 57-55 |
| 03:13 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle gets the rebound | 57-55 |
| 03:06 | East Carolina | Ronald Zurawski denies the turnaround by Fred Noggle | 57-55 |
| 03:05 | East Carolina | Robert Scott grabs the offensive rebound | 57-55 |
| 02:47 | East Carolina | John Kunze misses long on a fadeaway from the baseline but the foul's on Ronald Zurawski - foul #3 on Ronald Zurawski, team foul #4 | 57-55 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer (PG), Dikembe Awai (SG), Nathan Scott (C) Ronald Petrus, Rene Colombo, Robert Scott | |
| Subs | VCU | Gary Hill (PG), Richard Parker (SF), Joseph Wetherbee (C) Michael McFarlen, Leon Emmert, Otis Matteo | |
| 02:47 | East Carolina | John Kunze makes the 1st free throw | 58-55 |
| 02:47 | East Carolina | John Kunze makes the 2nd free throw | 59-55 |
| 02:25 | VCU | Gary Hill is hacked by Fred Noggle - foul #4 on Fred Noggle, team foul #6 | 59-55 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Robert Upshaw (SF), David Hendricks (C) Fred Noggle, John Kunze | |
| Subs | VCU | Sam Greenbaum (SG), Paul Hendrick (PF) Bobby Gess, Ronald Zurawski | |
| 02:09 | VCU | Paul Hendrick makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Sam Greenbaum | 59-58 |
| 02:09 | East Carolina | East Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-58 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus (PG), Fred Noggle (SF), Robert Scott (C) Dikembe Awai, Robert Upshaw, David Hendricks | |
| Subs | VCU | Bobby Gess (SG), Leon Emmert (SF), Ronald Zurawski (PF) Sam Greenbaum, Richard Parker, Paul Hendrick | |
| 01:52 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus is whistled for a carry | 59-58 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Rene Colombo (SG), John Kunze (PF) Mark Sheaffer, Nathan Scott | |
| Subs | VCU | | |
| 01:34 | VCU | Ronald Zurawski misses badly on a driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by John Kunze - foul #3 on John Kunze, team foul #7 | 59-58 |
| 01:34 | VCU | Ronald Zurawski misses the 1st free throw | 59-58 |
| 01:34 | VCU | Ronald Zurawski misses the 2nd free throw | 59-58 |
| 01:34 | East Carolina | John Kunze grabs the defensive rebound | 59-58 |
| 01:17 | East Carolina | Ronald Petrus loses the ball out of bounds | 59-58 |
| 01:02 | VCU | Joseph Wetherbee misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 59-58 |
| 01:01 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle gets the rebound | 59-58 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:55 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-58 |
| 00:45 | VCU | The jumper by Leon Emmert is denied by Fred Noggle | 59-58 |
| 00:43 | East Carolina | John Kunze snags the defensive board | 59-58 |
| 00:20 | East Carolina | John Kunze hits a shot from the left wing | 61-58 |
| 00:15 | VCU | Leon Emmert's pass is intercepted by Rene Colombo | 61-58 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:14 | East Carolina | Fred Noggle is fouled in the backcourt by Gary Hill - foul #4 on Gary Hill, team foul #5 | 61-58 |
| Subs | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer (SG) Rene Colombo | |
| Subs | VCU | | |
| 00:11 | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer is hacked by Ronald Zurawski - foul #4 on Ronald Zurawski, team foul #6 | 61-58 |
| 00:09 | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer is fouled on the floor by Bobby Gess - foul #3 on Bobby Gess, team foul #7 | 61-58 |
| 00:09 | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer makes the 1st free throw | 62-58 |
| 00:09 | East Carolina | Mark Sheaffer makes the 2nd free throw | 63-58 |
| Game Plan | East Carolina | East Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:02 | VCU | Ronald Zurawski misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 63-58 |
| 00:00 | East Carolina | Robert Scott pulls down the rebound | 63-58 |