| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Richard Kersh (fresh) SG - Gary Tobler (fresh) SF - Mark Sutherland (fresh) PF - Edward Wolf (fresh) C - Robert Reeve (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - John Tse (fresh) SG - Leroy Richardson (fresh) SF - Walter Walsh (fresh) PF - David Seese (fresh) C - David Cooper (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Middle Tenn. State | Middle Tenn. State is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:35 | Middle Tenn. State | Gary Tobler knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Richard Kersh | 3-0 |
| 19:09 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 3-0 |
| 19:08 | Middle Tenn. State | Mark Sutherland grabs the board | 3-0 |
| 18:49 | Middle Tenn. State | Gary Tobler double dribbles | 3-0 |
| 18:26 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese is whistled for a carry | 3-0 |
| 18:08 | Middle Tenn. State | Edward Wolf misses long on a fadeaway near the basket | 3-0 |
| 18:06 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese pulls down the rebound | 3-0 |
| 17:52 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 3-0 |
| 17:50 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve grabs the board | 3-0 |
| 17:46 | Middle Tenn. State | Gary Tobler misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 3-0 |
| 17:44 | Louisiana Tech | David Cooper snags the defensive board | 3-0 |
| 17:38 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson misses badly on a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Gary Tobler - foul #1 on Gary Tobler, team foul #1 | 3-0 |
| 17:38 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson makes the 1st free throw | 3-1 |
| 17:38 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson makes the 2nd free throw | 3-2 |
| 17:16 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 3-2 |
| 17:15 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson grabs the defensive rebound | 3-2 |
| 16:49 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese is hacked by Gary Tobler - foul #2 on Gary Tobler, team foul #2 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Christopher Malott (SG) Gary Tobler | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 16:30 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese's layup is rejected by Robert Reeve | 3-2 |
| 16:28 | Middle Tenn. State | Edward Wolf snags the defensive board | 3-2 |
| 16:07 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Kersh comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 3-2 |
| 16:06 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve grabs the offensive board | 3-2 |
| 15:58 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 3-2 |
| 15:57 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese grabs the board | 3-2 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Richard Kersh (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Christopher Malott (fresh) SF - Mark Sutherland (fairly fresh) PF - Edward Wolf (fairly fresh) C - Robert Reeve (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - John Tse (fresh) SG - Leroy Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Walter Walsh (fresh) PF - David Seese (fresh) 2 reb. C - David Cooper (fresh) | |
| 15:52 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 3-2 |
| 15:50 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese gets the offensive rebound | 3-2 |
| 15:37 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Robert Reeve - foul #1 on Robert Reeve, team foul #3 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Francis Minnick (SF), Joseph Brown (PF), John Morris (C) Mark Sutherland, Edward Wolf, Robert Reeve | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Meeker (SG), Wayne Hinojosa (C) Leroy Richardson, David Cooper | |
| 15:37 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse misses the 1st free throw | 3-2 |
| 15:37 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse makes the 2nd free throw | 3-3 |
| 15:17 | Middle Tenn. State | Francis Minnick misses the jumper from the left side | 3-3 |
| 15:15 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Ryan Meeker | 3-3 |
| 14:52 | Louisiana Tech | Wayne Hinojosa lays it up and in on a great pass from Walter Walsh | 3-5 |
| 14:41 | Middle Tenn. State | Joseph Brown misses long on a shot from the right block | 3-5 |
| 14:40 | Middle Tenn. State | John Morris grabs the offensive rebound | 3-5 |
| 14:27 | Middle Tenn. State | Wayne Hinojosa is called for the reach on Richard Kersh - foul #1 on Wayne Hinojosa, team foul #1 | 3-5 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve (C) Richard Kersh | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Fred Rocker (PG), Charles Booth (SF), Danilo Greco (C) John Tse, Walter Walsh, David Seese | |
| 14:09 | Middle Tenn. State | Joseph Brown hits a shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Robert Reeve | 5-5 |
| 13:59 | Louisiana Tech | Danilo Greco drills a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Fred Rocker | 5-8 |
| 13:44 | Middle Tenn. State | Francis Minnick misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 5-8 |
| 13:43 | Middle Tenn. State | John Morris grabs the offensive rebound | 5-8 |
| 13:30 | Middle Tenn. State | Francis Minnick misses badly on a floater from the left block | 5-8 |
| 13:28 | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Meeker snags the defensive board | 5-8 |
| 13:13 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Booth's pass is intercepted by Christopher Malott | 5-8 |
| 12:47 | Middle Tenn. State | John Morris misses the floater from the baseline | 5-8 |
| 12:45 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve grabs the offensive board | 5-8 |
| 12:35 | Middle Tenn. State | Joseph Brown is hacked by Ryan Meeker - foul #1 on Ryan Meeker, team foul #2 | 5-8 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Kersh (PG), Mark Sutherland (SF), Edward Wolf (PF) Christopher Malott, Joseph Brown, John Morris | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | John Tse (PG), Leroy Richardson (SG), Walter Walsh (SF), David Seese (PF), David Cooper (C) Fred Rocker, Ryan Meeker, Charles Booth, Wayne Hinojosa, Danilo Greco | |
| 12:24 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket | 5-8 |
| 12:23 | Louisiana Tech | David Cooper snags the defensive board | 5-8 |
| 12:01 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 5-8 |
| 11:59 | Middle Tenn. State | Edward Wolf gets the rebound | 5-8 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Richard Kersh (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Francis Minnick (fairly fresh) SF - Mark Sutherland (fresh) PF - Edward Wolf (fresh) 2 reb. C - Robert Reeve (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - John Tse (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Leroy Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Walter Walsh (fresh) PF - David Seese (fresh) 3 reb. C - David Cooper (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:42 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 5-8 |
| 11:40 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson snags the defensive board | 5-8 |
| 11:15 | Louisiana Tech | David Cooper is hacked by Francis Minnick - foul #1 on Francis Minnick, team foul #4 | 5-8 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Barnes (SG), Joseph Brown (C) Francis Minnick, Robert Reeve | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 10:59 | Louisiana Tech | David Cooper is hacked by Joseph Brown - foul #1 on Joseph Brown, team foul #5 | 5-8 |
| 10:49 | Louisiana Tech | Mark Sutherland takes the ball from John Tse | 5-8 |
| 10:30 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Barnes drills a jumpshot from the left side | 7-8 |
| 10:24 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-8 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Christopher Malott (SG) Richard Barnes | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 10:00 | Middle Tenn. State | Christopher Malott misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 7-8 |
| 09:58 | Middle Tenn. State | Mark Sutherland pulls down the offensive rebound | 7-8 |
| 09:43 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Kersh is fouled on the floor by John Tse - foul #1 on John Tse, team foul #3 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve (C) Joseph Brown | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 09:22 | Middle Tenn. State | Mark Sutherland knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Edward Wolf | 10-8 |
| 09:12 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 10-8 |
| 09:11 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson can't tip it in | 10-8 |
| 09:09 | Louisiana Tech | David Cooper tips it back up and in | 10-10 |
| 08:57 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Kersh hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 10-10 |
| 08:55 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson grabs the board | 10-10 |
| 08:51 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse drills a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from David Cooper | 10-13 |
| 08:34 | Middle Tenn. State | Edward Wolf is hacked by David Seese - foul #1 on David Seese, team foul #4 | 10-13 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Joseph Brown (SF), John Morris (PF) Mark Sutherland, Edward Wolf | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Fred Rocker (PG), Ryan Meeker (SG), Wayne Hinojosa (C) John Tse, Leroy Richardson, David Cooper | |
| 08:21 | Middle Tenn. State | John Morris is whistled for traveling | 10-13 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Charles Booth (PF) David Seese | |
| 08:12 | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Meeker loses the ball out of bounds | 10-13 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Danilo Greco (C) Walter Walsh | |
| 07:51 | Middle Tenn. State | Joseph Brown misses the floater from the left wing | 10-13 |
| 07:49 | Middle Tenn. State | Christopher Malott gets the offensive rebound | 10-13 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Richard Kersh (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Christopher Malott (fairly fresh) SF - Joseph Brown (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Morris (fresh) 2 reb. C - Robert Reeve (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Fred Rocker (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ryan Meeker (fresh) SF - Charles Booth (fresh) PF - Wayne Hinojosa (fresh) 2 pts. C - Danilo Greco (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:42 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve drills a shot from the left block set up by Christopher Malott | 12-13 |
| 07:24 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Reeve is called for the reach on Fred Rocker - foul #2 on Robert Reeve, team foul #6 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Francis Minnick (PG), Richard Barnes (SG), Mark Sutherland (SF) Richard Kersh, Christopher Malott, Robert Reeve | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | John Tse (PG), Walter Walsh (SF), David Seese (PF) Fred Rocker, Charles Booth, Danilo Greco | |
| 07:12 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh clanks a fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Francis Minnick - foul #2 on Francis Minnick, team foul #7 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Kersh (PG), Edward Wolf (PF) Francis Minnick, John Morris | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 07:12 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh makes the 1st free throw | 12-14 |
| 07:12 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh makes the 2nd free throw | 12-15 |
| 07:00 | Middle Tenn. State | Edward Wolf buries a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Joseph Brown | 15-15 |
| 06:51 | Louisiana Tech | Ryan Meeker scores on a floater from the right wing set up by John Tse | 15-17 |
| 06:35 | Middle Tenn. State | Ryan Meeker is called for the reach on Richard Barnes - foul #2 on Ryan Meeker, team foul #5 | 15-17 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson (SG), David Cooper (C) Ryan Meeker, Wayne Hinojosa | |
| 06:21 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Barnes comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 15-17 |
| 06:19 | Louisiana Tech | David Cooper grabs the defensive rebound | 15-17 |
| 06:01 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 15-17 |
| 05:59 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson gets the offensive rebound | 15-17 |
| 05:48 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh scores on a shot in the paint on a nice dish by John Tse and the foul's on Mark Sutherland - foul #1 on Mark Sutherland, team foul #8 | 15-19 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Christopher Malott (PG) Richard Kersh | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 05:48 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh misses the free throw | 15-19 |
| 05:48 | Middle Tenn. State | Edward Wolf pulls down the rebound | 15-19 |
| 05:36 | Middle Tenn. State | Joseph Brown throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-19 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | John Morris (C) Mark Sutherland | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| 05:16 | Louisiana Tech | Edward Wolf denies the turnaround by John Tse | 15-19 |
| 05:15 | Louisiana Tech | The offensive rebound goes to David Seese | 15-19 |
| 05:03 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse misses short on a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by John Morris - foul #1 on John Morris, team foul #9 | 15-19 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Kenneth Brekke (SF) Joseph Brown | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Charles Booth (SF) Walter Walsh | |
| 05:03 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse makes the 1st free throw | 15-20 |
| 05:03 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse makes the 2nd free throw | 15-21 |
| 04:41 | Middle Tenn. State | The jumper by Richard Barnes is denied by Charles Booth | 15-21 |
| 04:40 | Middle Tenn. State | Edward Wolf tips it home | 17-21 |
| 04:36 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson misses the dunk | 17-21 |
| 04:34 | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson tips it home | 17-23 |
| 04:20 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Barnes misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-23 |
| 04:18 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese grabs the defensive rebound | 17-23 |
| 04:11 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse hits a fadeaway from the left wing set up by David Seese | 17-25 |
| 03:55 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Barnes buries a 3 from the left wing | 20-25 |
| 03:38 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Booth can't connect on a floater from the right block but he's hacked by Edward Wolf - foul #1 on Edward Wolf, team foul #10 | 20-25 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Kersh (PG), Gary Tobler (SG), Mark Sutherland (SF), Joseph Brown (PF), Robert Reeve (C) Christopher Malott, Richard Barnes, Kenneth Brekke, Edward Wolf, John Morris | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Fred Rocker (PG), Ryan Meeker (SG), Walter Walsh (SF), Wayne Hinojosa (C) John Tse, Leroy Richardson, David Seese, David Cooper | |
| 03:38 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Booth misses the 1st free throw | 20-25 |
| 03:38 | Louisiana Tech | Charles Booth makes the 2nd free throw | 20-26 |
| Lineup | Middle Tenn. State | PG - Richard Kersh (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Gary Tobler (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Mark Sutherland (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joseph Brown (fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Reeve (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Fred Rocker (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ryan Meeker (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Walter Walsh (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Charles Booth (fresh) 1 pts. C - Wayne Hinojosa (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:36 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Kersh throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 20-26 |
| 03:23 | Louisiana Tech | Gary Tobler steps in front of the Charles Booth pass | 20-26 |
| 03:19 | Middle Tenn. State | Gary Tobler hits the finger roll | 22-26 |
| 03:09 | Louisiana Tech | Fred Rocker drills a 3 from the left corner | 22-29 |
| 03:00 | Middle Tenn. State | Joseph Brown hits a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Kersh | 24-29 |
| 02:45 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh hits a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Fred Rocker | 24-31 |
| 02:20 | Middle Tenn. State | Richard Kersh misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 24-31 |
| 02:18 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Ryan Meeker | 24-31 |
| 02:14 | Louisiana Tech | Fred Rocker can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 24-31 |
| 02:13 | Middle Tenn. State | Joseph Brown pulls down the rebound | 24-31 |
| 01:59 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve misses long on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Wayne Hinojosa - foul #2 on Wayne Hinojosa, team foul #6 | 24-31 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | John Tse (PG), David Seese (PF), David Cooper (C) Fred Rocker, Charles Booth, Wayne Hinojosa | |
| 01:59 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve misses the 1st free throw | 24-31 |
| 01:59 | Middle Tenn. State | Robert Reeve misses the 2nd free throw | 24-31 |
| 01:59 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese snags the defensive board | 24-31 |
| 01:42 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese jams it on a great pass from Walter Walsh and the foul's on Joseph Brown - foul #2 on Joseph Brown, team foul #11 | 24-33 |
| Subs | Middle Tenn. State | Edward Wolf (PF) Joseph Brown | |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Leroy Richardson (SG) Ryan Meeker | |
| 01:42 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese makes the free throw | 24-34 |
| 01:35 | Middle Tenn. State | Mark Sutherland misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 24-34 |
| 01:34 | Louisiana Tech | David Cooper grabs the defensive rebound | 24-34 |
| 01:10 | Louisiana Tech | Walter Walsh is denied on a layup by Robert Reeve | 24-34 |
| 01:09 | Middle Tenn. State | The rebound goes to Robert Reeve | 24-34 |
| 00:45 | Middle Tenn. State | Leroy Richardson steals it from Mark Sutherland | 24-34 |
| 00:18 | Louisiana Tech | John Tse makes the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Leroy Richardson | 24-36 |
| 00:01 | Middle Tenn. State | Gary Tobler misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 24-36 |
| 00:00 | Louisiana Tech | David Seese snags the defensive board | 24-36 |