| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Havens (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Bruce (fresh) 8 pts. SF - William Christensen (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Trent Mabry (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Lawrence Pinckney (fresh) | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Stanley Humphries (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lawrence Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Thomas Farrar (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Horace Sax (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - James Harris (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | William Christensen inbounds the ball | 27-38 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:37 | South Carolina | Aaron Havens loses the dribble to Horace Sax | 27-38 |
| 19:17 | VCU | William Christensen is called for the reach on Stanley Humphries - foul #2 on William Christensen, team foul #1 | 27-38 |
| 18:56 | VCU | Horace Sax is whistled for a carry | 27-38 |
| 18:47 | South Carolina | Aaron Havens drills a shot from the right wing set up by Lawrence Pinckney | 29-38 |
| 18:32 | VCU | Stanley Humphries knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Thomas Farrar | 29-40 |
| 18:09 | South Carolina | James Bruce hits the finger roll | 31-40 |
| 17:52 | VCU | Thomas Farrar double dribbles | 31-40 |
| 17:28 | South Carolina | Aaron Havens knocks in the 3 from the right corner set up by William Christensen | 34-40 |
| 17:04 | VCU | James Harris is whistled for a carry | 34-40 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt (PG) Aaron Havens | |
| Subs | VCU | Milton Simmons (SF), Charles Batchelor (PF) Thomas Farrar, Horace Sax | |
| 16:43 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 34-40 |
| 16:42 | VCU | Milton Simmons snags the defensive board | 34-40 |
| 16:30 | VCU | James Harris misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Trent Mabry - foul #2 on Trent Mabry, team foul #2 | 34-40 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Howard Saxton (PG), Charles Zaczek (SG), Cliff Lewis (PF), Bobby Parish (C) James Bruce, William Christensen, Trent Mabry, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | VCU | | |
| 16:30 | VCU | James Harris misses the 1st free throw | 34-40 |
| 16:30 | VCU | James Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 34-41 |
| 16:06 | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 34-41 |
| 16:05 | VCU | Charles Batchelor gets the rebound | 34-41 |
| 15:45 | VCU | Milton Simmons loses the ball out of bounds | 34-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Havens (PG) Howard Saxton | |
| Subs | VCU | Jason Allen (SG), Thomas Farrar (SF), Horace Sax (PF) Lawrence Taylor, Charles Batchelor, James Harris | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Havens (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Zaczek (fresh) SF - Willie Rosenblatt (fresh) PF - Cliff Lewis (fresh) C - Bobby Parish (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Stanley Humphries (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jason Allen (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Thomas Farrar (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Horace Sax (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Milton Simmons (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:31 | South Carolina | Aaron Havens misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 34-41 |
| 15:30 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish grabs the offensive rebound | 34-41 |
| 15:25 | South Carolina | Horace Sax swats the shot by Aaron Havens | 34-41 |
| 15:23 | VCU | Thomas Farrar grabs the defensive rebound | 34-41 |
| 15:02 | VCU | Stanley Humphries is hacked by Aaron Havens - foul #3 on Aaron Havens, team foul #3 | 34-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Bruce (SG), William Christensen (SF), Trent Mabry (PF), Lawrence Pinckney (C) Charles Zaczek, Willie Rosenblatt, Cliff Lewis, Bobby Parish | |
| Subs | VCU | James Klein (SG) Stanley Humphries | |
| 14:41 | VCU | James Klein misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 34-41 |
| 14:40 | VCU | Horace Sax can't tip it in | 34-41 |
| 14:39 | South Carolina | James Bruce grabs the board | 34-41 |
| 14:12 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 34-41 |
| 14:10 | VCU | Horace Sax gets the rebound | 34-41 |
| 13:57 | VCU | Thomas Farrar connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Horace Sax and he's hacked by William Christensen - foul #3 on William Christensen, team foul #4 | 34-43 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | VCU | Stanley Humphries (PG), Lawrence Taylor (SG), James Harris (C) Jason Allen, James Klein, Milton Simmons | |
| 13:57 | VCU | Thomas Farrar makes the free throw | 34-44 |
| 13:47 | South Carolina | Aaron Havens comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 34-44 |
| 13:45 | VCU | Horace Sax grabs the defensive rebound | 34-44 |
| 13:26 | VCU | Lawrence Taylor can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 34-44 |
| 13:25 | VCU | James Harris snags the offensive board | 34-44 |
| 13:04 | VCU | Stanley Humphries misses the 3 from the right corner | 34-44 |
| 13:02 | VCU | Horace Sax tips it in | 34-46 |
| 12:40 | South Carolina | Aaron Havens comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 34-46 |
| 12:38 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney hits the follow up shot | 36-46 |
| 12:24 | VCU | Horace Sax misses long on a jumper from the right side | 36-46 |
| 12:23 | VCU | Thomas Farrar tips it back up and in | 36-48 |
| 12:07 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry hits a driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by James Bruce | 38-48 |
| 11:51 | VCU | Aaron Havens is called for the reach on Lawrence Taylor - foul #4 on Aaron Havens, team foul #5 | 38-48 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Howard Saxton (PG), Charles Zaczek (SG), Willie Rosenblatt (SF), Cliff Lewis (PF), Bobby Parish (C) Aaron Havens, James Bruce, William Christensen, Trent Mabry, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | VCU | James Klein (SF), Milton Simmons (PF), Charles Batchelor (C) Thomas Farrar, Horace Sax, James Harris | |
| 11:40 | VCU | Milton Simmons knocks in the floater from the left block on a great pass from Lawrence Taylor | 38-50 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Howard Saxton (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Charles Zaczek (fresh) SF - Willie Rosenblatt (fresh) PF - Cliff Lewis (fresh) C - Bobby Parish (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Stanley Humphries (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lawrence Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SF - James Klein (fresh) PF - Milton Simmons (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles Batchelor (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:21 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 38-50 |
| 11:19 | VCU | Charles Batchelor grabs the board | 38-50 |
| 10:53 | VCU | Lawrence Taylor knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by James Klein | 38-53 |
| 10:26 | South Carolina | Stanley Humphries takes the ball from Howard Saxton | 38-53 |
| 10:05 | VCU | James Klein drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Lawrence Taylor | 38-56 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 09:54 | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 38-56 |
| 09:53 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish can't tip it in | 38-56 |
| 09:52 | VCU | Milton Simmons pulls down the rebound | 38-56 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 09:48 | VCU | Stanley Humphries is hacked by Howard Saxton in the backcourt - foul #1 on Howard Saxton, team foul #6 | 38-56 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Bruce (SG), William Christensen (SF), Trent Mabry (PF), Lawrence Pinckney (C) Howard Saxton, Charles Zaczek, Cliff Lewis, Bobby Parish | |
| Subs | VCU | Jason Allen (PG), James Harris (C) Stanley Humphries, Lawrence Taylor | |
| 09:32 | VCU | Charles Batchelor misses badly on a floater from the right side | 38-56 |
| 09:31 | South Carolina | William Christensen snags the defensive board | 38-56 |
| 09:25 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry comes up short on the shot from the right side | 38-56 |
| 09:24 | South Carolina | James Bruce grabs the offensive rebound | 38-56 |
| 09:19 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 38-56 |
| 09:18 | VCU | The rebound goes to Jason Allen | 38-56 |
| 08:59 | VCU | Willie Rosenblatt is called for the reach on Jason Allen - foul #1 on Willie Rosenblatt, team foul #7 | 38-56 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | VCU | Lawrence Taylor (SG), Thomas Farrar (SF), Horace Sax (PF) James Klein, Milton Simmons, Charles Batchelor | |
| 08:59 | VCU | Jason Allen makes the 1st free throw | 38-57 |
| 08:59 | VCU | Jason Allen misses the 2nd free throw | 38-57 |
| 08:59 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Trent Mabry | 38-57 |
| 08:44 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by James Bruce | 41-57 |
| 08:28 | VCU | James Harris loses the dribble to William Christensen | 41-57 |
| 08:25 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt dunks the ball on a great pass from William Christensen | 43-57 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 08:04 | VCU | Jason Allen makes the 3 from the right wing set up by Lawrence Taylor | 43-60 |
| 07:55 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt hits a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from William Christensen | 46-60 |
| 07:29 | VCU | Thomas Farrar misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 46-60 |
| 07:28 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry snags the defensive board | 46-60 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Willie Rosenblatt (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - James Bruce (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Christensen (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Trent Mabry (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Lawrence Pinckney (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Jason Allen (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Lawrence Taylor (fresh) 5 pts. 7 ast. SF - Thomas Farrar (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Horace Sax (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. C - James Harris (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 07:09 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 49-60 |
| 06:51 | VCU | James Harris is hacked by Lawrence Pinckney - foul #1 on Lawrence Pinckney, team foul #8 | 49-60 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Havens (PG), Charles Zaczek (SG), Bobby Parish (C) Willie Rosenblatt, James Bruce, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | VCU | Stanley Humphries (PG) Jason Allen | |
| 06:51 | VCU | James Harris makes the 1st free throw | 49-61 |
| 06:51 | VCU | James Harris misses the 2nd free throw | 49-61 |
| 06:51 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Trent Mabry | 49-61 |
| 06:31 | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 49-61 |
| 06:30 | VCU | The rebound goes to Lawrence Taylor | 49-61 |
| 06:18 | VCU | Aaron Havens is called for the reach on James Harris - foul #5 on Aaron Havens, team foul #9 | 49-61 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Howard Saxton (PG), Cliff Lewis (PF) Aaron Havens, Trent Mabry | |
| Subs | VCU | James Klein (SG), Milton Simmons (SF), Charles Batchelor (PF) Lawrence Taylor, Thomas Farrar, Horace Sax | |
| 06:18 | VCU | James Harris makes the 1st free throw | 49-62 |
| 06:18 | VCU | James Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 49-63 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:56 | South Carolina | Howard Saxton clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 49-63 |
| 05:55 | VCU | James Harris grabs the board | 49-63 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:38 | VCU | Stanley Humphries makes the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Charles Batchelor | 49-66 |
| 05:29 | South Carolina | Howard Saxton loses the ball out of bounds | 49-66 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney (C) Howard Saxton | |
| Subs | VCU | Lawrence Taylor (SG) James Harris | |
| 05:01 | VCU | Charles Batchelor connects on the turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by James Klein | 49-68 |
| 04:54 | South Carolina | Cliff Lewis drills a floater from the baseline on a great pass from Charles Zaczek | 51-68 |
| 04:34 | VCU | James Klein misses the 3 from the right wing | 51-68 |
| 04:32 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney grabs the defensive rebound | 51-68 |
| 04:25 | South Carolina | Cliff Lewis's floater is tipped away by Charles Batchelor | 51-68 |
| 04:24 | VCU | Milton Simmons snags the defensive board | 51-68 |
| 04:19 | VCU | James Klein misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 51-68 |
| 04:17 | VCU | Stanley Humphries tips it but misses | 51-68 |
| 04:16 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney pulls down the rebound | 51-68 |
| 04:16 | South Carolina | South Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-68 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt (PG), James Bruce (SG), Trent Mabry (PF) Charles Zaczek, Bobby Parish, Cliff Lewis | |
| Subs | VCU | Thomas Farrar (SF), Horace Sax (PF), James Harris (C) James Klein, Milton Simmons, Charles Batchelor | |
| 03:54 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-68 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:38 | VCU | Thomas Farrar drills a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Lawrence Taylor and he's hacked by Lawrence Pinckney - foul #2 on Lawrence Pinckney, team foul #10 | 53-70 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Howard Saxton (PG), Charles Zaczek (SG), Cliff Lewis (PF), Bobby Parish (C) James Bruce, William Christensen, Trent Mabry, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | VCU | Jason Allen (PG), James Klein (SG), Milton Simmons (PF), Charles Batchelor (C) Stanley Humphries, Lawrence Taylor, Horace Sax, James Harris | |
| 03:38 | VCU | Thomas Farrar misses the free throw | 53-70 |
| 03:38 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt snags the defensive board | 53-70 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:14 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 53-70 |
| 03:12 | VCU | James Klein gets the rebound | 53-70 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Howard Saxton (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Charles Zaczek (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Willie Rosenblatt (fresh) 13 pts. PF - Cliff Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. C - Bobby Parish (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| Lineup | VCU | PG - Jason Allen (fresh) 6 pts. SG - James Klein (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Farrar (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Milton Simmons (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Charles Batchelor (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 02:51 | VCU | Cliff Lewis is called for the reach on Milton Simmons - foul #1 on Cliff Lewis, team foul #11 | 53-70 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | VCU | Richard Allen (PF) Thomas Farrar | |
| 02:51 | VCU | Milton Simmons makes the 1st free throw | 53-71 |
| 02:51 | VCU | Milton Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 53-72 |
| 02:38 | South Carolina | Howard Saxton buries a 3 from the left corner | 56-72 |
| 02:19 | VCU | Jason Allen buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by James Klein | 56-74 |
| 02:07 | South Carolina | Howard Saxton can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 56-74 |
| 02:06 | VCU | Milton Simmons snags the defensive board | 56-74 |
| 01:37 | VCU | Jason Allen clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-74 |
| 01:36 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Cliff Lewis | 56-74 |
| 01:22 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 56-74 |
| 01:20 | VCU | Richard Allen pulls down the rebound | 56-74 |
| 00:56 | VCU | Milton Simmons misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 56-74 |
| 00:55 | VCU | James Klein pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-74 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:32 | VCU | Richard Allen connects on the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from James Klein | 56-76 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | VCU | VCU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:25 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by Milton Simmons - foul #1 on Milton Simmons, team foul #1 | 56-76 |
| 00:25 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt makes the 1st free throw | 57-76 |
| 00:25 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt makes the 2nd free throw | 58-76 |
| 00:00 | VCU | Jason Allen runs out the clock | 58-76 |