| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Havens (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Bruce (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Christensen (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Trent Mabry (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Lawrence Pinckney (fresh) | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Doug Tall (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Matt May (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Noel (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Herbert Romriell (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. C - Romeo Sanchez (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Robert Noel inbounds the ball | 36-43 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:38 | LSU | Robert Noel misses the fadeaway from the left side but the foul's on William Christensen - foul #2 on William Christensen, team foul #1 | 36-43 |
| 19:38 | LSU | Robert Noel misses the 1st free throw | 36-43 |
| 19:38 | LSU | Robert Noel makes the 2nd free throw | 36-44 |
| 19:12 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney clanks a jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Matt May - foul #2 on Matt May, team foul #1 | 36-44 |
| 19:12 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney makes the 1st free throw | 37-44 |
| 19:12 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney makes the 2nd free throw | 38-44 |
| 18:51 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez misses badly on a shot from the baseline but he's hacked by Lawrence Pinckney - foul #2 on Lawrence Pinckney, team foul #2 | 38-44 |
| 18:51 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez makes the 1st free throw | 38-45 |
| 18:51 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez makes the 2nd free throw | 38-46 |
| 18:33 | South Carolina | James Bruce misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-46 |
| 18:31 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney gets the offensive rebound | 38-46 |
| 18:12 | South Carolina | William Christensen loses the ball out of bounds | 38-46 |
| 17:53 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 38-46 |
| 17:51 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney gets the rebound | 38-46 |
| 17:33 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 38-46 |
| 17:32 | LSU | Herbert Romriell pulls down the rebound | 38-46 |
| 17:26 | LSU | Robert Noel is whistled for a carry | 38-46 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt (PG), Charles Zaczek (SG), Bobby Parish (C) Aaron Havens, James Bruce, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | LSU | Ronald Richardson (PG), Casey Doane (SG), Anthony Dinsmore (SF), Jason Amin (C) Doug Tall, Matt May, Robert Noel, Romeo Sanchez | |
| 17:00 | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 38-46 |
| 16:58 | South Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Trent Mabry | 38-46 |
| 16:49 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry makes the shot in the paint on a great pass from Willie Rosenblatt | 40-46 |
| 16:29 | LSU | Casey Doane is hacked by Trent Mabry - foul #3 on Trent Mabry, team foul #3 | 40-46 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Cliff Lewis (PF), Lawrence Pinckney (C) William Christensen, Trent Mabry | |
| Subs | LSU | Romeo Sanchez (C) Herbert Romriell | |
| 16:18 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 40-46 |
| 16:16 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez tips it in | 40-48 |
| 15:47 | South Carolina | Romeo Sanchez steps in front of the Cliff Lewis pass | 40-48 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Charles Zaczek (fresh) SG - Bobby Parish (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Willie Rosenblatt (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Cliff Lewis (fresh) C - Lawrence Pinckney (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Ronald Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Casey Doane (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Anthony Dinsmore (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jason Amin (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Romeo Sanchez (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:26 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez lays it up and in set up by Casey Doane | 40-50 |
| 15:22 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 40-50 |
| 15:20 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez gets the rebound | 40-50 |
| 15:16 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-50 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Havens (PG), James Bruce (SG) Charles Zaczek, Bobby Parish | |
| Subs | LSU | Doug Tall (PG), Matt May (SG), Robert Noel (SF), Herbert Romriell (PF) Ronald Richardson, Casey Doane, Anthony Dinsmore, Jason Amin | |
| 14:58 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt connects on the 3 from the left corner set up by Aaron Havens | 43-50 |
| 14:37 | LSU | Herbert Romriell can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 43-50 |
| 14:36 | LSU | Doug Tall pulls down the offensive rebound | 43-50 |
| 14:16 | LSU | Matt May can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 43-50 |
| 14:15 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez tips it in | 43-52 |
| 13:56 | South Carolina | Robert Noel is called for the reach on Aaron Havens - foul #1 on Robert Noel, team foul #2 | 43-52 |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Christensen (SF), Trent Mabry (PF), Bobby Parish (C) Willie Rosenblatt, Cliff Lewis, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | LSU | Jason Amin (C) Romeo Sanchez | |
| 13:40 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish travels with the ball | 43-52 |
| 13:25 | LSU | Doug Tall can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 43-52 |
| 13:23 | LSU | Jason Amin hits the follow up shot | 43-54 |
| 12:59 | South Carolina | James Bruce lays it in on a nice dish by Aaron Havens and the foul's on Herbert Romriell - foul #2 on Herbert Romriell, team foul #3 | 45-54 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | LSU | Troy Haubert (C) Herbert Romriell | |
| 12:59 | South Carolina | James Bruce makes the free throw | 46-54 |
| 12:45 | LSU | William Christensen steps in front of the Troy Haubert pass | 46-54 |
| 12:34 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish double dribbles | 46-54 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt (PG), Charles Zaczek (SG) Aaron Havens, James Bruce | |
| Subs | LSU | Ronald Richardson (PG), Casey Doane (SG), Anthony Dinsmore (SF) Doug Tall, Matt May, Robert Noel | |
| 12:21 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore hits the finger roll | 46-56 |
| 12:05 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 46-56 |
| 12:03 | South Carolina | William Christensen can't tip it in | 46-56 |
| 12:02 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry tips it in | 48-56 |
| 11:48 | LSU | Troy Haubert comes up short on the fadeaway near the basket | 48-56 |
| 11:46 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish gets the rebound | 48-56 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Willie Rosenblatt (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Zaczek (fresh) SF - William Christensen (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Trent Mabry (fresh) 16 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Bobby Parish (fresh) 10 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Ronald Richardson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Casey Doane (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Anthony Dinsmore (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jason Amin (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Troy Haubert (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 11:42 | South Carolina | William Christensen misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 48-56 |
| 11:40 | LSU | The rebound goes to Troy Haubert | 48-56 |
| 11:24 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore misses long on a fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on William Christensen - foul #3 on William Christensen, team foul #4 | 48-56 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Havens (PG), James Bruce (SG), Lawrence Pinckney (C) Willie Rosenblatt, Charles Zaczek, Bobby Parish | |
| Subs | LSU | Matt May (SG), Herbert Romriell (PF), Romeo Sanchez (C) Ronald Richardson, Jason Amin, Troy Haubert | |
| 11:24 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore misses the 1st free throw | 48-56 |
| 11:24 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore makes the 2nd free throw | 48-57 |
| 11:07 | South Carolina | James Bruce misses badly on a fadeaway in the paint | 48-57 |
| 11:06 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore grabs the board | 48-57 |
| 11:04 | LSU | Casey Doane throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 48-57 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Cliff Lewis (PF) Trent Mabry | |
| Subs | LSU | Doug Tall (PG), Robert Noel (SF) Casey Doane, Anthony Dinsmore | |
| 10:50 | South Carolina | James Bruce connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 51-57 |
| 10:26 | LSU | Matt May misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 51-57 |
| 10:24 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Lawrence Pinckney | 51-57 |
| 10:05 | South Carolina | William Christensen clanks a runner from the right block but the foul's on Matt May - foul #3 on Matt May, team foul #4 | 51-57 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt (SG), Trent Mabry (PF) James Bruce, Cliff Lewis | |
| Subs | LSU | Casey Doane (SG) Matt May | |
| 10:05 | South Carolina | William Christensen makes the 1st free throw | 52-57 |
| 10:05 | South Carolina | William Christensen makes the 2nd free throw | 53-57 |
| 09:43 | LSU | Casey Doane connects on the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Doug Tall | 53-60 |
| 09:34 | South Carolina | Romeo Sanchez is called for the reach on William Christensen - foul #3 on Romeo Sanchez, team foul #5 | 53-60 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek (SG), Cliff Lewis (SF) Aaron Havens, William Christensen | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 09:18 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney connects on the fadeaway from the right side | 55-60 |
| 09:06 | LSU | Doug Tall clanks a 3 from straight away | 55-60 |
| 09:05 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry snags the defensive board | 55-60 |
| 08:59 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Willie Rosenblatt | 58-60 |
| 08:41 | LSU | Herbert Romriell buries a 3 from the left corner set up by Romeo Sanchez | 58-63 |
| 08:22 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 58-63 |
| Subs | South Carolina | James Bruce (SG), Bobby Parish (C) Trent Mabry, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | LSU | Matt May (SG), Anthony Dinsmore (SF), Jason Amin (PF), Troy Haubert (C) Doug Tall, Robert Noel, Herbert Romriell, Romeo Sanchez | |
| 08:07 | LSU | Jason Amin misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 58-63 |
| 08:06 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Willie Rosenblatt | 58-63 |
| 08:00 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 58-63 |
| 07:59 | LSU | The rebound goes to Matt May | 58-63 |
| 07:39 | LSU | Jason Amin knocks in the jumper from the right wing set up by Matt May | 58-65 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Charles Zaczek (fresh) SG - James Bruce (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willie Rosenblatt (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Cliff Lewis (fresh) C - Bobby Parish (fresh) 10 pts. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Casey Doane (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Matt May (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Anthony Dinsmore (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jason Amin (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Troy Haubert (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:22 | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Cliff Lewis | 61-65 |
| 07:06 | LSU | Casey Doane misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 61-65 |
| 07:05 | LSU | Troy Haubert hits the follow up shot | 61-67 |
| 06:45 | South Carolina | Cliff Lewis misses long on a floater from the baseline | 61-67 |
| 06:44 | LSU | Jason Amin gets the rebound | 61-67 |
| 06:28 | LSU | Jason Amin connects on the floater from the left side | 61-69 |
| 06:18 | South Carolina | James Bruce knocks in the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Willie Rosenblatt | 64-69 |
| 06:12 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore buries a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Casey Doane | 64-71 |
| 05:50 | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 64-71 |
| 05:48 | LSU | Jason Amin grabs the defensive rebound | 64-71 |
| 05:48 | LSU | LSU calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 64-71 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Havens (PG), William Christensen (SF), Trent Mabry (PF), Lawrence Pinckney (C) Charles Zaczek, Willie Rosenblatt, Cliff Lewis, Bobby Parish | |
| Subs | LSU | Doug Tall (PG), Robert Noel (SF), Herbert Romriell (PF), Romeo Sanchez (C) Casey Doane, Anthony Dinsmore, Jason Amin, Troy Haubert | |
| 05:36 | LSU | Robert Noel is called for traveling | 64-71 |
| 05:23 | South Carolina | Robert Noel denies the turnaround by Lawrence Pinckney | 64-71 |
| 05:22 | LSU | Herbert Romriell snags the defensive board | 64-71 |
| 05:06 | LSU | Robert Noel misses long on a runner from the right block but he's hacked by Lawrence Pinckney - foul #3 on Lawrence Pinckney, team foul #5 | 64-71 |
| 05:06 | LSU | Robert Noel makes the 1st free throw | 64-72 |
| 05:06 | LSU | Robert Noel makes the 2nd free throw | 64-73 |
| 04:41 | South Carolina | Doug Tall takes the ball from Trent Mabry | 64-73 |
| 04:38 | LSU | Doug Tall hits the finger roll | 64-75 |
| 04:26 | South Carolina | Romeo Sanchez denies the turnaround by William Christensen | 64-75 |
| 04:25 | LSU | Robert Noel pulls down the rebound | 64-75 |
| 04:05 | LSU | Herbert Romriell hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Aaron Havens - foul #1 on Aaron Havens, team foul #6 | 64-75 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Willie Rosenblatt (SG) James Bruce | |
| Subs | LSU | Casey Doane (SG) Matt May | |
| 04:05 | LSU | Herbert Romriell makes the 1st free throw | 64-76 |
| 04:05 | LSU | Herbert Romriell misses the 2nd free throw | 64-76 |
| 04:05 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Lawrence Pinckney | 64-76 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:38 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry misses the 3 from the right corner | 64-76 |
| 03:36 | South Carolina | Lawrence Pinckney hits the follow up shot | 66-76 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Aaron Havens (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Willie Rosenblatt (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - William Christensen (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Trent Mabry (fresh) 16 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Lawrence Pinckney (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Doug Tall (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Casey Doane (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Robert Noel (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Herbert Romriell (fresh) 15 pts. 9 reb. C - Romeo Sanchez (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:25 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez lays it up and in on a nice dish by Casey Doane and the foul's on Aaron Havens - foul #2 on Aaron Havens, team foul #7 | 66-78 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore (SG), Jason Amin (SF) Doug Tall, Robert Noel | |
| 03:25 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez makes the free throw | 66-79 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:11 | South Carolina | Trent Mabry buries a floater from the right block on a nice dish by William Christensen | 68-79 |
| 02:56 | LSU | William Christensen is called for the reach on Jason Amin - foul #4 on William Christensen, team foul #8 | 68-79 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Howard Saxton (PG), Charles Zaczek (SG), Cliff Lewis (PF), Bobby Parish (C) Aaron Havens, William Christensen, Trent Mabry, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | LSU | Troy Haubert (C) Romeo Sanchez | |
| 02:56 | LSU | Jason Amin makes the 1st free throw | 68-80 |
| 02:56 | LSU | Jason Amin misses the 2nd free throw | 68-80 |
| 02:56 | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek snags the defensive board | 68-80 |
| 02:56 | South Carolina | South Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-80 |
| 02:46 | South Carolina | Herbert Romriell is called for the reach on Bobby Parish - foul #3 on Herbert Romriell, team foul #6 | 68-80 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Aaron Havens (PG), James Bruce (SG), William Christensen (SF), Trent Mabry (PF), Lawrence Pinckney (C) Howard Saxton, Charles Zaczek, Willie Rosenblatt, Cliff Lewis, Bobby Parish | |
| Subs | LSU | Doug Tall (PG), Matt May (SG), Robert Noel (SF), Romeo Sanchez (C) Casey Doane, Anthony Dinsmore, Jason Amin, Troy Haubert | |
| 02:38 | South Carolina | Robert Noel is called for the reach on William Christensen - foul #2 on Robert Noel, team foul #7 | 68-80 |
| 02:38 | South Carolina | William Christensen makes the 1st free throw | 69-80 |
| 02:38 | South Carolina | William Christensen misses the 2nd free throw | 69-80 |
| 02:38 | LSU | Romeo Sanchez gets the rebound | 69-80 |
| 02:26 | LSU | Matt May hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 69-83 |
| 02:16 | South Carolina | James Bruce is fouled on the floor by Herbert Romriell - foul #4 on Herbert Romriell, team foul #8 | 69-83 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek (PG), Willie Rosenblatt (SF), Cliff Lewis (PF), Bobby Parish (C) Aaron Havens, William Christensen, Trent Mabry, Lawrence Pinckney | |
| Subs | LSU | Ronald Richardson (PG), Casey Doane (SG), Anthony Dinsmore (SF), Jason Amin (PF), Troy Haubert (C) Doug Tall, Matt May, Robert Noel, Herbert Romriell, Romeo Sanchez | |
| 02:16 | South Carolina | James Bruce makes the 1st free throw | 70-83 |
| 02:16 | South Carolina | James Bruce misses the 2nd free throw | 70-83 |
| 02:16 | LSU | Jason Amin grabs the defensive rebound | 70-83 |
| 01:55 | LSU | Ronald Richardson misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 70-83 |
| 01:54 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore hits the follow up shot | 70-85 |
| 01:38 | South Carolina | Casey Doane steals it from Cliff Lewis | 70-85 |
| 01:34 | LSU | Ronald Richardson banks in the layup on a nice dish by Casey Doane | 70-87 |
| 01:20 | South Carolina | James Bruce misses long on a jumper from the left block | 70-87 |
| 01:18 | South Carolina | James Bruce pulls down the offensive rebound | 70-87 |
| 01:01 | South Carolina | Troy Haubert steps in front of the Cliff Lewis pass | 70-87 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:37 | LSU | Anthony Dinsmore hits a shot from the left side set up by Casey Doane | 70-89 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:31 | South Carolina | Ronald Richardson is called for the reach on Bobby Parish - foul #1 on Ronald Richardson, team foul #9 | 70-89 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Howard Saxton (PG) James Bruce | |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| 00:31 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish makes the 1st free throw | 71-89 |
| 00:31 | South Carolina | Bobby Parish makes the 2nd free throw | 72-89 |
| 00:05 | LSU | Jason Amin connects on the shot from the right block on a great pass from Ronald Richardson | 72-91 |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | Charles Zaczek hits a jumpshot from the right wing | 74-91 |