| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Terry Moore (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Overby (fresh) SF - Fred Nader (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Thrall (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Larry Espada (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - James Blair (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Hans Kaczynski (fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Best (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chase Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth McCollum (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Fred Nader inbounds the ball | 33-30 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:33 | Rutgers | Michael Thrall travels with the ball | 33-30 |
| 19:13 | Villanova | John Best knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by James Blair | 33-33 |
| 19:00 | Rutgers | Larry Espada is fouled on the floor by Chase Anderson - foul #3 on Chase Anderson, team foul #1 | 33-33 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Terry Cross (PF) Chase Anderson | |
| 18:43 | Rutgers | Fred Nader connects on the jump hook from the left block on a great pass from Terry Moore | 35-33 |
| 18:22 | Villanova | John Best is fouled on the floor by Fred Nader - foul #2 on Fred Nader, team foul #1 | 35-33 |
| 18:04 | Villanova | James Blair throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-33 |
| 17:45 | Rutgers | Larry Espada lays it in | 37-33 |
| 17:27 | Villanova | Hans Kaczynski misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 37-33 |
| 17:26 | Rutgers | John Overby pulls down the rebound | 37-33 |
| 17:20 | Rutgers | Larry Espada connects on the driving attempt in the lane | 39-33 |
| 17:03 | Villanova | John Best misses the dunk attempt | 39-33 |
| 17:02 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Michael Thrall | 39-33 |
| 16:42 | Rutgers | John Overby misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 39-33 |
| 16:40 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Terry Cross | 39-33 |
| 16:21 | Villanova | John Best drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by James Blair | 39-36 |
| 16:02 | Rutgers | John Overby knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Larry Espada | 42-36 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Terry Moore (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Overby (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Fred Nader (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Michael Thrall (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Larry Espada (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - James Blair (fairly fresh) 4 ast. SG - Hans Kaczynski (fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Best (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. PF - Terry Cross (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. C - Kenneth McCollum (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 15:49 | Villanova | James Blair clanks a jumper from the right wing | 42-36 |
| 15:47 | Rutgers | Fred Nader grabs the defensive rebound | 42-36 |
| 15:33 | Rutgers | Terry Moore makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 45-36 |
| 15:15 | Villanova | John Best makes the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Hans Kaczynski | 45-39 |
| 15:00 | Rutgers | Hans Kaczynski is called for the reach on Larry Espada - foul #1 on Hans Kaczynski, team foul #2 | 45-39 |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Lawrence (PG), James Austin (SG), Wilbur Wymer (SF), John Jackson (PF), Willis Gross (C) Terry Moore, John Overby, Fred Nader, Michael Thrall, Larry Espada | |
| Subs | Villanova | David Stone (PG), Bo Chiou (SG), Matthew McCoy (SF), Chase Anderson (PF), Thomas Walker (C) James Blair, Hans Kaczynski, John Best, Terry Cross, Kenneth McCollum | |
| 14:40 | Rutgers | James Austin misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 45-39 |
| 14:39 | Rutgers | Wilbur Wymer tips it in | 47-39 |
| 14:21 | Villanova | Matthew McCoy misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 47-39 |
| 14:19 | Villanova | Thomas Walker tips it in | 47-41 |
| 13:58 | Rutgers | Willis Gross travels with the ball | 47-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Hans Kaczynski (SG) Matthew McCoy | |
| 13:31 | Villanova | Bo Chiou misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 47-41 |
| 13:30 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Wilbur Wymer | 47-41 |
| 13:11 | Rutgers | Bo Chiou swats the short shot by Willis Gross | 47-41 |
| 13:10 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Thomas Walker | 47-41 |
| 13:02 | Villanova | David Stone misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 47-41 |
| 13:00 | Rutgers | John Jackson grabs the board | 47-41 |
| 12:48 | Rutgers | John Jackson misses the dunk but he's hacked by Chase Anderson - foul #4 on Chase Anderson, team foul #3 | 47-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Fred Nader (SF) Wilbur Wymer | |
| Subs | Villanova | James Blair (PG), Terry Cross (PF) David Stone, Chase Anderson | |
| 12:48 | Rutgers | John Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 48-41 |
| 12:48 | Rutgers | John Jackson misses the 2nd free throw | 48-41 |
| 12:48 | Rutgers | Willis Gross grabs the offensive rebound | 48-41 |
| 12:30 | Rutgers | James Lawrence can't connect on a shot from the left side | 48-41 |
| 12:29 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Thomas Walker | 48-41 |
| 12:09 | Villanova | Thomas Walker can't throw it down but the foul's on Willis Gross - foul #1 on Willis Gross, team foul #2 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Terry Moore (PG), John Overby (SG), Michael Thrall (PF), Larry Espada (C) James Lawrence, James Austin, John Jackson, Willis Gross | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricky Hodge (C) Bo Chiou | |
| 12:09 | Villanova | Thomas Walker makes the 1st free throw | 48-42 |
| 12:09 | Villanova | Thomas Walker makes the 2nd free throw | 48-43 |
| 11:53 | Rutgers | Michael Thrall drills a shot in the paint on a nice dish by John Overby | 50-43 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Terry Moore (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Overby (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Nader (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Michael Thrall (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Larry Espada (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - James Blair (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Hans Kaczynski (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Terry Cross (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. PF - Thomas Walker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - Ricky Hodge (fresh) | |
| 11:43 | Villanova | Thomas Walker double dribbles | 50-43 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Best (SF), Kenneth McCollum (C) Hans Kaczynski, Thomas Walker | |
| 11:29 | Rutgers | Terry Moore misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Ricky Hodge - foul #2 on Ricky Hodge, team foul #4 | 50-43 |
| 11:29 | Rutgers | Terry Moore makes the 1st free throw | 51-43 |
| 11:29 | Rutgers | Terry Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 52-43 |
| 11:15 | Villanova | Terry Cross misses the shot in the lane | 52-43 |
| 11:13 | Rutgers | Terry Moore pulls down the rebound | 52-43 |
| 11:01 | Rutgers | Ricky Hodge is called for the reach on John Overby - foul #3 on Ricky Hodge, team foul #5 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Hans Kaczynski (SG) Ricky Hodge | |
| 10:54 | Rutgers | Fred Nader double dribbles | 52-43 |
| 10:36 | Villanova | Terry Cross is hacked by Fred Nader - foul #3 on Fred Nader, team foul #3 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Jackson (PF) Michael Thrall | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricky Hodge (PF) Terry Cross | |
| 10:28 | Villanova | Ricky Hodge misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-43 |
| 10:26 | Villanova | John Best hits the follow up shot | 52-45 |
| 10:05 | Rutgers | Larry Espada misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on James Blair - foul #3 on James Blair, team foul #6 | 52-45 |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Lawrence (SG), James Austin (SF) John Overby, Fred Nader | |
| Subs | Villanova | Thomas Walker (PF) Kenneth McCollum | |
| 10:05 | Rutgers | Larry Espada misses the 1st free throw | 52-45 |
| 10:05 | Rutgers | Larry Espada makes the 2nd free throw | 53-45 |
| 09:38 | Villanova | Ricky Hodge misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 53-45 |
| 09:37 | Rutgers | Larry Espada snags the defensive board | 53-45 |
| 09:23 | Rutgers | James Austin can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 53-45 |
| 09:21 | Rutgers | John Jackson grabs the offensive rebound | 53-45 |
| 09:05 | Rutgers | James Blair steals it from James Austin | 53-45 |
| 09:02 | Villanova | James Blair hits the finger roll | 53-47 |
| 08:41 | Rutgers | Larry Espada lays it in set up by John Jackson and he's fouled by Ricky Hodge - foul #4 on Ricky Hodge, team foul #7 | 55-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Overby (SG), Fred Nader (SF), Michael Thrall (PF) Terry Moore, James Austin, John Jackson | |
| Subs | Villanova | David Stone (PG), Terry Cross (SG), Bo Chiou (SF), Kenneth McCollum (C) James Blair, Hans Kaczynski, John Best, Ricky Hodge | |
| 08:41 | Rutgers | Larry Espada misses the free throw | 55-47 |
| 08:41 | Villanova | Thomas Walker gets the rebound | 55-47 |
| 08:28 | Villanova | Kenneth McCollum can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-47 |
| 08:26 | Rutgers | Fred Nader snags the defensive board | 55-47 |
| 08:19 | Rutgers | Larry Espada is hacked by Bo Chiou - foul #2 on Bo Chiou, team foul #8 | 55-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Matthew McCoy (SF) Thomas Walker | |
| 08:19 | Rutgers | Larry Espada misses the 1st free throw | 55-47 |
| 08:19 | Villanova | Terry Cross gets the rebound | 55-47 |
| 08:03 | Villanova | Kenneth McCollum buries a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Terry Cross | 55-49 |
| 07:47 | Rutgers | Michael Thrall hits a jumper from close range set up by Fred Nader | 57-49 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - James Lawrence (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Overby (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Nader (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Michael Thrall (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Larry Espada (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - David Stone (fresh) SG - Bo Chiou (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Matthew McCoy (fresh) PF - Terry Cross (fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. C - Kenneth McCollum (fresh) 8 pts. | |
| 07:20 | Villanova | Terry Cross misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 57-49 |
| 07:19 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to James Lawrence | 57-49 |
| 06:59 | Rutgers | Larry Espada clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 57-49 |
| 06:57 | Villanova | Matthew McCoy grabs the board | 57-49 |
| 06:34 | Villanova | Terry Cross comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 57-49 |
| 06:33 | Villanova | David Stone gets the offensive rebound | 57-49 |
| 06:11 | Villanova | Matthew McCoy makes the 3 from the right corner set up by Bo Chiou | 57-52 |
| 05:53 | Rutgers | Fred Nader hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from James Lawrence | 60-52 |
| 05:53 | Villanova | Villanova calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-52 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Terry Moore (PG), John Jackson (C) James Lawrence, Larry Espada | |
| Subs | Villanova | James Blair (PG), Hans Kaczynski (SG), John Best (SF), Chase Anderson (PF) David Stone, Bo Chiou, Matthew McCoy, Terry Cross | |
| 05:38 | Villanova | John Best makes the jump hook in the lane set up by James Blair | 60-54 |
| 05:28 | Rutgers | John Jackson is fouled on the floor by Chase Anderson - foul #5 on Chase Anderson, team foul #9 | 60-54 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Terry Cross (PF), Thomas Walker (C) Chase Anderson, Kenneth McCollum | |
| 05:28 | Rutgers | John Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 61-54 |
| 05:28 | Rutgers | John Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 62-54 |
| 05:15 | Villanova | John Best lays it up and in | 62-56 |
| 04:58 | Rutgers | Terry Moore hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 62-56 |
| 04:57 | Villanova | John Best snags the defensive board | 62-56 |
| 04:40 | Villanova | John Best misses the dunk | 62-56 |
| 04:39 | Villanova | Terry Cross tips it back up and in | 62-58 |
| 04:24 | Rutgers | Fred Nader misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 62-58 |
| 04:22 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to Terry Moore | 62-58 |
| 04:05 | Rutgers | Terry Cross steals the ball from Terry Moore | 62-58 |
| 03:46 | Villanova | Hans Kaczynski misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 62-58 |
| 03:44 | Rutgers | Michael Thrall pulls down the rebound | 62-58 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Terry Moore (fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Overby (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Nader (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Michael Thrall (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - John Jackson (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - James Blair (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - Hans Kaczynski (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Best (fresh) 23 pts. 5 reb. PF - Terry Cross (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. C - Thomas Walker (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Rutgers | John Jackson scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Terry Moore | 65-58 |
| 03:05 | Villanova | Terry Cross makes the floater from the left wing on a great pass from James Blair | 65-60 |
| 02:43 | Rutgers | John Overby is hacked by Hans Kaczynski - foul #2 on Hans Kaczynski, team foul #10 | 65-60 |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Lawrence (PG), James Austin (SF), Wilbur Wymer (PF), Larry Espada (C) Terry Moore, Fred Nader, Michael Thrall, John Jackson | |
| Subs | Villanova | Bo Chiou (SF), Ricky Hodge (PF), Kenneth McCollum (C) John Best, Terry Cross, Thomas Walker | |
| 02:43 | Rutgers | John Overby makes the 1st free throw | 66-60 |
| 02:43 | Rutgers | John Overby makes the 2nd free throw | 67-60 |
| 02:38 | Villanova | Villanova calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 67-60 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Terry Moore (PG), John Jackson (PF) John Overby, Wilbur Wymer | |
| Subs | Villanova | Terry Cross (SF), Thomas Walker (PF) Bo Chiou, Ricky Hodge | |
| 02:20 | Villanova | James Blair clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 67-60 |
| 02:19 | Villanova | Kenneth McCollum tips it but misses | 67-60 |
| 02:17 | Villanova | Kenneth McCollum gets the offensive rebound | 67-60 |
| 02:03 | Villanova | Kenneth McCollum comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 67-60 |
| 02:02 | Villanova | James Blair tips it in | 67-62 |
| 02:02 | Rutgers | Rutgers calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 67-62 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Overby (SG), Fred Nader (SF), Michael Thrall (PF) James Lawrence, James Austin, John Jackson | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Best (SF) Thomas Walker | |
| 01:35 | Rutgers | Terry Cross steps in front of the Terry Moore pass | 67-62 |
| 01:09 | Villanova | Kenneth McCollum connects on the jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from James Blair | 67-64 |
| 01:01 | Rutgers | Michael Thrall clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 67-64 |
| 00:59 | Rutgers | Larry Espada hits the follow up shot | 69-64 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:33 | Villanova | Hans Kaczynski connects on the jumpshot from the right side and he's hacked by John Overby - foul #2 on John Overby, team foul #4 | 69-66 |
| 00:33 | Villanova | Hans Kaczynski makes the free throw | 69-67 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:30 | Rutgers | James Blair is called for the reach on Terry Moore in the backcourt - foul #4 on James Blair, team foul #11 | 69-67 |
| 00:30 | Rutgers | Terry Moore misses the 1st free throw | 69-67 |
| 00:30 | Rutgers | Terry Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 70-67 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:15 | Villanova | Hans Kaczynski connects on the jumper from the free throw line set up by James Blair | 70-69 |
| 00:13 | Rutgers | James Blair is called for the reach on Terry Moore in the backcourt - foul #5 on James Blair, team foul #12 | 70-69 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | David Stone (PG) James Blair | |
| 00:13 | Rutgers | Terry Moore makes the 1st free throw | 71-69 |
| 00:13 | Rutgers | Terry Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 72-69 |
| 00:11 | Villanova | Villanova calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 72-69 |
| 00:07 | Villanova | John Best misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 72-69 |
| 00:06 | Rutgers | Larry Espada snags the defensive board | 72-69 |
| 00:04 | Rutgers | Larry Espada is hacked by Hans Kaczynski in the backcourt - foul #3 on Hans Kaczynski, team foul #13 | 72-69 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Jackson (PF) Michael Thrall | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 00:04 | Rutgers | Larry Espada makes the 1st free throw | 73-69 |
| 00:04 | Rutgers | Larry Espada misses the 2nd free throw | 73-69 |
| 00:04 | Rutgers | John Jackson gets the offensive rebound | 73-69 |
| 00:02 | Rutgers | John Jackson is fouled on the floor by Terry Cross - foul #2 on Terry Cross, team foul #14 | 73-69 |
| 00:02 | Rutgers | John Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 74-69 |
| 00:02 | Rutgers | John Jackson misses the 2nd free throw | 74-69 |
| 00:02 | Villanova | John Best pulls down the rebound | 74-69 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Villanova | John Best misses the fullcourt shot | 74-69 |