| Lineup | Samford | PG - Clark Grisham (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Junior Robbs (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jean Hughes (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dikembe Arboleda (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Louis Beaty (fresh) 5 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Tyler Hurd (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Simmons (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SF - Peter Holloway (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Juan Arroyo (fresh) 4 pts. C - Solomon Baity (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Samford | Jean Hughes inbounds the ball | 24-40 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:47 | Samford | Junior Robbs misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 24-40 |
| 19:45 | American U. | The rebound goes to Solomon Baity | 24-40 |
| 19:43 | American U. | Tyler Hurd throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 24-40 |
| 19:33 | Samford | Jean Hughes is hacked by Juan Arroyo - foul #3 on Juan Arroyo, team foul #1 | 24-40 |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| Subs | American U. | Dana Anderson (PF) Juan Arroyo | |
| 19:11 | Samford | Junior Robbs scores on a shot from the left side | 26-40 |
| 18:47 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons misses long on a driving attempt from the baseline | 26-40 |
| 18:46 | Samford | Jean Hughes gets the rebound | 26-40 |
| 18:24 | Samford | Louis Beaty is hacked by Peter Holloway - foul #3 on Peter Holloway, team foul #2 | 26-40 |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| Subs | American U. | Ronald Rust (SF) Peter Holloway | |
| 18:17 | Samford | Jean Hughes travels with the ball | 26-40 |
| 18:03 | American U. | Tyler Hurd connects on the 3pt shot from straight away | 26-43 |
| 17:46 | Samford | Jean Hughes misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 26-43 |
| 17:44 | American U. | Dana Anderson grabs the board | 26-43 |
| 17:29 | American U. | Dikembe Arboleda swats the shot by Dana Anderson | 26-43 |
| 17:27 | American U. | Tyler Hurd tips it but misses | 26-43 |
| 17:25 | Samford | Junior Robbs grabs the defensive rebound | 26-43 |
| 17:08 | Samford | Louis Beaty connects on the jump hook from close range | 28-43 |
| 16:45 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons misses the jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Dikembe Arboleda - foul #3 on Dikembe Arboleda, team foul #1 | 28-43 |
| Subs | Samford | Marshall Buchanan (PG), Henry Welcome (SG), Jack McCaine (SF), James Cook (PF) Clark Grisham, Junior Robbs, Jean Hughes, Dikembe Arboleda | |
| Subs | American U. | Vincent Cutter (SF), Michael Chairez (C) Tyler Hurd, Solomon Baity | |
| 16:45 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons makes the 1st free throw | 28-44 |
| 16:45 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 28-45 |
| 16:25 | Samford | James Cook comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 28-45 |
| 16:23 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons grabs the board | 28-45 |
| 16:06 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons is hacked by Marshall Buchanan - foul #2 on Marshall Buchanan, team foul #2 | 28-45 |
| Subs | Samford | Enoch Zych (C) Louis Beaty | |
| Subs | American U. | Randall Moore (PG), Nickolas Duncan (C) Kenneth Simmons, Dana Anderson | |
| 15:51 | American U. | Vincent Cutter hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 28-45 |
| 15:49 | Samford | James Cook gets the rebound | 28-45 |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Marshall Buchanan (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Henry Welcome (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Jack McCaine (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Cook (fresh) 3 reb. C - Enoch Zych (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Randall Moore (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ronald Rust (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Vincent Cutter (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Chairez (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Nickolas Duncan (fresh) | |
| 15:31 | Samford | Henry Welcome is whistled for a carry | 28-45 |
| Subs | Samford | Clark Grisham (PG), Junior Robbs (SG), Dikembe Arboleda (PF) Marshall Buchanan, Henry Welcome, Enoch Zych | |
| Subs | American U. | Tyler Hurd (PG), Peter Holloway (SF), Juan Arroyo (PF) Randall Moore, Ronald Rust, Nickolas Duncan | |
| 15:11 | American U. | Tyler Hurd is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Arboleda - foul #4 on Dikembe Arboleda, team foul #3 | 28-45 |
| Subs | Samford | Jean Hughes (SF), Enoch Zych (C) Jack McCaine, Dikembe Arboleda | |
| Subs | American U. | Solomon Baity (C) Michael Chairez | |
| 14:53 | American U. | Solomon Baity drills a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Peter Holloway | 28-47 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 14:36 | Samford | Junior Robbs clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 28-47 |
| 14:34 | American U. | Tyler Hurd grabs the board | 28-47 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 14:14 | American U. | Vincent Cutter can't connect on a floater from the left side but he's hacked by James Cook - foul #1 on James Cook, team foul #4 | 28-47 |
| Subs | Samford | Louis Beaty (C) James Cook | |
| Subs | American U. | | |
| 14:14 | American U. | Vincent Cutter misses the 1st free throw | 28-47 |
| 14:14 | American U. | Vincent Cutter makes the 2nd free throw | 28-48 |
| 13:55 | Samford | Louis Beaty is fouled on the floor by Solomon Baity - foul #3 on Solomon Baity, team foul #3 | 28-48 |
| Subs | Samford | Marshall Buchanan (SG) Junior Robbs | |
| Subs | American U. | Kenneth Simmons (SG) Vincent Cutter | |
| 13:43 | Samford | Louis Beaty buries a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Clark Grisham | 30-48 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 13:38 | American U. | Tyler Hurd misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline | 30-48 |
| 13:36 | Samford | Enoch Zych grabs the defensive rebound | 30-48 |
| 13:21 | Samford | Jean Hughes misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 30-48 |
| 13:19 | Samford | Louis Beaty misses the tip | 30-48 |
| 13:18 | American U. | Solomon Baity gets the rebound | 30-48 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 12:51 | American U. | Juan Arroyo clanks a floater from the right block | 30-48 |
| 12:49 | Samford | The rebound goes to Marshall Buchanan | 30-48 |
| 12:20 | Samford | Clark Grisham drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Marshall Buchanan and he's hacked by Juan Arroyo - foul #4 on Juan Arroyo, team foul #4 | 32-48 |
| Subs | Samford | Junior Robbs (SG), Jack McCaine (SF), James Cook (PF) Marshall Buchanan, Jean Hughes, Enoch Zych | |
| Subs | American U. | Ronald Rust (PG), Vincent Cutter (SF), Dana Anderson (PF), Michael Chairez (C) Tyler Hurd, Peter Holloway, Juan Arroyo, Solomon Baity | |
| 12:20 | Samford | Clark Grisham makes the free throw | 33-48 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 11:59 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons is called for traveling | 33-48 |
| Subs | Samford | Marshall Buchanan (PG) Clark Grisham | |
| Subs | American U. | | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 11:41 | Samford | James Cook buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Marshall Buchanan | 35-48 |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Marshall Buchanan (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Junior Robbs (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Jack McCaine (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Cook (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Beaty (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Ronald Rust (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kenneth Simmons (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Vincent Cutter (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dana Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Michael Chairez (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:26 | American U. | Louis Beaty takes the ball from Vincent Cutter | 35-48 |
| 11:11 | Samford | James Cook is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Simmons - foul #2 on Kenneth Simmons, team foul #5 | 35-48 |
| 10:52 | Samford | James Cook is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on James Cook, team foul #5 | 35-48 |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| Subs | American U. | Peter Holloway (SF) Vincent Cutter | |
| 10:34 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons misses the fadeaway from the right side | 35-48 |
| 10:32 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons can't tip it in | 35-48 |
| 10:30 | Samford | Louis Beaty gets the rebound | 35-48 |
| 10:10 | Samford | Marshall Buchanan misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 35-48 |
| 10:09 | Samford | James Cook tips it back up and in | 37-48 |
| 09:48 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons connects on the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Dana Anderson | 37-51 |
| 09:25 | Samford | Junior Robbs comes up short on the shot from the right side but the foul's on Peter Holloway - foul #4 on Peter Holloway, team foul #6 | 37-51 |
| Subs | Samford | Clark Grisham (PG), Jean Hughes (SF), Allen Rankin (PF), Enoch Zych (C) Marshall Buchanan, Jack McCaine, James Cook, Louis Beaty | |
| Subs | American U. | Tyler Hurd (PG), Vincent Cutter (SG), Jerry Russell (SF), Solomon Baity (C) Ronald Rust, Kenneth Simmons, Peter Holloway, Michael Chairez | |
| 09:25 | Samford | Junior Robbs makes the 1st free throw | 38-51 |
| 09:25 | Samford | Junior Robbs makes the 2nd free throw | 39-51 |
| 09:10 | American U. | Tyler Hurd misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 39-51 |
| 09:09 | Samford | Junior Robbs snags the defensive board | 39-51 |
| 08:46 | Samford | Junior Robbs double dribbles | 39-51 |
| Subs | Samford | Henry Welcome (SG) Junior Robbs | |
| Subs | American U. | Nickolas Duncan (PF) Dana Anderson | |
| 08:29 | American U. | Vincent Cutter drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 39-53 |
| 08:09 | Samford | Henry Welcome misses badly on a jumper from the right block but he's fouled by Nickolas Duncan - foul #1 on Nickolas Duncan, team foul #7 | 39-53 |
| Subs | Samford | Jack McCaine (C) Allen Rankin | |
| Subs | American U. | Ronald Rust (SG), Michael Chairez (PF) Jerry Russell, Nickolas Duncan | |
| 08:09 | Samford | Henry Welcome makes the 1st free throw | 40-53 |
| 08:09 | Samford | Henry Welcome makes the 2nd free throw | 41-53 |
| 08:02 | American U. | Tyler Hurd misses long on a turnaround from the baseline | 41-53 |
| 08:01 | American U. | Vincent Cutter grabs the offensive rebound | 41-53 |
| 07:46 | American U. | Tyler Hurd drills a floater from the right wing on a great pass from Vincent Cutter | 41-55 |
| 07:41 | Samford | Tyler Hurd steals the ball from Clark Grisham in the backcourt | 41-55 |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Clark Grisham (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Henry Welcome (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jean Hughes (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Enoch Zych (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jack McCaine (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Tyler Hurd (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Rust (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Vincent Cutter (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Michael Chairez (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Solomon Baity (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:20 | American U. | Ronald Rust is fouled on the floor by Henry Welcome - foul #1 on Henry Welcome, team foul #6 | 41-55 |
| Subs | Samford | Marshall Buchanan (SG), Dikembe Arboleda (PF), Louis Beaty (C) Henry Welcome, Enoch Zych, Jack McCaine | |
| Subs | American U. | Kenneth Simmons (SG), Peter Holloway (SF), Juan Arroyo (PF) Ronald Rust, Vincent Cutter, Michael Chairez | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 07:05 | American U. | Tyler Hurd is fouled on the floor by Clark Grisham - foul #1 on Clark Grisham, team foul #7 | 41-55 |
| Subs | Samford | Junior Robbs (SG) Marshall Buchanan | |
| Subs | American U. | | |
| 07:05 | American U. | Tyler Hurd makes the 1st free throw | 41-56 |
| 07:05 | American U. | Tyler Hurd makes the 2nd free throw | 41-57 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 06:50 | Samford | Jean Hughes scores on a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Junior Robbs | 43-57 |
| 06:30 | American U. | Solomon Baity double dribbles | 43-57 |
| Subs | Samford | Marshall Buchanan (PG), Jack McCaine (SF) Clark Grisham, Jean Hughes | |
| Subs | American U. | Dana Anderson (C) Solomon Baity | |
| 06:12 | Samford | Dikembe Arboleda misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 43-57 |
| 06:11 | Samford | Louis Beaty gets the offensive rebound | 43-57 |
| 06:00 | Samford | Louis Beaty makes the runner in the lane set up by Marshall Buchanan | 45-57 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:53 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Tyler Hurd | 45-59 |
| 05:38 | Samford | Dikembe Arboleda can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 45-59 |
| 05:36 | American U. | The rebound goes to Dana Anderson | 45-59 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:12 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 45-59 |
| 05:11 | American U. | Tyler Hurd snags the offensive board | 45-59 |
| 04:56 | American U. | Louis Beaty blocks the short jumper by Peter Holloway | 45-59 |
| 04:55 | American U. | Dana Anderson tips it back up and in | 45-61 |
| 04:37 | Samford | Junior Robbs misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 45-61 |
| 04:35 | American U. | Juan Arroyo pulls down the rebound | 45-61 |
| 04:19 | American U. | Kenneth Simmons buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Dana Anderson | 45-63 |
| 04:12 | Samford | Louis Beaty can't connect on a jump hook from the left block | 45-63 |
| 04:11 | American U. | Juan Arroyo grabs the board | 45-63 |
| 03:51 | American U. | Marshall Buchanan steps in front of the Tyler Hurd pass | 45-63 |
| 03:46 | Samford | Junior Robbs slams it home on a great pass from Marshall Buchanan | 47-63 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:37 | American U. | Dana Anderson misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 47-63 |
| 03:35 | Samford | Junior Robbs snags the defensive board | 47-63 |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Marshall Buchanan (fairly fresh) 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Junior Robbs (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jack McCaine (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dikembe Arboleda (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. C - Louis Beaty (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | American U. | PG - Tyler Hurd (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kenneth Simmons (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SF - Peter Holloway (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Juan Arroyo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Dana Anderson (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:19 | Samford | Kenneth Simmons is called for the reach on Jack McCaine - foul #3 on Kenneth Simmons, team foul #8 | 47-63 |
| Subs | Samford | Henry Welcome (SG), Allen Rankin (SF), James Cook (PF), Enoch Zych (C) Marshall Buchanan, Junior Robbs, Dikembe Arboleda, Louis Beaty | |
| Subs | American U. | Randall Moore (PG), Ronald Rust (SG), Vincent Cutter (SF), Michael Chairez (PF), Nickolas Duncan (C) Tyler Hurd, Kenneth Simmons, Peter Holloway, Juan Arroyo, Dana Anderson | |
| 03:19 | Samford | Jack McCaine misses the 1st free throw | 47-63 |
| 03:19 | American U. | The rebound goes to Nickolas Duncan | 47-63 |
| 02:56 | American U. | Ronald Rust throws it down on a great pass from Randall Moore | 47-65 |
| 02:44 | Samford | Jack McCaine lays it up and in set up by Allen Rankin | 49-65 |
| 02:23 | American U. | Allen Rankin is called for the reach on Ronald Rust - foul #1 on Allen Rankin, team foul #8 | 49-65 |
| Subs | Samford | Marshall Buchanan (PG) Jack McCaine | |
| Subs | American U. | Dana Anderson (PF) Nickolas Duncan | |
| 02:23 | American U. | Ronald Rust makes the 1st free throw | 49-66 |
| 02:23 | American U. | Ronald Rust misses the 2nd free throw | 49-66 |
| 02:23 | Samford | Enoch Zych grabs the defensive rebound | 49-66 |
| 02:12 | Samford | James Cook blows the layup but he's fouled by Dana Anderson - foul #2 on Dana Anderson, team foul #9 | 49-66 |
| 02:12 | Samford | James Cook misses the 1st free throw | 49-66 |
| 02:12 | Samford | James Cook misses the 2nd free throw | 49-66 |
| 02:12 | Samford | The offensive rebound goes to Marshall Buchanan | 49-66 |
| 01:54 | Samford | James Cook misses the 3 from the right corner | 49-66 |
| 01:53 | American U. | Dana Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 49-66 |
| 01:31 | American U. | Randall Moore knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Ronald Rust | 49-69 |
| 01:09 | Samford | Allen Rankin can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 49-69 |
| 01:08 | American U. | Randall Moore pulls down the rebound | 49-69 |
| 00:48 | American U. | Dana Anderson connects on the floater from the baseline | 49-71 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:43 | Samford | Henry Welcome loses the dribble to Randall Moore | 49-71 |
| 00:40 | American U. | Dana Anderson lays it up and in set up by Randall Moore | 49-73 |
| 00:35 | Samford | Allen Rankin loses the dribble to Michael Chairez | 49-73 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | American U. | American U. is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:06 | American U. | Enoch Zych is called for the reach on Michael Chairez - foul #1 on Enoch Zych, team foul #9 | 49-73 |
| Subs | Samford | Jack McCaine (SF) Allen Rankin | |
| Subs | American U. | | |
| 00:06 | American U. | Michael Chairez makes the 1st free throw | 49-74 |
| 00:06 | American U. | Michael Chairez misses the 2nd free throw | 49-74 |
| 00:06 | Samford | James Cook grabs the defensive rebound | 49-74 |
| 00:00 | Samford | James Cook scores on a jumper near the basket | 51-74 |