| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Donald Sapp (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Tyler Gantz (fresh) 6 pts. SF - James Thompson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Charles Carrier (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Carmelo Murillo (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - James Ryans (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. SG - William Huskey (fresh) SF - Thomas McLaen (fresh) PF - James Fuller (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 4 blk. C - William Thompson (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen inbounds the ball | 17-22 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:33 | Iowa | James Fuller hits a jump hook in the paint | 17-24 |
| 19:14 | Northwestern | James Ryans steals the ball from Tyler Gantz | 17-24 |
| 18:54 | Iowa | James Ryans misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 17-24 |
| 18:52 | Northwestern | Donald Sapp snags the defensive board | 17-24 |
| 18:41 | Northwestern | James Thompson shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the turnaround from the left block | 17-24 |
| 18:39 | Iowa | William Thompson gets the rebound | 17-24 |
| 18:23 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen drills a jumper in the paint on a nice dish by James Ryans | 17-26 |
| 17:59 | Northwestern | James Thompson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 17-26 |
| 17:58 | Northwestern | James Thompson tips it back up and in | 19-26 |
| 17:45 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline | 19-26 |
| 17:43 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo grabs the board | 19-26 |
| 17:36 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo connects on the jump hook in the lane on a great pass from James Thompson and he's fouled by William Thompson - foul #1 on William Thompson, team foul #1 | 21-26 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Servais (PG), Frank Maltby (PF) Donald Sapp, Charles Carrier | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 17:36 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo makes the free throw | 22-26 |
| 17:15 | Iowa | James Fuller comes up short on the shot from the right block | 22-26 |
| 17:14 | Northwestern | Frank Maltby gets the rebound | 22-26 |
| 17:09 | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Robert Servais | 24-26 |
| 16:44 | Iowa | William Huskey banks in the layup and he's fouled by James Thompson - foul #2 on James Thompson, team foul #1 | 24-28 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Charles Carrier (PF) Carmelo Murillo | |
| Subs | Iowa | Christopher Auerbach (SF), Terry Wilkinson (PF) Thomas McLaen, James Fuller | |
| 16:44 | Iowa | William Huskey makes the free throw | 24-29 |
| 16:26 | Northwestern | Charles Carrier connects on the fadeaway from close range and he's hacked by Terry Wilkinson - foul #2 on Terry Wilkinson, team foul #2 | 26-29 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Donald Sapp (PG) Robert Servais | |
| Subs | Iowa | Perry Wagner (SF) William Huskey | |
| 16:26 | Northwestern | Charles Carrier makes the free throw | 27-29 |
| 15:57 | Iowa | Terry Wilkinson misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 27-29 |
| 15:56 | Northwestern | Frank Maltby gets the rebound | 27-29 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Donald Sapp (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Tyler Gantz (fresh) 8 pts. SF - James Thompson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Charles Carrier (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Maltby (fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - James Ryans (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. SG - Christopher Auerbach (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Perry Wagner (fresh) PF - Terry Wilkinson (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - William Thompson (fairly fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Northwestern | Frank Maltby misses badly on a floater from the baseline | 27-29 |
| 15:42 | Northwestern | Charles Carrier hits the follow up shot | 29-29 |
| 15:20 | Iowa | Terry Wilkinson knocks in the floater from the free throw line and he's hacked by Frank Maltby - foul #2 on Frank Maltby, team foul #2 | 29-31 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Servais (PG), Carmelo Murillo (C) Donald Sapp, James Thompson | |
| Subs | Iowa | Andrei Kozikowski (PG), William Huskey (SG), Thomas McLaen (SF), James Schultz (C) James Ryans, Christopher Auerbach, Perry Wagner, William Thompson | |
| 15:20 | Iowa | Terry Wilkinson makes the free throw | 29-32 |
| 14:59 | Northwestern | Frank Maltby is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 29-32 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Donald Sapp (PG), James Thompson (SF), Robert Widner (C) Robert Servais, Frank Maltby, Carmelo Murillo | |
| Subs | Iowa | James Fuller (PF) Terry Wilkinson | |
| 14:44 | Iowa | William Huskey makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from James Fuller | 29-34 |
| 14:33 | Northwestern | Robert Widner is hacked by James Schultz - foul #1 on James Schultz, team foul #3 | 29-34 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Servais (PG), Frank Maltby (PF), Carmelo Murillo (C) Donald Sapp, James Thompson, Robert Widner | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 14:17 | Northwestern | Robert Servais is hacked by Andrei Kozikowski - foul #2 on Andrei Kozikowski, team foul #4 | 29-34 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Donald Sapp (PG), James Thompson (SF) Robert Servais, Frank Maltby | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 14:03 | Northwestern | Charles Carrier drills a runner in the paint set up by Tyler Gantz | 31-34 |
| 13:38 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen knocks in the fadeaway from the baseline on a nice dish by Andrei Kozikowski | 31-36 |
| 13:28 | Northwestern | James Thompson evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on James Schultz - foul #2 on James Schultz, team foul #5 | 31-36 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Servais (PG), Frank Maltby (PF) Donald Sapp, Charles Carrier | |
| Subs | Iowa | James Ryans (PG), Christopher Auerbach (SG), Perry Wagner (SF), William Thompson (C) Andrei Kozikowski, William Huskey, Thomas McLaen, James Schultz | |
| 13:28 | Northwestern | James Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 32-36 |
| 13:28 | Northwestern | James Thompson makes the 2nd free throw | 33-36 |
| 13:05 | Iowa | James Ryans buries a shot in the paint on a nice dish by Perry Wagner | 33-38 |
| 12:36 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo knocks in the shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Robert Servais | 35-38 |
| 12:34 | Iowa | Robert Servais picks off the pass by James Ryans in the backcourt | 35-38 |
| 12:33 | Northwestern | James Thompson hits the finger roll set up by Robert Servais | 37-38 |
| 12:12 | Iowa | James Ryans clanks a jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Carmelo Murillo - foul #2 on Carmelo Murillo, team foul #3 | 37-38 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Donald Sapp (PG), Charles Carrier (SF), Robert Widner (C) Robert Servais, James Thompson, Carmelo Murillo | |
| Subs | Iowa | William Huskey (SG), Terry Wilkinson (PF) Perry Wagner, James Fuller | |
| 12:12 | Iowa | James Ryans makes the 1st free throw | 37-39 |
| 12:12 | Iowa | James Ryans makes the 2nd free throw | 37-40 |
| 11:51 | Northwestern | James Ryans steals it from Charles Carrier | 37-40 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Donald Sapp (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Tyler Gantz (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Carrier (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frank Maltby (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Robert Widner (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - James Ryans (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. SG - William Huskey (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Christopher Auerbach (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Terry Wilkinson (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - William Thompson (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Iowa | Frank Maltby denies the turnaround by William Huskey | 37-40 |
| 11:28 | Iowa | William Thompson grabs the offensive board | 37-40 |
| 11:11 | Iowa | James Ryans drills a fadeaway near the basket set up by William Huskey | 37-42 |
| 11:01 | Northwestern | Donald Sapp hits a jump hook near the basket and he's hacked by James Ryans - foul #3 on James Ryans, team foul #6 | 39-42 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Servais (SG), James Thompson (SF), Carmelo Murillo (C) Tyler Gantz, Frank Maltby, Robert Widner | |
| Subs | Iowa | Thomas McLaen (SF) Christopher Auerbach | |
| 11:01 | Northwestern | Donald Sapp makes the free throw | 40-42 |
| 10:41 | Iowa | James Ryans buries a 3pt shot from straight away | 40-45 |
| 10:17 | Northwestern | Robert Servais comes up short on the runner in the lane | 40-45 |
| 10:15 | Iowa | William Huskey pulls down the rebound | 40-45 |
| 09:54 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen misses badly on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by James Thompson - foul #3 on James Thompson, team foul #4 | 40-45 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz (SG) Donald Sapp | |
| Subs | Iowa | Andrei Kozikowski (PG), Christopher Auerbach (SG), James Fuller (PF), James Schultz (C) James Ryans, William Huskey, Terry Wilkinson, William Thompson | |
| 09:54 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen misses the 1st free throw | 40-45 |
| 09:54 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen makes the 2nd free throw | 40-46 |
| 09:39 | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz buries a shot from the right side set up by Robert Servais | 42-46 |
| 09:10 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen misses the lay-in but he's hacked by James Thompson - foul #4 on James Thompson, team foul #5 | 42-46 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Donald Sapp (PG), Frank Maltby (PF) Robert Servais, James Thompson | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 09:10 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen misses the 1st free throw | 42-46 |
| 09:10 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen misses the 2nd free throw | 42-46 |
| 09:10 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Frank Maltby | 42-46 |
| 08:55 | Northwestern | Donald Sapp hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 44-46 |
| 08:27 | Iowa | Andrei Kozikowski is fouled on the floor by Donald Sapp - foul #3 on Donald Sapp, team foul #6 | 44-46 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Iowa | James Ryans (PG), William Huskey (SG), William Thompson (C) Andrei Kozikowski, Thomas McLaen, James Schultz | |
| 08:19 | Iowa | James Ryans clanks a runner from the baseline | 44-46 |
| 08:17 | Northwestern | Charles Carrier pulls down the rebound | 44-46 |
| 08:11 | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz misses short on a shot from the left wing but the foul's on William Huskey - foul #1 on William Huskey, team foul #7 | 44-46 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Perry Wagner (SF) Christopher Auerbach | |
| 08:11 | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz makes the 1st free throw | 45-46 |
| 08:11 | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz misses the 2nd free throw | 45-46 |
| 08:11 | Iowa | The rebound goes to James Fuller | 45-46 |
| 07:52 | Iowa | James Fuller can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 45-46 |
| 07:50 | Iowa | James Fuller tips it back up and in | 45-48 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Donald Sapp (fresh) 11 pts. 3 pf. SG - Tyler Gantz (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Carrier (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank Maltby (fresh) 5 reb. 3 blk. 2 stl. C - Carmelo Murillo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - James Ryans (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - William Huskey (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Perry Wagner (fresh) 1 ast. PF - James Fuller (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. 4 blk. C - William Thompson (fresh) 7 reb. | |
| 07:35 | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz clanks a fadeaway from the baseline | 45-48 |
| 07:33 | Northwestern | Frank Maltby hits the follow up shot | 47-48 |
| 07:10 | Iowa | James Ryans can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 47-48 |
| 07:08 | Iowa | James Fuller gets the offensive rebound | 47-48 |
| 06:39 | Iowa | William Thompson misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 47-48 |
| 06:37 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo gets the rebound | 47-48 |
| 06:24 | Northwestern | Donald Sapp clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 47-48 |
| 06:22 | Iowa | William Thompson grabs the board | 47-48 |
| 06:17 | Iowa | James Ryans hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Tyler Gantz - foul #1 on Tyler Gantz, team foul #7 | 47-48 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Servais (PG), James Thompson (SF), Robert Widner (C) Donald Sapp, Frank Maltby, Carmelo Murillo | |
| Subs | Iowa | Thomas McLaen (SF), Terry Wilkinson (PF) Perry Wagner, James Fuller | |
| 06:17 | Iowa | James Ryans misses the 1st free throw | 47-48 |
| 06:17 | Iowa | James Ryans makes the 2nd free throw | 47-49 |
| 05:53 | Northwestern | James Ryans steals it from Tyler Gantz | 47-49 |
| 05:30 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen misses the dunk attempt | 47-49 |
| 05:29 | Iowa | Terry Wilkinson tips it home | 47-51 |
| 05:17 | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz hits the front of the rim on the wide open pull-up jumper from the left wing | 47-51 |
| 05:15 | Iowa | James Ryans snags the defensive board | 47-51 |
| 04:57 | Iowa | Thomas McLaen throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-51 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Donald Sapp (PG), Frank Maltby (PF), Carmelo Murillo (C) Tyler Gantz, Charles Carrier, Robert Widner | |
| Subs | Iowa | Andrei Kozikowski (PG), Christopher Auerbach (SG), James Schultz (C) James Ryans, William Huskey, William Thompson | |
| 04:41 | Northwestern | Frank Maltby hits a runner from the right block on a nice dish by Donald Sapp | 49-51 |
| 04:15 | Iowa | James Schultz's fadeaway is rejected by Carmelo Murillo | 49-51 |
| 04:14 | Iowa | Terry Wilkinson can't tip it in | 49-51 |
| 04:13 | Iowa | James Schultz snags the offensive board | 49-51 |
| 03:52 | Iowa | Frank Maltby is called for the reach on Andrei Kozikowski - foul #3 on Frank Maltby, team foul #8 | 49-51 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz (SG), Charles Carrier (PF) Donald Sapp, Frank Maltby | |
| Subs | Iowa | James Fuller (PF) Terry Wilkinson | |
| 03:52 | Iowa | Andrei Kozikowski makes the 1st free throw | 49-52 |
| 03:52 | Iowa | Andrei Kozikowski makes the 2nd free throw | 49-53 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Robert Servais (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Tyler Gantz (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Thompson (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. PF - Charles Carrier (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Carmelo Murillo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Andrei Kozikowski (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Christopher Auerbach (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Thomas McLaen (fresh) 5 pts. PF - James Fuller (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 4 blk. C - James Schultz (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 03:34 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo misses the lay-in but the foul's on James Schultz - foul #3 on James Schultz, team foul #8 | 49-53 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Donald Sapp (PG) Robert Servais | |
| Subs | Iowa | James Ryans (PG), Perry Wagner (SF), William Thompson (C) Andrei Kozikowski, Thomas McLaen, James Schultz | |
| 03:34 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo makes the 1st free throw | 50-53 |
| 03:34 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo makes the 2nd free throw | 51-53 |
| 03:10 | Iowa | James Fuller misses the dunk but he's hacked by Tyler Gantz - foul #2 on Tyler Gantz, team foul #9 | 51-53 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Frank Maltby (C) Carmelo Murillo | |
| Subs | Iowa | William Huskey (SG) Perry Wagner | |
| 03:10 | Iowa | James Fuller makes the 1st free throw | 51-54 |
| 03:10 | Iowa | James Fuller misses the 2nd free throw | 51-54 |
| 03:10 | Northwestern | Charles Carrier snags the defensive board | 51-54 |
| 02:49 | Northwestern | Charles Carrier misses the easy layup | 51-54 |
| 02:47 | Northwestern | Donald Sapp gets the offensive rebound | 51-54 |
| 02:37 | Northwestern | William Huskey picks off the pass by Tyler Gantz | 51-54 |
| 02:12 | Iowa | James Ryans hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 51-56 |
| 01:51 | Northwestern | James Fuller is called for the reach on James Thompson - foul #1 on James Fuller, team foul #9 | 51-56 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo (C) Frank Maltby | |
| Subs | Iowa | Thomas McLaen (SF) Christopher Auerbach | |
| 01:51 | Northwestern | James Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 52-56 |
| 01:51 | Northwestern | James Thompson makes the 2nd free throw | 53-56 |
| 01:31 | Iowa | James Fuller's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-56 |
| 01:11 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 53-56 |
| 01:10 | Iowa | James Ryans snags the defensive board | 53-56 |
| 00:50 | Iowa | Donald Sapp steals it from James Fuller | 53-56 |
| 00:41 | Northwestern | Charles Carrier buries a shot from the right block on a nice dish by James Thompson | 55-56 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:20 | Iowa | James Fuller clanks a floater in the paint | 55-56 |
| 00:19 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Charles Carrier | 55-56 |
| 00:11 | Northwestern | Carmelo Murillo buries a jumper in the paint | 57-56 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:05 | Iowa | James Ryans connects on the fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from William Huskey | 57-58 |
| 00:05 | Northwestern | Northwestern calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 57-58 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Northwestern | Tyler Gantz clanks a floater from the right side | 57-58 |