| Lineup | Eastern Washington | PG - Ivan Scheiber (fresh) SG - Ashley Malone (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tim McLaurine (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Ho Chiu (fresh) 6 reb. C - James Shope (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Thomas Millstein (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dennis Reese (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Roy Clore (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mark Bender (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Phillip Bailey (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Notre Dame | Roy Clore inbounds the ball | 20-30 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Washington | Eastern Washington is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:45 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey travels with the ball | 20-30 |
| 19:22 | Eastern Washington | Tim McLaurine misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 20-30 |
| 19:20 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender grabs the board | 20-30 |
| 19:15 | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 20-30 |
| 19:13 | Eastern Washington | James Shope pulls down the rebound | 20-30 |
| 18:48 | Eastern Washington | Ashley Malone misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-30 |
| 18:46 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey gets the rebound | 20-30 |
| 18:20 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein misses badly on a floater from the right side | 20-30 |
| 18:18 | Notre Dame | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Millstein | 20-30 |
| 18:06 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender loses the dribble to James Shope | 20-30 |
| 17:50 | Eastern Washington | Dennis Reese steals the ball from Ashley Malone | 20-30 |
| 17:22 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey misses the dunk | 20-30 |
| 17:20 | Eastern Washington | James Shope grabs the board | 20-30 |
| 17:04 | Eastern Washington | Ho Chiu misses short on a jump hook near the basket but the foul's on Phillip Bailey - foul #2 on Phillip Bailey, team foul #1 | 20-30 |
| 17:04 | Eastern Washington | Ho Chiu makes the 1st free throw | 21-30 |
| 17:04 | Eastern Washington | Ho Chiu makes the 2nd free throw | 22-30 |
| 16:44 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender's fadeaway is rejected by Tim McLaurine | 22-30 |
| 16:42 | Eastern Washington | James Shope gets the rebound | 22-30 |
| 16:30 | Eastern Washington | Tim McLaurine knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Ho Chiu | 25-30 |
| 16:15 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Tim McLaurine - foul #3 on Tim McLaurine, team foul #1 | 25-30 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley (PG), Craig Mathews (SF), Irwin Smathers (PF) Ivan Scheiber, Tim McLaurine, Ho Chiu | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Mark England (SG), Raphael Soto (SF), Ernest Ferrante (C) Dennis Reese, Roy Clore, Phillip Bailey | |
| 16:15 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein makes the 1st free throw | 25-31 |
| 16:15 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein makes the 2nd free throw | 25-32 |
| 16:06 | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley makes the 3pt attempt from straight away | 28-32 |
| 15:45 | Notre Dame | The short jumper by Mark Bender is denied by James Shope | 28-32 |
| 15:43 | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley snags the defensive board | 28-32 |
| Lineup | Eastern Washington | PG - Glenn Whitley (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Ashley Malone (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Craig Mathews (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Irwin Smathers (fresh) C - James Shope (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 4 blk. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Thomas Millstein (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark England (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Raphael Soto (fresh) PF - Mark Bender (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Ernest Ferrante (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:16 | Eastern Washington | Ashley Malone misses badly on a jump hook in the lane | 28-32 |
| 15:15 | Eastern Washington | Ashley Malone grabs the offensive board | 28-32 |
| 15:05 | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 28-32 |
| 15:03 | Eastern Washington | James Shope hits the follow up shot | 30-32 |
| 14:43 | Notre Dame | Raphael Soto's floater is tipped away by Craig Mathews | 30-32 |
| 14:41 | Eastern Washington | The rebound goes to James Shope | 30-32 |
| 14:37 | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley hits a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Ashley Malone | 32-32 |
| 14:20 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender makes the driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Ernest Ferrante | 32-34 |
| 14:11 | Eastern Washington | Raphael Soto swats the shot by Glenn Whitley | 32-34 |
| 14:09 | Eastern Washington | Irwin Smathers gets the offensive rebound | 32-34 |
| 14:02 | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley misses badly on a fadeaway from the baseline | 32-34 |
| 14:00 | Eastern Washington | Craig Mathews tips it in | 34-34 |
| 13:37 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender misses short on a driving attempt near the basket | 34-34 |
| 13:36 | Notre Dame | Ernest Ferrante tips it but misses | 34-34 |
| 13:34 | Notre Dame | Ernest Ferrante snags the offensive board | 34-34 |
| 13:22 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 34-34 |
| 13:20 | Eastern Washington | James Shope snags the defensive board | 34-34 |
| 13:03 | Eastern Washington | Craig Mathews misses the 3 from straight away | 34-34 |
| 13:01 | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley tips it back up and in | 36-34 |
| 12:35 | Notre Dame | Ernest Ferrante misses short on a fadeaway in the lane | 36-34 |
| 12:34 | Eastern Washington | James Shope snags the defensive board | 36-34 |
| 12:20 | Eastern Washington | Craig Mathews can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 36-34 |
| 12:18 | Notre Dame | Ernest Ferrante grabs the board | 36-34 |
| 11:53 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender knocks in the turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Mark England | 36-36 |
| 11:28 | Eastern Washington | Irwin Smathers's floater is tipped away by Ernest Ferrante | 36-36 |
| 11:26 | Eastern Washington | Ashley Malone tips it home | 38-36 |
| Lineup | Eastern Washington | PG - Glenn Whitley (fairly fresh) 14 pts. SG - Ashley Malone (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Craig Mathews (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Irwin Smathers (fairly fresh) C - James Shope (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 10 reb. 4 blk. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Thomas Millstein (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mark England (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Raphael Soto (fairly fresh) PF - Mark Bender (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Ernest Ferrante (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 10:59 | Notre Dame | Mark England comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 38-36 |
| 10:57 | Notre Dame | Raphael Soto grabs the offensive board | 38-36 |
| 10:38 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender misses long on a jump hook in the paint | 38-36 |
| 10:36 | Notre Dame | Ernest Ferrante gets the offensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 10:23 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender drills a floater from the left side on a great pass from Thomas Millstein and he's fouled by Glenn Whitley - foul #1 on Glenn Whitley, team foul #2 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | Ivan Scheiber (PG), Tim McLaurine (SF), Ho Chiu (PF), John Hardison (C) Glenn Whitley, Craig Mathews, Irwin Smathers, James Shope | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Rocco Russo (PG), Dennis Reese (SG), Roy Clore (SF), Phillip Bailey (C) Thomas Millstein, Mark England, Raphael Soto, Ernest Ferrante | |
| 10:23 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender makes the free throw | 38-39 |
| 10:09 | Eastern Washington | Ho Chiu can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 38-39 |
| 10:07 | Eastern Washington | Ivan Scheiber snags the offensive board | 38-39 |
| 09:43 | Eastern Washington | John Hardison blows the layup | 38-39 |
| 09:42 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey pulls down the rebound | 38-39 |
| 09:15 | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 38-39 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | James Shope (C) Ashley Malone | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 08:56 | Eastern Washington | Ivan Scheiber hits a 3 pointer from the left wing | 41-39 |
| 08:30 | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Phillip Bailey | 41-42 |
| 08:11 | Eastern Washington | James Shope misses badly on a shot near the basket | 41-42 |
| 08:10 | Eastern Washington | Ivan Scheiber tips it home | 43-42 |
| 07:44 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey banks in the layup | 43-44 |
| 07:25 | Eastern Washington | John Hardison lays it up and in set up by Ivan Scheiber and the foul's on Mark Bender - foul #1 on Mark Bender, team foul #2 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | Benjamin Davis (PF), Craig Mathews (C) Ho Chiu, James Shope | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ernest Ferrante (C) Mark Bender | |
| 07:25 | Eastern Washington | John Hardison makes the free throw | 46-44 |
| Lineup | Eastern Washington | PG - Ivan Scheiber (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Hardison (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Tim McLaurine (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Benjamin Davis (fresh) C - Craig Mathews (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Rocco Russo (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dennis Reese (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Roy Clore (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Phillip Bailey (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Ernest Ferrante (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:05 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey clanks a jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Benjamin Davis - foul #3 on Benjamin Davis, team foul #3 | 46-44 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley (PG), Ashley Malone (SG) Ivan Scheiber, John Hardison | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein (PG), Mark England (SG), Raphael Soto (SF) Rocco Russo, Dennis Reese, Roy Clore | |
| 07:05 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey misses the 1st free throw | 46-44 |
| 07:05 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey makes the 2nd free throw | 46-45 |
| 06:52 | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley connects on the turnaround near the basket set up by Ashley Malone | 48-45 |
| 06:37 | Notre Dame | Mark England misses short on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Ashley Malone - foul #2 on Ashley Malone, team foul #4 | 48-45 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | Irwin Smathers (PF) Benjamin Davis | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 06:37 | Notre Dame | Mark England makes the 1st free throw | 48-46 |
| 06:37 | Notre Dame | Mark England makes the 2nd free throw | 48-47 |
| 06:16 | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley hits a shot from the right wing set up by Ashley Malone | 50-47 |
| 05:48 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey hits a runner from close range on a nice dish by Thomas Millstein | 50-49 |
| 05:32 | Eastern Washington | Irwin Smathers makes the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Glenn Whitley and the foul's on Ernest Ferrante - foul #2 on Ernest Ferrante, team foul #3 | 52-49 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | Ivan Scheiber (PG), Ho Chiu (PF) Glenn Whitley, Tim McLaurine | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese (SG), Roy Clore (SF) Mark England, Ernest Ferrante | |
| 05:32 | Eastern Washington | Irwin Smathers misses the free throw | 52-49 |
| 05:32 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Phillip Bailey | 52-49 |
| 05:14 | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 52-49 |
| 05:13 | Notre Dame | Roy Clore gets the offensive rebound | 52-49 |
| 04:55 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey comes up short on the shot from the left side | 52-49 |
| 04:54 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey grabs the offensive board | 52-49 |
| 04:40 | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 52-49 |
| 04:39 | Notre Dame | Raphael Soto snags the offensive board | 52-49 |
| 04:18 | Notre Dame | Roy Clore connects on the jump hook from the right block set up by Thomas Millstein | 52-51 |
| 04:02 | Eastern Washington | Craig Mathews makes the jumpshot from the left wing | 54-51 |
| 03:40 | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese is fouled on the floor by Irwin Smathers - foul #3 on Irwin Smathers, team foul #5 | 54-51 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | Glenn Whitley (SG), Tim McLaurine (SF), James Shope (C) Ashley Malone, Irwin Smathers, Craig Mathews | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Rocco Russo (PG), Mark Bender (PF), Ernest Ferrante (C) Thomas Millstein, Raphael Soto, Phillip Bailey | |
| 03:15 | Notre Dame | James Shope steps in front of the Mark Bender pass | 54-51 |
| Lineup | Eastern Washington | PG - Ivan Scheiber (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Glenn Whitley (fresh) 18 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tim McLaurine (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Ho Chiu (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - James Shope (fresh) 4 pts. 10 reb. 4 blk. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Rocco Russo (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dennis Reese (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Roy Clore (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Mark Bender (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Ernest Ferrante (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 02:59 | Eastern Washington | Ho Chiu scores on a jumper from the left wing | 56-51 |
| 02:59 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-51 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | Ashley Malone (SG) Glenn Whitley | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein (PG) Rocco Russo | |
| 02:38 | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese misses the 3 from the right wing | 56-51 |
| 02:37 | Eastern Washington | James Shope snags the defensive board | 56-51 |
| 02:15 | Eastern Washington | Ernest Ferrante denies the turnaround by Tim McLaurine | 56-51 |
| 02:13 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein pulls down the rebound | 56-51 |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein clanks a jumper from the left block but the foul's on Ivan Scheiber - foul #2 on Ivan Scheiber, team foul #6 | 56-51 |
| Subs | Eastern Washington | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey (C) Ernest Ferrante | |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein makes the 1st free throw | 56-52 |
| 01:50 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein makes the 2nd free throw | 56-53 |
| 01:34 | Eastern Washington | Mark Bender steals the ball from James Shope | 56-53 |
| 01:09 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein is fouled on the floor by Ivan Scheiber - foul #3 on Ivan Scheiber, team foul #7 | 56-53 |
| 01:09 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein makes the 1st free throw | 56-54 |
| 01:09 | Notre Dame | Thomas Millstein makes the 2nd free throw | 56-55 |
| 00:51 | Eastern Washington | James Shope comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 56-55 |
| 00:50 | Notre Dame | Dennis Reese snags the defensive board | 56-55 |
| 00:23 | Notre Dame | Ashley Malone is called for the reach on Phillip Bailey - foul #3 on Ashley Malone, team foul #8 | 56-55 |
| 00:23 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 56-56 |
| 00:23 | Notre Dame | Phillip Bailey makes the 2nd free throw | 56-57 |
| 00:08 | Eastern Washington | Tim McLaurine knocks in the floater from the left side set up by James Shope | 58-57 |
| 00:08 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-57 |
| 00:03 | Notre Dame | Mark Bender hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 58-57 |
| 00:01 | Eastern Washington | Tim McLaurine snags the defensive board | 58-57 |
| Game Plan | Eastern Washington | Eastern Washington is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Eastern Washington | Tim McLaurine runs out the clock | 58-57 |