| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Richard Battin (fresh) SG - John Bakowski (fresh) SF - Christopher McConkey (fresh) PF - Efren Elliott (fresh) C - Jay Wilcox (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana | PG - Justin Phillips (fresh) SG - David Loftus (fresh) SF - Edward Oliva (fresh) PF - Robert Spier (fresh) C - Ronnie Guillotte (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Illinois | Efren Elliott wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana | Louisiana is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:35 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey's floater is tipped away by Ronnie Guillotte | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Illinois | Richard Battin grabs the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | Illinois | Jay Wilcox drills a runner in the lane set up by Christopher McConkey | 2-0 |
| 18:49 | Louisiana | John Bakowski is called for the reach on Robert Spier - foul #1 on John Bakowski, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:32 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 2-0 |
| 18:30 | Louisiana | Justin Phillips grabs the offensive board | 2-0 |
| 18:19 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva misses the turnaround from the baseline but he's hacked by Jay Wilcox - foul #1 on Jay Wilcox, team foul #2 | 2-0 |
| 18:19 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 18:19 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 18:01 | Illinois | Efren Elliott misses long on a jumper from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 18:00 | Louisiana | Robert Spier grabs the board | 2-2 |
| 17:41 | Louisiana | Robert Spier lays it in set up by Edward Oliva | 2-4 |
| 17:26 | Illinois | John Bakowski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-4 |
| 17:09 | Louisiana | Robert Spier is hacked by Efren Elliott - foul #1 on Efren Elliott, team foul #3 | 2-4 |
| 16:48 | Louisiana | David Loftus clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 2-4 |
| 16:47 | Illinois | Richard Battin snags the defensive board | 2-4 |
| 16:31 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block but the foul's on David Loftus - foul #1 on David Loftus, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 16:31 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey makes the 1st free throw | 3-4 |
| 16:31 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey misses the 2nd free throw | 3-4 |
| 16:31 | Louisiana | Robert Spier grabs the board | 3-4 |
| 16:16 | Louisiana | Ronnie Guillotte can't connect on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Jay Wilcox - foul #2 on Jay Wilcox, team foul #4 | 3-4 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Mejorado (C) Jay Wilcox | |
| Subs | Louisiana | | |
| 16:16 | Louisiana | Ronnie Guillotte makes the 1st free throw | 3-5 |
| 16:16 | Louisiana | Ronnie Guillotte makes the 2nd free throw | 3-6 |
| 16:02 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane | 3-6 |
| 16:01 | Louisiana | The rebound goes to Justin Phillips | 3-6 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Richard Battin (fresh) SG - John Bakowski (fresh) SF - Christopher McConkey (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Efren Elliott (fresh) C - James Mejorado (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana | PG - Justin Phillips (fresh) SG - David Loftus (fresh) SF - Edward Oliva (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Spier (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Ronnie Guillotte (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:57 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 3-6 |
| 15:55 | Louisiana | Robert Spier can't tip it in | 3-6 |
| 15:53 | Illinois | James Mejorado grabs the board | 3-6 |
| 15:39 | Illinois | Efren Elliott misses the lay-in | 3-6 |
| 15:37 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva grabs the defensive rebound | 3-6 |
| 15:25 | Louisiana | Robert Spier buries a floater from the right block on a great pass from David Loftus | 3-8 |
| 15:14 | Illinois | Edward Oliva is called for the reach on Richard Battin - foul #1 on Edward Oliva, team foul #2 | 3-8 |
| Subs | Illinois | Thomas Bussard (SG), David Heuser (PF) John Bakowski, Efren Elliott | |
| Subs | Louisiana | | |
| 15:09 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey hits a jump hook in the lane set up by Richard Battin | 5-8 |
| 14:40 | Louisiana | Justin Phillips is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Justin Phillips, team foul #3 | 5-8 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Cox (SF), Alton Boatwright (PF) Richard Battin, Christopher McConkey | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh (C) Ronnie Guillotte | |
| 14:14 | Illinois | James Mejorado's pass is intercepted by Justin Phillips | 5-8 |
| 14:09 | Louisiana | Robert Spier banks in the layup on a great pass from Justin Phillips | 5-10 |
| 13:55 | Illinois | Alton Boatwright travels with the ball | 5-10 |
| Subs | Illinois | John Bakowski (SG), Efren Elliott (PF) James Cox, Alton Boatwright | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder (PG), Manuel Stein (SG), Shawn Bail (C) Justin Phillips, David Loftus, Edward Oliva | |
| 13:36 | Louisiana | Shawn Bail's pass is intercepted by Efren Elliott | 5-10 |
| 13:32 | Illinois | Robert Spier is called for the reach on John Bakowski - foul #1 on Robert Spier, team foul #4 | 5-10 |
| Subs | Illinois | Richard Battin (PG), Christopher McConkey (SF), James Cox (C) Thomas Bussard, David Heuser, James Mejorado | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Guy Wright (SF) Robert Spier | |
| 13:09 | Illinois | John Bakowski misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 5-10 |
| 13:07 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey misses the tip | 5-10 |
| 13:06 | Louisiana | The rebound goes to Manuel Stein | 5-10 |
| 12:53 | Louisiana | Guy Wright is fouled on the floor by Christopher McConkey - foul #1 on Christopher McConkey, team foul #5 | 5-10 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Justin Phillips (PG), Ronnie Guillotte (C) Marty Schroeder, Guy Wright | |
| 12:40 | Louisiana | Manuel Stein misses long on a 3 from straight away | 5-10 |
| 12:38 | Illinois | Efren Elliott grabs the defensive rebound | 5-10 |
| 12:34 | Illinois | Richard Battin misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 5-10 |
| 12:32 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey tips it home | 7-10 |
| 12:10 | Louisiana | Manuel Stein comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 7-10 |
| 12:09 | Louisiana | Ronnie Guillotte tips it in | 7-12 |
| 12:03 | Illinois | Christopher McConkey clanks a shot in the paint | 7-12 |
| 12:02 | Louisiana | Ronnie Guillotte snags the defensive board | 7-12 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Richard Battin (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Bakowski (fresh) SF - Christopher McConkey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Efren Elliott (fairly fresh) C - James Cox (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisiana | PG - Justin Phillips (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Manuel Stein (fresh) SF - Raymond McHugh (fairly fresh) PF - Shawn Bail (fresh) C - Ronnie Guillotte (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:39 | Louisiana | Shawn Bail can't connect on a turnaround from the baseline | 7-12 |
| 11:37 | Illinois | James Cox grabs the board | 7-12 |
| 11:31 | Illinois | James Cox misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 7-12 |
| 11:29 | Louisiana | Manuel Stein pulls down the rebound | 7-12 |
| 11:17 | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh drills a turnaround in the paint and he's fouled by Christopher McConkey - foul #2 on Christopher McConkey, team foul #6 | 7-14 |
| Subs | Illinois | Thomas Bussard (PG), David Heuser (SG), Alton Boatwright (PF), James Mejorado (C) Richard Battin, John Bakowski, Christopher McConkey, Efren Elliott | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder (PG), David Loftus (SG), Edward Oliva (SF), Robert Spier (PF) Justin Phillips, Manuel Stein, Shawn Bail, Ronnie Guillotte | |
| 11:17 | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh makes the free throw | 7-15 |
| 11:01 | Illinois | David Heuser loses the dribble to Robert Spier | 7-15 |
| 10:46 | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder knocks in the shot from just outside the lane | 7-17 |
| 10:41 | Illinois | Thomas Bussard misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 7-17 |
| 10:40 | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh gets the rebound | 7-17 |
| 10:36 | Louisiana | David Loftus lays it in on a nice dish by Edward Oliva | 7-19 |
| 10:20 | Illinois | Marty Schroeder picks off the pass by Alton Boatwright | 7-19 |
| 10:04 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva's layup is rejected by James Cox | 7-19 |
| 10:02 | Illinois | David Heuser gets the rebound | 7-19 |
| 09:56 | Illinois | David Loftus is called for the reach on David Heuser - foul #2 on David Loftus, team foul #5 | 7-19 |
| Subs | Illinois | Richard Battin (PG) James Cox | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Justin Phillips (PG), Manuel Stein (SG), Ronnie Guillotte (C) Marty Schroeder, David Loftus, Raymond McHugh | |
| 09:42 | Illinois | Richard Battin misses long on a driving attempt in the lane but the foul's on Justin Phillips - foul #2 on Justin Phillips, team foul #6 | 7-19 |
| Subs | Illinois | John Bakowski (SG) Thomas Bussard | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder (PG) Justin Phillips | |
| 09:42 | Illinois | Richard Battin misses the 1st free throw | 7-19 |
| 09:42 | Illinois | Richard Battin makes the 2nd free throw | 8-19 |
| 09:39 | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder is hacked by Richard Battin in the backcourt - foul #1 on Richard Battin, team foul #7 | 8-19 |
| 09:39 | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder misses the 1st free throw | 8-19 |
| 09:39 | Illinois | James Mejorado pulls down the rebound | 8-19 |
| 09:34 | Illinois | John Bakowski misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 8-19 |
| 09:32 | Louisiana | Robert Spier grabs the defensive rebound | 8-19 |
| 09:10 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Marty Schroeder | 8-22 |
| 08:48 | Illinois | Alton Boatwright comes up short on the jumper from the left block but he's hacked by Robert Spier - foul #2 on Robert Spier, team foul #7 | 8-22 |
| Subs | Illinois | Rex Cade (SF), Efren Elliott (PF) David Heuser, James Mejorado | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Guy Wright (SF), Shawn Bail (PF), Luke Howard (C) Edward Oliva, Robert Spier, Ronnie Guillotte | |
| 08:48 | Illinois | Alton Boatwright makes the 1st free throw | 9-22 |
| 08:48 | Illinois | Alton Boatwright makes the 2nd free throw | 10-22 |
| 08:29 | Louisiana | Luke Howard makes the jump hook in the paint | 10-24 |
| 08:26 | Illinois | Richard Battin's pass is intercepted by Manuel Stein in the backcourt | 10-24 |
| 08:25 | Louisiana | Guy Wright misses the easy layup | 10-24 |
| 08:24 | Illinois | Efren Elliott snags the defensive board | 10-24 |
| 08:17 | Illinois | Shawn Bail takes the ball from John Bakowski | 10-24 |
| 07:59 | Louisiana | Luke Howard drills a jumper from the baseline | 10-26 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Richard Battin (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Bakowski (fairly fresh) SF - Rex Cade (fresh) PF - Efren Elliott (fresh) 2 reb. C - Alton Boatwright (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana | PG - Marty Schroeder (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Manuel Stein (fairly fresh) SF - Guy Wright (fresh) PF - Shawn Bail (fresh) C - Luke Howard (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:55 | Illinois | Richard Battin hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 10-26 |
| 07:53 | Louisiana | Luke Howard pulls down the rebound | 10-26 |
| 07:25 | Louisiana | Luke Howard clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 10-26 |
| 07:23 | Louisiana | Manuel Stein misses the tip | 10-26 |
| 07:22 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Rex Cade | 10-26 |
| 07:14 | Illinois | Richard Battin hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 13-26 |
| 06:49 | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder connects on the jumpshot from the right wing | 13-28 |
| 06:28 | Illinois | John Bakowski misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Guy Wright - foul #1 on Guy Wright, team foul #8 | 13-28 |
| Subs | Illinois | Thomas Bussard (PG), James Cox (SF), David Heuser (PF), James Mejorado (C) Richard Battin, Rex Cade, Efren Elliott, Alton Boatwright | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Anthony Steele (PG), Edward Oliva (SF), Raymond McHugh (PF), Ronnie Guillotte (C) Marty Schroeder, Guy Wright, Shawn Bail, Luke Howard | |
| 06:28 | Illinois | John Bakowski misses the 1st free throw | 13-28 |
| 06:28 | Illinois | John Bakowski makes the 2nd free throw | 14-28 |
| 06:20 | Louisiana | Manuel Stein clanks a floater from the left side | 14-28 |
| 06:19 | Illinois | James Mejorado gets the rebound | 14-28 |
| 06:13 | Illinois | John Bakowski connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 17-28 |
| 05:54 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-28 |
| 05:53 | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh tips it but misses | 17-28 |
| 05:52 | Louisiana | Ronnie Guillotte hits the follow up shot | 17-30 |
| 05:38 | Illinois | James Cox misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 17-30 |
| 05:37 | Louisiana | Manuel Stein grabs the defensive rebound | 17-30 |
| 05:24 | Louisiana | Edward Oliva is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Edward Oliva, team foul #9 | 17-30 |
| Subs | Illinois | Efren Elliott (PF) John Bakowski | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder (PG), Shawn Bail (PF) Manuel Stein, Edward Oliva | |
| 05:11 | Illinois | James Mejorado travels with the ball | 17-30 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Guy Wright (SF) Raymond McHugh | |
| 04:58 | Louisiana | Anthony Steele knocks in the floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Shawn Bail | 17-32 |
| 04:39 | Illinois | Efren Elliott hits a turnaround near the basket on a great pass from David Heuser | 19-32 |
| 04:15 | Louisiana | Shawn Bail hits the finger roll on a great pass from Anthony Steele and the foul's on Efren Elliott - foul #2 on Efren Elliott, team foul #8 | 19-34 |
| Subs | Illinois | Richard Battin (PG), Rex Cade (SF) Efren Elliott, James Mejorado | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Luke Howard (C) Ronnie Guillotte | |
| 04:15 | Louisiana | Shawn Bail makes the free throw | 19-35 |
| 03:58 | Illinois | Richard Battin's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 19-35 |
| Subs | Illinois | Christopher McConkey (SF), Efren Elliott (PF), Jay Wilcox (C) Thomas Bussard, David Heuser, James Cox | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Justin Phillips (PG), David Loftus (SG), Edward Oliva (SF), Robert Spier (PF) Marty Schroeder, Anthony Steele, Guy Wright, Shawn Bail | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Richard Battin (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rex Cade (fresh) SF - Christopher McConkey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Efren Elliott (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jay Wilcox (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana | PG - Justin Phillips (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Loftus (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Oliva (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Robert Spier (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Luke Howard (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:40 | Louisiana | Robert Spier is fouled on the floor by Efren Elliott - foul #3 on Efren Elliott, team foul #9 | 19-35 |
| Subs | Illinois | David Heuser (PF) Efren Elliott | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh (C) Luke Howard | |
| 03:40 | Louisiana | Robert Spier makes the 1st free throw | 19-36 |
| 03:40 | Louisiana | Robert Spier makes the 2nd free throw | 19-37 |
| 03:23 | Illinois | Richard Battin connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 21-37 |
| 03:07 | Louisiana | David Loftus is called for a backcourt violation | 21-37 |
| 02:41 | Illinois | David Heuser hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing but the foul's on Edward Oliva - foul #3 on Edward Oliva, team foul #10 | 21-37 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Mejorado (PF) Rex Cade | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Shawn Bail (C) Edward Oliva | |
| 02:41 | Illinois | David Heuser misses the 1st free throw | 21-37 |
| 02:41 | Illinois | David Heuser misses the 2nd free throw | 21-37 |
| 02:41 | Louisiana | The rebound goes to Robert Spier | 21-37 |
| 02:22 | Louisiana | James Mejorado is called for the reach on Raymond McHugh - foul #1 on James Mejorado, team foul #10 | 21-37 |
| Subs | Illinois | Thomas Bussard (PG), John Bakowski (SG) Richard Battin, David Heuser | |
| Subs | Louisiana | | |
| 02:22 | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh makes the 1st free throw | 21-38 |
| 02:22 | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh misses the 2nd free throw | 21-38 |
| 02:22 | Illinois | Jay Wilcox snags the defensive board | 21-38 |
| 02:07 | Illinois | Thomas Bussard hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by James Mejorado | 24-38 |
| 01:40 | Louisiana | Raymond McHugh is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Raymond McHugh, team foul #11 | 24-38 |
| Subs | Illinois | Rex Cade (SG) John Bakowski | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Anthony Steele (SG), Guy Wright (SF), Ronnie Guillotte (C) David Loftus, Raymond McHugh, Shawn Bail | |
| 01:23 | Illinois | Rex Cade hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 24-38 |
| 01:21 | Louisiana | The rebound goes to Ronnie Guillotte | 24-38 |
| 01:16 | Louisiana | Anthony Steele makes the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Justin Phillips | 24-40 |
| 01:10 | Illinois | Jay Wilcox knocks in the turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Rex Cade | 26-40 |
| 00:56 | Louisiana | Guy Wright misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 26-40 |
| 00:54 | Illinois | Jay Wilcox grabs the board | 26-40 |
| 00:48 | Illinois | Jay Wilcox's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-40 |
| Subs | Illinois | Richard Battin (PG), Alton Boatwright (PF), James Cox (C) Christopher McConkey, James Mejorado, Jay Wilcox | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Manuel Stein (SG), Shawn Bail (PF) Justin Phillips, Robert Spier | |
| 00:31 | Louisiana | Manuel Stein knocks in the jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Shawn Bail | 26-42 |
| 00:27 | Illinois | Richard Battin knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing | 28-42 |
| 00:03 | Louisiana | Guy Wright is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Guy Wright, team foul #12 | 28-42 |
| Subs | Illinois | John Bakowski (SG), David Heuser (SF) Thomas Bussard, Rex Cade | |
| Subs | Louisiana | Marty Schroeder (PG), David Loftus (SG), Luke Howard (C) Anthony Steele, Manuel Stein, Ronnie Guillotte | |
| 00:00 | Illinois | John Bakowski can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 28-42 |