| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Kamau Abu (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lowell Sandifer (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joel Bouton (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Anthony Gustin (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. C - Branko Sucharski (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Travis Stalter (fresh) 8 pts. SG - William Schultz (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Edward Pack (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Anthony Clarke (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Victor Drewski (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | Joel Bouton inbounds the ball | 29-31 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:44 | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer misses the pull-up jumper from the left side | 29-31 |
| 19:43 | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-31 |
| 19:22 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin misses short on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Edward Pack - foul #1 on Edward Pack, team foul #1 | 29-31 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell (PG), Akim Jaconski (SF) Travis Stalter, Edward Pack | |
| 19:22 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin makes the 1st free throw | 30-31 |
| 19:22 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin misses the 2nd free throw | 30-31 |
| 19:22 | Northern Illinois University | Victor Drewski snags the defensive board | 30-31 |
| 19:09 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Gustin steals the ball from Anthony Clarke | 30-31 |
| 18:49 | Marquette | Kamau Abu drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Joel Bouton | 32-31 |
| 18:31 | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-31 |
| 18:30 | Northern Illinois University | Akim Jaconski pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-31 |
| 18:12 | Northern Illinois University | Victor Drewski dunks the ball | 32-33 |
| 17:49 | Marquette | Kamau Abu misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 32-33 |
| 17:47 | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell snags the defensive board | 32-33 |
| 17:35 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 32-33 |
| 17:33 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin grabs the defensive rebound | 32-33 |
| 17:11 | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 32-33 |
| 17:10 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke grabs the board | 32-33 |
| 17:06 | Northern Illinois University | William Schultz works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Lowell Sandifer - foul #2 on Lowell Sandifer, team foul #1 | 32-33 |
| Subs | Marquette | Sung Zhou (SF), Donald Myers (PF) Joel Bouton, Anthony Gustin | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter (PG), Edward Pack (SF), Dan McKeon (C) Donovan Glidewell, Akim Jaconski, Victor Drewski | |
| 17:06 | Northern Illinois University | William Schultz makes the 1st free throw | 32-34 |
| 17:06 | Northern Illinois University | William Schultz makes the 2nd free throw | 32-35 |
| 16:44 | Marquette | The jump hook by Branko Sucharski is blocked by Dan McKeon | 32-35 |
| 16:42 | Northern Illinois University | Edward Pack gets the rebound | 32-35 |
| 16:34 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter drills a 3pt shot from the left wing | 32-38 |
| 16:17 | Marquette | Kamau Abu buries a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Lowell Sandifer | 34-38 |
| 15:59 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 34-38 |
| 15:57 | Marquette | Branko Sucharski pulls down the rebound | 34-38 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Kamau Abu (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lowell Sandifer (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Sung Zhou (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Donald Myers (fresh) 2 pts. C - Branko Sucharski (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Travis Stalter (fresh) 11 pts. SG - William Schultz (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Edward Pack (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Anthony Clarke (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. C - Dan McKeon (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| 15:29 | Marquette | Branko Sucharski connects on the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Sung Zhou and the foul's on Dan McKeon - foul #1 on Dan McKeon, team foul #2 | 36-38 |
| Subs | Marquette | James Williams (PG), James Sykes (SG), Joel Bouton (SF), Anthony Gustin (PF) Kamau Abu, Lowell Sandifer, Sung Zhou, Donald Myers | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Donald Pankratz (PG), Luke Hawthorne (SF), Victor Drewski (C) Travis Stalter, Edward Pack, Dan McKeon | |
| 15:29 | Marquette | Branko Sucharski makes the free throw | 37-38 |
| 15:09 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke throws it down on a great pass from Victor Drewski | 37-40 |
| 14:47 | Marquette | James Sykes throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-40 |
| Subs | Marquette | Jason Bishop (C) Branko Sucharski | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Edward Pack (SF) Luke Hawthorne | |
| 14:34 | Northern Illinois University | Donald Pankratz clanks a fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by James Williams - foul #2 on James Williams, team foul #2 | 37-40 |
| 14:34 | Northern Illinois University | Donald Pankratz makes the 1st free throw | 37-41 |
| 14:34 | Northern Illinois University | Donald Pankratz makes the 2nd free throw | 37-42 |
| 14:12 | Marquette | Jason Bishop buries a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by James Williams | 39-42 |
| 13:49 | Northern Illinois University | Joel Bouton takes the ball from Edward Pack | 39-42 |
| 13:24 | Marquette | James Williams is fouled on the floor by Donald Pankratz - foul #4 on Donald Pankratz, team foul #3 | 39-42 |
| Subs | Marquette | Kamau Abu (PG), Lowell Sandifer (SG), Sung Zhou (SF) James Williams, James Sykes, Joel Bouton | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter (PG), Luke Hawthorne (SF), Kenneth Larocque (C) Donald Pankratz, Edward Pack, Victor Drewski | |
| 13:00 | Marquette | Travis Stalter is called for the reach on Kamau Abu - foul #2 on Travis Stalter, team foul #4 | 39-42 |
| Subs | Marquette | Donald Myers (PF) Anthony Gustin | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell (PG), Victor Drewski (C) Travis Stalter, Kenneth Larocque | |
| 12:41 | Marquette | Kamau Abu works out of a doubleteam and scores on a floater from the right block set up by Lowell Sandifer | 41-42 |
| 12:14 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke hits a jumper from the right wing | 41-44 |
| 11:49 | Marquette | William Schultz is called for the reach on Lowell Sandifer - foul #1 on William Schultz, team foul #5 | 41-44 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joel Bouton (SF), Anthony Gustin (PF) Sung Zhou, Jason Bishop | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter (PG), Edward Pack (SF), Kenneth Larocque (C) Donovan Glidewell, Luke Hawthorne, Victor Drewski | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Kamau Abu (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lowell Sandifer (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joel Bouton (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Anthony Gustin (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. 2 stl. C - Donald Myers (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Travis Stalter (fresh) 11 pts. SG - William Schultz (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Edward Pack (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Anthony Clarke (tiring) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Kenneth Larocque (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:40 | Marquette | Donald Myers can't finish the uncontested layup | 41-44 |
| 11:38 | Marquette | The offensive rebound goes to Anthony Gustin | 41-44 |
| 11:16 | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range | 41-44 |
| 11:15 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke grabs the defensive rebound | 41-44 |
| 11:10 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter connects on the jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Edward Pack | 41-46 |
| 11:08 | Marquette | William Schultz is called for the reach on Kamau Abu in the backcourt - foul #2 on William Schultz, team foul #6 | 41-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | Branko Sucharski (C) Donald Myers | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Akim Jaconski (SF), Victor Drewski (C) Edward Pack, Kenneth Larocque | |
| 10:54 | Marquette | Kamau Abu misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 41-46 |
| 10:53 | Northern Illinois University | Akim Jaconski grabs the board | 41-46 |
| 10:44 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 41-46 |
| 10:43 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin gets the rebound | 41-46 |
| 10:19 | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer buries a 3 from the left corner | 44-46 |
| 09:59 | Northern Illinois University | Akim Jaconski is called for a charge - foul #1 on Akim Jaconski, team foul #7 | 44-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | James Williams (PG), Sung Zhou (SF), Donald Myers (PF), Jason Bishop (C) Kamau Abu, Joel Bouton, Anthony Gustin, Branko Sucharski | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell (SG), Edward Pack (SF), Dan McKeon (C) William Schultz, Akim Jaconski, Victor Drewski | |
| 09:43 | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 44-46 |
| 09:41 | Northern Illinois University | Dan McKeon gets the rebound | 44-46 |
| 09:36 | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell is called for traveling | 44-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | James Sykes (SG) Lowell Sandifer | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | William Schultz (SG) Travis Stalter | |
| 09:28 | Marquette | Sung Zhou misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Edward Pack - foul #2 on Edward Pack, team foul #8 | 44-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter (PG), Luke Hawthorne (SF), Victor Drewski (C) William Schultz, Edward Pack, Dan McKeon | |
| 09:28 | Marquette | Sung Zhou makes the 1st free throw | 45-46 |
| 09:28 | Marquette | Sung Zhou misses the 2nd free throw | 45-46 |
| 09:28 | Marquette | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Myers | 45-46 |
| 09:11 | Marquette | James Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-46 |
| 09:10 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke grabs the defensive rebound | 45-46 |
| 09:04 | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 45-46 |
| 09:02 | Marquette | Sung Zhou gets the rebound | 45-46 |
| 08:34 | Marquette | Jason Bishop misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 45-46 |
| 08:32 | Marquette | Jason Bishop grabs the offensive board | 45-46 |
| 08:13 | Marquette | Donovan Glidewell steals it from James Sykes | 45-46 |
| 08:10 | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell lays it in | 45-48 |
| 07:43 | Marquette | James Williams is hacked by Travis Stalter - foul #3 on Travis Stalter, team foul #9 | 45-48 |
| Subs | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer (SG), Joel Bouton (SF), Anthony Gustin (PF), Branko Sucharski (C) James Sykes, Sung Zhou, Donald Myers, Jason Bishop | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Donald Pankratz (PG), William Schultz (SG), Edward Pack (SF), Dan McKeon (C) Travis Stalter, Donovan Glidewell, Luke Hawthorne, Victor Drewski | |
| 07:43 | Marquette | James Williams misses the 1st free throw | 45-48 |
| 07:43 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke grabs the defensive rebound | 45-48 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - James Williams (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Lowell Sandifer (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Joel Bouton (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Anthony Gustin (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. 2 stl. C - Branko Sucharski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Donald Pankratz (fresh) 7 pts. 4 pf. SG - William Schultz (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Edward Pack (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Anthony Clarke (tired) 5 pts. 7 reb. C - Dan McKeon (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:24 | Northern Illinois University | William Schultz splits the doubleteam but misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 45-48 |
| 07:22 | Northern Illinois University | Donald Pankratz tips it home | 45-50 |
| 06:58 | Marquette | James Williams hits a 3pt attempt from straight away | 48-50 |
| 06:36 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Gustin denies the turnaround by Dan McKeon | 48-50 |
| 06:34 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin pulls down the rebound | 48-50 |
| 06:29 | Marquette | Anthony Clarke swats the short shot by Joel Bouton | 48-50 |
| 06:27 | Marquette | James Williams gets the offensive rebound | 48-50 |
| 06:10 | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 48-50 |
| 06:09 | Northern Illinois University | Dan McKeon snags the defensive board | 48-50 |
| 06:05 | Northern Illinois University | James Williams picks off the pass by Edward Pack | 48-50 |
| 05:50 | Marquette | Joel Bouton lays it up and in on a nice dish by Lowell Sandifer and he's hacked by Anthony Clarke - foul #3 on Anthony Clarke, team foul #10 | 50-50 |
| Subs | Marquette | Kamau Abu (PG), Jason Bishop (C) James Williams, Branko Sucharski | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Akim Jaconski (SF), Victor Drewski (C) Edward Pack, Dan McKeon | |
| 05:50 | Marquette | Joel Bouton makes the free throw | 51-50 |
| 05:30 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke is by himself and knocks in the floater from the left block on a great pass from Akim Jaconski | 51-52 |
| 05:04 | Marquette | Kamau Abu knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Anthony Gustin | 54-52 |
| 04:43 | Northern Illinois University | Victor Drewski is fouled on the floor by Jason Bishop - foul #4 on Jason Bishop, team foul #3 | 54-52 |
| Subs | Marquette | Sung Zhou (SF), Donald Myers (PF) Joel Bouton, Anthony Gustin | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter (PG), Edward Pack (SF) William Schultz, Akim Jaconski | |
| 04:37 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke is whistled for traveling | 54-52 |
| 04:19 | Marquette | Jason Bishop's pass is intercepted by Travis Stalter | 54-52 |
| 04:07 | Northern Illinois University | Victor Drewski makes the turnaround from the left block | 54-54 |
| 03:45 | Marquette | Sung Zhou is hacked by Donald Pankratz - foul #5 on Donald Pankratz, team foul #11 | 54-54 |
| Subs | Marquette | James Williams (SG), Branko Sucharski (C) Lowell Sandifer, Jason Bishop | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | William Schultz (SG), Luke Hawthorne (SF) Donald Pankratz, Edward Pack | |
| 03:45 | Marquette | Sung Zhou makes the 1st free throw | 55-54 |
| 03:45 | Marquette | Sung Zhou makes the 2nd free throw | 56-54 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Kamau Abu (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Williams (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Sung Zhou (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. PF - Donald Myers (fresh) 2 pts. C - Branko Sucharski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Illinois University | PG - Travis Stalter (fresh) 13 pts. 3 pf. SG - William Schultz (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Luke Hawthorne (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Anthony Clarke (tired) 7 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Victor Drewski (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke blows the wide open dunk | 56-54 |
| 03:25 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter tips it but misses | 56-54 |
| 03:23 | Northern Illinois University | Victor Drewski pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-54 |
| 03:18 | Northern Illinois University | Kamau Abu takes the ball from Travis Stalter | 56-54 |
| 02:56 | Marquette | Kamau Abu works out of a doubleteam and scores on a floater from the left side on a great pass from Sung Zhou | 58-54 |
| 02:49 | Northern Illinois University | Sung Zhou swats the layup by Anthony Clarke | 58-54 |
| 02:48 | Northern Illinois University | Victor Drewski tips it but misses | 58-54 |
| 02:47 | Marquette | Branko Sucharski snags the defensive board | 58-54 |
| 02:47 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-54 |
| Subs | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer (SG), Joel Bouton (SF), Anthony Gustin (PF), Jason Bishop (C) James Williams, Sung Zhou, Donald Myers, Branko Sucharski | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Donovan Glidewell (PG), Edward Pack (SF), Dan McKeon (C) Travis Stalter, Luke Hawthorne, Victor Drewski | |
| 02:19 | Marquette | Jason Bishop drills a turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Anthony Gustin | 60-54 |
| 02:00 | Northern Illinois University | Dan McKeon misses badly on a floater in the lane but he's fouled by Jason Bishop - foul #5 on Jason Bishop, team foul #4 | 60-54 |
| Subs | Marquette | Branko Sucharski (C) Jason Bishop | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter (PG) Donovan Glidewell | |
| 02:00 | Northern Illinois University | Dan McKeon makes the 1st free throw | 60-55 |
| 02:00 | Northern Illinois University | Dan McKeon makes the 2nd free throw | 60-56 |
| 01:44 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin's layup is rejected by Dan McKeon | 60-56 |
| 01:42 | Northern Illinois University | William Schultz grabs the defensive rebound | 60-56 |
| 01:38 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter misses the wide open shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Lowell Sandifer - foul #3 on Lowell Sandifer, team foul #5 | 60-56 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Northern Illinois University | Victor Drewski (C) Dan McKeon | |
| 01:38 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter makes the 1st free throw | 60-57 |
| 01:38 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter makes the 2nd free throw | 60-58 |
| 01:12 | Marquette | Lowell Sandifer hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt shot from the left corner | 60-58 |
| 01:11 | Marquette | Joel Bouton gets the offensive rebound | 60-58 |
| 00:45 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin connects on the runner near the basket set up by Lowell Sandifer | 62-58 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:41 | Northern Illinois University | Travis Stalter misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 62-58 |
| 00:39 | Northern Illinois University | Anthony Clarke tips it back up and in | 62-60 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:11 | Marquette | Joel Bouton is hacked by Edward Pack - foul #3 on Edward Pack, team foul #12 | 62-60 |
| 00:11 | Marquette | Joel Bouton misses the 1st free throw | 62-60 |
| 00:11 | Marquette | Joel Bouton misses the 2nd free throw | 62-60 |
| 00:11 | Northern Illinois University | Victor Drewski snags the defensive board | 62-60 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Illinois University | Northern Illinois University is playing a fastbreak offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:06 | Northern Illinois University | William Schultz works out of a doubleteam and scores on a shot from the left wing set up by Travis Stalter | 62-62 |
| 00:06 | Marquette | Marquette calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-62 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Anthony Gustin is open and buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 64-62 |