| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Alton Eaves (fresh) SG - Edward Steen (fresh) SF - Genaro Bruno (fresh) PF - Dragan Ilic (fresh) C - Clarence Stahr (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Shane Phillips (fresh) SG - David McCubrey (fresh) SF - Todd Carlton (fresh) PF - Todd Nies (fresh) C - Jason Marble (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Minnesota | Clarence Stahr wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 19:49 | Minnesota | Genaro Bruno's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:35 | Penn State | Shane Phillips misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Dragan Ilic | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Minnesota | Alton Eaves connects on the jumper from the right side set up by Edward Steen | 2-0 |
| 18:55 | Penn State | Todd Nies can't connect on a runner from the right block | 2-0 |
| 18:54 | Penn State | Jason Marble grabs the offensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:31 | Penn State | Shane Phillips hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 2-0 |
| 18:29 | Penn State | Todd Carlton snags the offensive board | 2-0 |
| 18:04 | Penn State | Todd Nies drills a driving attempt in the lane set up by Shane Phillips | 2-2 |
| 18:02 | Minnesota | Jason Marble picks off the pass by Alton Eaves in the backcourt | 2-2 |
| 17:33 | Penn State | Clarence Stahr blocks the short jumper by Shane Phillips | 2-2 |
| 17:32 | Minnesota | Dragan Ilic pulls down the rebound | 2-2 |
| 17:10 | Minnesota | Jason Marble swats the layup by Edward Steen | 2-2 |
| 17:09 | Penn State | Shane Phillips snags the defensive board | 2-2 |
| 16:48 | Penn State | Jason Marble throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-2 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman (PG), Arnold Gill (SG), Olufemi Abdul (PF), Christopher Keller (C) Alton Eaves, Edward Steen, Dragan Ilic, Clarence Stahr | |
| Subs | Penn State | Robert Privatsky (SG), Wilbert Jones (SF), Harold Edwards (C) David McCubrey, Todd Carlton, Jason Marble | |
| 16:46 | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman is hacked by Shane Phillips in the backcourt - foul #1 on Shane Phillips, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 16:27 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller makes the wide open fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 4-2 |
| 15:59 | Penn State | Shane Phillips hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Robert Privatsky and he's hacked by Olufemi Abdul - foul #1 on Olufemi Abdul, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Penn State | Michael Frank (C) Todd Nies | |
| 15:59 | Penn State | Shane Phillips makes the free throw | 4-5 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Anthony Waterman (fresh) SG - Arnold Gill (fresh) SF - Genaro Bruno (fairly fresh) PF - Olufemi Abdul (fresh) C - Christopher Keller (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Shane Phillips (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Privatsky (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Wilbert Jones (fresh) PF - Harold Edwards (fresh) C - Michael Frank (fresh) | |
| 15:52 | Minnesota | Arnold Gill misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 4-5 |
| 15:51 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller grabs the offensive board | 4-5 |
| 15:40 | Minnesota | Genaro Bruno misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 4-5 |
| 15:39 | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul pulls down the offensive rebound | 4-5 |
| 15:29 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller scores on a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Olufemi Abdul | 6-5 |
| 15:02 | Penn State | Wilbert Jones can't connect on a shot from the left side | 6-5 |
| 15:00 | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman gets the rebound | 6-5 |
| 14:36 | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul scores on a fadeaway from the left block set up by Arnold Gill | 8-5 |
| 14:07 | Penn State | Shane Phillips makes the contested 3 from straight away on a great pass from Robert Privatsky | 8-8 |
| 13:46 | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul can't connect on an uncontested jump hook in the paint | 8-8 |
| 13:45 | Penn State | Harold Edwards grabs the board | 8-8 |
| 13:30 | Penn State | Michael Frank misses badly on the uncontested driving attempt from the right block | 8-8 |
| 13:28 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller gets the rebound | 8-8 |
| 13:26 | Minnesota | Arnold Gill travels in the backcourt | 8-8 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Alton Eaves (PG), Edward Steen (SG), Joseph Sutera (SF), Dragan Ilic (PF), Clarence Stahr (C) Anthony Waterman, Arnold Gill, Genaro Bruno, Olufemi Abdul, Christopher Keller | |
| Subs | Penn State | David McCubrey (SG), Todd Carlton (SF), Todd Nies (PF), Jason Marble (C) Robert Privatsky, Wilbert Jones, Harold Edwards, Michael Frank | |
| 12:57 | Penn State | Todd Nies's pass is intercepted by Alton Eaves | 8-8 |
| 12:54 | Minnesota | Alton Eaves misses the easy layup | 8-8 |
| 12:52 | Penn State | Jason Marble snags the defensive board | 8-8 |
| 12:48 | Penn State | Shane Phillips's pass out of the doubleteam is intercepted by Alton Eaves | 8-8 |
| 12:43 | Minnesota | Joseph Sutera dunks the ball on a great pass from Alton Eaves | 10-8 |
| 12:21 | Penn State | Shane Phillips shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by David McCubrey | 10-10 |
| 12:05 | Minnesota | Dragan Ilic misses long on a shot from the baseline | 10-10 |
| 12:04 | Minnesota | Joseph Sutera tips it in | 12-10 |
| 11:39 | Penn State | Todd Nies is hacked by Joseph Sutera - foul #1 on Joseph Sutera, team foul #2 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Curtis Sowers (SG), Genaro Bruno (SF), Vyacheslav Sieczkowski (C) Edward Steen, Joseph Sutera, Clarence Stahr | |
| Subs | Penn State | Robert Privatsky (PG), Yong Tang (SG), Michael Frank (C) Shane Phillips, David McCubrey, Jason Marble | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Alton Eaves (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Curtis Sowers (fresh) SF - Genaro Bruno (fairly fresh) PF - Dragan Ilic (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Vyacheslav Sieczkowski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Robert Privatsky (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Yong Tang (fresh) SF - Todd Carlton (fairly fresh) PF - Todd Nies (fresh) 2 pts. C - Michael Frank (fresh) | |
| 11:27 | Penn State | Dragan Ilic is called for the reach on Todd Nies - foul #1 on Dragan Ilic, team foul #3 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul (PF) Dragan Ilic | |
| Subs | Penn State | Wilbert Jones (SF) Todd Carlton | |
| 11:14 | Penn State | Todd Nies lays it in and the foul's on Curtis Sowers - foul #1 on Curtis Sowers, team foul #4 | 12-12 |
| 11:14 | Penn State | Todd Nies makes the free throw | 12-13 |
| 10:58 | Minnesota | Alton Eaves can't connect on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Robert Privatsky - foul #1 on Robert Privatsky, team foul #2 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Penn State | Harold Edwards (PF) Todd Nies | |
| 10:58 | Minnesota | Alton Eaves misses the 1st free throw | 12-13 |
| 10:58 | Minnesota | Alton Eaves misses the 2nd free throw | 12-13 |
| 10:58 | Penn State | Michael Frank snags the defensive board | 12-13 |
| 10:36 | Penn State | Michael Frank makes the jumper from the left wing set up by Yong Tang | 12-15 |
| 10:29 | Minnesota | Robert Privatsky takes the ball from Olufemi Abdul in the backcourt | 12-15 |
| 10:06 | Penn State | Robert Privatsky's pass is intercepted by Curtis Sowers | 12-15 |
| 10:03 | Minnesota | Curtis Sowers blows the layup | 12-15 |
| 10:01 | Penn State | Wilbert Jones grabs the board | 12-15 |
| 09:56 | Penn State | Wilbert Jones makes the jumper from the right side | 12-17 |
| 09:41 | Minnesota | Alton Eaves hits a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Genaro Bruno | 15-17 |
| 09:26 | Penn State | Harold Edwards lays it in | 15-19 |
| 09:19 | Minnesota | Curtis Sowers hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 18-19 |
| 08:50 | Penn State | Robert Privatsky misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 18-19 |
| 08:48 | Penn State | Wilbert Jones pulls down the offensive rebound | 18-19 |
| 08:35 | Penn State | Wilbert Jones comes up short on the runner from the left block but he's hacked by Genaro Bruno - foul #1 on Genaro Bruno, team foul #5 | 18-19 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman (PG), Edward Steen (SG), Joseph Sutera (SF), Dragan Ilic (PF), Clarence Stahr (C) Alton Eaves, Curtis Sowers, Genaro Bruno, Olufemi Abdul, Vyacheslav Sieczkowski | |
| Subs | Penn State | Todd Nies (PG), David McCubrey (SG), Todd Carlton (SF), Jason Marble (C) Robert Privatsky, Yong Tang, Harold Edwards, Michael Frank | |
| 08:35 | Penn State | Wilbert Jones makes the 1st free throw | 18-20 |
| 08:35 | Penn State | Wilbert Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 18-21 |
| 08:15 | Minnesota | Joseph Sutera connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Edward Steen | 21-21 |
| 07:47 | Penn State | Dragan Ilic is called for the reach on Wilbert Jones - foul #2 on Dragan Ilic, team foul #6 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Christopher Keller (PF) Dragan Ilic | |
| Subs | Penn State | Shane Phillips (PG) Wilbert Jones | |
| 07:37 | Penn State | Shane Phillips is hacked by Anthony Waterman - foul #1 on Anthony Waterman, team foul #7 | 21-21 |
| 07:37 | Penn State | Shane Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 07:37 | Penn State | Shane Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 21-23 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Anthony Waterman (fresh) SG - Edward Steen (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Joseph Sutera (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Christopher Keller (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Clarence Stahr (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Shane Phillips (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - David McCubrey (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Todd Carlton (fresh) PF - Todd Nies (fresh) 5 pts. C - Jason Marble (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:22 | Minnesota | Clarence Stahr clanks a floater from the left block | 21-23 |
| 07:20 | Penn State | Shane Phillips grabs the defensive rebound | 21-23 |
| 06:58 | Penn State | David McCubrey hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 21-23 |
| 06:57 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller gets the rebound | 21-23 |
| 06:42 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller travels with the ball | 21-23 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Arnold Gill (SG), Olufemi Abdul (PF) Edward Steen, Clarence Stahr | |
| Subs | Penn State | Robert Privatsky (PG) Shane Phillips | |
| 06:13 | Penn State | Jason Marble is fouled on the floor by Arnold Gill - foul #1 on Arnold Gill, team foul #8 | 21-23 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Alton Eaves (PG), Genaro Bruno (SF), Clarence Stahr (C) Anthony Waterman, Joseph Sutera, Christopher Keller | |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| 06:13 | Penn State | Jason Marble makes the 1st free throw | 21-24 |
| 06:13 | Penn State | Jason Marble makes the 2nd free throw | 21-25 |
| 05:57 | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul is fouled on the floor by Robert Privatsky - foul #2 on Robert Privatsky, team foul #3 | 21-25 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Vyacheslav Sieczkowski (PF) Olufemi Abdul | |
| Subs | Penn State | Shane Phillips (PG), Michael Frank (C) Robert Privatsky, Jason Marble | |
| 05:47 | Minnesota | Alton Eaves connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Vyacheslav Sieczkowski | 24-25 |
| 05:21 | Penn State | Shane Phillips misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on Clarence Stahr - foul #1 on Clarence Stahr, team foul #9 | 24-25 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Edward Steen (SG) Arnold Gill | |
| Subs | Penn State | Yong Tang (SG), Harold Edwards (PF) David McCubrey, Todd Nies | |
| 05:21 | Penn State | Shane Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 24-26 |
| 05:21 | Penn State | Shane Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 24-27 |
| 05:05 | Minnesota | Edward Steen is fouled on the floor by Todd Carlton - foul #1 on Todd Carlton, team foul #4 | 24-27 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Joseph Sutera (SF) Genaro Bruno | |
| Subs | Penn State | Jason Marble (C) Michael Frank | |
| 04:52 | Minnesota | Edward Steen is fouled on the floor by Shane Phillips - foul #2 on Shane Phillips, team foul #5 | 24-27 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Christopher Keller (C) Clarence Stahr | |
| Subs | Penn State | David McCubrey (PG) Shane Phillips | |
| 04:37 | Minnesota | Jason Marble is called for the reach on Alton Eaves - foul #1 on Jason Marble, team foul #6 | 24-27 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman (PG), Olufemi Abdul (PF) Alton Eaves, Vyacheslav Sieczkowski | |
| Subs | Penn State | Todd Nies (PF) Jason Marble | |
| 04:21 | Minnesota | Harold Edwards steals it from Olufemi Abdul | 24-27 |
| 04:07 | Penn State | Todd Nies comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 24-27 |
| 04:05 | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul grabs the defensive rebound | 24-27 |
| 04:02 | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman is fouled in the backcourt by David McCubrey - foul #1 on David McCubrey, team foul #7 | 24-27 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Arnold Gill (SG) Edward Steen | |
| Subs | Penn State | Wilbert Jones (SF), Michael Frank (C) Yong Tang, Todd Carlton | |
| 04:02 | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman misses the 1st free throw | 24-27 |
| 04:02 | Minnesota | Joseph Sutera grabs the offensive board | 24-27 |
| 03:48 | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 24-27 |
| 03:47 | Penn State | Wilbert Jones grabs the board | 24-27 |
| 03:30 | Penn State | The pull-up jumper by Wilbert Jones is blocked by Arnold Gill | 24-27 |
| 03:28 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Christopher Keller | 24-27 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Anthony Waterman (fresh) SG - Arnold Gill (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joseph Sutera (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Olufemi Abdul (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Christopher Keller (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Todd Nies (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - David McCubrey (tiring) 1 ast. SF - Wilbert Jones (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Harold Edwards (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Michael Frank (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:02 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller misses the jump hook near the basket but the foul's on David McCubrey - foul #2 on David McCubrey, team foul #8 | 24-27 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Alton Eaves (PG), Genaro Bruno (SF), Dragan Ilic (PF) Anthony Waterman, Joseph Sutera, Olufemi Abdul | |
| Subs | Penn State | Shane Phillips (PG), Robert Privatsky (SG) David McCubrey, Harold Edwards | |
| 03:02 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller misses the 1st free throw | 24-27 |
| 03:02 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller makes the 2nd free throw | 25-27 |
| 02:38 | Penn State | Shane Phillips shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 25-27 |
| 02:36 | Penn State | Shane Phillips snags the offensive board | 25-27 |
| 02:11 | Penn State | Shane Phillips evades the doubleteam and hits a jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Robert Privatsky | 25-29 |
| 01:57 | Minnesota | Christopher Keller hits a jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Genaro Bruno | 27-29 |
| 01:31 | Penn State | Robert Privatsky connects on the fadeaway from the left block | 27-31 |
| 01:29 | Minnesota | Michael Frank is called for the reach on Alton Eaves in the backcourt - foul #1 on Michael Frank, team foul #9 | 27-31 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Edward Steen (SG), Vyacheslav Sieczkowski (C) Arnold Gill, Christopher Keller | |
| Subs | Penn State | Yong Tang (SF), Harold Edwards (PF), Jason Marble (C) Wilbert Jones, Todd Nies, Michael Frank | |
| 01:29 | Minnesota | Alton Eaves misses the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 01:29 | Penn State | Harold Edwards gets the rebound | 27-31 |
| 01:05 | Penn State | Shane Phillips works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 27-31 |
| 01:04 | Minnesota | Dragan Ilic gets the rebound | 27-31 |
| 01:00 | Minnesota | Genaro Bruno misses the dunk attempt but he's fouled by Robert Privatsky - foul #3 on Robert Privatsky, team foul #10 | 27-31 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul (PF), Clarence Stahr (C) Dragan Ilic, Vyacheslav Sieczkowski | |
| Subs | Penn State | Todd Carlton (SF) Robert Privatsky | |
| 01:00 | Minnesota | Genaro Bruno misses the 1st free throw | 27-31 |
| 01:00 | Minnesota | Genaro Bruno makes the 2nd free throw | 28-31 |
| 00:39 | Penn State | Yong Tang hits a wide open jump hook from the right block | 28-33 |
| 00:17 | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul comes up short on the shot from close range but he's hacked by Todd Carlton - foul #2 on Todd Carlton, team foul #11 | 28-33 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Anthony Waterman (PG), Joseph Sutera (SF) Alton Eaves, Genaro Bruno | |
| Subs | Penn State | Todd Nies (PF) Harold Edwards | |
| 00:17 | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul makes the 1st free throw | 29-33 |
| 00:17 | Minnesota | Olufemi Abdul misses the 2nd free throw | 29-33 |
| 00:17 | Penn State | Todd Nies grabs the defensive rebound | 29-33 |
| 00:05 | Penn State | Shane Phillips splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 29-33 |
| 00:04 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Joseph Sutera | 29-33 |
| 00:00 | Minnesota | Joseph Sutera misses the halfcourt shot | 29-33 |