| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Jeff Stickley (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Leonard Smith (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Bennie Wallace (fresh) 11 pts. PF - Dustin Mayer (fresh) 2 pts. C - Stephen Olewinski (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Melvin King (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Brady Coward (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Rice (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Terry Bruns (fresh) 5 reb. C - Jonathan Barber (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Iowa | Donald Rice inbounds the ball | 33-22 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Iowa | Melvin King is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 33-22 |
| 19:40 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Bennie Wallace | 33-22 |
| 19:18 | Marquette | Leonard Smith misses short on a shot from the left side | 33-22 |
| 19:17 | Marquette | Bennie Wallace grabs the offensive board | 33-22 |
| 19:08 | Marquette | Leonard Smith hits the finger roll set up by Bennie Wallace | 35-22 |
| 18:59 | Iowa | Melvin King splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt shot from the left wing | 35-25 |
| 18:40 | Marquette | Leonard Smith hits a fadeaway from the left side set up by Stephen Olewinski | 37-25 |
| 18:11 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber is hacked by Bennie Wallace - foul #2 on Bennie Wallace, team foul #1 | 37-25 |
| 17:51 | Iowa | Donald Rice is alone and drills a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Melvin King | 37-27 |
| 17:34 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer drills a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Jeff Stickley | 39-27 |
| 17:08 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber is hacked by Stephen Olewinski - foul #3 on Stephen Olewinski, team foul #2 | 39-27 |
| Subs | Marquette | Nicholas Ketter (SF), Jackson Gump (PF), Samuel Johnson (C) Bennie Wallace, Dustin Mayer, Stephen Olewinski | |
| Subs | Iowa | Mohamed Chadbourne (SF), Lonnie Townsend (C) Donald Rice, Jonathan Barber | |
| 16:45 | Iowa | Mohamed Chadbourne makes the floater from the right block on a nice dish by Melvin King | 39-29 |
| 16:22 | Marquette | Jeff Stickley misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 39-29 |
| 16:20 | Iowa | Melvin King gets the rebound | 39-29 |
| 16:07 | Iowa | Mohamed Chadbourne's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 39-29 |
| Subs | Marquette | John Corley (PG), Bennie Wallace (SF) Jeff Stickley, Leonard Smith | |
| Subs | Iowa | Robert Hazley (PG), Donald Rice (SF) Melvin King, Mohamed Chadbourne | |
| 15:48 | Marquette | Jackson Gump is fouled on the floor by Brady Coward - foul #1 on Brady Coward, team foul #1 | 39-29 |
| Subs | Marquette | Dustin Mayer (PF) Jackson Gump | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - John Corley (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Ketter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - Bennie Wallace (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dustin Mayer (fresh) 4 pts. C - Samuel Johnson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Robert Hazley (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Brady Coward (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Rice (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Terry Bruns (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - Lonnie Townsend (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:40 | Marquette | Bennie Wallace scores on a shot from the right side on a great pass from John Corley | 41-29 |
| 15:24 | Iowa | Brady Coward connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Hazley | 41-32 |
| 15:03 | Marquette | Nicholas Ketter misses badly on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Terry Bruns - foul #3 on Terry Bruns, team foul #2 | 41-32 |
| Subs | Marquette | Stephen Olewinski (C) Samuel Johnson | |
| Subs | Iowa | Jonathan Barber (C) Lonnie Townsend | |
| 15:03 | Marquette | Nicholas Ketter makes the 1st free throw | 42-32 |
| 15:03 | Marquette | Nicholas Ketter misses the 2nd free throw | 42-32 |
| 15:03 | Iowa | Terry Bruns snags the defensive board | 42-32 |
| 14:39 | Iowa | Robert Hazley can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Stephen Olewinski - foul #4 on Stephen Olewinski, team foul #3 | 42-32 |
| Subs | Marquette | Jeff Stickley (PG), Leonard Smith (SG), Jackson Gump (PF) John Corley, Nicholas Ketter, Stephen Olewinski | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 14:39 | Iowa | Robert Hazley misses the 1st free throw | 42-32 |
| 14:39 | Iowa | Robert Hazley makes the 2nd free throw | 42-33 |
| 14:16 | Marquette | Brady Coward steps in front of the Leonard Smith pass | 42-33 |
| 14:13 | Iowa | Brady Coward hits the finger roll | 42-35 |
| 13:46 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing but the foul's on Brady Coward - foul #2 on Brady Coward, team foul #3 | 42-35 |
| Subs | Marquette | Samuel Johnson (C) Bennie Wallace | |
| Subs | Iowa | Melvin King (PG), Mohamed Chadbourne (SF) Robert Hazley, Donald Rice | |
| 13:46 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer makes the 1st free throw | 43-35 |
| 13:46 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer makes the 2nd free throw | 44-35 |
| 13:29 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber knocks in the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Mohamed Chadbourne | 44-37 |
| 13:09 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer misses short on a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Terry Bruns - foul #4 on Terry Bruns, team foul #4 | 44-37 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Christopher Heller (PF), Lonnie Townsend (C) Terry Bruns, Jonathan Barber | |
| 13:09 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer makes the 1st free throw | 45-37 |
| 13:09 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer makes the 2nd free throw | 46-37 |
| 12:47 | Iowa | Christopher Heller misses the floater in the lane but he's hacked by Dustin Mayer - foul #1 on Dustin Mayer, team foul #4 | 46-37 |
| Subs | Marquette | Nicholas Ketter (SF) Dustin Mayer | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 12:47 | Iowa | Christopher Heller makes the 1st free throw | 46-38 |
| 12:47 | Iowa | Christopher Heller makes the 2nd free throw | 46-39 |
| 12:31 | Marquette | Leonard Smith misses short on a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Brady Coward - foul #3 on Brady Coward, team foul #5 | 46-39 |
| Subs | Marquette | John Corley (PG) Jeff Stickley | |
| Subs | Iowa | | |
| 12:31 | Marquette | Leonard Smith makes the 1st free throw | 47-39 |
| 12:31 | Marquette | Leonard Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 48-39 |
| 12:07 | Iowa | Brady Coward jams it set up by Melvin King | 48-41 |
| 12:00 | Marquette | Leonard Smith misses the easy layup | 48-41 |
| 11:59 | Iowa | Mohamed Chadbourne grabs the defensive rebound | 48-41 |
| 11:34 | Iowa | Melvin King is hacked by John Corley - foul #3 on John Corley, team foul #5 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | Jeff Stickley (PG), Bennie Wallace (SF) John Corley, Nicholas Ketter | |
| Subs | Iowa | Charles Gay (SG), Donald Rice (SF), Jonathan Barber (C) Brady Coward, Mohamed Chadbourne, Lonnie Townsend | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Jeff Stickley (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Leonard Smith (fresh) 15 pts. SF - Bennie Wallace (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jackson Gump (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Samuel Johnson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Melvin King (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Charles Gay (fresh) SF - Donald Rice (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Christopher Heller (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jonathan Barber (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:12 | Iowa | Donald Rice comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 48-41 |
| 11:11 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber gets the offensive rebound | 48-41 |
| 10:48 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber drills a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Melvin King | 48-43 |
| 10:33 | Marquette | Leonard Smith makes the fadeaway in the paint set up by Jeff Stickley | 50-43 |
| 10:13 | Iowa | Melvin King misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 50-43 |
| 10:12 | Marquette | Bennie Wallace pulls down the rebound | 50-43 |
| 09:47 | Marquette | Jeff Stickley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | John Corley (PG), Nicholas Ketter (SG), Dustin Mayer (C) Jeff Stickley, Leonard Smith, Samuel Johnson | |
| Subs | Iowa | Robert Hazley (PG), Brady Coward (SG), Lonnie Townsend (PF) Melvin King, Charles Gay, Christopher Heller | |
| 09:24 | Iowa | Brady Coward's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 50-43 |
| 09:01 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer is whistled for traveling | 50-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Christopher Heller (PF) Jonathan Barber | |
| 08:42 | Iowa | Lonnie Townsend blows the layup | 50-43 |
| 08:40 | Iowa | Christopher Heller gets the offensive rebound | 50-43 |
| 08:19 | Iowa | Donald Rice hits the finger roll on a great pass from Robert Hazley | 50-45 |
| 08:01 | Marquette | Jackson Gump loses the dribble to Donald Rice | 50-45 |
| 07:58 | Iowa | Robert Hazley banks in the layup on a great pass from Donald Rice | 50-47 |
| 07:41 | Marquette | Bennie Wallace connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Nicholas Ketter | 53-47 |
| 07:19 | Iowa | Lonnie Townsend hits the front of the rim on the wide open jumper from the baseline | 53-47 |
| 07:17 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer grabs the board | 53-47 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - John Corley (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Nicholas Ketter (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. SF - Bennie Wallace (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jackson Gump (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Dustin Mayer (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Robert Hazley (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brady Coward (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Donald Rice (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Christopher Heller (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Lonnie Townsend (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:01 | Marquette | Donald Rice steps in front of the John Corley pass | 53-47 |
| 06:58 | Iowa | Donald Rice banks in the layup | 53-49 |
| 06:33 | Marquette | Bennie Wallace double dribbles | 53-49 |
| Subs | Marquette | Jeff Stickley (PG), Leonard Smith (SG), Timothy Strasser (SF), Samuel Johnson (PF), Stephen Olewinski (C) John Corley, Nicholas Ketter, Bennie Wallace, Jackson Gump, Dustin Mayer | |
| Subs | Iowa | Melvin King (PG), Charles Gay (SG), Mohamed Chadbourne (SF), Terry Bruns (PF), Jonathan Barber (C) Robert Hazley, Brady Coward, Donald Rice, Christopher Heller, Lonnie Townsend | |
| 06:07 | Iowa | Melvin King hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 53-49 |
| 06:06 | Marquette | Leonard Smith gets the rebound | 53-49 |
| 05:38 | Marquette | Samuel Johnson misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Terry Bruns - foul #5 on Terry Bruns, team foul #6 | 53-49 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Christopher Heller (PF) Terry Bruns | |
| 05:38 | Marquette | Samuel Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 54-49 |
| 05:38 | Marquette | Samuel Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 54-49 |
| 05:38 | Iowa | Christopher Heller grabs the defensive rebound | 54-49 |
| 05:09 | Iowa | Timothy Strasser is called for the reach on Charles Gay - foul #1 on Timothy Strasser, team foul #6 | 54-49 |
| Subs | Marquette | Nicholas Ketter (SF) Timothy Strasser | |
| Subs | Iowa | Brady Coward (SG) Charles Gay | |
| 04:55 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber hits the front of the rim on the wide open turnaround near the basket | 54-49 |
| 04:54 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber snags the offensive board | 54-49 |
| 04:33 | Iowa | Christopher Heller misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 54-49 |
| 04:31 | Marquette | Stephen Olewinski grabs the defensive rebound | 54-49 |
| 04:22 | Marquette | Leonard Smith is hacked by Melvin King - foul #1 on Melvin King, team foul #7 | 54-49 |
| Subs | Marquette | Dustin Mayer (PF) Stephen Olewinski | |
| Subs | Iowa | Lonnie Townsend (PF) Christopher Heller | |
| 04:22 | Marquette | Leonard Smith makes the 1st free throw | 55-49 |
| 04:22 | Marquette | Leonard Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 56-49 |
| 03:58 | Iowa | Lonnie Townsend is open but comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 56-49 |
| 03:56 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer pulls down the rebound | 56-49 |
| 03:42 | Marquette | Samuel Johnson misses the floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Jonathan Barber - foul #2 on Jonathan Barber, team foul #8 | 56-49 |
| Subs | Marquette | Bennie Wallace (SF) Nicholas Ketter | |
| Subs | Iowa | Donald Rice (SF) Mohamed Chadbourne | |
| 03:42 | Marquette | Samuel Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 57-49 |
| 03:42 | Marquette | Samuel Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 57-49 |
| 03:42 | Iowa | The rebound goes to Lonnie Townsend | 57-49 |
| 03:20 | Iowa | Lonnie Townsend makes the jump hook in the paint on a great pass from Brady Coward and he's hacked by Bennie Wallace - foul #3 on Bennie Wallace, team foul #7 | 57-51 |
| Subs | Marquette | John Corley (PG), Jackson Gump (PF) Jeff Stickley, Samuel Johnson | |
| Subs | Iowa | Robert Hazley (PG) Melvin King | |
| 03:20 | Iowa | Lonnie Townsend makes the free throw | 57-52 |
| 03:02 | Marquette | Leonard Smith misses short on a shot from the right side | 57-52 |
| 03:00 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer grabs the offensive rebound | 57-52 |
| 03:00 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-52 |
| Subs | Marquette | Jeff Stickley (PG), Stephen Olewinski (C) John Corley, Jackson Gump | |
| Subs | Iowa | Melvin King (PG), Christopher Heller (PF) Robert Hazley, Jonathan Barber | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Jeff Stickley (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Leonard Smith (fresh) 19 pts. SF - Bennie Wallace (fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Dustin Mayer (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Stephen Olewinski (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Melvin King (fresh) 8 pts. 7 ast. SG - Brady Coward (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Donald Rice (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. PF - Christopher Heller (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Lonnie Townsend (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 02:44 | Marquette | Jeff Stickley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 57-52 |
| 02:42 | Iowa | Brady Coward grabs the defensive rebound | 57-52 |
| 02:42 | Iowa | Iowa calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-52 |
| 02:16 | Iowa | Melvin King splits the doubleteam and buries a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Brady Coward and he's fouled by Jeff Stickley - foul #1 on Jeff Stickley, team foul #8 | 57-54 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Jonathan Barber (C) Lonnie Townsend | |
| 02:16 | Iowa | Melvin King misses the free throw | 57-54 |
| 02:16 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Stephen Olewinski | 57-54 |
| 01:59 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer connects on the fadeaway from close range | 59-54 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:47 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber lays it up and in set up by Brady Coward | 59-56 |
| 01:33 | Marquette | Bennie Wallace misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 59-56 |
| 01:32 | Marquette | Stephen Olewinski snags the offensive board | 59-56 |
| 01:22 | Marquette | Bennie Wallace misses the turnaround in the paint | 59-56 |
| 01:20 | Iowa | Christopher Heller gets the rebound | 59-56 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:18 | Iowa | Melvin King's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 59-56 |
| 01:10 | Marquette | Bennie Wallace can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 59-56 |
| 01:08 | Iowa | Melvin King gets the rebound | 59-56 |
| 00:53 | Iowa | Dustin Mayer is called for the reach on Jonathan Barber - foul #2 on Dustin Mayer, team foul #9 | 59-56 |
| 00:53 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber makes the 1st free throw | 59-57 |
| 00:53 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber makes the 2nd free throw | 59-58 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:27 | Marquette | Jeff Stickley is hacked by Christopher Heller - foul #1 on Christopher Heller, team foul #9 | 59-58 |
| 00:27 | Marquette | Jeff Stickley misses the 1st free throw | 59-58 |
| 00:27 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-58 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:24 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer is fouled on the floor by Donald Rice - foul #2 on Donald Rice, team foul #10 | 59-58 |
| 00:24 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer makes the 1st free throw | 60-58 |
| 00:24 | Marquette | Dustin Mayer makes the 2nd free throw | 61-58 |
| 00:13 | Iowa | Donald Rice is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the right side set up by Brady Coward out of the doubleteam | 61-60 |
| 00:12 | Marquette | Melvin King is called for the reach on Leonard Smith in the backcourt - foul #2 on Melvin King, team foul #11 | 61-60 |
| 00:12 | Marquette | Leonard Smith makes the 1st free throw | 62-60 |
| 00:12 | Marquette | Leonard Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 63-60 |
| 00:01 | Iowa | Brady Coward evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 63-60 |
| 00:00 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber pulls down the offensive rebound | 63-60 |