| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Brandon Murphy (fresh) 9 pts. 7 ast. SG - Charles Hughes (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Ernie Barker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Walker McDade (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Benjamin Dahl (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Michael Hudson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Gilbert Davis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Greg Lane (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Manu Akawanzie (fresh) 8 pts. C - Aldo Bruno (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | DePaul | Ernie Barker inbounds the ball | 39-26 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:48 | DePaul | Greg Lane swats the layup by Benjamin Dahl | 39-26 |
| 19:46 | Belmont | Manu Akawanzie grabs the defensive rebound | 39-26 |
| 19:19 | Belmont | Manu Akawanzie connects on the jumper near the basket on a great pass from Michael Hudson and the foul's on Brandon Murphy - foul #2 on Brandon Murphy, team foul #1 | 39-28 |
| 19:19 | Belmont | Manu Akawanzie makes the free throw | 39-29 |
| 18:55 | DePaul | Aldo Bruno swats the layup by Ernie Barker | 39-29 |
| 18:53 | DePaul | Benjamin Dahl misses the tip | 39-29 |
| 18:51 | DePaul | The offensive rebound goes to Benjamin Dahl | 39-29 |
| 18:36 | DePaul | Benjamin Dahl blows the layup | 39-29 |
| 18:34 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Manu Akawanzie | 39-29 |
| 18:29 | Belmont | Walker McDade swats the short shot by Greg Lane | 39-29 |
| 18:27 | DePaul | The rebound goes to Brandon Murphy | 39-29 |
| 18:07 | DePaul | Walker McDade misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 39-29 |
| 18:05 | Belmont | Greg Lane snags the defensive board | 39-29 |
| 17:55 | Belmont | Michael Hudson hits a driving attempt near the basket set up by Greg Lane | 39-31 |
| 17:37 | DePaul | Gilbert Davis takes the ball from Charles Hughes | 39-31 |
| 17:17 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 39-31 |
| 17:15 | DePaul | Charles Hughes pulls down the rebound | 39-31 |
| 17:07 | DePaul | Ernie Barker connects on the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Brandon Murphy | 42-31 |
| 16:49 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno hits a turnaround from the right block | 42-33 |
| 16:28 | DePaul | The pull-up jumper by Charles Hughes is blocked by Aldo Bruno | 42-33 |
| 16:26 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno gets the rebound | 42-33 |
| 16:14 | Belmont | The jump hook by Gilbert Davis is blocked by Benjamin Dahl | 42-33 |
| 16:13 | DePaul | Benjamin Dahl pulls down the rebound | 42-33 |
| 15:58 | DePaul | Ernie Barker misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 42-33 |
| 15:57 | Belmont | Greg Lane gets the rebound | 42-33 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Brandon Murphy (fresh) 9 pts. 8 ast. SG - Charles Hughes (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Ernie Barker (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Walker McDade (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Benjamin Dahl (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Michael Hudson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gilbert Davis (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Greg Lane (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Manu Akawanzie (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Aldo Bruno (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:52 | Belmont | Manu Akawanzie makes the jumper from the free throw line set up by Michael Hudson | 42-35 |
| 15:38 | DePaul | Walker McDade misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-35 |
| 15:36 | DePaul | Walker McDade grabs the offensive rebound | 42-35 |
| 15:12 | DePaul | Walker McDade drills a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Brandon Murphy | 45-35 |
| 14:53 | Belmont | Ernie Barker picks off the pass by Greg Lane | 45-35 |
| 14:29 | DePaul | Brandon Murphy buries a floater from the right side set up by Walker McDade | 47-35 |
| 14:22 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno misses long on a runner from close range but he's hacked by Charles Hughes - foul #2 on Charles Hughes, team foul #2 | 47-35 |
| Subs | DePaul | Dikembe Ali (PG), Vaughn Rogers (SG), Eugene McGuiness (SF), Paul Escalante (PF), Bart Davis (C) Brandon Murphy, Charles Hughes, Ernie Barker, Walker McDade, Benjamin Dahl | |
| Subs | Belmont | Glenn Arana (PG), Tomas Basquez (SG), Eugene Shealey (SF), John Witherington (PF) Michael Hudson, Gilbert Davis, Greg Lane, Manu Akawanzie | |
| 14:22 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno makes the 1st free throw | 47-36 |
| 14:22 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno makes the 2nd free throw | 47-37 |
| 14:03 | DePaul | Bart Davis misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on John Witherington - foul #2 on John Witherington, team foul #1 | 47-37 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Belmont | Myles Hill (SF) Aldo Bruno | |
| 14:03 | DePaul | Bart Davis makes the 1st free throw | 48-37 |
| 14:03 | DePaul | Bart Davis misses the 2nd free throw | 48-37 |
| 14:03 | Belmont | John Witherington grabs the board | 48-37 |
| 13:42 | Belmont | Tomas Basquez is fouled on the floor by Eugene McGuiness - foul #2 on Eugene McGuiness, team foul #3 | 48-37 |
| 13:29 | Belmont | Eugene Shealey knocks in the jump hook from the baseline set up by Tomas Basquez | 48-39 |
| 13:10 | DePaul | Bart Davis hits a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Dikembe Ali | 51-39 |
| 12:53 | Belmont | Paul Escalante steals the ball from Eugene Shealey | 51-39 |
| 12:33 | DePaul | Dikembe Ali is called for a charge - foul #1 on Dikembe Ali, team foul #4 | 51-39 |
| Subs | DePaul | Brandon Murphy (PG), Ernie Barker (SF) Vaughn Rogers, Bart Davis | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 12:17 | Belmont | John Witherington misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Eugene McGuiness - foul #3 on Eugene McGuiness, team foul #5 | 51-39 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Belmont | Gilbert Davis (SG) Myles Hill | |
| 12:17 | Belmont | John Witherington makes the 1st free throw | 51-40 |
| 12:17 | Belmont | John Witherington makes the 2nd free throw | 51-41 |
| 11:53 | DePaul | Paul Escalante hits a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Eugene McGuiness | 53-41 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Brandon Murphy (fresh) 11 pts. 9 ast. SG - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ernie Barker (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Paul Escalante (fresh) 4 pts. C - Eugene McGuiness (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Glenn Arana (fairly fresh) SG - Gilbert Davis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Tomas Basquez (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Witherington (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Eugene Shealey (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:34 | Belmont | Eugene Shealey buries a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Glenn Arana | 53-43 |
| 11:23 | DePaul | Dikembe Ali connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 56-43 |
| 11:21 | Belmont | Glenn Arana's pass is intercepted by Brandon Murphy in the backcourt | 56-43 |
| 11:19 | DePaul | Brandon Murphy dunks the ball | 58-43 |
| 10:55 | Belmont | Gilbert Davis throws a bad pass out of bounds | 58-43 |
| Subs | DePaul | Charles Hughes (SG), Walker McDade (PF), Benjamin Dahl (C) Dikembe Ali, Paul Escalante, Eugene McGuiness | |
| Subs | Belmont | John Morris (PG), Greg Lane (SF), Manu Akawanzie (PF), Aldo Bruno (C) Glenn Arana, Tomas Basquez, John Witherington, Eugene Shealey | |
| 10:43 | DePaul | Charles Hughes connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Brandon Murphy | 61-43 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 10:27 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno throws it down | 61-45 |
| 10:19 | DePaul | Ernie Barker scores on a floater from the right side set up by Brandon Murphy | 63-45 |
| 10:05 | Belmont | Gilbert Davis connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Greg Lane and the foul's on Ernie Barker - foul #2 on Ernie Barker, team foul #6 | 63-47 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Belmont | Michael Hudson (PG) John Morris | |
| 10:05 | Belmont | Gilbert Davis makes the free throw | 63-48 |
| 09:47 | DePaul | Brandon Murphy misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 63-48 |
| 09:45 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Aldo Bruno | 63-48 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 09:25 | Belmont | Greg Lane makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Aldo Bruno | 63-50 |
| 09:03 | DePaul | Charles Hughes is hacked by Gilbert Davis - foul #3 on Gilbert Davis, team foul #2 | 63-50 |
| Subs | DePaul | Eugene McGuiness (SF), Paul Escalante (PF), Bart Davis (C) Ernie Barker, Walker McDade, Benjamin Dahl | |
| Subs | Belmont | Tomas Basquez (SG) Gilbert Davis | |
| 08:44 | DePaul | Charles Hughes hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Eugene McGuiness | 65-50 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 08:26 | Belmont | Michael Hudson misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 65-50 |
| 08:24 | Belmont | Greg Lane tips it home | 65-52 |
| 08:12 | DePaul | Brandon Murphy is called for traveling | 65-52 |
| Subs | DePaul | Dikembe Ali (PG), Ernie Barker (SF) Brandon Murphy, Bart Davis | |
| Subs | Belmont | Glenn Arana (PG), Eugene Shealey (PF), John Witherington (C) Michael Hudson, Manu Akawanzie, Aldo Bruno | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 07:53 | Belmont | Tomas Basquez hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Charles Hughes - foul #3 on Charles Hughes, team foul #7 | 65-52 |
| Subs | DePaul | Vaughn Rogers (SG), Benjamin Dahl (C) Charles Hughes, Eugene McGuiness | |
| Subs | Belmont | Myles Hill (SF) Greg Lane | |
| 07:53 | Belmont | Tomas Basquez misses the 1st free throw | 65-52 |
| 07:53 | Belmont | Tomas Basquez makes the 2nd free throw | 65-53 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Dikembe Ali (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Vaughn Rogers (fresh) SF - Ernie Barker (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Paul Escalante (fresh) 4 pts. C - Benjamin Dahl (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Glenn Arana (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Tomas Basquez (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Myles Hill (fresh) PF - Eugene Shealey (fresh) 6 pts. C - John Witherington (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:39 | DePaul | Ernie Barker makes the jumper from the baseline set up by Dikembe Ali and he's hacked by Myles Hill - foul #1 on Myles Hill, team foul #3 | 67-53 |
| Subs | DePaul | Walker McDade (PF) Paul Escalante | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 07:39 | DePaul | Ernie Barker misses the free throw | 67-53 |
| 07:39 | Belmont | John Witherington grabs the board | 67-53 |
| 07:18 | Belmont | Eugene Shealey misses short on a floater from the right wing | 67-53 |
| 07:17 | Belmont | Eugene Shealey tips it in | 67-55 |
| 06:54 | DePaul | Vaughn Rogers misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 67-55 |
| 06:53 | Belmont | The rebound goes to John Witherington | 67-55 |
| 06:37 | Belmont | Myles Hill misses the floater from just outside the lane | 67-55 |
| 06:36 | Belmont | John Witherington snags the offensive board | 67-55 |
| 06:18 | Belmont | Eugene Shealey is hacked by Walker McDade - foul #2 on Walker McDade, team foul #8 | 67-55 |
| Subs | DePaul | Brandon Murphy (PG), Charles Hughes (SG), Paul Escalante (PF), Eugene McGuiness (C) Dikembe Ali, Vaughn Rogers, Walker McDade, Benjamin Dahl | |
| Subs | Belmont | Michael Hudson (PG), Gilbert Davis (SG), Manu Akawanzie (PF), Aldo Bruno (C) Glenn Arana, Tomas Basquez, Myles Hill, John Witherington | |
| 06:18 | Belmont | Eugene Shealey makes the 1st free throw | 67-56 |
| 06:18 | Belmont | Eugene Shealey makes the 2nd free throw | 67-57 |
| 06:05 | DePaul | Charles Hughes can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 67-57 |
| 06:04 | Belmont | Gilbert Davis pulls down the rebound | 67-57 |
| 05:43 | Belmont | Manu Akawanzie misses short on a driving attempt in the paint | 67-57 |
| 05:41 | DePaul | Paul Escalante grabs the defensive rebound | 67-57 |
| 05:19 | DePaul | Brandon Murphy is fouled on the floor by Michael Hudson - foul #3 on Michael Hudson, team foul #4 | 67-57 |
| Subs | DePaul | Bart Davis (C) Ernie Barker | |
| Subs | Belmont | Greg Lane (SF) Eugene Shealey | |
| 05:10 | DePaul | Eugene McGuiness loses the dribble to Manu Akawanzie | 67-57 |
| 04:55 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno buries a fadeaway from close range set up by Gilbert Davis | 67-59 |
| 04:40 | DePaul | Eugene McGuiness buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Paul Escalante | 70-59 |
| 04:15 | Belmont | Michael Hudson makes the floater from the right side on a great pass from Greg Lane | 70-61 |
| 03:54 | DePaul | Eugene McGuiness misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 70-61 |
| 03:53 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno grabs the board | 70-61 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Brandon Murphy (fresh) 13 pts. 11 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Hughes (fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. SF - Eugene McGuiness (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. PF - Paul Escalante (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Bart Davis (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Michael Hudson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Gilbert Davis (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Greg Lane (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Manu Akawanzie (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Aldo Bruno (fresh) 14 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:30 | Belmont | Manu Akawanzie misses the lay-in | 70-61 |
| 03:29 | Belmont | Aldo Bruno tips it home | 70-63 |
| 03:29 | DePaul | DePaul calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 70-63 |
| Subs | DePaul | Ernie Barker (SF), Walker McDade (PF), Benjamin Dahl (C) Eugene McGuiness, Paul Escalante, Bart Davis | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 03:11 | DePaul | Walker McDade knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Brandon Murphy | 73-63 |
| 02:57 | Belmont | Manu Akawanzie misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 73-63 |
| 02:56 | DePaul | Benjamin Dahl pulls down the rebound | 73-63 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 02:51 | DePaul | Ernie Barker comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 73-63 |
| 02:49 | DePaul | Walker McDade grabs the offensive rebound | 73-63 |
| 02:25 | DePaul | Greg Lane swats the dunk try by Benjamin Dahl | 73-63 |
| 02:23 | Belmont | Greg Lane pulls down the rebound | 73-63 |
| 02:08 | Belmont | Gilbert Davis misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 73-63 |
| 02:06 | DePaul | Brandon Murphy snags the defensive board | 73-63 |
| 01:48 | DePaul | Brandon Murphy hits a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Ernie Barker | 76-63 |
| 01:35 | Belmont | Manu Akawanzie can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 76-63 |
| 01:34 | DePaul | Charles Hughes gets the rebound | 76-63 |
| 01:14 | DePaul | Benjamin Dahl can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 76-63 |
| 01:13 | DePaul | Walker McDade tips it home | 78-63 |
| 00:55 | Belmont | Michael Hudson is hacked by Brandon Murphy - foul #3 on Brandon Murphy, team foul #9 | 78-63 |
| Subs | DePaul | Dikembe Ali (PG), Vaughn Rogers (SG), Eugene McGuiness (SF), Paul Escalante (PF), Bart Davis (C) Brandon Murphy, Charles Hughes, Ernie Barker, Walker McDade, Benjamin Dahl | |
| Subs | Belmont | Tomas Basquez (SG), Myles Hill (SF), Eugene Shealey (PF), John Witherington (C) Gilbert Davis, Greg Lane, Manu Akawanzie, Aldo Bruno | |
| 00:55 | Belmont | Michael Hudson makes the 1st free throw | 78-64 |
| 00:55 | Belmont | Michael Hudson misses the 2nd free throw | 78-64 |
| 00:55 | Belmont | John Witherington snags the offensive board | 78-64 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:52 | Belmont | Tomas Basquez hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 78-64 |
| 00:50 | Belmont | John Witherington tips it in | 78-66 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:26 | DePaul | Myles Hill is called for the reach on Eugene McGuiness - foul #2 on Myles Hill, team foul #5 | 78-66 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Belmont | Glenn Arana (PG) Michael Hudson | |
| 00:00 | DePaul | Dikembe Ali runs out the clock | 78-66 |