| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Daniel Peets (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Roy Marcus (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Albert Murray (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Charles Compton (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Donovan Foster (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Robert Bryant (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Jeffery Pierce (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Seth Blair (fresh) PF - John Kopecky (fresh) 2 reb. C - Larry Patrick (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Detroit Mercy | Seth Blair inbounds the ball | 31-24 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:43 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce lays it up and in on a nice dish by Robert Bryant | 31-26 |
| 19:14 | DePaul | Roy Marcus hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 31-26 |
| 19:13 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to John Kopecky | 31-26 |
| 19:04 | Detroit Mercy | John Kopecky buries a shot from close range on a great pass from Robert Bryant | 31-28 |
| 18:53 | DePaul | Albert Murray makes the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Daniel Peets | 34-28 |
| 18:31 | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick hits a driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Robert Bryant and he's hacked by Donovan Foster - foul #3 on Donovan Foster, team foul #1 | 34-30 |
| Subs | DePaul | Jimmy Baldwin (C) Donovan Foster | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 18:31 | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick makes the free throw | 34-31 |
| 18:05 | DePaul | Albert Murray buries a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Roy Marcus | 37-31 |
| 17:47 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce makes the fadeaway from the right side set up by Robert Bryant | 37-33 |
| 17:26 | DePaul | Roy Marcus misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 37-33 |
| 17:25 | DePaul | Albert Murray tips it in | 39-33 |
| 17:12 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 39-33 |
| 17:11 | DePaul | Jimmy Baldwin gets the rebound | 39-33 |
| 16:56 | DePaul | Daniel Peets can't connect on a shot from the right side | 39-33 |
| 16:54 | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick gets the rebound | 39-33 |
| 16:32 | Detroit Mercy | John Kopecky is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on John Kopecky, team foul #1 | 39-33 |
| Subs | DePaul | Clyde Raminez (PG), Joseph Maskell (SG), Shawn Dutton (PF) Daniel Peets, Roy Marcus, Charles Compton | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Rivenbark (SF), Billy Jones (PF), Randy Adams (C) Seth Blair, John Kopecky, Larry Patrick | |
| 16:13 | DePaul | Albert Murray hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 39-33 |
| 16:12 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce snags the defensive board | 39-33 |
| 16:01 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones clanks a shot from the right block but he's fouled by Shawn Dutton - foul #1 on Shawn Dutton, team foul #2 | 39-33 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Simmons (PG) Robert Bryant | |
| 16:01 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones makes the 1st free throw | 39-34 |
| 16:01 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 39-34 |
| 16:01 | DePaul | Shawn Dutton grabs the defensive rebound | 39-34 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Clyde Raminez (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Joseph Maskell (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Albert Murray (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. PF - Shawn Dutton (fresh) 5 reb. C - Jimmy Baldwin (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - James Simmons (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jeffery Pierce (fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Rivenbark (fresh) PF - Billy Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Randy Adams (fresh) | |
| 15:41 | DePaul | Clyde Raminez makes the 3 from the left corner | 42-34 |
| 15:37 | Detroit Mercy | James Simmons lays it in on a great pass from James Rivenbark | 42-36 |
| 15:17 | DePaul | Shawn Dutton misses long on a jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Billy Jones - foul #1 on Billy Jones, team foul #2 | 42-36 |
| Subs | DePaul | Daniel Peets (PG), Roy Marcus (SG), Felix Rhodes (SF), Donovan Foster (C) Clyde Raminez, Joseph Maskell, Albert Murray, Jimmy Baldwin | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Seth Blair (SG), Donnie Sanmiguel (SF), John Kopecky (PF) Jeffery Pierce, James Rivenbark, Billy Jones | |
| 15:17 | DePaul | Shawn Dutton makes the 1st free throw | 43-36 |
| 15:17 | DePaul | Shawn Dutton misses the 2nd free throw | 43-36 |
| 15:17 | Detroit Mercy | John Kopecky grabs the board | 43-36 |
| 15:00 | Detroit Mercy | Seth Blair knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-39 |
| 14:34 | DePaul | Daniel Peets connects on the shot from the free throw line set up by Roy Marcus | 45-39 |
| 14:24 | Detroit Mercy | Seth Blair buries a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Randy Adams | 45-42 |
| 14:01 | DePaul | Daniel Peets's fadeaway is rejected by John Kopecky | 45-42 |
| 13:59 | Detroit Mercy | James Simmons snags the defensive board | 45-42 |
| 13:39 | Detroit Mercy | James Simmons misses the floater from the baseline but the foul's on Donovan Foster - foul #4 on Donovan Foster, team foul #3 | 45-42 |
| Subs | DePaul | Clyde Raminez (PG), Albert Murray (SF), Charles Compton (PF), Jimmy Baldwin (C) Daniel Peets, Felix Rhodes, Shawn Dutton, Donovan Foster | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce (SG), Larry Patrick (C) Seth Blair, Randy Adams | |
| 13:39 | Detroit Mercy | James Simmons misses the 1st free throw | 45-42 |
| 13:39 | Detroit Mercy | James Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 45-43 |
| 13:13 | DePaul | Roy Marcus is fouled on the floor by Jeffery Pierce - foul #2 on Jeffery Pierce, team foul #3 | 45-43 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant (PG) James Simmons | |
| 12:58 | DePaul | Roy Marcus hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Albert Murray | 48-43 |
| 12:42 | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel throws a bad pass out of bounds | 48-43 |
| Subs | DePaul | Daniel Peets (PG), Joseph Maskell (SG) Clyde Raminez, Roy Marcus | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 12:22 | DePaul | Albert Murray is called for a charge - foul #2 on Albert Murray, team foul #4 | 48-43 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones (PF) John Kopecky | |
| 12:07 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones misses short on a shot from the left side | 48-43 |
| 12:06 | DePaul | Daniel Peets grabs the defensive rebound | 48-43 |
| 11:46 | DePaul | Daniel Peets misses badly on a fadeaway from the baseline | 48-43 |
| 11:45 | DePaul | Jimmy Baldwin tips it but misses | 48-43 |
| 11:44 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones snags the defensive board | 48-43 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Daniel Peets (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Joseph Maskell (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Albert Murray (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. PF - Charles Compton (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Jimmy Baldwin (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Robert Bryant (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jeffery Pierce (fresh) 16 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donnie Sanmiguel (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Billy Jones (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Larry Patrick (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:24 | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick is doubleteamed and loses the dribble to Joseph Maskell | 48-43 |
| 11:04 | DePaul | Albert Murray buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Daniel Peets | 51-43 |
| 10:53 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce comes up short on the turnaround in the paint | 51-43 |
| 10:52 | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel pulls down the offensive rebound | 51-43 |
| 10:32 | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel misses long on an open floater from the left side | 51-43 |
| 10:31 | DePaul | Charles Compton pulls down the rebound | 51-43 |
| 10:18 | DePaul | Albert Murray hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 51-43 |
| 10:16 | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick gets the rebound | 51-43 |
| 10:04 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-43 |
| 10:02 | DePaul | Joseph Maskell grabs the board | 51-43 |
| 09:37 | DePaul | Daniel Peets can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 51-43 |
| 09:35 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce pulls down the rebound | 51-43 |
| 09:26 | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel loses the dribble to Jimmy Baldwin | 51-43 |
| 08:57 | DePaul | Joseph Maskell buries a shot from the right block set up by Daniel Peets | 53-43 |
| 08:49 | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick splits the doubleteam but misses short on a driving attempt near the basket | 53-43 |
| 08:47 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones grabs the offensive rebound | 53-43 |
| 08:34 | Detroit Mercy | Daniel Peets steals it from Jeffery Pierce | 53-43 |
| 08:30 | DePaul | Daniel Peets can't finish the layup | 53-43 |
| 08:29 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones snags the defensive board | 53-43 |
| 08:20 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones loses the ball out of bounds | 53-43 |
| Subs | DePaul | Clyde Raminez (PG), Roy Marcus (SG), Felix Rhodes (SF), Shawn Dutton (C) Daniel Peets, Joseph Maskell, Albert Murray, Jimmy Baldwin | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Paul Rodgers (PG), James Simmons (SG), Seth Blair (SF), John Kopecky (PF), Randy Adams (C) Robert Bryant, Jeffery Pierce, Donnie Sanmiguel, Billy Jones, Larry Patrick | |
| 07:59 | DePaul | Seth Blair is called for the reach on Clyde Raminez - foul #2 on Seth Blair, team foul #4 | 53-43 |
| Subs | DePaul | Donovan Foster (C) Charles Compton | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 07:34 | DePaul | Felix Rhodes can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 53-43 |
| 07:32 | Detroit Mercy | James Simmons gets the rebound | 53-43 |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Clyde Raminez (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Roy Marcus (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Felix Rhodes (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Shawn Dutton (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. C - Donovan Foster (fresh) 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Paul Rodgers (fresh) SG - James Simmons (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Seth Blair (fresh) 6 pts. PF - John Kopecky (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Randy Adams (fresh) | |
| 07:27 | Detroit Mercy | John Kopecky misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Clyde Raminez - foul #1 on Clyde Raminez, team foul #5 | 53-43 |
| 07:27 | Detroit Mercy | John Kopecky makes the 1st free throw | 53-44 |
| 07:27 | Detroit Mercy | John Kopecky makes the 2nd free throw | 53-45 |
| 07:04 | DePaul | Felix Rhodes is fouled on the floor by Seth Blair - foul #3 on Seth Blair, team foul #5 | 53-45 |
| Subs | DePaul | Albert Murray (SF) Felix Rhodes | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant (PG), Jeffery Pierce (SG) Paul Rodgers, James Simmons | |
| 06:42 | DePaul | Albert Murray is fouled on the floor by Randy Adams - foul #1 on Randy Adams, team foul #6 | 53-45 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel (SF) Seth Blair | |
| 06:18 | DePaul | Albert Murray comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 53-45 |
| 06:16 | Detroit Mercy | Randy Adams gets the rebound | 53-45 |
| 06:12 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Jeffery Pierce | 53-48 |
| 05:43 | DePaul | Clyde Raminez comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 53-48 |
| 05:41 | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel pulls down the rebound | 53-48 |
| 05:34 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce misses the jumpshot from the left side | 53-48 |
| 05:32 | DePaul | Roy Marcus pulls down the rebound | 53-48 |
| 05:11 | DePaul | Roy Marcus is hacked by Donnie Sanmiguel - foul #4 on Donnie Sanmiguel, team foul #7 | 53-48 |
| Subs | DePaul | Daniel Peets (PG), Charles Compton (PF) Clyde Raminez, Shawn Dutton | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick (C) Randy Adams | |
| 05:11 | DePaul | Roy Marcus misses the 1st free throw | 53-48 |
| 05:11 | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel grabs the defensive rebound | 53-48 |
| 04:54 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant buries a shot from the left side set up by Jeffery Pierce and the foul's on Donovan Foster - foul #5 on Donovan Foster, team foul #6 | 53-50 |
| Subs | DePaul | Joseph Maskell (SG), Jimmy Baldwin (C) Roy Marcus, Donovan Foster | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones (PF) John Kopecky | |
| 04:54 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant misses the free throw | 53-50 |
| 04:54 | DePaul | Charles Compton pulls down the rebound | 53-50 |
| 04:30 | DePaul | Albert Murray misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 53-50 |
| 04:28 | DePaul | Jimmy Baldwin tips it in | 55-50 |
| 04:14 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce slams it home on a nice dish by Robert Bryant and he's fouled by Jimmy Baldwin - foul #1 on Jimmy Baldwin, team foul #7 | 55-52 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | James Simmons (PG) Robert Bryant | |
| 04:14 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce misses the free throw | 55-52 |
| 04:14 | DePaul | Charles Compton grabs the board | 55-52 |
| 03:48 | DePaul | Albert Murray misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 55-52 |
| 03:46 | DePaul | Daniel Peets gets the offensive rebound | 55-52 |
| 03:29 | DePaul | Daniel Peets loses the ball out of bounds | 55-52 |
| Subs | DePaul | Roy Marcus (SG), Felix Rhodes (SF) Joseph Maskell, Albert Murray | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Paul Rodgers (PG), Seth Blair (SF), John Kopecky (PF) Jeffery Pierce, Donnie Sanmiguel, Billy Jones | |
| Lineup | DePaul | PG - Daniel Peets (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. SG - Roy Marcus (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Felix Rhodes (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Charles Compton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Jimmy Baldwin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Detroit Mercy | PG - Paul Rodgers (fresh) SG - James Simmons (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Seth Blair (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - John Kopecky (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Larry Patrick (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:18 | Detroit Mercy | John Kopecky scores on a runner from the right block | 55-54 |
| 02:59 | DePaul | Jimmy Baldwin misses short on a floater from the baseline | 55-54 |
| 02:58 | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick gets the rebound | 55-54 |
| 02:58 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-54 |
| Subs | DePaul | Albert Murray (SF), Shawn Dutton (PF) Felix Rhodes, Charles Compton | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant (PG), Jeffery Pierce (SG), Donnie Sanmiguel (SF) Paul Rodgers, James Simmons, Seth Blair | |
| 02:44 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 55-54 |
| 02:42 | DePaul | Daniel Peets snags the defensive board | 55-54 |
| 02:42 | DePaul | DePaul calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-54 |
| 02:25 | DePaul | Daniel Peets scores on a runner in the lane and he's hacked by John Kopecky - foul #4 on John Kopecky, team foul #8 | 57-54 |
| Subs | DePaul | Charles Compton (PF) Shawn Dutton | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | | |
| 02:25 | DePaul | Daniel Peets makes the free throw | 58-54 |
| 02:08 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce can't connect on a floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Albert Murray - foul #3 on Albert Murray, team foul #8 | 58-54 |
| 02:08 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 58-55 |
| 02:08 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce makes the 2nd free throw | 58-56 |
| 01:45 | DePaul | Daniel Peets is fouled on the floor by John Kopecky - foul #5 on John Kopecky, team foul #9 | 58-56 |
| Subs | DePaul | | |
| Subs | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones (PF) John Kopecky | |
| 01:45 | DePaul | Daniel Peets makes the 1st free throw | 59-56 |
| 01:45 | DePaul | Daniel Peets makes the 2nd free throw | 60-56 |
| 01:25 | Detroit Mercy | Jeffery Pierce throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-56 |
| 01:05 | DePaul | Albert Murray comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 60-56 |
| 01:03 | Detroit Mercy | The rebound goes to Billy Jones | 60-56 |
| 00:51 | Detroit Mercy | Billy Jones knocks in the floater near the basket | 60-58 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:49 | DePaul | Daniel Peets throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 60-58 |
| 00:28 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 60-58 |
| 00:27 | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel gets the offensive rebound | 60-58 |
| 00:23 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 60-58 |
| 00:21 | Detroit Mercy | Donnie Sanmiguel gets the offensive rebound | 60-58 |
| 00:12 | Detroit Mercy | Robert Bryant scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Larry Patrick | 60-61 |
| Game Plan | DePaul | DePaul is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Detroit Mercy | Detroit Mercy is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:01 | DePaul | Daniel Peets can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 60-61 |
| 00:00 | Detroit Mercy | Larry Patrick grabs the board | 60-61 |