| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Robert Compton (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joseph Courtois (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Neville Mann (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Malcolm Bivona (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - David South (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - James Cluck (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Lee (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Andrew Freudenthal (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Charles Watkins (fresh) C - William Edmond (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Neville Mann inbounds the ball | 27-35 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:39 | Northwestern | Neville Mann can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 27-35 |
| 19:38 | Denver | Charles Watkins snags the defensive board | 27-35 |
| 19:31 | Denver | James Cluck misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by David South - foul #2 on David South, team foul #1 | 27-35 |
| 19:31 | Denver | James Cluck misses the 1st free throw | 27-35 |
| 19:31 | Denver | James Cluck misses the 2nd free throw | 27-35 |
| 19:31 | Denver | Charles Watkins gets the offensive rebound | 27-35 |
| 19:22 | Denver | David Lee's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-35 |
| 19:10 | Northwestern | Robert Compton clanks a floater from the right block but the foul's on James Cluck - foul #1 on James Cluck, team foul #1 | 27-35 |
| 19:10 | Northwestern | Robert Compton makes the 1st free throw | 28-35 |
| 19:10 | Northwestern | Robert Compton misses the 2nd free throw | 28-35 |
| 19:10 | Denver | The rebound goes to William Edmond | 28-35 |
| 18:51 | Denver | Charles Watkins connects on the turnaround in the paint set up by James Cluck | 28-37 |
| 18:46 | Northwestern | Charles Watkins is called for the reach on Robert Compton - foul #2 on Charles Watkins, team foul #2 | 28-37 |
| 18:32 | Northwestern | William Edmond picks off the pass by Neville Mann | 28-37 |
| 18:16 | Denver | Andrew Freudenthal misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 28-37 |
| 18:15 | Northwestern | David South snags the defensive board | 28-37 |
| 17:52 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Robert Compton | 31-37 |
| 17:36 | Denver | David Lee is hacked by Neville Mann - foul #3 on Neville Mann, team foul #2 | 31-37 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Kevin Booth (SF), David McNicholas (C) Neville Mann, David South | |
| Subs | Denver | Carl Ogren (SF), Brandon Crump (C) Andrew Freudenthal, William Edmond | |
| 17:21 | Denver | David Lee clanks a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Kevin Booth - foul #1 on Kevin Booth, team foul #3 | 31-37 |
| 17:21 | Denver | David Lee makes the 1st free throw | 31-38 |
| 17:21 | Denver | David Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 31-39 |
| 17:03 | Northwestern | David McNicholas can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 31-39 |
| 17:02 | Denver | Charles Watkins grabs the board | 31-39 |
| 16:43 | Denver | Carl Ogren hits a wide open 3pt shot from the left wing | 31-42 |
| 16:17 | Northwestern | Brandon Crump steps in front of the Robert Compton pass | 31-42 |
| 15:58 | Denver | James Cluck makes the wide open 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by David Lee | 31-45 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Robert Compton (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joseph Courtois (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kevin Booth (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Malcolm Bivona (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - David McNicholas (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - James Cluck (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - David Lee (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Carl Ogren (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Watkins (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Brandon Crump (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois lays it up and in on a nice dish by Robert Compton | 33-45 |
| 15:14 | Denver | Charles Watkins misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline | 33-45 |
| 15:12 | Denver | James Cluck grabs the offensive board | 33-45 |
| 15:03 | Denver | Charles Watkins makes the wide open jumpshot from the free throw line | 33-47 |
| 14:48 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 33-47 |
| 14:47 | Northwestern | David McNicholas grabs the offensive rebound | 33-47 |
| 14:31 | Northwestern | David McNicholas misses the easy layup | 33-47 |
| 14:29 | Denver | The rebound goes to Charles Watkins | 33-47 |
| 14:25 | Denver | Carl Ogren hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt shot from straight away | 33-47 |
| 14:23 | Northwestern | David McNicholas pulls down the rebound | 33-47 |
| 14:04 | Northwestern | David McNicholas is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on David McNicholas, team foul #4 | 33-47 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Morris Hilt (SG), Neville Mann (SF), Milton Bigham (PF), David South (C) Joseph Courtois, Kevin Booth, Malcolm Bivona, David McNicholas | |
| Subs | Denver | Michael Kearse (PG), Jim Defrancisco (SG), Andrew Freudenthal (SF), Tom Worley (PF), William Edmond (C) James Cluck, David Lee, Carl Ogren, Charles Watkins, Brandon Crump | |
| 13:45 | Denver | Michael Kearse connects on the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Andrew Freudenthal | 33-49 |
| 13:25 | Northwestern | Morris Hilt misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 33-49 |
| 13:24 | Denver | William Edmond gets the rebound | 33-49 |
| 12:55 | Denver | Tom Worley double dribbles | 33-49 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona (PF) Robert Compton | |
| Subs | Denver | Carl Ogren (SG) Jim Defrancisco | |
| 12:26 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona knocks in the shot from close range on a great pass from Neville Mann | 35-49 |
| 12:15 | Denver | Andrew Freudenthal misses long on an open jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Neville Mann - foul #4 on Neville Mann, team foul #5 | 35-49 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Kevin Booth (PG), Joseph Courtois (SG) Neville Mann, Malcolm Bivona | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 12:15 | Denver | Andrew Freudenthal makes the 1st free throw | 35-50 |
| 12:15 | Denver | Andrew Freudenthal makes the 2nd free throw | 35-51 |
| 12:00 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 35-51 |
| 11:59 | Denver | The rebound goes to William Edmond | 35-51 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Kevin Booth (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joseph Courtois (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Morris Hilt (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. PF - Milton Bigham (fresh) 2 stl. C - David South (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Michael Kearse (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Carl Ogren (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - Andrew Freudenthal (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Tom Worley (fresh) C - William Edmond (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:42 | Denver | Carl Ogren clanks a shot from the left wing | 35-51 |
| 11:41 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Milton Bigham | 35-51 |
| 11:22 | Northwestern | David South lays it up and in and the foul's on Tom Worley - foul #2 on Tom Worley, team foul #3 | 37-51 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Compton (PG), David McNicholas (C) Morris Hilt, Milton Bigham | |
| Subs | Denver | James Cluck (PG), Jim Defrancisco (SG), Albert Barnett (SF), Charles Watkins (PF), Brandon Crump (C) Michael Kearse, Carl Ogren, Andrew Freudenthal, Tom Worley, William Edmond | |
| 11:22 | Northwestern | David South makes the free throw | 38-51 |
| 10:53 | Denver | Charles Watkins scores on a jumper from the free throw line and the foul's on David South - foul #3 on David South, team foul #6 | 38-53 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona (PF) David South | |
| Subs | Denver | David Lee (SG) Jim Defrancisco | |
| 10:53 | Denver | Charles Watkins makes the free throw | 38-54 |
| 10:35 | Northwestern | Robert Compton's pass is intercepted by David Lee | 38-54 |
| 10:16 | Denver | Robert Compton steals it from Albert Barnett | 38-54 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 10:04 | Northwestern | Robert Compton scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 41-54 |
| 09:41 | Denver | Charles Watkins misses badly on the uncontested 3pt attempt from straight away | 41-54 |
| 09:39 | Denver | Brandon Crump snags the offensive board | 41-54 |
| 09:23 | Denver | James Cluck clanks a 3 from the right wing | 41-54 |
| 09:22 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth gets the rebound | 41-54 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 09:04 | Northwestern | James Cluck picks off the pass by Robert Compton | 41-54 |
| 08:45 | Denver | David Lee is fouled on the floor by Joseph Courtois - foul #1 on Joseph Courtois, team foul #7 | 41-54 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Milton Bigham (SG), Morris Hilt (SF), David South (C) Joseph Courtois, Kevin Booth, David McNicholas | |
| Subs | Denver | Michael Kearse (PG), Andrew Freudenthal (SF), Carl Ogren (PF), William Edmond (C) James Cluck, Albert Barnett, Charles Watkins, Brandon Crump | |
| 08:45 | Denver | David Lee makes the 1st free throw | 41-55 |
| 08:45 | Denver | David Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 41-55 |
| 08:45 | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona snags the defensive board | 41-55 |
| 08:21 | Northwestern | David South is called for the offensive foul - foul #4 on David South, team foul #8 | 41-55 |
| Subs | Northwestern | David McNicholas (C) David South | |
| Subs | Denver | Tom Worley (PF) David Lee | |
| 07:56 | Denver | Malcolm Bivona picks off the pass by William Edmond | 41-55 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Robert Compton (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Milton Bigham (fresh) 2 stl. SF - Morris Hilt (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. PF - Malcolm Bivona (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - David McNicholas (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Michael Kearse (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Carl Ogren (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - Andrew Freudenthal (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Tom Worley (fresh) C - William Edmond (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:43 | Northwestern | Michael Kearse picks off the pass by David McNicholas | 41-55 |
| 07:39 | Denver | Carl Ogren jams it on a nice dish by Michael Kearse | 41-57 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 07:33 | Northwestern | David McNicholas misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Tom Worley - foul #3 on Tom Worley, team foul #4 | 41-57 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Neville Mann (SF), David South (C) Robert Compton, Malcolm Bivona | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 07:33 | Northwestern | David McNicholas makes the 1st free throw | 42-57 |
| 07:33 | Northwestern | David McNicholas makes the 2nd free throw | 43-57 |
| 07:18 | Denver | Andrew Freudenthal buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Michael Kearse | 43-60 |
| 07:12 | Northwestern | Milton Bigham can't connect on a shot near the basket | 43-60 |
| 07:11 | Denver | The rebound goes to Andrew Freudenthal | 43-60 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 06:42 | Denver | William Edmond misses the lay-in | 43-60 |
| 06:41 | Northwestern | Neville Mann pulls down the rebound | 43-60 |
| 06:26 | Northwestern | Milton Bigham misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 43-60 |
| 06:24 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to David South | 43-60 |
| 06:18 | Northwestern | David McNicholas hits a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Neville Mann | 45-60 |
| 05:52 | Denver | Andrew Freudenthal knocks in the turnaround in the paint set up by Carl Ogren and the foul's on Milton Bigham - foul #1 on Milton Bigham, team foul #9 | 45-62 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Robert Compton (PG), Kevin Booth (SG), Malcolm Bivona (PF) Morris Hilt, Milton Bigham, David McNicholas | |
| Subs | Denver | James Cluck (PG), David Lee (SG), Charles Watkins (PF), Brandon Crump (C) Michael Kearse, Carl Ogren, Tom Worley, William Edmond | |
| 05:52 | Denver | Andrew Freudenthal makes the free throw | 45-63 |
| 05:42 | Northwestern | Robert Compton hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 45-63 |
| 05:41 | Denver | Charles Watkins grabs the board | 45-63 |
| 05:17 | Denver | Brandon Crump hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 45-63 |
| 05:15 | Denver | David Lee grabs the offensive rebound | 45-63 |
| 04:56 | Denver | James Cluck buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Andrew Freudenthal | 45-66 |
| 04:40 | Northwestern | Neville Mann misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Charles Watkins - foul #3 on Charles Watkins, team foul #5 | 45-66 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Morris Hilt (SG), Milton Bigham (PF), David McNicholas (C) Robert Compton, Malcolm Bivona, David South | |
| Subs | Denver | Michael Kearse (PG), Carl Ogren (SG), Albert Barnett (SF), Tom Worley (C) James Cluck, David Lee, Andrew Freudenthal, Charles Watkins | |
| 04:40 | Northwestern | Neville Mann makes the 1st free throw | 46-66 |
| 04:40 | Northwestern | Neville Mann misses the 2nd free throw | 46-66 |
| 04:40 | Denver | Tom Worley grabs the board | 46-66 |
| 04:13 | Denver | Brandon Crump's pass is intercepted by David McNicholas | 46-66 |
| 04:05 | Northwestern | Morris Hilt loses the ball out of bounds | 46-66 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois (SG) Neville Mann | |
| Subs | Denver | Jim Defrancisco (SG) Brandon Crump | |
| 03:53 | Denver | Michael Kearse is fouled on the floor by Kevin Booth - foul #2 on Kevin Booth, team foul #10 | 46-66 |
| 03:53 | Denver | Michael Kearse misses the 1st free throw | 46-66 |
| 03:53 | Denver | Michael Kearse makes the 2nd free throw | 46-67 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Kevin Booth (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joseph Courtois (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Morris Hilt (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. PF - Milton Bigham (fresh) 2 stl. C - David McNicholas (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Michael Kearse (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jim Defrancisco (fresh) SF - Albert Barnett (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Carl Ogren (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Tom Worley (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:41 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 46-67 |
| 03:39 | Denver | Michael Kearse grabs the defensive rebound | 46-67 |
| 03:12 | Denver | Jim Defrancisco can't connect on an uncontested 3 from the left wing | 46-67 |
| 03:11 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth grabs the board | 46-67 |
| 02:56 | Northwestern | David McNicholas buries a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Morris Hilt | 48-67 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:37 | Denver | Carl Ogren drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Albert Barnett | 48-70 |
| 02:20 | Northwestern | Joseph Courtois misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 48-70 |
| 02:18 | Denver | Tom Worley gets the rebound | 48-70 |
| 02:00 | Denver | Jim Defrancisco hits a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Tom Worley | 48-73 |
| 01:47 | Northwestern | Morris Hilt misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 48-73 |
| 01:45 | Denver | Carl Ogren snags the defensive board | 48-73 |
| 01:21 | Denver | Carl Ogren misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Milton Bigham - foul #2 on Milton Bigham, team foul #11 | 48-73 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Neville Mann (SF) Joseph Courtois | |
| Subs | Denver | Brandon Crump (PF) Jim Defrancisco | |
| 01:21 | Denver | Carl Ogren makes the 1st free throw | 48-74 |
| 01:21 | Denver | Carl Ogren makes the 2nd free throw | 48-75 |
| 01:13 | Northwestern | Kevin Booth scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Milton Bigham | 51-75 |
| 00:51 | Denver | Tom Worley comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 51-75 |
| 00:50 | Denver | Carl Ogren hits the follow up shot | 51-77 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:43 | Northwestern | David McNicholas misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 51-77 |
| 00:42 | Denver | Tom Worley grabs the defensive rebound | 51-77 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:18 | Denver | Albert Barnett misses short on a floater from the right wing | 51-77 |
| 00:17 | Denver | Albert Barnett tips it home | 51-79 |
| 00:10 | Northwestern | Milton Bigham misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Albert Barnett - foul #1 on Albert Barnett, team foul #6 | 51-79 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Malcolm Bivona (PF) Neville Mann | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 00:10 | Northwestern | Milton Bigham makes the 1st free throw | 52-79 |
| 00:10 | Northwestern | Milton Bigham misses the 2nd free throw | 52-79 |
| 00:10 | Denver | Carl Ogren gets the rebound | 52-79 |
| 00:00 | Denver | Michael Kearse runs out the clock | 52-79 |