| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Cecil Beaubien (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Clarence Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Gerald Frew (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Dikembe Abke (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Melvin King (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brady Coward (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Rice (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Terry Bruns (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Jonathan Barber (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Penn State | Gerald Frew inbounds the ball | 21-30 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:38 | Penn State | Dikembe Abke is whistled for a carry | 21-30 |
| 19:11 | Iowa | Terry Bruns is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Terry Bruns, team foul #1 | 21-30 |
| 18:42 | Penn State | James Brown scores on a driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Clarence Anderson | 23-30 |
| 18:19 | Iowa | The short jumper by Terry Bruns is denied by James Brown | 23-30 |
| 18:18 | Penn State | Gerald Frew snags the defensive board | 23-30 |
| 18:12 | Penn State | James Brown misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Terry Bruns - foul #3 on Terry Bruns, team foul #2 | 23-30 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Christopher Heller (PF) Terry Bruns | |
| 18:12 | Penn State | James Brown makes the 1st free throw | 24-30 |
| 18:12 | Penn State | James Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 25-30 |
| 17:55 | Iowa | Brady Coward misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Dikembe Abke - foul #3 on Dikembe Abke, team foul #1 | 25-30 |
| 17:55 | Iowa | Brady Coward makes the 1st free throw | 25-31 |
| 17:55 | Iowa | Brady Coward makes the 2nd free throw | 25-32 |
| 17:37 | Penn State | James Brown is fouled on the floor by Christopher Heller - foul #2 on Christopher Heller, team foul #3 | 25-32 |
| 17:15 | Penn State | Jonathan Barber takes the ball from Cecil Beaubien | 25-32 |
| 16:49 | Iowa | Brady Coward misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 25-32 |
| 16:47 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber tips it back up and in | 25-34 |
| 16:22 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 25-34 |
| 16:21 | Iowa | Brady Coward gets the rebound | 25-34 |
| 16:03 | Iowa | Donald Rice makes the wide open jumper near the basket | 25-36 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Cecil Beaubien (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Clarence Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Gerald Frew (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Brown (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Dikembe Abke (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Melvin King (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brady Coward (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Rice (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Christopher Heller (fresh) C - Jonathan Barber (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:40 | Penn State | James Brown hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 27-36 |
| 15:20 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber misses the fadeaway from the right side | 27-36 |
| 15:19 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 27-36 |
| 14:57 | Penn State | James Brown's pass is intercepted by Brady Coward | 27-36 |
| 14:52 | Iowa | Donald Rice hits the finger roll set up by Brady Coward | 27-38 |
| 14:34 | Penn State | James Brown jams it on a nice dish by Cecil Beaubien | 29-38 |
| 14:19 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber can't connect on a floater from the baseline | 29-38 |
| 14:18 | Iowa | Donald Rice grabs the offensive rebound | 29-38 |
| 14:08 | Iowa | Brady Coward is hacked by Cecil Beaubien - foul #1 on Cecil Beaubien, team foul #2 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Robert Hazley (PG), Mohamed Chadbourne (SF), Terry Bruns (PF), Lonnie Townsend (C) Melvin King, Donald Rice, Christopher Heller, Jonathan Barber | |
| 13:53 | Iowa | Brady Coward can't finish the layup against a doubleteam | 29-38 |
| 13:52 | Penn State | James Brown pulls down the rebound | 29-38 |
| 13:34 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the jump hook from the left block set up by Dikembe Abke and the foul's on Robert Hazley - foul #3 on Robert Hazley, team foul #4 | 31-38 |
| 13:34 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the free throw | 32-38 |
| 13:16 | Iowa | Robert Hazley is open and buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Brady Coward | 32-40 |
| 12:55 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-40 |
| 12:26 | Iowa | Brady Coward evades the doubleteam and hits a runner from close range set up by Lonnie Townsend | 32-42 |
| 12:06 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 32-42 |
| 12:05 | Penn State | Dikembe Abke tips it home | 34-42 |
| 11:45 | Iowa | Brady Coward makes the contested driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Robert Hazley | 34-44 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Cecil Beaubien (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SG - Clarence Anderson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Gerald Frew (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Brown (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Dikembe Abke (tiring) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Robert Hazley (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Brady Coward (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SF - Mohamed Chadbourne (fresh) PF - Terry Bruns (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Lonnie Townsend (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:20 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 34-44 |
| 11:18 | Penn State | Dikembe Abke grabs the offensive rebound | 34-44 |
| 10:58 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 34-44 |
| 10:56 | Iowa | Terry Bruns gets the rebound | 34-44 |
| 10:36 | Iowa | Brady Coward clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 34-44 |
| 10:35 | Penn State | The rebound goes to Cecil Beaubien | 34-44 |
| 10:29 | Penn State | James Brown clanks a fadeaway from the right block | 34-44 |
| 10:27 | Iowa | Lonnie Townsend pulls down the rebound | 34-44 |
| 10:23 | Iowa | Brady Coward splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-44 |
| 10:21 | Iowa | The offensive rebound goes to Brady Coward | 34-44 |
| 10:05 | Iowa | Mohamed Chadbourne hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 34-44 |
| 10:04 | Penn State | Gerald Frew grabs the defensive rebound | 34-44 |
| 09:46 | Penn State | Mohamed Chadbourne blocks the short jumper by James Brown | 34-44 |
| 09:45 | Iowa | Terry Bruns gets the rebound | 34-44 |
| 09:29 | Iowa | Robert Hazley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-44 |
| Subs | Penn State | Franjo Taberski (SG), Carl Umana (SF), Willard Drayton (PF), Dennis Kinley (C) Clarence Anderson, Gerald Frew, James Brown, Dikembe Abke | |
| Subs | Iowa | Melvin King (PG), Charles Gay (SG), Donald Rice (SF), Jonathan Barber (C) Robert Hazley, Brady Coward, Mohamed Chadbourne, Lonnie Townsend | |
| 09:05 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Terry Bruns - foul #4 on Terry Bruns, team foul #5 | 34-44 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Christopher Heller (PF) Terry Bruns | |
| 09:05 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien misses the 1st free throw | 34-44 |
| 09:05 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the 2nd free throw | 35-44 |
| 08:48 | Iowa | Christopher Heller's pass is intercepted by Cecil Beaubien | 35-44 |
| 08:44 | Penn State | Carl Umana lays it up and in set up by Cecil Beaubien | 37-44 |
| 08:26 | Iowa | Franjo Taberski steps in front of the Donald Rice pass | 37-44 |
| 08:03 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 37-44 |
| 08:01 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber grabs the defensive rebound | 37-44 |
| 07:57 | Iowa | Donald Rice misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on Carl Umana - foul #2 on Carl Umana, team foul #3 | 37-44 |
| Subs | Penn State | Harold Sperber (PG), Clarence Anderson (SG), James Brown (PF) Cecil Beaubien, Franjo Taberski, Dennis Kinley | |
| Subs | Iowa | Terry Bruns (PF) Christopher Heller | |
| 07:57 | Iowa | Donald Rice misses the 1st free throw | 37-44 |
| 07:57 | Iowa | Donald Rice misses the 2nd free throw | 37-44 |
| 07:57 | Penn State | James Brown grabs the board | 37-44 |
| 07:29 | Penn State | Carl Umana loses the dribble to Charles Gay | 37-44 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Harold Sperber (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Clarence Anderson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Carl Umana (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Brown (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Willard Drayton (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Melvin King (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Gay (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Donald Rice (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Terry Bruns (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. C - Jonathan Barber (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:01 | Iowa | Melvin King clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 37-44 |
| 07:00 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber tips it home | 37-46 |
| 06:42 | Penn State | James Brown lays it up and in on a nice dish by Harold Sperber | 39-46 |
| 06:20 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber connects on the jumper from the right block on a great pass from Melvin King | 39-48 |
| 05:51 | Penn State | Harold Sperber misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 39-48 |
| 05:50 | Iowa | Terry Bruns pulls down the rebound | 39-48 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:21 | Iowa | Donald Rice hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 39-48 |
| 05:20 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson grabs the board | 39-48 |
| 05:20 | Penn State | Penn State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 39-48 |
| Subs | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien (PG), Gerald Frew (SF), Dikembe Abke (C) Harold Sperber, Carl Umana, Willard Drayton | |
| Subs | Iowa | Brady Coward (SG) Charles Gay | |
| 05:01 | Penn State | James Brown clanks a runner from close range | 39-48 |
| 05:00 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber grabs the board | 39-48 |
| 04:42 | Iowa | Dikembe Abke takes the ball from Jonathan Barber | 39-48 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 04:27 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane | 39-48 |
| 04:25 | Penn State | The offensive rebound goes to Gerald Frew | 39-48 |
| 04:15 | Penn State | James Brown misses long on a runner from the right block | 39-48 |
| 04:13 | Penn State | James Brown tips it back up and in | 41-48 |
| 04:01 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber lays it up and in on a nice dish by Melvin King | 41-50 |
| 03:35 | Penn State | James Brown scores on a floater from the right side on a great pass from Cecil Beaubien | 43-50 |
| 03:16 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber misses badly on a turnaround from the right block | 43-50 |
| 03:14 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien grabs the defensive rebound | 43-50 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Cecil Beaubien (fresh) 17 pts. 4 ast. SG - Clarence Anderson (tiring) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Gerald Frew (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - James Brown (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Dikembe Abke (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Iowa | PG - Melvin King (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Brady Coward (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SF - Donald Rice (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Terry Bruns (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. C - Jonathan Barber (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 02:53 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 43-50 |
| 02:52 | Iowa | Jonathan Barber pulls down the rebound | 43-50 |
| 02:31 | Iowa | Terry Bruns is called for traveling | 43-50 |
| Subs | Penn State | Franjo Taberski (SG) Clarence Anderson | |
| Subs | Iowa | Robert Hazley (PG), Mohamed Chadbourne (SF), Lonnie Townsend (C) Melvin King, Donald Rice, Jonathan Barber | |
| 02:29 | Penn State | Robert Hazley is called for the reach on Cecil Beaubien in the backcourt - foul #4 on Robert Hazley, team foul #6 | 43-50 |
| 02:20 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien is fouled on the floor by Robert Hazley - foul #5 on Robert Hazley, team foul #7 | 43-50 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Charles Gay (PG) Robert Hazley | |
| 02:20 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the 1st free throw | 44-50 |
| 02:20 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien makes the 2nd free throw | 45-50 |
| 02:18 | Iowa | Iowa calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 45-50 |
| Subs | Penn State | Clarence Anderson (SG) Franjo Taberski | |
| Subs | Iowa | Melvin King (PG), Donald Rice (SF) Charles Gay, Mohamed Chadbourne | |
| 02:01 | Iowa | Gerald Frew steals it from Terry Bruns | 45-50 |
| 01:57 | Penn State | Cecil Beaubien lays it in set up by Gerald Frew | 47-50 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:40 | Iowa | The jump hook by Brady Coward is blocked by Dikembe Abke | 47-50 |
| 01:38 | Iowa | Terry Bruns tips it in | 47-52 |
| 01:24 | Penn State | Clarence Anderson knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner | 50-52 |
| 01:18 | Iowa | Terry Bruns scores on a floater from the free throw line and he's hacked by James Brown - foul #1 on James Brown, team foul #4 | 50-54 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Iowa | Jonathan Barber (C) Lonnie Townsend | |
| 01:18 | Iowa | Terry Bruns makes the free throw | 50-55 |
| 01:10 | Penn State | James Brown can't connect on a jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Jonathan Barber - foul #3 on Jonathan Barber, team foul #8 | 50-55 |
| 01:10 | Penn State | James Brown makes the 1st free throw | 51-55 |
| 01:10 | Penn State | James Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 52-55 |
| 00:52 | Iowa | Melvin King misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 52-55 |
| 00:50 | Iowa | Terry Bruns pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-55 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:22 | Iowa | Brady Coward's fadeaway is rejected by Dikembe Abke | 52-55 |
| 00:21 | Penn State | Gerald Frew grabs the board | 52-55 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:05 | Penn State | Gerald Frew is hacked by Donald Rice - foul #1 on Donald Rice, team foul #9 | 52-55 |
| 00:05 | Penn State | Gerald Frew makes the 1st free throw | 53-55 |
| 00:05 | Penn State | Gerald Frew makes the 2nd free throw | 54-55 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Iowa | Iowa is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:02 | Iowa | Brady Coward is fouled in the backcourt by Clarence Anderson - foul #4 on Clarence Anderson, team foul #5 | 54-55 |
| 00:01 | Iowa | Brady Coward is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Abke - foul #4 on Dikembe Abke, team foul #6 | 54-55 |
| 00:00 | Iowa | Brady Coward runs out the clock | 54-55 |