| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Manuel Gariepy (fresh) 8 pts. SG - John Prichard (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Shawn Riegel (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Peter Taylor (fresh) C - Ronald Fox (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Allison (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Laubach (fresh) SF - Ivan Pavelski (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Antonio Baskett (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Ron Rennick (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski inbounds the ball | 21-16 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:37 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski buries a jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Antonio Baskett | 21-18 |
| 19:16 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy makes the fadeaway from the free throw line set up by John Prichard | 23-18 |
| 18:52 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick misses the dunk | 23-18 |
| 18:51 | Purdue | Peter Taylor grabs the board | 23-18 |
| 18:32 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 23-18 |
| 18:31 | Michigan State | Kenneth Laubach grabs the defensive rebound | 23-18 |
| 18:17 | Michigan State | Peter Taylor steals it from Ivan Pavelski | 23-18 |
| 17:50 | Purdue | Ronald Fox is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Ronald Fox, team foul #1 | 23-18 |
| 17:25 | Michigan State | William Allison works out of a doubleteam and scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane and the foul's on Peter Taylor - foul #1 on Peter Taylor, team foul #2 | 23-20 |
| 17:25 | Michigan State | William Allison misses the free throw | 23-20 |
| 17:25 | Purdue | Ronald Fox gets the rebound | 23-20 |
| 17:04 | Purdue | Shawn Riegel is whistled for traveling | 23-20 |
| Subs | Purdue | Paul Brinson (PF) Peter Taylor | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 16:37 | Michigan State | Paul Brinson takes the ball from Kenneth Laubach | 23-20 |
| 16:19 | Purdue | Kenneth Laubach is called for the reach on John Prichard - foul #1 on Kenneth Laubach, team foul #1 | 23-20 |
| Subs | Purdue | David Petro (PG), Andrew Escamilla (C) Manuel Gariepy, Ronald Fox | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jared Firth (PG), Ivan Muszynski (SF), Maurice McNeal (PF), David Hill (C) William Allison, Ivan Pavelski, Antonio Baskett, Ron Rennick | |
| 16:07 | Purdue | John Prichard misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 23-20 |
| 16:06 | Purdue | Paul Brinson misses the tip | 23-20 |
| 16:04 | Michigan State | Jared Firth grabs the board | 23-20 |
| 15:39 | Michigan State | Ivan Muszynski's fadeaway is rejected by Paul Brinson | 23-20 |
| 15:38 | Michigan State | Ivan Muszynski gets the offensive rebound | 23-20 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - David Petro (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. SG - John Prichard (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Shawn Riegel (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Paul Brinson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Andrew Escamilla (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Jared Firth (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Kenneth Laubach (fairly fresh) SF - Ivan Muszynski (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Maurice McNeal (fresh) C - David Hill (fresh) | |
| 15:25 | Michigan State | David Hill makes the runner in the lane | 23-22 |
| 15:21 | Purdue | David Petro is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 23-22 |
| Subs | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy (PG), Peter Taylor (PF) Shawn Riegel, Andrew Escamilla | |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Allison (PG), Antonio Baskett (PF) Kenneth Laubach, Maurice McNeal | |
| 14:53 | Michigan State | Ivan Muszynski makes the 3 from the left wing | 23-25 |
| 14:25 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy clanks a fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by William Allison - foul #1 on William Allison, team foul #2 | 23-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | Ronald Fox (C) Paul Brinson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski (SF), Ron Rennick (C) Jared Firth, David Hill | |
| 14:25 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy makes the 1st free throw | 24-25 |
| 14:25 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy misses the 2nd free throw | 24-25 |
| 14:25 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick snags the defensive board | 24-25 |
| 14:07 | Michigan State | Antonio Baskett is called for traveling | 24-25 |
| Subs | Purdue | Shawn Riegel (SG) John Prichard | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 13:38 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 24-25 |
| 13:37 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski snags the defensive board | 24-25 |
| 13:18 | Michigan State | Antonio Baskett can't finish the layup against a doubleteam | 24-25 |
| 13:17 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski tips it in | 24-27 |
| 12:51 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy drills a 3 from the left wing | 27-27 |
| 12:25 | Michigan State | Shawn Riegel steps in front of the Ivan Muszynski pass | 27-27 |
| 12:20 | Purdue | Peter Taylor banks in the layup on a nice dish by Shawn Riegel | 29-27 |
| 11:59 | Michigan State | William Allison splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 29-27 |
| 11:57 | Purdue | Ronald Fox pulls down the rebound | 29-27 |
| 11:37 | Purdue | Ronald Fox buries a driving attempt in the paint and he's hacked by William Allison - foul #2 on William Allison, team foul #3 | 31-27 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Prichard (SG), Paul Brinson (PF) David Petro, Peter Taylor | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jared Firth (PG), Kenneth Laubach (SG), Maurice McNeal (PF) William Allison, Ivan Muszynski, Antonio Baskett | |
| 11:37 | Purdue | Ronald Fox misses the free throw | 31-27 |
| 11:37 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick pulls down the rebound | 31-27 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Manuel Gariepy (fairly fresh) 14 pts. SG - John Prichard (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Shawn Riegel (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Paul Brinson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Ronald Fox (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Jared Firth (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Kenneth Laubach (fresh) SF - Ivan Pavelski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Maurice McNeal (fresh) C - Ron Rennick (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:19 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski buries a floater from the free throw line and he's fouled by John Prichard - foul #2 on John Prichard, team foul #3 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Purdue | Andrew Escamilla (C) Ronald Fox | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Hill (C) Ron Rennick | |
| 11:19 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski misses the free throw | 31-29 |
| 11:19 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Shawn Riegel | 31-29 |
| 10:51 | Purdue | Paul Brinson clanks a shot from the right side | 31-29 |
| 10:50 | Purdue | Shawn Riegel grabs the offensive rebound | 31-29 |
| 10:30 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy can't throw it down | 31-29 |
| 10:28 | Purdue | Paul Brinson gets the offensive rebound | 31-29 |
| 10:07 | Purdue | Shawn Riegel connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 34-29 |
| 09:39 | Michigan State | Maurice McNeal lays it up and in on a nice dish by Ivan Pavelski | 34-31 |
| 09:16 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy can't connect on a runner in the paint but he's hacked by David Hill - foul #1 on David Hill, team foul #4 | 34-31 |
| Subs | Purdue | David Petro (SF), Peter Taylor (PF), Ronald Fox (C) Shawn Riegel, Paul Brinson, Andrew Escamilla | |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Allison (PG), Ivan Muszynski (SF), Antonio Baskett (PF), Ron Rennick (C) Jared Firth, Ivan Pavelski, Maurice McNeal, David Hill | |
| 09:16 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy makes the 1st free throw | 35-31 |
| 09:16 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy makes the 2nd free throw | 36-31 |
| 08:59 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Kenneth Laubach and the foul's on Peter Taylor - foul #2 on Peter Taylor, team foul #4 | 36-33 |
| 08:59 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick makes the free throw | 36-34 |
| 08:32 | Purdue | John Prichard misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 36-34 |
| 08:31 | Purdue | Ronald Fox gets the offensive rebound | 36-34 |
| 08:02 | Purdue | John Prichard misses long on a fadeaway near the basket but the foul's on Ron Rennick - foul #2 on Ron Rennick, team foul #5 | 36-34 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jared Firth (SG) Kenneth Laubach | |
| 08:02 | Purdue | John Prichard makes the 1st free throw | 37-34 |
| 08:02 | Purdue | John Prichard makes the 2nd free throw | 38-34 |
| 07:43 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick is fouled on the floor by Ronald Fox - foul #2 on Ronald Fox, team foul #5 | 38-34 |
| Subs | Purdue | Shawn Riegel (SF) Manuel Gariepy | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 07:32 | Michigan State | Ivan Muszynski hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the paint | 38-34 |
| 07:31 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick tips it back up and in | 38-36 |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - David Petro (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. SG - John Prichard (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Shawn Riegel (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Peter Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Ronald Fox (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Allison (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jared Firth (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ivan Muszynski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Antonio Baskett (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Ron Rennick (fresh) 12 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 07:02 | Purdue | John Prichard buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Peter Taylor | 41-36 |
| 06:39 | Michigan State | Ivan Muszynski connects on the open floater near the basket on a great pass from William Allison | 41-38 |
| 06:14 | Purdue | Shawn Riegel misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 41-38 |
| 06:12 | Purdue | Ronald Fox tips it home | 43-38 |
| 05:53 | Michigan State | William Allison can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 43-38 |
| 05:51 | Purdue | Peter Taylor grabs the board | 43-38 |
| 05:23 | Purdue | Shawn Riegel hits a 3pt shot from the right corner | 46-38 |
| 05:23 | Michigan State | Michigan State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 46-38 |
| Subs | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy (PG), Paul Brinson (PF) John Prichard, Peter Taylor | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Kenneth Laubach (SG), Ivan Pavelski (SF) Jared Firth, Ivan Muszynski | |
| 04:59 | Michigan State | William Allison hits a 3 pointer from straight away | 46-41 |
| 04:46 | Purdue | Paul Brinson misses badly on a driving attempt from the left block | 46-41 |
| 04:45 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy hits the follow up shot | 48-41 |
| 04:43 | Michigan State | Shawn Riegel takes the ball from William Allison in the backcourt | 48-41 |
| 04:42 | Purdue | Shawn Riegel hits the finger roll | 50-41 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:19 | Michigan State | Manuel Gariepy steals it from William Allison out of a doubleteam | 50-41 |
| 04:15 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy banks in the layup | 52-41 |
| 03:59 | Michigan State | Kenneth Laubach is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Kenneth Laubach, team foul #6 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Purdue | Andrew Escamilla (C) Ronald Fox | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Hill (C) Ron Rennick | |
| 03:34 | Purdue | Paul Brinson double dribbles | 52-41 |
| Subs | Purdue | John Prichard (SG), Peter Taylor (PF) David Petro, Andrew Escamilla | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Manuel Gariepy (fresh) 20 pts. 2 stl. SG - John Prichard (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Shawn Riegel (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Peter Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Brinson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Allison (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kenneth Laubach (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ivan Pavelski (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Antonio Baskett (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - David Hill (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:17 | Michigan State | William Allison splits the doubleteam but misses short on a runner from the right block but he's hacked by Manuel Gariepy - foul #2 on Manuel Gariepy, team foul #6 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jared Firth (SG), Ivan Muszynski (SF), Maurice McNeal (PF) Kenneth Laubach, Ivan Pavelski, Antonio Baskett | |
| 03:17 | Michigan State | William Allison misses the 1st free throw | 52-41 |
| 03:17 | Michigan State | William Allison misses the 2nd free throw | 52-41 |
| 03:17 | Purdue | Paul Brinson snags the defensive board | 52-41 |
| 02:51 | Purdue | Peter Taylor misses the floater from the right block | 52-41 |
| 02:49 | Michigan State | David Hill pulls down the rebound | 52-41 |
| 02:43 | Michigan State | Peter Taylor swats the layup by Jared Firth | 52-41 |
| 02:42 | Purdue | John Prichard snags the defensive board | 52-41 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:16 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 52-41 |
| 02:14 | Michigan State | Ivan Muszynski grabs the defensive rebound | 52-41 |
| 02:10 | Michigan State | Ivan Muszynski scores on a driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Jared Firth | 52-43 |
| 01:48 | Purdue | Shawn Riegel drills a pull-up jumper from the right side | 54-43 |
| 01:34 | Michigan State | Jared Firth is hacked by John Prichard - foul #3 on John Prichard, team foul #7 | 54-43 |
| Subs | Purdue | Ronald Fox (C) Paul Brinson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski (SF) William Allison | |
| 01:34 | Michigan State | Jared Firth misses the 1st free throw | 54-43 |
| 01:34 | Purdue | Ronald Fox gets the rebound | 54-43 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 01:32 | Purdue | Ronald Fox is hacked by Jared Firth in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jared Firth, team foul #7 | 54-43 |
| Subs | Purdue | Paul Brinson (PF) Peter Taylor | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 01:32 | Purdue | Ronald Fox misses the 1st free throw | 54-43 |
| 01:32 | Michigan State | Ivan Muszynski pulls down the rebound | 54-43 |
| 01:14 | Michigan State | David Hill comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 54-43 |
| 01:13 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Ronald Fox | 54-43 |
| 01:10 | Purdue | Ronald Fox is fouled in the backcourt by Jared Firth - foul #2 on Jared Firth, team foul #8 | 54-43 |
| 01:10 | Purdue | Ronald Fox makes the 1st free throw | 55-43 |
| 01:10 | Purdue | Ronald Fox misses the 2nd free throw | 55-43 |
| 01:10 | Michigan State | David Hill snags the defensive board | 55-43 |
| 01:05 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Jared Firth | 55-46 |
| 01:03 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy is hacked by Jared Firth in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jared Firth, team foul #9 | 55-46 |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Allison (PG), Kenneth Laubach (SG), Antonio Baskett (PF), Ron Rennick (C) Jared Firth, Ivan Muszynski, Maurice McNeal, David Hill | |
| 01:03 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy makes the 1st free throw | 56-46 |
| 01:03 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy misses the 2nd free throw | 56-46 |
| 01:03 | Michigan State | Antonio Baskett grabs the board | 56-46 |
| 00:43 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick jams it | 56-48 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:40 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy is hacked by William Allison in the backcourt - foul #3 on William Allison, team foul #10 | 56-48 |
| 00:40 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy makes the 1st free throw | 57-48 |
| 00:40 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy makes the 2nd free throw | 58-48 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:33 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 58-48 |
| 00:32 | Michigan State | Ivan Pavelski grabs the offensive rebound | 58-48 |
| 00:28 | Michigan State | Ron Rennick misses the easy layup | 58-48 |
| 00:26 | Purdue | Ronald Fox grabs the defensive rebound | 58-48 |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Manuel Gariepy runs out the clock | 58-48 |