| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Victor Stone (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Dario Florkowski (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Young Tang (fresh) PF - Kevin Reuter (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert McKen (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Kevin Branch (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jason Harris (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. SF - James Whitaker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nathan Barr (fresh) 7 pts. C - Robert Schmidt (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Creighton | James Whitaker inbounds the ball | 33-36 |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:38 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt is fouled on the floor by Robert McKen - foul #1 on Robert McKen, team foul #1 | 33-36 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kenneth Griswold (PF), Jesse Miller (C) James Whitaker, Robert Schmidt | |
| 19:23 | Creighton | Kenneth Griswold makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Jason Harris | 33-39 |
| 19:18 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 33-39 |
| 19:17 | Creighton | Jesse Miller snags the defensive board | 33-39 |
| 19:07 | Creighton | Jesse Miller hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket | 33-39 |
| 19:06 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Kenneth Griswold | 33-39 |
| 18:53 | Creighton | Kevin Reuter is called for the reach on Jason Harris - foul #2 on Kevin Reuter, team foul #2 | 33-39 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | William Love (C) Robert McKen | |
| Subs | Creighton | Ezra Cox (PG), Raymond Foulk (SF), Patrick Daniels (PF), Robert Schmidt (C) Kevin Branch, Nathan Barr, Kenneth Griswold, Jesse Miller | |
| 18:40 | Creighton | Ezra Cox misses the shot from the right side | 33-39 |
| 18:39 | Creighton | Jason Harris grabs the offensive rebound | 33-39 |
| 18:23 | Creighton | Ezra Cox misses the pull-up jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Dario Florkowski - foul #3 on Dario Florkowski, team foul #3 | 33-39 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey (SG), Jeff Kress (PF), Manuel Hasan (C) Dario Florkowski, Young Tang, Kevin Reuter | |
| Subs | Creighton | James Whitaker (SF), Kenneth Griswold (PF) Raymond Foulk, Patrick Daniels | |
| 18:23 | Creighton | Ezra Cox makes the 1st free throw | 33-40 |
| 18:23 | Creighton | Ezra Cox makes the 2nd free throw | 33-41 |
| 18:14 | Santa Clara | Manuel Hasan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-41 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kevin Branch (PG), Raymond Foulk (SF) Ezra Cox, James Whitaker | |
| 17:57 | Creighton | Kevin Branch misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 33-41 |
| 17:55 | Creighton | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Schmidt | 33-41 |
| 17:46 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt misses the dunk but he's hacked by William Love - foul #2 on William Love, team foul #4 | 33-41 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | James Whitman (SG) Victor Stone | |
| Subs | Creighton | Nathan Barr (SF), Patrick Daniels (PF), Jesse Miller (C) Kevin Branch, Raymond Foulk, Kenneth Griswold | |
| 17:46 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt makes the 1st free throw | 33-42 |
| 17:46 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt misses the 2nd free throw | 33-42 |
| 17:46 | Santa Clara | Jeff Kress pulls down the rebound | 33-42 |
| 17:20 | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey misses short on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Robert Schmidt - foul #1 on Robert Schmidt, team foul #1 | 33-42 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Ricky Hetherington (SF), Kevin Reuter (PF), Robert McKen (C) William Love, Jeff Kress, Manuel Hasan | |
| Subs | Creighton | Ezra Cox (PG), James Whitaker (SF) Nathan Barr, Jesse Miller | |
| 17:20 | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey makes the 1st free throw | 34-42 |
| 17:20 | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey makes the 2nd free throw | 35-42 |
| 16:58 | Creighton | Ezra Cox's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-42 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Victor Stone (PG), Young Tang (SF) Earl McGaughey, Ricky Hetherington | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kevin Branch (PG), Nathan Barr (SF), Kenneth Griswold (PF) Ezra Cox, Jason Harris, Patrick Daniels | |
| 16:39 | Santa Clara | James Whitaker is called for the reach on Victor Stone - foul #1 on James Whitaker, team foul #2 | 35-42 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Ezra Cox (PG), Jason Harris (SG), Raymond Foulk (SF) Kevin Branch, James Whitaker, Nathan Barr | |
| 16:23 | Santa Clara | Robert Schmidt takes the ball from James Whitman | 35-42 |
| 16:19 | Creighton | Victor Stone takes the ball from Ezra Cox in the backcourt | 35-42 |
| 16:07 | Santa Clara | Victor Stone misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 35-42 |
| 16:05 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter gets the offensive rebound | 35-42 |
| 15:46 | Santa Clara | Young Tang drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Kevin Reuter | 38-42 |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Victor Stone (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - James Whitman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Young Tang (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Kevin Reuter (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert McKen (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Ezra Cox (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jason Harris (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. SF - Raymond Foulk (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Griswold (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Schmidt (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:44 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt is fouled in the backcourt by Robert McKen - foul #2 on Robert McKen, team foul #5 | 38-42 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey (PG), Dario Florkowski (SG), Roberto Hernandez (SF), William Love (PF), Jeff Kress (C) Victor Stone, James Whitman, Young Tang, Kevin Reuter, Robert McKen | |
| Subs | Creighton | James Stewart (SG), Nathan Barr (SF), Patrick Daniels (PF) Jason Harris, Raymond Foulk, Kenneth Griswold | |
| 15:29 | Creighton | James Stewart clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 38-42 |
| 15:28 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez grabs the board | 38-42 |
| 15:23 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski clanks a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Ezra Cox - foul #4 on Ezra Cox, team foul #3 | 38-42 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kevin Branch (PG), James Whitaker (SF) Ezra Cox, Patrick Daniels | |
| 15:23 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski misses the 1st free throw | 38-42 |
| 15:23 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski misses the 2nd free throw | 38-42 |
| 15:23 | Santa Clara | William Love grabs the offensive rebound | 38-42 |
| 15:09 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 38-42 |
| 15:08 | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey snags the offensive board | 38-42 |
| 14:52 | Santa Clara | Jeff Kress comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline | 38-42 |
| 14:50 | Creighton | James Stewart pulls down the rebound | 38-42 |
| 14:23 | Creighton | James Whitaker is fouled on the floor by Jeff Kress - foul #1 on Jeff Kress, team foul #6 | 38-42 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Victor Stone (PG), Ricky Hetherington (SF), Kevin Reuter (PF), Manuel Hasan (C) Earl McGaughey, Roberto Hernandez, William Love, Jeff Kress | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jason Harris (SG), Raymond Foulk (SF), Patrick Daniels (PF) Kevin Branch, James Whitaker, Nathan Barr | |
| 14:07 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt buries a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from James Stewart | 38-44 |
| 13:52 | Santa Clara | Patrick Daniels steps in front of the Kevin Reuter pass | 38-44 |
| 13:33 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block | 38-44 |
| 13:32 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt tips it in | 38-46 |
| 13:27 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski buries a driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by Manuel Hasan | 40-46 |
| 13:18 | Creighton | James Stewart scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Robert Schmidt | 40-49 |
| 12:59 | Santa Clara | Victor Stone can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 40-49 |
| 12:58 | Creighton | Patrick Daniels snags the defensive board | 40-49 |
| 12:55 | Creighton | Raymond Foulk is fouled in the backcourt by Ricky Hetherington - foul #1 on Ricky Hetherington, team foul #7 | 40-49 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez (SG), Young Tang (SF), Jeff Kress (PF), Robert McKen (C) Dario Florkowski, Ricky Hetherington, Kevin Reuter, Manuel Hasan | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kevin Branch (PG), Nathan Barr (PF) Jason Harris, Patrick Daniels | |
| 12:55 | Creighton | Raymond Foulk makes the 1st free throw | 40-50 |
| 12:55 | Creighton | Raymond Foulk makes the 2nd free throw | 40-51 |
| 12:29 | Santa Clara | Young Tang misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 40-51 |
| 12:28 | Santa Clara | Jeff Kress can't tip it in | 40-51 |
| 12:27 | Santa Clara | Jeff Kress can't tip it in | 40-51 |
| 12:26 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez tips it home | 42-51 |
| 12:24 | Creighton | Raymond Foulk is called for traveling in the backcourt | 42-51 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | William Love (PF) Jeff Kress | |
| Subs | Creighton | James Whitaker (SG), Kenneth Griswold (PF) Kevin Branch, Raymond Foulk | |
| 12:08 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez misses the lay-in | 42-51 |
| 12:06 | Creighton | Nathan Barr grabs the defensive rebound | 42-51 |
| 11:50 | Creighton | James Stewart clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-51 |
| 11:48 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez grabs the board | 42-51 |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Victor Stone (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Roberto Hernandez (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. SF - Young Tang (fresh) 3 pts. PF - William Love (fresh) 2 reb. C - Robert McKen (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - James Stewart (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Whitaker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - Nathan Barr (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Kenneth Griswold (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Schmidt (tired) 13 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:33 | Santa Clara | Young Tang hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 42-51 |
| 11:31 | Santa Clara | Robert McKen grabs the offensive rebound | 42-51 |
| 11:08 | Santa Clara | William Love drills a shot from the left wing on a great pass from Roberto Hernandez | 44-51 |
| 10:50 | Creighton | James Whitaker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-51 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey (PG), James Whitman (SG), Ricky Hetherington (SF), Kevin Reuter (PF), Jeff Kress (C) Victor Stone, Roberto Hernandez, Young Tang, William Love, Robert McKen | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kevin Branch (PG), Patrick Daniels (PF), Jesse Miller (C) Nathan Barr, Kenneth Griswold, Robert Schmidt | |
| 10:36 | Santa Clara | Ricky Hetherington knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 47-51 |
| 10:34 | Creighton | James Whitman is called for the reach on James Whitaker in the backcourt - foul #2 on James Whitman, team foul #8 | 47-51 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Nathan Barr (PF), Robert Schmidt (C) Patrick Daniels, Jesse Miller | |
| 10:34 | Creighton | James Whitaker makes the 1st free throw | 47-52 |
| 10:34 | Creighton | James Whitaker makes the 2nd free throw | 47-53 |
| 10:17 | Santa Clara | Jeff Kress hits a shot in the paint on a nice dish by Kevin Reuter and he's hacked by James Stewart - foul #4 on James Stewart, team foul #4 | 49-53 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jason Harris (SG), Raymond Foulk (SF), Patrick Daniels (PF) James Stewart, James Whitaker, Nathan Barr | |
| 10:17 | Santa Clara | Jeff Kress makes the free throw | 50-53 |
| 10:00 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt is alone and drills a driving attempt from the left block set up by Jason Harris | 50-55 |
| 09:45 | Santa Clara | Ricky Hetherington hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 50-55 |
| 09:44 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt pulls down the rebound | 50-55 |
| 09:19 | Creighton | Jason Harris hits the finger roll | 50-57 |
| 09:02 | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey is called for a charge - foul #3 on Earl McGaughey, team foul #9 | 50-57 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Victor Stone (PG), Dario Florkowski (SG), Young Tang (SF), Manuel Hasan (C) Earl McGaughey, James Whitman, Ricky Hetherington, Jeff Kress | |
| Subs | Creighton | Ezra Cox (PG), James Whitaker (SF), Nathan Barr (PF) Kevin Branch, Raymond Foulk, Patrick Daniels | |
| 09:00 | Creighton | Victor Stone steps in front of the Jason Harris pass in the backcourt | 50-57 |
| 08:51 | Santa Clara | Nathan Barr steals the ball from Young Tang | 50-57 |
| 08:33 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 50-57 |
| 08:31 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski gets the rebound | 50-57 |
| 08:13 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski is fouled on the floor by Ezra Cox - foul #5 on Ezra Cox, team foul #5 | 50-57 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez (SG), William Love (PF) Dario Florkowski, Kevin Reuter | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kevin Branch (PG), Kenneth Griswold (PF) Ezra Cox, Jason Harris | |
| 08:00 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez connects on the jumper from the right side and he's fouled by Nathan Barr - foul #1 on Nathan Barr, team foul #6 | 52-57 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | James Stewart (SG) James Whitaker | |
| 08:00 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez misses the free throw | 52-57 |
| 08:00 | Creighton | Kenneth Griswold grabs the defensive rebound | 52-57 |
| 07:45 | Creighton | Kenneth Griswold misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane | 52-57 |
| 07:44 | Santa Clara | The rebound goes to Roberto Hernandez | 52-57 |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Victor Stone (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 4 stl. SG - Roberto Hernandez (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. SF - Young Tang (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - William Love (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Manuel Hasan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Kevin Branch (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Stewart (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Nathan Barr (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. PF - Kenneth Griswold (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Schmidt (very tired) 15 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:20 | Santa Clara | Young Tang lays it up and in and he's fouled by Nathan Barr - foul #2 on Nathan Barr, team foul #7 | 54-57 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey (PG), Dario Florkowski (SG), Robert McKen (C) Victor Stone, Roberto Hernandez, Manuel Hasan | |
| Subs | Creighton | James Whitaker (SG), Raymond Foulk (SF), Jesse Miller (C) Kevin Branch, Kenneth Griswold, Robert Schmidt | |
| 07:20 | Santa Clara | Young Tang misses the free throw | 54-57 |
| 07:20 | Creighton | The rebound goes to Nathan Barr | 54-57 |
| 07:05 | Creighton | Raymond Foulk misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 54-57 |
| 07:04 | Creighton | James Whitaker hits the follow up shot | 54-59 |
| 06:54 | Santa Clara | Robert McKen comes up short on the runner from the right block | 54-59 |
| 06:53 | Creighton | James Whitaker gets the rebound | 54-59 |
| 06:51 | Creighton | William Love steals it from James Stewart in the backcourt | 54-59 |
| 06:39 | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 54-59 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | James Whitman (SG), Ricky Hetherington (SF), Kevin Reuter (PF), Jeff Kress (C) Dario Florkowski, Young Tang, William Love, Robert McKen | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jason Harris (SG), Kenneth Griswold (PF), Robert Schmidt (C) James Whitaker, Nathan Barr, Jesse Miller | |
| 06:20 | Creighton | Jason Harris hits the easy wide open finger roll | 54-61 |
| 06:06 | Santa Clara | James Whitman is fouled on the floor by Jason Harris - foul #3 on Jason Harris, team foul #8 | 54-61 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Victor Stone (PG), Roberto Hernandez (SF) Earl McGaughey, Ricky Hetherington | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kevin Branch (PG), James Whitaker (SF), Nathan Barr (PF) Jason Harris, Raymond Foulk, Kenneth Griswold | |
| 06:06 | Santa Clara | James Whitman makes the 1st free throw | 55-61 |
| 06:06 | Santa Clara | James Whitman makes the 2nd free throw | 56-61 |
| 05:52 | Creighton | James Whitaker can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Kevin Reuter - foul #3 on Kevin Reuter, team foul #10 | 56-61 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Young Tang (SF), Manuel Hasan (C) James Whitman, Kevin Reuter | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jason Harris (SG), Patrick Daniels (PF) Kevin Branch, Nathan Barr | |
| 05:52 | Creighton | James Whitaker makes the 1st free throw | 56-62 |
| 05:52 | Creighton | James Whitaker makes the 2nd free throw | 56-63 |
| 05:32 | Santa Clara | James Stewart picks off the pass by Young Tang | 56-63 |
| 05:11 | Creighton | James Stewart misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-63 |
| 05:10 | Santa Clara | Young Tang gets the rebound | 56-63 |
| 04:59 | Santa Clara | Jason Harris is called for the reach on Roberto Hernandez - foul #4 on Jason Harris, team foul #9 | 56-63 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Ricky Hetherington (SF), Kevin Reuter (PF), Robert McKen (C) Young Tang, Jeff Kress, Manuel Hasan | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kevin Branch (PG), Raymond Foulk (SF), Nathan Barr (PF) Jason Harris, James Whitaker, Patrick Daniels | |
| 04:59 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez makes the 1st free throw | 57-63 |
| 04:59 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez misses the 2nd free throw | 57-63 |
| 04:59 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt grabs the defensive rebound | 57-63 |
| 04:38 | Creighton | Raymond Foulk comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 57-63 |
| 04:37 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter pulls down the rebound | 57-63 |
| 04:24 | Santa Clara | Robert McKen is fouled on the floor by Robert Schmidt - foul #2 on Robert Schmidt, team foul #10 | 57-63 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski (SG), William Love (SF) Roberto Hernandez, Ricky Hetherington | |
| Subs | Creighton | Kenneth Griswold (PF) Raymond Foulk | |
| 04:24 | Santa Clara | Robert McKen misses the 1st free throw | 57-63 |
| 04:24 | Santa Clara | Robert McKen makes the 2nd free throw | 58-63 |
| 04:17 | Creighton | Kevin Reuter steals it from Kevin Branch in the backcourt | 58-63 |
| 04:12 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski is hacked by James Stewart - foul #5 on James Stewart, team foul #11 | 58-63 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey (PG), Ricky Hetherington (SF) Victor Stone, Robert McKen | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jason Harris (SG), Raymond Foulk (SF) James Stewart, Kenneth Griswold | |
| 04:12 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski makes the 1st free throw | 59-63 |
| 04:12 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski makes the 2nd free throw | 60-63 |
| 04:05 | Creighton | Jason Harris is fouled in the backcourt by Earl McGaughey - foul #4 on Earl McGaughey, team foul #11 | 60-63 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | James Whitaker (SF), Kenneth Griswold (PF) Raymond Foulk, Nathan Barr | |
| 04:05 | Creighton | Jason Harris makes the 1st free throw | 60-64 |
| 04:05 | Creighton | Jason Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 60-65 |
| 03:50 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter is hacked by Robert Schmidt - foul #3 on Robert Schmidt, team foul #12 | 60-65 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Raymond Foulk (SF), Nathan Barr (PF) James Whitaker, Kenneth Griswold | |
| 03:50 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter makes the 1st free throw | 61-65 |
| 03:50 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter makes the 2nd free throw | 62-65 |
| 03:39 | Creighton | Nathan Barr throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-65 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | James Whitman (SG), Manuel Hasan (C) Dario Florkowski, Kevin Reuter | |
| Subs | Creighton | James Whitaker (SF) Raymond Foulk | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Earl McGaughey (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. SG - James Whitman (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ricky Hetherington (fresh) 5 pts. PF - William Love (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Manuel Hasan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Kevin Branch (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jason Harris (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. SF - James Whitaker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Nathan Barr (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Robert Schmidt (very tired) 15 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| 03:22 | Santa Clara | James Whitman hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Earl McGaughey | 65-65 |
| 03:16 | Creighton | Nathan Barr's pass is intercepted by James Whitman in the backcourt | 65-65 |
| 03:14 | Santa Clara | Earl McGaughey hits the finger roll on a nice dish by James Whitman | 67-65 |
| 02:55 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt double dribbles | 67-65 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Victor Stone (PG), Young Tang (SF), Kevin Reuter (PF), Robert McKen (C) Earl McGaughey, Ricky Hetherington, William Love, Manuel Hasan | |
| Subs | Creighton | Raymond Foulk (SF), Kenneth Griswold (PF) James Whitaker, Nathan Barr | |
| 02:35 | Santa Clara | James Whitman misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Jason Harris - foul #5 on Jason Harris, team foul #13 | 67-65 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Subs | Creighton | James Whitaker (SG), Patrick Daniels (PF) Jason Harris, Kenneth Griswold | |
| 02:35 | Santa Clara | James Whitman makes the 1st free throw | 68-65 |
| 02:35 | Santa Clara | James Whitman makes the 2nd free throw | 69-65 |
| 02:31 | Creighton | Creighton calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 69-65 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski (SG), Roberto Hernandez (SF) James Whitman, Young Tang | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 02:17 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt lays it in uncontested | 69-67 |
| 01:59 | Santa Clara | Roberto Hernandez is whistled for traveling | 69-67 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Young Tang (SF) Roberto Hernandez | |
| Subs | Creighton | Nathan Barr (PF) Patrick Daniels | |
| 01:57 | Creighton | Creighton calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 69-67 |
| 01:51 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 69-67 |
| 01:50 | Santa Clara | Young Tang grabs the board | 69-67 |
| 01:46 | Santa Clara | Young Tang lays it up and in on a nice dish by Dario Florkowski | 71-67 |
| 01:36 | Creighton | Robert Schmidt's fadeaway is rejected by Kevin Reuter | 71-67 |
| 01:34 | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski pulls down the rebound | 71-67 |
| 01:23 | Santa Clara | Robert McKen scores on a jumper in the lane | 73-67 |
| 01:23 | Creighton | Creighton calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 73-67 |
| 01:02 | Creighton | Victor Stone steals it from Nathan Barr | 73-67 |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:38 | Santa Clara | Victor Stone is fouled on the floor by Nathan Barr - foul #3 on Nathan Barr, team foul #14 | 73-67 |
| 00:38 | Santa Clara | Victor Stone misses the 1st free throw | 73-67 |
| 00:38 | Santa Clara | Victor Stone makes the 2nd free throw | 74-67 |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:36 | Creighton | Creighton calls a full timeout (2 :30 remaining) | 74-67 |
| 00:32 | Creighton | James Whitaker misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 74-67 |
| 00:30 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter snags the defensive board | 74-67 |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:28 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter is fouled in the backcourt by James Whitaker - foul #2 on James Whitaker, team foul #15 | 74-67 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | James Whitman (SG) Dario Florkowski | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 00:28 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter makes the 1st free throw | 75-67 |
| 00:28 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter misses the 2nd free throw | 75-67 |
| 00:28 | Creighton | Nathan Barr grabs the board | 75-67 |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:24 | Creighton | Creighton calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 remaining) | 75-67 |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Dario Florkowski (SG) James Whitman | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 00:22 | Creighton | Raymond Foulk scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from James Whitaker | 75-70 |
| 00:21 | Santa Clara | Kevin Branch is called for the reach on Young Tang in the backcourt - foul #1 on Kevin Branch, team foul #16 | 75-70 |
| 00:21 | Santa Clara | Young Tang makes the 1st free throw | 76-70 |
| 00:21 | Santa Clara | Young Tang makes the 2nd free throw | 77-70 |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:14 | Creighton | James Whitaker is open and scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 77-73 |
| 00:13 | Santa Clara | Victor Stone is hacked by James Whitaker in the backcourt - foul #3 on James Whitaker, team foul #17 | 77-73 |
| 00:13 | Santa Clara | Victor Stone makes the 1st free throw | 78-73 |
| 00:13 | Santa Clara | Victor Stone makes the 2nd free throw | 79-73 |
| 00:11 | Creighton | Kevin Branch's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 79-73 |
| 00:08 | Santa Clara | Raymond Foulk is called for the reach on Young Tang - foul #1 on Raymond Foulk, team foul #18 | 79-73 |
| 00:08 | Santa Clara | Young Tang makes the 1st free throw | 80-73 |
| 00:08 | Santa Clara | Young Tang makes the 2nd free throw | 81-73 |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:05 | Creighton | Creighton calls a :30 timeout (none remaining) | 81-73 |
| 00:02 | Creighton | James Whitaker misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 81-73 |
| 00:01 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter snags the defensive board | 81-73 |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Santa Clara | Kevin Reuter runs out the clock | 81-73 |