| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Lewis Avery (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Larry Murray (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Jonathan Pannell (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Anthony Westhoff (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jason Desilets (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Peter Hazelwood (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jon Barham (fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Edward Koch (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Kibby (fresh) C - Robert Hodges (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Northwestern | Jonathan Pannell inbounds the ball | 32-39 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:36 | Northwestern | Lewis Avery can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 32-39 |
| 19:35 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to Jonathan Pannell | 32-39 |
| 19:06 | Northwestern | Edward Koch is called for the reach on Larry Murray - foul #2 on Edward Koch, team foul #1 | 32-39 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini (PG), Roy Greene (PF) Lewis Avery, Anthony Westhoff | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 18:51 | Northwestern | Roy Greene is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Kibby - foul #1 on Kenneth Kibby, team foul #2 | 32-39 |
| 18:31 | Northwestern | Jason Desilets hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 32-39 |
| 18:30 | Purdue | Edward Koch snags the defensive board | 32-39 |
| 18:25 | Purdue | Jon Barham is fouled on the floor by Roy Greene - foul #1 on Roy Greene, team foul #1 | 32-39 |
| Subs | Northwestern | James Fullerton (SG) Larry Murray | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 18:19 | Purdue | Robert Hodges hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Peter Hazelwood | 32-41 |
| 18:03 | Northwestern | Jason Desilets loses the dribble to Peter Hazelwood | 32-41 |
| 17:55 | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side | 32-41 |
| 17:53 | Purdue | Robert Hodges tips it in | 32-43 |
| 17:34 | Northwestern | Roy Greene comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Kenneth Kibby - foul #2 on Kenneth Kibby, team foul #3 | 32-43 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Lewis Avery (PG), Larry Murray (SG) Alvaro Mancini, James Fullerton | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 17:34 | Northwestern | Roy Greene makes the 1st free throw | 33-43 |
| 17:34 | Northwestern | Roy Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 34-43 |
| 17:23 | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 34-43 |
| 17:22 | Purdue | Kenneth Kibby misses the tip | 34-43 |
| 17:21 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Larry Murray | 34-43 |
| 16:53 | Northwestern | Larry Murray evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 34-43 |
| 16:51 | Northwestern | Jason Desilets hits the follow up shot | 36-43 |
| 16:38 | Purdue | Jon Barham misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 36-43 |
| 16:36 | Northwestern | Jonathan Pannell gets the rebound | 36-43 |
| 16:23 | Northwestern | Jason Desilets is hacked by Robert Hodges - foul #3 on Robert Hodges, team foul #4 | 36-43 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini (PG) Lewis Avery | |
| Subs | Purdue | Andrew Ogden (PG), James Dickman (SF), Edward Tapia (PF), Allen St. Pierre (C) Peter Hazelwood, Edward Koch, Kenneth Kibby, Robert Hodges | |
| 16:04 | Northwestern | Allen St. Pierre is called for the reach on Jason Desilets - foul #1 on Allen St. Pierre, team foul #5 | 36-43 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Lewis Avery (PG), James Fullerton (SG), Kevin Debord (C) Alvaro Mancini, Larry Murray, Roy Greene | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 15:44 | Northwestern | Jason Desilets clanks a runner from the baseline | 36-43 |
| 15:42 | Northwestern | Jonathan Pannell tips it in | 38-43 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Lewis Avery (fresh) 8 pts. SG - James Fullerton (fresh) SF - Jonathan Pannell (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jason Desilets (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Debord (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Andrew Ogden (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Jon Barham (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Dickman (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Edward Tapia (fresh) C - Allen St. Pierre (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:29 | Purdue | Jon Barham misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 38-43 |
| 15:28 | Northwestern | Kevin Debord grabs the defensive rebound | 38-43 |
| 15:10 | Northwestern | Edward Tapia steals the ball from Lewis Avery | 38-43 |
| 14:57 | Purdue | Jon Barham knocks in the fadeaway from the right side set up by Andrew Ogden | 38-45 |
| 14:29 | Northwestern | Edward Tapia steals it from Jason Desilets | 38-45 |
| 14:13 | Purdue | James Dickman clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 38-45 |
| 14:12 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Lewis Avery | 38-45 |
| 13:43 | Northwestern | Lewis Avery misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 38-45 |
| 13:41 | Purdue | Allen St. Pierre gets the rebound | 38-45 |
| 13:27 | Purdue | James Dickman drills a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Andrew Ogden | 38-48 |
| 13:04 | Northwestern | Kevin Debord hits a fadeaway from close range and he's fouled by Allen St. Pierre - foul #2 on Allen St. Pierre, team foul #6 | 40-48 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini (PG), Larry Murray (SG), Anthony Westhoff (PF) Lewis Avery, James Fullerton, Jason Desilets | |
| Subs | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood (PG), Edward Koch (SF), Kenneth Kibby (PF), Robert Hodges (C) Jon Barham, James Dickman, Edward Tapia, Allen St. Pierre | |
| 13:04 | Northwestern | Kevin Debord makes the free throw | 41-48 |
| 12:56 | Purdue | Kevin Debord swats the layup by Robert Hodges | 41-48 |
| 12:54 | Purdue | Kenneth Kibby can't tip it in | 41-48 |
| 12:53 | Northwestern | Anthony Westhoff snags the defensive board | 41-48 |
| 12:24 | Northwestern | Larry Murray splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Edward Koch - foul #3 on Edward Koch, team foul #7 | 41-48 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jason Desilets (C) Kevin Debord | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jon Barham (SG) Andrew Ogden | |
| 12:24 | Northwestern | Larry Murray makes the 1st free throw | 42-48 |
| 12:24 | Northwestern | Larry Murray makes the 2nd free throw | 43-48 |
| 12:07 | Purdue | Robert Hodges loses the ball out of bounds | 43-48 |
| 11:46 | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini is alone and drills a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 45-48 |
| 11:37 | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 45-50 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Alvaro Mancini (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Larry Murray (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Jonathan Pannell (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Anthony Westhoff (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jason Desilets (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Peter Hazelwood (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jon Barham (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Edward Koch (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Kenneth Kibby (fresh) 3 reb. C - Robert Hodges (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 11:20 | Northwestern | Larry Murray is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 45-50 |
| 11:19 | Purdue | Robert Hodges grabs the board | 45-50 |
| 11:00 | Purdue | Larry Murray picks off the pass by Edward Koch | 45-50 |
| 10:57 | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini misses the easy layup | 45-50 |
| 10:56 | Purdue | Edward Koch grabs the defensive rebound | 45-50 |
| 10:50 | Purdue | Robert Hodges hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Larry Murray - foul #2 on Larry Murray, team foul #2 | 45-50 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Roy Greene (PF), Kevin Debord (C) Anthony Westhoff, Jason Desilets | |
| Subs | Purdue | James Dickman (SG) Jon Barham | |
| 10:50 | Purdue | Robert Hodges makes the 1st free throw | 45-51 |
| 10:50 | Purdue | Robert Hodges makes the 2nd free throw | 45-52 |
| 10:25 | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini is whistled for a carry | 45-52 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Lewis Avery (PG), Jason Desilets (C) Alvaro Mancini, Kevin Debord | |
| Subs | Purdue | Edward Tapia (C) Robert Hodges | |
| 10:04 | Purdue | James Dickman comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 45-52 |
| 10:02 | Purdue | Edward Tapia tips it in | 45-54 |
| 09:41 | Northwestern | Roy Greene misses the jumper from the left wing | 45-54 |
| 09:39 | Purdue | Edward Tapia grabs the defensive rebound | 45-54 |
| 09:28 | Purdue | James Dickman misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 45-54 |
| 09:27 | Northwestern | Roy Greene snags the defensive board | 45-54 |
| 09:08 | Northwestern | Jonathan Pannell is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Kibby - foul #3 on Kenneth Kibby, team foul #8 | 45-54 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini (PG), Anthony Westhoff (PF), Kevin Debord (C) Lewis Avery, Roy Greene, Jason Desilets | |
| Subs | Purdue | Andrew Ogden (SG), Allen St. Pierre (PF), Robert Hodges (C) Peter Hazelwood, Edward Koch, Kenneth Kibby | |
| 09:08 | Northwestern | Jonathan Pannell makes the 1st free throw | 46-54 |
| 09:08 | Northwestern | Jonathan Pannell misses the 2nd free throw | 46-54 |
| 09:08 | Purdue | Robert Hodges grabs the defensive rebound | 46-54 |
| 08:54 | Purdue | Robert Hodges drills a jump hook from the left block | 46-56 |
| 08:46 | Northwestern | Anthony Westhoff's floater is tipped away by Robert Hodges | 46-56 |
| 08:44 | Purdue | Allen St. Pierre snags the defensive board | 46-56 |
| 08:29 | Purdue | James Dickman comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 46-56 |
| 08:27 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Jonathan Pannell | 46-56 |
| 08:03 | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini is fouled on the floor by Andrew Ogden - foul #1 on Andrew Ogden, team foul #9 | 46-56 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Roy Greene (PF), Jason Desilets (C) Anthony Westhoff, Kevin Debord | |
| Subs | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood (PG), Jon Barham (SG) Andrew Ogden, Allen St. Pierre | |
| 08:03 | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini makes the 1st free throw | 47-56 |
| 08:03 | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini makes the 2nd free throw | 48-56 |
| 07:48 | Purdue | James Dickman misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 48-56 |
| 07:47 | Northwestern | Jason Desilets grabs the defensive rebound | 48-56 |
| 07:23 | Northwestern | Jason Desilets loses the ball out of bounds | 48-56 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Lewis Avery (PG), James Fullerton (SG), Anthony Westhoff (PF) Alvaro Mancini, Larry Murray, Roy Greene | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kenneth Kibby (PF), Allen St. Pierre (C) James Dickman, Robert Hodges | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Lewis Avery (fresh) 8 pts. SG - James Fullerton (fresh) SF - Jonathan Pannell (tiring) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Anthony Westhoff (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jason Desilets (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Peter Hazelwood (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jon Barham (fresh) 19 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Edward Tapia (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Kenneth Kibby (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Allen St. Pierre (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 07:14 | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood connects on the floater near the basket set up by Edward Tapia | 48-58 |
| 06:47 | Northwestern | James Fullerton misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 48-58 |
| 06:45 | Northwestern | Lewis Avery pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-58 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:26 | Northwestern | Anthony Westhoff double dribbles | 48-58 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Larry Murray (SG), Roy Greene (PF), Kevin Debord (C) James Fullerton, Anthony Westhoff, Jason Desilets | |
| Subs | Purdue | Edward Koch (SF) Edward Tapia | |
| 06:14 | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Edward Koch | 48-61 |
| 05:54 | Northwestern | Larry Murray evades the doubleteam and hits a floater from the right wing set up by Jonathan Pannell | 50-61 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:36 | Purdue | Jon Barham is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Jon Barham, team foul #10 | 50-61 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini (PG), Anthony Westhoff (PF), Jason Desilets (C) Lewis Avery, Roy Greene, Kevin Debord | |
| Subs | Purdue | James Dickman (PG), Robert Hodges (C) Peter Hazelwood, Allen St. Pierre | |
| 05:13 | Northwestern | Larry Murray evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 50-61 |
| 05:12 | Northwestern | Jason Desilets tips it but misses | 50-61 |
| 05:10 | Purdue | Kenneth Kibby grabs the defensive rebound | 50-61 |
| 05:00 | Purdue | Jon Barham misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 50-61 |
| 04:58 | Purdue | Kenneth Kibby tips it in | 50-63 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:39 | Northwestern | Anthony Westhoff connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Alvaro Mancini | 52-63 |
| 04:17 | Purdue | James Dickman hits a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Edward Koch | 52-66 |
| 04:07 | Northwestern | Jonathan Pannell's floater is knocked away by Kenneth Kibby | 52-66 |
| 04:05 | Purdue | Jon Barham snags the defensive board | 52-66 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:49 | Purdue | James Dickman connects on the jumper from the right block set up by Jon Barham and he's fouled by Jason Desilets - foul #3 on Jason Desilets, team foul #3 | 52-68 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Lewis Avery (PG), James Fullerton (SG), Roy Greene (PF), Kevin Debord (C) Alvaro Mancini, Larry Murray, Anthony Westhoff, Jason Desilets | |
| Subs | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood (PG), Andrew Ogden (SG), Edward Tapia (PF), Allen St. Pierre (C) Jon Barham, Edward Koch, Kenneth Kibby, Robert Hodges | |
| 03:49 | Purdue | James Dickman makes the free throw | 52-69 |
| 03:34 | Northwestern | Kevin Debord is whistled for traveling | 52-69 |
| Subs | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini (PG), Pavel Luczynski (SF) Lewis Avery, Jonathan Pannell | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 03:05 | Purdue | James Dickman makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Peter Hazelwood | 52-71 |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Alvaro Mancini (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Fullerton (fresh) SF - Pavel Luczynski (fresh) PF - Roy Greene (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Kevin Debord (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Peter Hazelwood (fresh) 17 pts. 4 ast. SG - Andrew Ogden (fresh) 7 ast. SF - James Dickman (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. PF - Edward Tapia (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Allen St. Pierre (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 02:57 | Northwestern | Roy Greene is hacked by Edward Tapia - foul #2 on Edward Tapia, team foul #11 | 52-71 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Edward Koch (SF) James Dickman | |
| 02:57 | Northwestern | Roy Greene makes the 1st free throw | 53-71 |
| 02:57 | Northwestern | Roy Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 54-71 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:38 | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 54-71 |
| 02:36 | Northwestern | Roy Greene grabs the defensive rebound | 54-71 |
| 02:17 | Northwestern | Pavel Luczynski makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from James Fullerton | 57-71 |
| 01:55 | Purdue | The short jumper by Peter Hazelwood is denied by Kevin Debord | 57-71 |
| 01:54 | Purdue | Edward Tapia misses the tip | 57-71 |
| 01:52 | Purdue | Edward Tapia grabs the offensive rebound | 57-71 |
| 01:40 | Purdue | Andrew Ogden comes up short on the floater from the left side | 57-71 |
| 01:38 | Purdue | Edward Koch tips it but misses | 57-71 |
| 01:36 | Purdue | Edward Tapia pulls down the offensive rebound | 57-71 |
| 01:25 | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 57-71 |
| 01:24 | Purdue | Edward Koch tips it in | 57-73 |
| 01:20 | Northwestern | Alvaro Mancini travels in the backcourt | 57-73 |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jon Barham (SG), Kenneth Kibby (PF), Robert Hodges (C) Andrew Ogden, Edward Tapia, Allen St. Pierre | |
| 00:59 | Purdue | Jon Barham is fouled on the floor by Roy Greene - foul #2 on Roy Greene, team foul #4 | 57-73 |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:33 | Purdue | Kevin Debord is called for the reach on Robert Hodges - foul #1 on Kevin Debord, team foul #5 | 57-73 |
| 00:11 | Purdue | Edward Koch is hacked by Pavel Luczynski - foul #1 on Pavel Luczynski, team foul #6 | 57-73 |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Peter Hazelwood runs out the clock | 57-73 |