| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Robert Whitaker (fresh) SG - Micheal Childers (fresh) SF - Michael Jensen (fresh) PF - Dikembe Abdel (fresh) C - Larry Ruth (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Jeffery Pettie (fresh) SG - Eric Baker (fresh) SF - Timothy Hargrove (fresh) PF - Tomas Mattingly (fresh) C - James Crane (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Bowling Green | Bowling Green is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:45 | Bowling Green | Timothy Hargrove denies the turnaround by Robert Whitaker | 0-0 |
| 19:44 | Kent State | James Crane gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 19:21 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel is called for traveling | 0-0 |
| 19:03 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:02 | Kent State | James Crane tips it in | 0-2 |
| 18:44 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 0-2 |
| 18:42 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove snags the defensive board | 0-2 |
| 18:38 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Michael Jensen - foul #1 on Michael Jensen, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 18:38 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove makes the 1st free throw | 0-3 |
| 18:38 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove misses the 2nd free throw | 0-3 |
| 18:38 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth grabs the board | 0-3 |
| 18:23 | Bowling Green | Robert Whitaker misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 0-3 |
| 18:21 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen gets the offensive rebound | 0-3 |
| 18:12 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen buries a 3pt shot from the right corner | 3-3 |
| 18:00 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 3-3 |
| 17:59 | Bowling Green | Micheal Childers pulls down the rebound | 3-3 |
| 17:44 | Bowling Green | Timothy Hargrove steals it from Dikembe Abdel | 3-3 |
| 17:27 | Kent State | Eric Baker clanks a floater from the free throw line | 3-3 |
| 17:25 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth gets the rebound | 3-3 |
| 17:14 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth is hacked by James Crane - foul #1 on James Crane, team foul #1 | 3-3 |
| 17:03 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen blows the layup but the foul's on Timothy Hargrove - foul #1 on Timothy Hargrove, team foul #2 | 3-3 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti (PG) Robert Whitaker | |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| 17:03 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen makes the 1st free throw | 4-3 |
| 17:03 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen makes the 2nd free throw | 5-3 |
| 16:51 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie is hacked by Marcelo Conti - foul #1 on Marcelo Conti, team foul #2 | 5-3 |
| 16:32 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove can't connect on a jump hook from the baseline | 5-3 |
| 16:31 | Bowling Green | Micheal Childers snags the defensive board | 5-3 |
| 16:27 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-3 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Kent State | David Brennan (C) James Crane | |
| 16:02 | Kent State | Marcelo Conti steals it from Eric Baker | 5-3 |
| 15:59 | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti lays it up and in | 7-3 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Marcelo Conti (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Micheal Childers (fairly fresh) SF - Michael Jensen (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dikembe Abdel (fairly fresh) C - Larry Ruth (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Jeffery Pettie (fairly fresh) SG - Eric Baker (fresh) SF - Timothy Hargrove (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Tomas Mattingly (fresh) C - David Brennan (fresh) | |
| 15:52 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie loses the ball out of bounds | 7-3 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Robert Whitaker (PG) Marcelo Conti | |
| Subs | Kent State | Steve Young (PG), Daniel Detwiler (SF), Art Dalton (C) Jeffery Pettie, Timothy Hargrove, Tomas Mattingly | |
| 15:34 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen misses badly on a fadeaway in the paint | 7-3 |
| 15:32 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen hits the follow up shot | 9-3 |
| 15:13 | Kent State | David Brennan makes the shot from the right side set up by Eric Baker | 9-5 |
| 14:58 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth is called for traveling | 9-5 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove (SF), James Crane (C) Eric Baker, Art Dalton | |
| 14:32 | Kent State | James Crane is fouled on the floor by Larry Ruth - foul #1 on Larry Ruth, team foul #3 | 9-5 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie (PG), Tomas Mattingly (PF) Daniel Detwiler, David Brennan | |
| 14:17 | Kent State | Tomas Mattingly's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-5 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | | |
| Subs | Kent State | Eric Baker (SG) Steve Young | |
| 14:09 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth jams it on a nice dish by Micheal Childers | 11-5 |
| 14:00 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove drills a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Tomas Mattingly | 11-7 |
| 13:51 | Bowling Green | Micheal Childers is hacked by Eric Baker - foul #1 on Eric Baker, team foul #3 | 11-7 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti (PG), Jonathan Powell (C) Robert Whitaker, Larry Ruth | |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| 13:40 | Bowling Green | Micheal Childers misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 11-7 |
| 13:39 | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti tips it but misses | 11-7 |
| 13:38 | Kent State | Tomas Mattingly grabs the defensive rebound | 11-7 |
| 13:24 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove hits a 3 from straight away | 11-10 |
| 13:07 | Bowling Green | Micheal Childers misses the jump hook from the left block | 11-10 |
| 13:06 | Kent State | James Crane pulls down the rebound | 11-10 |
| 12:55 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove double dribbles | 11-10 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims (SF), Dennis Pidgeon (C) Michael Jensen, Dikembe Abdel | |
| Subs | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler (SF), David Brennan (C) Timothy Hargrove, James Crane | |
| 12:46 | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti clanks a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Jeffery Pettie - foul #1 on Jeffery Pettie, team foul #4 | 11-10 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth (C) Dennis Pidgeon | |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| 12:46 | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti misses the 1st free throw | 11-10 |
| 12:46 | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti makes the 2nd free throw | 12-10 |
| 12:36 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie clanks a 3 from the right corner | 12-10 |
| 12:34 | Kent State | Tomas Mattingly grabs the offensive board | 12-10 |
| 12:20 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 12-13 |
| 12:03 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 15-13 |
| 12:01 | Kent State | Marcelo Conti is called for the reach on Jeffery Pettie in the backcourt - foul #2 on Marcelo Conti, team foul #4 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Robert Whitaker (PG) Marcelo Conti | |
| Subs | Kent State | Steve Young (PG), Timothy Hargrove (SF), Art Dalton (C) Jeffery Pettie, Eric Baker, Tomas Mattingly | |
| 11:55 | Kent State | Steve Young clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 15-13 |
| 11:54 | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler snags the offensive board | 15-13 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Robert Whitaker (fresh) SG - Micheal Childers (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Lloyd Sims (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jonathan Powell (fresh) C - Larry Ruth (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Steve Young (fresh) SG - Daniel Detwiler (fresh) SF - Timothy Hargrove (fresh) 6 pts. PF - David Brennan (fresh) 2 pts. C - Art Dalton (fresh) | |
| 11:41 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove misses the 3 from the left corner | 15-13 |
| 11:40 | Kent State | David Brennan pulls down the offensive rebound | 15-13 |
| 11:23 | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 15-13 |
| 11:22 | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell pulls down the rebound | 15-13 |
| 11:03 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth makes the runner in the lane on a nice dish by Lloyd Sims and he's fouled by David Brennan - foul #1 on David Brennan, team foul #5 | 17-13 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Hugo Lewis (SG), Michael Jensen (SF), Dikembe Abdel (PF) Micheal Childers, Lloyd Sims, Jonathan Powell | |
| Subs | Kent State | Eric Baker (SG), Tomas Mattingly (PF), James Crane (C) Daniel Detwiler, David Brennan, Art Dalton | |
| 11:03 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth makes the free throw | 18-13 |
| 10:51 | Kent State | Tomas Mattingly misses the 3 from the left corner | 18-13 |
| 10:50 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth grabs the board | 18-13 |
| 10:29 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth is fouled on the floor by Steve Young - foul #1 on Steve Young, team foul #6 | 18-13 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell (C) Larry Ruth | |
| Subs | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie (PG) Steve Young | |
| 10:10 | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 18-13 |
| 10:09 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel snags the offensive board | 18-13 |
| 09:54 | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 18-13 |
| 09:53 | Kent State | James Crane pulls down the rebound | 18-13 |
| 09:36 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie drills a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Eric Baker | 18-16 |
| 09:21 | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell hits the finger roll and the foul's on James Crane - foul #2 on James Crane, team foul #7 | 20-16 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Micheal Childers (SG) Robert Whitaker | |
| Subs | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler (SF), David Brennan (PF), Art Dalton (C) Timothy Hargrove, Tomas Mattingly, James Crane | |
| 09:21 | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell makes the free throw | 21-16 |
| 08:58 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Eric Baker | 21-18 |
| 08:49 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen loses the dribble to Eric Baker | 21-18 |
| 08:46 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie banks in the layup on a nice dish by Eric Baker | 21-20 |
| 08:40 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel buries a fadeaway from the right block set up by Hugo Lewis and the foul's on Art Dalton - foul #1 on Art Dalton, team foul #8 | 23-20 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims (SF), Larry Ruth (C) Michael Jensen, Jonathan Powell | |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| 08:40 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel makes the free throw | 24-20 |
| 08:22 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 24-20 |
| 08:20 | Kent State | David Brennan pulls down the offensive rebound | 24-20 |
| 08:11 | Kent State | Eric Baker is denied on a layup by Dikembe Abdel | 24-20 |
| 08:09 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel gets the rebound | 24-20 |
| 07:52 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel misses the lay-in | 24-20 |
| 07:51 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel hits the follow up shot | 26-20 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Hugo Lewis (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Micheal Childers (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Lloyd Sims (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dikembe Abdel (tiring) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Larry Ruth (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Jeffery Pettie (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Eric Baker (fresh) 4 ast. SF - Daniel Detwiler (fresh) PF - David Brennan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Art Dalton (fresh) | |
| 07:26 | Kent State | Art Dalton comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 26-20 |
| 07:24 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel snags the defensive board | 26-20 |
| 07:03 | Bowling Green | Hugo Lewis misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 26-20 |
| 07:01 | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler grabs the defensive rebound | 26-20 |
| 06:57 | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 26-20 |
| 06:56 | Bowling Green | Micheal Childers grabs the defensive rebound | 26-20 |
| 06:50 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims misses long on a fadeaway in the lane | 26-20 |
| 06:49 | Kent State | Art Dalton gets the rebound | 26-20 |
| 06:41 | Kent State | Eric Baker's fadeaway is rejected by Lloyd Sims | 26-20 |
| 06:39 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel grabs the board | 26-20 |
| 06:32 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth buries a shot from the free throw line set up by Dikembe Abdel | 28-20 |
| 06:15 | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Eric Baker | 28-23 |
| 06:08 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by David Brennan - foul #2 on David Brennan, team foul #9 | 28-23 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Robert Whitaker (PG), Jonathan Powell (PF), Dennis Pidgeon (C) Hugo Lewis, Dikembe Abdel, Larry Ruth | |
| Subs | Kent State | Steve Young (PG), Timothy Hargrove (SF), Tomas Mattingly (PF), Mark Thomas (C) Jeffery Pettie, Eric Baker, David Brennan, Art Dalton | |
| 06:08 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims makes the 1st free throw | 29-23 |
| 06:08 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims makes the 2nd free throw | 30-23 |
| 05:57 | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler knocks in the jumper from the free throw line set up by Timothy Hargrove | 30-25 |
| 05:39 | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell misses badly on a turnaround from the left block | 30-25 |
| 05:38 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims can't tip it in | 30-25 |
| 05:36 | Kent State | Mark Thomas pulls down the rebound | 30-25 |
| 05:30 | Kent State | Mark Thomas is denied on a layup by Jonathan Powell | 30-25 |
| 05:29 | Kent State | Mark Thomas tips it but misses | 30-25 |
| 05:28 | Kent State | Mark Thomas gets the offensive rebound | 30-25 |
| 05:17 | Kent State | Tomas Mattingly lays it up and in on a nice dish by Daniel Detwiler | 30-27 |
| 04:58 | Bowling Green | Tomas Mattingly swats the short shot by Micheal Childers | 30-27 |
| 04:57 | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell snags the offensive board | 30-27 |
| 04:52 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Whitaker | 33-27 |
| 04:36 | Kent State | Timothy Hargrove drills a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Daniel Detwiler | 33-29 |
| 04:17 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Mark Thomas - foul #1 on Mark Thomas, team foul #10 | 33-29 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Hugo Lewis (SG) Micheal Childers | |
| Subs | Kent State | Eric Baker (SG), Art Dalton (C) Daniel Detwiler, Mark Thomas | |
| 04:17 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims makes the 1st free throw | 34-29 |
| 04:17 | Bowling Green | Lloyd Sims makes the 2nd free throw | 35-29 |
| 03:48 | Kent State | Art Dalton hits a 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-32 |
| Lineup | Bowling Green | PG - Robert Whitaker (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Hugo Lewis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Lloyd Sims (fairly fresh) 10 pts. PF - Jonathan Powell (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Dennis Pidgeon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Steve Young (fresh) SG - Eric Baker (fresh) 5 ast. SF - Timothy Hargrove (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Tomas Mattingly (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Art Dalton (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:39 | Bowling Green | Steve Young takes the ball from Robert Whitaker | 35-32 |
| 03:26 | Kent State | Dennis Pidgeon steps in front of the Eric Baker pass | 35-32 |
| 03:20 | Bowling Green | Robert Whitaker misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 35-32 |
| 03:18 | Bowling Green | Hugo Lewis tips it home | 37-32 |
| 03:14 | Kent State | Steve Young throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 37-32 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti (PG), Michael Jensen (SF), Dikembe Abdel (PF), Larry Ruth (C) Robert Whitaker, Lloyd Sims, Jonathan Powell, Dennis Pidgeon | |
| Subs | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie (PG), James Crane (C) Steve Young, Art Dalton | |
| 03:07 | Bowling Green | Hugo Lewis misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-32 |
| 03:06 | Bowling Green | Hugo Lewis pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-32 |
| 02:50 | Bowling Green | Larry Ruth blows the layup | 37-32 |
| 02:48 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen grabs the offensive board | 37-32 |
| 02:33 | Bowling Green | Hugo Lewis buries a 3 pointer from straight away | 40-32 |
| 02:17 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 40-32 |
| 02:15 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel snags the defensive board | 40-32 |
| 02:11 | Bowling Green | Marcelo Conti connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Dikembe Abdel | 42-32 |
| 01:50 | Kent State | Jeffery Pettie misses the 3 from the right wing | 42-32 |
| 01:48 | Kent State | James Crane tips it in | 42-34 |
| 01:39 | Bowling Green | James Crane swats the short shot by Larry Ruth | 42-34 |
| 01:38 | Kent State | James Crane grabs the defensive rebound | 42-34 |
| 01:23 | Kent State | Dikembe Abdel is called for the reach on James Crane - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdel, team foul #5 | 42-34 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Robert Whitaker (PG), Micheal Childers (SG) Marcelo Conti, Hugo Lewis | |
| Subs | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler (SF), David Brennan (PF) Timothy Hargrove, Tomas Mattingly | |
| 01:06 | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Daniel Detwiler, team foul #11 | 42-34 |
| 00:58 | Bowling Green | Micheal Childers can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 42-34 |
| 00:57 | Kent State | Daniel Detwiler gets the rebound | 42-34 |
| 00:46 | Kent State | James Crane blows the layup | 42-34 |
| 00:44 | Bowling Green | Michael Jensen grabs the defensive rebound | 42-34 |
| 00:34 | Bowling Green | Robert Whitaker clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 42-34 |
| 00:32 | Bowling Green | Dikembe Abdel tips it home | 44-34 |
| 00:17 | Kent State | Eric Baker is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Abdel - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdel, team foul #6 | 44-34 |
| Subs | Bowling Green | Jonathan Powell (PF), Dennis Pidgeon (C) Dikembe Abdel, Larry Ruth | |
| Subs | Kent State | Steve Young (PG), Derek Crabtree (SG), Art Dalton (C) Jeffery Pettie, Eric Baker, James Crane | |
| 00:03 | Kent State | Derek Crabtree is called for traveling | 44-34 |
| 00:00 | Bowling Green | Robert Whitaker misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 44-34 |