| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jack Hammond (fresh) 2 pts. SG - John Sears (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Archie Briggs (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Joseph Zamudio (fresh) 4 reb. C - Bruce Long (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio | PG - Greg Goetsch (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jason Guizar (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Manuel McDunn (fresh) PF - Stephen Buendia (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - David Liu (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Akron | Archie Briggs inbounds the ball | 35-32 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio | Ohio is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:33 | Akron | Archie Briggs can't connect on a turnaround in the lane | 35-32 |
| 19:31 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn grabs the defensive rebound | 35-32 |
| 19:19 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Greg Goetsch | 35-35 |
| 19:14 | Akron | John Sears misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 35-35 |
| 19:12 | Ohio | Greg Goetsch pulls down the rebound | 35-35 |
| 19:05 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn is hacked by Archie Briggs - foul #2 on Archie Briggs, team foul #1 | 35-35 |
| 18:43 | Ohio | Greg Goetsch makes the fadeaway from the right block | 35-37 |
| 18:40 | Akron | Jack Hammond is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 35-37 |
| Subs | Akron | Joseph Carey (C) Bruce Long | |
| Subs | Ohio | Todd Jones (SF), Reginald Dutton (PF), Ken Hammons (C) Manuel McDunn, Stephen Buendia, David Liu | |
| 18:23 | Ohio | Archie Briggs is called for the reach on Jason Guizar - foul #3 on Archie Briggs, team foul #2 | 35-37 |
| Subs | Akron | James Grove (PG), David Gilson (PF), Jon Ried (C) Jack Hammond, Archie Briggs, Joseph Zamudio | |
| Subs | Ohio | Anthony Wade (PG), Richard Bennett (SF) Greg Goetsch, Jason Guizar | |
| 18:03 | Ohio | Richard Bennett clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 35-37 |
| 18:02 | Akron | Joseph Carey pulls down the rebound | 35-37 |
| 17:48 | Akron | John Sears can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 35-37 |
| 17:47 | Ohio | The rebound goes to Anthony Wade | 35-37 |
| 17:23 | Ohio | Anthony Wade clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 35-37 |
| 17:22 | Akron | Jon Ried pulls down the rebound | 35-37 |
| 17:10 | Akron | Reginald Dutton is called for the reach on Jon Ried - foul #2 on Reginald Dutton, team foul #1 | 35-37 |
| Subs | Akron | Jack Hammond (PG), Rob Gale (SG), Joseph Zamudio (PF), Bruce Long (C) John Sears, Joseph Carey, David Gilson, Jon Ried | |
| Subs | Ohio | Greg Goetsch (PG), Jason Guizar (SG), Stephen Buendia (PF), David Liu (C) Anthony Wade, Todd Jones, Reginald Dutton, Ken Hammons | |
| 16:59 | Akron | Bruce Long is hacked by Greg Goetsch - foul #2 on Greg Goetsch, team foul #2 | 35-37 |
| Subs | Akron | Joseph Carey (SF) James Grove | |
| Subs | Ohio | | |
| 16:54 | Akron | Jack Hammond clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-37 |
| 16:53 | Akron | Joseph Carey grabs the offensive rebound | 35-37 |
| 16:34 | Akron | Rob Gale makes the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Jack Hammond | 38-37 |
| 16:15 | Ohio | David Liu connects on the runner near the basket | 38-39 |
| 16:08 | Akron | Bruce Long's pass is intercepted by Jason Guizar | 38-39 |
| 15:49 | Ohio | Greg Goetsch misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 38-39 |
| 15:47 | Ohio | David Liu grabs the offensive rebound | 38-39 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jack Hammond (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rob Gale (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joseph Carey (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Joseph Zamudio (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Bruce Long (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio | PG - Greg Goetsch (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jason Guizar (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Bennett (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Stephen Buendia (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - David Liu (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:21 | Ohio | Bruce Long is called for the reach on David Liu - foul #1 on Bruce Long, team foul #3 | 38-39 |
| Subs | Akron | James Grove (PG), Peter Matthews (SG), Archie Briggs (SF), David Gilson (PF), Jon Ried (C) Jack Hammond, Rob Gale, Joseph Carey, Joseph Zamudio, Bruce Long | |
| Subs | Ohio | Anthony Wade (PG), Milton Bellino (SG), Manuel McDunn (SF), Reginald Dutton (PF), Ken Hammons (C) Greg Goetsch, Jason Guizar, Richard Bennett, Stephen Buendia, David Liu | |
| 15:08 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn connects on the driving attempt in the lane | 38-41 |
| 14:57 | Akron | Archie Briggs blows the layup | 38-41 |
| 14:56 | Akron | Peter Matthews tips it but misses | 38-41 |
| 14:55 | Ohio | Ken Hammons grabs the defensive rebound | 38-41 |
| 14:35 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 38-41 |
| 14:34 | Ohio | Ken Hammons tips it home | 38-43 |
| 14:19 | Akron | Peter Matthews scores on a shot in the lane on a nice dish by David Gilson and he's hacked by Reginald Dutton - foul #3 on Reginald Dutton, team foul #3 | 40-43 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Ohio | Robert Goodwin (C) Ken Hammons | |
| 14:19 | Akron | Peter Matthews makes the free throw | 41-43 |
| 13:58 | Ohio | Anthony Wade can't finish the layup | 41-43 |
| 13:57 | Akron | Archie Briggs grabs the defensive rebound | 41-43 |
| 13:52 | Akron | Jon Ried throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-43 |
| Subs | Akron | Rob Gale (PG), John Sears (SG), Joseph Zamudio (PF), Bruce Long (C) James Grove, Peter Matthews, David Gilson, Jon Ried | |
| Subs | Ohio | Richard Bennett (PG), Todd Jones (SF), Stephen Buendia (PF) Anthony Wade, Manuel McDunn, Reginald Dutton | |
| 13:41 | Ohio | Joseph Zamudio denies the turnaround by Richard Bennett | 41-43 |
| 13:40 | Akron | Archie Briggs grabs the defensive rebound | 41-43 |
| 13:15 | Akron | Archie Briggs is hacked by Robert Goodwin - foul #3 on Robert Goodwin, team foul #4 | 41-43 |
| Subs | Akron | Jack Hammond (PG) Rob Gale | |
| Subs | Ohio | Greg Goetsch (PG), Jason Guizar (SG), Ken Hammons (PF) Richard Bennett, Milton Bellino, Stephen Buendia | |
| 13:01 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio is fouled on the floor by Ken Hammons - foul #1 on Ken Hammons, team foul #5 | 41-43 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Ohio | David Liu (C) Robert Goodwin | |
| 12:40 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio hits the finger roll set up by Jack Hammond | 43-43 |
| 12:19 | Ohio | Greg Goetsch hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Todd Jones | 43-46 |
| 11:59 | Akron | John Sears buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 46-46 |
| 11:37 | Ohio | Todd Jones comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 46-46 |
| 11:35 | Ohio | Jason Guizar gets the offensive rebound | 46-46 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jack Hammond (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - John Sears (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - Archie Briggs (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Joseph Zamudio (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Bruce Long (tiring) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio | PG - Greg Goetsch (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jason Guizar (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Todd Jones (fairly fresh) PF - Ken Hammons (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - David Liu (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:19 | Ohio | Jason Guizar is fouled on the floor by Joseph Zamudio - foul #1 on Joseph Zamudio, team foul #4 | 46-46 |
| Subs | Akron | James Grove (PG), Rob Gale (SG), Joseph Carey (SF), David Gilson (PF), Jon Ried (C) Jack Hammond, John Sears, Archie Briggs, Joseph Zamudio, Bruce Long | |
| Subs | Ohio | Anthony Wade (PG), Milton Bellino (SG), Manuel McDunn (SF), Reginald Dutton (PF), Robert Goodwin (C) Greg Goetsch, Jason Guizar, Todd Jones, Ken Hammons, David Liu | |
| 11:00 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn misses the 3 from the right wing | 46-46 |
| 10:58 | Akron | David Gilson grabs the board | 46-46 |
| 10:34 | Akron | David Gilson misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 46-46 |
| 10:32 | Ohio | Robert Goodwin grabs the defensive rebound | 46-46 |
| 10:27 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-46 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Ohio | Stephen Buendia (PF) Robert Goodwin | |
| 10:13 | Akron | Stephen Buendia is called for the reach on James Grove - foul #1 on Stephen Buendia, team foul #6 | 46-46 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Ohio | Richard Bennett (SF) Manuel McDunn | |
| 09:57 | Akron | James Grove is open and scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 49-46 |
| 09:55 | Ohio | James Grove picks off the pass by Anthony Wade in the backcourt | 49-46 |
| 09:47 | Akron | Joseph Carey connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by James Grove | 51-46 |
| 09:36 | Ohio | Anthony Wade is hacked by David Gilson - foul #2 on David Gilson, team foul #5 | 51-46 |
| Subs | Akron | John Sears (SG), Archie Briggs (SF), Joseph Zamudio (PF), Bruce Long (C) James Grove, Joseph Carey, David Gilson, Jon Ried | |
| Subs | Ohio | Greg Goetsch (PG), Jason Guizar (SG), Robert Goodwin (C) Anthony Wade, Milton Bellino, Reginald Dutton | |
| 09:28 | Ohio | Richard Bennett is hacked by Archie Briggs - foul #4 on Archie Briggs, team foul #6 | 51-46 |
| Subs | Akron | Murray Earnest (PG), Joseph Carey (SF) Rob Gale, Archie Briggs | |
| Subs | Ohio | | |
| 09:23 | Ohio | Joseph Carey is called for the reach on Richard Bennett - foul #1 on Joseph Carey, team foul #7 | 51-46 |
| 09:23 | Ohio | Richard Bennett makes the 1st free throw | 51-47 |
| 09:23 | Ohio | Richard Bennett makes the 2nd free throw | 51-48 |
| 09:08 | Akron | Bruce Long misses the easy open layup | 51-48 |
| 09:06 | Ohio | The rebound goes to Stephen Buendia | 51-48 |
| 08:49 | Ohio | Greg Goetsch hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side | 51-48 |
| 08:48 | Akron | John Sears gets the rebound | 51-48 |
| 08:39 | Akron | Joseph Carey hits the front of the rim on the wide open jumper in the lane | 51-48 |
| 08:38 | Akron | Bruce Long tips it in | 53-48 |
| 08:10 | Ohio | Jason Guizar travels with the ball | 53-48 |
| Subs | Akron | Jack Hammond (PG), Rob Gale (SG), James Grove (SF), David Gilson (PF), Jon Ried (C) Murray Earnest, John Sears, Joseph Carey, Joseph Zamudio, Bruce Long | |
| Subs | Ohio | Milton Bellino (SG), Manuel McDunn (SF), Reginald Dutton (PF), Ken Hammons (C) Greg Goetsch, Jason Guizar, Stephen Buendia, Robert Goodwin | |
| 08:08 | Akron | James Grove's pass is intercepted by Milton Bellino in the backcourt | 53-48 |
| 07:56 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn blows the layup | 53-48 |
| 07:55 | Akron | Jon Ried snags the defensive board | 53-48 |
| 07:43 | Akron | Jon Ried blows the layup | 53-48 |
| 07:42 | Akron | David Gilson snags the offensive board | 53-48 |
| 07:29 | Akron | David Gilson drills a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Jack Hammond | 56-48 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Jack Hammond (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Rob Gale (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Grove (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. PF - David Gilson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Jon Ried (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio | PG - Richard Bennett (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Milton Bellino (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Manuel McDunn (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Reginald Dutton (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Ken Hammons (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Ohio | Richard Bennett loses the dribble to Jack Hammond in the backcourt | 56-48 |
| 07:04 | Akron | Milton Bellino steals the ball from David Gilson | 56-48 |
| 07:01 | Ohio | Richard Bennett banks in the layup set up by Milton Bellino | 56-50 |
| 06:41 | Akron | Jack Hammond misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 56-50 |
| 06:40 | Ohio | Milton Bellino pulls down the rebound | 56-50 |
| 06:14 | Ohio | Richard Bennett clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 56-50 |
| 06:13 | Ohio | Ken Hammons gets the offensive rebound | 56-50 |
| 05:47 | Ohio | Reginald Dutton misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 56-50 |
| 05:46 | Ohio | Ken Hammons grabs the offensive board | 56-50 |
| 05:46 | Ohio | Ohio calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-50 |
| Subs | Akron | John Sears (SG), Archie Briggs (SF), Joseph Zamudio (PF), Joseph Carey (C) Rob Gale, James Grove, David Gilson, Jon Ried | |
| Subs | Ohio | Greg Goetsch (PG), Jason Guizar (SF), Stephen Buendia (PF), David Liu (C) Richard Bennett, Manuel McDunn, Reginald Dutton, Ken Hammons | |
| 05:28 | Ohio | Jason Guizar drills a runner from the right block on a great pass from Greg Goetsch | 56-52 |
| 05:07 | Akron | Jack Hammond knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by John Sears | 59-52 |
| 04:38 | Ohio | Jason Guizar comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Archie Briggs - foul #5 on Archie Briggs, team foul #8 | 59-52 |
| Subs | Akron | Rob Gale (PG), Bruce Long (C) Jack Hammond, Archie Briggs | |
| Subs | Ohio | Todd Jones (SF) Milton Bellino | |
| 04:38 | Ohio | Jason Guizar misses the 1st free throw | 59-52 |
| 04:38 | Ohio | Jason Guizar makes the 2nd free throw | 59-53 |
| 04:16 | Akron | Bruce Long blows the layup but he's fouled by David Liu - foul #2 on David Liu, team foul #7 | 59-53 |
| Subs | Akron | | |
| Subs | Ohio | Reginald Dutton (PF), Ken Hammons (C) Stephen Buendia, David Liu | |
| 04:16 | Akron | Bruce Long misses the 1st free throw | 59-53 |
| 04:16 | Akron | Bruce Long misses the 2nd free throw | 59-53 |
| 04:16 | Ohio | Ken Hammons pulls down the rebound | 59-53 |
| 03:54 | Ohio | Reginald Dutton is called for a charge - foul #4 on Reginald Dutton, team foul #8 | 59-53 |
| Subs | Akron | Murray Earnest (PG), James Grove (SF), Jon Ried (PF) John Sears, Joseph Carey, Joseph Zamudio | |
| Subs | Ohio | Anthony Wade (PG), Richard Bennett (SF) Greg Goetsch, Jason Guizar | |
| 03:32 | Akron | Murray Earnest misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 59-53 |
| 03:30 | Akron | James Grove gets the offensive rebound | 59-53 |
| 03:13 | Akron | Rob Gale misses the wide open fadeaway jumper from the right side | 59-53 |
| 03:11 | Akron | Jon Ried pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-53 |
| Lineup | Akron | PG - Murray Earnest (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rob Gale (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Grove (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. PF - Jon Ried (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Bruce Long (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio | PG - Anthony Wade (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Todd Jones (fairly fresh) SF - Richard Bennett (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Reginald Dutton (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Ken Hammons (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 02:56 | Akron | James Grove misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 59-53 |
| 02:55 | Ohio | The rebound goes to Ken Hammons | 59-53 |
| 02:55 | Ohio | Ohio calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 59-53 |
| Subs | Akron | Jack Hammond (PG), John Sears (SG), Joseph Carey (SF), Joseph Zamudio (PF) Murray Earnest, Rob Gale, James Grove, Bruce Long | |
| Subs | Ohio | Greg Goetsch (PG), Milton Bellino (SG), Manuel McDunn (SF), Stephen Buendia (PF), David Liu (C) Anthony Wade, Todd Jones, Richard Bennett, Reginald Dutton, Ken Hammons | |
| 02:37 | Ohio | Stephen Buendia misses the easy layup | 59-53 |
| 02:36 | Akron | The rebound goes to John Sears | 59-53 |
| 02:36 | Akron | Akron calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-53 |
| Subs | Akron | Bruce Long (C) Jon Ried | |
| Subs | Ohio | | |
| 02:16 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio connects on the fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Jack Hammond | 61-53 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio | Ohio is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 02:09 | Ohio | Greg Goetsch misses the shot in the paint but he's fouled by Jack Hammond - foul #3 on Jack Hammond, team foul #9 | 61-53 |
| 02:09 | Ohio | Greg Goetsch makes the 1st free throw | 61-54 |
| 02:09 | Ohio | Greg Goetsch makes the 2nd free throw | 61-55 |
| 01:57 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Joseph Carey | 63-55 |
| 01:50 | Ohio | David Liu drills a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Manuel McDunn | 63-58 |
| 01:23 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio is fouled on the floor by Manuel McDunn - foul #1 on Manuel McDunn, team foul #9 | 63-58 |
| 01:23 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio makes the 1st free throw | 64-58 |
| 01:23 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio misses the 2nd free throw | 64-58 |
| 01:23 | Ohio | Stephen Buendia grabs the board | 64-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio | Ohio is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 01:10 | Ohio | David Liu hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline | 64-58 |
| 01:09 | Akron | Bruce Long gets the rebound | 64-58 |
| 00:52 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing | 67-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio | Ohio is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 00:45 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 67-58 |
| 00:43 | Akron | The rebound goes to Joseph Zamudio | 67-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio | Ohio is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:41 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio is hacked by Greg Goetsch in the backcourt - foul #3 on Greg Goetsch, team foul #10 | 67-58 |
| Subs | Akron | James Grove (SF), Jon Ried (C) Joseph Carey, Bruce Long | |
| Subs | Ohio | | |
| 00:41 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio makes the 1st free throw | 68-58 |
| 00:41 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio misses the 2nd free throw | 68-58 |
| 00:41 | Ohio | Stephen Buendia snags the defensive board | 68-58 |
| 00:36 | Ohio | Manuel McDunn misses badly on a shot from the left side | 68-58 |
| 00:35 | Akron | Joseph Zamudio snags the defensive board | 68-58 |
| Game Plan | Akron | Akron is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio | Ohio is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:14 | Akron | John Sears misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 68-58 |
| 00:13 | Akron | Jon Ried grabs the offensive rebound | 68-58 |
| 00:00 | Akron | Jack Hammond runs out the clock | 68-58 |