| Lineup | Samford | PG - Edward Lakes (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Carl Thomas (fresh) SF - Nathan Price (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jeff Rizzuto (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - David Gunter (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Keith Schwab (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kurt Williams (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Briseno (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Nicholas Bradford (fresh) 10 pts. C - John Gill (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Samford | Nathan Price inbounds the ball | 20-31 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:34 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Kurt Williams - foul #1 on Kurt Williams, team foul #1 | 20-31 |
| Subs | Samford | Jonathan Spear (PG), Edward Tatom (SF), James Mendonca (C) Edward Lakes, Nathan Price, David Gunter | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 19:34 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto makes the 1st free throw | 21-31 |
| 19:34 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto makes the 2nd free throw | 22-31 |
| 19:19 | Purdue | Kenneth Briseno lays it in set up by Kurt Williams | 22-33 |
| 19:01 | Samford | James Mendonca buries a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Carl Thomas | 24-33 |
| 18:43 | Purdue | Edward Tatom steps in front of the John Gill pass | 24-33 |
| 18:14 | Samford | Jonathan Spear clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 24-33 |
| 18:12 | Purdue | John Gill grabs the board | 24-33 |
| 17:44 | Purdue | Nicholas Bradford is whistled for a carry | 24-33 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Lakes (PG), Nathan Price (SF), Donald Vidrio (PF), David Gunter (C) Jonathan Spear, Edward Tatom, Jeff Rizzuto, James Mendonca | |
| Subs | Purdue | Herman Orton (C) John Gill | |
| 17:30 | Samford | Nathan Price is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Briseno - foul #1 on Kenneth Briseno, team foul #2 | 24-33 |
| Subs | Samford | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Brian Franklin (PF) Kenneth Briseno | |
| 17:12 | Samford | David Gunter connects on the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Nathan Price | 26-33 |
| 16:47 | Purdue | Keith Schwab connects on the floater from the right side on a nice dish by Nicholas Bradford | 26-35 |
| 16:22 | Samford | Brian Franklin swats the short shot by Nathan Price | 26-35 |
| 16:21 | Purdue | Keith Schwab grabs the board | 26-35 |
| 16:17 | Purdue | Keith Schwab throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 26-35 |
| Subs | Samford | Jonathan Spear (SG), Edward Tatom (SF), Jeff Rizzuto (PF) Carl Thomas, Nathan Price, Donald Vidrio | |
| Subs | Purdue | Willie Guidry (PG), Jimoh Arrambide (SG), Kenneth Briseno (SF), John Gill (C) Keith Schwab, Kurt Williams, Brian Franklin, Herman Orton | |
| 15:57 | Samford | David Gunter misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 26-35 |
| 15:56 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto grabs the offensive rebound | 26-35 |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Edward Lakes (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jonathan Spear (fresh) SF - Edward Tatom (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jeff Rizzuto (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - David Gunter (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Willie Guidry (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jimoh Arrambide (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Briseno (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Nicholas Bradford (fairly fresh) 10 pts. C - John Gill (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:45 | Samford | Edward Tatom's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-35 |
| Subs | Samford | Nathan Price (SF) David Gunter | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 15:27 | Purdue | Nicholas Bradford can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 26-35 |
| 15:25 | Purdue | Nicholas Bradford snags the offensive board | 26-35 |
| 15:11 | Purdue | John Gill buries a jumper from just outside the lane set up by Willie Guidry | 26-37 |
| 14:42 | Samford | Edward Tatom knocks in the runner near the basket and he's hacked by Willie Guidry - foul #1 on Willie Guidry, team foul #3 | 28-37 |
| Subs | Samford | Carl Thomas (SG), David Gunter (C) Jonathan Spear, Jeff Rizzuto | |
| Subs | Purdue | Keith Schwab (PG), Kurt Williams (SG), Herman Orton (C) Willie Guidry, Jimoh Arrambide, John Gill | |
| 14:42 | Samford | Edward Tatom makes the free throw | 29-37 |
| 14:28 | Purdue | Kenneth Briseno hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block but he's hacked by Nathan Price - foul #1 on Nathan Price, team foul #1 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Samford | Jonathan Spear (PG), Jeff Rizzuto (PF), James Mendonca (C) Edward Lakes, Edward Tatom, David Gunter | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 14:28 | Purdue | Kenneth Briseno makes the 1st free throw | 29-38 |
| 14:28 | Purdue | Kenneth Briseno makes the 2nd free throw | 29-39 |
| 14:05 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto lays it up and in on a great pass from Carl Thomas | 31-39 |
| 13:40 | Purdue | Kurt Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 31-39 |
| 13:38 | Samford | James Mendonca grabs the board | 31-39 |
| 13:14 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto's pass is intercepted by Nicholas Bradford | 31-39 |
| 12:50 | Purdue | Keith Schwab misses short on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Jonathan Spear - foul #1 on Jonathan Spear, team foul #2 | 31-39 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Lakes (PG), Edward Tatom (SF), Donald Vidrio (PF), David Gunter (C) Jonathan Spear, Nathan Price, Jeff Rizzuto, James Mendonca | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jimoh Arrambide (SG), Nelson Pantano (SF), Brian Franklin (PF), John Gill (C) Kurt Williams, Kenneth Briseno, Nicholas Bradford, Herman Orton | |
| 12:50 | Purdue | Keith Schwab makes the 1st free throw | 31-40 |
| 12:50 | Purdue | Keith Schwab makes the 2nd free throw | 31-41 |
| 12:31 | Samford | Donald Vidrio can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 31-41 |
| 12:30 | Samford | Edward Tatom grabs the offensive rebound | 31-41 |
| 12:18 | Samford | Carl Thomas hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 31-41 |
| 12:17 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Nelson Pantano | 31-41 |
| 11:48 | Purdue | Carl Thomas steals the ball from Nelson Pantano | 31-41 |
| 11:45 | Samford | Edward Lakes hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Carl Thomas | 33-41 |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Edward Lakes (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Carl Thomas (tiring) SF - Edward Tatom (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Donald Vidrio (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Gunter (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Keith Schwab (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jimoh Arrambide (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nelson Pantano (fresh) PF - Brian Franklin (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Gill (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:26 | Purdue | Brian Franklin banks in the layup | 33-43 |
| 11:01 | Samford | Jimoh Arrambide picks off the pass by Carl Thomas | 33-43 |
| 10:37 | Purdue | Nelson Pantano is fouled on the floor by Edward Tatom - foul #2 on Edward Tatom, team foul #3 | 33-43 |
| Subs | Samford | Roger Brown (PG), Jonathan Spear (SG), Nathan Price (SF), Jeff Rizzuto (PF), James Mendonca (C) Edward Lakes, Carl Thomas, Edward Tatom, Donald Vidrio, David Gunter | |
| Subs | Purdue | Willie Guidry (PG), Kurt Williams (SG), Nicholas Bradford (SF), Herman Orton (C) Keith Schwab, Jimoh Arrambide, Nelson Pantano, John Gill | |
| 10:20 | Purdue | Jeff Rizzuto steals the ball from Brian Franklin | 33-43 |
| 10:05 | Samford | James Mendonca's dunk attempt is rejected by Brian Franklin | 33-43 |
| 10:04 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto gets the offensive rebound | 33-43 |
| 09:43 | Samford | Jonathan Spear is fouled on the floor by Herman Orton - foul #3 on Herman Orton, team foul #4 | 33-43 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Lakes (PG), David Gunter (C) Roger Brown, James Mendonca | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kenneth Briseno (SF) Brian Franklin | |
| 09:23 | Samford | David Gunter misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Herman Orton - foul #4 on Herman Orton, team foul #5 | 33-43 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Tatom (SF) Nathan Price | |
| Subs | Purdue | John Gill (C) Herman Orton | |
| 09:23 | Samford | David Gunter makes the 1st free throw | 34-43 |
| 09:23 | Samford | David Gunter misses the 2nd free throw | 34-43 |
| 09:23 | Purdue | Kurt Williams snags the defensive board | 34-43 |
| 08:54 | Purdue | Kurt Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 34-43 |
| 08:53 | Purdue | Nicholas Bradford tips it back up and in | 34-45 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:39 | Samford | David Gunter buries a shot from the right block | 36-45 |
| 08:21 | Purdue | Kurt Williams double dribbles | 36-45 |
| Subs | Samford | Nathan Price (SF), James Mendonca (C) Edward Tatom, David Gunter | |
| Subs | Purdue | Keith Schwab (PG), Brian Franklin (C) Willie Guidry, John Gill | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 07:52 | Samford | Edward Lakes is hacked by Kenneth Briseno - foul #2 on Kenneth Briseno, team foul #6 | 36-45 |
| Subs | Samford | Roger Brown (PG), Carl Thomas (SG), David Gunter (C) Edward Lakes, Jonathan Spear, James Mendonca | |
| Subs | Purdue | Herman Orton (C) Nicholas Bradford | |
| 07:37 | Samford | Carl Thomas misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-45 |
| 07:35 | Samford | David Gunter hits the follow up shot | 38-45 |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Roger Brown (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Carl Thomas (fairly fresh) SF - Nathan Price (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jeff Rizzuto (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 8 reb. C - David Gunter (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Keith Schwab (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kurt Williams (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Briseno (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Brian Franklin (fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. C - Herman Orton (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:17 | Purdue | Kurt Williams is fouled on the floor by Roger Brown - foul #1 on Roger Brown, team foul #4 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Lakes (PG), Jonathan Spear (SG), Edward Tatom (SF), James Mendonca (C) Roger Brown, Carl Thomas, Nathan Price, David Gunter | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jimoh Arrambide (SG), Nelson Pantano (SF) Kurt Williams, Kenneth Briseno | |
| 07:04 | Purdue | Herman Orton is open and lays it up and in set up by Keith Schwab | 38-47 |
| 06:39 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 38-47 |
| 06:38 | Samford | Edward Tatom tips it home | 40-47 |
| 06:18 | Purdue | Keith Schwab evades the doubleteam and hits a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Jimoh Arrambide | 40-49 |
| 06:01 | Samford | Jimoh Arrambide takes the ball from Edward Tatom | 40-49 |
| 05:33 | Purdue | Keith Schwab is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-49 |
| Subs | Samford | Roger Brown (PG), Carl Thomas (SG), Nathan Price (SF), Donald Vidrio (PF), David Gunter (C) Edward Lakes, Jonathan Spear, Edward Tatom, Jeff Rizzuto, James Mendonca | |
| Subs | Purdue | Kurt Williams (SG), Kenneth Briseno (SF), Nicholas Bradford (PF), John Gill (C) Jimoh Arrambide, Nelson Pantano, Brian Franklin, Herman Orton | |
| 05:14 | Samford | Roger Brown is called for traveling | 40-49 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Lakes (PG), Jeff Rizzuto (PF) Roger Brown, Donald Vidrio | |
| Subs | Purdue | Willie Guidry (PG) Keith Schwab | |
| 05:05 | Purdue | Nicholas Bradford can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 40-49 |
| 05:04 | Samford | The rebound goes to David Gunter | 40-49 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 04:49 | Samford | Edward Lakes is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Briseno - foul #3 on Kenneth Briseno, team foul #7 | 40-49 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Tatom (PF) Jeff Rizzuto | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 04:49 | Samford | Edward Lakes makes the 1st free throw | 41-49 |
| 04:49 | Samford | Edward Lakes makes the 2nd free throw | 42-49 |
| 04:21 | Purdue | Nicholas Bradford's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-49 |
| Subs | Samford | Roger Brown (PG), Jonathan Spear (SG), Jeff Rizzuto (PF) Edward Lakes, Carl Thomas, Edward Tatom | |
| Subs | Purdue | Keith Schwab (PG) Willie Guidry | |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:58 | Samford | David Gunter can't connect on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by John Gill - foul #2 on John Gill, team foul #8 | 42-49 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Lakes (PG), Carl Thomas (SG), Edward Tatom (PF) Roger Brown, Jonathan Spear, Jeff Rizzuto | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 03:58 | Samford | David Gunter makes the 1st free throw | 43-49 |
| 03:58 | Samford | David Gunter makes the 2nd free throw | 44-49 |
| 03:35 | Purdue | Nicholas Bradford misses the easy layup | 44-49 |
| 03:34 | Samford | Edward Tatom gets the rebound | 44-49 |
| Lineup | Samford | PG - Edward Lakes (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Carl Thomas (fairly fresh) SF - Nathan Price (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Edward Tatom (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - David Gunter (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Keith Schwab (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kurt Williams (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Briseno (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Bradford (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. C - John Gill (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:14 | Samford | Nathan Price is called for a charge - foul #2 on Nathan Price, team foul #5 | 44-49 |
| Subs | Samford | Roger Brown (PG), Jonathan Spear (SG), Jeff Rizzuto (PF), James Mendonca (C) Edward Lakes, Carl Thomas, Edward Tatom, David Gunter | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jimoh Arrambide (SG), Brian Franklin (PF), Herman Orton (C) Kurt Williams, Kenneth Briseno, John Gill | |
| 02:54 | Purdue | Jimoh Arrambide connects on the shot in the lane set up by Keith Schwab | 44-51 |
| 02:35 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto comes up short on the floater from the left side but he's hacked by Brian Franklin - foul #1 on Brian Franklin, team foul #9 | 44-51 |
| Subs | Samford | Carl Thomas (SG), Edward Tatom (SF), David Gunter (C) Roger Brown, Nathan Price, James Mendonca | |
| Subs | Purdue | Willie Guidry (PG), Nelson Pantano (SF) Keith Schwab, Nicholas Bradford | |
| 02:35 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto makes the 1st free throw | 45-51 |
| 02:35 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto misses the 2nd free throw | 45-51 |
| 02:35 | Samford | Edward Tatom grabs the offensive board | 45-51 |
| 02:17 | Samford | Edward Tatom scores on a turnaround from the baseline | 47-51 |
| 02:17 | Purdue | Purdue calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 47-51 |
| Subs | Samford | Edward Lakes (PG), Nathan Price (SF) Jonathan Spear, Edward Tatom | |
| Subs | Purdue | Keith Schwab (PG), Kurt Williams (SG), Kenneth Briseno (SF), Nicholas Bradford (PF), John Gill (C) Willie Guidry, Jimoh Arrambide, Nelson Pantano, Brian Franklin, Herman Orton | |
| 01:48 | Purdue | Carl Thomas is called for the reach on John Gill - foul #3 on Carl Thomas, team foul #6 | 47-51 |
| 01:31 | Purdue | Kurt Williams misses short on a floater from the left side | 47-51 |
| 01:30 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto pulls down the rebound | 47-51 |
| 01:24 | Samford | David Gunter scores on a jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Edward Lakes | 49-51 |
| 01:00 | Purdue | Kenneth Briseno buries a fadeaway from the right side set up by Nicholas Bradford | 49-53 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:56 | Samford | Edward Lakes hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 49-53 |
| 00:55 | Purdue | John Gill gets the rebound | 49-53 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:31 | Purdue | Edward Lakes is called for the reach on Keith Schwab - foul #3 on Edward Lakes, team foul #7 | 49-53 |
| 00:31 | Purdue | Keith Schwab makes the 1st free throw | 49-54 |
| 00:31 | Purdue | Keith Schwab makes the 2nd free throw | 49-55 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:26 | Samford | Edward Lakes drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Jeff Rizzuto | 52-55 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:23 | Purdue | Keith Schwab is fouled in the backcourt by Edward Lakes - foul #4 on Edward Lakes, team foul #8 | 52-55 |
| 00:23 | Purdue | Keith Schwab misses the 1st free throw | 52-55 |
| 00:23 | Samford | Nathan Price gets the rebound | 52-55 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:12 | Samford | Nicholas Bradford denies the turnaround by David Gunter | 52-55 |
| 00:11 | Purdue | Kurt Williams pulls down the rebound | 52-55 |
| 00:09 | Purdue | Carl Thomas is called for the reach on Kurt Williams in the backcourt - foul #4 on Carl Thomas, team foul #9 | 52-55 |
| 00:09 | Purdue | Kurt Williams makes the 1st free throw | 52-56 |
| 00:09 | Purdue | Kurt Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 52-56 |
| 00:09 | Samford | Jeff Rizzuto pulls down the rebound | 52-56 |
| Game Plan | Samford | Samford is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:04 | Samford | Edward Lakes connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Jeff Rizzuto | 55-56 |
| 00:02 | Purdue | Edward Lakes is called for the reach on Kenneth Briseno in the backcourt - foul #5 on Edward Lakes, team foul #10 | 55-56 |
| Subs | Samford | Roger Brown (PG) Edward Lakes | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 00:02 | Purdue | Kenneth Briseno misses the 1st free throw | 55-56 |
| 00:02 | Purdue | Kenneth Briseno makes the 2nd free throw | 55-57 |
| 00:02 | Samford | Samford calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 55-57 |
| 00:00 | Samford | Carl Thomas misses the halfcourt shot | 55-57 |