| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Szczesny Olshefski (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Gene Parry (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Steven Gill (fresh) 2 pts. PF - William Day (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - James Das (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Stephen Kane (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Irish (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jack Archer (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - James Tovar (fresh) 2 reb. C - Negele Adams (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Purdue | Jack Archer inbounds the ball | 22-32 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:55 | Purdue | Stephen Kane travels in the backcourt | 22-32 |
| 19:27 | Penn State | William Day misses the runner from the baseline but he's fouled by James Tovar - foul #2 on James Tovar, team foul #1 | 22-32 |
| 19:27 | Penn State | William Day makes the 1st free throw | 23-32 |
| 19:27 | Penn State | William Day makes the 2nd free throw | 24-32 |
| 19:08 | Purdue | Negele Adams connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Jack Archer and he's hacked by William Day - foul #3 on William Day, team foul #1 | 24-34 |
| Subs | Penn State | Bruce Porter (PF) William Day | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 19:08 | Purdue | Negele Adams makes the free throw | 24-35 |
| 18:41 | Penn State | Steven Gill throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-35 |
| 18:21 | Purdue | Jack Archer is fouled on the floor by Steven Gill - foul #1 on Steven Gill, team foul #2 | 24-35 |
| 18:11 | Purdue | Negele Adams misses the lay-in over the doubleteam | 24-35 |
| 18:10 | Purdue | Negele Adams tips it in | 24-37 |
| 17:42 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski knocks in the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Steven Gill | 27-37 |
| 17:31 | Purdue | Stephen Kane is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Stephen Kane, team foul #2 | 27-37 |
| 17:02 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 27-37 |
| 17:00 | Purdue | The rebound goes to Negele Adams | 27-37 |
| 16:41 | Purdue | Donald Irish evades the doubleteam and hits a turnaround from the left block set up by Negele Adams and he's hacked by Gene Parry - foul #3 on Gene Parry, team foul #3 | 27-39 |
| Subs | Penn State | Curtis Elias (C) James Das | |
| Subs | Purdue | Charles Carpenter (SF) Jack Archer | |
| 16:41 | Purdue | Donald Irish makes the free throw | 27-40 |
| 16:20 | Penn State | Steven Gill can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Negele Adams - foul #1 on Negele Adams, team foul #3 | 27-40 |
| 16:20 | Penn State | Steven Gill makes the 1st free throw | 28-40 |
| 16:20 | Penn State | Steven Gill makes the 2nd free throw | 29-40 |
| 16:09 | Purdue | Negele Adams works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 29-40 |
| 16:08 | Purdue | Stephen Kane hits the follow up shot | 29-42 |
| 15:51 | Penn State | Bruce Porter loses the dribble to Stephen Kane | 29-42 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Szczesny Olshefski (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Gene Parry (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Steven Gill (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bruce Porter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Curtis Elias (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Stephen Kane (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Irish (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Carpenter (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - James Tovar (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Negele Adams (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Purdue | Stephen Kane is fouled on the floor by Bruce Porter - foul #2 on Bruce Porter, team foul #4 | 29-42 |
| Subs | Penn State | Walter Hammonds (SF), William Day (PF), James Das (C) Steven Gill, Bruce Porter, Curtis Elias | |
| Subs | Purdue | Timothy Hogg (PG) Stephen Kane | |
| 15:21 | Purdue | Donald Irish buries a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Timothy Hogg | 29-44 |
| 15:02 | Penn State | James Das blows the dunk but he's fouled by Negele Adams - foul #2 on Negele Adams, team foul #4 | 29-44 |
| Subs | Penn State | Chester Marks (PG) Szczesny Olshefski | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 15:02 | Penn State | James Das misses the 1st free throw | 29-44 |
| 15:02 | Penn State | James Das misses the 2nd free throw | 29-44 |
| 15:02 | Purdue | James Tovar snags the defensive board | 29-44 |
| 14:57 | Purdue | Donald Irish travels with the ball | 29-44 |
| 14:33 | Penn State | William Day connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Gene Parry | 31-44 |
| 14:18 | Purdue | Timothy Hogg comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 31-44 |
| 14:17 | Purdue | James Tovar tips it in | 31-46 |
| 13:53 | Penn State | Chester Marks is fouled on the floor by Timothy Hogg - foul #1 on Timothy Hogg, team foul #5 | 31-46 |
| Subs | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski (PG), Steven Gill (SF) Chester Marks, Walter Hammonds | |
| Subs | Purdue | Stephen Kane (PG), Jack Archer (SF) Timothy Hogg, Charles Carpenter | |
| 13:33 | Penn State | Jack Archer is called for the reach on Szczesny Olshefski - foul #1 on Jack Archer, team foul #6 | 31-46 |
| 13:15 | Penn State | Gene Parry is whistled for a carry | 31-46 |
| Subs | Penn State | Curtis Elias (C) James Das | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 13:02 | Purdue | Negele Adams travels with the ball | 31-46 |
| 12:50 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 31-46 |
| 12:48 | Penn State | Curtis Elias gets the offensive rebound | 31-46 |
| 12:38 | Penn State | William Day misses the easy layup | 31-46 |
| 12:37 | Purdue | James Tovar pulls down the rebound | 31-46 |
| 12:15 | Purdue | Negele Adams blows the layup | 31-46 |
| 12:14 | Penn State | Curtis Elias pulls down the rebound | 31-46 |
| 11:45 | Penn State | Curtis Elias clanks a floater from the left block but he's hacked by Negele Adams - foul #3 on Negele Adams, team foul #7 | 31-46 |
| Subs | Penn State | Walter Hammonds (SG), Bruce Porter (PF) Gene Parry, William Day | |
| Subs | Purdue | Brian Hall (C) Negele Adams | |
| 11:45 | Penn State | Curtis Elias makes the 1st free throw | 32-46 |
| 11:45 | Penn State | Curtis Elias makes the 2nd free throw | 33-46 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Szczesny Olshefski (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Walter Hammonds (fresh) SF - Steven Gill (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bruce Porter (fresh) 2 pts. C - Curtis Elias (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Stephen Kane (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Irish (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jack Archer (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. PF - James Tovar (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Brian Hall (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:26 | Purdue | Stephen Kane can't connect on a shot from the right side | 33-46 |
| 11:25 | Purdue | James Tovar snags the offensive board | 33-46 |
| 11:12 | Purdue | Brian Hall is by himself and knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Stephen Kane | 33-48 |
| 10:51 | Penn State | Bruce Porter makes the turnaround in the paint | 35-48 |
| 10:32 | Purdue | James Tovar clanks a driving attempt in the lane | 35-48 |
| 10:30 | Penn State | Bruce Porter snags the defensive board | 35-48 |
| 10:24 | Penn State | Walter Hammonds hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block | 35-48 |
| 10:22 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski grabs the offensive rebound | 35-48 |
| 10:01 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-48 |
| 09:59 | Penn State | Curtis Elias grabs the offensive rebound | 35-48 |
| 09:43 | Penn State | A charge is called on Steven Gill - foul #2 on Steven Gill, team foul #5 | 35-48 |
| Subs | Penn State | Gene Parry (SG), William Day (PF), James Das (C) Walter Hammonds, Bruce Porter, Curtis Elias | |
| Subs | Purdue | Timothy Hogg (PG), Billy Sims (SG), Charles Carpenter (SF), Negele Adams (C) Stephen Kane, Donald Irish, Jack Archer, James Tovar | |
| 09:26 | Purdue | Brian Hall misses the easy layup but he's hacked by William Day - foul #4 on William Day, team foul #6 | 35-48 |
| Subs | Penn State | Chester Marks (PG), Walter Hammonds (PF) Steven Gill, William Day | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 09:26 | Purdue | Brian Hall makes the 1st free throw | 35-49 |
| 09:26 | Purdue | Brian Hall makes the 2nd free throw | 35-50 |
| 09:07 | Penn State | Chester Marks's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-50 |
| Subs | Penn State | Bruce Porter (PF) Chester Marks | |
| Subs | Purdue | | |
| 08:58 | Purdue | Billy Sims can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Gene Parry - foul #4 on Gene Parry, team foul #7 | 35-50 |
| Subs | Penn State | Chester Marks (PG) Szczesny Olshefski | |
| Subs | Purdue | Thomas Norton (PF) Brian Hall | |
| 08:58 | Purdue | Billy Sims makes the 1st free throw | 35-51 |
| 08:58 | Purdue | Billy Sims makes the 2nd free throw | 35-52 |
| 08:39 | Penn State | Chester Marks is hacked by Thomas Norton - foul #1 on Thomas Norton, team foul #8 | 35-52 |
| Subs | Penn State | Steven Gill (SF) Walter Hammonds | |
| Subs | Purdue | Donald Irish (SG) Billy Sims | |
| 08:39 | Penn State | Chester Marks makes the 1st free throw | 36-52 |
| 08:39 | Penn State | Chester Marks makes the 2nd free throw | 37-52 |
| 08:17 | Purdue | Negele Adams makes the fadeaway in the lane | 37-54 |
| 08:01 | Penn State | Chester Marks's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-54 |
| Subs | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski (PG) Chester Marks | |
| Subs | Purdue | Stephen Kane (PG), James Tovar (PF) Timothy Hogg, Thomas Norton | |
| 07:54 | Purdue | Donald Irish is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-54 |
| 07:53 | Purdue | The offensive rebound goes to Negele Adams | 37-54 |
| 07:42 | Purdue | Stephen Kane connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-57 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Szczesny Olshefski (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Gene Parry (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SF - Steven Gill (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bruce Porter (fresh) 4 pts. C - James Das (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Stephen Kane (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Irish (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Carpenter (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - James Tovar (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Negele Adams (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:13 | Penn State | James Das makes the fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Bruce Porter | 39-57 |
| 06:56 | Purdue | Negele Adams connects on the shot near the basket on a nice dish by Donald Irish | 39-59 |
| 06:44 | Penn State | A charge is called on Szczesny Olshefski - foul #1 on Szczesny Olshefski, team foul #8 | 39-59 |
| Subs | Penn State | Walter Hammonds (SG), William Day (PF) Gene Parry, Bruce Porter | |
| Subs | Purdue | Jack Archer (SF) Charles Carpenter | |
| 06:21 | Purdue | Stephen Kane misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 39-59 |
| 06:19 | Penn State | The rebound goes to William Day | 39-59 |
| 05:59 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 39-59 |
| 05:57 | Purdue | James Tovar grabs the defensive rebound | 39-59 |
| 05:45 | Purdue | Donald Irish shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Stephen Kane | 39-62 |
| 05:19 | Penn State | James Das can't connect on a jump hook from close range | 39-62 |
| 05:18 | Purdue | Negele Adams pulls down the rebound | 39-62 |
| 05:03 | Purdue | Stephen Kane makes the wide open 3 from straight away | 39-65 |
| 04:38 | Penn State | Steven Gill can't connect on a floater from the right block | 39-65 |
| 04:37 | Penn State | William Day tips it back up and in | 41-65 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:08 | Purdue | Donald Irish buries a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Stephen Kane | 41-68 |
| 03:45 | Penn State | James Das misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 41-68 |
| 03:44 | Penn State | The offensive rebound goes to Walter Hammonds | 41-68 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:20 | Penn State | James Tovar takes the ball from William Day | 41-68 |
| Lineup | Penn State | PG - Szczesny Olshefski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - Walter Hammonds (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Steven Gill (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - William Day (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. C - James Das (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Purdue | PG - Stephen Kane (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 ast. SG - Donald Irish (tiring) 18 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jack Archer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. PF - James Tovar (tiring) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Negele Adams (tiring) 19 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:59 | Purdue | Jack Archer is hacked by Steven Gill - foul #3 on Steven Gill, team foul #9 | 41-68 |
| Subs | Penn State | Chester Marks (PG), Gene Parry (SG), Bruce Porter (PF), Curtis Elias (C) Szczesny Olshefski, Walter Hammonds, William Day, James Das | |
| Subs | Purdue | Timothy Hogg (PG), Billy Sims (SG), Brian Hall (PF), Thomas Norton (C) Stephen Kane, Donald Irish, James Tovar, Negele Adams | |
| 02:59 | Purdue | Jack Archer makes the 1st free throw | 41-69 |
| 02:59 | Purdue | Jack Archer makes the 2nd free throw | 41-70 |
| 02:34 | Penn State | Steven Gill's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-70 |
| Subs | Penn State | | |
| Subs | Purdue | Charles Carpenter (SF) Jack Archer | |
| 02:16 | Purdue | Brian Hall misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 41-70 |
| 02:14 | Penn State | Bruce Porter grabs the board | 41-70 |
| 01:54 | Penn State | Steven Gill comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 41-70 |
| 01:52 | Purdue | Brian Hall snags the defensive board | 41-70 |
| 01:39 | Purdue | Brian Hall is called for a backcourt violation | 41-70 |
| Subs | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski (PG), William Day (PF), James Das (C) Chester Marks, Bruce Porter, Curtis Elias | |
| Subs | Purdue | Stephen Kane (PG), Donald Irish (SG), Jack Archer (SF), James Tovar (PF), Negele Adams (C) Timothy Hogg, Billy Sims, Charles Carpenter, Brian Hall, Thomas Norton | |
| 01:14 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski is fouled on the floor by Jack Archer - foul #2 on Jack Archer, team foul #9 | 41-70 |
| 01:14 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski misses the 1st free throw | 41-70 |
| 01:14 | Purdue | Negele Adams grabs the board | 41-70 |
| 00:59 | Purdue | Stephen Kane connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Donald Irish | 41-73 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:51 | Penn State | Stephen Kane is called for the reach on Szczesny Olshefski - foul #2 on Stephen Kane, team foul #10 | 41-73 |
| 00:51 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski makes the 1st free throw | 42-73 |
| 00:51 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski makes the 2nd free throw | 43-73 |
| Game Plan | Penn State | Penn State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Purdue | Purdue is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:22 | Purdue | Negele Adams splits the doubleteam and buries a runner from the right block on a nice dish by Stephen Kane and he's fouled by Steven Gill - foul #4 on Steven Gill, team foul #10 | 43-75 |
| 00:22 | Purdue | Negele Adams makes the free throw | 43-76 |
| 00:15 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski connects on the shot from the right side on a great pass from James Das and he's hacked by Stephen Kane - foul #3 on Stephen Kane, team foul #11 | 45-76 |
| 00:15 | Penn State | Szczesny Olshefski misses the free throw | 45-76 |
| 00:15 | Purdue | James Tovar pulls down the rebound | 45-76 |
| 00:00 | Purdue | Stephen Kane runs out the clock | 45-76 |