| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Elmer Davis (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Manuel Ristau (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Thomas Keaney (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - Roger Cook (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Christopher Crawford (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Allen Wegner (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Rod Ginyard (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Gregory Sao (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Lester Richardson (fresh) 8 pts. C - Philip Morse (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Evansville | Thomas Keaney inbounds the ball | 25-32 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 19:43 | Evansville | Manuel Ristau is fouled on the floor by Rod Ginyard - foul #2 on Rod Ginyard, team foul #1 | 25-32 |
| 19:25 | Evansville | Roger Cook connects on the open jumper in the paint on a great pass from Manuel Ristau | 27-32 |
| 19:07 | Northwestern | Lester Richardson knocks in the floater from the right wing | 27-34 |
| 18:51 | Evansville | Thomas Keaney makes the jump hook from the left block | 29-34 |
| 18:37 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 29-34 |
| 18:35 | Northwestern | Allen Wegner tips it in | 29-36 |
| 18:10 | Evansville | Roger Cook hits a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas Keaney | 32-36 |
| 17:46 | Northwestern | Allen Wegner is hacked by Thomas Keaney - foul #3 on Thomas Keaney, team foul #1 | 32-36 |
| Subs | Evansville | Charles Hobbs (SF) Thomas Keaney | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jack Kratzer (SF) Gregory Sao | |
| 17:28 | Northwestern | Philip Morse is fouled on the floor by Elmer Davis - foul #2 on Elmer Davis, team foul #2 | 32-36 |
| Subs | Evansville | William Tripp (PF), Vasily Zywiec (C) Roger Cook, Christopher Crawford | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Kurt Newton (SG) Rod Ginyard | |
| 17:07 | Northwestern | Jack Kratzer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-36 |
| Subs | Evansville | Juan Sanchez (PG), Henry Myers (SG) Elmer Davis, Manuel Ristau | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 16:51 | Evansville | Juan Sanchez makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Vasily Zywiec | 35-36 |
| 16:28 | Northwestern | Lester Richardson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-36 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard (SG), Gregory Sao (SF) Kurt Newton, Jack Kratzer | |
| 16:15 | Evansville | Lester Richardson steals the ball from William Tripp | 35-36 |
| 15:51 | Northwestern | Gregory Sao loses the dribble to Vasily Zywiec | 35-36 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Juan Sanchez (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Henry Myers (fresh) SF - Charles Hobbs (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Tripp (fresh) C - Vasily Zywiec (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Allen Wegner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Rod Ginyard (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Gregory Sao (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Lester Richardson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. C - Philip Morse (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Evansville | Vasily Zywiec's fadeaway is rejected by Philip Morse | 35-36 |
| 15:35 | Northwestern | Philip Morse grabs the board | 35-36 |
| 15:09 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-39 |
| 14:53 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Gregory Sao - foul #2 on Gregory Sao, team foul #2 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Evansville | Elmer Davis (PG), Manuel Ristau (SG), Roger Cook (PF), Christopher Crawford (C) Juan Sanchez, Henry Myers, William Tripp, Vasily Zywiec | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Kurt Newton (SG), Jack Kratzer (SF), Dale Super (C) Rod Ginyard, Gregory Sao, Philip Morse | |
| 14:53 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs makes the 1st free throw | 36-39 |
| 14:53 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs misses the 2nd free throw | 36-39 |
| 14:53 | Northwestern | Dale Super gets the rebound | 36-39 |
| 14:28 | Northwestern | Allen Wegner comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 36-39 |
| 14:27 | Evansville | Roger Cook grabs the board | 36-39 |
| 14:14 | Evansville | Elmer Davis's pass is intercepted by Lester Richardson | 36-39 |
| 13:59 | Northwestern | Lester Richardson makes the driving attempt from the left block | 36-41 |
| 13:47 | Evansville | Manuel Ristau is fouled on the floor by Kurt Newton - foul #1 on Kurt Newton, team foul #3 | 36-41 |
| Subs | Evansville | Thomas Keaney (SF) Charles Hobbs | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard (SG), Jesus Gonzalez (PF) Kurt Newton, Lester Richardson | |
| 13:32 | Evansville | Elmer Davis buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Manuel Ristau | 39-41 |
| 13:12 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard comes up short on the floater from the right side | 39-41 |
| 13:10 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Manuel Ristau | 39-41 |
| 12:48 | Evansville | Roger Cook comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-41 |
| 12:47 | Northwestern | Jack Kratzer grabs the defensive rebound | 39-41 |
| 12:19 | Northwestern | Dale Super drills a floater from the right block and he's hacked by Christopher Crawford - foul #3 on Christopher Crawford, team foul #3 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Evansville | Charles Hobbs (PF), William Tripp (C) Roger Cook, Christopher Crawford | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ivan Blazejewski (PG), Kurt Newton (SG), Gregory Sao (SF) Allen Wegner, Rod Ginyard, Jack Kratzer | |
| 12:19 | Northwestern | Dale Super makes the free throw | 39-44 |
| 12:02 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs scores on a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Manuel Ristau | 42-44 |
| 11:34 | Northwestern | Dale Super clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-44 |
| 11:33 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Charles Hobbs | 42-44 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Elmer Davis (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Manuel Ristau (fairly fresh) 5 ast. SF - Thomas Keaney (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Charles Hobbs (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - William Tripp (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Ivan Blazejewski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kurt Newton (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Gregory Sao (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Jesus Gonzalez (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Dale Super (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:27 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Elmer Davis | 44-44 |
| 11:05 | Northwestern | Kurt Newton buries a jumper from close range | 44-46 |
| 10:52 | Evansville | Gregory Sao is called for the reach on William Tripp - foul #3 on Gregory Sao, team foul #4 | 44-46 |
| Subs | Evansville | Juan Sanchez (PG), Henry Myers (SG), Roger Cook (PF), Christopher Crawford (C) Elmer Davis, Manuel Ristau, Thomas Keaney, William Tripp | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Allen Wegner (PG), Rod Ginyard (SG), Lester Richardson (PF), Philip Morse (C) Ivan Blazejewski, Kurt Newton, Jesus Gonzalez, Dale Super | |
| 10:31 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs misses short on an open fadeaway from the right wing | 44-46 |
| 10:29 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Philip Morse | 44-46 |
| 10:06 | Northwestern | Lester Richardson scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Rod Ginyard | 44-49 |
| 09:47 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 44-49 |
| 09:45 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford gets the offensive rebound | 44-49 |
| 09:35 | Evansville | Juan Sanchez misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Lester Richardson - foul #1 on Lester Richardson, team foul #5 | 44-49 |
| Subs | Evansville | Thomas Keaney (SF) Charles Hobbs | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jack Kratzer (SF) Gregory Sao | |
| 09:35 | Evansville | Juan Sanchez makes the 1st free throw | 45-49 |
| 09:35 | Evansville | Juan Sanchez makes the 2nd free throw | 46-49 |
| 09:07 | Northwestern | Philip Morse throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-49 |
| Subs | Evansville | Elmer Davis (PG), William Tripp (PF) Henry Myers, Roger Cook | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ivan Blazejewski (PG) Allen Wegner | |
| 08:57 | Evansville | Thomas Keaney buries a jump hook from close range | 48-49 |
| 08:43 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard loses the dribble to Juan Sanchez | 48-49 |
| 08:28 | Evansville | William Tripp makes the jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Elmer Davis | 50-49 |
| 08:10 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Juan Sanchez - foul #1 on Juan Sanchez, team foul #4 | 50-49 |
| Subs | Evansville | Manuel Ristau (SG), Charles Hobbs (PF) Juan Sanchez, Christopher Crawford | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Jesus Gonzalez (PF) Lester Richardson | |
| 08:10 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard makes the 1st free throw | 50-50 |
| 08:10 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard makes the 2nd free throw | 50-51 |
| 07:50 | Evansville | William Tripp scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Elmer Davis and he's hacked by Philip Morse - foul #1 on Philip Morse, team foul #6 | 52-51 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Allen Wegner (PG), Kurt Newton (SG), Gregory Sao (SF) Ivan Blazejewski, Rod Ginyard, Jack Kratzer | |
| 07:50 | Evansville | William Tripp makes the free throw | 53-51 |
| 07:32 | Northwestern | Kurt Newton scores on a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Allen Wegner | 53-53 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Elmer Davis (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Manuel Ristau (fresh) 5 ast. SF - Thomas Keaney (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - William Tripp (fresh) 5 pts. C - Charles Hobbs (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Allen Wegner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kurt Newton (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Gregory Sao (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. PF - Jesus Gonzalez (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Philip Morse (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 07:08 | Evansville | William Tripp scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-53 |
| 07:06 | Northwestern | Elmer Davis steals the ball from Allen Wegner in the backcourt | 56-53 |
| 06:46 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 56-53 |
| 06:45 | Evansville | Thomas Keaney hits the follow up shot | 58-53 |
| 06:16 | Northwestern | Charles Hobbs steals the ball from Kurt Newton | 58-53 |
| 05:54 | Evansville | Charles Hobbs misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 58-53 |
| 05:52 | Northwestern | Philip Morse snags the defensive board | 58-53 |
| 05:23 | Northwestern | Allen Wegner comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 58-53 |
| 05:22 | Evansville | Thomas Keaney grabs the board | 58-53 |
| 05:22 | Evansville | Evansville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-53 |
| Subs | Evansville | Juan Sanchez (PG), Roger Cook (PF), Christopher Crawford (C) Elmer Davis, Thomas Keaney, William Tripp | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard (SG), Lester Richardson (PF), Dale Super (C) Kurt Newton, Jesus Gonzalez, Philip Morse | |
| 05:01 | Evansville | Rod Ginyard steals the ball from Roger Cook | 58-53 |
| 04:56 | Northwestern | Allen Wegner can't finish the layup | 58-53 |
| 04:55 | Evansville | Manuel Ristau snags the defensive board | 58-53 |
| 04:43 | Evansville | Manuel Ristau comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 58-53 |
| 04:41 | Evansville | Roger Cook grabs the offensive board | 58-53 |
| 04:21 | Evansville | Juan Sanchez misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 58-53 |
| 04:20 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford snags the offensive board | 58-53 |
| 04:06 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford knocks in the jumper from the right wing set up by Juan Sanchez | 60-53 |
| 03:49 | Northwestern | Roger Cook is called for the reach on Lester Richardson - foul #2 on Roger Cook, team foul #5 | 60-53 |
| Subs | Evansville | Elmer Davis (PG), Thomas Keaney (SF) Manuel Ristau, Charles Hobbs | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ivan Blazejewski (PG), Jack Kratzer (SF) Allen Wegner, Gregory Sao | |
| 03:34 | Northwestern | Jack Kratzer scores on a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Rod Ginyard and he's fouled by Roger Cook - foul #3 on Roger Cook, team foul #6 | 60-55 |
| 03:34 | Northwestern | Jack Kratzer misses the free throw | 60-55 |
| 03:34 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Roger Cook | 60-55 |
| Lineup | Evansville | PG - Elmer Davis (fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Juan Sanchez (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Keaney (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Roger Cook (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Christopher Crawford (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northwestern | PG - Ivan Blazejewski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Rod Ginyard (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jack Kratzer (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Lester Richardson (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 stl. C - Dale Super (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:20 | Evansville | Rod Ginyard steps in front of the Roger Cook pass | 60-55 |
| 03:01 | Northwestern | Lester Richardson misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 60-55 |
| 03:00 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford snags the defensive board | 60-55 |
| 02:43 | Evansville | Thomas Keaney is open but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 60-55 |
| 02:42 | Evansville | Thomas Keaney grabs the offensive board | 60-55 |
| 02:18 | Evansville | Roger Cook misses short on a runner from the right block | 60-55 |
| 02:17 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford can't tip it in | 60-55 |
| 02:15 | Northwestern | Lester Richardson grabs the board | 60-55 |
| 02:15 | Northwestern | Northwestern calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-55 |
| Subs | Evansville | Manuel Ristau (SG) Juan Sanchez | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Allen Wegner (PG), Gregory Sao (SF), Philip Morse (C) Ivan Blazejewski, Jack Kratzer, Dale Super | |
| 01:56 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 60-55 |
| 01:54 | Northwestern | The offensive rebound goes to Philip Morse | 60-55 |
| 01:33 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-55 |
| 01:13 | Evansville | Manuel Ristau can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side but the foul's on Allen Wegner - foul #3 on Allen Wegner, team foul #7 | 60-55 |
| 01:13 | Evansville | Manuel Ristau makes the 1st free throw | 61-55 |
| 01:13 | Evansville | Manuel Ristau makes the 2nd free throw | 62-55 |
| 00:52 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 62-55 |
| 00:51 | Evansville | The rebound goes to Roger Cook | 62-55 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:50 | Evansville | Roger Cook is hacked by Allen Wegner in the backcourt - foul #4 on Allen Wegner, team foul #8 | 62-55 |
| Subs | Evansville | William Tripp (C) Christopher Crawford | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 00:50 | Evansville | Roger Cook makes the 1st free throw | 63-55 |
| 00:50 | Evansville | Roger Cook misses the 2nd free throw | 63-55 |
| 00:50 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Philip Morse | 63-55 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:43 | Northwestern | Rod Ginyard comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 63-55 |
| 00:42 | Evansville | The rebound goes to William Tripp | 63-55 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:39 | Evansville | Allen Wegner is called for the reach on William Tripp in the backcourt - foul #5 on Allen Wegner, team foul #9 | 63-55 |
| Subs | Evansville | | |
| Subs | Northwestern | Ivan Blazejewski (PG) Allen Wegner | |
| 00:39 | Evansville | William Tripp makes the 1st free throw | 64-55 |
| 00:39 | Evansville | William Tripp misses the 2nd free throw | 64-55 |
| 00:39 | Northwestern | Philip Morse gets the rebound | 64-55 |
| 00:31 | Northwestern | Roger Cook is called for the reach on Gregory Sao - foul #4 on Roger Cook, team foul #7 | 64-55 |
| Subs | Evansville | Christopher Crawford (C) William Tripp | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 00:31 | Northwestern | Gregory Sao misses the 1st free throw | 64-55 |
| 00:31 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford snags the defensive board | 64-55 |
| 00:29 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford is hacked by Ivan Blazejewski in the backcourt - foul #2 on Ivan Blazejewski, team foul #10 | 64-55 |
| Subs | Evansville | William Tripp (PF) Roger Cook | |
| Subs | Northwestern | | |
| 00:29 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford makes the 1st free throw | 65-55 |
| 00:29 | Evansville | Christopher Crawford makes the 2nd free throw | 66-55 |
| 00:21 | Northwestern | Elmer Davis steals the ball from Rod Ginyard | 66-55 |
| 00:17 | Evansville | Thomas Keaney can't finish the layup | 66-55 |
| 00:15 | Northwestern | The rebound goes to Lester Richardson | 66-55 |
| 00:08 | Northwestern | Lester Richardson misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 66-55 |
| 00:07 | Northwestern | Lester Richardson tips it home | 66-57 |
| Game Plan | Evansville | Evansville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Northwestern | Northwestern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Evansville | Elmer Davis runs out the clock | 66-57 |